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Rachel Martin Bigg

Birth
Lydd, Shepway District, Kent, England
Death
30 Jun 1647 (aged 82)
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
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Baptized in Lydd, Kent, 17 Jun 1565, daughter of James & Joan (Adam) Martin. Married in Tenterden, Kent, John Bigg, 14 Sep 1583. He was buried at Cranbrooke, 13 Aug 1605 (as "householder"). They had 11 children: Anna, Smallhope, Patience Foster, Elizabeth STOWE, James, Rachel Starr Masters, Anna, John, Mary, John again, Thankful.
She came to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the "Elizabeth" with her widowed daughter Patience (Bigg) Foster & her grandson Hopestill Foster. They settled in Dorchester MA & she died there between 17 Nov 1646 (date of will) & 30 Jun 1647 (probate of will).
Through her sister Mary (Martin?) Bate, Rachel was aunt of CLEMENT BATE and JAMES BATE. Through Mary (Bigg?) Betts, apparently sister of her husband Rachel was aunt (by marriage) of Thomas Betts of Guilford.
Baptized in Lydd, Kent, 17 Jun 1565, daughter of James & Joan (Adam) Martin. Married in Tenterden, Kent, John Bigg, 14 Sep 1583. He was buried at Cranbrooke, 13 Aug 1605 (as "householder"). They had 11 children: Anna, Smallhope, Patience Foster, Elizabeth STOWE, James, Rachel Starr Masters, Anna, John, Mary, John again, Thankful.
She came to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the "Elizabeth" with her widowed daughter Patience (Bigg) Foster & her grandson Hopestill Foster. They settled in Dorchester MA & she died there between 17 Nov 1646 (date of will) & 30 Jun 1647 (probate of will).
Through her sister Mary (Martin?) Bate, Rachel was aunt of CLEMENT BATE and JAMES BATE. Through Mary (Bigg?) Betts, apparently sister of her husband Rachel was aunt (by marriage) of Thomas Betts of Guilford.


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