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THE BABBITT FAMILY
HISTORY
1643—1900
COMPILED BY
WILLIAM BRADFORD BROWNE,
ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE
OLD COLONY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF
TAUNTON, MASS., AND OF THE SOCIETY
OF GENEALOGISTS OF LONDON.
TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS
1912
C. A. HACK & SON, TAUNTON, MASS.
1142496
EMILY JENNY BABBITT
The labor of compiling and editing this
work was done by the auflior for the Babbitt
Family Association in affectionate remem-
brance of his father
CHARLES ALBERT BROWNE
1842 - 1907
"God sifted a whole nation that he might
send choice grain over into this Wilder-
ness.'^^
Election Sermon of Wm. Stoughton
at Boston— April 29—1669
THE INCEPTION OF THE BABBITT FAMILY
ASSOCIATION.
Miss Emily Jenny Babbitt early in life became interested in family
records. While still a school girl she began to record notes concerning
her own family and others bearing her own name in a little book which
she made use of for forty-five years or more, and it has proven quite use-
ful in the present work of the Babbitt Family Association.
She first visited Taimton, Mass., in 1905, having learned from a cor-
respondent in Vermont that Edward Bobet, her probable first ancestor,
had appeared in Taunton in 1643. She was there but two weeks but
made the acquaintance of Mr. James E. Seaver, Secretary and Librarian
of the Old Colony Historical Society and through his assistance learned
considerable of the early Babbitt families. The next year, 1906, she
spent five weeks in Taunton, when she studied family history very ear-
nesdy, passing much time at the Public Library consulting genealogical
works and receiving valuable assistance from Mr. Joshua Eddy Crane,
the librarian.
She passed the entire summer of 1907 in Taimton and by the invaluable
help of friends, she projected the formation of the Babbitt Family Asso-
ciation. An announcement was made by a card sent out to a limited
number of descendants of Edward Bobet (bearing the name of Babbitt)
reading as follows: —
"Miss E. Jenny Babbitt of Washington, D. C, a cor-
responding member of the Old Colony Historical So-
ciety, who is at present residing in Taunton, is inter- i
ested in taking preliminary measures for the prepara-
tion of a genealogical record of the descendants of
Edward Bobbitt, an early settler of Taunton. For the
purpose of presenting this subject more fully for con-
sideration and to form an Executive Committee for
future efforts, arrangements have been made to hold J
8 THE BABBITT FAMILY ASSOCIATION.
a meeting at the Public Library on Thursday, August
8th at 10 o'clock A. M., to which you are cordially
invited".
JOSHUA E. CRANE.
Taunton, Mass., July 20, 1907."
Then followed in due time a circular sent out to over five hundred
Babbitts and their descendants whether bearing the family name or
otherwise, announcing that "At a special meeting of the Old Colony
Historical Society to be holden at Historical Hall, Taunton, Mass., on
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1907, the exercises of the day will be commemorative of
Edward Bobet (now known as Babbitt), an early settler of Taunton about
1643, and of his children — Edward, Sarah, Hannah, Damaris, Elkanah,
Dorcas Esther, Ruth and Deliverance. All descendants of Edward
Bobet, (Babbitt) whether bearing the family name or otherwise are
cordially invited to attend the meeting and as it is impossible to reach
all by personal notification, it is desirable that those who receive this
circular send addresses of those they know to the Chairman of the
Committee of arrangements. The exercises of the day will include the
organization of an historical and genealogical Association of the family
and a literary program of special interest to every descendant.
A lunch will be served at noon.
All commimications may be sent to RoUin H. Babbitt,
Chairman of the Executive Committee.
Taunton, Mass., August 26, 1907."
A very successful meeting was held as by appointment. Miss Bab-
bitt remained imtil after the meeting and closed up the necessary cor-
respondence which ensued.
In the simmier of 1908 Miss Babbitt was again in Taunton to lend
her aid to the Officers of the Association. In the absence of the Sec-
retary she sent out invitations to the members of the Association and
also to as many new members of the family and its connections as could
be found. The second meeting was held in Historical Hall, Taimton,
Sept. 24, 1908. At this meeting several of those most interested in the
work of the Association resolved that Miss Babbitt should be relieved
of further responsibility in the matter and all work necessary in preparing
for the third annual meeting, Sept. 23, 1909, was undertaken and suc-
cessfully carried out by Mr. William B. Browne, Secretary of the Asso-
SPOT WHERE EDWARD BOB IT WAS SLAIN.
BERKLEY, MASS.
SITE OF EDWARD BOBIT'S HOME,
BERKLEY, MASS,
THE BABBITT FAMILY ASSOCIATION. U
ciation. At the meeting of the Babbitt Family Association in 1910, the
following Committee was appointed to attend to all details concerning
the publication of this book:
Mr. George R. Babbitt of Providence, R. I.
Mr. Francis S. Babbitt of Tamiton, Mass.
Miss Elizabeth R. Babbitt of Mendham, N. J.
with the Secretary of the Association an ex-ofl&cio member. Under their
auspices the work has been completed.
PREFACE.
In the year 1890 the compiler of this book became interested in gen-
ealogical work, and his interest in his Babbitt ancestry led him to trace
it to the first of the name in America, Edward Bobet, Mr. Isaac Wil-
cox, a well known genealogist of Tamiton, took a personal interest in
the matter; so much so, that a complete record of each generation of this
branch was secured. This was printed in the form of a two-leaved folder
and was widely distributed. During the compilation of this book, copies
of this original pamphlet were sent from widely separated sources, show-
ing that it had awakened an interest among the family to learn more of
its history.
This little folder was the first in print concerning the Babbitt family,
of sufficient importance to be considered an effort to compile a complete
family record, although several branches have compiled records of their
particular branch, but with no attempt to follow the line back to the
foimder. When the present work was undertaken no idea was enter-
tained that it would be of such magnitude, or that the family was so ex-
tensive.
In commencing the work there was a great advantage in the fact that
every record of a Babbitt family was certain to fit eventually into its proper
place, since there are evidently no Babbitts in America who are not des-
cendants of Edward Bobet, with the exception of certain few families
of late foreign extraction who have assumed this name on reaching this
country. The family of Erasmus Babbitt of Boston as noted elsewhere
seems extinct.
In planning the arrangement and scope of compilation, it was decided
to give one generation of each of the female lines, and whenever a des-
cendant of another name than Babbitt joined the Association, the line
would be carried down to include that member's family.
The origin of the name Babbitt is variously given. One authority-
says it is of German extraction and originating from the words, "Bube"
meaning "boy," and "Hait" meaning "hood" and hence "boyhood."
Letters have been received from a Spanish Genealogical Society imder
the impression that it was an Americanized form of Babbitto.
No. 2
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No. 6
No. 12
No. 17
No. 29
No. 32,
wife of No. 61
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PREFACE. 11
Certain family traditions give it a French origin, but there is no doubt
that it is really the old English name of Bobbet, this being the form used
by the first Edward. It is a very common English name of the present
time and later immigrants to this country who settled in North Carolina
have kept the name in its original form, and it is not an uncommon name
throughout the South. The descendants of Edward Bobbet used the
freedom of all early comers to this country in spelling their name. Very
few of the early names admit of such a variety of spelling. It is found
spelled with any one of the vowels in the first and last syllables, in com-
bination with single or double "b's" and "t's," giving a vast variety of
spellings. The same person will frequently use several varieties in the
same document. In the fifth generation almost all used the form "Bab-
bitt," which is now practically universal. One branch still uses "o"
in the final syllable while several have kept a single "t" which ending
was almost universal in the third and fourth generation.
The English Surname Bobbett means "Bob," son of Robert, the sylla-
ble "ett" being a diminutive. Similarly "Babbidge" is supposed to-
derive from "son of Barbara." "Bobbett" was a common family name
in Suffolk and Devonshire in the middle ages.
There was one other Babbitt family in this country besides the one
whose records are the subject of this book. This is the family of Eras-
mus Bobet of Boston, styled in old records "Governor of Burbuda" and
merchant mariner of Boston. This family seems wholly extinct in the
male line, as none have been discovered who descend from this family,
while this work was in preparation.
Erasmus Bobet married Nov. 18, 1700, Thamazine Harris, widow of
David Harris, and daughter of William Elsen. She was born in 1644
and died Nov. 27, 1721, being buried in the Granary Burying ground
in Boston. He is supposed to have previously married at Westerley,
R. I., Mary Lawton Babcock, widow of John Babcock, since in a deed
dated March 11, 16G9, James and John Babcock sold land of "father
John Babcock" and mention "stepfather Erasmus Bobet." Who the
first wife of Erasmus Bobet was we are unable to say, but his son John,
born 1681, must have been a son of still an earlier marriage than the two
mentioned, since he is recorded on Charlestown records as having been
born in Plymouth, England. He is styled, "Mariner" in the records.
He was twice married. He married Abigail Beresford in Boston, May
25, 1702. She died Jan. 12, 1709, aged 36. He married second Mary Hett,
Nov. 28, 1710, who outlived her husband and married Robert White in 1731.
12 PREFACE.
John Bobet died in 1728, aged 47. His children were:
Mary, August 21 or 28, 1704.
John, April 15, 1706. Baptized 1710.
Joseph (Probably) his name being found on a tomb-
stone near Dr. Rand's tomb.
This family doubtless all died early as they disappear from all accessi-
ble records, although it is possible that John Jr., bom, 1706, may have
gone to North Carolina, and is the founder of the numerous Bobbett fam-
ily now there.
There seems no reason to doubt that Erasmus Bobet was a relative
of Edward of Berkley, Mass.
Further search in English records may reveal the connection. Erasmus
early appeared as a family name among Edward's descendants, and he
may have encouraged Erasmus to follow him to the new world, although
this, of course, is pure speculation.
This History of the Babbitt Family is not considered by the compilers
to be complete. Originally planned to include the first six generations,
its scope was later increased to include the later records necessarily accu-
mulated in the earlier work. It is claimed, however, to be a very com-
plete record of the first six generations, and perhaps an awakened interest
may in time secure additional records which can be published as an
appendix to this volume.
It is also claimed to be the best record procurable with the limited
means available. Had it not been for the many voluntary workers and
the interest of the family generally, it would have been impossible to
present this work at this time. There are few wealthy members in the
Association and no money has been available to travel to places where
it is known members of the family had resided or still reside.
Furthermore, the Association was so fortunate as to have the services
of Mr. John Mc'Ilvene of Northampton, Mass., a genealogist of note;
a keen analyst of records and facts, of remarkable memory and a sur-
prising faculty of correctly anticipating the solution of many puzzling
questions. His interest in this book and his labors in its behalf were all
out of proportion to the pecuniary recompense which he received, and
the success of this work is in no small degree due to him.
We are also indebted to the generosity of the Old Colony Historical
Society, through Mr. James Seaver, for loans of books and many cour-
tesies.
EDWARD BOBET.
In preparing a sketch of Edward Bobet, the founder of our family,
we are unable to find recorded much that throws light on his early years.
The few items that are on record, however when considered together lend
themselves in the formation of a presumptive account of his life, which
seems to be reasonably sure to be correct. His appearance at Taunton
when a mere boy, evidently possessed of means, can only be explained
by the hypothesis that he came here in the company of near relatives —
perhaps as the step-son of one of the early proprietors of Taunton, whose
name is withheld from us. In this connection the name of Jonas Austin
suggests itself, it being he who sold Edward Bobet his first land in 1652
(before his marriage) and where he built his first house and brought his
bride. Then, too, the Holloways and Hathaways could well be supposed
near relatives from their close association with Bobet.
The first mention of Edward Bobet on record in this country is at
Plymouth, where under date of 1643 we find his name among fifty-four
others in a list of those between sixteen and sixty years of age, who are
able to bear arms. From this we know that he was over sixteen years
of age at this date, and presumably barely that age since he does not ap-
pear in any earlier record of this nature.
His next appearance is in the Plymouth Court records, the charge
against him being an example of the strict discipline of those days: —
"At the Generall Court holden at Plymouth aforesaid,
the sixt day of Jime 1649, xxx Presentments of the
Grand Inquest, xxx Wee p-sent Edward Bobbit, of
Taimton, for receuing pay for stoUen wampon." xxx
Upon the margin of the same page, against the name of Edward Bob-
et, and opposite the charge is the official entry "Cleared."
November 19, 1652, Edward Bobet bought his first land as shown
by the following deed: —
14 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
FROM PLYMOUTH COLONY RECORDS.
This prsent writing made the 19th day of November Amio
dom 1652, between Jonas Austin of Taunton within of New
Plymouth in New England yeoman on the one pte and Ed-
ward Bobbett yeoman of Taunton aforsaid on the other
pte witnesseth That the said Jonas Austine for and in Con-
sideration of seaven pounds of Current New English pay
to the said Jonas made, hath bargained sold alliened given
Graunted; and by these prsents doth fully Clearly and abso-
lutely bargaine sells, Give and Graunt unto the above said
Edward Bobbitt a Certaine pell of land sett lying and be-
ing within the Plantation or Township of Tavmton afore-
said on the Southsyde of the Great River between the land
of Edward Rew; which lyeth on the one syde of it; and the
land of William Parker which lyeth on the other syde of it,
extending it self from the said Great River with those lands
by which it is bounded; containing twelve pole in breadth
and in quantity by estimation; six acrees broad more or lesse;
To have and to hold the same pssell of land with all and sin-
gulare the appurtenances imto the said Edward Bobbitt,
his heires and assignes forever To the onely use and behoofe
of the same Edward Bobbitt his heires and assignes forever;
And the said Jonas Austine doth forhimselfe and his heires
and assignes Covenant and by these prsents promise unto
the said Edward Bobbitt, his heires and assignes full quiett
possession use occupying and injoyment of the aforsaid
prmises for the time to come without any trouble re'ga'tion
or molestation whatsoever; In virtues wherof the said Jonas
Austine hath heerunto sett his hand and seale the day and
yeer above written.
Signed, sealed and possession of the said prmises Given in
the prsence of Willam Parker.
PETER PITTS
The mark of A JONAS AUSTINE and a [seale].
This Conveyance was acknowlidged by the man and his
wife this 23 of Aprill 1659 before us
JOSIAH WINSLOW
WILLIAM BRADFORD, Assistants.
TIMOTHY PLAIN CEMETERY.
BERKLEY, MASS.
JOHN HATHAWAY HOUSE.
BERKLEY, MASS.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 15
In October, 1652, the same year as the preceding deed, he became
one of the Proprietors of the "Bloomerie" (as the ancient Iron Works of
Taunton were called) on Two Mile River, he being one of those to sub-
scribe 10 £. for the enterprise, which fact lends weight to the supposi-
tion that he was a yoimg man with some means in starting his life in the
new country.
In 1654 we find the record of his marriage in the records of Boston: —
"BOBBET, Edward Bobbett was marryed to Sarah
Tame, the daughter of Myles Tarne of Boston 7:7:
1654: by Capt. Humphrey Atharton."
By the method of computing time of that period the seventh month
would be September. Myles Tarne was a leather dresser at Boston as
early as 1638, he and his wife being members of the church, and it is be-
yond doubt that their daughter, Sarah, was born in England and accom-
panied them to Boston. Edward Bobbett and his bride probably began
their married life on the little farm purchased of Jonas Austin in 1652,
A careful search among the Proprietary Records discloses the location
of this tract as being between the river and the old highway from Taun-
ton to Freetown, not far from a stream then called Joshua's Creek. It
adjoined the lands of John Macomber and also ad joined later purchases
of Edward Bobet. It was perhaps the homestead where he always
lived.
In 1658 Bobet in company with John Hathaway and Timothy Hol-
loway purchased 400 acres of land as described in the following deed: —
From To all Christian People To whom these prsents shall come
Plymouth James Wyatt of Taunton in Plymouth Pattent in New Eng-
Colony land and George Macye of the same Towne Attorneyes unto
Records Mr. Nicholas Street, now or late Teacher of the Church of
Vol. 3 Taunton, aforsaid sendeth Greet: Know yea that wheras
P. 189. the said Nicholas Street by his letter of Attorney, bearing
date the nineteenth day of October in the yeare of our Lord
one Thousand six hundred fifty-eight, did ordaine and
Constitute and in his place and sted, sett and appointed
the said James Wyatt and Gorge Macey his true and
lawfull Attorneyes for him and in his Name and Stead
to sell and make sale of foure hundred acrees of
upland and meddow be there more or lesse lying to-
gether in Taunton aforsaid; which was Given by the Court
16 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
of Plymouth unto Mr. William hooke and the said Mr. Nich-
olas Street Joyntly; and att the goeing away of the said hooke
from Taimton to Newhaven; all the said hookes prte except
two pssellsof meddow: The one lying att Grassey Island,
The other att a place called Assonett, being sold or disposed
of to the said Street, and by the same letter of Attorney doth
give full power and Authority unto them the said Attomeyes;
To enter his said lands or into some prte thereof in the name
of the whole, and to such psson or pssons as by vertue of the
said letter shall purchase the same of his said Attomeyes;
That they his said Attomeyes doe in his name deliver quiett
and peacable possession and seizen according to the law, and
alsoe to remove eiech and dispossesse as they shall think
fitt; all and every psson or pssons useing or occupying all or
any prte of the said lands; and them soe cleared to convert
unto the use of such psson or pssons as shall purchase the
same; Wherefore Now further Know yea That wee the said
James Wyatt and Gorge Macey, in the name of the said
Nicholas Street according to the power comitted unto us as
aforsaid for and in consideration of one himdred and fifty
poimds sterling wherof fifty pounds in hand payed fhe rese-
due Cecured to be payed, have given, graunted, bargained,
sold, enfeofed and confirmed, and by these presents doe give
grant bargaine sell enfeofe and confirme unto John hathway
Edward Bobbut and Timothy halloway all of Taunton afor-
said. The said four hundred acrees of upland and meddow
lying together in Taunton aforsaid, be there more or lesse;
The one syde wherof is bounded with two marked trees stand-
ing upon the head of a Cove called Smiths Cove on the South
prte. The other syde boimded with a place called the Iron
Spring, being opposite against a certaine pssell of land called
Mr. Gilbert's farme, on the North prte one end butts upon a
great River in prte and upon the meadowes of Captaine Wil-
1am Poole mistris Jane ffarwell and Willam hailstone in prte
on the west or Northwest prte. The other end running up
into the woods, soe farr as will extend to four hundred acrees
as aforesaid; the one Moyety or halfe prte of which said
four hundred acrees the said Nicholas Street had and
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 17
purchased of the said Willam hooke late Pastour of the
said Church of Taunton when hee the said hooke went
from Taunton to Newhaven as is aforsaid. To have and
to hold the said four hundred acrees of upland and
meadow be there more or lesse as befor butted and bounded
with all and every the appurtenances privilidges and
comodities thereunto belonging or or any wayes apper-
taining, unto the said John hathway Edward Bobbitt
and Timothy hoUoway theire heires and assignes for-
ever: To the onely and behoof of the said John hathway
Edward Bobbutt and Timothy holloway theire heires and
assignes forever, without any the lett molestation or expul-
sion of him the said Nicholas Street his heires exequitors or
assignes or any claiming any title claime or Interest to the
same or any prte therof, from or under him them or any of
them, and for warranty of the said prmises the said James
Wyatt and Gorge Macey doth for themselves, theire heires
exequitors and administrators; covenant and grant to and
with the said John hathway Edward Bobbitt and Timothy
holloway theire heires and assignes by these prsents that
the said prmises now be and att all time and times heerafter
shalle remaine and continew and abide unto the said Johne
hathway Edward Bobbitt and Timothy holloway theire
heires and assignes; ffreely acquited, exonnarated and dis-
charged, or otherwise from time to time and at all times heer-
after, well and sufi&ciently saved defended and kept harm-
less oflf and from all and all manor of former and other bar-
gaines and sales gifts grants feofments joyntures dower title
of dower estates mortgages forfeitures seizures judgments
extents executions and all other actes and Incombrances
whatsoever; had made done acknowlidged and comitted by
the said Nicholas Street or any other prson or prsons claim-
ing or haveing any title or interest of in or to the said demised
prmises or any prte therof or any of the appurtenances ther-
of, by from or under him. The said Nicholas Street or his
assignes or don or comitted by the assent means or procure-
ment of the said Nicholas Street or his assignes by any other
prson or prsons whatsoever wherby the said John hathway
18 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Edward Bobbutt or Timothy hoUoway or any of them or the
heires or assignes of them or any of them, shall or may be
lawfully evicted out of the possession or enjoyment thereof
or of any prte or prsell therof as aforsaid provided, the said
John hathway Edward Bobbutt and Timothy hoUoway or
some or one of them, or the heires exequitors or adminis-
trators of them or some or one of them, shall pay or cause
to be payed imto the said James Wyatt and Gorge Macey
attorneys as aforsaid unto the said Nicholas Street and to
and for the use of him the said Nicholas Street; The sume
of one hundred pounds, for the nature of pay and time and
place of payment, according to the tenor of that mortgage
of the prmises agreed upon: To be sealed by them the said
John Hathway Edward Bobbutt and Timothy holloway;
but if therin they shall faile and forfeite the prmises in case
of non payment the next aforsaid covenant in point of war-
ranty to be off noe force against the said Wyatt and Macey,
any thinge in these prsents to the contrary therof in any wise
notwithstanding and alsoe the said James Wyatt and Gorge
Macey doth further covenant promise and graunt to and
with the said John hathway Edward Bobbutt & Timothy
holloway, that when the purchase money due for the said
bargained premises is as aforsaid payed and satisfyed ac-
cording to time and place of payment and nature of pay,
then they the said James Wyatt and Gorge Macey or one
of them shall and will deliver or cause to be delivered, all
and singular such evidences and writings that they have or
can procure onely touching or conserning the prmises server-
ale with the said mortgage agreed to be sealed for cecuritie,
as aforsaid, and acknowlidged satisfaction of the said debt
upon the record therof if the said mortgage shalbe recorded,
and lastly that when the said debt or sume is fully payed as
aforsaid. The said James Wyatt and Gorge Macey shall
and will prforme and doe or cause to be prformed and done,
any such further acte or actes as they the said James Wyatt
and Gorge Macey shalbe therunto advised or required by the
said John hathway Edward Bobbutt and Timothy holloway
or theire or any of theire assignes for a more full and prfect
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 19
conveying and assuring the said Bargained prmises and
every prte therof unto the said John hathway Edward Bob-
bitt and Timothy holloway theire heires and assignes. In
Witness wherof the said James Wyatt and Gorge Macey
have heerunto put theire hands and scales the day
in the yeare of our Lord one Thousand six hundred fifty
and eight.
Signed Sealed and delivered in prsence of
William Poole, JAMES WYATT and a [seale].
Walter Deane, GORGE MACEY and a [seale].
William harvey.
This deed was acknowlidged by James Wyatt and Gorge
Macey the 24th of June 1663, before mee, John Aldin, As-
sistant.
Part of this tract must be the farm upon which Edward resided during
the rest of his life and which has never been out of the possession of his
descendants, the present occupant, Mrs. Edward E. Whitaker, being
seventh in descent from him and her house being the third house to be
erected thereon, same containing a door and other pieces of the second
house built into it.
In the Proprietors' records of Taimton is recorded in 1660 that "John
Hathaway, Edward Bobbitt and Timothy Halloway — all of them far-
mers— shall have their divisions at ye head of their farms." Also under
date of December 28, 1659, appears the following agreement: —
"The names af those inhabitants
"within the township of Taunton, who
"are to have their division of land
"now agreed upon, December 28, 1659,
"whose proportion is to be according
"to the rate here following, together
"with the quantity of land, lots,
"and heads, at two acres to the
"head, two acres to the lot.
"'Winifred Gilbert,
"'James Walker,
John Tisdill,
e rate
the lots
are alike
;i.io. 6
3 heads
1. 5. 7
8 "96 acres
1.10.10
9 " 82 "
20 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTOEY.
"Edward Bobbitt, £ 0 10. 8 4 heads 29 acres
The list contains 47 names that of "Edward Bobbitt" being the 19th
thereon.
In the year 1662, Edward Bobbitt appears in the list of the Grand Jury
of Taunton.
OLD PROPRIETARY RECORDS OF TAUNTON,
VOL. 2, PP. 13, 14.
"July 21, 1666. Whereas by the vote of the town, that several of the
town shall have a certain tract of meadow and upland upon the three
mile river or thereabout. It is voted and agreed upon that such as are
not in this tract above written considered — that is to say fatherless chil-
dren, whose fathers were purchasers, and others that are purchasers and
are not now inhabitating in this town, shall be hereafter considered with
meadow and upland according as these are, near thereabout — this 21st
July, 1666. These whose names are vmderwritten having cast lots for
the meadow and upland at the three mile river or near thereabouts and
they are to have their land and meadow as their lot hath cast as here is
written according as it layeth upon the map of meadow and upland made
by John Macomber, the measurer.
Edward Bobbitt, 35 acres.
May 18, 1666, it was "voted and granted that Edward Bobbitt shall
have his division on ye North side of Joshuas Creek near the foot way,
that is to say the way that goeth to Rhode Island."
June 1, 1668, Edward Bobet became one of the proprietors of the
North Purchase as shown by the following extracts from the deed: —
June 1, 1668:—
" 'Whereas the General Court of New Plymouth have
empowered Mr. Thomas Prence, Maj. Josias Winslow,
Capt. Thomas Southworth, and Mr. Constant Southworth
to take notice of some purchases of land lately made by Capt.
Thomas Willett, and to settle and dispose the said lands for
the Colony's use;
Know therefore, all whom it may concern, that the above
named Mr. Thomas Prence, Captain Thomas Southworth,
and Mr. Constant Southworth and Major Josias Winslow,
by virtue of power by and from said Court derived unto them,
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 21
have, and by these presents do, bargain, sell, grant, aliene,
allot, confer, and make over unto Richard Williams, Walter
Dean, George Marcy, James Walker xxx EDWARD BOB-
BITT xxx Proprietors of the town of Taimton and to their
heirs forever, a certain tract of land lying and being on the
northerly side of Taunton aforsaid, and is bounded as fol-
lov^^eth, viz: Beginning. "(Then follows the description
of lands extending from Taunton westerly to Rehoboth)
"together with the meadows, woods, waters, and all the ben-
efits, privileges, emoluments, profits, and immunities there-
unto appertaining and belonging to have and to hold to them
and to their heirs forever."
In 1668 Bobet was chosen a member of the "Grand Enquest" of
Plymouth Co. and on June 5, 1671, appears in this connection: —
"The names of the persons appointed by the Court to view the Damage
done to the Indians by the Horses and Hoggs of the English: —
JOHN HATHAWAY,
EDWARD BOBBITT,
JAMES PHILLIPS.
A short time before the commencement of the Indian
War in 1675, there appears to have been inserted on the town-
book a correct list of the proprietors of ancient Taunton
as they then stood, 'imto whom the town hath already
granted or divided lands by virtue of their enjoying either
purchase lots or purchase rights to divisions of lands.' The
catalogue was preceded by the following declaration:
'Whereas, by the providence of God in the year 1638 and
the year 1639, it pleased God to bring the most part of the
first purchasers of Taunton over the great ocean into this
wilderness from our dear and native land, and after some
small time here we found this place (called by the natives of
the land Cohannet) in the colony of New Plymouth, and of
the Court of the said colony we obtained grants of tracts of
land for a plantation or township, as by the records of the
said Court it may and doth appear, and then we also made
purchase and bought the said tracts of land for our money
of the right proprietors and owners, the Indians' sachem or
22 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
prince of that part of the country, as by deed under their
hands it may appear, and in honor and love to our dear and
native country, we called this place Taunton, and owning
it a great mercy of God to bring us to this place, and setding
of us on lands of our own, bought with our money in peace,
in the midst of the heathen, for a possession for ourselves,
and for our posterity after us, do mutually agree and fully
determine, as an imdeniable order of this town, without any
evasion whatsoever, that all lands that is or shall be granted
to any person or persons, whether under the denomination
of a purchaser or free inhabitant orderly received into this
town, shall be to the grantees and their heirs and assigns
forever, a good perfect estate of inheritance in fee simple,
and that all titles of our lands within this township, so to
stand in the tenure to the grantees, and so to descend to their
survivors as aforesaid.'
Richard Williams in his own rights, and on that which was
Henry Uxley's, and on that which was Anthony Slocum's,
and that which was John Gingil's.
John Hall and Samuel Hall on their two rights, which
were Joseph Wilson's and Benjamin Wilson's.
Joseph Hall on the rights that was his father's.
Captain William Poole's heirs on his rights.
Lieutenant George Macey on his own rights and on that
which was Mr. Boshop's
William Harvey on his own rights.
XXX
EDWARD BOBBITT on his own rights.
XXX
These purchasers or proprietors forementioned, are here-
by and by virtue hereof, entitled and interested only into
the first purchase of the township of Taunton, and not into
any later purchases. This list was made and agreed upon,
and concluded and confirmed, by us whose names are under-
written, being the major part of the committee chosen by
the town for that end. Dated May 14th, 1675"
(Signed by Richard Williams and six others.)
The list contained in the foregoing declaration comprises 72 names,
that of Edward Bobet being the sixty-fifth.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 23
The dates 1638 and 1639, in connection with the remainder of the sen-
tence in the preamble of which they form a part, render it probable that
Edward Bobet landed in America during one of those years.
We have now come to that time of terror and disaster to the settlers —
the uprising of the Indians, known as King Phillip's War. It can easily
be imagined how many anxious hours were passed by Edward and Sarah
Bobet, so far removed from the garrison stockade, with their large
family of children. Judging by the quantities of Indian relics found on
his home farm it would seem that it was a peculiarly favorite haunt of
the Indians before Bobet bought it. Finally their position became
too dangerous to admit of further delay and being warned of the com-
mencement of hostilities, on June 25, 1675, they took refuge in the gar-
rison at Taunton, leaving behind the home which had been the fruit of
so much labor in the wilderness. We must depend upon tradition for
the account of Edward Bobet's last hours. This tradition has been
so faithfully handed down from generation to generation and seems so
fully confirmed by his place of burial that there is no reason to disbelieve
it. According to this tradition Bobet returned to his house to secure
some necessary article — perhaps the cheese hoop, as the story says: he
was accompanied by his dog in the thought that perhaps warning of prowl-
ing savages would be given by it. He secured the needed article and
was on his way back to the fort when he became aware of his pursuit by
Indians; he climbed a tree and was effectually hidden, but his faithful
dog disclosed his presence and his life was the forfeit of his hazardous
adventure. His grave is in a private yard, near Berkley Bridge, and is
thought to be the spot where he was killed. The spot was marked by a
bronze Memorial Tablet in 1911 — its cost being defrayed by small con-
tributions from his descendants, from all over the United States and Can-
ada.
When he failed to return to the fort the searching party probably buried
his mutilated body where it was found and later the old headstone was
placed there, which is now in Historical Hall, it having been taken away
from the grave in after years and placed on a stone wall near by. This
old stone reads: —
"Edward Bobbett
Kid June, 1675."
24 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
The place of his burial is well remembered by old residents of Berkley
and can be located within a few feet.
Bodge's "King Phillip's War" gives the date of Bobet's death as May,
1676. This is obviously an error as shown by the date on the old stone
and by the date of the following record : —
"At the Court of his Ma'tie held att Plymouth for the Juris-
diction of New Plymouth, the sixt day of March, 1676.
XXX
Sarah, the relict of Edward Bobbett, is granted letters of
adminnestration on the estate of her husband, deceased;
and in order to the settlement of the estate, this Court doth
order, that the eldest son shall have a doubble portion of the
whole estate, and to take it in lands unimproved; and the ad-
minnestratrix is to have during her life the land that is im-
proved, with a thirds of the meddow, as in full of her thirds
of the proffitts of the lands, and as a healp to the bringing
up of the children, and a third of the goods and chatties to
her owne dispense, the rest of the estate to be equally divided
amongst the rest of the children,"
It will be noticed by this Inventory that Edward Bobet owned several
town rights of Taunton, comprising several hundred acres, which
were afterward set off to his sons.
In 1684, at the widow Sarah's request, Edward Bobet, Jr., was ap-
pointed to administer his father's estate and made guardian of the minor
children.
An Inventory of the estate of Edward Bobet Senr. slaine
by the Indians exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth
the sixt of March 1676 on the oath of Sarah Bobbitt widdow.
Imps the house and land broken up and £. s. d.
imbroken which lyeth together and meddow
adjoyning to it being 140 acrees lying att
Mr. Streets farme soe called 150-00-00
2 About 4 acrees of salt meddow lying att As-
place called by the name of Assonett 10-00- 0
3 A peece of upland being 29 acres lying att a
place called Joshua Creekes brook 07-00 -0
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
25
4 eight acrees of land lying on the east syde £. s. d,
of the Great River neare the Great bridge 04-00 -0
5 Alsoe 22 acrees of land lying by the three
Mile River lying att Rumford and called the
20 acree devision 05-00 -0
6 A Right in the North devision 10- 0- 00
Item alsoe a right in the late purchased land
below the 3 mile River 10-00-00
7 Town Rights 10-00- 0
8 Two oxen 6 cowes 5 steers, 1 bull two heif-
fers 5 yeerlings 1 calfe 2 horses 13 swine 56-10 -0
Item beeflf and come spent by the armie and
horses killed in the army 06-01-00
Item Cart wheeles and plow and plow irons,
chaines and hoese & yoakes beetle rings
and weddges with other old iron 05-11-00
Item axes horse takleing armes and Amunition 02-03-06
Item bed and beding 05-10- 0
Item wearing clothes that was left of his 03-04-00
Item hemp bagges and basketts bridles and
saddles & Skins 06-07 -0
Item woolen cloth and linine cloth mony and xchge 06-09- 0
Item spining wheels chests tubbs pailes bar-
rells bottles and other wooden lumber 03-02-06
Item bedsteeds and cradles lether and other
smale things 02-03-06
Item 1 pillian 00-08-00
Item bed and furniture 02-00- 0
This estate of Edward Bobbitt above mensioned an In-
habitant of Taunton in the Jurisdiccion of New Plymouth
was apprised by us this sixt of March 1676.
WILLAM WITHERELL,
SAMUELL SMITH.
Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 3 of Wills, Page 56.
26 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY,
1
Edward Bobet. Married Sept. 7, 1654, Sarah Tame, daughter of Miles
Tame, a leather dresser of Boston, Mass. Died June 25, 1675.
Children : —
■^ 2 Edward, July 15, 1655.
3 Sarah, March 20, 1658.
4 Hannah, March 9, 1660.
5 Damaris, Sept. 15, 1663.
\6 Elkanah, Dec. 15, 1665.
Dorcas, Jan. 20, 1667. Died April 9, 1674.
7 Esther, April 15, 1669.
8 Ruth, Aug. 7, 1671.
9 Deliverance, Dec. 15, 1673.
^ Edward Bobet (Edward). Bom July 15, 1655.
Edward Bobet is styled in his will and in many deeds as of'Dighton."
The same is true of many of his sons and all the early settlers of what
is now Berkley. In this connection it must be remembered that Dighton
was set off from Taimton in 1712 and Berkley was set oflf from both
Dighton and Taimton in 1735.
Died , 1732. Married Feb. 1, 1683, Abagail Tisdale, daughter
of John and Sarah (Walker) Tisdale. (This John Tisdale was killed by
Indians the day after Edward Bobet was slain.) Married (2nd) Dec.
22, 1698, Elizabeth Thayer, daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail (Harvey)
Thayer.
Children : —
Edward, b. Feb 14, 1684— (Probably died young).
10 Erasmus, 1685.
\11 Sarah.
12 Seth, 1692./
13 Nathan, Dec. 10, 1695^ ^ /f
14 Abagail, July 29, 1700. \'^
15 Waitstill, Nov. 16, 1701.
16 Ruth, Aug. 24, 1703.
17 Benajah, July 19, 1705.
18 Hannah, June 27, 1707.
19 Edward, July 13, 1709.
20 Nathaniel, July 22, 1712.
21 George, Oct. 19, 1715.
GRAVE STONE OF EDWARD BOBIT.
IN HUSTORICAL HALL, TAUNTON, MASS.
GRAVE OF DAMARIS SMITH,
IN NECK O' LAND CEMETERY.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY, 27
Edward Bobet received a double share of his father's estate and re-
tained possession of the homestead farm where he spent his days.
He was a member of the "train band" of Taunton and tradition re-
lates that on one training day there appeared among the spectators one
of the Indians who had killed Edward Bobet. This Indian who was
perhaps intoxicated, boasted of this fact to Edward Bobet, Jr., who at
a later date avenged his father's death. The Proprietors' records contain
numerous entries concerning parcels of land which Edward added to his
estate, and at the time of his death he owned many acres in both Taunton
and the North Purchase. His land in the North Purchase was located
in the present town of Norton. Before his death he divided a portion of
his lands among his sons. His will is herewith given. The autographs
of Edward and his wife Elizabeth are reproduced from signatures found
on his vnll and among the probate records. The place of burial of
Edward Bobet and his wives is not known.
WILL OF EDWARD BOBET.
Bristol Co. Probate Records, Book 7, page 519.
"in the name of God amen The Fifth Day of February in
the Firft year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord King
George the Second over Great Brittain and in the year of
our Lord god one thoufand seven hundred and twenty seven".
I Edward Bobet of Dighton in the County of Briftoll and Province of the
Mafsachufets Bay in new England yeoman: Being weak
of Body But of soimd and perfect memory. (Praife be
given to god for the same) and knowing the uncertainty of
This life on Earth and Being Defireous To settle Things in
order Do make this my Laft will and Teftament in manner
and Form Following: That is to say Firft and Principally
I Recommend my souU to allmighty god my Creator hoping
That I shall receive Pardon and full Remiffion of all my
sins; and be saved By the precious Death and merits of my
Blessed Savior and redeemer Chrift Jefus; and my Body to
the Earth from whence it was taken: To Be Buried in such
Decent and Chriftian manner as to my Executors hereafter
to Be named shall Be Thought meet and Convenient: and as
28 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Touching such worldly Eftate as the Lord in mercy hath
Lent me my will and meaning is The same shall be imployed
and Beftowed as hereafter By this my will is Executed; and
Firft I Do Revoke fruftrate and make void all wills By me
formerly made, and Declare and appoint This to Be my Laft
will and Testament.
item: I Give and Bequeath unto my Beloved wife Elifabeth The
ufe and improvement of That part of my homestead which
By Deed Bearing even Date with Thefe Prefents I have given
to my son Benaiah after The Deceafe of myfelf and wife
item: I give and Bequeath to my Loveing wife The one half of
my goods moveables and Perfonall Eftate after the Payment
of my Debts: To her and To her Difpofe, in Leiu and full
of her Dower.
