Mary (Bigelow) Dix (1779 - 1834)

Born 15 Jul 1779 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Dix — married 27 Dec 1800 in Wayland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Mary BIGELOW, born July 15, 1779; marrried Dr. Joseph Dix of Worcester [Massachusetts]. The intention of marriage is recorded in Wayland, Massachusetts Dec 27, 1800, she being of East Sudbury, afterwards Wayland. She died Sept 3, 1834. THey had two children:

1. Dorothea Lynde, born Feb 1802.
2. Joseph born 1814 ^[1]

She was married, on 27 Dec 1800 at Wayland, MA, to Dr. Joseph Dix, son of Elijah and Dorothea (Lynde) Dix. He was a native of Worcester. They lived a few years in Hampden, ME, then returned to Worcester, where he died in 1821.

Mary died 3 Sep 1834 (date also given as 28 Sep).

Children of Joseph and Mary (Bigelow) Dix:

1. Dorothea Lynde, b Feb 1802 Hampden, ME; d 28 July 1887 Trenton, NJ; unmarried. Miss Dix was well-known as a reformer and philanthropist, devoted to the cause of better treatment of the insane, the criminal, the disabled and the poor.

2. Joseph, b ____ 1806 Hampden, ME; d 22 Feb 1878 Dorchester, MA; m Sarah H. _____ (she d Boston 15 Oct 1881).

3.Charles, b 1810; d 1843; he was a sailor and drowned off the coast of Africa; unmarried.

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogy of the Bigelow family of America, from the marriage in 1642 of John Biglo and Mary Warren to the year 1890 by Howe, Gilman Bigelow. Worcester, Mass. 1890. (Page: 97)

• For a brief look into their lives, the reader should try any biography of their daughter Dorothea L. Dix, such as Stranger and Traveler, by Dorothy Clarke Wilson.

Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol I , p 213-214;

Howe, Bigelow Family of America;

various pamphlets and biographies of Dorothea L. Dix.