Kansas Saplings
Genealogies for Bigelow, Cleek, Messer, and Rankin Families
Description:... John Biglo (1616?-1703) was born in England and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts. He was married twice; to Mary Warren (d. 1691) and Sarah Bemis. Descendants changed their name to Bigelow. Jacob Cleek (d. 1832?) lived in Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Scott Co., Virginia. His second wife was Rachel Gibson (1784?-1860?). Some descendants changed their name to Click. Richard Mercer (d. 1671) settled in Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts and married Hannah Shatswell (d. 1670). Descendants changed their name to Messer. Adam (1668-1747), John Thomas (1690-1749) and Hugh Rankin of Ulster, Derry Co., Northern Ireland were Scottish ancestry and emigrated to Pennsylvania and Maine. Adam married Elizabeth May (d. 1721) and Mary Steele, settling in Franklin and Chester counties, Pennsylvania. John Thomas married Margaret Jane McElvee and lived in Chester Co. and Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. Hugh settled in Maine.
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