Item: I haveing given to my son Erafmus his full portion By
Deed I Do hereby give him five shillings and confirm what
I have given him By Deed
item: I haveing given my son Seth his full Portion By Deed I
Do alfo give him five shillings and confirm what I have given
him By Deed
item: I haveing given my son Nathan his full Share and portion
By Deed I allfo give him five shillings and confirm what I
have given him By Deed
item: I give imto my son Benaiah and to his heirs and affign
my four score acres of Land in nor ton Being all the Land I
have in norton which I have not allready Difpofed of:
Hem: I give and confirm to my son Benaiah and his afifigns after
the Death of my wife That part of my homeftead which I
have given him By Deed Bearing Even Date with Thefe
Prefents — ^he Paying to my Daughters all and Every the
Legacys hereafter in This my will given and mentioned
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 29
item: I give unto my son Benaiah The one half of my goods
movables and Perfonall Eftate after the payment of my
Debts
item : I haveing given To my son Edward part of my homestead
By Deed: I Do By Thefe Prefents give and confirm the
same to him.
item: I give and Bequeath to my son Edward and to his heirs
and affigns all That my half Purchafe Right To future Divif-
sions in the Town of Taunton
item: I Haveing given my son nathaniell his Portion By Deed
I give him five Shillings and hereby confirm to him what I
have given him By Deed
item: I haveing given my son George his Portion By Deed
I allfo give him five shillings and hereby confirm unto him
what I have given him By Deed.
item: I give and Bequeath To my Daughter Sarah That the
four acres of Land which Lyes adjoyning to her hufband
William Thayers land.
item: I allfo give my Daughter Sarah Fifteen Pounds To Be
Paid in money or houfhold goods or cattle according as they
Shall Be inventoryed; at the Election of my son
item: I give To my Daughter Abigaile Burt more Than what
she hath allready had the sum of twenty Pounds; to Be paid
in money or houfhold goods or cattle as aforefd
item: I give unto my Daughter Waitftill thirty Pounds to Be
Paid in money or houfhold goods or cattle as aforefd
item: I give unto my Daughter Ruth thirty pounds to Be Paid
in money or houfhold goods or cattle as aforefd
item: I give imto my Daughter Hannah Thirty Pounds to Be
Paid in money or houfhold goods or cattle as aforefd
30 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
item: I conftitute and appoint my Loveing wife Elizabeth and
my son Benaiah to Be joynt Executors of This my Laft will
and Teftament; and in cafe Either of my said Executors
happen to Dye Before the Proveing of this my will; That
then the suvivour To Be sole Executor of This my will —
in witnefs whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seall the Day and year firft above written signed
sealled publifhed and Declared
By said Edward Babit to Be
his Laft will and Teftament
in Prefents of us
Edwd Shove. (Signed) Edward Bobet.
Ifaac hathway
Abrahaham Waldron"
3
Sarah Bobet (Edward.) Born March 20, 1658. Married (1) March
25, 1680, Samuel Pitts, son of Peter and Mary (Andrews) Hodges Pitts.
Bom 1655, died about 1696.
Children : —
Sarah, March 10, 1681. Married Ebenezer Paul.
Mary, March 10, 1683. Married Benj. Willis.
Samuel, March 12, 1685. Married Rebecca Williams.
Henry, July 13, 1687. Died before May 5, 1758.
Abagail, Feb. 3, 1689. Married George Sandford.
Peter, Aug. 8, 1692. Died before May 5, 1758.
Ebenezer, Nov. 27, 1694. Married Sarah Hanover and died
November, 1777.
She married (2) May 19, 1701, Samuel Blake and outlived him. In
1715 she released her right of dower in his estate.
Hannah Bobet (Edward). Bom March 9, 1660. Married John
Macomber "The Cooper" son of William and Priscilla Macomber of
Marshfield, Mass. He died after 1716.
Children:—
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 31
PhUip,
William, , 1684.
Abiell, Married Hannah Haskins, daughter of Wm.
Sarah, Married Wm. Richmond.
Damaris, Married Josiah Cone (or Cane) Dec. 19, 1712.
John,
Esther,
Hannah,
Ruth,
5
Damaris Bobet (Edward). Born Sept. 15, 1663. Died (Before 1721-2,)
March 14, 1721, her sister Deliverance brought suit for 1-7 of the in-
terest of Damaris Smith in the estate of their father, Edward Bobet.
Married John Smith, son of Francis Smith. He married first Damaris
Tisdale and both women are buried in the old "Neck o' Land" burying
ground in Taunton — their stones being with one exception the oldest in
Taunton.
yl ^
Elkanah Bobet (Edward). Born Dec. 15, 1665. Resided in Berkley.
His lands were partly in Dighton as the town boundaries were then
located. Died about 1735. Married June 25, 1689, Elizabeth Briggs,
born 1672. Daughter of William and Sarah (Macomber) Briggs.
Children: — (Bom in Berkley, Mass.)
jC 21 Elkanah, April 22, 1690.
22 Damaris, June 18, 1691.
Dorcas, Aug. 12, 1693. Married Ebenezer Harvey and had
no children.
23 Hopestm, Sept. 11, 1695.
24 Elizabeth, b. March 6, 1698.
Mercy, Dec. 30, 1699. Died young.
25 Josiah.
26 Benjamin.
27 Joseph.
28 Sarah.
Feb. 14, 1711-1712, Elkanah Babbitt, Senior of Taunton, Husband-
man, in consideration of parental love and affection for well-beloved son
32 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Elkanah Babbitt, husbandman, give said Elkanah, land lying on east
side of dwelling house between that and the Island Road, so-called, about
100 acres. Adjoining Isaac Hathaway, Samuel Richmond and John
Crane.
Feb. 17, 1728-1729. Elkanah Babbitt of Taunton, yeoman. In con-
sideration of love and natural affection which I bear my son, Josiah Bab-
bitt of said Taimton, yeoman, deed him 1-3 part on the northeast comer
of my homestead or farm.
Feb. 17, 1728-1729. Elkanah Babbitt of Taunton, yeoman, in con-
sideration of love and natural affection I bear my son Benjamin Babbitt
of Tavmton, yeoman, deed him 1-3 part' on the westerly side of my home-
stead or farm lying partly in Taunton and partly in Dighton, on each
side of township line, about 47^ acres, (deed mentions the place where
Elkanah Babbitt house formerly stood which was burnt.)
WILL OF ELKANAH BABBIT.
Bristol Co. Probate Records, Book 8, Page 316.
"In ye name of God Amen, I Elkanah Babbit of Berkley
in ye County of Briftol in ye province of ye Mafsachufets
Bay in new England: Being of sound memory and difpofing
mind through Divine Goodness: Do make this to be my
Last will and teftament my foul I Commit to God in Christ
my mercyfull faviour; my body to ye Earth by Deacent
burial; the worldly Eftate that God hath Given me I difpofe
of as followeth Imprimis To my fon Elkanah Babbit I have
all Rady Given by Deed of Gift that part of my homeftead
that Lately Belonged to ye township of Dighton whare my
sd fon have allrady built an houfe whare he now dwels Ref-
erence to f d deed being had more fully may appear and I Doe
By thefe Presents Ratefy and Confirm fd Gift unto my fd
fon his heirs and affigns for ever; fecondly to my other three
fons namely Jofiah Babbit Benjamin Babbit Jofeph Bab-
bit; I have all Rady Given by Deeds of Gift my homeftead
to be equally Divided between them my three younger fons
Containing to Each of them about fourty five acres apeace
more of Les to my fd fon Jofiah ye north eaft part of my
homeftead to my fd fon Benjamin one third part being
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 33
ye northweft part of my homeftead and I Do hearby Confirm
f d Gift to them and their heirs and affigns for ever and to my
younger fon Jofeph Babbit one third part of my homeftead
being ye fouth Eaft fide thare of whare my Dwelling houfe
now ftands to him my fd fon Jofeph I have Given him his
third part by a Deed intailed and I Doe hear by Ratefie and
Confirm fd Deed of Gift with that intail; viz: to my fd fon
Jofeph Dureing his natural Life and after him to ye heirs
begotten by ye body of my fd fon Jofeph; I Give to my three
fons Laft mentioned to wit jofiah Benjamin and Jofeph my
whole Right or fhear in ye bare fwamp and to their heirs
and affigns for Ever to be Equally Divided between them;
and I allfo Give unto my fd fon Jofeph one Cow and one
heafer and my mare and Cart and wheels and one bed and
beding and one Iron pot; which fd moveables above men-
tioned are not to come into ye hands of my fd fon Jofeph
untill after ye Deceaf of my wife; and I Doe hear by thefe
preafants Conftitute and appoint James Phillips and Ger-
fhom Crane Both of fd Berkley as over fears of my fd fon
Jofeph in all Confearns Rael and personal and that my fd
fon Jofeph shall not Difpofe of any thing to him conveyed
with out ye advife and Cofent of fd over feers; and to my
beloved wife Elizabeth I Give ye Improvement of all my
moveables Dureing her natural Life and to her Difpofe all
Excepting what my Executors hearafter mentioned fhal
have accation o fye Difpofal of to pay Legaces Given to my
Daughters hear after mentioned and for ye payment of my
Juft Debts and funeral Charges that I Referve out of my
moveables for my Executors to Improve and Dispofe of as
aforefd I Give unto my five Daughters namely Damaris
Hathway wife of Ifaac Hathway Dorcus Harvey wife of
Ebenezer Harvey hopestill Phillips wife of James Phillips
Elizabeth HoUoway wife of malachy HoUoway farah Briggs
wife of David Briggs Junr to Each of them I have Given and
they have all Rady Reed formerly Each of them a bed and
Beding and fome other things and It is to be Remembered
that my Daughter Dorcus Reed a bed and beding and fum
34 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Other things of me before her marriage: I allfo Give to my
five Daughters afore mentioned Demaris Dorcus hopestill
Elizabeth farah — fourty fhillings apeace to be paid by my
Executors hearafter — mentioned unto Each of my Daughters
afore mentioned which fd fum of fourty fhillings is to paid
unto my Daughters after ye Deceaf of my vdfe further my
will is If any of my moveable Eftate Remains unfpent or
not Difpofed of by my wife as afore fd Excepting what
my Executors fhall Improve for ye payment of my Juft
Debts and Legaces afore fd; fhall after ye Deceaf of my wife
be Equally Divided between my fd five Daughters: I allfo
Give unto my beloved wife ye im provement of my Dwelling
houfe Dureing my widdow It if to be underftood that
my fd wifes maintenance Dureing her natural Life or Dure-
ing my widdow is to be provided for out of ye ufe and Im-
provement of my homeftead ye whole of It: Laftly I ap-
point my two Eldeft fons namely Elkanah and Jofiah to be
Joynt Executors of this my Laft will and teftament Intef-
tamony hear of I ye fd Elkanah Babbit have hear unto fet
my hand and feal this twenty fecond day of December in
ye ninth year of ye Reign of our foverigne Lord King George
ye fecond over Grate Brittain &c annoqud in one thoufand
feven hundred and thirty five 1735.
figned fealed and Declared
to be his Laft will and teftament
In preafants of us
Abial atwood (Signed) Elkanah Bobbitt.
Israel Briggs
John Crane."
7
Esther Bobet (Edward). Born April 15, 1669. Died Nov. 15, 1751.
Married Aug. 23, 1693, Edward Paul, son of William and Mary (Rich-
mond) Paul. He was bom Feb. 7, 1664 and died July 15, 1740.
Mary Richmond, daughter of John and Abigail (Rogers) 3, John 2,
Thos. 1 of the "Mayflower."
Children :—
Edward, 1693-4, married Sarah Sanford of Newport,
R.I.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 35
Damaris, 1695, married Seth Hathaway of Freetown,
Mass.
Marcy, 1696, died Aug. 1725.
AbigaO, 1696, died Aug. 1725.
Mary, 1699.
Esther, 1701, m.(lst) John Dillingham.
(2d) David Walker.
(3rd) (Perhaps) Phillips.
John, b.
8 1142496
Ruth Bobet (Edward). Bom August 7, 1671. Died
Married Samuel Caswell, son of Thomas and Mary (Sanderson)
Caswell. Mary Sanderson was the daughter of John Sanderson, a
silversmith of Boston.
9
Deliverance Bobet (Edward). Bom Dec. 15, 1673.
In 1721 Deliverance and Nathaniel HoUoway recovered judgment
for 1-9 of the homestead of their father, Edward Bobet. They also
claimed 1-9 of sister Damaris Smith's interest and received 150 acres in
settlement.
Was living March 13, 1734-5, but evidendy died before Jan. 1746-7.
Married — ^Nathaniel Holloway, son of Samuel and Jane (Brayman)
Holloway. He died before 1729. (On Dec. 31, 1728, he was called
''late of Taunton.")
Children:—
Nathaniel Resided Middleboro. Married Abiah (Crane)
Babbitt, widow Benj. Babbitt, No. 26.
Nathan
Samuel
Josiah
Margaret Married Benj. Terry of Freetown, Mass.
Sarah Married John Roundsville of Tiverton.
Deliverance Married ( ) Pierce.
Marcy
tJb THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
10
Erasmus Babbitt (Edward-Edward). Born August 11-12, 1685.
In 1717 was "of Dighton."
In 1719 in Easton.
In 1721 in Norton.
Settled near his brother, Seth, in S. W. part of Easton and in 1718 was
a joyner by trade. The cellar of his old home can be seen in a sterile
field north of the old Goward house.
Died August 11-12, 1730.
Married April 25, 1717, Abigail Burt, daughter of Thomas Burt.
(See note below.)
Children : —
Thomas, April 19, 1718, died Jan. 25, 1731-2 (Bom at
Easton).
29 William, April 20, 1720.
Abiel, Oct. 11, 1722, died April 2, 1723.
30 Abigail, Jan. 25, 1725.
31 Seth, April 20, 1730.
In view of the fact that Erasmus Babbitt did not marry Abigail Burt
until 1717 when he had reached the age of 32 — ^it is considered very prob-
able that he had a first wife. From certain deeds and transactions some
color is given the supposition that his first wife was a Barney. Erasmus
Babbitt might possibly have been father of Jacob No. 60, but after long
deliberation the weight of evidence seemed to place him as son of
Elkajiah, No. 21.
11
Sarah Babbitt (Edward-Edward). Bom . Died Aug. 26, 1768.
Married May 29, 1710, William Thayer at Taunton, Mass. Died Jan.
17, 1762.
Children : —
Mary, Sept. 13, 1717; married Joseph Babbitt No. 27.
William
Samud
Thomas
Sarah
/
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
12
Seth Babbitt (Edward-Edward). Bom , 1692. Settled in
Easton, Mass., about 1715, and made his home in the extreme South
West part of the town. His home was very near the old Francis
Goward place — probably on the site of the house now there. Died
Sept. 15, 1751. Married (1st) Sarah Grossman, daughter of John
andjohannah (Thayer) Grossman, born Aug. 27, 1692 and died April 11,
1725; (2nd) January 27, 1726, Sarah Gooper, daughter of Timothy
and Elizabeth (Whitman) Gooper. She died Sept. 11, 1766.
Ghildren : —
^ 32 Elizabeth, Feb. 29, 1714; married Isaac Babbitt No, 61.
/ 33 Abiathar, Oct. 13, 1716.
34 Sarah
Johannah married Sept. 16, 1748, Benj. Macor.
35 Simeon, Oct. 1721.
36 Tabatha, Oct. 29, 1728.
37 Nathaniel, Sept. 13, 1729.
Lydia, AprU 15, 1733.
38 Erasmus, March 5, 1732.
Thomas, April 8, 1735, ''Gentinel" Gapt. Perry's Go., Gol.
Winslow's Regt., 1754.
WILL OF SETH BABBITT.
Bristol Go. Probate Records, Book 12, Page 635.
"In ye name of God Amen ye 31ft Day of Auguft A. D,
1751 I Seth Babbit of Eafton yeoman Being verey fick &
weake in Bodey but of perfect mind & memory Thanks be
given unto God therefor coling unto mind ye mortalety of
my Bodey & knowing that it is appointed unto all men once
to dye do make and ordain this my Laft will & teftement
that is to fay principely & firft of all I give & Recommend
my foule into ye hands of God that gave it & my Bodey I
Recommend to ye earth to Buried in decent Ghriftian Burial
at ye difcretion of my executors nothing doubting but at ye
General Refurrection I fhall Receive ye fame again by ye
mighty power of God and as touching fuch worldly eftate
where with it hath pleafed God to Bless me in this Life I give
and Demife and difpofe of ye fame in ye foUewing manner
38 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
& for me Imprimis— I give and Bequeth unto farah Bab-
bitt my derly beloved wife ye eaft end of my now Dwelling
hous with ye feller under it an ye Chamber and garit ovej it
for her to Improve for her Comfort during her Life & Alfo
aU my houfhold goods or Perfonal Eftate I Give to my fd
wife to be at Her owne dispofal for ever and alfo ye Improve-
ment of my gardin fo Long as fhe Remains my widdow &
Bares my name
item: I give to my well beloved fon Abiather Babbet and his
heirs and afifigns for ever togather with what Land I have
Given him a deeds of Gift of here to fore is ye improvement
of half of one third part of my orchard for ye fhare of ten
yeare after my decef e and then to Returne to my two youngef t
fons namely Erafmus & thomas.
item: I Give to my well beloved fon fimeon Babbit & hif heirs
& affigns for ever togather with what I have given him here
to fore a Lot of meddow Land Lying on ye southerly fide of
ye high way that goeth from my hous to fd fimeons hous
Begining at fd fimeons Land and Runing by ye highway to
my gardin then turning fouth Thirteen dege East untel it
Corns to fd fimeons Land again and also ye improvement
of one half of one third part of my orchard for ye fpace of
ten years after my deces and then to Returne to my two
youngest fons namely Erasmus & Thomas
item: I give to my well beloved fon Nathaniel Babbit & his heirs
& afiEigns for ever togather with what I have give him a
Deeds of Gift of heretofore is a Lot of medow Land Lying on
the northeafterly fide of ye Brook & Down ftreeme from
the Bridge which Crofes fd Brooks from my Barne to ye
River it being all ye Cleared meddow at that place with Lib-
etty to pafe and Repafe to and from faid meddow fo much
as fhall be Convenient.
item: I give to my two well beloved youngef t fons namely Eraf-
mus Babbit & Thomas Babbit & their heirs and affigns for
ever all my Lands & my purchis Rights & Buildings I have
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 39
not given away in this my fd Laft will herefofore to be equaly
devided betweene them and alfo all my out adore perfonal
& movable eftate to be equally devided Betweene them after
my Juft Debts & funarel Charges are paid and I alfo order
my two fons Erafmus & Thomas Babbit to provide an hon-
ourable fuport for my wife fo long as fhe Remains my wid-
dow & Bares my name.
and it is my will that my fd two youngeft fons namely
Erafmus Babbit & Thomas Babbit do pay to my daughter
Elizabeth Babbit the fum of fix pounds & Thirteen fhihngs
& four pence to be paid unto her her heirs or affigns in two
years after they my fd two fons fhall come at ye age of one
and twenty years
And it is alfo my will that my fd two youngeft fons namely
Erafmas & Thomas Babbit do pay to my daughter farah
Blancher ye fum of fix pounds & Thirteen fhilings & four
pence to be paid unto her her heirs & affigns in two years
after they my fd two fons fhall com at ye age of one and
twenty yeares
and it is alfo my will that my fd two youngest fons namely
Erasmus & Thomas Babbit do pay to my daughter Johannah
maker ye fum of fix pounds & Thirteen fhilings and fouer
pence to be paid unto her heirs to theire ufe for ever to be
paid in two years after my fd two youngeft fons fhall Com
at ye age of one & Twenty years
and alfo it is my will that my fd two youngeft fons namely
Erafmus Babbit & Thomas Babbit do pay to my daughter
Tabothey Babbit ye fum of fix pounds Thirteen fhillings
& fouer pence to be paid unto her her heirs & affigns in two
years after They my fd two fons fhall Com at ye age of one
& twenty years
And I Do Conftitute make and ordaine my derly beloved
wife farah Babbit and my beloved fon Erafmus Babbit to
be Executors to this my Laft will and teftement and I here
by utterly difalow Revoake & difanol all all and every other
former teftement will & Bequest & executors by me in every
ways named willes & Bequefted Ratefying Confirmeng this
40 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
and no other to be my Laft will & teftement in witnes where-
of I hereunto fet my hand and feale ye d and yeare above
mentioned
Nathanel Perry (Signed) Seth Babbit.
William Babbit
Benjamin Cobb."
WILL OF SARAH BABBIT.
Bristol Co. Probate Records, Book 19, page 434.
"In the name of God amen I Sarah Babbit of Easton in the
County of Briftol widdow being in the fixty ninth year of my
age and being weak of Body but of a Sound difpofing mind
and memory Bleffed be God for it I calling to mind the mor-
tality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all
men once to Die do make this my Laft Will and Teftament,
Firft I Give and Recomend my foul into the hands of God
that gave it and my Body I recomend to the earth to be Buried
at the Defcretion of my Executor hereafter named in hopes
of a JoyfuU Refurrection — and as to the outward or worldly
estate which God in his goodnefs hath Bleffed me with I Give
Bequeith and Difpofe thare of as foUoweth
Firft I Give and Bequeith to my eldeft fon Nathaniel Bab-
bit all that he have already received of me and alfo five Shil-
lings to be paid to him by Simeon Babbit and my Daughter
Tabitha Briggs the wife of Jabez Briggs within three months-
after my Decefe as by this my will I shall order.
Secondly I Give and Bequeith to my fon Erafmus Babbit
all that he have already received of me and alfo five Shillings
more to be paid to him by Simeon Babbit and my Daughtor
Tabitha Briggs wife of Jabez Briggs within three — munths
after my Decefe as by this my will I shall order.
Thirdly I Give and Bequeith to my Daughtor Tabitha
Briggs the wife of Jabez Briggs all the Houfehold goods that
I own that is at the Dwelling Houfe of the fd Jabez Briggs
and a futh wheal that now is at Abram Robinfons and I do
hereby order my sd Daughter Tabitha to pay two fons the sd
Nathaniel Babbit and the sd Erafmus Babbit two Shillings
BABBITT HOUSE, EAST NORTON.
HOUSE OF NATHAN BABBITT^.
GRAVES OF NATHAN AND MARY BABBITT,
NORTON, MASS.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 41
and fix pence to each of them within three-munths after my
Decefe to be paid at the Houfe whare I now Dwell.
Forthly I Give and Bequeith to Simeon Babbit Son of
my late Hufband Seth Babbit Deed the Bed that I have at
the Dwelling Houfe whare I now live and all the Beding that
do belong to it — it being the Bed that I ufualy Lye on I alfo
give him my cheme gown and a grate chare and a chift with
one draw to it and I do hereby order him to pay to each of
my fons the sd Nathaniel Babbitt and Erafmus Babbit two
f hillings and fix pence Lawfull mony to each of them within
three munths after my Decefe to be paid at the Houfe whare
I now Dwell — and all the Eftate that I have which is not
above mentioned of what name or nature so ever I Give to
the fd Jabez Briggs and Tabitha Briggs and I do hereby
order them to pay all my Juft Debts and Funeral chargefes —
and I do hereby appoint the fd Jabez Briggs to be Sole Ex-
ecutors to this my Laft Will and Teftament ordering and
Impowering him to afk for Demand Recover and Receive
all that is any wais Due or owing to me from any perfon or
perfons whomfoever and to pay all my Juft Debts and
Funeral Chargefes — and I do hereby Revoak and Disalow
of all and any other Wills heretofore by me made Rattefying
confirming and Declaring this and none but this to be my
Laft Will and Teftement in witnefs whare of I have here
imto fet my hand and feal this
tenth day of Novembor in tbe Fifth year of his Majeftys
Reign annoque Domini 1764
Signed fealed publifhed and Declared by Sarah Babbit to be
her Laft Will and Teftament in prefants of us
Edward SouUard
Elizabeth Babbit (Signed) Sarah Babbit.
Ephm Leonard"
13
Nathan Babbitt (Edward-Edward). Bom Dec. 16, 1695, at Berk-
ley, Mass.
In 1729 Nathan and Mary Babbitt sold John Pearce, "home and land
where we now dwell in Taunton, being partly in Dighton and partly in
42 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Taunton on both sides of the road." The same year he bought a farm
in Norton of Thomas Harvey, it being the land on the west side of the
road extending from the present Babbitt Cemetery northward. The
Babbitt house standing now on this tract was built beyond doubt at the
time. The wing of the present house being perhaps of the first construc-
tion and the main part built a few years later. In 1745 he bought the
land on the east side of the road as far east as the next highway at least.
This included the mill right on Canoe River where a dam had been built
at an early date, and where a grist mill was erected. Nathaniel Newcomb,
of Norton had his wadding mill on this same water privilege a hundred
years later.
Died Feb. 25, 1759 in Norton Mass.
Married Mary Snallum, daughter of Wm. and Sarah Snallum. Born
1703. Died Dec. 16, 1783.
The name Snallum seems extinct in America but has been perpetu-
ated in the Babbitt family in the Christian name of Snellem.
Children:—
Sarah, Aug. 11, 1724. Died Aug. 8, 1745.
Abagail, Aug. 11, 1724. Married Abiathar Babbitt, No. 33.
39 Elizabeth, Sept. 1, 1726.
40 Nathan, Oct. 8, 1730.
41 Mary, Oct. 16, 1732.
42 Hannah, Oct. 11, 1735.
43 Edward, March 1, 1740.
44 Rachel, Sept. 14, 1745.
14
Abagail Babbitt (Edward-Edward). Born July 29, 1700, at Dighton.
Bristol Deeds, Book 17, Page 146.
May 1, 1723.
"Elkanah Bobit of Dighton and wife Mary — deed Joseph Burt — ten
acres in Dighton, on east side of great river and easterly of the road lead-
ing from Taunton to Rond Island — bounded by lands of Edward Paul,
Elkanah Bobit and said Joseph Burt." This deed is from Abagail Burt's
brother, Elkanah Bobit, before her marriage to Joseph Burt.
Died Dec. 25, 1774-5.
Married Jan. 27, 1725, Joseph Burt. Died June 30, 1776, aged 81
years.
They are buried in Berkley Common Cemetery.
THE BABBITT FAMItY HISTORY. 43
Children : —
45 Edward
Joseph married Silence Briggs, Dec. 17, 1760.
Elijah, bapt. May 10, 1741.
Abagail, married John Briggs, March 10, 1747.
Sible, Aug. 17, 1736.
(Sible perhaps married Nichols. James Nichols, son "of daughter
Sible," mentioned in will of Joseph Burt.)
15
Waitstill Babbitt (Edward-Edward). Born Nov. 16, 1701, at Dighton.
Died Nov. 1, 1757. Married Sept. 15, 1737, Elder Daniel Axtell, son
of Daniel and Thankful (Pratt) Axtell. Died Sept. 21, 1761, at Berkley,
aged 57 years.
Children:—
Elizabeth, May 7, 1738; died Jime 13, 1738.
Daniel, Feb. 29, 1739. Did not marry.
Thankful, Feb. 29, 1739; married Elisha Crane, 1774.
Elizabeth, Dec. 17, 1742; married Isaac Tubbs, Jr., 1768.
16
Ruth Babbitt (Edward-Edward). Born Aug. 24, 1703. Married
Dec. 4, 1729, Abraham Waldron, son of Samuel and Hannah (Briggs)
Waldron.
He died between May 16, 1747 and April 2, 1748. Widow Ruth yet
living.
Children: — One son only,
Abraham, June 27, 1737; married his cousin, Sarah Waldron
Oct. 1, 1757 — 11 children were born. She was daughter of
Benjamin Waldron and Hannah Hackett.
Children of Abraham Waldron, Jr. : —
Sarah, March 10, 1758.
Abraham, ; married Abagail Wilbur.
Elijah, June 1766; married Faimy Burt.
Robert, ; married Sally Barrows.
Benjamin, Sept. 22, 1768.
44 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Ruth, ; died young.
Hannah, ; married Abraham Hathaway.
Guilford, ; unmarried.
Gamaliel, ; married Sally Wilbur.
David, ; unmarried.
William, ; married Lois Gibbs.
17
Benajah Babbitt (Edward-Edward). Bom July 19, 1705, at Berkley,
Mass.
Benajah Babbitt lived on the farm owned by his grandfather, Edward
Bobet. Selectman of Berkley, 1735.
Died Jan. 19, 1789. Buried in Fox Cemetery in Berkley.
Married Jan. 1, 1729, Dorcas Jones, daughter of Thomas and Mary
(Paul) Jones, born , 1705; died Nov. 11, 1778.
Children : —
46 Gideon, Oct. 31, 1730.
47 John, Aug. 2, 1733.
Lydia, June 14, 1738.
Peter, Nov. 11, 1743. Died young.
48 Abner, April 27, 1746.
Peter, perhaps same Peter as above, baptized Nov. 11, 1750.
18
Hannah Babbitt (Edward-Edward). Born Jvme 27, 1707. Married
Dec. 7, 1732, at Dighton, John Hudson.
In deed, date 1769 — John Hudson is called a "Shipwright."
Children : —
Phoebe, July 19, 1733; married Thomas Hathaway, 1755. ( See
No. 19.)
John, Oct. 19, 1735; married Marcy Corps (?) of Providence.
Ruth, Nov. 15, 1737; married Benjamin Pool, 1757.
Elizabeth, June 30, 1740; married Seth Trafton, Feb. 9, 1760.
son of Joseph and Hannah (Simmons) Trafton, Children : Sally,
Betsey, Lydia, Thos, Welthia, Sylvia.
Molly, Jan. 9, 1742.
Hannah, June 11, 1745; married Bela Jacobs, 1784.
Sarah, Aug. 31, 1747.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 45
19
Edward Babbitt (Edward-Edward), Bom July 13, 1709, (Bristol
Deeds, Books 30-164, Feb. 3, 1733-34.) Edward Babbitt (and Mehitable)
of Dighton, blacksmith, deeds John Hudson one acre in "ye neck" —
being part of ye farm that was my father "Edward Babbitt deceased
and was given me by my father Edward Babbitt, late of Dighton,
deceased — bounded on north by Benajah Babbitt and on west by
Nathaniel Babbit — on southerly by ye great river."
Married (1st) Mehitable (Name and Parentage unknown). (2d)
Margaret (Maxfield) Hathaway, widow of Thomas Hathaway, whom
she married in 1719, and who died 1753^.
Her son Thomas married Phoebe Hudson, daughter of John and Han-
nah (Bobet) Hudson. (No. 18).
^- Her daughter Margaret married Edward Babbitt, son of Edward and
Mehitabel Babbitt. (No. 50).
Children :— -All by first wife.
49 Hannah, June 26, 1732.
50 Edward, Oct. 11, 1734.
Marcy, Jan. 24, 1736; died Dec. 27, 1737.
51 Abijah, May 16, 1740.
Isaac, March 29, 1743; died Aug. 2, 1744.
Seth, Aug. 30, 1747.
52 Mehitabel, April 29, 1753.
Damans, April 10, 1756.
20
Nathaniel Babbitt (Edward-Edward). Bom July 22, 1712, at Berk-
ley, Mass. Resided at Dighton and Dartmouth, Mass. Styled "Joyner."
He owned lands in Freetown also. In 1770-1771, he and wife Jane —
deed lands they own in Berkley and Taunton. One deed witnessed by
Simeon and David Babbitt. These deeds are to John Babbitt of Berk-
ley and Joel Hathaway.
The old Briggs Diary says Nathaniel Babbitt died suddenly "on the
road Dec. 6, 1787."
Married Jane Long "of Dighton, Mass.," Dec. 30, 1736. Her name
appears in the Registry of Deeds as late as May 9, 1778.
46 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children : —
53 Elizabeth, Jan. 19, 1737.
54 Simeon, March 16, 1739.
55 Elijah, Sept. 5, 1741.
56 f David, Nov. 15, 1744.
( Jonathan, Nov. 15, 1744. I /
57 Mary, Sept. 12, 1748. \^
Ruth, Aug. 3, 1755. ^ ,j ■'
21V ^'^
George Babbitt (Edward-Edward). Born Oct. 19, 1715, in Berkley,
Mass. Styled "Joyner."
In 1739 he and wife "Mary" deed "brother Nathaniel"
Land at Rocky Point in Berkley.
In 1741 he and wife "Mercy" deed Gershom Crane land in
Berkley "(burying place excepted)".
April 10, 1751 he was suspended from Berkley Church for
non-attendance.
June 5, 1751 he appeared in church and gave satisfactory
reason for his absence and was re-instated. It is not
known where he died. If buried side of his wife his
grave is not marked. He lived perhaps for a time at
So. Kingston, R. I. and had three sons noted below
who are not positively identified.
Married Jan. 15, 1735, Mrs. Mercy (Jones) Hathaway, widow of
Mr. John Hathaway of Dighton, Mass., who had died Sept. 15, 1733.
She was born , 1703, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah
(Walker) Jones. She died May 15, 1786. Buried in Fox Burial Ground.
Children:—
Samuel, March 9, 1736.
Silas, Feb. 16, 1738. He served in Capt. John Slapp's Co., in
French War in 1755. Enlisted first in Connecticut and served
near Albany. He later enlisted in a N. Y. Regiment.
Ruth, July 26, 1743.
Caleb, (perhaps) , 1745. Died Nov. 1826, So. Kingston, R. I.
William (perhaps) . Died Dec. 5, 1825, South Kingston,
R. I.
Joseph, (perhaps) , 1759. Died Oct. 7, 1825, South Kings-
ton, R. I.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 47
'^Elkanah Babbitt (Elkanah-Edward). Born April 22, 1690. Styled
"Captain." He resided in Berkley on a farm set off to him by his father
from his own lands. In some deeds called "of Dighton" into which town
his land extended.
Married (1st) Mary Hathaway, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Pitts)
Hathaway. Born , 1691-2. Died Aug. 15, 1729, age 38. (2nd)
April 2, 1730, Mehitable Crane, daughter of Stephen and Mary Crane,
of Braintree, Mass. She was living in 1773, at New Ashford, Mass.,
with her son, Amariah, as shown by a deposition recorded in Morris-
town, N. J.
Children by first wife: —
58 Mary,
59 Elkanah,
60 Jacob, . The birth date and parentage of Jacob Bab-
bitt are not recorded. The only other family to which he
could possibly belong is that of Erasmus Babbitt, No. 10,
but the evidence is not strong in support of that claim. Ja-
cob's descendants quickly used the name Elkanah, which
would seem conclusive evidence that it was a family name of
Jacob's ancestors.
61 Isaac, Aug. 15, 1717. ^ j^ v<^^^
62 Hopestill, Jan. 7, 1720.
Phoebe, June 6, 1722. Married July 11, 1745, Caleb Eddy
of Halifax, Mass. They removed to New Jersey.
Marcy, July 14, 1726. Died young.
Deborah (perhaps) 1728. Married Robert Bostwick of Brook-
lyn, Conn., as his second wife. She died May 5, 1794.
Children by second wife: —
Marcy, Dec. 31, 1730.
Stephen, Dec. 1732.
63 Zephaniah, Jan. 5, 1735.
64 Samuel, Sept. 30, 1737.
65 Amariah, May 16, 1743.
Zerah, , baptized 1748.
Mehitable,
66 John, 1750.
Elkanah Babbitt "Victualled" in Worcester County, 1758.
Elkanah Babbitt "Centinel" Capt. Oulton's Co. at Richmond, Mass.,
Sept. 24, to Oct, 3, 1747; also at Richmond, April 1, to Sept. 23, 1747.
/
48 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Elkanah Babbitt was for years a leading figure in the town life of old
Berkley. In public and military life he took full lead. When Berkley
commenced its separate town government, the first town meeting took
place in his house, May 12, 1735. His sons early removed to Western,
Conn., and Berkshire County, Mass., and were at one time in various
towns situated along almost exactly the western bounds of Connecticut
and Massachusetts, ranging from New Milford, Conn., to New Ashford,
Mass.
In 1743 Elkanah Babbitt seems to have disposed of all his land hold-
ings at Berkley and he appears thereafter for brief periods in some of the
towns where his sons had settled. He perhaps accompanied his son Isaac
to New Jersey; at any event he owned lands there and in April, 1754, was
living at Mendham, N. J., at which date he and wife Mehitabel deeded
lands in Mendham situated near Malachi Holloways. It is presumed
that he finally returned to Berkley and died there after an adventurous
and active life.
Deed Extracts:
Jvme 1, 1738. "Elkanah Babbitt of Berkley, Gent, deeds son Isaac
Bobbet of Berkley, laborer, one-half of my homestead, being the south
half thereof, bounded on east by land of Daniel Axtell."
March 31, 1743. "Elkanah Babbit, Gent, and Isaac Bobbet, laborer,
deeded Benj. Chase, boatman, 50 acres, it being the north half of said
Bobbet's homestead farm." Signed by Elkanah, Isaac and Mehitabel
Bobbet. This would seem to be the date upon which they removed to
New Jersey.
22
Damans Babbitt (Elkanah-Edward). Bom June 18, 1691. Resided
in Berkley, Mass.
By her marriage with Isaac Hathaway, son of Isaac and Mary (Pitts)
Hathaway, she became the ancestress of a host of Babbitts and Hatha-
ways who intermarried for generations.
The will of Nathaniel Briggs, 1711, mentions "Cousin Damaris Bobit,
eldest daughter of Elkanah Bobit."
Children.—
Mehitable, May 3, 1713; married Joshua Bassett, Jan. 31, 1764.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 49
Ann, July 13, 1714; married Capt. Seth Crane; she died
Feb. 6, 1800.
67 Abijah, July 17, 1716.
Damaris, ; married Samuel Tubbs.
Dorcas, ; married Edmund Harvey.
Stephen, Feb. 19, 1730; married (1st,) Mary Babbitt, No. 41.
(2nd,) Elizabeth Babbitt, No. 53.
23
Hopestill Babbitt (Elkanah-Edward) . Born Sept. 11, 1695. Died
— — after 1756. Married December 10, 1717, at Dighton, James
Phillips. Born Sept. 15, 1686. Died July 25, 1756.
Children: —
*Ebenezer, , married Sibel Pierce, June 14, 1750. Had
daughter Abagail who married her cousin Philip French, Jan.
22, 1791, son of Elijah. (See below.)
Their son David — married Nancy Makepeace — she was of
Babbitt descent. See No. 99.
Abagail, ; married ( ) Briggs.
Hopestill, ; married ( ) Paul.
Mary, .
Sarah,
Elizabeth, July 27, 1738; married Elijah French of Berkley.
July 5, 1764.
James, ; died before 1756. Left widow Hannah.
*Ebenezer Phillips served in Revolutionary War.
24
Elizabeth Babbitt (Elkanah-Edward). Born March 6, 1698. Married
Malachi HoUoway, as his second wife. She doubtless accompanied her
brother Isaac to Mendham, N. J. A Malachi Holloway appears
there before 1754.
