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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:90

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	id	90
	lastname	Bigelow
	firstname	Elsa
	sex	f
	birth_date	1770.07.20
	birth_place	RI
	date_admitted	1792.02.11
	covenant_signed	1814
	shaker_residences	Hancock 1792, 1803, 1813-1814, 1819, 1829-1831, 1843, 1850, 1854.
	health	Ill during epidemic, 1813.05.00. Not expected to live long, 1854.07.15.
	occupation	Eldress, 1829. Deaconess? 1830.
	departure_apostasy	Alt name: Elsie. Related to Huldah Bigelow, a 'most strong & masculine female,' Enfield, CT, Shaker sister, d. 1852: Hancock Ministry letter to Harvard 1852.12.20, OClWHi.IV:A-10. Supposed daughter of Timothy & Rhoda (Williams) Bigelow of Tyringham (Cathcart? Brewer index). Adm Hancock 1792.02.11, NOC.10,804. In Hancock 2d (Comstock Betts') Family, 1803, MPH.1314. Ill at end of winter fever epidemic, Hancock Ministry letter to Harvard Ministry, 1813.05.31, OClWHi.IV:A-19. Signed Chh Family covenant 1814.12.02, MPH.854. Age 49, Hancock Chh, 1819.09.00, OClWHi.III:A-17. 2d Eldress, Hancock Chh 2d Order 1829.08.30, OClWHi.III:B-42. Signed covenant (4th sister) 1830.12.25, NOC.10,345. Assigned place in meeting, Hancock Chh Family, 1831.11.20, MPH.1784. Signed Sacred Roll 1843.04.20, OClWHi.III:A-17. 1850 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Joseph Patten family 121: age 80, born RI. Visited Tyringham, 1851.07.17, DeWint.851. In Chh Family, not expected to live long, Hancock Ministry letter to Ministry, 1854.07.15, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Age 83 at death in 1854, MPH.8000 p172. NF Hancock or Pittsfield, MVR.
	notes	1854.07.18
	death_date	Hancock
	death_location	MPH.8000 p172.