Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . he has transmitted, considerably diluted in the strug-gles of more than eight centuries, a dash of the best blood of theroyal lines of England, Germany, France, and Italy! Strange asit may seem, this is not an idle tale, but a truthful incident ingenealogical research. It is introduced here solely as an episodeof interest not only to the subject of this sketch and his relativesand friends, but to all who inherit the name of Bigelow fromJohn Biglo, of Watertown, also to su
Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . he has transmitted, considerably diluted in the strug-gles of more than eight centuries, a dash of the best blood of theroyal lines of England, Germany, France, and Italy! Strange asit may seem, this is not an idle tale, but a truthful incident ingenealogical research. It is introduced here solely as an episodeof interest not only to the subject of this sketch and his relativesand friends, but to all who inherit the name of Bigelow fromJohn Biglo, of Watertown, also to such as claim the name ofWarren and carry a fraction of the blood of kings and queens asit coursed through the veins of the original John Warren, thefather of Mary. To the casual observer, it points to the oft-repeated maxim that blood will tell, and thus it happens thatthis combination of the fiery Italian, the mercurial Frenchman,the phlegmatic German, the Norwegian Corsair, and the sturdyNorman, with the plain and unpretentious Puritan, has producedthe highest type of the liberty-loving, God-fearing, HON. LEVI S. GOULD, of Melrose,County Commissioner, 1897 . Chairman, 1897 ANCIENT Mli)J):si-:X. 123 Hon. Levi Swantoii Gould,Chairman, January, J897, to date.
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