Children: — (Some of whom may be by first wife.)
Son born and died, 1720.
Seth, March 12, 1722.
Jonathan, July 24, 1724.
Elizabeth, May 4, 1727.
Elkanah, July 1, 1729.
Samuel, Dec. 15, 1732.
Benjamin, June 21, 1735.
David, May 31, 1737.
50 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Josiah Babbitt (Elkanah-Edward) . Born Berkley, Mass,
In 1742 he and wife Abigail deed lands in Berkley.
In 1750 he deeds his remaining lands to Christopher Paul — ^he being
styled of "Phillips, Dutchess Co., N. Y." Further record of him is lost.
Married June 4, 1725, Abigail Briggs, daughter of John and Abigail
of Dighton.
Children: —
Dorcas, July 2, 1726. Died young.
68 Josiah, Sept. 4, 1728.
Christopher, Aug. 6, 1730. He lived probably for a time at
Lanesboro, Mass., The old Briggs diary records a visit of
Christopher Babbitt of Lanesboro to Berkley in 1788. Chris-
topher, Jr., is buried af New Ashford, Mass. He died Oct.
6, 1801, age 43.
Mary, June 19, 1732.
Elidah (or Lydia), April 7, 1734. Died Nov. 13, 1739.
Rachel, June 4, 1736.
Abigail, Sept. 28, 1737.
Dorcas, Nov. 9, 1739 — died same day.
69 Reuben, , 1740-41.
26
Benjamin Babbitt (Elkanah-Edward). Born (About 1706).
Appointed assessor at first town meeting in Berkley, May 12, 1735.
Died between Dec. 1752, and March, 1753, Will dated Dec, 11, 1752,
Married (1st) about 1726, Abigail (Maiden name unknown). Died
Oct. 15, 1737.
(2nd) Abiah Crane, Jan. 5, 1738, daughter of Gershom and Susan-
nah (Whitmarsh) Crane. Bom Dec. 12, 1716.
She married (2nd) May 25, 1754, Nathaniel Holloway, (Son of No. 9)
of Middleboro, Mass., and went to that town to livie. Sept. 23, 1760, at
Berkley were published the intentions of marriage of Abiel Atwood and
widow Abiah Holloway. May 25, 1790, at Raynham, were published
Edmond WilUams and Abiah Atwood. She survived him and died
about 1812.
Children: —
70 Sarah, May 9, 1727.
71 Jonathan, Feb. 5, 1729.
Margaret, March 11, 1731; married 1757, Deacon Samuel
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 51
Tubbs of Berkley, as his second wife. (See 111). He died
Jan. 13, 1787. He married (1st) Damaris Hathaway. Wife
Margaret died Oct. 3, 1774.
72 Benjamin, Feb. 14, 1732.
73 Abigail, June 25, 1735.
74 Elkanah, Aug. 19, 1737.
75 Abel, Sept. 3, 1740; also called Abiel.
76 Bathsheba, Aug. 13, 1742.
Deborah, April 25, 1747; married Caleb Tinkham of Mid-
dleboro. May 27, 1764.
WILL OF BENJAMIN BABBITT. ■ ;
Bristol Co. Probate Records, Book 13, page 320.
In ye name of God Amen I Benjamin Babbit of Berkley in
ye County of Briftol in ye province of ye maffachufetts Bay
in New England: Being under Great Bodyly weekneff
But of a found Difpofeing mind and memory Thorough
Divine Goodnefs to me — I Do make this to be my Laft will
and Teftament my foul I Commit to God in Chrift my f aviour
my body to ye Earth, by Decent Burial at ye Difcretion of
my Executor hear after named = ye worldly Eftate that
God hath Sent me I Difpofe of as foUoweth
Imprimis I Give unto my Eldeft fon Jonathan Babbitt and
to his heirs & affigns for ever ye one third part of my home-
ftead Land where I now Live: Being ye northerly part there
of from ye Road that comes acros half way Plain to extend
on ye Land of Benjan Paull and on ye town way that comes
by ye meeting houfe untill It makes one third part thare of
in Quantity Exclufive of any part of ye Buildings = I
Likewife Give my fon Jonathan his heirs and affigns for
Ever ye one moiety or half part of ye Land Called ye wood
Lot which I bought of Robert Crofman (Excepting my wid-
dows Endowment by this my will.
Item: I Give unto my fon Benjamin Babbitt his heirs and affigns
for Ever ye one third part of my homeftead Land with ye
one half of ye buildings there on (allways Excepting that
part of my buildings I Give my widow) I Likewife give my
fon Benjamin ye one moiety or half part of my wood Lot
52 THE BABBITT FAlVniY HISTORY.
which I bought of Robert Crofman to him his heirs and
affigns for Ever (after he Comes to ye age of twenty one
years) to Come into poffeffion of all (excepting my widows
Endowment) by this my will =
N. B. my fon Benjns third part of ye homeftead to by in ye
. midle of it.
Item: I Give unto my fon Abel Babbit his heirs and affigns for Ever
one third part of my homeftead Land with ye one half of ye
buildings there on (Excepting what I Give my widdow) ye
Improvement of Dureing my vddow. I Likewife Give my
fon abel his heirs and affigns for Ever all that peace of wood
Land I Lately Bought of major Gilbert he to Take poffeftion
of ye Land Given him when he Comes to ye age of twenty
one years. N. B. my fd fon abel to have ye foutherly third
part of my fd homeftead.
Item: I Give unto my Daughter farah Pray wife of Ephraim Pray;
in addition to what fhe has allrady Received ye fum of five
Pounds Lawfull money to be paid in two years after my De-
ceafe as I shall hear after order in this my will.
Item: I Give unto my Daughter Margaret Babbit ye fum of Ten
Pounds Lawfull money befides what houfe hold Goods fhe
has allrady Gotten fd payment to be made as hear after I
fhall Determine in this my will.
Item: I Give unto my Daughter abigail Babbitt ye fum of Ten
Pounds Lawfull money to be paid her at her marriage or at
ye age of Twenty one years: and as I fhall Determine hear
after in this my will N. B. my fd Daughter abigail to have
befides this Legacy all her houfehold Goods fhe has now
gotten by her.
Item: I Give unto my Daughter Bathfheba Babbit Ten Pounds
Lawfull money to be paid her at ye age of twenty years or
at her marriage if before that age: as I fhall hear after De-
termine In this my will.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 53
Item: I Give unto my Daughter Deborah Babbit Ten Pounds Law-
full money to Be paid her at ye age of Twenty years or at her
marriage if before that age as I shall hear after Determine
in this my will.
Item: I Give unto my Loveing wife abiah Babbit ye ufe & Im-
provement of ye one half of my homeftead Land untill my
fon abel arives at ye age of Twenty one years if fhe Remains
my widdow fo Long and in Cafe fhe fhould marry before
that time then in fuch cafe fhe is to have ye Improvement of
but one third part there of: or after ye time my fd fon Abel
arives at ye age afore fd my fd widow to have ye Improve-
ment of But one third part there of: I Likewife Give my
wife ye great Roome and ye Bed Roome Joyning to it for
her ufe and Improvement Dureing my widdow and Liberty
to Cut fire wood for one fire and Timber io Repair ye fence
on her part of ye old farme = on ye wood Lot I bought of
Robert Crofman. I like wife give her all my moveable Eftate
of what Kind or nature fo ever and to her Difpofe (Excepting
my Credit I Referve for my Executors ufe to pay my just
Debts
I allfo appoint my fon Jonathan to pay ye Legaces to my
three Daughters at ye time before mentioned in this my will:
namely ye Legacy to my Daughter farah ye Legacy to my
Daughter margaret ye Legacy to my Daughter abigail in
fpefhe as mentioned therin
I allfo appoint my fon Benjamin to pay ye Legacy to my
Daughter Bathfeba at ye time before mentioned in this my
will in fpefhe as mentioned in this my will.
I allfo appoint my fon abel to pay ye Legacy to my Daugh-
ter Deborah at ye time and in ye manner as mentioned in
this my will my will & meaning is that my two Daugh-
ter margaret & abigail fhall have ye ufe & Improvement of
ye wefterly Room in my houfe untill my fon Benjamin Comes
of age and after that to have ye Chamber fire Room and
Liberty to pas & Repas to & from ye fame as Long as they
fhall Remain unmarried. Lastly I appoint my fon Jonathan
fole Executor of this my Laft will & feftament he to Receive
all my Credit and pay all my Juft Debts.
54 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
In Teftamony hear of I have unto fet my hand and feal this
Eleventh Day of December annoque Domini 1752 and in ye
26th year of his majesties Reign King George ye fecond over
Great Brittain &c.
figned fealed Publifhed and pronounced By ye fd Benjamin
Babbit to be his Laft will and teftament in prefence of
Gershom Crane
her
Ruth R Pray (Signed) Benjamin Babbit
mark
John Crane
March 15th 1753 Proved."
Joseph Babbitt (Elkanah-Edvi^ard). Born at Berkley. Died Dec-
ember 18, 1760. Married January 26, 1736-7 Mary Thayer, daughter
of William and Sarah (Babbitt) Thayer (No. 11), born Sept. 11. 1717;
died April 5, 1761.
Children:—
77 Elkanah, Nov. 26, 1737.
Mary, Dec. 12, 1739; died Jan. 30, 1740.
Sealie, Feb. 11, 1744.
Josiah, Jan. 31, 1747-8.
78 Seth, March 5, 1751.
Sarah, July 23, 1754.
28
Sarah Babbitt (Elkanah-Edward) . Born . Died March 23, 1798.
Married David Briggs, Jr. He was born Aug. 2, 1701, and died Jan. 19,
1788.
Children:—
Sarah, March 21, 1723; m. Samuel Totman.
David, Feb. 28, 1725; m. 1st, Rachel Hathaway; 2nd, Sybil Cud-
worth.
Nathan, May 31, 1727.
George, Sept. 30, 1729.
Gideon, April 6, 1730; died Jan. 9, 1739.
THE BABBITT FAMLY HISTORY. 55
Abner, Jan. 16, 1732; died before 1776.
Elizabeth, Aug. 27, 1736; died Dec. 20, 1736.
Simeon, Jan. 30, 1737; m. Sarah Briggs.
Ruth, Nov. 21, 1740.
Gideon Sept. 11, 1745
One account adds Elijah, Aug. 11, 1729, but this conflicts with the
birth date of George.
The will of David Briggs drawn in 1776 as probated 1788 mentions
three sons only — David, Nathan and Gideon — and one daughter, Sarah
Totman. It also mentions his sister, Anna Briggs.
29
William Babbitt (Erasmus-Edward-Edward). Born April 20, 1720.
Resided in Easton, Mass., 1745-1750. In 1756 he was in Gloucester,
R. I. He was one of the grantees of the town of Wardsboro, Vt., under
date of 1761. Settled in Fairfield Co., Conn., before 1770. Died Nov.
16, 1790. Married July 12, 1744, Sarah Blanchard, daughter of Steven
and Abagail (Whittemore) Blanchard, who died Jan. 16, 1814, aged
90 years.
Children: —
Sibbel, June 3, 1745.
Abiel, June 4, 1747 — Probably died young.
79 Stephen July 7, 1749.
Beulah, Oct. 26, 1751.
80 Abiel, Aug. 31, 1766.
30
Abigail Babbitt (Erasmus-Edward-Edward). Born Jan. 25, 1725.
Married (Joseph?) Newland at Norton, Mass. (Int. ? June 27, 1744).
She perhaps married second, Samuel Briggs, March 13, 1755.
Children:—
Israel, July 27, 1752.
31
Seth Babbitt (Erasmus-Edward-Edward). Born April ' 20, 1730.
Served in French and Indian War and was in the expedition against Louis-
berg. Was a doctor by profession. Resided in Easton, Mass.
56 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Died April 13, 1761, from Small Pox contracted in service. It is said
that it was not allowable for one who died of Small Pox to be carried past
a house, so he was buried on a small hill northeast of his house where
his grave may still be traced.
Married Elizabeth Vinton, Leicester, Mass. (Int. Aug 19, 1753).
Daughter of Abiathar and Lydia Vinton; born May 31, 1730; died May 3,
1776. She married, 2nd, John Howard of Bridgewater.
Children: —
81 Olive, May 4, 1755; d. Feb. 13, 1831.
Pliny, Jan. 28, 1758; d. 1775.
Seth Babbitt — Surgeon's Mate, Col. Thomas' Regt., at Halifax, Nova
Scotia, 1759 and 1760. Was from Easton. Surgeon, Col. Nathaniel
Thwing's Regt., May 15, to Dec. 23, 1760.
Same at Halifax, March 31 to Nov. 1, 1759, and Jan. 1 to May 14, 1760.
33
Abiathar Babbitt (Seth-Edward-Edward) . Born Oct. 13, 1716, at
Easton, Mass.
A member of Norton Train Band, 1757. A farmer at Easton, Mass.
His family became Shakers.
Private, Capt. Ebenezer Newell's Co., Col. Danforth Keyes' Regt.;
roll made up to Dec. 22, 1777; dated Providence, R. I.; enlistment
July 10, 1777, for six months from July 1, 1777.
Private, Capt. Ebenezer Newell's Co., Col. Keyes' Regt.; enlisted July
10, 1777; pay abstract for bounty allowed from Oct. 10, 1777, to Jan. 4,
1778, 2 months and 25 days; also, list of men who received arms from
the province, dated North Kingston, Dec. 15, 1777.
Private, Capt. Thomas Whipple's Co., Col. Abijah Steam's Regt.;
enlisted March 30, 1778; roll made up to July 2, 1778; service 3
months, 3 days, guarding troops of convention.
Died Nov. 16, 1806, at Harvard Shakers. Married May 26, 1743,
Abigail Babbitt, (daughter of No. 13,) born Aug. 11, 1724, and died June
23, 1813, at Harvard Shakers.
Children: —
Sarah, Jan. 23, 1745; d. July 25, 1749.
Isaac, May 11, 1749; d. May 23, 1749.
Still Born Child, July 28, 1750.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 57
Abigail, March 28, 1755 ;m. Seth Blanchard (See No. 34); d. July
25, 1844, at Harvard Shakers. Ch. Olive Sept. 11, 1782; d.
Dec. 21, 1863, at Harvard Shakers.
Seth, Oct. 21, 1784; d. Jan. 26, 1868, at Harvard Shakers.
Hannah, Nov. 27, 1787; d. Nov. 7, 1872, at Harvard Shakers.
82 Seth, March 17, 1757; m. Eliz. Blanchard (See No. 34). Seth
Babbitt was a Shaker Deacon and died at Harvard Com-
munity of Shakers.
Elizabeth, Oct. 27, 1758; m. Levi Babbitt (No. 101).
83 Abiathar, July 16, 1761.
Still Born daughter, Sept. 2, 1764.
Hannah, May 7, 1766; d. at Harvard Shakers, Oct. 17, 1852.
34
Sarah Babbitt (Seth-Edward-Edward). Born . Died
Married Jan. 13, 1745, Joseph Blanchard, son of Stephen and Abigail
(Whittemore) Blanchard. Born Oct. 2, 1719.
Children: —
Seth ; m. Abagail Babbitt, daughter of Abiathar and Abi-
gail Babbitt (See No. 33).
Sarah.
Isaac.
Elizabeth ; m. Seth Babbitt, son of Abiathar and Abigail
Babbitt (See 82).
Jemima (perhaps) Sept. 22, 1758; d. Dec. 31, 1847, at Harvard
Shakers.
35
Simeon Babbitt (Seth-Edward-Edward). Born Oct., 1721, in Easton.
In 1754 he was one of seven dissenting Baptists who did not desire
Rev. George Farrar to preach in Easton.
In 1756 in Easton he bought land adjoining his home farm. He ap -
pears frequently in deeds from 1749-1765.
In files of the Supreme Judicial Court at Boston, under date of Feb. 27,
1772, is a record of Simeon Babbitt's removal from Stoughton, Mass.
His family named as wife Sarah and five children, Anne, John, Mary,
Simeon and Erasmus. According to apparently well founded tradition
Simeon afterward lost his vidfe and most of his family in a fire which con-
sumed his home. He then went to Mendham, N. J., where his sister lived
58 TBTE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
and is thought to have become insane from grief, wandered away and
died in place unknown.
Married Dec. 13, 1748, Sarah Balkom, of Norton.
Children:—
Sarah, Sept., 1749; m. Oct. 23, 1766, Edward Golland or Tolland.
(Berkley Records.) — By a family record she is stated to have
married Thomas Tolman, a Baptist minister of Cobleskill,
N. Y. This cannot be verified and doubtless refers to one
of the other sisters, Anne or Mary.
■ Anne, July 31, 1752.
John.
Mary.
Simeon.
84 Erasmus.
Military Record. — Simeon Babbitt, Easton — Private, Capt. Eliphalet
Leonard's Co., April 1757. Under Lieut. Joshua Hayward, at Easton.
36
Tabatha Babbitt (Seth-Ed ward-Edward). Born Oct. 29, 1728.
Married Sept. 25, 1751, in Norton, Jabez Briggs, son of John and Hannah
(Rocket) Briggs. Born June 29, 1723.
Children:—
Timothy, March 23, 1751-2; d. Jan. 25, 1756.
Mary, Dec. 9, 1752.
Sarah, Dec. 9, 1754.
Tabatha, July 21, 1758.
Jabez, March 2, 1760.
Timothy, March 23, 1761.
Sela, Sept. 2, 1762.
Rachel, March 25, 1764.
37
Nathaniel Babbitt (Seth-Edward-Edward). Born Sept. 13, 1728-9.
He spent his early life in Easton, Mass., Nov. 8, 1754, he was Clerk of
Nathaniel Perry's Co. In 1756 he appears in a list of those who were
not training soldiers, but who were obliged to appear upon an alarm.
Settled in Athol, Mass., about 1768.
May 29, 1767, in Easton, he bought Lots 3 — 4—5 on West Hill
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 59
on the County Road in Athol, Mass., of Ephraim Smith. In 1768 he
bought other parcels. In March, 1780, he sold out to Asa Smith and
settled in Hanover, N. H., where he bought his first land in 1782. Died
after 1790.
Married (1st) Mary Crane, Jan. 25, 1750. She was born June 23,
1730, and died Sept. 8, 1777, in Hanover, N. H. (2nd) Mary Mendall,
March 3, 1778, in Barre, Mass. She married, 2nd, Samuel Butler.
Military Record. — EnUsted in Capt. Nathaniel Perry's Co., 1754; also
clerk of the company, June 10 to Oct. 4, 1754. Col. John Wins-
low's Regt.
"Centinel" in Capt. David Cargill's Co., July 29, 1747, to Jan. 20,
1748; also same March 11, to July 28.
First Lieut., Capt. John Crane's Co., Norton, July, 1771.
In Train Band 3rd Norton Co., 1757; Sergeant Capt. Eliphalet
Leonard's Co., Easton, April 7, 1757.
Private, Capt. William Marean's Co., Col. Jonathan Reed's (1st) Regt.
of Guards; muster roll dated Cambridge, May 9, 1778; enUsted March 28,
1778; enlistment, 3 months from April 2, 1778.
Capt., Peter Woodbury's Co., Col. Jacob Gerrish's Regt. of Guards;
enlisted July 4, 1778; discharged July 30, 1778; service, 27 days at
Cambridge. Roll dated Lancaster.
Athol — List of men raised for six month's service and returned by
Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp
Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780.
Children: —
85 Daniel, Jan. 7, 1751.
86 Ruth, Oct. 18, 1753.
87 Asa, April 23, 1756.
88 Isaac, Feb. 26, 1758.
89 Uri, March 3, 1760.
90 Nathaniel, May 17, 1762.
91 Ira, Aug. 1, 1764.
92 Lydia, Dec. 28, 1766.
93 Seth, Nov. 23, 1769.
94 Anna, May 24, 1773.
By second wife: —
Sally, Feb. 1, 1779.
60 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Noah Mendall, April 19, 1781; d. Dec. 2-5, 1784.
John Comer, May 9, 1783; d. Feb. 22, 1785.
95 John Mendall, Oct. 1, 1785.
Polly, Jan. 23, 1788; m. Timothy Owen, Jr.
Jerusha, about 1790; m. Abbott.
Comer (In 1815 there were living five children by the second
wife, one of whom was Comer (or Cromer). The vital record
of N. H. says John Comer died young so there was probably
a son Comer).
38
Erasmus Babbitt (Seth-Edward-Edward). Bom March 5, 1732.
Many of the descendants of Erasmus Babbitt have used a single final "t"
in spelling their name.
He removed to Sturbridge when a young man and there followed his
profession of physician. He was a man who realized the advantages of
education and gave two sons a professional and collegiate education, a
noteworthy fact for those days.
Captain of Sturbridge Co. in 1771. Died July 4, 1799.
Married (1st) May 3, 1758, Mary (Marcy) Remington (widow of Dr.
Mesheck Remington, who died Feb. 4, 1757), daughter of Moses and
Prudence Marcy. She was born Aug. 23, 1736, in Oxford, Mass., and
died Sept. 16, 1776. (2nd) Mrs. Mary Bowen of Sturbridge, Mass.
(Int. Feb. 3, 1777). She is probably Mrs. Polly Babbitt who married
in 1800, Dr. Joshua Richardson of HoUiston, Mass.
Children: —
96 Lucretia, Jan. 21, 1759.
97 Thomas, Nov. 27, 1761.
Mary . Baptized Aug. 7, 1763; m. Benjamin Morgan,
of Brimfield, 1778.
98 Erasmus . Baptized July 7, 1765.
Moses . Baptized April 12, 1767; d. Nov. 29, 1767.
Moses 1769-70. Died April 12, 1773.
Henry 1772-3; d. March 24, 1795. A musician and
much beloved young man.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 61
39
Elizabeth Babbitt (Nathan-Edward-Ed ward). Born Sept. 1, 1726,
in Dighton, Mass. Resided in Norton, Mass. Died before 1779.
Married April 12, 1758, Levi Francis (a Cordwainer), son of Thomas
and Leah Francis. He married, second, Jan. 28, 1779, Sarah Blanchard.
Levi Francis died between 1811 and 1814 and his widow Sarah mar-
ried Timothy Briggs in 1819.
Children:—
Elizabeth, April 8, 1759; d. June 13, 1759.
Levi, May 17, 1760.
Tisdale, March 9, 1763; m. Elizabeth Gilbert, daughter of James
Eliz. (Williams) Gilbert.
Isaac, May 12, 1766; d. Nov. 11, 1802. (Had wife Mary.)
Sally.
Chloe ; m. Dec. 21, 1812, Alfred Dunham of Mansfield.
40
Nathan Babbitt (Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born Oct. 8, 1730, in
Norton, Mass.
He received the homestead from his father by deed of gift 1754, and
lived there until his death. His wife was daughter of Benjamin Cobb,
whose farm adjoined Nathan Babbitt's on the North. His lands were
bounded on the East by those of the Newcomb family. The relations
between these families were most intimate, two of Nathan's children mar-
rying into the Newcomb family, and finally in 1782 Nathan himself mar-
ried widow Judith Newcomb. After Nathan's death she returned to her
old home and died there eight years after, being buried side of her first
husband at Timothy Plain cemetery. He died Aug. 31, 1794.
Married (1st) Feb. 1, 1752, Abigail, daughter of Benjamin and Mary
(Mason) Cobb. She was born March 5, 1731, and died May 10, 1782.
(2nd) Nov., 1782, Judith (Pratt), widow of Joseph Newcomb. She was
born July 30, 1727, and died March 7, 1802.
Children:—
99 Sarah, Sept. 25, 1752.
100 Nathan, March 6, 1755.
101 Levi, Aug. 31, 1757.
102 Snellem, Dec. 11, 1760.
103 Abigail, March 31, 1764.
62 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
104 Mary, March 14, 1767; baptized March 15, 1767.
105 Edward, May 3, 1772.
Military Record: — 1st Lieut., in Captain John Cranes Co. — 2nd Nor-
ton Train Band, 1771. Also on the Alarm List at Norton, 1757.
Nathan Babbitt — List of men mustered in Bristol Co. by James Leon-
ard, muster master, service at Rhode Island, Col. John Daggett's Regt.;
mustered June 29, 1778; enlistment six months.
WILL OF NATIL\N BABBIT.
Bristol Co. Records, Book 33, p. 160.
"In the Name of God Amen I Nathan Babbit of
Norton in the County of Briftol In the Commonwealth of
Maffachufetts Gentelmen being in a week and poor State
of health But of a Sound Difpofing mind & memory Thanks
be Given to god for it I do hereby Settel my Eftate by this
my Laft Will & Teftement as followes, and first of all I Com-
mit my foul into the hands of God that Gave it, and my Body
to the Earth in Decent Burial and the worldly Eftate that
God has Bleffed me with I Give & Difpofe of the Same as
followes
Impn I will and order all my Just Debts I Justly owe to aney
perfon whatfoever to be paid in Convenient time after my
Deceafe.
Item. I Give to my Beloved wife Judeth Babbit. Thofe Goods
She Brought with her. If aney of thofe things are worn
out the fame to be made Good unto her according to our
agreement made befor our marriage by my executors Here
after named. AlLfo I Give unto her four pounds Lawfull
money.
Item. I Give imto my Sons Nathan, Levi, Snellum & Edward Bab-
bits all my wearing apperel to be equally Divided Between
them,
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 63
Item. I Give to my Beloved Son Nathan Babbit his heirs and affigns
forever one Hundred Silver Dollers to be paid unto him by
one of my Executors In one year after my Deceafe. I Have-
before Given fd Nathan Seven hundred Dollers.
Item. I Give to my Beloved Son Levi Babbit his heirs & affigns
for ever one half of my Homeftead Farme for Queallity and
one half of all my Buildings — and one Quearter part of my
Griftmill. And allfo one half of all my out Lands for Queal-
lity— allfo one Quearter part of my Farming tools (or uten-
sils) and allfo one halfe part of my Live Stock one yearling
Colt excepted allfo one half of a purches Right In the North
purches.
Item. I Give to my Beloved Son Snealum Babbit his heirs and
affigns forever four hundred and fifty Silver Dollers to be
paid unto him by one of my executors In one year after my
Deceafe. I Haveing Befor Given to the fd Sneallum three
Hundred and thirty Dollers.
Item. I Give to my Beloved Son Edward Babbit hisheirsandaffigns
for ever the other halfe part of my homeftead farme for Queal-
lity and one halfe part of all my Buildings and one Quearter
of my Griftmill and allfo one halfe part of all my out Lands
for Queallity Alfo three Quearters of all my Farm-
ing Tools or farming utensils and one yearling Colt, and
halfe of all my Live Stock over and above Sd Colt,
and one Quearter of a purches Right in Taimton old Town-
fhip.
Item. I Give imto my Beloved Daughter Sarah Wild her heirs &
affigns for ever Sixty Seven Dollers to be paid unto her by
one of my Executors in one year after my Deceafe. Allfo
one third part of all my In door moveabeles, all ways except-
ing thofe goods my wife Brought with her.
64 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Item. I Give to my Beloved Daughter Abigail Newcomb her heirs
and affigns for ever Sixty Seven DoUers to be paid mito her
by one of my executors in one year after my Deceafe alfo
one third part of all my Indoor moveables, excepting thofe
Good my wife Brought with her.
Item. I Give to my Beloved Daughter Mary Lincoln her heirs and
affigns for ever twenty one pounds Lawfull money to be paid
unto her by one of my executors in one year after my Deceafe
alfs one third part of all my Inndoor moveables, excepting
thofe moveables my wife Brought with her, which are to be
made Good unto her as aflforsaid by my executors according
to our agreement Before our marriage.
Item. I will and ordor my son Levi Babbit to pay unto my Son
Sneallum Babbit four hundred & fifty Silver Dollers to be
paid unto him in one year after my Deceafe, and alfo to pay
unto Sarah Wild Sixty Seven Dollers and to Abigail New-
comb three Dollers and one half to be paid unto them in one
year after my Deceafe.
Item. I Will and ordor my Son Edward Babbit to pay unto Nathan
Babbit one Hundred Dollers to be paid unto him in one year
after my Deceafe: and alfo unto Abigail Newcomb thirty
three Dollers and one half and unto Mary Lincoln Seventy
Dollers — to be paid unto them in one year after my deceafe.
And I Do appoint & Conftitute my Sons Levi Babbit and
Edward Babbit my executors of this my Laft Will and Tefte-
ment. They to pay all my Just Debts, and to Receive all
that is Justly Due unto me, to be equally Divided Betwen
the fd Levi & Edward to enable them to pay my Debts and
my Legacys Rattefying and Confirming this and onely
this to be my Last Will & Teftement.
In Teftemony whare of I have here unto Set my hand and
Seal this Sixteenth Day of June In the year of our Lord Sev-
enteen Hundred and Ninty four.
Signed Sealed Publifhed and Pronounced
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 65
and Declared by the fd Nathan
Babbit to be his Laft Will
and Teftement —
In the Prefance of (Signed) Nathan Babbit
Laban Smith
Simeon Clapp
John Crane.
Deer 2d 1794 Approved.
41
Mary Babbitt (Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born June 19, 1732.
Died (Before 1757).
Married Feb. 27, 1751-2, Stephen Hathaway, son of Isaac and Demaris
(Babbitt) Hathaway. (See 22). Born Feb. 19, 1730; died Oct. 21, 1804.
He afterward married Elizabeth, No. 53.
Children: —
Ezra, b. Feb. 22, 1753; m. Mary Chase, of Swanzey, Mass., Nov.
29, 1781.
42
Hannah* Babbitt (Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born Oct. 11, 1735.
Died June 2, 1811.
Married in Taunton, March 11, 1755, Abiel Atwood, Jr., of Berkley.
He was born in Berkley, June 4, 1728, and was son of Abiel and Mary
Atwood. (Taunton Vital Records, book 2, page 333.)
According to deeds, they were living in Berkley in 1777 and were living
in Oxford in 1779.
Another deed recorded in Bristol Co. Deeds, book 77, page 538, has
on Dec. 8, 1790, Abial Atwood and wife Hannah of Oxford, grantors to
Nathan Babbitt of Norton, one sixth part of estate of Edward Babbitt of
Norton, dec'd, after the widow's third be taken off.
They had nine children, all born in Berkley, according to Berkley town
record, book 1, p. 240.
Abiel Atwood, Feb. 9, 1756; Rev. Record attached.
Mary Atwood, Aug. 1, 1757.
John Atwood, Jan. 5, 1759.
Abigail Atwood, May 10, 1761.
66 THE BABBITT FAmLY HISTORY.
Joseph Atwood, Sept. 23, 1762; Rev. Record attached.
106 James' Atwood, Feb. 10, 1764; died 1806.
Hannah Atwood, April 30, 1765.
Nathan Atwood, Feb. 20, 1767.
Samuel Atwood, July 26, 1768.
Three of Hannah (Babbitt) Atwood's sons served in the Revolutionary
War.
The oldest son, Abiel Atwood, evidently did not move with the family
to Oxford and enlisted from Berkley, at the age of 24 years.
Two other sons, Joseph Atwood at the age of 17 years, and James At-
wood, at the age of 16 years, enlisted from Oxford.
Mass. Soldiers, Vol. 1, p. 34.
"ATWOOD, ABIEL, BERKLEY, Private, Cap. Zebedee Redding's
Co., Col. GamaHel Bradford's Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts
for service from Feb. 13, 1777 to Dec. 31, 1779, also. Continental Army
pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Feb. 13, 1780; also, descrip-
tive list of men raised to reinforce Continental Army for the term of six
months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; age, 24 years; stature, 5 ft.
9 in.; complexion, light; residence, Berkley; arrived at Springfield, July
7, 1780; marched to camp, July 7, 1780, under command of Capt. Dix;
also, list of men raised for the six months service and returned by Brig.
Gen. Paterson as having passed muster, in a return dated Camp Totoway,
Oct. 25, 1780; also, pay roll for six months men raised by the town of
Berkley for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched to
West Point, July 3, 1780; discharged Dec. 10, 1780; service, 5 months,
17 days; also, Capt. Redding's Co., Col. Bradford's Regt.; muster roll
for July, 1780; dated Steenaapie; reported on command with wagoners."
Mass. Revolutionary Soldiers, Vol. 1, p. 339.
"ATTWOOD, JOSEPH, OXFORD, Descriptive list of men raised to
reinforce Continental Army for the term of six months; agreeable to re-
solve of June 5, 1780; age, 17 years; stature, 5 ft., 6 in.; complexion, light;
residence, Oxford; arrived at Springfield, July 3, 1780; marched to camp,
July 5, 1780, under command of Capt. Frothingham of the artillery."
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 67
43
Edward Babbitt (Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born March 1, 1740,
in Norton. Styled "Lieut Edward" on deeds and on tomb stone. Died
October 2, 1790. Buried in Babbitt lot at Norton, Mass.
Married May, 1764, Rhoda Allen. Born, 1743; died Sept. 28, 1807.
No children.
Edward Babbitt, son of Nathan of Norton — 7 months, 27 days, in Capt.
Jonathan Eddy's Co., Col. Thomas Doty. Discharged Nov. 3, 1758. In
same company, 1759.
Edward Babbitt, Norton — Lieutenant, Capt. Israel Trow's Co., Col.
John Daggett's Regt. ; service, six days, at Rhode Island, on the alarm of
Dec. 8, 1776.
Edward Babbitt, Norton— Private, Capt. Seth Gilbert's (2d) Co., Col,
John Daggett's Regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775;
service five days; also, 2d Lieutenant, Capt. Israel Trow's (5th) Co., Col.
John Daggett's (4th) Regt. ; list of officers of Massachusetts mihtia, dated
Attleborough, March 18, 1776; commissioned March 21, 1776; also,
petition for discharge granted in Council, June 16, 1778.
^■^'iill i - 44
f-' Rachel Babbitt (Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born Sept. 14, 1745.
Married Nov. 1763, Josiah Gilbert, son of John and Marcy Gilbert. Born
Dec. 7, 1740.
Children: —
Nathan, born at Southampton, Mass. Lived at Unadilla, N. Y.
Married Betsey Wilcox; had eleven children. One named, Ira,
born at Unadilla, Feb, 11, 1808, married Mary Lowell.
43
Edward Burt (Abigail Babbitt Burt) (Edward-Edward). Married
1760 Sarah Paine.
Children:—
107 Abigail, Feb. 14, 1770.
bo THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
46
Gideon Babbitt (Benajah-Edward-Edward). Bom Oct. 31, 1730.
Resided in Dighton. Died Sept. 13, 1760.
In October, 1774, John Babbitt and Peleg Francis divide the estate of
Gideon Babbitt. The heirs are widow Ruth — only daughter Lydia, wife
of Josiah Richmond — and son Gideon, a minor.
Married Dec. 7, 1751, Ruth Talbot, daughter of Josiah and Sarah
Talbot. Born 1729; died March 9, 1785.
Aug. 8, 1775, Ruth Babbitt deeds son Gideon; also heirs of Josiah
Talbot release mother Sarah's dower. Heirs include widow Ruth
Babbitt.
Children:—
108 Lydia, May 20, 1752.
109 Gideon, 1756.
Peter, 17^9; died June 27, 1774.
47
John Babbitt (Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born August 2, 1733, in
Berkley, Mass. Resided in Berkley. In 1774 styled "gentleman". He
lived on the farm owned by his great grandfather, Edward Bobbett,
Representative to General Court at Boston, 1787. Died March 8, 1816,
in Berkley, Mass.
Married (1st) April 3, 1755, Elizabeth Dean, daughter of Joseph and
Sarah (Burt) Dean (Jos. Dean^-^ Walter^). Born May 26, 1736; died
Nov. 3, 1769. (2nd) Jan. 1, 1779, Lydia Myrick, daughter of Nathan
and Lydia (Jones) Myrick. Born March 8, 1750; died Oct. 8, 1828.
Children:—
110 Erasmus, July 6, 1755.
111 Dorcas, Sept. 6, 1756.
112 Benajah, Jan. 17, 1758.
113 Elizabeth, April 8, 1760.
114 John, Feb. 28, 1761.
115 Esther, July 3, 1763.
Ebenezer, Dec. 8, 1764.
116 George, Sept. 21, 1766.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. DW
117 Dean, Feb. 15, 1768.
118 Polly, , 1779. Twin sister of Polly died in infancy.
119 Enoch, March 8, 1783.
120 Peter, March 2, 1784.
121 William.
John Babbitt, Berkley — Capt. Zebedee Redding's Co., Col. Josiah
Whitney's Regt. ; petition for increase and payment of wages dated Camp
at Hull, Sept. 17, 1776; also, Private; pay rolls for service from Aug. 1,
1776, to Dec. 1, 1776, four months; also, Capt. Philip Hathaway's Co.,
Col. Whitney's Regt. ; service, one month, 27 days, on an alarm at Rhode
Island; roll sworn to Nov. 28, 1777.
John Babbitt, Berkley— Private, Capt. James Nichol's Co., Col. Ed-
ward Pope's (Bristol Co.) Regt.; service five days at Rhode Island on
the alarm of Dec. 16, 1776; stationed at Warren, R. I.
48
Abner Babbitt (Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born April 27, 1746.
Abner Babbitt, Berkley— Private, Capt. James Nichol's Co., Col. Ed-
ward Pope's (Bristol Co.) Regt.; service thirteen days at Rhode Island
on the alarm of Dec. 16, 1776; stationed at Warren, R. I.
Called "Lieut." in old Elijah Briggs Diary, styled "Bricklayer" in deed
of 1777. Was living in 1790.
Married April 25, 1772, Thankful Richmond.
Children: —
Edmund, Aug. 15, 1772. ,
Lydia, Aug. 12, 1777.
122 Dorcas, April 29, 1780.
Hannah, June 6, 1787.
49
Hannah Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward). Born June 26, 1732,
at Berkley, Mass. Married April 6, 1749, at Berkley, Mass.,
Nehemiah Newhall.
Children:—
Darius, June 23, 1753; married , (1) 1774 Jemina Hathaway; (2)
1783, Naomi Paul.
70 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Hannah, Feb. 3, 1755; married John Paul, Jr., 1772.
Damaris, April 22, 1757; married Harmon Johnson, 1776.
Esther, March 6, 1760; married Elias Upton.
Tryphene, May 13, 1762; married Josiah Hathaway, 1781.
Jacob, Nov. 30, 1764; married Sally Caswell, 1800.
Charlotte, Nov. 17, 1766; married Benj. Paul, 1814.
Nehemiah, Oct. 20, 1769; married Hannah Covel, 1792.
50
Edward Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward). Born October 11, 1734,
at Berkley, Mass. Was a blacksmith by trade and also a ship carpenter.
