Patience Bigg

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name
Patience Bigg
aka
[Patience Foster]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Widow of Richard Foster of Biddenden, who embarked at London on the Elizabeth in April 1635 with her son Hopestill and her mother; her brother John Bigg of Maidstone remembered "my sister Foster" among his family "living in New England." Probably a daughter of John Bigg and Rachel Martin.
born
date
bp. 5 May 1588
place
Cranbrook, Kent, England
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-pane-joyce]
note
Pane-Joyce. Aged 40 on the embarkation list of April 1635.
residences
date
1630
place
Biddenden, Kent, England
basis
documented
confidence
probable
note
Widow of Richard Foster of Biddenden when she renounced the administration of his estate, May 1630.
date
1635
place
Dorchester, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[church-records-first-church-dorchester]
note
She, her mother and her son are together in the early list of Dorchester church members.
events
what
Sailed on the Elizabeth
date
17 Apr 1635
place
London, England
sources
[passenger-list-elizabeth-1635]
note
A widow of 40 with her son Hopestill, 14, and her mother Rachel Bigg.
father
id
john-bigg-d1605
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-pane-joyce, will-smallhope-bigg-1638]
note
Her brother Smallhope's will calls Hopestill Foster "son of my sister"; her brother John Bigg of Maidstone remembered "my sister Foster."
mother
id
rachel-martin-1565
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-pane-joyce, passenger-list-elizabeth-1635]

Widow of Richard Foster of Biddenden. The Biggs were clothiers of Cranbrook and Lydd. Embarked at London on the Elizabeth on 17 Apr 1635 with her son Hopestill and her mother: "Patience Foster, aged 40. Hopestill Foster, 14. Rachel Bigg, 6 [sic, for 60]." "Rachel Bigge," "Patience ffoster" and "Hopestill ffoster" appear together in the early list of members of the Dorchester church (Records of the First Church at Dorchester).

Her brother Smallhope Bigg of Cranbrook, clothier, made his will on 3 May 1638: "To my mother Rachell Bigg one hundred pounds ... To my sisters Patience Foster and Elizabeth Stow in New England. To Hopestill Foster, son of my sister three hundred pounds." Patience and her sister joined Smallhope's widow in contesting the will against the executor, their brother John Bigg, and it was confirmed on 4 Apr 1639 (Waters, Gleanings 1:21). John Bigg of Maidstone, jurat, finished his own will on 27 Mar 1641[/2] (proved 7 Feb 1642[/3]). It left legacies to "My mother Bigg, my sister Foster, my brother Stowe, all these living in New England," and also to "my porter and fetcher in of my water" (Waters 1:22).

Mollie's death date for her, 30 Jan 1702/3 aged 84 (p. 113), belongs to her daughter-in-law Mary (Bate) Foster.

Open questions

  • Her death, which is unknown. Pane-Joyce gives 18 Mar 1637 at Dorchester, but her brothers' wills name her as living in 1638 and about 1641.
  • Baptized 1588, but aged 40 in 1635. Which is right?
  • Her mother: the colonial tree marks Rachel (Martin) Bigg as her mother on documentary evidence (her brothers' wills, which name "my mother" Rachel Bigg and "my sister" Patience Foster). The page keeps the link as compiled, probable.
  1. ---
  2. name: Patience Bigg
  3. aka: [Patience Foster]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Widow of Richard Foster of Biddenden, who embarked at London on the Elizabeth in April 1635 with
  8. her son Hopestill and her mother; her brother John Bigg of Maidstone remembered "my sister
  9. Foster" among his family "living in New England." Probably a daughter of John Bigg and Rachel
  10. Martin.
  11. born:
  12. date: bp. 5 May 1588
  13. place: Cranbrook, Kent, England
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [online-tree-pane-joyce]
  17. note: Pane-Joyce. Aged 40 on the embarkation list of April 1635.
  18. residences:
  19. - date: "1630"
  20. place: Biddenden, Kent, England
  21. basis: documented
  22. confidence: probable
  23. note: "Widow of Richard Foster of Biddenden when she renounced the administration of his estate, May 1630."
  24. - date: "1635"
  25. place: Dorchester, Massachusetts
  26. basis: documented
  27. confidence: probable
  28. sources: [church-records-first-church-dorchester]
  29. note: "She, her mother and her son are together in the early list of Dorchester church members."
  30. events:
  31. - what: Sailed on the Elizabeth
  32. date: "17 Apr 1635"
  33. place: London, England
  34. sources: [passenger-list-elizabeth-1635]
  35. note: "A widow of 40 with her son Hopestill, 14, and her mother Rachel Bigg."
  36. father:
  37. id: john-bigg-d1605
  38. basis: compiled
  39. confidence: probable
  40. sources: [online-tree-pane-joyce, will-smallhope-bigg-1638]
  41. note: Her brother Smallhope's will calls Hopestill Foster "son of my sister"; her brother John Bigg of Maidstone remembered "my sister Foster."
  42. mother:
  43. id: rachel-martin-1565
  44. basis: compiled
  45. confidence: probable
  46. sources: [online-tree-pane-joyce, passenger-list-elizabeth-1635]
  47. ---
  49. Widow of Richard Foster of Biddenden. The Biggs were clothiers of Cranbrook and Lydd.
  50. Embarked at London on the *Elizabeth* on 17 Apr 1635 with her son Hopestill and her
  51. mother: "Patience Foster, aged 40. Hopestill Foster, 14. Rachel Bigg, 6 [sic, for 60]."
  52. "Rachel Bigge," "Patience ffoster" and "Hopestill ffoster" appear together in the early
  53. list of members of the Dorchester church (Records of the First Church at Dorchester).
  55. Her brother Smallhope Bigg of Cranbrook, clothier, made his will on 3 May 1638: "To my
  56. mother Rachell Bigg one hundred pounds ... To my sisters Patience Foster and Elizabeth Stow
  57. in New England. To Hopestill Foster, son of my sister three hundred pounds." Patience and
  58. her sister joined Smallhope's widow in contesting the will against the executor, their
  59. brother John Bigg, and it was confirmed on 4 Apr 1639 (Waters, *Gleanings* 1:21). John Bigg
  60. of Maidstone, jurat, finished his own will on 27 Mar 1641[/2] (proved 7 Feb 1642[/3]). It
  61. left legacies to "My mother Bigg, my sister Foster, my brother Stowe, all these living in
  62. New England," and also to "my porter and fetcher in of my water" (Waters 1:22).
  64. Mollie's death date for her, 30 Jan 1702/3 aged 84 (p. 113), belongs to her
  65. daughter-in-law Mary (Bate) Foster.
  67. ## Open questions
  69. - Her death, which is unknown. Pane-Joyce gives 18 Mar 1637 at Dorchester, but her
  70. brothers' wills name her as living in 1638 and about 1641.
  71. - Baptized 1588, but aged 40 in 1635. Which is right?
  72. - Her mother: the colonial tree marks Rachel (Martin) Bigg as her mother on documentary
  73. evidence (her brothers' wills, which name "my mother" Rachel Bigg and "my sister" Patience
  74. Foster). The page keeps the link as compiled, probable.
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