Thomas Bigham and Sarah Christy

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Husband Thomas Bigham ^{1 2}

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           Born: 18 Apr 1784 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Oct 1809 1
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 4 Apr 1809 1

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Wife Sarah Christy ^{1 2}

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           Born: 27 Oct 1785 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Aug 1811 1
         Buried: 

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         Father: Capt. James Christy (      -      ) 3 4
         Mother: Mary McCall (      -      ) 3 5

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Children

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1 M Hon. Thomas James Bigham ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 12 Feb 1810 - Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Nov 1884 6
         Buried:  - Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

         Spouse: Maria Louise Lewis (      -1888) 2
           Marr: 30 Dec 1846 7

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Bigham

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Westmoreland Co, PA

The name of Bigham is a corruption or changed form of Bingham, and as far as known the Binghams and Bighams in America are derived from the same north of Ireland family and are supposed to be descendants of Sir John de Bingham, who came over with William the Conqueror, was knighted for his valient services and allotted estates near Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. One of these Binghams (Thomas), according to tradition, about 1480 emigrated from Sheffield to the north of Ireland, and there founded that branch of the family which seems so fully represented in this country. Be that as it may, Thomas J. Bigham, upon comparison of family histories, considered himself akin to the Binghams of Philadelphia and Ohio, the Bighams of Adams and Mercer counties, Pennsylvania, and many other Bighams and Binghams throughout the country.

He and his wife were farming people of Scotch-Irish ancestry and revolutionary stock on both sides.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 136.

2 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 62.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 620.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 611.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 455.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 139.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 137.