In 1772 he purchased a farm at Killingly, Conn., which has now come
down to his great granddaughter, Mrs. Sarah Burrill. He and his son
Silas used to travel from Killingly to Providence to work at ship carpen-
tering. He died June 29, 1821, at Killingly.
Married Nov. 17, 1757, Margaret Hathaway, daughter of Thomas
and Margaret (Maxfield) Hathaway. She was born April 10, 1737,
and died Nov. 24, 1821. (See No. 19).
Children:—
123 Margaret, July 24, 1758.
Seth, Nov. 13, 1759. Did not marry. Private in Capt. Cady's
Co., 3rd Co., 11th Regt. of Connecticut, on march to West-
chester in 1776. Died Nov. 15, 1845.
Iraney, Sept. 15-16, 1761. Probably died before 1772, at
Berkley.
124 Edward, March 16, 1763.
125 Silas, Jan 1 or (5), 1765.
Mehitable, Oct. 20, 1767. Probably died at Berkley before 1772.
126 Rachael, April 7, 1769.
Abilena, Dec. 21, 1779; died Dec. 21, 1837, unmarried.
51
Abijah Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward). Born May 16, 1740
(1739?). Church Record says Bapt. Dec. 23, 1739. Died Aug. 11, 1817.
Married (1st) Ann Woodward, died Nov. 2, 1790. (2nd) Widow Bet-
sey Marvel, Sept. 30, 1792. Born , 1760; died March 22, 1837.
GRAVES OF EDWARD AND MARGARET BABBITT,
KILLINGLY, CONN.
EDWARD BABBITT'S HOUSE.
KILLINGLY, CONN.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 71
Children:—
127 Isaac, Feb. 6, 1763.
128 Henry,Dec. 27, 1764.^.
Abijah, April 17, 1767.
Anna, April 15, 1769; married Wm. Cudworth, Aug. 29, 1792,
at Freetown, Mass.
129 Ebenezer, April 27, 1772.
130 Enos, Feb. 11, 1775.
131 Esther, June 7, 1778.
Betsey, May 25, 1793; married Benj. Paul, Nov. 19, 1837.
No children.
Edward, Oct. 7, 1801.
Abijah Babbitt, son of Edward, of Barclay — April 24 to Nov. 14, 1758.
Roll sworn at Boston in Col. Job Winslow's Co. Col. Jedediah Prebles
Regt. in the Canada expedition.
Private, Capt. Peleg Peck's Co., Col. John Daggett's Regt.; enlisted
Jan. 9, 1778; discharged April 1, 1778; service 2 months, 21 days, on an
alarm at Rhode Island; enlistment three months; stationed at Warwick,
R. I. Roll sworn at Swanzey.
Capt. Esek Eddy's Co. of artificers, acting as boatmen; service 20 J^
days, from Aug. 11, 1778.
Corporal, Capt. Abel Babbitt's Co., Col. John Hathaway's Regt.;
marched Aug. 1, 1780; discharged Aug. 7, 1780; service, eight days, on
an alarm at Rhode Island.
52
Mehitable Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward). Born April 29, 1753.
Married (1st) Peter Winslow "Blacksmith" Nov, 20, 1771, son of
Ebenezer and Esther Winslow. Born Jan. 17, 1747; Died ,
1780. (2nd) Wm. Perry, Nov. 13, 1785, and moved to Putney, Vt.,
and later to Ohio, where she lived with her daughter until her death.
Children:—
Mehitable, 1771. Died at age of 14 years.
Seth, ; married (1st) Sarah Sanford, 1795; (2nd) Joanna
Nichols, 1803; (3rd) Anna Tew, 1807.
72 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Benjamin, ; married Phoebe Pierce of Middleboro, Mass. Dec.
6, 1798.
Esther, ; married Enoch Hathaway, 1798.
By second marriage: —
Russell, and probably some daughters.
53
EUzabeth Babbitt (Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born Jan. 19, 1737.
Died Jan. 6, 1813.
Married Sept. 22, 1757, Stephen Hathaway, son of Isaac and Damaris
(Babbitt) Hathaway. Bom Feb. 19, 1730; died Oct. 21, 1804. (See
No. 22.)
Stephen had first wife — Mary Babbitt No. 41.
Children, bom in Berkley: —
Ann, May 30, 1759.
Mary, Feb. 23, 1761.
Nathaniel, July 31, 1762.
Rhoda, Sept. 16, 1765; died Dec. 13, 1791.
Stephen, June 2, 1767, married (1st) Wealthy Richmond; (2nd)
Polly Richmond, daughters of Lydia (Babbitt) Richmond, No. 108.
Elizabeth, June 5, 1769; married George Babbitt, No. 116.
54
Simeon Babbitt (Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born March 16, 1739.
Lived in Dartmouth, Mass.
By a persistent family tradition he perished on a prison ship in New
York Harbor during the Revolution. There is no official record of the
fact — which none the less is doubtless true. No record of his death can
be foimd elsewhere. Married Dec. 3, 1766, at Dartmouth, Mary Ashley.
Died on prison ship "Jersey."
Children: —
133 Joy, Sept. 26, 1767.
134 Nathaniel, .
135 Simeon, June 2, 1776.
136 Jane, .
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 73
55
Elijah Babbitt (Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born Sept. 5, 1741.
Settled in Greenwich, Mass., before 1780. Later a farmer at Dana, Mass.
Died March 11, 1814.
EPITAPH.
My flesh shall slumber in the ground
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound
Then burst the chains in sweet surprise
And in my Saviour's image rise."
Married Hannah Fuller, May 22, 1766; (Int. March 9, 1766). Born
July 28, 1742; died Aug. 28, 1820.
EPITAPH.
"You who read with little care
Walk away and leave me here
Don't forget that you must die." -
Children:—
137 Jonathan, Feb. 22, 1767.
138 Marcy, March 3, 1768.
139 James, Oct. 24, 1769.
140 Molly, Nov. 7, 1771.
Judith, Oct. 9, 1773. Never married. Died June 24, 1866.
Betsey, Jan. 14, 1779. Never married. Died Jan. 7, 1858.
141 Hannah, Feb. 9, 1783; died Aug. 9, 1872.
Elijah Babbitt, Greenwich — Descriptive Hst of enlisted men raised
agreeable to order of court of June 22, 1780; Capt. Wilson's Co.; age 38
years; stature 5 feet, 9 inches; complexion, dark; residence, Greenwich;
enlistment, three months.
Elijah Babbitt, Freetown — Sergeant, Lieut. Nathaniel Morton's Co.,
Col. Edward Pope's Regt.; marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of
Dec. 8, 1776; discharged Dec. 27, 1776; service twenty days.
Elijah Babbitt — Private, Capt. Benjamin Willcox's Co., Col. Nathaniel
Freeman's Regt.; enhsted Sept. 29, 1777; service thirty days on a secret
expedition to Rhode Island. Roll sworn in Suffolk Co.
74 THE BABBITT FAOTLY HISTORY,
David Babbitt (Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Bom Dec. 15, 1744, at
Berkley, Mass.
Married Nov. 9, 1772, at Dartmouth, Mass., Alice Huddlestone, daugh-
ter of Seth and Eliza Huddleston. Born Oct. 7, 1738.
Children: —
142 David, April 4, 1782.
David Babbitt, Freetown — Private, Capt. Nathaniel Morton's Co.,
Col. Edward Pope's Regt. ; marched to Rhode Island on alarm of Dec. 8,
1776; discharged Dec. 27, 1776; service twenty days.
57
Mary Babbitt (Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born Sept. 12, 1748.
Died before June 1778.
Married, Bigford Spooner, Dec. 5, 1763, son of Jonathan and Mary
(Crapo) Spooner. Born Dec. 18, 1743; died Aug. 5, 1819, near Rich-
mond, Vt. He married for his second wife, Mary Peters, and removed
to Lisbon, N. H., in 1778, and had ten children in addition to the seven
given below.
Children: —
Lazarus, 1764; died 1814.
Thos., Dec. 6, 1766; died 1813.
Simeon, 1769; died 1842.
Jonathan, died young.
Barnabas, died young.
Betsey, May 5, 1778; died 1828.
Polly, May 5, 1778; married Timothy Dutton in 1791.
58
Mary Babbitt (Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) . Born .
Bristol Deeds, Book 27—235; dated 1737: "Elkanah Babbit of Berkley,
yeoman — for love, good will and affection toward my daughter, Mary
Phillips, and my son-in-law, Jacob Phillips, (house carpenter)" deeds
them twenty acres in Berkley. Died (Before 1750).
Married Oct. 30, 1732, Jacob Phillips of Dighton, Mass. Born .
Died Jan. 26, 1746.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 75
Children : —
Meriam, Jan. 20, 1735, Berkley, Mass.
Jacob, , 1738, Berkley, Mass.
John, July 8, 1739, Berkley, Mass.
Mary, Nov. 11, 1742, Berkley, Mass.
Elkanah, Sept. 5, 1746, Berkley, Mass.
(1st) Edward, Aug. 3, 1733, Dighton, Mass,
59
Elkanah Babbitt (Elkanah- Elkanah-Edward) . Born at Berkley, Mass.,
probably about 1710-12.
Deed Extracts New Milford, Conn.:
July 10, 1736 — Elkanah Babbitt buys 5 acres in Still River neck so called.
July 13, 1736 — Elkanah Babbitt buys piece of land lying on Still River
near the Iron Works.
May 8, 1744 — Elkanah Babbitt buys piece of land lying west on Dan-
bury Road near Halfway Brook.
Sept. 26,1748 — Samuel Prindle sells "son-in-law Elkanah Babbitt land
on west side of Still River by ye Ironsworks pond."
Mar. 9,1752 — Elkanah Babbitt deeds Samuel Bostwick ten acres near
South Ironworks, New Milford, with dwelling house and
barn; also 20 acres lying Southwestward of above; also
land on west side of Country road lading to Danbury
with house and orchard.
He left New Milford on last given date and no further trace of him has
been found. He probably removed somewhere near Cooperstown, N. Y.,
where his son Elkanah appeared later.
Married Jan. 20, 1736-7, Obedience Prindle, daughter of Samuel and
Dorothy (Plum) Prindle. She was born May 13, 1716, and lived to an
extreme age. It is related that her son Daniel came from Canada to see
her when she was almost one hundred.
Children, all born in New Milford, Conn: —
143 Elkanah, Dec. 5, 1737.
Eleanor, Dec. 5, 1738.
David, Aug. 6, 1739.
Mary, April 15, 1741.
76 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Lois, March 30, 1743.
Warren, May 1, 1745.
Annis, March 28, 1747.
144 Daniel, April 28, 1749.
Elizabeth, ; baptized July 16, 1751 (Church Record).
60
Jacob Babbitt (Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) . Born . In 1757
served in the Taunton Train Band, under Capt. Samuel White.
Removed from Berkley to Rehoboth and later to Colchester, Conn.
Called in deeds "Bricklayer" and "Blacksmith."
In 1752 called "of Rehoboth."
1756-1761 called "of Taunton."
After 1773 called "of Colchester, Conn."
Died Sept. 10, 1811. at Bristol, R. I. Married March 31, 1737-8,
Mary Harvey, daughter of Thomas Harvey of Taunton. Born 1701.
Children:—
145 Molly
146 Ebenezer, Dec. 24, 1740.
147 Jacob, Dec. 25, 1748.
Dorcas
148 Ehjah, 1750.
Elisha (Major), 1753; died April 14, 1821, age 68. EHsha
Babbitt is credited with founding the first newspaper at
Providence.
James (Served in Revolution with his brother Ehjah).
61
Isaac Babbitt (Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Aug. 15, 1717, at
Berkley, Mass. Died before May 8, 1777, on which date his son Seth
is appointed administrator.
He settled at Mendham, N. J., about 1743. On May 2, 1744, the East
Jersey Land Records at Perth Amboy record his purchase of about 50
acres at Rocksiticus (an old name of Mendham), said tract being on the
South side of Thos. Kent's mill pond.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 77
While the American troops were quartered in Morristown, Isaac Babbitt
and his family sent them daily great quantities of bread baked in the great
home oven.
Married Feb. 12, 1738-9, at Berkley, Mass., Elizabeth Babbitt, No. 32,
daughter of Seth and Sarah (Cooper) Babbitt. She was born Feb.
29, 1714.
Children: — ; vd W j L.
149 Seth,Nov. 16, 1741.- ^'^ ^' ^' ^"'*'
Isaac, Feb. 10 (or 19), 1742-3. Served in Revolution. Died
Nov. 9, 1792 He was styled "Sargeant." His will at
Trenton, N. J., disclosed the relationship of the New Jersey
Babbitts. He was married. Name of wife unknown. No
children
X 150 Daniel, Jan. 7, 1752.
>151 Job .
152 Elkanah .
Mary ; married Benham.
153 Martha ; married John Lyon about 1780 and removed
to Ogdensburg, N. Y.
Sarah, ; married Dunlap.
The accompanying deed gave proof of their removal to New Jersey.
Bristol County Deeds, Book 50, page 271.
"To all people to whom these presents fhall Come Know ye
that I Ebenezer Byram of Mendum in ye County of Morris
in ye province of New Jersey Esqr for and in Consideration
of ye sum of fourteen pounds fourteen Shillings & four pence;
to me in hand paid or secured to be paid by Nathaniel Bobbit
Easton in ye County of Bristol in ye province of ye massa-
chusetts Bay in New England yeoman. Have remised Re-
leased and for ever Quit Claimed and by vertue of a power
of attorney to me Given by Isaac Bobbit and Elizabeth his
wife Do by these Presents Remise Release and for ever Quit
Claim unto him sd Nathaniel Bobbet his heirs and assigns
for ever all such Rights Estates Tittle Interest and Demand
what so Ever ye sd Isaac and Elizabeth Bobbit held or ought
to have in or to all ye Estate that was Given to Thomas Bobbit
78 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
by his father Seth Bobbit of sd Easton Late Deceased in sd
Estate Divided & Set off to ye sd Thomas Bobbit; a minor
who is now Deceased or any estate that hath or shall arise
unto sd Estate by any ways or means what so ever; he sd
nathaniel paying to his mother over and above ye above sum
all Demands she may have on sd Land as Thirds, mainte-
nance Costs or any other ways and also and also on Con-
fideration of ye above sum Do aquit ye sd Nathaniel Bobbit
of ye Legacy of Six pounds Thirteen shillings & four pence
given to EHzabeth Bobbit by her father Seth Bobbit in his
Last Will and Testament to be paid to her by Erasmus bobbit
and ye above sd Thomas Bobbit now Deceased. To Have
and to Hold all ye above sd Estate unto ye said Nathaniel
Bobbit his heirs and assigns for ever; and I ye sd Ebenezer
Byram for my selfe and my heirs and assigns for ever; and
I ye sd Ebenezer Byram for my selfe and my heirs Do Cove-
nant to and with ye sd Nathaniel Bobbit his heirs and as-
signs for ever against ye LawfuU Claims & Demands of Isaac
Babbit and Elizabeth Bobbit his Wife or any in by or under
them ye above Bargained premises for ever to warrant and
Defend in Witness where of I have here unto set my hand
and seal this Tenth Day of April 1758.
Signed sealed & Delivered (Signed) Ebenr Byram
in presence of us
Ebenezer Allen
Nathan Alden,
Reed October 30th 1765 Recorded."
MENDHAM.
From an old history of New Jersey by John W. Barber and
Henry Howe:
The township of Mendham is about 6 m. sq. bound N. by Randolph,
E. by Morris, S. by Bernard & Bedminster, Somerset Co., &: W. by Ches-
ter. The surface is generally hilly & on the N. mountainous. The soil
is fertile, productive in wheat and grass & great numbers of peaches are
raised. Limestone is quarried to a considerable extent on the North
Branch of the Raritan. The township is well watered, & important
branches of the Raritan & Passaic take their rise within a mile of each
other.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 79
There are 2 grist, 1 saw, 1 fulling m., 1 woolen, 1 cotton factory; Cap.
in manufac. $29,800. 3 academies, 95 students; 5 schools, 183 scholars,
Pop. 1,378.
The earliest regular settlement in Mendham was on the N. branch of
the Raritan. As early as 1713 there were some few squatters' cabins.
At that time land was taken up by the Wills family, but they did not settle
until many years after. The village of Mendham is in the central part,
6J^ miles S. W. of Morristown. Among the first settlers in the vicinity
were the Byram, Gary, Thompson, & Drake families. The grave-stone
of the elder Ebenezer Byram, which is now standing in the graveyard,
records his death Aug. 9th, 1753, aged 61. When he came, the locality
bore the Indian name, Roxiticus. The name of a tavern which he estab-
lished was "The Black Horse," from its sign. Tradition asserts the neigh-
borhood was rendered famous by the pranks of a wild crew of fellows
who lived there. Mr. Byram having been told the nature of the society
he had settled in, replied, I'll mend 'em," — an assertion he carried out
literally: hence the name Mendham.
The village of Mendham contains a Methodist & a Presbyterian church,
an academy for males, & the "Hill-top" Seminary for females; several
stores, 2 carriage establishments, & about 50 dwellings. When a young
man, the Hon. Samuel L. Southard taught school in Mendham. A con-
siderable number of young men have been prepared for college in this
place who finally entered the ministry of the Presbyterian church.
The Presbyterian church, standing on a beautiful and commanding
elevation in the southern part of the village, is seen, in some directions
from a distance of many miles; and it is asserted that when the atmos-
phere is very clear it can be discerned from elevated land in Pennsylvania
distant 30 or 40 miles. The oldest stone in the ancient graveyard adjoin-
ing the church, is that of Stephen Cooke, who died Dec. 16th, 1749. The
first person there buried was Mrs. Drake, in 1745. There are two other
burying grounds, though unused for many years. One is on a hill a
quarter of a mile E. of the N. branch of the Raritan, within a few rods of
the Washington turnpike; the other a mile S. of the village, on the Bald-
win farm, — which latter is now a cultivated field . Some time previous
to 1740, a small building was erected for public worship by the Presby-
terians, on the Morris turnpike, about a mile & a half west of the village.
80 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
In Oct. 1743, Mr. Eliab Byram, from Bridgewater, Mass., commenced
preaching. In 1745 a new church was erected on the hill, which remained
until a new one was built in 1816. In 1835 it was burnt, & the present
handsome edifice reared.
The following are the names of the Pastors of this society, with the dates
of their settlement: Eliab Byram, May, 1744; John Pierson, (son of
President Pierson of Yale College) spring of 1753; Francis Peppard, 1764;
Thomas Lewis, spring of 1769; John Joline, May, 1778; Amzi Arensburg,
Nov. 29, 1796; Samuel H. Cox, July 1, 1817; PhiHp C. Hay, June 19,
1821; John VauHen, June 19, 1824; & Daniel Johnson, the present pas-
tor, June 27, 1826. Ralstonville & Water Street are small collections
of houses in the township, — the first l}i miles W. & the last 33^2 rn- N. E.
of Mendham.
There was anciently an Indian village on the farm of Col. J. W. Drake,
on the hill-side about 40 rods from his dwelling. The houses were scat-
tered continuously aroimd the hill. Indian arrow-heads, stones & other
relics, have been occasionally ploughed up. In the winter of 1779-80
when the American headquarters were at Morristown, a portion of the
army were barracked in rude log huts, in this & Morris townships. The
headquarters of two of the officers, Col. Robinson & Chevalier Mas-
sillon, a French officer, were at the dwellings now occupied by Col. J. N.
Drake, about a mile from the village, on the road to Morristown, — at
that time the residence of his grandfather. On the breaking out of the
mutiny in the Penn. line, the officers were extremely alarmed and in one
or two instances, ran from their camp barefooted in the snow 2 or 3 miles.
Despairing of their country's cause, some of them wept. When here,
the soldiers lived miserably; broken down by disease and want, they dep-
redated upon the inhabitants, became filthy in their persons, and infested
with vermin. When the sickness was at its height, no less than forty
coffins were brought at one time, and piled against the barn of Mr. Drake,
which, together with the church, was used as an hospital, — the latter
having been divested of its seats for that purpose. Callous and inured
to the horrors that beset them, the soldiers, regardless of all, were seen
playing cards upon the coffins containing the remains of their deceased
comrades.
Copied from
New Ed. of Barber's Hist., 1853 by E. L. Babbitt.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 81
62
Hopestill Babbitt (Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) . Bom Jan. 7, 1720,
in Berkley, Mass. Died before 1756. Married Jan. 18, 1738, Eliphaz
Harlow. Died Oct. 27, 1787, age 68.
Eliphaz Harlow married, 2nd, 1756, Hannah Crane, who died Oct.
14, 1762. He married, 3rd, ( ) Haskins, and outlived her.
63
Zephaniah Babbitt (Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Jan. 5, 1735,
in Berkley, Mass.
Zephaniah Babbitt — Private in Capt. Joseph Tinkham's Co., Col.
Bradford's Regt. Roll sworn at Middleboro in 1757.
He is thought to have received land grants in Western, Conn., where he
removed. Supposed to have died in Rev. War in Arnold's expedition
against Canada.
Married Abigail Hamlin, daughter of Cornelius and Mary Hamlin.
Born in Colchester, Conn., Oct. 8, 1738. She is thought to have been of
Mayflower descent, although this fact has never been proved.
Children: —
154 Isaac, April 19, 1769.
155 William.
156 Lemuel, 1759.
157 Samuel.
158 Asa, 1772.
159 Abigail, Dec. 19, 1774.
64
Samuel Babbitt (Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Sept. 30, 1737,
in Berkley, Mass. Lived in Killingly, Conn., Leicester, Mass., Barre,
Mass., and Petersham, Mass.; also Wardsboro, Vt., where he died. In
1796 he was living in Barre, Mass. Died 1807.
Samuel Babbitt — "Cordwainer," age 19, "of Taunton" (born in Berk-
ley); in Capt. Samuel Thatcher's Co. at Fort Edward, July 26, 1756.
i\lso in Ebenezer Dean's Co., Col. Ephraim Leonard's Regt. until July,
1756. Also served in Capt. David Holmes' Co., Col. Eleazer Fitches'
4th Conn. Regt. in 1759.
82 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married (1st) Dec. 3rd, 1761, Abigail Goodspeed, who died Sept.
14, 1762. (2nd) Nov. 15, 1763, Bathsheba Converse; born Dec. 8, 1741,
to Pain and Mary (Halford) Converse in Thompson, Conn.
Children: —
Abigail, Sept. 8, 1762; died April 1769.
160 Silas, Oct. 1, 1764.
161 Sanford, Dec. 17, 1765.
Abigail (perhaps) m. Abel White in Hardwick, INIass., 1785.
65
Amariah Babbitt (Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) . Born May 16, 1743.
He was one of the first settlers of New Ashford about 1762 and on the
first board of Selectmen; town clerk for years. On Committee of Cor-
respondence and Safety, 1775. On April 27, 1791, Commonwealth "of
Massachusetts deeded him Lot No. 1 in New Ashford. His farm was
on the town line between New Ashford and Lanesborough.
In the settlement of his estate, children as mentioned below are given,
and the date on which each was to receive his share of the estate gives
the order of their births. He moved to Lanesboro about 1761. Died
March 6, 1798, in New Ashford, Mass., where he is buried.
Married Mary Burgess, daughter of Jacob and Ruth (Wood) Burgess.
She died in 1839 in Auburn, N. Y., aged 87 years.
Children: —
162 Stephen, 1766-67.
Mary, about 1770; m. Isaac Sherwood (Int. March 21, 1790).
He was born Oct. 13, 1769. Settled in Norway, N. Y.
Amariah, 1771; d. Sept. 27, 1776.
Mehitable about 1772; m. Asahel Jackson (Int. March 26, 1793).
Amariah, ; m. Judith Brayton, (Int. March 8, 1801),
in Cheshire, Mass.
163 Samuel Burgess about 1781.
Cyrene, 1784.
164 Roswell about 1786.
Elkanah about 1788. Died War of 1812.
165 Deodatus, Aug. 5, 1790.
166 Isaac about 1791.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 83
Epitaph of Amariah Babbitt: —
"Dear Friends, be wise — 'tis time to know
The fading state of things below.
Let every moment as it flies
Direct your thoughts above the skies."
From Perry's "WilHamstown and Williams College," Page No. 113.
"New Ashford has since become almost depopulated; but here are twenty
names — Capt. Babbitt and Company on its Contemporary Muster Roll,
who are likely to remain known citizens of that little borough till the end
of Time."
Military Record: — Amariah Babbitt, New Ashford — Captain, Col.
Benjamin Simond's (Berkshire Co.) Regt. ; marched to Manchester,
July 9, 1777; service, 16 days; also, pay roll for six days service from
Aug. 14, to Aug. 19, 1777; marched to Meloomscuyck near Bennington;
also, certificate dated WilHamstown, Oct. 24, 1777, given by Col. Simonds,
certifying that said Babbitt served as captain six days at Bennington;
also, pay roll for five days service at the Northward on an alarm, Oct. 14,
1780; also, Col. Barns's Regt.; service, eight days, on an alarm in Oct. 1781.
Capt. 11th Co., Col. Simond's 7th Essex Co. (also given 2nd Berkshire
Co.) Regt.; list of officers in Mass. militia; commissioned May 3, 1778.
66
John Babbitt (Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) , Born 1750. Birthplace
not known. In Lanesboro, Mass., from 1775-1781; a farmer. Soldier
of Revolution.
The census of 1790 credits him with a family of five — including himself
and his wife.
April 12, 1811, the State of New York deeded him land in Fish Creek,
Vienna, N. Y., where he settled and lived till his death. Died Aug. 30,
1825, aged 75 years, 4 months. Married Mercy . She died Nov. 9,
1838,' aged 82 years.
84 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
167 John B. about 1796.
168 Betsey, Oct. 14, 1782.
John Babbitt, New Ashford — Capt. Stratton's Co., Col. Benjamin
Simond's Regt.; return of men drafted from Berkshire Co. militia who
marched to Horse Neck (year not given) ; reported failed to join regiment.
Lanesborough — Corporal, Capt. Asa Barns's Co., Col. Benjamin
Simond's (Berkshire Co.) Regt.; marched Oct. 14, 1780; service seven
days at the Northward; also, pay roll for 10 days service on and alarm at
the Northward, from Oct. 26, 1780; also. Sergeant, Capt. Davi Wheeler's
Co.; Col. Asa Barnes' Regt.; marched to Saratoga, Oct. 29, 1781 ; service
11 days.
Lanesborough — 4th Corporal, Capt. Barns's Co., Col. Woodbridge's
Regt.; company return dated Sept. 28, 1775; also, Private, Capt. David
Wheeler's Co., Col. John Brown's Regt. ; enlisted June 30, 1777; discharged
July 25, 1777; service, 26 days; stationed at Fort Ann. Roll sworn at
Lanesborough.
Lanesborough — Corporal, Capt. Asa Barnes' Co., Col. Benjamin
Woodbridges' Regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 25,
1775; service 2 months, 8 days.
Capt. Asa Barnes' Co., Col. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridges' Regt.;
order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Oct. 23, 1775.
67
Abijah Hathaway, (Damaris Babbitt Hathaway Elkanah-Edward) .
Born July 17, 1716.
His family record is included in this book because it completes a secon-
dary Babbitt descent for a great number of Babbitts who intermarried
with Hathaways.
He married May 26, 1748, Sarah Talbot, daughter of Josiah and Sarah
Talbot. She was sister of Ruth Talbot who married Gideon Babbitt
(No. 46).
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 85
Children:—
Isaac, Oct. 23, 1749; married Elizabeth Babbitt (No. 113).
Mercy, March 7, 1751.
Sarah, Dec. 13, 1752; died Oct. 21, 1803; unmarried.
Josiah, June 29, 1754; married Tryphena Newhall, July 23, 1781.
Abijah, May 15, 1756; married Polly-Tinkham, Sept. 8, 1786.
Peter, May 4, 1757; married Betsey Bragg, Dec. 1782.
William, Sept. 10, 1759; married Bathsheba Babbitt (No. 178).
Seth, Dec. 21, 1760; married Tryphena Crane,
Miriam, Dec. 21, 1760; married Isaac Babbitt (No. 127).
Benanuel, April 28, 1764; married Rebecca Hathaway.
68
Josiah Babbitt ( Josiah- Elkanah-Edward) . Born Sept. 4, 1728, in
Berkley. Nothing is known positively of his history, but in view of the
fact that his brother Christopher removed to Berkshire Co., Mass., it seems
possible that an unidentified Babbitt family recorded in Pittsfield, may
be his.
These records are: —
"Mr. Wright and Mrs. Babbitt were married March 28, 1776.
Mary Babbitt married Nathaniel Welch Int.-filed Aug. 8, 1775.
Esther Babbitt married John Wait. Int.-filed March 23, 1776."
It is presumed Mary and Esther are daughters of Josiah Babbitt, whose
widow married Mr. Wright. It is also probable that the family included
John Babbitt, whose Rev. War record follows.
John Babbitt, Pittsfield— Capt. Wilham Francis' Co., Maj. Caleb
Hyde's Regt.; marched to Fort Edward, July 8, 1777; discharged Aug.
26, 1777; service seven weeks.
69
Reuben Babbitt (Josiah-Elkanah-Edward.) Born 1740-41 in Eastern
New York.
There is no recorded evidence that Reuben Babbitt was son of Josiah,
but his appearance in Eastern New York where Josiah, Sr., resided leaves
little room for doubt that he was Josiah's son.
«b THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY,
The records at Albany state: —
"Reuben Babbitt enlisted in the 6th Company, 1st New York Regi-
ment, and served from April 3, 1777, until May 1, 1778." The record
further says that he died May 1, 1778. He appears with his son John
in New York Revolution Rolls in both the 1st and 3rd New York Reg-
iments.
In 1790 the State of New York granted Richard Edward Adms. lot
No. 1 in Cato, N. Y. — 600 acres — ^for the service of Reuben Babbitt.
Married (1st) (Name unknown). By his first marriage he had one
daughter who was probably Sophia Jenkins of Canaan, N. Y., who claimed
part of his land grant in Cato, N. Y. Sophia was wife of Joseph Jenkins.
Married (2nd) perhaps Emmons. One son.
169 John about 1765.
70
Sarah Babbitt (Benjamin-Elkanah-Edward). Born May 9, 1727,
Berkley, Mass. Died March 30, 1760.
Married June 12, 1746, Ephraim Pray.
Children:—
Ruth, April 1, 1750.
Abigail, April 17, 1752.
Grace, Feb. 1, 1754.
Ebenezer, April 28, 1757.
Filena (or Philena), July 6, 1759.
71
Jonathan Babbitt (Benjamin-Elkanah-Edward). Born Feb. 5, 1729,
in Berkley, Mass. Resided in Berkley. Was styled "Joyner" in deeds.
Died about 1782.
In 1756 Jonathan and Elizabeth Babbitt deed Benjamin Babbitt land,
formerly father Benjamin's.
In 1761 he bought land in Dighton of Nathan Walker.
In 1763 he is called of "Dighton" in deed to Ebenezer Redding.
Probably resided after 1768 near Middletown, Connecticut.
Tvlarried March 1, 1753, Elizabeth Talbot.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 87
Children: —
Benjamin Feb. 14, 1754 — Private in Capt. Jonathan Meig's,
Gen. Spencer's 2nd Connecticut Regiment. EnHsted May 5,
1775. Discharged Dec. 19, 1775. Ensign 8th Co., 23rd
Regiment, 1777. Private 4th Co., 3rd Regiment, Sept. 14.
Dec. 20, 1780, Sergeant Capt. Matthew Randall's Co., Col.
Abiel Mitchell's Regiment. EnHsted July 29, 1780, for
3 months, 5 days.
170 WilHam, Feb. 9, 1756.
Abigail, March 29, 1758.
Sarah, June 26, 1760.
Elizabeth, ; baptized Aug. 23, 1763.
Peace ; baptized Aug. 23, 1763.
171 Dyer, 1770.
172 Nathaniel.
72
Benjamin Babbitt (Benjarain-Elkanah-Edward). Born Feb. 14,
1732, Berkley.
Styled "Cordwainer" in deeds.
Removed to Brookfield, Mass., 1763.
Was on committee of correspondence, 1773, in Capt. Ingersoll's Co.,
and deserted Aug. 14, 1757.
Benjamin Babbitt, Berkley — Private (company not given) April 4 to
Sept. 12, 1758. In Capt. James Andrew's Co., April 4 to May 31, 1758,
under Col. Thos. Doty.
Capt. Zebedee Redding's Co., Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt. ; order for
advance pay dated Camp at Hull, June 21, 1776; also. Private; pay
roll for 2 months, 13 days service prior to Aug. 1, 1776; pay roll for 1
month, 2 days service from Aug. 1, 1776; reported died Sept. 3, 1776.
Died , Brookfield, Mass.
Married (Intentions) April 19, 1754, Mary Carlisle of Freetown, Mass.
Born , 1733; died May 21, 1800, in Bethel, Vt. She had married,
(2nd) James Thompson, of New Braintree, Nov. 1779.
88 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
173 Joel, June 4, 1755.
Benjamin ; perhaps.
Atkins (?) Atkins Babbitt, a soldier in Revolutionary War,
from North Brookfield, Mass. He was perhaps son of
Benjamin.
73
Abigail Babbitt (Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward) . Born June 5, 1735.
Married May 22, 1760, Thomas Hathaway, of Freetown, son of Isaac
and Sarah (Makepeace) Hathaway. Born 1721.
Children: — ^These children are given by tradition which cannot be
verified.
Abner.
Abigail.
74
Elkanah Babbitt (Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward). Styled "Joyner.'*
Born Aug. 19, 1737. Died March 17, 1814, Brookfield, Mass.
Resided in Middleboro, Mass., and later in Spencer and Brookfield,
Mass. There has been some diflficulty in distinguishing this Elkanah
from his cousin of the same name (No. 77) , born the same year and whose
wife was also Hannah. This Elkanah was styled on deeds as of "Mid-
dleboro" and he lived there after his mother's marriage to Nathaniel
HoUoway of Middleboro. It is further proved by record of deed as noted
under No. 77.
Married (1st) Jan. 18, 1759, in Berkley, Hannah Briggs. She was
born Sept. 10, 1736, to Seth and Hannah. She died Sept. 25, 1806.
(2nd) Dec. 4, 1806, in Brookfield, Mass., Lydia Knowlton, who was
born in 1749 and died Sept. 11, 1827.
Children: —
174 Samuel, Oct. 7, 1759.
Mary, Aug. 16, 1762.
175 Sally, 1766.
176 Lydia.
SHAKER SETTLEMENT AT HARVARD, MASS.
HOUSE OCCUPIED BY THE BABBITTS
AT HARVARD SHAKERS.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
75
Abel Babbitt (Benjamin-Elkanah-Edward). Bom Sept. 3, 1740,
in Berkley.
Was styled "Joyner." He served continually in the early wars — was
with Col. Winslow at the expulsion of the Acadians.
In 1807 Abel Babbitt gave deed to Roger French at Barnard, Vt., of
land in return for which French should support Abel and wife Patience.
Patience died before Feb. 22, 1824, and Abel went to live with his son,
Abel, Jr., who gave bond for his support to Roger French.
Feb. 5, 1765, Abel and EHzabeth Babbitt of Berkley deed Elkanah
Babbitt of Middleboro land in Berkley given them by will of father Ben-
jamin, bounded on east by Berkley Common.
March 8, 1815, Abel and Patience give power of Attorney to settle
estate of Gershom Crane of Berkley — from Barnard, Vt.
Died at Barnard, Vt., later than 1824. Married Elizabeth Hathaway,
Jan. 2, 1762, who died before 1806. Married (2nd) Patience ( ).
She died before 1824.
Children: —
Elizabeth, Oct. 27, 1762. The "Crane Papers" at Taunton
state that she married Abiel Hathaway, Feb. 23, 1782,
son of Benj. and Mary (Davis) Hathaway and born Dec.
16, 1759.
Benjamin, Aug. 9, 1764.
177 Abel, Dec. 31, 1766.
178 Bathsheba, Jan. 26, 1769.
Military Record: — Abel Babbitt, Berkley — Was at Sutton under Capt.
Richard Cobb 1758; was in Capt. Jotham Gay's Co. from April 2nd to
Nov. 9th, 1759; was a private (Company not given) in Nova Scotia, Jan.
1st to Dec. 17, 1760.
Ensign, Capt. Samuel Tubbs' Co., Col. Jacob French's Regt.; list of
oflScers in Massachusetts militia; commissioned March 26, 1776; regiment
raised in Bristol and Cumberland counties; stationed at Winter Hill
Feb. 27, 1776; also, 2nd Lieut. Capt. Zebedee Redding's Co., Col. Josiah
Whitney's Regt.; return of officers for 46 days rations from April 11, 1776;
90 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
also, return of officers Col. Whitney's Regt.; commissioned Sept. 7, 1776;
regiment raised for defense of Boston; also, pay roll for three months,
twenty days service prior to Aug. 1, 1776; also, pay rolls for service from
Aug. 1, 1776, to Dec. 1, 1776, four months.
Also captain in Col. John Hathaway's Regiment.
76
Bathsheba Babbitt (Benjamin-Elkanah-Edward). Born Aug. 13, 1742.
Lived in Spencer and Peru, Mass.
Levi Pierce was a notable Revolutionary patriot and enlisted from
Spencer, Mass., many times.
Died Aug. 31, 1830. Married Feb. 11, 1761, Levi Pierce. Died
Jan. 1, 1826.
Children:—
Abner, b. Oct. 4, 1761; d. Jan. 29, 1851. (Reverend). Married
Feb. 1, 1787, Huldah Wilcox, born Feb. 1, 1765; died Feb. 9,
1849. They had nine children.
Ann. Died young.
George 1767; m. Abigail "Kenney" at Peru; d. 1858.
Capt. Benjamin, 1769; m. Mercy Hathaway. Born May 5, 1771,
daughter of James and Abigail (Pierce) Hathaway. Captain
at Peru, Mass.
EH Spencer, 1772; m. (1st) Mary Thompson, 1801; (2nd) Electa
Leland, 1815; d. 1868.
Liberty, May 23, 1777; d. July 28, 1862; m. (1st) Eunice Wight-
man; (2nd) Minerva Dresser; (3rd) Betsey Pierce.
Le\d, 1778; d. 1850; m. Dolly Thompson of Peru. Was Colonel.
Moved to Cooperstown, N. Y.
Shadrack, May 29, 1782; d. 1882; m. (1st) Badger; (2nd) Lydia
Post.
Daniel, Feb. 23, 1783; d. 1810; m. Abigail (Lyman).
Isaac 1784; m. Polly Webb.
Sarah, 1786; m. Wm. Ensign.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY, 91
77
Elkanah Babbitt (Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Styled "Yeoman" and
"Joyner". Born Nov. 26, 1737, in Berkley.
