Bigelow, Andrew, 1795-1877

Bigelow was a Unitarian clergyman.

Andrew Bigelow (1795-1877) was born in Groton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1814 and studied law before turning to divinity. He graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1817 and spent some time in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was ordained as an Evangelist in 1820 and subsequently ministered in Eastport, Maine, for one year. In 1823 he was installed as a Unitarian minister at First Parish, Medford, Massachusetts, and afterward led congregations in Washington, D.C.; Taunton, Massachusetts; South Danvers (now Peabody), Massachusetts; and Boston. He married Amelia Sargent Stanwood on January 26, 1824. In 1846 he resigned his post at Pitts Street Chapel to become a minister at large. From that time until his death he was known for his work among the poor. During his lifetime he published two books and a number of sermons. He died in Boston on April 1, 1877.

Andrew Bigelow earned a Harvard A.B. 1814 and became a Unitarian clergyman and author in Massachusetts.

Andrew Bigelow graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1817 and was ordained as an evangelist in 1820. In 1823 he was installed as a Unitarian minister in Medford, Massachusetts. He served congregations in Washington, DC, Taunton, Massachusetts, and South Danvers, Massachusetts.

Andrew Bigelow (1795-1877) was the oldest son of the Hon. Timothy Bigelow (1767-1821), Mass. Speaker of the House, and his wife, Lucy Prescott Bigelow (1771-1852). Bigelow graduated from Harvard College in 1814, Divinity School in 1817, and studied also in Edinburgh, Scotland. He served as Unitarian minister in Eastport, Maine, Medford, Mass., Washington, D.C., and Taunton, Mass., before taking the job in 1845 as minister at large for the Boston Benevolent Fraternity of Churches. He became known as Minister of the "Poor of all Boston." He helped organize the Home for Aged Men in Boston, performed extensive charitable work, mastered twelve languages, and traveled overseas several times. In 1824, Andrew Bigelow married Amelia Stanwood ( - ) of Gloucester, Mass. Two of their children were Timothy Bigelow (1825- ), an attorney, and Theodore Stanwood Bigelow (1826-1872).