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Descendants of Benjamin Bigford

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN WILLIAM³ BIGFORD (BENJAMIN², BENJAMIN¹) was born February 8, 1825 in Ontario, Canada, and died September 7, 1899 in Merrickville, Ontario, Canada. He married (1) ELIZABETH FOXTON, daughter of WILLIAM FOXTON and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN. She was born 1832 in Ontario, Canada, and died September 23, 1894 in Merrickville, Ontario, Canada. He married (2) ELIZABETH FOXTON 1852 in Caintown, Leeds&Grenville Co, Ontario, Canada, daughter of WILLIAM FOXTON and ELIZABETH. She was born 1832 in Ontario, Canada, and died September 23, 1894 in Merrickville, Ontario, Canada.

Notes for JOHN WILLIAM BIGFORD:
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Baptized by Rev. John Wenham at the school house at Lamb's Pond (Church of England) Anglican, Elizabethtown Twp. Sponsors: William Langstaff, William Webster, Letitia Sharp. F6105051

Residence - Farmer at Oxford Twp, Grenville Co. (Bishop's Mills)
Conc 7, N1/2 Lot 1 (100 acres) - one story log house purchased property 7 April 1854 for 50 pounds or 200 dollars.

Changed from Church of England to new Connection Methodist to Wesleyan Methodist

Listed on the Grenville 1864 Militia Roll as 2nd Class (age 39)

1871 Census Canada - Ontario, Leeds Co., Oxford Twp. pg 46 Family 159
John (46) b. Ont, Meth, Farmer, Elizabeth (38), William (18) Farmer, Albert (15), Elizabeth (12), John W. (9), Hariet J. (7), Susannah (6), next page Benjamin (4), Edith (2)

More About JOHN WILLIAM BIGFORD:
1881 Census: Oxford Twp, Leeds& Grenville Co. Ont F1411568
1891 Census: Oxford Twp, Leeds&Grenville Co. Ont F1411568
1901 Census: Oxford Twp, Leeds& Grenville Co, Ont F1411568
Baptism: July 3, 1825, Lamb's Pond, Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds

More About ELIZABETH FOXTON:
Cemetary Infor.: Andrew's Cemetery, Bishop's Mills, Ontario, Canada

More About JOHN BIGFORD and ELIZABETH FOXTON:
Marriage: 1852, Caintown, Leeds&Grenville Co, Ontario, Canada

Children of JOHN BIGFORD and ELIZABETH FOXTON are:

3.	i.	WILLIAM⁴ BIGFORD, b. November 15, 1851.
	ii.	ALBERT BIGFORD, b. 1855, Leeds & Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada.
4.	iii.	MARY ELIZABETH BIGFORD, b. April 22, 1858; d. 1939.
5.	iv.	JOHN WESLEY BIGFORD, b. September 7, 1861, Merrickville, Ontario, Canada; d. October 13, 1944, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.
	v.	JANE BIGFORD, b. 1862, Leeds & Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada.
	vi.	SUSANNA BIGFORD, b. 1864, Leeds & Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada; d. September 29, 1897, Oxford Twp, Grenville Co, Ontario, Canada.
	vii.	BENJAMIN BIGFORD, b. 1866, Leeds & Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada.
	viii.	EDITH BIGFORD, b. 1868, Leeds & Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada.
	ix.	HOWARD BIGFORD, b. 1871, Leeds & Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada.
	x.	NORMAN BIGFORD, b. 1873, Leeds & Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada.

Children of JOHN BIGFORD and ELIZABETH FOXTON are:

	xi.	HARRIET JANE⁴ BIGFORD, b. 1863, Oxford Twp, Grenville Co, Ontario, Canada.
6.	xii.	BENJAMIN BIGFORD, b. July 3, 1869, Oxford Twp, Grenville Co, Ontario, Canada; d. 1939.
	xiii.	EDITH BIGFORD, b. 1868, Oxford Twp, Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada; d. December 3, 1890, Oxford Twp, Grenville Co, Ontario, Canada; m. (1) ? BRADFORD; m. (2) ? DAVIS; m. (3) ? GARDINER.
	xiv.	E. BIGFORD, b. 1868.

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