This Elkanah Babbitt resided in Berkley all his life. His cousin of
the same name and age resided in Middleboro and finally settled in Spen-
cer and Brookfield, Mass. This is proved by deed of July 16, 1766, when
Elkanah and Hannah of Berkley deed Abel Babbitt land adjoining land
of "ray sister Sarah Babbitt."
Elkanah of jSIiddleboro had a sister Sarah, but she was dead at that
date and had been married. Elkanah of Berkley had a sister Sarah,
aged 12 years at this date, who held a share of her deceased father's estate.
This deed distinguishes clearly these two Elkanahs whose family records
are very confusing.
He was living in 1806 as on Feb. 24th of that year he deeds homestead
to Benjamin.
He married (1st) Hannah ( ). Maiden name unknown. He
married (2nd) Abigail Palmer (styled "widow" of Somerset, Mass.)
Nov. 22, 1807
Children:—
179 Wealthea, Dec. 14, 1763.
180 James, Nov. 24, 1764.
181 Isaac, Sept. 29, 1774.
182 Warren, Oct. 25, 1776.
183 Benjamin.
184 Hopestill.
George died 1814.
Military Record: — Elkanah Babbitt — In Taunton Train Band, 4th
Company, 1757. In Capt. Andrew's Co., 1758.
Private, Capt. James Nichol's Co., Col. Edward Pope's (Bristol Co.)
Regt.; service eight days at Rhode Island on the alarm of Dec. 16, 1776;
stationed at Warren, R. I.
Private, Capt. Abel Babbitt's Co., Col. John Hathaway's Regt.; marched
on an alarm at Rhode Island, Aug. 1, 1780; discharged Aug. 7, 1780;
service, six days.
92 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
78
Seth Babbitt (Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born March 5, 1751.
Under date of 1772 Seth Babbitt of Brookfield, Mass., deeded Elkanah
Babbitt "Joyner" of Middleboro — lands of his father Joseph.
Died , Brookfield, Mass. Married (Int. May 3, 1772) Rebecca
Dewing, daughter of Solomon and Ruth (Richardson) Dewing; supposed
sister of Jonathan Dewing of Natick, Mass., and daughter of Solomon
and Ruth (Richardson) Dewing.
Children:—
185 Seth.
186 Benjamin.
187 Ruth, b. Feb. 13, 1782.
Lucy ; m. (1st) Jones, Northfield, Vt.; (2nd) Huntoon.
Rebecca 1787; d. Oct. 17, 1857, age 80, not married, in Brook-
field, Mass.
Dexter ; not married.
Willard ; not married.
A daughter whose daughter married a Hart.
188 Experience.
(Perhaps others).
Census of 1790 gives him three sons and five daughters.
79
Stephen Babbitt (William-Erasmus-Edward-Edward). Born July 7,
1749.
Was a Universalist clergyman and also represented Huntington in the
General Court of Connecticut.
He was married twice but name of neither wife is found. He was closely
associated with his brother Abiel and they owned about 500 acres in Mon-
roe Conn, and thereabout. Before his death he deeded most of his property
to his brother. He died Sept. 10, 1830.
No children survived and his will gives his estate to children of brother
Abiel.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 93
80
Abiel Babbitt (William-Erasmus-Edward-Edward). Born Aug. 9, 1766.
Lived in Monroe Conn. — a prosperous farmer. He and his brother ap-
pear to have owned their property in common. They made much profit
disposing of cattle in the New York market.
At the old homestead in Monroe Conn, there is an interesting record of
the growth of the children as marked by nails driven in a post.
Died March 31, 1847, in Fairfield Conn. Married (1st) Mary. Died
April 30, 1787, age 23 years, 7 months, 4 days. (2nd) Dec. 25, 1789, at
Westport Conn., Abigail (Burr) Sturges, daughter of Andrew and Abigail
Sturges. Born May 3, 1771; died Dec. 15, 1864.
Children: All born in Monroe Conn: —
William Rufus, Aug. 8, 1792. Graduate of Yale, class 1814;
was a lawyer. Died Aug. 21, 1817, in Indianapolis, Ind.
Married Sarah B. Burr; two children.
Sarah B., Aug. 9, 1794. Married March 4, 1821, PhUo Burr
of Andes, N. Y. Had two sons Edwin and Francis.
189 Andrew Sturgis, July 31, 1796.
Abigail M., June 18, 1798; d. Oct. 14, 1857, in Galesburg, 111.
Unmarried.
190 Samuel T., March 30, 1800.
Eliza M., Feb. 10, 1802; d. Aug. 1, 1869; m. Benedict.
191 Edwin Burr, Jan. 8, 1804.
192 Abiel Ambrose, July 30, 1807
193 JuHa Ann, July 20, 1809.
194 Frances Lavinia, March 8, 1812.
Stephen June 29, 1814; d. April 5, 1901, Bushnell, III, a
physician.
81
Olive Babbitt (Seth-Erasmus-Edward-Edward). Born May 4, 1755.
Died Feb. 13, 1831.
Married in Bridgewater, Mass., Gamaliel Howard, son of Nathan and
Jane Howard (Int. Sept. 30, 1775). Born July 6, 1751 ; died July 18,1831.
y4 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
Lucy, Aug. 16, 1786; m. Nathan Church, 1810.
Ohve, Nov. 4, 1788; m. Benj. B. Howard, 1810.
Ozel, April 18, 1791 ; d. Nov. 1, 1813. Unmarried.
82
Seth Babbitt (Abiathar-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born March 17, 1757.
Resided in Hardwick, Mass., before joining the Shakers — Called "Dea-
con" Seth on Shaker Record. Died Nov. 25, 1826, at Harvard Shakers.
Married April 22, 1779 Betty Blanchard, daughter of Joseph and
Sarah (Babbitt) Blanchard. (See No. 34). Born Nov. 30, 1758; died
Aug. 10, 1825, at Harvard Shakers.
Children: — Born in Hardwick, Mass.
Sarah Dec. 10, 1779; d. Dec. 10, 1853, at Harvard; (also called
Tabitha). (From Shaker Records).
Elizabeth July 13, 1781; d. May 24, 1865, at Harvard Shakers.
Seth Babbitt, Hardwick — Private, Capt. Simeon Hazeltine's Co., Col.
Fellow's Regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 2, 1775;
service 3 months, 7 days, also, company return dated Oct. 7, 1775; also,
list of men entitled to receive a bounty coat or its equivalent in money,
dated Hardwick, Nov. 2, 1775.
Private, Capt. Timothy Paige's Co., Col. James Convers's Regt.;
marched to Bennington, Aug. 21, 1777, on an alarm; discharged Aug.
31, 1777; service 10 days.
83
Abiathar Babbitt (Abiathar-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born July 16,
1761. Entered the Church Family of Shakers of Mt. Lebanon, N. Y.,
in 1788, and was a member of the ministry, 1798-1821 when he went to
the ^^'atervliet, N. Y, Shaker Colony, where he lived until his death.
Died May 4, 1847, and is buried in the Shaker cemetery in Niskayuna,
N. Y. He was one of the elders to be honored with burial side of the
founder of their faith, Ann Lee.
84
Erasmus Babbitt (Simeon-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born , Fas-
ten, Mass.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 95
Erasmus Babbitt resided in Mendham, N. J., where he was a manu-
facturer of ship hardware — such as nails, boks, staples, etc., becoming
very prosperous. Died 1818, Mendham, N. J.
Married Ehzabeth Bailey, daughter of Erasmus Bailey, a German.
She was sometimes called Woodman from her adopted father, Joseph Wood-
man. She was livmg in 1833. Joseph Woodman was a staunch patriot.
He loaned the Gov't S40,000 in gold during the Revolutionary War,
which money was later repaid in worthless script.
Children;—
195 Sarah.
196 Elias Rolson, 1777.
Amzi ; had wife Lucy; one child. In 1834 at Vernon,
N.J.
Ebenezer ; died at Rockaway, N. J.; unmarried.
Nancy, ; m. Robert DeGroat a (brother of Peter).
Martha ; m. Peter DeGroat. She died about 1834.
197 John Ralston, Feb. 11, 1808.
85
Daniel Babbitt (Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward) . Born Jan. 7, 1751.
He settled in Londonderry, Vt., before 1790, his name appearing in U. S.
Census as a resident there at that date. He has a large family credited
him in this report which would suggest a possible earlier family. In 1779
he was teaching school at Northfield, Vt.
Died March 13, 1806, at Windham, Vt. Married Anne ( ) She
afterward married Samuel Goddard.
Children: —
198 David, Feb. 19, 1798.
John, ; d. 1889. Probably never married.
199 Cyrus.
Ruth, March 7, 1800; d. March 13, 1806.
Calvin, March, 1802; d. Granville, N. Y.
Betsey, June 1, 1804.
96 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Daniel Babbitt, Athol — Private, Capt. Benjamin Edgell's Co., Col.
John Jacobs' Regt.; enlisted June 30, 1778; service six months; also,
muster roll for Jan. — ^Aug., 1778, dated Freetown; reported sick in hos-
pitals; also, muster roll for Jan. — Oct., 1778, dated Freetown; reported
sick and absent; enlistment to expire Jan. 1, 1779.
Private, Capt. Benjamin Edgell's Col. John Jacob's Regt.; enlisted
June 30, 1778; service six months, seven days.
Private, Capt. Elisha Jackson's Co.; enlisted June 30, 1778; roll dated
Middleton, Aug. 27, 1778.
86
Ruth Babbitt (Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born Oct. 18, 1753,
in Easton, Mass. Lived in Albany, N. Y.
Died Sept. 2, 1826, in Burke, Vt. Married March 31, 1777, Asahel
Burt, son of Aaron Burt of Westmoreland, N. H. Born 1755; died 1826.
Children:—
Samuel, Nov. 3, 1779; d. Aug. 19, 1852.
Riverus, Oct. 13, 1780; d. Nov. 19, 1813.
Erasmus, Feb. 20, 1782; d. March 29, 1843.
Alfred, Aug. 14, 1783; d. Jan. 20, 1848.
Silvanus, Aug. 21, 1785; d. Aug. 25, 1813.
Arunah, Jan. 21, 1787; d. Sept. 24, 1813.
Uri, Oct. 21, 1788; d. April 23, 1863.
Asahel, May 9, 1791, captain in War of 1812; d. July 8, 1869;
m. Sally Fairbanks, Sept. 19, 1819.
Children:—
Ruth Burt, born 1826; married James McCulloch, May
24, 1850. Resided in Los Angeles, Cal.
Children: —
Sarah K., Feb. 15, 1851 ; m. Wm. H. Rhodes.
Susan E., Oct. 7, 1853.
Anna, E. Aug. 17, 1857.
Marvin, July 20, 1861.
James, Oct. 27, 1863-1896.
Sarah, 1830-1894.
Asahel, 1828-1901. Surgeon in Civil War.
Susanna, Feb. 20, 1793; d. July 13, 1872.
Ruth, Oct. 2, 1795; d. July 26, 1813.
JOHN WINTHROP BABBITT.
LYDIA HARRIS
WIFE OF URI BABBITT
HOUSE BUILT BY IRA BABBITT.
DANVILLE, VT. AFTERWARD HOME OF URI BABBITT.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 97
87
Asa Babbitt (Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born April 23, 1756.
Died Feb. 23, 1838, in Hanover, N. H. A farmer in Hanover, N. H.
Married Ruth Harriman, Aug. 9, 1787, by Rev. Eden Burroughs.
Children: —
Olive, Nov. 9, 1788; m. Wm. Harris, (In Canaan, N. H., 1837).
200 John Montgomery, Feb. 27, 1792.
Lucretia, Dec. 29, 1794. Probably died young.
201 John, Nov. 24, 1797.
202 Isaac, Nov. 7, 1801.
Harmenia, May 3, 1804; m. Francis W. Keniston before 1833,
daughter "Miss" Marinda at Enfield, N. H., Shakers.
In 1833 was in Morgan, Vt. In 1837 was in Eaton, Lower
Canada.
Maria, Oct. 23, 1808; m. Homer Ross. In 1837 they were
living in Eaton, Sherbrook, Canada.
It seems impossible that Asa Babbitt should give the name John to
two sons. It seems quite possible that John Montgomery Babbitt was
really son of Asa's brother, Nathaniel who married a Montgomery. He
was perhaps left an orphan and grew up in his uncle's family — where he
is claimed to belong by Asa Babbitt's descendants, and where we leave
his record.
Private, Capt. Stearns' Co., Col. John Rand's Regt.; pay abstract for
three months service in 1780.
Private, Capt. William Marean's Co., Col. Jonathan Reed's (1st) Regt.
of guards; muster rolls dated Cambridge, May 9 and June 1, 1778; en-
listed March 28, 1778; enlistment, three months, from April 2, 1778.
Private, Capt. William Marean's Co.; Col. Stearns' Regt. of guards;
enlisted March 27, 1778; service 3 months, 6 days, guarding troops of con-
vention at Cambridge; discharged July 29, 1778.
88
Isaac Babbitt (Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born in Easton,
Mass., Feb. 26, 1757.
At about twelve years of age removed to Hanover, N. H. ; graduated
at Dartmouth in 1783; studied theology with Rev. Eden Burroughs, D. D.,
the father of the notorious Stephen Burroughs; preached some in Ver-
y» THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
mont. After a pastorate in Charlemont, Mass., from 1796 to 1798, he
resided about one year in Goshen, Mass., and then removed to Hartwick,
N. Y., about 1801, and engaged in agriculture. He removed to Seneca
Falls, N. Y., about 1832 and lived there imtil his death. Mr. Babbitt
was a modest, sober and pius man. In his sentiments he might be called
a strict Calvinist. His death occurred August 8, 1833.
Married March 20, 1795, Prudence, daughter of Deacon Ezra and
Margaret (Lyon) May of Woodstock, Conn. Her father was a Major
in the Revolution and is reported to have. been the very first settler in
Goshen, Mass.
They had seven children, three daughters and four sons; but two are
known.
203 Ezra May.
204 Rev. Calvin Washington.
Isaac Babbitt — Pay roll of Col. Jonathan Chase's Regiment of New
Hampshire militia which marched from Cornish and vicinity to reinforce
the garrison at Ticonderoga on the alarm of June 27, 1777.
Service from June 27 to July 3, 1777. Seven day's service and thirty-
eight miles travel. 1;^ — 19 Sh. — 9 Pence.
89
Uri Babbitt (Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born March 3, 1760.
A physician by profession. He was especially remembered for his
heroic work in 1813 in Danville, when an outbreak of typhus fever raged
there. Settled in Danville, Vt., before 1790. In 1832 he was still in
Danville, Vt. Died Jan. 5, 1844, in Danville, Vt.
Married Lydia Harris.
Children: —
Erasmus, 1790; d. July 20, 1809, age 19. He was drowned
in Danville, Vt.
Sophia, Feb. 25, 1796; d. April 9, 1850.
205 Melmda Crane, Feb. 17, 1798.
206 Hiram, Aug. 8, 1800.
207 John Winthrop, July 18, 1802.
Uri, Aug. 4, 1804. Lost at sea.
208 Emmeline, Feb. 2, 1807.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 99
209 Samuel Alden, Oct. 4, 1811.
210 Benjamin Franklin, Aug. 2, 1814.
211 Erasmus, July 28, 1809.
Henry ; died aged 7 years.
Arnold ; died in infancy.
Uri Babbitt, Athol — ^Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce Conti-
nental Army for the term of six months, agreeable to resolve of June 5,
1780; age 20 years; stature, 5 ft. 9 in.; complexion, light; residence, Athol,
arrived at Springfield, July 6, 1780; marched to camp July 7, 1780, under
command of Capt. Dix; also, pay roll for six months men raised by the
town of Athol for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched
July 2, 1780; service, 5 months, 16 days.
Private, Capt. Nathan Hamilton's Co., Col. Samuel Brewer's Regt. ;
pay abstract for service from Aug. 3, to Sept. 30, 1776, 1 month,
29 days.
Return of men enlisted into Continental Army from Capt. John
Oliver's Co., dated Feb. 17, 1778; joined Capt. Blanchard's Co., Col.
Wesson's Regt.; enlistment to expire Jan. 10, 1780; also, list of men
mustered in Worcester Co. by Thomas Newhall, muster master; Capt.
Blanchard's Co., Col. Wesson's Regt.; mustered June 13, 1777;
enlistment, three years.
Private, Capt. John Blanchard's Co., Col. James Wesson's (9th)
Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from May 14, 1777, to
May 14, 1780, reported discharged.
List of men raised for the six month's service and returned by Brig.
Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp Toto-
way, Oct. 25, 1780.
In his Pension papers in Washington he states that he was in the Bat-
tles of Monmouth and Saratoga, and was present at the execution of Major
Andre. He applied for pension, July 16, 1832, from Danville, Vt., at
the age of 71.
100 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
OBITUARY NOTICE OF URI BABBITT.
"Died at Danville, Vt., Jan. 5, 1844, Dr. Uri Babbitt, aged 84 years.
He was a soldier in the Revolution and the last on the Pension list in
Danville.
He was the first and for many years the only Physician in Danville.
During a large portion of his early practice he had no other guide as a
highway than marked trees. He could distinctly recollect when there
was but one house in the whole vicinity of what is now called Danville
Green. And now he has a full termination of all his services to his fellow
beings, and if the hope which he so long and fondly cherished and the
belief which at all times seemed to be his anchor have terminated in reality,
he is safe in Paradise and the full fruition af immortality.
He lingered through a severe sickness of thirteen days without receiving
an ounce of nourishment at the close of which he expired remarkably
easy."
90
Nathaniel Babbitt (Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward) born May 17,
1762.
Beyond the fact that his wife was a Montgomery and that he was a
Rev. soldier we know nothing of his career. It is probable that John
Montgomery Babbitt who was brought up by his brother Asa was really
son of this Nathaniel for reasons given in note on that page.
Nathaniel Babbitt, Athol — Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce
Continental Army for the term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of June
5, 1780; age, 18 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; complexion, light; residence,
Athol; arrived at Springiield July 6, 1780; marched to camp July 7, 1780,
under command of Capt. Dix; also, pay roll for six months raised by the
tovm of Athol for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched
July 2, 1780; discharged Dec. 17, 1780; service, 5 mos. 16 days.
91
Ira Babbitt (Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born Aug. 1, 1764,
Easton, Mass. Died Nov. 29, 1833, N. Y., City.
Married (1st) Nov. 4, 1787, in Orange, Mass., Susanna Woodcock;
(2nd), 1803, Sabra Vincent, in St. Johnsbury, Vt., daughter of John
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 101
Vincent of Stonington, Conn., who settled in St. Johnsbury, Vt., and
Anna (Dunbar). She was born Feb. 29, 1780, in Stonington, Ct. Died
April 11, 1857, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Children: (1st wife):—
212 Roswell, Sept. 4, 1795.
213 Rhoda.
214 Roxana.
(2nd wife): —
First child died aged 5 years, in Albany, N. Y.
215 Susanna, Sept. 19, 1807, in Albany, N. Y.
Ira Babbitt, Athol — Descriptive list of enlisted men; Capt. Thomas
Lord's Co., Col. Grout's Regt; age, 16 years; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; com-
plexion, dark; occupation, farmer; residence, Athol; enlistment Feb. 8,
1781; enlistment three years.
Capt. Lord's Co. was afterward commanded by Captains Hudang and
\\'alker under whom Ira Babbitt served until the company was consoli-
dated with the Regiment commanded by Col. Jackson. He served in
this Regiment as fifer until he was honorably discharged in June, 1784.
— (From Pension Bureau at Washington)
Ira Babbitt left his impress in many towns and in three states. Born
in Easton, Mass., his father soon removed to Athol, Mass., where he en-
listed in the War of the Revolution, Feb. 8, 1781. He served three years
as described in the accompanying records.
In 1787 we find his marriage recorded in Orange, Mass., and he soon
removed to So. Londonderry, Vt., where his name appears in the Census
of that town in 1790. He resided for a short time in Lyndon, Vt., also
at Danville, Vt., where his brother Uri lived. WTiile here he began the
erection of a house which was very pretentious for that time and which
his means did not permit him to complete. This house became known
as "Babbitt's Folly" and is the house shown in the accompanying illlus-
tration. It was subsequently bought, completed and occupied by Uri
Babbitt.
It seems from private record that at the time of his second marriage he
was a chemist or in the Drug business at Boston and visiting St. Johnsbury
with a friend (who became his brother-in-law) met Sabra Vincent. An
old mortar and pestle of his are preserved by descendants. He joined
Columbian Lodge of Masons in Boston July 1, 1802.
102 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
He removed to Greenbush, N. Y., soon after his second marriage and
in 1818 still resided there, at which time and place his pension was grant-
ed. In Greenbush he established extensive brick works and manufac-
tured brick used in several forts during the War of 1812. This business
resulted in financial loss and he sold out and removed to New York City,
owning a home and other property on Essex and Stanton Streets. He
died in New York City and was buried with high MiHtary and Masonic
honors in the Houston St. Cemetery. His remains have since been re-
moved and interred elsewhere. His widow leased her New York estate
and went to Brooklyn to live with her two grandchildren about 1850,
and died soon after.
He is thus described by a descendant, from facts handed down in his
family: —
"He was of positive character, determined in action, given to the plan-
ing of large enterprises and always optimistic of their success; always
honorable in business, liberal and generous to his family and just to all.
He was demonstrative and argumentative in speech and ceremonious in
manner; a lover of music, a very good flutist — in all his tastes highly cul-
tivated."
His wife Sabra is described as a woman of splendid personality and
beauty.
"Sabra (Vincent) Babbitt was born Feb. 29, 1780, in Stonington, Conn.
She was a woman of much beauty and refinement of character, possessing
the traits of calm judgment combined with dignity and reserve; with
kindly courtesy extending generous hospitality to relatives and friends;
unselfish in her devotion to her family; ready always to help the needy,
to cheer and comfort in times of sorrow, strong in her religious faith and
consistent in her Christian life. She joined the Brainard Church, New
York City, Feb. 23, 1834. She spent her last years in Brooklyn — and
while there became a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She
is buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery."
92
Lydia Babbitt (Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born December
28, 1766, in Easton Mass. Died Feb. , 1850, in Calais, Vt.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 103
Married Feb. 1, 1787, in Hanover, N. H., Jacob Eaton.^ son of David
Eaton", David^ Thomas-, John^ Died Feb. 2, 1843, in Calais, Vt.
Children:—
Jason, Aug. 15, 1788.
Nathaniel, Aug. 8, 1790; m. Ruth Bridgman in Hardwick, Vt.
Children:—
Dorman Bridgman, June 27, 1823; Dec. 23, 1899.
Ruth Bennett, Mar. 5, 1826; Nov. 27, 1849.
Isaac, Aug. 1793.
Jacob, Died young.
Lydia, Died young.
Jacob, Mar. 21, 1801.
Mary Ann,
Harvey,
Sylvester, Apr. 2, 1808.
93
Seth Babbitt (Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born Nov. 23, 1769.
Lived in Albany and New York City.
Died , (After 1847). Married Margaret Teller,1808, daughter
of Tobias and Isabella Teller. Born Sept. 21, 1787. Died Nov. 25, 1840.
Children (One only): —
216 Pierre Teller, Feb. 12, 1811.
94
Anna Babbitt (Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born May 24, 1773.
Her husband, Jonathan Leach, was the first settler of North Kirby,
Vt. He came to town with one son, Jacob Earned Leach. His wife died
some years later and he married Anna Babbitt.
Died December 21, 1865. Married Jonathan Leach of Kirby, Vt.,
Died March 12, 1866, (age 90).
Children:—
Arunah, Dec. 6, 1813; born at Kirby, Vt.
Henry C, March 21, 1816. Born at Kirby, Vt.
Christina, Died Jan. 14, 1832; never married.
These three are given as correct by the nearest relative living, but sev-
eral other sources name a daughter Rhoda who married Wm. Edgerly.
104 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Arunah Leach settled in Minnesota where he died. He had three chil-
dren born at Kirby, Vt.: —
Dunbar M., Feb. 11, 1837. Lives in Minnesota.
Helen E., April 18, 1839. Died in Minnesota.
Franklin S., Sept. 5, 1842; d. June 24, 1909, in Kirby, Vt.
93
John Mendall Babbitt (Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward) . Born Oct.
1, 1785, in Hanover, N. H.
Resided in Hartwick, Vt. vi^here eldest children were born. Then
settled in Monroe Co. N. Y. in Parma, and Ogden, N. Y. He went West
to purchase lands near the present city of Chicago and returned home to
dispose of his farms and was taken sick and died about 1840. He is un-
doubtedly the John Babbitt who with wife Orra bought land in Monroe
Co. N. Y. in 1825 as shown by record of deed.
Children:—
Curtis, died in Civil War.
217 Harvey.
Elkins, killed at Battle of Bull Run.
Asenath, died in Allegan, Mich.
Franklin, served in Civil War. Died Allegan, ISIich.
218 Charles Carpenter, Dec. 10, 1832, born in Ogden, N. Y.
Another record gives sons John and William which are either middle
or first names of Harvey and Franklin in the list given above.
96
Lucretia Babbitt (Erasmus-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born Jan. 21,
1759. Lived and died, Sturbridge, Mass.
Died Oct. 11, 1831. Married John Holbrook, Jr., (Int. Dec. 9, 1776),
son of John and Patience. Born 1751-2; died Jan. 31, 1839, (age 87).
Children: —
Mary, Jan. 18, 1777; m. Alpheus Hebard, 1798; d. 1806.
Moses, May 15, 1779; died young.
Silvester, June 23, 1781; m. Asenath Richardson, 1806. He died
1815.
SNELLEM BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAmLY HISTORY. 105
John, Oct. 12, 1784.
Lucretia, June 28, 1786; m. Jephtah Plimpton, 1815; died 1819.
Harriet, May 10, 1790; m. Walter Allen, 18U.
Erasmus, April 1793; m. Betsey Smith, 1819; died 1849.
Charlotte, Oct. 31, 1797.
97
Thomas Babbitt (Erasmus-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born Nov. 27,
1761 in Sturbridge, Mass. Served in Revolutionary War.
A graduate of Harvard College in 1784 and a student in medicine with
Dr. Warren of Boston, Mass.
He was a surgeon of a squadron in 1804 and rendered signal service,
besides improving himself professionally. After his term expired he
located in Brookfield, Mass. Although his services were in demand in all
the surrounding towns, he continued to reside in Brookfield; with the
exception of the years 1790 to 1803, his life was spent there, the period
mentioned having been spent in Gloucester, Mass.
He was never rash, but quick and wise in his methods and no case re-
ceived less than his best endeavor. At the time when the epidemic of
spotted fever seemed beyond control and its appearance was daily ex-
pected in Brookfield, he prepared himself for the ordeal as much as pos-
sible. He discountenanced many of the popular methods of treatment
and day and night, week after week, used all the resources at his com-
mand to arrest the progress of the scourge. As a surgeon and physician
he had no superior in that region. He was generous to a fault and gave
little attention to money matters, and so acquired few means. In per-
son he was large, and dignified in manner, in conversation very pleasing
and interesting. He was cut down in middle life in the midst of his use-
fulness. The masonic Fraternity erected a monument to his memory
in Brookfield. He was Representative in the General Court in 1799.
Died Feb. 6, 1814, in Brookfield, Mass. Married May 10, 1787, Mrs.
Mary Babson Jackson, daughter of James Babson, who commanded a
privateer in the Revolutionary War.
Children, born at Gloucester, Mass: —
Anna Maria, June 5, 1789; d. Oct. 1789.
Fitz Henry, Oct. 10, 1790. Lieut. U. S. Navy; killed Jan. 6,
1815, on Frigate "President," under Capt. Decatur. Buried
in Bermuda.
106 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
219 Edward, March 1, 1792.
220 William Dolliver, April 3, 1794.
Charles Winthrop, Aug. 4, 1797; d. Sept. 1, 1798.
221 Charles Winthrop, Sept. 6, 1799.
Thomas Babbitt, Sturbridge — Descriptive list of enlisted men; age,
16 years; stature, 5 ft. 2 in.; complexion, light; residence, Sturbridge;
mustered May 15, 1778; joined Capt. Hammond's Co., Col. Holman's
Regt.; enlistment nine months; reported drafted.
Thomas Babbitt— Surgeon U. S. Navy April 21, 180^^^-April 25, 1810.
Fitz Henry Babbitt — Midshipman April 2, 1804; Lieut. June 5,
1810. Killed in batde Jan. 15, 1815.
The following is an Autograph letter from Commodore Stephen
Decatur, written to Mary Babbitt;
New London, Feb'y 22, 1815.
MADAM:—
It is with the most unfeigned sorrow that I have to inform you of the
death of your son who fell gallantly defending his country's cause in the
late action between the President and a squadron of British ships. In
communicating to you this unhappy intelligence, the only consolation I
can offer you is an assurance of his worth and valour and of the regret
evinced by every officer and man on board the ship for his fall.
With a sincere hope that the Power whose will it was that you should
be deprived of your son will endue you with fortitude to sustain this heavy
bereavement, I am, dear madam,
Yours most truly,
STEPHEN DECATUR.
98
Erasmus Babbitt (Erasmus-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born 1763 (Bapt.
July 7, 1765).
Graduated Harvard 1790. Admitted to bar in Worcester 1793. Prac-
tised in Oxford, Grafton and Boston. Capt. of Militia Co. stationed at
Oxford Mass., 1788-89, under Col. Rice of Sturbridge. A man of won-
derful memory and possessed of great love of music.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 107
In May 1774 Sturbridge voted to provide a stock of arms and ammuni-
tion and Mr. Babbitt offered 1-2 barrel of gun powder. He was one of
the proprietors of old Tremont Theater, Boston. Died June 30, 1816
in Boston, Mass.
Married (about 1793) Mary Sanders, daughter of Thomas and Lucy
(Smith) Sanders of Sturbridge, Mass. Born Gloucester, Mass., 1766.
Died Sturbridge, Mass., 1816.
Children:—
222 Mary Eliza, 1793.
223 Winthrop Gray, Nov. 18, 1796.
Francis Augustus, Sept. 9, 1804, lost at sea (1827 or 1829)
Henry.
99
Sarah Babbitt (Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born Sept. 25,
1752. Resided at Norton.
Married May 11, 1773, Benjamin Wild, son of John and Anna
(Hodges) Wild. Born Aug. 25, 1747.
Benjamin Wild was Sergeant in General Israel Trow's Co. — Col. John
Daggett's Regt. in Massachusetts militia — in Revolutionary War.
Children:—
Sarah, July 18, 1775; m. Dea. Lysander Makepeace, Sept. 11,
1794; d. June 21, 1842. Their daughter Nancy married David
French of Berkley, Mass., son of Philip French and Abigail
Phillips. (See No. 23).
John, Nov. 11, 1779.
Anna, June 10, 1782.
David, May 19, 1785.
Nathan, June 14, 1787.
Abigail, Aug. 18, 1789.
Elsie, Nov. 29, 1791.
100
Nathan Babbitt (Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward.) Born March 6,
1755.
Surgeon's mate in Military Hospital in Providence 1778-9. Kept a
"public house" at Norton, 1780-88. Removed to Westmoreland, N. H.,
108 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
where he had a farm and practiced medicine, and where he died April,
1826.
Married June 24, 1779, Anna Newcomb, daughter of Joseph and
Judith Newcomb. Born April 15, 1756.
Children: —
224 Anna, Aug. 13, 1780.
225 Joseph H., Nov. 14, 1782.
Judith, Jan. 22, 1785; d. Nov. 1, 1813; m. Daniels. *
226 Nathan Godfrey, Feb. 12, 1789.
Sarah, Oct. 1, 1791; d. June 19, 1873; m. Everett Newcomb,
April 8, 1834, (his second wife). * He died June 19, 1836.
Godfrey, Feb. 16, 1790; d. May 30, 1811.
Nathan Babbitt, 2d, Norton— Private, Capt. Seth Gilbert's (2d) Co.,
Col. John Daggett's Regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775;
joined April 27, 1775; service four days.
Godfrey Babbitt is buried under a table tomb in West Cambridge,
now Arlington, Mass.
Around the border of the slab is this inscription;
"Hoc monumentum indicabit carissimum fuisse juventum"
Sacred to the Memory of
Mr Godfrey Babbitt
Youngest son of Nathan Babbitt, Esq.
and Anna His wife of Westmoreland, N. H.
who died May 30, 1811,
ae. 21 yrs. 3 mos. 14 days.
"By fond affection moved, a Father rears
This marble to the memory of the dead —
The expected stay of his declining years —
A mother's dearest hope beneath is laid."
"Passengers who pass and view a stranger's tomb
Far from his friends, he drew his latest breath
Except one brother, who beheld his doom —
But could not save him from an early death."
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 109
101
Levi Babbitt (Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born Aug. 31, 1757.
J Levi Babbitt lived in Norton on the Attleboro Road near the residence
of the present town clerk Leonard, on a farm sold him by his father. His
father willed him half the homestead farm in East Norton and he bought
the other half of his brother Edward — giving him in exchange his own
farm. He died soon after evidently living on the ancestral farm of his
father and grandfather.
Died May 8, 1795. Married Dec. 21, 1779, Elizabeth Babbitt, daugh-
ter of Abiathar (No. 33) and Abigail (Babbitt) Babbitt. Born Oct. 29,
1758. Died Apr. 9, 1800.
Children:
227 Levi, June 26, 1780.
228 Isaac, Sept. 1, 1781.
229 Elizabeth, June 3, 1784.
Plina, July 23, 1785, died young.
230 Abigail, Oct. 7, 1788.
231 Willard, Dec. 11, 1789.
Levi Babbitt — Private, Capt. Isaac Hodges's Co., Col. George Wil-
liam's regt.; service from Sept. 25, 1777, to Oct. 31, 1777, 1 mo. 6 days,
on a secret expedition; also, Capt. Hodges's Co., Col. Carpenter's regt.;
service from July 27, 1778, to Aug. 13, 1778, 18 days, on an alarm at
Rhode Island.
Private, Capt. Silas Cobb's Co., Col. Timothy Walker's regt.; muster
roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 2, 1775; service 3 mos. 7 days;
also, receipt for bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated
Braintree, Dec. 21, 1775.
Private, Capt. Seth Gilbert's (2d) Co., Col. John Daggett's regt., which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service 10 days.
Private, Capt. Cobb's Co., Col. Walker's regt.; company returned dated
Oct., 6, 1775.
Epitaph of Levi Babbitt: —
"Surviving friends weep not for me
Though Death has conquered as you see
And laid me here beneath the sod —
I hope to rise and reign wuth God —
110 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
My soul is not confined to dust
I hope to reign among the just
There we shall shortly meet again
If you so run, as to obtain." i
Epitaph of Betty Babbitt:—
Behold my grave as you pass by
As you are now so once was I —
As I am now so you must be
Prepare for Death and follow me.
102
Snellem Babbitt (Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born Dec. 11,
1760.
Died April 6, 1854 in Savoy Mass. Married Dec. 12, 1782,
Elizabeth Blanchard, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Williams)
Blanchard. Born March 11, 1764. Died July 7, 1825.
Children: —
232 Snell, Sept. 9, 1783.
Ebenezer, Nov. 11, 1784, died young Jan. 29, 1786.
233 Edward, Sept. 24, 1786.
234 Elizabeth, Sept. 8, 1790.
235 Abigail, July 14, 1793.
Seth, Jan. 20, 1801, d. Mar. 22, 1801.
Polly, July 14, 1802, d. May 7, 1806.
Snellum Babbitt, Norton — Private, Capt. Silas Cobb's co., Col. Dan-
forth Keyes's regt.; enlisted Aug. 29, 1777, discharged Jan. 2, 1778;
service, 4 mos. 4 days, on an alarm at Rhode Island.
Snellem Babbitt was named from his grandmother Babbitt's
family, the Snallums. He spent his youth in Norton on his father's farm.
Married Dec. 12, 1782, Elizabeth Blanchard, daughter of Josiah Blan-
chard and Elizabeth Williams. They had two children born in Norton
and about 1786 removed to Savoy, Mass. Here they had for neighbors
many of their Norton towns-people. Their farm was on the summit of
one of the highest hills of a town wholly mountainous and it is a tract
rapidly returning to the primitive condition from which Snellem Babbitts'
hard labor had rescued it. Of his home the cellar alone remains.
THE BABBITT FAIULY HISTORY. Ill
From his letters to members of the family we learn some of the details
of the home life, which was not one of ease and plenty.
Snellem Babbitt took the leading place in the town history. He was
one of the number to urge the town's incorporation, and in 1797 the first
town meeting was held in his house. He held every office which the
town afforded and was Representative in the Legislature in 1808, 1834
and 1835. He was ever a notable figure, keen, observing and active.
When in extreme old age he would walk to Adams, a distance of eight
miles, to secure his pension money. He died at the home of his daughter
Abigail Goff, April 6, 1854 having buried his wife and all his children,
with the exception of Abigail, who survived her father but a few days.
They are all buried in the family lot near their old home, a plot once in
a meadow, but now surrounded by the forest.
Snellem Babbitt always told of seeing the Battle of Bunker Hill, and if
so, was but a mere boy and perhaps in his father's company at the time.
103
Abigail Babbitt (Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born March 31,
1764 in Norton, Mass.
Died March 16, 1847. Married, Dec. 18, 1783 Annas Newcomb, son
of Joseph and Judith (Pratt) Newcomb. (See Newcomb Sketch).
He was born March 25, 1762 in Norton, Mass. Died, August 5, 1823 in
Hardwick, Mass. Annas Newcomb was a farmer and clothier.
In 1791 removed from Norton to Hardwick, Mass., where he died.
Children: —
Annas, Oct. 28, 1785; m. Asenath Osterhaut, lived in Dansville,
N. Y.
Abigail, Oct. 22, 1787; m. Edward Babbitt No. 233.
Sarah, May 14, 1792; d. Jan. 9, 1871.
Ruth, Feb. 2, 1796, d. April 20, 1861. She m. John Hastings
Sept. 18, 1821 and had four children: — ^Abigail (died young);
^Sarah (died young); ^Ruth, m. Horace K. Jones; *Mary A.
Mary, Mar. 14, 1798, m. 1827 Alvin Dunham. (See No. 234.)
Joseph, Dec. 16, 1800; m. 1828 Alma Dexter.
Anna, Jan. 13, 1804; d. Sept. 9, 1828, in Savoy, Mass. M. Jason
Gorham, 1827. Had one daughter Anna who died Sept. 14,
1843, age 15.
Nathan Babbitt, March 18, 1806; m. Sally Corkins. Lived in
South Shaftesbury, Vt.
112 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
10 J:
Mary Babbitt (Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born March 14,
1767. Settled in Westmoreland, N. H. Removed to Highgate, Vt., after
her marriage. Moved to Michigan in 1837.
Died Nov. 18, 1837. Buried in Chappel Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
Married Abiathar Lincoln, (son of Daniel) of Taunton, Mass. (Int.
