This wide-spread and eminently well-known family appears to be found in nearly every state in the Union, as well as in many portions of the Dominion of Canada, and in every instance may be traced to John Bigulah, or Biglo, as the name appears on the early records of Watertown, Mass., which seems to have been the only residence of the first ancestor of the family in this country, and where the marriage of John Bigulah and Mary Warin is recorded as having taken place October 30, 1642; being the first marriage recorded in that town.<br><br>The early ancestry of the above-mentioned John is somewhat uncertain, and only a careful investigation can settle it satisfactorily. The first John, according to the early records, was the father of thirteen children, from whom are descended this widely scattered family, of which about two hundred attended the family gathering at Worcester, June a, 1887.<br><br>The origin of this family reunion may be said to have been in the ever active brain of that enterprising and well-known member of the family, Horace H. Bigelow, Esq., of Worcester, Mass., and to him more than to all others are we indebted for the success of the undertaking. Through the kindness and liberality of Mr. Bigelow the members of the different branches of the family were invited to meet at Lincoln Park, Quinsigamond Lake, Worcester, Mass., on Wednesday, June 2, 1886. The invitation was accepted by about two hundred of the family, and the day was spent in a social and informal manner.