Aug. 24, 1783). Born June 4, 1759; died Oct. 22, 1844.
In "Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War," Vol 9 there
is the record of
Lincoln, Abiathar. Taunton, Private Capt. Isaac Thayer's Co; Col.
Thomas Marshall's regt.; enhsted July 10, 1776; service to Aug. 1, 1776, 21
days.
Raynham, Private Capt. Jacob Haskin's Co., Col. John Jacob's regt.;
enlisted June 1, 1778; service, 11 days; company detached to guard
shore at Freetown for 10 days by order of Brig. Gen. George Godfrey.
Taunton. Private, Capt. Isaac Thayer's Co., Col. Thomas Marshall's
regt.; service from July 31, 1776, to Jan. 1, 1777, 5 mos; also Capt.
Pelatiah Eddy's Co., Col. Abiel Mitchel's regt. cornmanded by Lieut. Col.
James Williams, Brig. Gen. Godfrey's (Bristol Co.) brigade; service, 8
days; company marched from Taunton to Tiverton, R. I., on the alarm
of Aug. 1, 1780.
Private, Capt. Jonathan Shaw's Co., Col. George Williams's regt.;
service, 1 mo. 1 day; company marched from Taunton, Raynham, and
Easton in Sept. 1777, on a secret expedition; roll sworn to in Bristol Co.
Children: —
Abiathar, Jan. 1, 1786; m. Mary Castle.
Mary, Jan. 24, 1788; m. (1) John W. Partridge; six children at
Burlington, Vt. (2) Griffin Paddock.
Susanna, Feb. 12, 17 (?) ; m. Abraham Croman.
Anna, Jan. 11, 1792; m. Jotham Wood; died Aug. 10, 1857.
105
Edward Babbitt (Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born May 3,
1772, in Norton.
Soon after 1800 he settled in Petersham, Mass, where he was a farmer
until his death. His widow and four younger children became Shakers.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 113
Died June 6, 1815. Married Sept. 12, 1793, Anna Smith. Born July
27, 1773; died Feb. 13, 1861, at Shakers, Harvard, Mass.
Children:—
236 Anna,, July 13, 1794
237 Edward, Oct. 29, 1796.
238 Laban S., June 18, 1798.
239 Fanny, Sept. 2, 1800.
Mary, Oct. 2, 1802; d. Sept. 25, 1861, at Harvard Shakers.
240 Levi, Jan. 30, 1805.
*Eliza, May 4, 1807; d. Feb. 29, 1900.
241 Charles, Sept. 20, 1809.
242 Joseph Flint, April 5, 1812.
Abigail, April 4, 1814; d. at Shakers, March 3, 1837.
*Eliza Babbitt became an Eldress of the Harvard Shakers. A woman
of great intellectual strength and a born leader. The following poem
was contributed by the Shakers.
114 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
TO OUR BELOVED SISTER, ELIZA BABBITT.
Thy spirit as a towering tree
A firm set oak, is brave and strong,
That shelters all who come to thee —
Enduring storm, nor suffering wrong.
The trials that have o'er thee swept
Have centered thee more firmly still,
The light of vsdsdom thou hast kept —
And fixed yet a temperate will.
Life's field a golden harvest gained.
By deeds of kindness and of love —
A crown of wisdom well attained,
A home of beauty, far above.
Built by each earthly word and deed.
There shalt thou meet each friend of yore,
Thine earthly work a germ and seed
That blooms in beauty evermore^-
Within the fields of heavenly light.
And clothes thee with a web outwrought,
In warp and woof of lustre bright.
Woven in beauty from thy thought.
And every word thy spirit spends.
Expressed in outward mortal ways —
Wherein immortal wisdom blends,
With love in mingled shining rays.
This is the outcome of thy life,
Wrought out in duty's homely way —
And gathered in the earthly strife
To greet thee in celestial days.
By FORRESTER GORDON,
SARA WILLIAMSON,
At Harvard Shakers.
ELIZA BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 115
106
James ^ Atwood, son of Abiel Atwood, Jr., and wife Hannah Babbitt*,
(Nathan^-Ed^-Edi). Born in Berkley, Feb. 10, 1764. Died in 1806,
probably October. He was a Revolutionary soldier. His wife
Mary died March 15, 1830, aged 68 years.
Their children were: —
John Atwood, , of Providence in 1830.
243 Hannah Babbitt Atwood, Feb. 10, 1796; d. Jan. 24, 1841.
James Atwood, ; m. Wealthy Hathaway.
Mary Atwood, Feb. 3, 1784; d. Mar. 17, 1838; m. Wm. Simmons.
Joseph Atwood.
Mass. Revolutionary Soldiers, Vol. 1, p. 338.
"Attwood, James, Oxford, descriptive list of men raised to reinforce
Continental Army for the term of six months; agreeable to resolve of
June 5, 1780; age, 16 years; stature, 5 ft., 4 in. ; complexion, light; residence,
Oxford; arrived at Springfield, July 3, 1780; marched to camp July 5,
1780, under command of Capt. Frothingham of the artillery."
107
Abigail Burt (Edward Burt-Abigail (Babbitt) Burt Edward-Edward).
Born Feb. 14, 1770.
Died June 28, 1825. Married Edward Burt.,'(James''-^-2-^) Born June
8, 1762; died July 12, 1825.
Children:—
Abigail, Feb. 11, 1791.
Sarah, Feb. 7, 1793.
Nathaniel, 1795.
Sybil, May 18, 1797.
Otis, Aug. 7, 1801.
Edward, April 18, 1803.
Mary, March 1, 1805.
244 Myra, March 13, 1807.
Benjamin, May 14, 1809.
116 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
108
Lydia Babbitt (Gideon-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born May 20,
1752. Resided in Dighton, Mass.
Died Dec. 28, 1842. Married May 4, 1771, Josiah Richmond Jr.
Born June 24, 1750; died Aug. 23, 1817.
Children:—
Ruth, March 11, 1772; d. March 3, 1801; m. Jonathan Knowles.
William, Jan . 2, 1774; died young.
Wealthy, Jan. 25, 1774; m. Stephen Hathaway, (1st wife) son of
No. 53.
Josiah, Jan. 17, 1776; m. Beulah Delano.
Peter, Jan. 24, 1778; m. Polly Babbitt (No. 118).
Polly, Feb. 22, 1780; m. Stephen Hathaway, (2nd wife) son of
No. 53.
Joseph, March 27, 1782; m. Abagail Swaine, July 22, 1828.
Lydia, B., June 8, 1784; d. Sept. 28, 1853. Unmarried.
Benajah, May 10, 1786; d. April 28, 1829. Unmarried.
Caleb, Aug. 24, 1788; d. Feb. 1, 1858. Unmarried.
Gideon, Oct. 12, 1790; d. July 29, 1861; m. Rebecca Barstow.
Henry, Sept. 17, 1792; m. Abigail Snow.
William, Nov. 14, 1794; d. 1839 in Buffalo, N. Y.; m. Betsey How-
land.
Seth, May 20, 1797; d. 1823. Unmarried.
109
Gideon Babbitt (Gideon-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born , 1756.
Deacon of Dighton church. Died Oct. 6, 1832.
Styled "Cordwainer" in deeds.
In 1789 styled "of Bristol" in deeds.
In 1795 styled "of Dighton" in deeds.
Married (1) Dec. 5, 1782, Bathsheba Tobey, daughter of Rev. Samuel
and Bathsheba (Crocker) Tobey of Berkley. Born Sept. 9, 1756. Died
Dec. 11, 1817. Married (2) Feb. 7, 1820, Mrs. Phoebe Nichols of
Berkley, daughter of Benj. Crane. Born Nov. 7, 1776; died 1805.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 117
Children:—
245 Samuel Tobey, Feb. 28, 1784.
Gideon, March 27, 1786; d. Aug. 7, 1810; m. Lydia Crane
She married (2nd) Enoch Babbitt, Dec. 14, 1817, son of John
and Lydia Babbitt. (See 119).
246 Crocker, April 12, 1788.
Gideon Babbitt, Berkley— Private, Capt. Joseph Ball's Co., Col. Ed-
ward Pope's (Bristol Co.) Regt. ; service, 12 days, at Rhode Island, on the
alarm of Dec. 8, 1776; stationed at Warren, R. I.
Private, Capt. Ephraim Hathaway's Co., Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regt.;
marched on an alarm at Rhode Island July 20, 1777; roll made up to
Aug. 24, 1777; service, 1 month, 5 days. Roll sworn to at Dighton.
Private, Capt. Elijah Walker's Co., Col. John Hathaway's (Bristol Co.)
Regt.; Brig. Gen. Godfrey's brigade; marched to Tiverton, R. I., on
the alarm of Aug. 2, 1780; service, 7 days.
Private, Lieut. Abiel Whitmarsh's Co., Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regt. ;
marched to Tiverton, R. I., July 29, 1780, on an alarm; discharged July
31, 1780; service three days.
Private, Capt. Elijah Walker's Co.; list of men in service at Rhode
Island in 1780.
110
Erasmus Babbitt (John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born July 6, 1755.
Was a blacksmith by trade. Lived at times in Sturbridge, Petersham
and Barre, Mass.
Married Molla Walker (Int. Jan. 9, 1779). (2nd) Sukey Dudley,
June 29, 1794. She died March 8, 1806, in Barre, Mass.
Children: —
247 Dean.
Erasmus, ; m. Eve Wilkinson. She died in Boston,
July 20, 1847, age 80. Son Pliny died Aug. 22, 1830,
age 45.
248 Benajah, Nov. 6, 1782.
249 John.
250 William, Aug. 1, 1801.
118 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY,
Erasmus Babbitt, Berkley — Capt. Zebedee Redding's Co., Col. Josiah
Whitney's Regt.; order for advance pay, etc., dated Camp at Hull, June
21, 1776; also, private; pay roll for 2 months, 23 days service prior to
Aug. 1, 1776; also, Capt. James Briggs' Co., Col. Freeman's Regt.
marched from Dighton on a secret expedition to Rhode Island, Oct. 2,
1777; discharged Oct. 29, 1777, by Gen. Spencer; service, 29 days; also,
Capt. James Nichols' Co., Col, John Dagget's Regt.; marched Jan, 13,
1778; service, 2 months, 20 days, at Rhode Island; enlistment; 3 months
from Jan, 1, 1778; also, Sergeant, Capt. Jotham Houghton's Co., Col,
Samuel Denny's (2d) Regt,; Gen, Fellows' brigade; enlisted Oct. 24, 1779;
discharged Dec, 1, 1779; service, 1 month, 8 days, at Claverack. Roll
dated Petersham,
Private, Capt, Jotham Houghton's Co., Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt.;
service from July 31, 1778, to Sept. 14, 1778, 1 month, 15 days, on an
alarm at Rhode Island; roll dated Petersham,
111
Dorcas Babbitt (John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born Sept. 6, 1756.
Married April 3, 1773, Joel Tubbs son of Samuel Tubbs and Damaris
(Hathaway) Tubbs), Both living in Taunton, April 4, 1793; gave deed of
that date, (See No, 26),
Children: —
John.
112
Benajah Babbitt (John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born Jan, 17, 1758.
There is no record of his marriage nor any evidence that he had a family.
Benajah Babbitt— Capt, Samuel Tubb's Co,, Col, Timothy Walker's
Regt,; order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Roxbury,
Nov, 20, 1775.
Benajah Babbitt (also given Banaiah), Berkley — Capt. Zebedee Red-
ding's Co., Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt.; order for advance pay dated
Camp at Hull, Jime 21, 1776; alsd, corporal; pay roll for 2 months, 23
days service prior to Aug. 1, 1776; also, pay rolls for service from Aug. 1,
1776, to Dec. 1, 1776, 4 months; also, list of men dated Camp at Hull,
Sept. 17, 1776,
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 119
Private, Capt. Samuel Tubbs' Co., Col. Timothy Walker's Regt.:
muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 1, 1775; service 3 months,
7 days, also, company return dated Oct. 6, 1775
113
Elizabeth Babbitt (John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born April 8,
1760, in Berkley, Mass.
Married Oct. 30, 1783, Isaac Hathaway, son of Abijah and Sarah (Tal-
bot). Hathaway. (See No. 67). Died 1826.
Children:—
Benjamin, Jan. 4, 1785; died Jan. 21, 1807. Unmarried.
Sally, Sept. 6, 1786; m. Samuel T. Babbitt (No. 245.)
Elizabeth, May 29, 1788.
Mary, May 9, 1790.
Bathsheba, Dec. 11, 1794; m. James Hathaway, Nov. 28, 1816.
Meroe, June 10, 1796; died Sept. 9, 1883. Unmarried.
Abigail, Aug. 3, 1799; m. Cyrus Gooding.
Isaac, June 30, 1801 ; m. Elizabeth Pead.
Louisa, March 25, 1805; m. Edward Babbitt (No. 132).
William, Feb. 12, 1807; m. (1) Oct. 30, 1828, Roxcy Eddy, (2)
Aug. 24, 1834, Betsey M. Babbitt daughter of No. 246. \
114
John Babbitt (John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born Feb. 28, 1761
(Also given Sept. 28, 1760).
He was dead at the time his father's will was made in Dec. 1812.
Married Lydia Leonard Sept. 4, 1784. Born 1760. Died April 22, 1788.
Children: —
251 John, Dec. 16, 1785.
John Babbitt, Berkley — Descriptive list of enlisted men dated May
19, 1778; Capt. Ebenezer Paul's (2d) Co., Col. Edward Pope's (2d) Regt.;
age, 17 years; stature, 5 ft. 8 in.; complexion, dark; hair, black; eyes,
black; residence, Berkley; mustered by James Leonard, Muster Master;
enlistment, 9 months from time of arrival at Fishkill.
120 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Private, Capt. Zebedee Redding's Co., Col. Gamaliel Bradford's Regt.;
pay roll for service from Dec. 1, 1778, to Jan. 1, 1779, one month.
Descriptive list of men enlisted from Bristol Co. for the term of 9
months from the time of their arrival at Fishkill, June 18, 1778; Col.
Pope's Regt.; age, 17 years; stature 5 ft. 8 in.; complexion, dark; residence,
Berkley.
Private, Capt. Abel Babbitt's Co., Col. John Hathaway' Regt.; marched
on an alarm at Rhode Island, Aug. 1, 1780; service, seven days.
Also styled "Sergeant" in 1781.
115
Esther Babbitt (John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born July 3, 1763.
Resided in Freetown, Mass., where her husband was a prominent man —
at one time selectman and also captain of a Freetown Company in the
Revolution.
Married Nov. 21, 1781, Charles Strange of Freetown. Born Oct. 11,
1758. Died March 17, 1834.
Children:—
Joseph, March 15, 1782; m. Olive Chase, 1803.
Joanna, Jan. 30, 1784. Unmarried.
Elizabeth, Nov. 13, 1785; m. (1) Grinnell. (2) George Collins of
Fall River.
Marcus, March 17, 1787; died young.
Esther, Feb. 2, 1789.
Dorothy, Jan. 10, 1791.
Charles, Nov. 22, 1792.
Polly, Aug. 23, 1795; m. Job G. Lawton of Freetown.
Dorcas, April 9, 1797.
Marcus, Dec. 24, 1798; m. Hannah Burt. Settled in Peru, Mass.
George, Dec. 16, 1800.
John, Dec. 25, 1802; m. Orinda E. Sprague.
Daniel, Sept. 23, 1806; Living in Freetown, 1865.
ENOCH and LYDIA (CRANE) BABBITT.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 121
116
George Babbitt (John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born Sept. 21, 1766.
Married Elizabeth Hathaway, daughter of Stephen and Eliz. (Babbitt)
Hathaway. (See No. 53). Born June 5, 1769.
Children: —
George, ; d. April 15, 1790, aged 7 years.
117
Dean Babbitt (John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born Feb. 15, 1768,
in Berkley, Mass. Selectman of Berkley, 1786. Capt. of Berkley Co.,
1810. Died May 11, 1843.
Married Nov. 13, 1787, Elizabeth Hathaway. Born 1769. Died Oct.
19, 1854, age 85 years, 4 months.
Children:—
252 Osmond, Oct 14, 1790.
253 Ebenezer, Nov. 12, 1792.
254 Nancy, Jan. 25, 1795.
255 John Dean, Sept. 13, 1803.
Sally, Nov. 19, 1805; m. Thos. Babbitt (No. 280).
Elizabeth, Jan. 28, 1808; m. Wm. Booth of Berkley, May 31,
1846. No children.
256 Lydia, Nov. 2, 1809.
Allen, May 12, 1811 ; d. Jan. 11, 1817.
257 Chas. William, Nov. 10, 1813.
' 118
Polly Babbitt (John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born 1779 in Berk-
ley, Mass. Resided in Berkley and Dighton, Mass. Died July 8, 1848.
Married Jan. 1, 1801 (town Berkley record says Oct. 31), Peter
Richmond, son of Josiah and Lydia (Babbitt) Richmond (No. 108). Peter
Richmond called "Shipwright" in deeds. Born Jan. 24, 1778. Died Dec.
17, 1836.
122 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: First two born in Berkley, the rest in Dighton.
258 Martha, June 7, 1802.
Mary Ann, Sept. 12, 1804; m. Simeon Briggs, June 6, 1822;
died 1840. Nine children.
Clarissa, Feb. 1, 1807; m. Henry S. Sharp, Dec, 1827; 8 child-
ren; died about 1850.
Hannah, April 5, 1810; m. Simeon Briggs June, 1847, (same as
as above).
Gideon Babbitt, May 31, 1814; m. 1835, Harriet, daughter of
Samuel Pendleton of Dighton; 5 children.
"The Geysers"
"Yellowstone Natl. Park"
Sunday, July 23
"Ball-game today instead of Sunday school."
This from a friend on his summer cruise set me thinking of Sunday
forty, fifty and sixty years ago, especially in a little hamlet not many miles
away, largely peopled by Babbitts and allied families. Here its observance
began at sunset Saturday night, because "the evening and the morning
were the first day." At that hour 'all secular cares were laid aside, and
peace seemed to settle even over the faces. The morning brought pre-
paration for church, two miles away. Two services and Sunday school
before returning home and often a third service at the end of the day. The
influence of this Sabbath pervaded the entire week, lending seriousness
to life. Reading of Scripture, prayer and hymn closed each day. We
were all urged to join in the singing. If not with voice, we must with the
spirit and understanding.
"Keep me, O keep me, King of Kings,
Under the shadow of thy wings"
met hearty response from "spirit and understanding," if, as if often hap-
pened, we knew that two or three tramps were housed in the barn for the
night. These were never turned away because the "Good Book" says:
"Be careful to entertain strangers." One wonders if the good man's faith
would have been suflficient for the sheltering of all the "Weary Willies"
and "Meandering Mikes" that infest our highways today. Would he
have seen in these the possibility of "thereby entertaining an angel una-
wares?" These people kept all festivities, neighborly joys and pleasures
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 123
in the quiet way of that olden time. Yet a vein of humor ran through all
their seriousness, evinced on one occasion when the old man who enter-
tained the tramps slung his pack over his shoulder at nightfall and tapping
at his neighbor's door asked shelter for the night of the woman who, he
knew had often sent the tramps to him. On replying that she could not
but the man who lived in the white house next the wood's would keep him,
he thanked her and went chuckling home to the house she designated, well
pleased at the success of his ruse.
Were they rough men? Some of them. Dull and iminteresting? No;
men accustomed to the discussions of the old Orthodox doctrines — total
depravity, God's sovereignty and man's free agency became intellectual
acrobats. Sometimes the younger people became quite hilarious, when
the worthy matrons would wonder what those boys and girls could be
doing, making noise enough for a camp-meeting. Most of those merry
voices have long been hushed and their laughter is only a memory.
How far it used to seem from the "Bridge District" to "The Farms" in
those days, almost ' like going from Boston to New York today. The
"poor old horse" must go his own pace and must stop at the top of "GUes
Leach's hill" to rest if he wanted to. The word "poor" had no reference
to the animal's avoirdupois, but the avoirdupois may have made the
rest necessary. Plodding on he finally reached the Babbitt farm. (We
liad passed other Babbitts on our way.) Here we had to alight and open
and close the gate which shut the farm road from the highway. How
sweet the odor of the mellowing apples as we drove in! How golden the
floor of the corn-crib ! How pleasant the rustle of the husks that strewed
the way ! How thrifty looked the cobbler's bench at the door of the house,
and, fairly within, what a friendly call we had! Years later, pillowed
in an inner room, we saw the aged father of the household awaiting the
messenger, who, in his own time, comes for us all. A little farther on we
came to the last Babbitt house, having opened and closed two more gates.
The bounds of each man's habitation were sharply defined, and they "re-
moved not the ancient land marks which their fathers had set."
Here a royal welcome awaited us. All were interested to hear of absent
ones. Where were they all? One was here and another there.* Eben
had gone over into Rhode Island and, not content with following Roger
Williams in his exile, had become a Baptist and a deacon. One of a
younger generation became a Baptist and the "mothers in Israel" said:
"As if he knew more about doctrine than his father and grandfather did
before him!"
124 THE BABBITT FAmLY HISTORY.
Charles followed the government's "beck and call" in our navy. In
those cable-less days it vi^as difficult to tell where he might be, perhaps
last heard from in China. In the childish mind he was associated with a
lacquered god, brought from some heathen temple which always stood in
a corner of the parlor and which stands there today. Some of their re-
miniscences were quite amusing. One, of a remote ancestor who used
to stand at a window overlooking his first wife's grave and weep, and the
neighbors thinking the second wife must be a pretty good woman to stand
it, always provoked a smile.
Peering through the spy-glass mother pointed out the house where, as a
little girl, she stood at a window and watched the great "September gale"
drive vessels on shore, one landing in a swamp near by; and after the water
abated she stood firm with her cargo all scattered about her. From the
chamber window of a house near by, a son took his bed-ridden mother
into a boat, conveying her to a place of safety, the house being carried
down the river soon after.
Finally, our visit ended, our faces were set homeward and as the day
waned the mother would say: "Father can't you drive a little faster,
night will overtake us before we get home?" "No, I can't, the horse is
tired almost to death and I won't urge him." So it came to pass, with
the dear, merciful father for a driver, our yearly pilgrimages to the land of
our forbears were veritable "jog trots;" but how I would like to take
them again!
MARY EMILY MATTESON.
Taunton, Mass., August 22, 1911.
Sketch of 118 written by a grand-daughter and read at an Annual
Meeting of the Association.
The old Babbitt homestead in Berkley is closely coimected with the
pleasures of my childhood and youth. I remember visiting it first when
I was about ten years old and for years after was familiar with it. Both
my mother and grandmother were born in the old house, which stood
across the drive from the site of the present dwelling. I wish I could re-
member all my mother had told me of its people and their ways.
My grandmother, Mary Babbitt, familiarly called "Polly" was the only
daughter among a large family of sons. She had a twin sister who died
while very young, although she was a strong child of ordinary size at birth^
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 125
while grandmother was so small she was placed in a quart tankard and
the lid was closed and she was dressed with splints to support her for
weeks. As I remember her she was an extremely handsome woman,
with black eyes and hair and the whitest skin, tall and of erect carriage.
I am sorry to say her beauty did not descend to the third generation.
In those days the daughters of a family were provided with a wedding
dowry consisting of beds and blankets, bed and table linen. Of all
grandmother's large supply, — twelve feather beds, blankets for all, and
the inevitable blue and white counterpane, one hundred linen sheets,
pillow cases and towels, and one blanket, is all that came down to
1908. She was married the first of January 1801.
The linen was raised, spun and woven on the farm and the sheep and
geese ranged its pastures. I have been told by one of the lineal descen-
dants of the family, that the farm has been our possession since the days
of slavery in "the colonies" and was once a slave plantation, though my
mother never told me this.
So many amusing things she has told us. One was of taking a younger
cousin to school his initial day. The catechism was then used in schools
and when the question was put to him, "What is the chief end of man?"
his reply was, "To keep what he has and get what he can." This morti-
fied her beyond words. You know in those days the Bible was the word
of God, and the Catechism was its close ally. We call them "the good
old days" and surely the people whom we have known who came from
out those times, are of "blessed memory."
SKETCH OF BABBITT ANCESTRAL FARM
AND OF ENOCH BABBITT NO, 119
BY GEO, RODNEY BABBITT, PRESIDENT OF BABBITT FAMILY ASSO,
This tract of land has been known as the farm ever since it was pur-
chased by Edward Babbitt and his associates from Mr. Street. This
farm well deserves the title of the Babbitt Ancestral Farm, having been
in the ownership of the Babbitts from generation to generation, since its
purchase by Edward Babbitt in 1655 to the present time, 1911 a period
of two hundred and fifty-six years.
During the Indian War of 1675, Edward Babbitt was compelled to re-
move with his family to one of the block houses at Taunton for safety.
While returning from a visit to his farm in June 1675, he was discovered
126 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
and killed by the Indians. He was buried near where he was slain and
stones were placed to mark his grave, and are said to be of the earliest
date of any found in Bristol County. This stone is now at the Historical
Society Rooms in Taunton.
To the writer it has seemed that our genealogy would be incomplete
without a description of routine life on this Babbitt Ancestral Farm by
the writer who made his home on this farm for nearly two years, 1850 and
1851, as a boarder in my grandfather, Enoch Babbitt's home. The
family consisted of Enoch Babbitt and his second wife, Lydia, his son^
Enoch Bradford, and wife Clarisa, his daughters, Mary Newhall widow,
and Lydia Crane, unmarried, and myself, a total of seven. The farm was
practically the only means of support, and every member of the family
had a part to perform in the daily routine of activities. In the summer
during planting, hoeing, haying and harvesting, extra men were employ-
ed which necessitated extra work for the female portion of the family.
There seemed to be no end of work to be done, both in the house and out
doors, cows to care for and milk, butter and cheese to make, several pork-
ers to feed, and a flock of hens and turkeys and their young to look after.
Thus the summer was passed and the labor of harvesting taken up. The
corn crib was Med with corn and rye, the cellar with apples and vegetables^
the porkers and fatted steers were killed for the winter's supply of meat,
some of which was salted. Hams and bacon were cured, sausages and
head cheese were made, lard and tallow tried out, the latter furnishing
the light, it being made into moulded and dipped candles. The harvest-
ing over, the family were well prepared for the long and severe New Eng-
land winter that was to intervene before planting time would come around
again.
Grandfather Enoch Babbitt, who had learned the trade of shoe making
in his youthful days, during the winter months employed his time making
the boots and shoes for his own and his neighbors' families. Grandmother
all day long was spinning the wool from which the family clothing was
woven and knit. The three other female members of the family pre-
pared the meals, attended to the other details of the housework, and during
all there spare time sewed straw bonnets, straw braid for which was
left as often as every two weeks by the braid man, as he was generally
called. In this way, the farmers' daughters earned the money with which
to purchase their wedding outfit when they should get married.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 127
The son Enoch Bradford attended to the care of the stock, went to mill
as often as necessary to have the rye and corn ground into meal, some
for the stock and some for the table food in the house. If Enoch Brad-
ford and I had any spare time, it was employed in threading needles for
those who sewed straw. For each of the three sewers had a cushion of
from one hundred and fifty to two hundred needles and they were not
supposed to stop and thread any needles, but as soon as the thread was
exhausted from one needle, put it back in the cushion and take another
from the cushion all threaded.
As you have followed me through the routine of the activities of those
who owned and occupied this Ancestral Farm, from Edward Babbitt in
1655 to Enoch Babbitt (5) who died two hundred years later, does it not
occur to you that conservatism of resources and eflSciency of effort of
which we now hear so much, were not altogether unknown or unprac-
ticed by our industrious and frugal ancestors? And should we not give
them any large share of the credit for whatever of success we may have
attained?
119
Enoch Babbitt (John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born March 8,
1783, in Berkley Mass. Died Oct. 25, 1854, in Berkley Mass.
Mr. Babbitt resided all his life on the old homestead farm of Edward
Babbitt in Berkley. State Representative 1841.
Married (1st) June 18, 1807, Sally Crane, daughter of Luther and
Sally (Strobridge) Crane. Born May 3, 1785. Died Apr. 1, 1816.
(2nd) December 14, 1817, Lydia (Crane) Babbitt widow of Gideon
Babbitt, (son of No. 109), daughter of Benjamin and Tryphena (Hath-
away) Crane. Born July 24, 1786. Died Aug. 10, 1864.
Children:—
259 George, Apr. 7, 1808.
260 Mary Chace, Apr. 17, 1811.
261 Sally Crane, Sept. 6, 1818.
262 Welthea Gilbert, May 29, 1821.
263 Enoch Bradford, Aug. 11, 1823.
264 Lydia Crane, Dec. 4, 1825.
128 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
120
Peter Babbitt (John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born March 2,
1784 in Berkley Mass. Died June 6, 1859.
He was a blacksmith. For a time lived in Boston.
In 1816 Ezra and Miriam Briggs deed Peter Babbitt land in Berkley.
Married January 1, 1815, Martha Briggs, daughter of Ezra and Miriam
(Macomber) Briggs. Born March 26, 1795. Died Nov. 23, 1866.
Children: —
265 Luther, June 18, 1815.
266 William, Mar. 31, 1817.
Emmeline, Feb. 14, 1819; m. May 1, 1867, James O. Draper,
Pawtucket, R. I. No Children.
Martha, June 8, 1821 ; m. John E. Godfrey, at Taunton, Mar.
10, 1841
Children : —
W. Hedges and Frank.
Dorcas, Oct. 24, 1823; d. Mar. 26, 1910; unmarried.
267 Phoebe, Aug. 23, 1830.
121
William Babbitt (John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Died in North
Carolina about 1819. He was a sea captain and a ship owner and died
on voyage to Carolina.
Married Mary Andros, Oct. 11, 1812, daughter of Rev. Thomas and
Abigail Andros. Thomas Andros was imprisoned on one of the Prison
ships during the Revolution but escaped and became a minister. He
wrote and published an account of his experiences on shipboard.
Children: —
Abigail E. Jan. 28, 1814.
Maria, resided at Fairhaven, Mass.
Eliza, resided at Fairhaven, Mass.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY, 129
122
Dorcas Babbitt (Abner-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born April 29,
1780, in Berkley, Mass. Died April 2, 1847, in Petersham, Mass.
Married in Petersham, March 15, 1801, Jeremiah Gallond, son of
Jeremiah and Sarah Gallond. Born June 14, 1774.
Children:—
Harriet, Jan. 26, 1802 ;d. Sept. 10, 1803.
Clarissa, Feb. 11, 1804; m. Wm. Cook, of Petersham, Oct. 31, 1824.
Almira, July 24, 1807; m. Joseph Moore, of Ware, Oct. 14, 1828,
at Petersham.
Joseph, May 22, 1811; m. Nancy Williams, May 19, 1836, at
Petersham.
Louisa, Jan. 23, 1816;
George Babbitt, June 27, 1824; m. June 22, 1847, Adeline Blan-
chard, at Petersham.
123
Margaret Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born July
24, 1758, in Berkley Mass. Lived in Killingly Conn. Died June 18,
1843, in KiUingly Conn.
Married David Reynolds, son of Jacob and Martha Reynolds of
Killingly Conn. Born March 2, 1762. Died June 4, 1836.
Children all born in Killingly Conn.:
Mehitable, Feb. 16, 1783; d. April 12, 1786.
Lucinda, May 4, 1784; m. James Sprague.
Samuel, April 29, 1787; d. Mar. 29, 1838; m. Matilda Burrill
Dec. 17, 1820. Ch: Henry, David. Henry Reynolds was a
cripple from boyhood and had to use crutches all his life. He
was a splendid school teacher and filled many town offices. He
wrote a remarkably beautiful hand.
David, Oct. 27, 1788; d. Oct. 27, 1872; m. Cinderella Keach, Aug.
23, 1812. 8 ch.
124
Edward Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born March
16, 1763, Berkley Mass. Died Sept. 13, 1842, m Killingly Conn.
130 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Private, 8th Conn. Regt., Capt. Comstock's Co., Rev. War. Served
July 7, — Dec. 11, 1780. Also served in War of 1812 according to family
records. Midshipman Nov. 15, 1809. Lieut., May 1, 1815. Com-
mander, March 3, 1835.
Married May 1, 1786, Keziah Covil, daughter of Ebenezer and Mollie
(Burgess) Covil.
Children:
Polly, Mar. 13, 1788; d. Sept. 13, 1859; unmarried.
Dolly, Mar. 16, 1790; d. Mar. 16, 1872; unmarried.
Anna, Sept. 15, 1792; d. Sept. 19, 1802.
Irene, May 8, 1795; d. Sept. 18, 1802.
268 Edward, Oct. 14, 1798.
Martha, Mar. 1, 1801; d. Sept. 18, 1802.
269 Seth, Sept. 25, 1803.
125
Silas Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born Jan. 1, 1765,
in Berkley, Mass. In early manhood a ship carpenter with his father.
He worked at this trade at Providence returning at intervals to his home
in Killingly, travelling by horse back. Later a farmer in Putman Conn.
Resided on his father's farm. He was widely known as an early riser
and for his love of working in the early morning hours. Died Feb. 11,
1844, in Killingly Conn.
Married Mrs. Mercy (Farrows) Cutler, daughter of John Farrows.
Died May 30, 1866, ae. 82 yrs., 1 mo., 25 days.
Children:
Rachel, Nov. 2, 1815; d. Aug. 9, 1875. m. Apr. 3, 1836, Calvin
Day son of Benjamin and Deborah (Smith) Day. No
children.
Gaius, May 5, 1817; d. May 29, 1847; m. May 21, 1840, Mary
Thornton. No children.
Prudence, April 2, 1819; d. Nov. 20, 1841.
Christina, June 2, 1821; d. Dec. 19, 1837.
270 Roswell, Oct. 5, 1823.
271 Ellen MeHssa, Feb. 15, 1826.
272 Silas, June 21, 1827.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 131
126
Rachel Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born April 7,
1769, in Berkley Mass. Resided in Killingly Conn. Died April 28, 1803.
Married Jesse Tucker.
Children:
Syria, Oct. 4, 1789; m. Prudence Bellard.
Vilata, Nov. 11, 1791; died young.
Silas, July 27, 1793; died May 17, 1767; m. Abigail Covil.
127
Isaac Babbitt (Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born Feb. 6, 1763.
Called "Shipwright" in deeds. Died Feb. 19, 1844, in Berkley Mass.
Married Feb. 22, 1791, Miriam Hathaway, daughter of Abijah and
Sarah (Talbot) Hathaway. (See No. 67.) Born Dec. 21, 1760. Died
Aug. 18, 1838.
Children:
273 Abijah, Nov. 2, 1791.
Miriam, 1793; died in infancy.
Isaac, 1795; died aged 29 days.
274 Miriam, Jan. 23, 1798.
Sally, June 29, 1800; d. May 20, 1829; m. June 18, 1822, George
Crane, Berkley.
275 Adoniran, Aug. 6, 1804.
Isaac, died young.
Isaac Babbitt, Berkley — Private, Capt. James Nichol's Co., Col.
John Daggett's regt.; marched Jan. 10, 1778; service 2 mos. 23 days at
Rhode Island; enlistment, 3 months, from Jan. 1, 1778.
Private, Capt. Jacob Haskins's co., Lieut., Col. Samuel Pierce's regt.;
enhsted May 20, 1779; discharged July 1, 1779; service 1 mo. 14 days
at Tiverton, R. I.
Private, Capt. Henry Brightman's co.. Col. James Dean's regt.;
enlisted March 8, 1781; discharged March 14, 1781; service 6 days; com-
pany detached from Freetown, Berkley and Dighton for the term of 40
days unless sooner discharged.
132 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Isaac Babbitt — Private, Capt. Matthew Randall's Co., Col. Abiel Mit-
chell's regt.; enhsted July 29, 1780; discharged Oct. 31, 1780; service
3 mos. 4 days; company raised to reinforce Continental Army.
Private, Capt. Jacob Fuller's Co., Col. John Jacob's regt. ; enlisted July
2, 1778; services mos. 1 day, at Rhode Island; enlistment to expire
Jan. 1, 1779.
List of men mustered in Bristol Co. by James Leonard muster master
for service at Rhode Island; Col. John Hathaway's regt.; mustered July
3, 1778, enhstment 6 months.
At one time he commanded a small craft, sailing on Taunton river,
through the sound I suppose, between Taunton and New York, bring-
ing flour, grain etc. to Taunton, as there were no cars or steamboats
then. He had two or three "hands" with him. One time during a gale
there was trouble on board and they were evidently in peril. The mate,
who was noted more for his piety than for his nautical skill, stood wringing
his hands and repeating, "We must trust to Providence; we must
trust to Providence." Grandfather, getting nervous, and perhaps angry,
exclaimed, "We may trust to Providence and bring up at Newport, but
at this rate we shan't hit the broad side of Ameriky," and seizing a hatchet
he cut away some ropes and the boat righted itself and they went on their
way rejoicing.
128
Henry Babbitt (Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born Dec. 27,
1764, in Berkley. Removed to Colrain before 1799. Was in Colrain,
Mass., in 1811, at which date he released lands in Berkley. Died ,
1849, Hartwellvile, Vt.
Married (1st) Nov. 21, 1787, at Berkley, Mary Faulkner. Born
Feb. 7, 1762. (2nd) Widow Susan Halliday of Marlboro. (Int. Dec.
4, 1820). Died ; (aged 90).
Children:—
Mary, June 15, 1789.
Anna, March 24, 1793; m. Oct. 14, 1812, John Sanders of Hal-
ifax, Vt.
Sarah, July 15, 1795.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 133
276 Phoebe, Oct. 24, 1797.
277 Henry, June 18, 1799, at Colrain.
Enos, March 14, 1806, at Colrain.
129
Ebenezer Babbitt (Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born April 27,
1772, in Berkley, Mass. Shipwright in Freetown, Mass. Died June 21,
1858, in Freetown, Mass.
Married Jan. 23, 1793, Sally Cudworth of Freetown, daughter of
David and Phoebe. Died July 13, 1848, age 81.
Children: —
278 David, July 28, 1793.
Patience, Dec. 28, 1795. (Not married; d. Oct. 28, 1877).
279 Ebenezer, Sept. 1803.
280 Thomas, Jan. 26, 1806.
Achsah, 1798; unmarried. Died Nov. 23, 1881.
Sarah, April 11, 1809; m. (1) Ira Mason, Oct. 10, 1830. Son
Hiram died young. (2) Daniel Cudworth, born 1820.
Josephine, b. April 20, 1846, m. Chas. Terry; Caroline, Aug.
14, 1851, m. George Bowers.
Mary, . Did not marry.
130
Enos Babbitt (Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born Feb. 11,
1775, in Berkley, Mass.
He early removed from Berkley and settled in western New York,
where his descendants are numerous in Ontario Co. In 1816 he ovmed
80 acres in Scipio, N. Y.
Lived at Reeds Corners, N. Y., near Canandaigua, N. Y.
Died 1854. Buried in Reeds Corners, N. Y.
Married (1st) Margaret Mosher, probably mother of all his children.
Married (2nd) Annis ( — ) Last name unknown. One account says he
married three times.
134 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
281
Henry, 1800.
282
Joseph Lake, Sept.
5, 1803.
283
Eben W., 1806.
284
David H., June 18,
1809.
285
Enos.
286
Abijah, April 23, 1814.
287
Anna.
131
Esther Babbitt (Abi jah-Edward-Edward-Edward) . Born June 7,
1778, in Berkley, Mass. Died Oct. 12, 1862.
Married Oct. 6, 1801, Joseph Allen. Born Sept. 29, 1776. Died July
5, 1870.
Children: —
James Allen, March 18, 1802; d. Dec. 29, 1872; m. Abigail Leonard.
Joseph, March 5, 1804; d. June, 1804.
Joseph, July 23, 1805; d. April 4, 1879; m. Eliz. Bidwell.
Davis, July 26, 1807; d. Feb. 20, 1883; m. Susan Witherell.
Esther, March 6, 1809; d. Oct. 18, 1822.
Mary, Oct. 27, 1810; d. March 18, 1838; m. Frederick Paul.
Jane, June 9, 1812; d. March, 1813.
Caroline, April 20, 1814; d. Dec. 15, 1842; m. Hiram Baker.
Ann, July 1816; d. August, 1816.
Enos, Aug. 9, 1817; d. Sept. 4, 1821.
Betsey Ann, May 28, 1819; d. Dec. 14, 1905; m. Ichabod Bassett.
Samuel, May 22, 1821; d. Oct. 19, 1822.
Frederick, March 10, 1823; d. Oct. 30, 1882; m. Betsey Bassett.
132
Edward Babbitt (Abi jah-Edward-Edward-Edward) . Born Oct. 7,
1801-2, at Berkley, Mass. Died June 24, 1883.
Married Sept. 6, 1830, Louise Hathaway, daughter of Isaac and Ehza-
beth (Babbitt) Hathaway. (See 113). Born March 25, 1805. Died Sept.
19, 1884.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 135
Children:—
Elizabeth, May 10, 1831; d. Sept. 20, 1831.
Louisa Maria, Feb. 22, 1833. Unmarried.
288 Edward Henry, Nov. 22, 1834.
Catherine, June 23, 1837; d. Sept. 21, 1872.
133
Joy Babbitt (Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born Sept. 26, 1767.
Died Nov. 4, 1849, in Buffalo, N. Y.
He appears in the census of 1790 as a resident of Adams, Mass., but
his residence there must have been of short duration as there is no men-
tion of it on town or county records. In 1820 was residing in Lysander,
N. Y.
Married (1st) Esther Cook, Sept. 16, 1786, in Cummington, Mass.,
daughter of John and Anna Cook. Born Oct. 6, 1765, Hardwick, Mass.;
died July 17, 1813. He had a second wife who deserted him.
Children: —
289 John Cook, June 23, 1787. Born in Greenwich, Mass.
290 Elijah, Oct. 25, 1789.
Erastus, Sept. 15, 1790. Resided in Rock Island, 111.
Erastus Babbitt, of Rock Island, Rock Island County, 111., on 22nd of
June, 1858, made statement that he was 69 years of age; that he was en-
listed or drafted for service in war with Great Britain of 1812-1815, from
Riga, Monroe County, N. Y., 10th of April, 1814, and served six months.
He received Land Warrant No. 1707 for 80 acres of land. He served as
Sergeant of Capt. Davis' Co., New York Regt., Col. Dobbins.
Orange, Aug. 3, 1792. Born in Dorset, Vt. A blacksmith;
Settled in Illinois. At Cato, N. Y., 1817.
Ira, March 24, 1794. Born in Charlotte, Vt. Settled in Wis.
Elizabeth, Feb. 12, 1796. Born in Charlotte, Vt. Died March
24, 1814, at Cayuga, N. Y.
291 Joy, May 11, 1798. Born in Spring Creek, Warren Co., Pa.
Esther, April 3, 1800.
Ashley, Dec. 18, 1802. Died young.
Mary (Polly) Cook, April 21, 1805, Scipio, N. Y.
Ashley, March 1, 1808. Lived in Monroe, Wis. Had son
Warren.
136 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
In 1820 on account of the passage of a new law affecting pensions ac-
cording to the amount of property which a pensioner possessed, the pen-
sion being withdrawn if the property ran above a certain amount, Mr.
Babbitt filed a schedule of his property, consisting principally of some
household goods and a few farm animals. He lived at this time at Phelps,
Ontario County, New York, and stated that he was a farmer by occu-
pation, and that his family consisted of his wife, a daughter Polly aged
thirteen years, his son Ashley aged 11, his wife's daughter, Mercy Sher-
wood aged seventeen, and her son Joseph Sherwood, aged 15 years. Mr.
Babbitt's pension was continued, however, until his death, as his income
was not sufficient to debar him from the benefit of the pension law.
State of New York, Onondaga County ss.
Joy Babbitt being duly sworn saith that in the month of August in the
year seventeen hundred and eighty two he enlisted as a private soldier for
the term of three years in Captain Williams' Company in Col. Ebenezer
Sprout's Regiment in the Massachusetts line in the Continental service
and joined the army at Verplanks Point below the Highlands on Hudson
River immediately after. That he served in said Company and Regiment
under the same officers until June in the year seventeen hundred and
eight-three, when the regular soldiers enlisting for the war were discharg-
ed. He was transferred into Captain Haskell's Company in a Regiment
of which he cannot recollect the Colonel's name and went from W^est Point
with three regiments under the command of General Howe to Philadel-
phia to suppress an insurrection of the Regular troops who attempted
to break open the Bank there, after which there was a new arrangement
of the United States forces by which he was transferred into Captain
Patrick Phelan's Company in a Regiment called the American regiment
under command of Gen. Henry Jackson, from which Company and
Regiment he was discharged at West Point in the year seventeen hundred
and eighty four in the month of June, having served two years and ten
months imder the said enlistment. That his discharge was left in Vermont
this years since and does not know whether it is now in existence or not
— that he is aged fifty years in the month of September last and resides in
the town of Lysander in the County of Onondaga and from his reduced cir-
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 137
cumstances in life is in need of the assistance of his country for support
and has never had any pension from the United States — & further saith
not.
Joy Babbit
Sworn to and declared this thirteenth day of April in the year 1818
before me.
Joshua Forman,
First Judge of Onodaga Com. Pleas.
State of New York, Onodaga County ss.
Noah Pratt of the town of in the County aforesaid being duly
sworn, saith that he was a private in Col. Sprout's regiment in the Massa-
chusetts line in the Continental service about four years to the end of said
war and well remembers Joy Babbitt, a piper in William's Company in
said Regiment from the month of August in the year 1782 until he, this
deponent, was discharged from service in June, 1783, but does not recollect
when said Babbit was discharged.
Noah Pratt,
Subscribed and sworn before me the 23 day of June, 1818.
Joshua Forman,
First Judge of Onondaga, Common Pleas.
State of New York, Onodaga County ss.
Elkanah Fuller of Ohio in the said Company being duly sworn saith
that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war from the year 1781 to the
fall of the year 1783 in Wilson's Company in Sprout's Regiment in the
Massachusetts line and was personally knowing Joy Babbit in said Com-
pany, now of the town of Lysander in said County and now here present,
a soldier in the same from about the month of August, 1782, until this
deponent was discharged in October, 1783, when he was still serving in
the American Regiment commanded by Gen. Henry Jackson in Haskell's
Company, Captain Williams having then left the service, but this deponent
does not know when the said Babbit was discharged.
Elkanah Fuller,
Subscribed and sworn before m.e this 23d day of June, 1818.
Joshua Forman,
First Judge of Onondaga, Common Pleas.
138 the babbitt family history.
State of New York, Onondaga County ss.
I, Joshua Forman, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and
for the said County of Onondaga in the State of New York do certify-
that it appears to my satisfaction that Joy Babbit of the town of Lysander
in said County did serve in the Revolutionary war against the common
enemy, as stated by him in his declaration on oath hereunto annexed,
made before me in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of
Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
land and naval service of the Revolutionary war." And I now transmit
the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary
for the Department of War, pursuant to the direction of the said Act of
Congress.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal
of the said court to be affixed this fourteenth day of April in the year 1818.
JOSHUA FORMAN,
J. C. CALHOUN ESQ., [seal]
Secretary for the Department of War
of the United States.
I, Joshua Forman, First Judge &c, as aforesaid, do certify that Noah
Pratt and Elkanah Fuller whose testimony taken before me is hereto an-
nexed are credible witnesses and that it appears to my satisfaction that
Joy Babbit above mentioned is in reduced circumstances in life and stands
in need of the assistance of his country for support and I now transmit
all the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary
for the Department of War, according to the provisions of the said act of
Congress.
JOSHUA FORMAN,
Onondaga County,
June 23, 1818.
134
Nathaniel Babbit (Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born
Lived at Pultneyville, N. Y.
Married (1st) Olive; ( — ) name unknown — married (2nd) Julia Savage,
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 139
Children: —
Simeon,
292 Samuel;
293 Truman,
(2nd wife.)
Mary,
Jane,
135
Simeon Babbitt (Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born June 2,
1776, in Dartmouth, Mass.
Simeon Babbitt was left an orphan at an early age and placed with a
farmer imtil he should reach the age of fourteen. He had few oppor-
tunities for study. With his first money he purchased a Walker's Dic-
tionary and studied by himself every spare moment.
He next entered upon a period of apprenticeship to William Barry, a
house- joiner in New Salem, Mass., whom he had selected as his guardian
and with whom he remained until he was twenty-one. He was then
presented with the customary suit of clothes and a hammer, and set out
into the world with his pack on his shoulder containing his clothing, dic-
tionary and tools.
He went first to Barnard, Vt., where he obtained employment with a
cabinet maker, Aaron Barlow, and in the following year he married Mary,
the daughter of his employer.
In 1815 he moved his family to Bethel, Vt., where he carried on his
trade as architect and builder. He built the first hotel and the first meet-
ing-house in Bethel, both built in 1816 and still in use. He was employed
in other parts of the state in the erection of pubHc buildings. He held
many ofiices of trust, being selectman, town clerk, and justice of the peace,
and ever a man of imswerving honesty.
Died August 21, 1844, in Bethel, Vt. Married (1st) June 20, 1799,
Mary, daughter of Aaron Barlow and Mary (W^inslow) Terry. Born
Oct. 22, 1774, in Rochester, Mass. Died Nov. 8, 1837, in Bethel, Vt.
Married (2nd) Mrs. Abigail Langdon Scovil, of Castleton, Vt.
Children: Born in Barnard, Vt.: —
A still-born son, March 25, 1800.
140 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Zebina Terry, Jan. 16, 1801; d. Feb. 24, 1801.
Arnon, July 2, 1802; d. March 3, 1829.
294 Simeon Augustus, Nov. 17, 1806; d. July 9, 1877.
George Nelson, Oct. 18, 1813; d. Sept. 25, 1833.
Mary Barlow, wife of Simeon Babbitt, was daughter of Aaron Barlow
and his second wife, Mary (Winslow) Terry, (a widow of Freetown, Mass).
They were married May 7, 1772.
Aaron Barlow was born April 13, 1735, in Rochester, Mass., son of
Joseph^ Barlow, — Moses^ of Rochester, — George Barlow^ of Sandwich,
Mass., the first known ancestor of the family in this country, who ap-
peared in Sandwich about the year 1653. Aaron Barlow served as Min-
uteman in the War of the Revolution. About the year 1778, he removed
to Harwick, Mass., where he was selectman in 1781. In 1783 he settled
at Barnard, Vt., He was one of a committee to prepare articles of Asso-
ciation for the First Congregational Church of Barnard, Vt. He served
in the General Assembly of Vermont, in 1784-5, 1790-91, 1793-4 and
1798-9. He was married three times.
136
Jane Babbitt (Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Resided in Pitts-
ford, N. Y., and St. Joseph, Mich. Married Charles Rice.
Children:—
Simeon.
Jane.
(Daughter).
(Son).
(Son).
137
Jonathan Babbitt (Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born Feb.
22, 1767, at Freetown, Mass. Lived for a while in Sanzy, N. H., before
going to Pelham, Mass. Died May 7, 1843, in Pelham, Mass.
Married Elizabeth Haskins of Greenwich, Mass. Born 1768, in
Taunton. Died May 22, 1848, in Pelham.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 141
Children:—
Olive, May 20, 1792; d. March 30, 1822.
Susanna E. Aug. 23, 1793, in Swanzy, N. H.; d. April 16, 1863;
m. Simon Cook in Pelham, May 2, 1844. No issue.
Polly, Sept. 15, 1795; d. Sept. 20, 1880. Unmarried.
Judith, Dec. 2, 1797; d. Dec. 26, 1858, in Pelham, Mass.
295 Alvin, March 11, 1800.
296 Hannah, Oct. 30, 1802.
297 Jonathan, June 1, 1804.
298 Rosselle, Feb. 21, 1805.
299 Betsey, Aug. 30, 1809; m. Hiram Abercrombie, Pelham,
300 Massena, June 1, 1812.
138
Marcy Babbitt (Ehjah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born March 3,
1768. Died July 19, 1829.
Married Oct. 28, 1790, John Town, of Greenwich. He married (2nd)
Molly (Babbitt) Emmons, his wife's sister (No. 140). He was born Oct. 23,
1767, Greenwich, Mass., Died Nov. 6, 1848.
Children: —
Celia, Sept. 19, 1791; m. Bernard Hale of Dover. She died 1875.
Eight children.
Jacob, Nov. 25, 1792. Unmarried. ."' ■
Abigail, April 1, 1794; d. May 3, 1841.
John, Sept. 22, 1796; m. (1st) EHzabeth Covil; (2nd) Elizabeth
Shaw; (3) Mrs. Symonds. Ten children; died 1868.
EKjah, March 28, 1798; m. Louisa Felton, 1820. He died in
Buffalo, N. Y., 1873.
Mercy, , 1800; d. 1800.
Judith, Sept. 16, 1803; m. Ariel Rogers; d. 1889.
Cyril, April 9, 1804; m. Ada Skmner; d. 1891.
Mary Ann, Oct. 24, 1806; m. Henry Tiffin; d. 1851.
Maria, Aug. 21, 1809; m. Elnathan Stone; d. 1891, Dana, Mass.
139
Rev. James Babbitt (Ehjah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Bom Oct.
24, 1769. In Essex, Vt., in 1803.
142
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
James Babbitt was a traveling preacher, a Universalist. While at
Albany, N. Y., his two sons were killed by an accidental explosion^of
powder. The accompanying verses describe this occurrence.
Died April 14, 1849. Buried at Ausable Forks, N. Y.
Married Betsey Fay. Died Aug. 10. 1824.
Children: —
\\ ilham \ j..^^^^ ^^ Albany,N.Y.,Dec. 13, 1813, by an explosion.
Alonzo. ;
301 Deborah, ; m. Elijah White.
Elijah, ; married; had son James.
302
Leander, March 29, 1810.
Warren, . Supposed to have removed South.
A TRAGIC POEM.
Composed on the death of William and Alonzo Babbit, two eldest sons
of the Rev. James Babbit, who were instantly killed at Albany, on the
13th of December, 1813, by an explosion which took place in the United
States' Laboratory.
(Tune— CRADLE' HYMN or the IRISH MAIDEN.)
On the thirteenth of December,
Eighteen himdred and thirteen,
I with grief, I well remember.
Viewed a sad and mournful scene.
I was in a Lab'ratory,
In the town of Albany,
Lab'ring for Columbia's glory
With two sons of mine with me.
From the stove wdth full permission,
Sparks of fire did fiy and pour
Vengeance on some composition,
WTiich lay scatter'd on the floor.
Toms, who saw it, left his station:
Of it let no creature know.
His witholding information,
Prov'd my children's overthrow.
William and Alonzo, aged,
William twelve, Alonzo eight
In their country's cause engaged.
Where they met their doleful fate.
Abram Toms his hands were plying
In a chamber room above.
Making matches, where were drying
Rockets, near a burning stove.
Soon the rockets they exploded:
Made the lab'rmg lads to pause:
Think some piece had been un-
loaded:
Leave the house to learn the cause.
Only I and Abram Martin,
And Alonzo dear to me,
In the house were left, I'm certain.
Out of twenty-five, but three.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
143
Sev'ral casks of powder, mealed,
In the chamber, cov'rd lay:
To them, though they were
concealed
Flaming rockets found their way.
This explosion rent the building —
All the roof in pieces tore —
To its force the timbers yielding,
All above the Chamber floor.
6
I, my eyes then upward turning.
Saw, with anguish in my soul,
O'er my head the building burning
Waving fiery billows roll.
Powder on the table lying —
Fire aflaming through the floor —
I from death and danger flying —
Just escap'd out at the door.
7
An explosion quick ensuing,
Raz'd the building to the ground —
I beneath the fatal ruin
Found myself completely bound.
Long I strove for extrication.
My exertions set me free,
I to others gave salvation.
Who were there confin'd like me.
William, anxious for his brother,
Saw what dangers round him
play'd,
Begg'd assistance of another.
Who through fear, declin'd to aid.
William lov'd Alonzo dearly —
Flew to rescue him alone —
Strove to save his life sincerely;
But in striving lost his own!
9
Just as he his aid was lending,
Death's grim angel rush'd between
Fire and powder rashly blending,
Clos'd the sad and awful scene.
William by the blast ascended
Forty feet, and then was found,
When its force and strength hap
ended.
Gasping on the frozen ground.
10
He was bruis'd, his bones were
shatter'd,
All his clothes in pieces torn;
Flesh and limbs around him
scatter'd.
From his mangled body borne.
Thus in pangs of death confined,
A few moments William lay.
Then to God his soul resigned.
And his body to the clay.
11
Young Alonzo, lately blooming,
Now a shapeless lump of clay,
'Mong the ruins found consuming,
On the burning embers lay.
Gazing on this lifeless creature.
Stung my heart with sorrows
keen —
Not one former look or feature.
Left remaining to be seen.
12
Through the window Abram
Martin,
By the grand explosion flew,
From his body life departing,
Bade this world a long adieu.
All his woes and wants are ended.
In the tomb his body lies;
144 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Swift as thought his soul ascended, We shall surely meet again.
Homeward, to its native skies. 14
13 Trust my soul in thy Creator —
Losing William and his brother. Cease to murmur and complain,
Made my bosom swell with woe: Though my loss be great, yet
How it griev'd their tender mother, greater.
None but tender mothers know. Is my absent children's gain.
Hope which heals the broken All their wants are past, and over,
hearted. Now their happy spirits rest
Softly whispers me within. In the bosom of Jehovah —
Telling me, though we are parted. Now with kindred spirits blest.
Composed by SILAS BALLOU,
Richmond, N. H
140
Molly Babbitt (EHjah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born Nov. 4,
1771. Resided in Greenwich, Mass. Died Nov. 27, 1845.
Married May 16, 1802; (1st) Robert Emmons, Born March 29, 1768;
died Aug. 21, 1819. His second wife. (2nd) John Town. He had pre-
viously married her sister Marcy No. 138.
Children: (By her first husband) : —
Feb. 27, 1803. Mary died Sept. 27, 1804.
Mary, )
Betsey, ) ' Feb. 27, 1803. Betsey died Sept. 23, 1804.
Lucy, Jan. 11, 1805; d. Sept. 21, 1856.
EHjah, Aug. 6, 1806; d. May 19, 1874.
Eliza, June 9, 1808; d. Oct. 13, 1834.
Melinda, June 21, 1810; d. Oct. 15, 1891. She married Doubleday.
Alonzo Babbitt, Aug. 3, 1813; d. Dec. 25, 1883.
141
Hannah Babbitt (EHjah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born Feb. 9,
1783. Resided at Greenwich, Mass. Died Aug. 9, 1872.
Married May 28, 1801, Bezalel Amsden. Died Feb. 18, 1854.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 145
Children: —
Warren, May 7, 1802; d. March 5, 1810.
Harriet, Dec. 14, 1803; m. Justus Witt, July 20, 1828.
Anna, Nov. 7, 1809; m. Adin Witt, Feb. 6, 1828.
Philura, Nov. 3, 1820; m. Chas. G. Gleason March 9, 1841.
Children: —
Charlotte A., Nov. 13, 1843.
Edwin, Jan. 17, 1849.
Ann Maria, July 7, 1851.
Lucius A., Sept. 3, 1852.
Ella Louisa, April 4, 1856.
Mary Alice, Aug. 23, 1861. She married Arthur Stevens of
No. Dana, Mass.
142
David Babbitt (David-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born April 4,
1782. He sold out in Fall River in 1829. In 1846 was in Venice, N. Y,
Died in Venice, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Feb. 18, 1857.
Married (1st) Rhoda Bowen, June 10, 1808, at Fall River, daughter
of Nathan and Nancy (Reed) Bowen. (2nd) Hannah Borden, June 13,
1819, (niece of Rhoda Bowen). Bom Sept. 1, 1790; died June 25, 1874.
Children: —
303 Nathan Bowen, Oct. 18, 1808; d. Nov. 27, 1890.
Hannah Borden, July 29, 1811; d. April 1, 1877, at Wyoming,
N. Y.
David, Sept. 1815; d. 1833-4.
Rhoda, Dec. 17, 1819; d. Nov. 23, 1894. Married Thomas
Taber of Venice, N. Y.
Freeman W., June 28, 1821. Resided in Venice, N. Y.
Jerome, May 25, 1823; d. July 2, 1906. Resided in Middle-
bury, N. Y.
Caroline Amelia, July 23, 1826; d. Feb. 1, 1830.
Evalitie Augusta, July 23, 1826; married Richard Atwater of
Ledyard, N. Y.
Horatio Leonard, March 20, 1828. Resided in 1857, in Rich-
field, Mich.
146 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
143
Elkanah Babbitt (Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Dec. 5,
1737, New, Milford Conn. Died Feb. 9, 1807. Buried in Old Chappell
Cemetery, Fly Creek N. Y.
He was at Lanesboro, Mass., for a while. In 1788 he sold his Lanes-
boro, Mass. land from Warrensbush N. Y. He is probably the "Alcanor"
Babbitt given in the N. Y. State census of 1790. Settled near Fly Creek,
N. Y.
Elkanah Babbitt-Private, Capt. Ebenezer Newell's co.. Col. Symonds's
regt.; marched on an alarm from Lanesborough to Manchester July 9,
1777; service, 8 days.
Married Rachel ( — ),name unknown. Died Feb. 9, 1815, aged 78 yrs.
Children:—
304 Stephen, 1765
305 Warren, June 18, 1774.
306 Annis,
307 David,
144
Daniel Babbit the founder of the Canadian branch of the Babbit family
was born April 28, 1749 in New Milford Conn., the son of Elkanah and
Obedience Babbit. Little is known of his boyhood or what influences led
him to become a member of the Church of England and a Tory when all
of his relatives and almost all of the Babbitt name were Revolutionists. At
the time of the Revolution he was living at Fredericksburg, in Dutchess
County, New York, and according to a memorial which he presented to
the British Government presenting claims for losses sustained through the
Revolution he had leased a farm from Colonel Beverly Robinson at Fred-
ericksburg for three lives; the lease dating from April 1, 1774. He was
married at this time, his wife being Mary Close, a sister of Lieut. Close
of the American Army.
New York State, especially the vicinity of Fredericksburg was largely
Anglican and Tory and probably living in this environment, he had es-
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 147
poused the same cause. It is said that he was thrice drafted by the Re-
volutionists. The first time he bought off, the second time he provided
a substitute, the third time he went within the British Hnes. It is a matter
of record that, in 1779 on July 16, he entered the British Hnes at Kings
Bridge and during the war served as a farrier on Long Island.
In taking this action he forfeited all rights to his property which con-
sisted of his farm of eighty-seven acres near Fredericksburg with dwelling,
barn, blacksmith shop, stock, tools, household goods, bonds, notes, etc.;
also a dwelling house in the town of Fredericksburg. This property was
forfeited and sold by the committee of sequestration for Dutchess County.
According to the reports of the committee filed in the comptroller's office
Albany, his effects realized the following sum:
£ s d
August 27, 1779 2579 14 0
August 22, 1780 940 0 0
It is rather strange, however, that in making up his schedule of claims
for losses which he presented to the British Government, he names the
total of his lossess as amounting to £. 819 s. 1, d. o. For his losses the
Government allowed him only £. 164.
At the close of the war he was forced with the other Loyalists to seek a
new home. He embarked for the St. John river in what is now the pro-
vince of New Brunswick in Canada with the summer fleet of 1783. In a
few weeks a city had grown up here, mostly at first a city of tents in which
many of the Loyalists endured the inclemency of the Canadian winter,
which was very vigorous at that time. He went above the Falls but re-
mained there only four weeks and in September he went to Gagetown,
forty-seven miles up the river, now a very picturesque spot and a good
farming center and the shire town of the County of Queens. In the simple
pastoral beauty of its scenery it resembles very much, Berkley the home
of his early ancestors. The intervale land here, lowlands which are sub-
merged by the spring freshet, very much resemble the Berkley flats. At
this time however, the country was wooded to the river banks. It was
not an inviting spot to bring one's family to with winter coming on rapidly,
no home built and only moderate provision against the stress of the long,
hard winter. Many of the Loyalists on the St. John river, spent their
first winter in tents or log huts and with a scarce food supply to further
heighten the horrors of their circumstances.
148 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
With Daniel came his wife and five children, Daniel Jr., who was 13
years old, Rebecca, 12 years old, Hannah, 8 years old, Elizabeth, 6, and
William, the youngest, who was 3. It is said that he brought up river
with him a horse, a large boat, a hand mill for grinding grain and consid-
erable money in gold which he had made shoeing horses during the war,
at a guinea a horse He may therefore have been able to provide very
comfortably for his family during that first trying winter. He built the
first frame house, it is said, in Gagetown and the first meeting of the Court
of General Sessions of the county was held in his house on February 23,
1786, which would indicate that his home must have been one of the more
pretentious in the rising village.
The Loyalists received grants of land from the government. In 1784
Daniel was given a grant of 200 acres in Washedemoak Lake in Queens
County. He does not appear however, to have occupied this. In 1792
the Town Plot of Gage was laid out and he was granted 16 lots of one acre
each. He had erected a blacksmith shop and he farmed as well.
He was a strong churchman and served for forty years as warden of the
parish church. The first, meeting of the wardens and vestry, April 21 ,
1790 and many subsequent meetings were held at his house and during
the nearly forty years of his wardenship, from April 25, 1791 to 1830, the
writer who examined the church records found only two or three instances
where he was absent from a meeting of the vestry. He conveyed to the
governing body the lot upon which the church was built.
DANIEL BABBIT.
New Claim,
To THE Commissioners
Appointed by Act of Parliment for inquiring into the losses and
services of the American Loyalists.
The Memorial of Daniel Babbit, late of Dutchess County, New York,
but now of Gage Town River St. John and Province of Nevv' Brunswick,
humbly sheweth:
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 149
That your Memorialist 'for his loyalty to his King and Attachment to
the British Government, was compelled to fly for refuge and protection
to the Royal Army, then in the Province of New York, as early as the 16th
of July, 1779. That during the course of the late War rendered govern-
ment the services and in consequence of his said loyalty and attachment
to government, sustained the losses as stated in the Schedule and Estimate
hereunto annexed.
Your Memorialist therefore prays that his case may be taken into your
consideration, in order that your Memorialist may be enabled under your
report to receive such compensation and relief as his losses and services
may be found, to deserve.
(Signed) DANIEL BABBIT
Queen's County
New Brunswick
9th March, 1786.
The Schedule and Estimate of the Estate, real and personal, of Daniel
Babbit, formerly of the County of Dutchess, Province of New York, con-
fiscated and sold by the Rebels, in consequence of his loyalty to his Sov-
erign and Attachment to the British Government.
For three Lives leased the Farm as here described, of Colonel Beverly
Robinson, vizt.
1 farm with house, barn and out house or shop, with an orchard
of near 100 fruit trees, valued ;^250
Ditto one dwelling house and out house, with 1-4 acre land lying
in Fredericksborough, County aforesaid 100
28 Sheep £14, one yoke of oxen ;^20 and 3 cows £18 52
2 horses, one of which was stolen and brought within the British
Lines, valued at ;,^50 - of the horse stolen he received £Q 44
3 calves ;^3, three 2-year old Heifers ;^9 12
Two-year old Heifer £4, 1 Ox cart ;£12 16
3 Cows ;£6, two harrows & 2 chains £3. 10 9:10
2'Scyths & tackling £1A, one grinding stone-24 2:8
1 Sleigh & harness for horses ;^6, one huntmg sadle ;^6 12
1 Man's saddle ;^4, one ox shed 16 4:16
150 THE BABBITT FAMLLY HISTORY.
2 sets of Blacksmith's tools
2 Anvils, 2 Bellows
6 Sledges, 8 hammers,
12 pair tongs, 2 dox. tiles &
Sundry small tools 60
150 bushels Coal at 4s. bushel 2:8
25 lb. steel & 60 lbs. iron 2:5
3 1-2 acres standing on the ground of Oats 7
4 " " " " " " Corn 8
IHog 3:4
2 Feather Beds, 6 pair sheets, 6 pair pillow cases, 6 flannel
blankets, 3 coverlids, 1 pair curtains and 2 table cloths 34
1 Brass kettle 4:10
Bonds and notes taken by the enemy, together with my lease 150
2 cows taken by the British Troops on Long Island, cost ;^45. . 45
New York Currency £ 819:1
St. John, 22nd Jany., 1787
Evidence on the Claim of Daniel Babbit, late of New York, Claimant
Sworn,
Saith, he came from New York in the last fleet, had heard of the Act.
When he came here went above the Falls, staid there four weeks.
On further examination says, he is sure he came here in the course of
the summer, went up the River about the first of September, went to Gage
Town:
Had no opportunity of sending his claim by Captain Vanderburgh.
He lived at Dutchess County, went within the British Lines, went to
Kings Bridge, when Stony Point was taken, continued within the British
lines.
Took the oaths of allegiance, went to Long Island, there worked at his
trade as blacksmith. Now settled at Gage Town.
Had a lease on Colonel Beverly Robinson's land, 87 acres.
Gave £200 for the improvements just before the troubles.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 151
Had a lot in Fredericksborough, this was on Col. Robinson's land, im-
provements belonged to Claimant, gave ;^40 for the improvements four
years before the troubles. He added greatly to the buildings.
Lost two horses, one was taken.
1 yoke of oxen.
28 Sheep.
4 two-year Olds.
2 Yearlings.
Farming Utensils.
Tools.
Left these things on his farm, has been told the Commissioners seized
them and sold them.
Produces Certificate to his loyalty from Col. Beverly Robinson.
Anthony Tirrell, sworn
Knew Claimant, he had a lease on Col. Robinson's land, he had a house
in Fredericksborough.
Agrees in account of his Moveables.
In Committee of the Convention of
the State of New York appointed for
enquiring into, detecting & defeat-
ing all Conspiracies which may be
formed in the said State against the
Liberties of America. Fishkill
Oct. 20, 1776.
WHEREAS this Committee did on the 17th Inst,
resolve that the following Persons, Inhabitants of
South East and Frederick Precincts in the County
of Dutchess, should forthwith be disarm'd appre-
hended and secured, to witt, Uriah Townsend,
Ebenezer Rider, Charles Cullen*, Barne Hatfield,
Uriah Wright, Joseph Hitchcock, Eli Crosby, Dr.
Daniel Bull*, Charles Theal, and Gilbert Dickeson,
*Daniel Babbitt, Daniel Brundage, Jeremiah Birch,
Junior, Moses Fowler, David Nash, Samuel Jowner,
William Merritt, Thomas Carl*.
152 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
ORDERED that Col. Luddington do forthwith
apprehend and bring before this Committee the above
mentioned Persons, and that he secure the Papers of
such whose Names are marked with an Asterisk in
order that the same be examined by this Committee.
ORDERED that Capt. Clarke detach Lieut.
Haight with a Party of 15 Men, to repair to Coll.
Luddington and to follow such orders as they may
receive from him.
Signed by Order of the Committee
Wm. DUER Chairman.
The foregoing is a copy of order of arrest issued by Wm. Duer,
Chairman of Committees on Conspiracies, of the "Provincial Congress of
the State of New York" to Col. Henry Ludington.
(Original paper in possession of Charles H. Ludington, New York City.)
Daniel Babbit was a leading contributor to the church and served in
many committees relating to the construction of the church and glebe
house and to financial matters.
In 1795 his first wife died and she was buried on July 7, of this year.
His second wife was Rhoda Annis Cronk whom, it is said, his mother had
brought up and whom he married in the States going there for that purpose.
It is said that he had twenty two children and that at his death on July
12, 1830, seven sons and seven daughters attended his funeral. The
writer has record of eighteen children; nine by his first wife and nine
by his second. It is rather remarkable that he was sixty seven years old
when his last child was born. He died July 12, 1830.
Children: —
308 Daniel, Dec. 3, 1770; d. 1860.
Rebecca, July 15, 1773; d. May 23, 1845; m. Mar. 20, 1796,
Richard Yoemans M. P.
309 Hannah, 1775; d. Feb. 11, 1860.
Elizabeth, 1777; d. May 3, 1810; m. Dec. 23, 1798, Daniel
Morton of Gagetown.
William, 1784; Dec. 1794.
DANIEL BABBITT
Copied from an old painting.
THE BABBITT FAlinLY HISTORY. 153
310 David Lee, 1789.
Phoebe, Apr. 23, 1790; m. Jan. 10, 1818 at Gagetown,
Gabriel Fowler.
311 Samuel Perry, Apr. 6, 1792; Oct. 1, 1875.
312 Thomas, Oct. 5, 1794.
313 Elkanah, Oct. 29, 1798; d. Nov. 23, 1837.
314 Henry, Oct. 29, 1798; d. Apr. 18, 1896.
315 Mary, May 22, 1800.
Obedience, June 13, 1802; July 11, 1809.
316 Mahala, Aug. 19, 1804.
William, July 21, 1805; d. July 11, 1809.
317 Benjamin, Aug. 2, 1807; m.- Mar. 18, 1893.
318 Ann Holtz, June 11, 1809.
Rhoda Annis, July 18, 1813; m. Seth Thorne, July 10, 1833.
145
Molly Babbitt (Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Lived at Provi-
dence, R. I.
Married ( ) Trafton.
Children: —
Cromwell.
Thomas.
Charles.
Mary, m. Daniel Tefft, Jr., son of Daniel and Martha (Jenks) Tefft.
Betsey, m. Salisbury.
146
Ebenezer Babbitt (Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Dec. 24^
1740, in Milbrook or Attleboro, Mass. Resided in Taunton, Mass. He
appears frequently in deeds. Died Nov. 7, 1803, in Taunton, Mass.
In 1783 Ebenezer and Mary relinquished certain rights in their father
Jonathan Ingell's estate. May 24, 1816 Mary widow of Ebenezer Babbitt
deeds daughter Susanna, Dean "widow" of Taimton, and Polly Grant
of Catskill N. Y. interest in land of her father Jonathan.
Married April 1, 1762, Mary Ingell, daughter of Jonathan Ingell.
Her birth is given in a family Bible as Aug. 9, 1742. Born Aug. 7, 1738.
Died Sept. 2, 1821 in Taunton, Mass.
154 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
319 Ziba, April 6, 1764.
Susanna, April 30, 1765; m. ( ) Dean.
320 Ebenezer, Sept. 30, 1767.
321 Jacob, Oct. 22, 1769.
Elkanah, Jan. 22, 1776.
Isaac, Jan. 22, 1776.
322 Polly, April 29, 1780.
Ebenezer Babbitt, son of Jacob of Taunton — At Crown Point 1758 and
1759. In Capt. Philip Walker's Co. March 28 to May 31, 1758. Marched
Taunton to Wrentham in Capt. Ebenezer Dean's Co. Aug. 17, 1758.
In Capt. Glover's Co. Apr. 24, 1761. Roll sworn at Boston.
Sergeant, Capt. Robert Crossman's Co., Col. Nathaniel Leonard's regt.,
which marched April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775,
to Roxbury; service, 12 days; also, Capt. Crossman's Co., Col. George
Williams's regt.; service, 24 days, at Rhode Island, on the alarm of Dec.
8, 1776; discharged Dec. 30, 1776; marched to Warren, R. I., via
Rehoboth.
Sergeant, Cap. Timothy Luscombe's co.. Col. Timothy Walker's regt.;
muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 3, 1775; service 3 mos. 5
days.
Sergeant, Capt. Luscombe's Co., Col. Walker's regt. company return
dated Oct. 6, 1775.
Capt. Francis Luscomb's Co., Col. Timothy Walker's regt. ; order for
bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Roxbury Nov. 22, 1775.
Sergeant, Capt. Nehemiah Pratt's Co., Col. Mitchell's regt.; com-
manded by Col. James Williams, Brig. Gen. Godfrey's brigade; marched
on an alarm to Tiverton, R. I., Aug. 2, 1780, service 8 days.
Private, Capt. Rufus Barney's Co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.;
enlisted July 29, 1778; discharged Sept. 10, 1778; service 1 mo. 13 days,
on an alarm at Rhode Island.
Private, Capt. James Briggs's Co., Col. Freeman's regt.; marched
on a secret expedition to Rhode Island Oct. 2, 1777; discharged Oct. 29,
1777, by Gen. Spencer; service, 29 days.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 155
RECORD OF SERVICE IN COLONIAL WARS
OF EBENEZER BABBITT
Ebenezer Babbit — Appears on a Muster Roll sworn to at Taunton,
Feb. 21, 1759, of Capt. Ebenezer Dean's co., Col. Ephraim Leonard's
regt., which marched on the alarm for the relief of Fort William Henry
in August 1757. Quality, Private. Father or Master, Jacob Babbit.
Company marched from Taunton August 17, 1757, to Wrentham. Dis-
tance travelled, 45 miles. Time in service, 4 days.
Appears on a Billeting Roll of Capt. Philip Walker's co. Enlisted
March 28, 1758. Roll made up to May 31, 1758. Number of days, 64
Amount, £. 2. 2s. 8d.
Appears on a Return dated April 26, 1759, of men enlisted or impressed
for His Majesty's service in Col. Ephraim Leonard's regt. to be put under
the command of His Excellency Jefifry Amherst, Esq., General and Com-
mander-in-Chief of His Majesty's forces in North America, for the in-
vasion of Canada. Age, 18 years. Residence, Taunton. Father or
Master, Jacob Babbitt. When enlisted, April 2, 1759. Mustered and
delivered to Capt. Josiah Thatcher. •
Appears on a Muster Roll of a company in His Majesty's service under
the command of Capt. Samuel Glover. Quality, Private. Residence,
Taunton. Entered service November 1, 1759. Served until January
12, 1761. Length of service, 62 weeks 5 days. 2 days billeting home
allowed.
Appears on a Roll of the Officers and Men in Capt. Samuel Glover's co.
Col. Bagley's regt. in service at Louisburgh after Jan. 1, 1760, and at time
of discharge. Rank, Private. Service began Jan. 1, 1760. Discharged
Jan. 12, 1761.
156 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
147
Jacob Babbitt (Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Dec. 25,
1748, Rehoboth, Mass. Died Oct. 31, 1835.
In 1787 he bought land in Chatham Conn., selling same in 1795-6.
Was called "of Chatham" on deeds between those dates. In 1797 with
his family settled in Greensboro Vt. One daughter Dimmis had married
and did not go. It was a difficult trip in those days. Greensboro at that
time had a population of two hundred and eighteen persons living in
log houses.
Was a blacksmith. Worked three years at Armory, Springfield, Mass.,
after 1790. The Armory Records have been searched for more inform-
ation in connection with this service — but the records for certain years are
lost. — He was doubtless employed in forging or other metal works in the
manufacture of muskets. A Joseph Babbitt served May 11, — Sept.29 —
1775 in the 8th Co. 5th Conn. Regt. under Col. Waterbury. There seems
to be no Joseph Babbitt known to correspond with this service and might
well refer to Jacob.
Married (1st) Rebecca McCall. Born Aug. 17, 1756. Died May 7,
1813.
(2nd) Mary (Johnston) Gates, of Newbury, Vt.
Children: —
323 Dimmis, June 3, 1775.
324 Elisha, Nov. 26, 1776.
325 Sally, Oct. 17, 1778.
326 Asenath, Aug. 20, 1780.
Elijah, Sept. 18, 1782; d. Aug. 23, 1783.
Rachel, Jan. 31, 1786; d. May 13, 1870. m; Moses K. Haines;
no Ch.
327 Jacob, Oct. 9, 1791.
Elijah, Oct. 11, 1791; d. Nov. 28, 1790.
Rebecca, Oct. 24, 1793; d. June 17, 1861; m. (1) Samuel Law-
son, Barre, Vt.; (2) Samson Gale, Barre, Vt.; (3) Jas. Wal-
lace, Newbury, Vt. No children.
148
Elijah Babbitt (Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born 1750. From
1793-1801 resided in Sharon, N. Y.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 157
He resided in Chatham, Conn., in 1792, where he gave deed to Jona-
than Powdery on September 24th. In 1813 he was living in Ovid, N. Y.,
and probably died there. There is a tradition that he was drowned.
He was a sailor and privateer and served in the Revolution, being also
a lieutenant in the service, his widow Amey drawing a pension for his
service. After the war he commanded merchant vessels between New
England ports and the West Indies.
December 22, 1776, he married Amey Tefft, daughter of Daniel and
Martha Jenks Tefft. She was born Aug. 29, .1759, and died July 9,
1850, in Providence, at home of son Henry.
Children:—
328 William Jenks, Sept. 15, 1786.
329 Elijah, July 29, 1795.
Amey ; m. Esbon Westcott, Oct. 2, 1808. Had son
Wm. B. Westcott.
Obadiah . Killed in the West, 1840. No children.
John G. . Died 1839 at Providence. Unmarried.
330 Henry Page, 1799.
Martha ; m. Lamport.
Ch.
Hiram. ,
William.
Electa.
(Daughter) m. Soule.
Ch.
John.
Adoniram.
1776.
"Brigade of two Regiment of Infantry, each consisting of 750 men,
and a Regiment or Train of Artillery, consisting of 300 men for the de-
fence of the United States in general and of this State in particular; (Rhode
Island). Brigadier General; James Mitchell Varnum, xxx 1st Regiment
of Infantry, for 15 months, Col. John Cook, xxx 2d Regiment of Infantry,
for 15 months, Col. Joseph Stanton, Jr., xxx Regiment or Train of
Artillery, for 15 months.
158 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Col. Robert Elliott xxx.
Company ofl&cers of Train of Artillery xxx.
Capt. Samuel Sweet.
Capt. -Lieut. John Warner.
1st Lieut. William Comstock.
2d Lieut. Elijah Babbit."
149
Seth Babbitt (Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Nov. 16, 1741,
Berkley, Mass. Died 1804, Mendham, N. J.
July 26, 1771, he bought land in Morris Co. on both sides of the road
from Mendham to Morristown, N. J.
March 21, 1774, he bought 16 acres in Mendham lying one-half mile
west of Mendham meeting house.
July 6, 1774, he bought 20 acres in Hardystown Sussex Co., "on the
hills north of Mendham meeting house."
April 12, 1787, he bought 13 acres in Roxbury township near the head
of Succasunna Plains.
Aug. 4, 1802, he and wife Jemima deed Amzi Babbitt land "where we
now dwell side of Passaic River."
Married Jemima Lindsley. Born 1743. Died 1805.
Children: —
331 Stephen, Sept. 14, 1764.
Tryphena, Jan. 20, 1767.
/332 Phoebe, Feb. 27, 1769.
Luther, Aug. 27, 1771. Had wife Sarah at Pequanock, N. J.
Served in Capt. Lemuel Minton's Co., 2nd N. J., Infantry,
Sept. 15, 1794, to Dec. 24, 1794, in the Pennsylvania or
"Whiskey Rebellion."
Darius, Sept. 10, 1773.
333 Amzi, Jan. 22, 1779.
Millicent, March 18, 1781.
VIEW FROM THE N. W. OF THE OLD BABBITT HOUSE
BETWEEN MENDHAM AND MOEEISTOWN.
ORIGINAL BABBITT HOUSE
BETWEEN MENDHAM AND MORRISTOWN. VIEW FROM THE N. E.
PROBABLY BUILT BY ISAAC BABBITT'' —
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 159
150
Daniel Babbitt (Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born January 7,
1752, Died Jan. 4, 1817.
Resided Mendham N. J. Served in Rev. Styled " Artificer."
Married May 27, 1779, Sarah Beach, daughter of Elisha and Sarah
(Medless) Beach. Born, 1756-7. Died, Dec. 25, 1832.
Children:—
334 John Medless, Oct. 12, 1780.
335 William, Feb. 3, 1782.
336 Darius, Dec. 17, 1783.
337 Henry, Aug. 7, 1785.
Elizabeth, Mar. 3, 1787; never married.
338 Daniel, Aug. 3, 1788.
(Rev.) Isaac, Feb. 8, 1793; d. May 1835; m. Sarah Drake; no
children.
339 Amzi, Sept. 3, 1795.
151
Job Babbitt (Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Mendham,
N. J. In 1771 was still a resident of Mendham.
In census of 1790 was in Greene Co., Pa. He seems to have been as-
sociated for a while with his brother Elkanah in Pequanock, N. J. and
later they both removed into Greene Co., Pa. Elkanah returned to New
Jersey, but Job went further west, settling near Union Village, Ohio.
Married Sarah Parkhurst.
Children: —
David, died in early manhood.
Aaron, probably in Pa. 1790.
340 Jacob, y
341 John.
342 Luther, Oct. 25, 1776.
343 Calvin, Oct. 25, 1776. " "
344 Samuel.
345 Daniel, July 20, 1782.
160
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
346 Job, 1783.
347 Polly.
348 Elizabeth.
349 Stephen.
152
Elkanah Babbitt (Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born — ,
in Mendham, N. J.
In 1790 was with his brother Job in Greene Co., Pa. He returned to
New Jersey. He owned land at Pequanock and in Jefferson, N. J. One
tract in Jefferson is styled in the deed as "land sold me by Job Babbitt
in 1773." He evidently spent his last days at Morristown where his death
is recorded in the records of the old First Church.
Served as Private from Morris Co., in Revolutionery War.
Died Aug. 1823. (Morristown Church Records.) Married, (His
wife's name is not known).
Children: — Born in Berkshire Valley, N. J.
350 Daniel.
Mary, married ( ) Christian. Her son a Presbyterian
minister of Philadelphia, Pa.
351 Phoebe, Mar. 14, 1791.
352 Seth, Sept. 3, 1792.
353 Silas.
354 David, Mar. 16, 1785.
355 James, Feb. 10, 1790.
153
Martha Babbitt (Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born ,
Mendham, N. J.
After her marriage she removed to Ogdensburg, N. Y.
INIarried after 1780 John Lyon as his second wife. He married 1st
Rachel Reeves and had two children. John Lyon died in Ogdensburg,
N. Y.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 161
Children by Martha Babbitt:—
Aaron.
Lewis, Mar. 4, 1790; died 1834.
Sally.
John.
Stephen Smith.
Ehzabeth.
154
Isaac Babbitt (Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Apr. 10,
1769.
Lived at Brookfield, Conn., 1792-1832. Bought land of Stephen Mit-
chell in Brookfield in 1792. A prominent member of St. Paul's Church
in Brookfield. He used to run a weekly market wagon to New Haven.
Died Mar. 29, 1832 in Brookfield. Married (1st) Mary Dunning,
(called Clara in some accounts) daughter of Jeremiah and Mercy (Smith)
Dunning. (2nd) Eunice Dunning, daughter of Israel Dunning. Born
Aug. 25, 1782. Died April 16 ,1853.
Children: By 1st wife.
356 Asher, Jan. 19, 1797.
357 Betsey, May 2, 1795.
358 Dunning, Sept. 4, 1799.
359 Alvah, Apr. 9, 1802.
360 Mary Ann, Nov. 14, 1804.
361 Frances, May 9, 1807.
John, Jan. 7,1811; d. Feb. 28, 1811.
Children: By 2nd wife:
362 Lavinia, Oct. 5, 1813.
363 Marcus, July 12, 1815.
364 John, Oct. 1, 1817.
Jeanette, Apr. 26, 1819; d. Dec. 20, 1872. Married Horace
Trowbridge. No children.
Jane, June 5, 1823; d. Oct. 19, 1895; m. Rufus Couch.
Chloe, Jan. 10, 1826; d. Feb. 17, 1832.
162 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
155
William Babbitt (Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Resided
in Cheshire and Lanesboro, Mass.
Died March 19, 1814 in Lanesboro, Mass. Married Lydia Bishop.
She married again before March, 1815, Benjamin Farnum.
Children:—
365 David.
366 Ira, 1790, in Cheshire, Mass.
Sally, m. Dec. 25, 1801, Joseph Crosier.
Mahala, m. Dec. 7, 1815, Cheshire, Mass., Sylvester Beckwath.
156
Lemuel Babbitt (Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born (about
1759) Newtown, Conn. Lived New Milford, Canaan and Norfolk, Conn.,
and New Marlboro, Mass. 1787, Newtown Conn.; 1794, in New Milford;
in 1800 in Canaan, Conn. Died Jan. 16, 1842, Richmond, Mass.
Married (1st) Lucy Dunning, born 1759, daughter of Ezra and Ruby
(Murray) Dunning.
Children: —
A daughter (died young).
Ruby, m. Reuben Hedges. He died Mar. 8, 1822.
Children: —
Elvira, Jan. 14, 1810.
Reuben A., July 20, 1815.
367 Zerah, 1784.
368 Amos, Apr. 26, 1790 in New Milford, Conn.
Married( 2nd) Silvia Campbell.
Children: All born in Norfolk, Litchfield, Co. Conn.
Lucy, Dec. 10, 1803; d. in Cornplanty, Pa., Oct. 30, 1889; m.
Aaron Lillie.
369 John C. Mar. 25, 1805; d. Jan. 20, 1863.
Julia E. July 25, 1807; d. June 30, 1860 in Panama, N. Y.; m.
Beals.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 163
370 Isaac, June 25, 1809 ; d. Oct. 30, 1889. in Mina, Chaut Co., N. Y.
Henry, 1811; d. Feb. 16, 1891, at Mina, N. Y. Married Irene
Sacket 1849. She was born Oct. 10, 1826. Died Jan. 12,
1911, having lived 61 years on the same farm. No children.
Mary R. Feb. 19, 1819; d. Feb. 8, 1890; m. Horton Murphy.
No children.
157
Samuel Babbitt (Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born, New-
town or Brookfield, Conn. Lived at Pinckney, N. Y. and also probably at
Ellisburgh where his sons in 1838 sell lands. He was in Lanesboro, Mass.
1799-1802, coming there from New Marlboro, Mass.
Samuel Babbitt— Corporal, Capt. Joseph Pierce's Co., Col. Asa Barnes'
(Berkshire Co.) regt.; marched on alarm Oct. 28, 1781, by order of Gen.
Fellows; service 10 days.
Married Lucy Glover.
Children :
371 Polly, Jan. 28, 1780.
372 Zenas, Jan. 13, 1790.
Daniel, m. Elmira .
373 Myron, 1805; m. Harriet Norman, of Ellisburg, N. Y.
Glover.
158
Asa Babbitt (Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born, 1772.
1804-1808, in Norfolk, Conn.; 1808-1814, in New Marlboro, Mass.
Died 1845. Married in 1795 Mendana Toby.
Children:
Harlow., died young
Hiram, m. Betsey Smith; 3 children.
Pauline, m. David Yendes.
Anna, m. Isaac Rose.
Celestina, m. Isaac Rose.
Miles T., m. Margaret Jones; 6 children.
Arminta, m. Stearns.
374 Darwin M.
164 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
159
Abigail Babbitt (Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Dec.
19, 1774. In 1805 she and her husband were members of the East Canaan
Church.
Died Feb. 27, 1859 at Canaan Conn. Married (1st) Miles Tobey, who
died Sept. 10, 1817, aged 40 yrs. Both buried at Canaan, Ct. Miles
Tobey styled "Capt."
Children: —
Zalmon, July 27, 1791; d. Sept. 17, 1858; m.(lst) Margaret Thayer.
(2nd) Saphronia Baker.
Rebecca, m. Silas Smith.
Abigail, July 11, 1796; d. Dec. 7, 1882; m. James L. Granger, born
Jan. 1, 1790; d. Dec 24, 1870.
Children:—
; Miles Tobey, Aug. 12, 1817. He was graduated from Wes-
leyan University in class of 1842. In 1843 taught in private
family in West Feliciana Parish, La. Was admitted to Bar in
1845 in Wilkinson Co., Miss.; also in Litchfield Co., Conn., in
1847. Practiced law in Canaan from 1849 to '67 with exception
of three years in which he was Judge of Probate, District of Can-
naan. In 1867 he was a member of the Conn. House of Rep.,
a Senator from the 17th District in 1866-67 and was chairman of
the Judiciary Committee. Later the degree of L. L. D. was
conferred on him by Wesleyan University. In 1867 he was
elected a Judge of the Superior Court and in 1876 was ad-
vanced to the Supreme Court Bench. The latter position he
held imtil March 4, 1887, when he resigned to take his seat in
the 50th Congress.
James L. Granger married (2nd) Sarah Ferguson and had
6 children.
Nancy m. Chester Barber.
Minerva, m. Harry Knapp.
Harriet, m. Calvin Morey.
Miles, Feb. 22, 1808; m. Helen Thurber of Prov., R. I.
Benjamin, Oct. 17, 1810; d. July 1, 1863; m. Minerva Cooper.
Had seven children.
M. (2nd) Mar. 20, 1820, Isaac (?) Lake of Norfolk Conn.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 165
160
Silas Babbitt (Samuel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Oct. 1, 1764
Lived in Petersham, Dana, and Pelham Mass., and Wardsboro Vt.
Married Sarah Gallond (Int. June 6, 1788.)
Children:—
Judah, April 13, 1790.
Irena, Sept. 30, 1791; m. Fisher, 1833; m. 1839, Joseph
Slack at Saratoga, N. Y.
375 Ezra, Oct. 19, 1794.
Samuel, July 21, 1797. Born, Greenwich Mass.
Silas, Aug. 7, 1801 ; probably did not marry.
Jeremiah Gallond.
161
Sanford Babbitt (Samuel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward.) Born Dec. 17,
1765.
Married June 15, 1789, at Petersham, Mass., Nancy Hawkes.
Children:—
John, Aug. 17, 1801, at Pelham, Mass.
162
Stephen Babbitt (Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward.) Born 1766-
67, in Lanesboro or New Ashford, Mass.
In 1798 sold out in New Ashford where he lived near his father's farm.
In 1795 bought Lot No. 10 of the Royal Grant in Norway N. Y. Was
prominent in settlement of Norway N, Y. 1797-1802, Lieut, and Capt,
of the Infantry Regt. of Herkimer Co., N. Y. Overseer of Poor, 1810.
Collector, 1811. Constable and Justice of Peace. At time of death, Sup-
ervisor.
He with Thomas Manley and Josiah Smith organized the Masonic
Lodge of Norway and was Master of same. In 1827 his widow and child-
ren were yet living in Norway. Sept. 21, of that year they sold out their
real estate.
Died May 8, 1813, at Norway, N. Y. aged 47 years. Married March
15, 1790, Betty Gregory, daughter of Capt. Elnathan Gregory of New As-
ford, Mass. Born Feb. 21, 1765.
166 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
376 Samuel Gregoiy, Oct. 1, 1790.
Mary, Aug. 21, 1792; unmarried and died 1879 in Des Moines
la.
t Betty Gregory, Sept. 20, 1793; probably died young.
Betsey, July 17, 1800; d. 1894 in Osceola, la. She married
John Scott.
377 Sophia, Jan. 19, 1804.
378 Charles M., Sept. 14, 1805.
379 Stephen, Sept. 6, 1808.
Roswell, 1810(about) in Norway, N. Y. Died unmarried in
Galena, 111.
380 Ephesus.
Abigail H. ,m. ( ) Brainard. They lived and died in
: Boonville, N. Y.
163
Samuel Burgess Babbitt (Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward.) Bom
about 1781 in New Ashford, Mass. He is called his father's third son in
settlement of his father's estate. He bought up the shares of his brothers
and sisters in his father's estate.
Was in New Ashford until 1809. In 1809 sold out to Ebenezer Cole.
1811-1819, was at Rodman, N. Y., his mother Mary being with him.
Married Anna Tyler. Int. June 2, 1805, New Ashford. Died Jan. 23,
1814, in Rodman, N. Y. Buried in New Ashford, Mass.
Children: —
Almira, 1806; d. Nov. 10, 1841. She is buried in New Ashford,
Mass, Married Samuel Tyler Clothier of New Ashford in Pow-
nal, Vt., Aug. 31, 1830.
164
Roswell Babbitt (Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born about
1786— New Ashford, Mass. Died 1822.
Resided in 1819, in Rochesterville, N. Y— 1821 in Gates, N. Y.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 167
In 1819 Paymaster of 46th Brigade of Infantry of Genessee Co., N. Y
In 1822 at Rochester, N. Y., an administrator was appointed in the
estate of Roswell Babbitt and in 1838 a guardian appointed for his two
children, Charles R. and Julia M.
Married Parmelia ( ) name unknown.
Children: —
Charles R. . Resided in Rochester, N. Y., for many
years.
Julia Maria, . Married David H. Griffith before 1845.
165
Deodatus Babbitt (Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Aug.
5, 1790, in New Ashford, Mass., Settled at Rodman, N. Y. Died June
22, 1828.
Married Feb. 11, 1813, Phoebe Strong, daughter of Nathan and Eunice
(Chalker) Strong of Durham, Conn. Born July 10, 1792. Died Oct.
18, 1852.
Children:—
George A., Feb. 13, 1814; d. April 17, 1817.
381 Emmeline, Jan. 16, 1816.
382 George, Sept. 20, 1818.
Nathan Strong, Aug. 8, 1822; d. May 21, 1823.
383 Phoebe, Jan. 5, 1825.
384 Eunice, March 4, 1828.
166
Isaac Babbitt (Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born about 1791.
He lived near his brothers in New York state. Little is known of his
family except that his widow and the children named below used to visit
the children of Stephen Babbitt, Isaac's brother.
Children: —
Josiah, . Lived at Hermon, N. Y., with his cousin. Killed at
Battle of Island No. 10.
Celestine.
Mary Angela.
168 • THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
167
John B. Babbitt (John-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom in Lanes-
boro, Mass., about 1796. Lived in Bengal, N. Y., (now Vienna). Re-
sided in Lanesboro, Mass., until 1808. Lived near his father at Fish
Creek Landing, Vienna, N. Y. Died July, 1826, aged about 50 vears,
at Vienna, N. Y.
Married Lois Freeman.
Children: —
385 Ruby, Nov. 6, 1821.
386 Martha Jane, June 22, 1826.
John B.
Mary.
168
Betsey Babbitt (John-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Oct. 14,
1782, at Lanesboro, Mass. Died April 13, 1867, at Vienna, N. Y.
Married Aug. 6, 1799, at Stephentown, N. Y., George Covell. Bom
Sept. 2, 1777; died Nov. 21, 1854, at Vienna, N. Y.
Children:—
Hiram, Nov. 3, 1800; d. May 11, 1803.
Mercy, Oct. 11, 1801.
Hiram, May 22, 1803 ; d. Feb. 9, 1852.
Stephen, Feb. 12, 1805; d. Jan. 10, 1888.
Eliza, Nov. 10, 1806; d. Nov. 22, 1900.
Josiah R., May 31, 1809; d. Nov. 25, 1832.
Jane E., April 4, 1811; d. Dec. 22, 1868.
Anna, Jan. 7, 1813; d. Nov. 20, 1904.
George W., Nov. 14, 1814.
Ezra, April 9, 1817; d. March 11, 1823.
Betsey, April 16, 1820; d. Aug. 31, 1824.
John Babbitt, March 22, 1822; d. April 28, 1846. " '
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 169
169
John Babbitt (Reuben- Josiah-Elkanah-Edward). Born about 1765.
John Babbitt, Fifer, Capt. Henry Tiebout's Co., Col. Van Schaik's
(1st New York) Regt.; muster rolls for Jan. — April, 1781, dated West
Point. A muster roll of the company of May, 1782, shows him a member
of the 5th Company, said regiment, and shows that he enlisted for the
war. His name last appears on the muster roll for April, 1783, without
remark relative to his service.
From Rev. Rolls of New York, John Babbitt was Fifer in the 1st
regiment.
July 8, 1790, the State of New York granted him 600 acres (Lot
No. 9) at Cicero, N. Y., which he sold in 1797, to Wait Ball of Danbury,
Conn., He was then in Middletown, N. Y. He was in some way
connected with the Freeman and Emmons families as shown by family
letters.
Sept. 5, 1805, John Babbitt "farmer of Cato, N. Y., sold Daniel
Shepard, attorney of Scipio, N. Y., lot No. 1 in Cato, N. Y., being a lot
said John Babbitt became entitled to as an only child and heir of Reuben
Babbitt, who merited the same as a soldier in the late war." John
Babbitt's half sister, Sophia Jenkins, subsequently proved her right to part
ownership in this land.
Dec. 15, 1812, John Babbitt enlisted in the 1st Infantry of the Peace
Establishment. He was stationed in various posts in the South and
South West. He died about Sept. 1, 1817, at Newport, Ky., in the U. S.
Garrison while on his return to his post after a furlough spent at home.
According to testimony of relatives his service at time of death had ex-
tended over twelve years, his first establishment having been under Capt.
Bennett of Cayuga Co., N. Y., at date not certain, for five years. He then
re-enlisted for a similar term and finally died during a third re-enlistment
of the same duration. He married about 1797, Sylvia Beard; bom 1776
in Western Connecticut; died Dec. 29, 1866, in Franklin Co., O. After her
husband's death she removed from Cato, N. Y., to Ohio in an ox team.
Her last years were spent with her son, Lovell W. Babbitt. The names
of all her large family are not known, but the list appended is verified by
family documents: —
Children: — (It is supposed that there were 12, all born in Cato, N. Y.)
Sylvia.
Reuben, married Eliza( — )Resided at Baltimore, O. His son, John
H., born 1827; died 1910 in Kansas City. Married Dec. 28,
170 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
1852, at Newburyport, Mass., Lois Ann Dunham, daughter of
John and Keziah of Athens, Maine.
John died young in Cato, N. Y.
Theodosia married Wm. McKinstrey of Providence, O. She
had been adopted by ( ) Sawyer and bore his
name until married. She was born "Sally" Babbitt.
Nancy, lived at Conquest, N. Y.
Polly married John Nichols.
(Daughter) married John Freeman, of Territory Rock, Wis., He
was born 1783.
Timothy died in Cato, N. Y.
387 Lovell W., Sept. 24, 1817.
170
William Babbitt ( Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward.) Born Feb.
9, 1756. Died Oct. 29, 1831 in Paris Hill, N. Y.
Probably the "Widow Babbitt's son" in return of Continental Reg.
from Conn, in 1775, from Middletown. Private in Capt. Jared Shepherd's
Co. Brig. Gen. Eratus Wolcott's Brigade of Conn, at Peekshill, N. Y.,
March 30, -May 19, 1777.
Settled at Paris Hill, N. Y. At the first town meeting held April 2,
1793, he was chosen assessor.
Married Rhoda Miller, daughter of Ichabod and Elizabeth (Bacon)
Miller of Middletown, Conn. (The Bacons an old and famous family of
England and America.) Born Oct. 20, 1762. Died, 1855, aged 93
years.
Children :
388 William.
389 Ichabod Miller.
390 Curtis.
391 Morgan Lewis.
Louise, m. Russel Hubbel.
392 Irene, Dec. 8, 1800; m. Jesse Thomson.
Children:
Pol]y,m. Norman Gridley.
Jesse.
Milton,
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Laurott.
Mortimer,
Daughter, m. Wm. Bailey.
Eunice Peace, m. Daniel Prior.
Polly, m. Chas. Robinson.
Elizabeth, m. Asa Kilbourn May 4, 1819; d. Apr. 21, 1898.
Sally Jane, never married.
Rhoda.
Abigail, m. Wm. Evarts.
Orpha, m. John Wheeler.
Wm. Babbitt was Hving in Middletown, Conn., in July 1777 when he
bought a house and one and one half acres of land. He sold this in April
1779 when it is reasonable to believe he left to settle in New York State.
Wm. Babbitt and Rhoda settled first near Utica, when that city consisted
of a few log houses built on swampy land. They soon moved along and
decided to settle at Sanquoit some few miles from Utica where there was
a grist mill.
Their farm lay near Paris Hill. Here their children were born.
W^m. Babbitt's farm at Paris Hill was styled Lot No. 51, of the Freemason
tract in Oneida Purchase. At that time there were but three houses at
Paris Hill. He became a prominent man in town, and at the first town
meeting, at the house of Captain Foot, in Clinton, (then Paris,) held
April 2, 1793, was chosen one of the first Assessors. The old farm that
he cleared off is now occupied by Mr. Throop. He had a large family
and many descendants; his son, the late Miller Babbitt, being long identi-
fied with the growth and business of Waterville; one daughter married
Daniel Prior, a veteran of "1812," and son of Jesse Prior, a pioneer and
Revolutionary soldier; another daughter married Charles Robinson, the old
Justice of the Peace at Sanquoit, and another daughter. Widow Jesse
Thomson — verging upon 80 — now the only surviving son (Curtis) resides
in Flat Rock, Ohio. When he settled on the Moyer Road, the nearest
grist-mall and the nearest doctor were at W^hitestone. Some years after he
setded here, his brother Nathaniel, came on and setded near Holman
City, but afterwards removed to East Sanquoit, whese he kept tavern in
the house now occupied by Asher Gallup.
One of his sons died many years ago; the other, (Ben-
172 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
jamin) who is remembered an as active, enterprising lad — when a mere
boy peddling razor strops and notions on "training-days" or any occasion
that called together a crowd — survives him and resides in New York —
S. T. Babbitt, the millionaire soap manufacturer of world-wide fame
and proprietor of the extensive machine shops at Whitesboro, and the only
pioneer who had attained to a colossal fortune. On October 29, 1831,
WUham Babbitt, hero of the Revolution and a pioneer of Paris, at the
ripe age of 75, after filling well his station in life, folded his arms and
went to his rest, now calmly reposing in the old burying ground on the
little mound at West Sanquoit, past which bubbles dancingly down the
clear running brook flowing from the famous spring that bursts from the
hillside of his old pioneer farm and home."
Quoted from History of the town of Paris, Oneida County, State of
New York, written in 1881, by Henry C. Rogers.
171
Dyer Babbitt ( Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward). Born 1770.
Settle in Castleton, Vt., m 1803. Died Sept. 7, 1815, at Castleton, Vt.,
aged 45 years.
July 12, 1782, at Middletown, Conn., "Dyer Babbitt, son of Jonathan,
late deceased, chose Hezekiah Halegrave, as guardian."
Married Jane Johnson, daughter of John Johnson. Born March 7,
1772. Died Oct. 10, 1831.
Children:—
Benjamin, .Settled in Ohio. Had a son and daughter.
John, ; Died unmarried.
393 Dyer, April 20, 1797.
394 Wm. Laurin, .
Mehitable, 1803; d. Feb. 17, 1851. Unmarried.
Abial, .
395 Zeruah, .
396 Silas, May 6, 1810.
Infant died Oct. 5, 1812, aged 9 days.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 173
172
Nathaniel Babbitt ( Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward). Settled near
Holman City, N. Y., at first, but later removed to East Sanquoit where he
kept a tavern. A blacksmith for a time at Paris Hill.
In 1806 ensign in the Brigade of militia of Oneida Co.
Married (before 1804) Betsey Holman, daughter of David Holman.
Children: —
397 Rebecca, April 12, 1804.
Mary, ; m. Adolphus Spaulding.
Elizabeth, June 11; m. Osborn Jillson. He was born Feb. 1,
1813. No children.
398 Benjamin Talbot.
George Reed, . Resided at Syracuse, N. Y.
399 David, 1806.
George R. Babbitt was for a time in a soap business at Troy, N. Y.
His one son now dead — had no issue.
George R. Babbitt died 1867 or 1868 in Hempstead, L. I.
173
Joel Babbitt (Benjamin-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward). Born June 4,
1755. Was at Marlboro, Mass. for a while. In U. S. Census 1790 in
Bethel, Vt., with wife and no family. Died May 24, 1832, at Bethel, Vt.
Married Nov. 25, 1781, Hannah Rice, of Brookfield, Mass. Died
July 21, 1827, in Bethel, Vt., age 70.
No children.
Private, Capt. Jonathan Carriel's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt. enlist-
ed June 20, 1776; roll made up to Aug. 1, 1776; service 1 mo. 11 days;
also, order for advance pay dated Camp at Hull, Sept. 1776; also, pay roll
for service from Aug. 1, 1776, to Nov. 1, 1776, 3 mos; roll dated Hull; also,
pay roll for 1 mo. 4 1-2 day's service in November and December, 1776;
also, Capt. Field's co.. Col William Sheppard's regt. Continental Army
Pay accounts for service from May 13, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt.
Reuben Slayton's co.; Col. Shephard's regt.; muster return dated Valley
Forge, Jan. 30, 1778; also, muster rolls for July, Aug., Oct. and Nov.
1778, dated Providence; reported under confinement in Nov. ; also Colonel's
174 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
CO., Col. Shephard's (3d) regt. ; muster roll for March and April, 1779,
dated Providence; also, Continental Army pay accounts for service from
Jan. 1, 1780, to May 12, 1780; also return dated West Point, Jan. 28, 1780.
Return of men enlisted into the Continental Army from Capt. Daniel
Gilbert's co., Col. Converse's (4th Worcester Co.) regt.; dated Feb. 17,
1778; residence Brookfield; joined Capt. Slayton's co., Col. Shephard's
regt. in 1777; enlistment 3 yrs.
Descriptive list of men enlisted from Middlesex Co.; age, 25 yrs.;
stature 5 ft., 7 1-2 in.; complexion, light; hair, light; eyes blue; occupation,
farmer; residence, Marlborough; enlisted April 12, 1781; enlistment, 3 yrs.
Return of men enlisted in the Continental Army from Col. Converse's
(4th Worcester Co.) regt.; dated Sept. 15, 1777; joined Capt. Slayton's,
Col. Shephard's regt.; enlistment 3 yrs.
174
Samuel Babbitt (Elkanah-Benjamin-Elkanah-Edward). Born Oct.
7, 1795. Died Mar. 18, 1824 at Brookfield.
Return of men enlisted in the Continental Army from Capt. Daniel
Gilbert's Co., Col. Converse's (4th Worcester Co.) Regt., dated Feb. 17,
1778; residence, Brookfield; joined Capt. Slayton's Co., Col. Shephard's
Regt. in 1777; enhstment three years.
List of men mustered in Worcester Co. by Thomas Newhall, Muster
Master; Capt. Slayton's Co., Col. Shepard's Regt.,; mustered May 19,
1777; enlistment three years; also, list of men returned by committee for
settling disputes between towns as to soldiers credited to them, dated
Barre, June 25, 1778; claimed by Capt. Prouty of Spencer; allowed to
Capt. Gilbert of Brookfield.
Private, Capt. Jonathan Carriel's Co., Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt.;
enlisted May 27, 1776; roll made up to Aug. 1, 1776; service, 2 months,
5 days; also, receipt for wages dated Point Shirley, June 13, 1776; also,
pay roll for service from Aug. 1, 1776, to Nov. 1, 1776, dated Hull; also,
pay roll for 1 month, 4 3^ days service in November and December, 1776;
also. Drummer, Capt. Field's Co., Col. Shephard's Regt.; Continental
Army pay accounts for service from April 15, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779;
also, Capt. Reuben Slayton's Co., Col. William Shephard's Regt.; muster
return dated Valley Forge, Jan. 30, 1778; also, muster rolls for July,
August, October, and November, 1778, dated Camp at Providence; re-
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 175
ported sick in Pennsylvania in July and August, also, Colonel's Co., Col.
Shephard's Regt.; also, muster roll for March and April, 1779, dated
Providence; also, Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan.
1, 1780, to April 15, 1780; also, return dated West Point, Jan. 28, 1780.
Receipt for bounty paid him by Capt. Thomas Newell, chairman of
Class No. 2 of the town of Leicester, to serve in the Continental Army
for the term of three years, dated Worcester, June 20, 1782.
Married April 20, 1785, Mary Haywood, of Brookfield, Mass., daugh-
ter of James and Martha Hayward. Born Aug. 27, 1761.
Children: —
400 Samuel, Feb. 11, 1786.
401 Elkanah, Sept. 10, 1787.
402 Dwight, Feb. 12, 1789.
Rhoda, Feb. 20, 1791 ; m. John Howe, at Greenwich, May, 1815.
403 Lyman, April 20, 1794.
Mary, July 7, 1798; m. Jesse Nichols.
CeHa, 1802; m. Mitchell at Orangeville, N. Y.
Harry (daughter) March 13, 1803.
Hiram, Sept. 16, 1806; d. Nov. 6, 1826. Never married.
In the case of Samuel Babbitt who served in the Revolutionary War,
his declaration for pension was found in the papers filed with his pension
claim as follows: —
"State of Massachusetts:
I, Samuel Babbitt, a citizen of the United States, now resident at Ware
in the County of Hampshire, in the state aforesaid, do on oath testify
and declare that in the War of the Revolution, in the spring of the year
of our Lord 1777, I entered and was engaged in the land service of the
United States on the continental establishment and served accordingly
from that time to the fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord, 1780,
as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption
or absence; that I belonged to the Company commanded by Captain
Reuben Slaytor at the time of my enlistment, and afterwards com-
manded by Captain William Moore, belonging to the Fourth Regiment,
under command of Col. William Shepherd, in the Massachusetts line;
176 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
and that I left the service on the said fifteenth day of April in the year
of our Lord, 1780, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life
and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support,
being now of the age of 57 years and 6 months.
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed
me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
his
SAMUEL (X) BABBITT
Mark
Sworn to before Edward Bangs, Esq., one of the Justices of the Circuit
Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit of the State of Massa-
chusetts, April 24, 1818, and with an endorsement as follows: —
I, Jonas Bemis, of Spencer, in the Count of Worcester, testify that I
belonged to the same regiment and company with the said Samuel Babbitt,
viz: the Regiment and Company mentioned within and I know he served
there more than two — I think three — years."
JONAS BEMIS."
In 1820 when Mr. Babbitt was called upon to give a statement of his
circumstances in order to show that he had not diminished any of his
property holdings in order to receive the benefits of the former Act of
Congress, which prohibited payment of pensions to those in receipt of an
income exceeding a certain amount, he stated that he was then 59 years
old and a farmer by occupation and that his family consisted of six — ^his
wife, his daughter Mary 22, Cecelia 17, Henry 16, Hiram 14 years. Mr.
Babbitt was then a resident of Ware and his farm consisted of 40 acres
of improved land and woodland with buildings, and 60 acres of waste
land, his total estate being valued at $667.01. This estate was sworn to
before Josiah Dwight, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for
the Western Circuit of Massachusetts, at a special session held at North-
ampton, July 5, 1820. Mr. Babbitt received a pension of $8 a month
up to the time of the statement which he forwarded in 1820, but as he
had the property stated and an income in excess of S200 a year, his pen-
sion was withdrawn as the interpretation of the law was that it was in-
tended to benefit only those who were not able to earn a support for them-
selves by their ovm labor. The action of the Pension Department was
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 177
not at all in the light of a reflection on the claimant's meritorious military
services, but the withdrawal of the pension was solely due to the con-
struction of the law.
Samuel Babbitt's widow, Mary Babbitt, filed an application for pen-
sion in 1839 after the death of her husband, under an Act of Congress,
dated, July 7, 1838, granting half -pay and pensions to certain widows,
her declaration being as follows: —
State of New York, County of Genesee, s s
On this eighth day of February, in the year 1839, before the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the said County, now sitting at Batavia, being
a Court of Record and having a Seal, personally appeared Mary Babbitt,
a resident of the town of Orangeville, in said county, aged 79 years, who
being first duly sworn according to law doth, on her oath, make the fol-
lowing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made
by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled — ''An Act granting
half-pay and pension to certain widows." That she is the widow of
Samuel Babbitt, who was a drummer in the War of the Revolution and
served nearly seven years in the Massachusetts line of the Continental
Army, during the latter part of which service he acted as Drum Major
in the place of Drum Major Steel. That for said service the said
Samuel Babbitt was pensioned under the Act of March 18, 1818, at
which time he resided in the town of Ware, in the County of Hampshire,
in the State of Massachusetts ; that after drawing his pension for two years
his name was struck from the pension list on account of not being in such
indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself. That she
has no documentary evidence of her said husband's service or of his being
pensioned as aforesaid. She further declares that she was married to
the said Samuel Babbitt at Brookfield, in the county of Worcester, in the
state of Massachusetts, on the twelfth day of April, 1785, by Rev. Joseph
Appleton; that her name before she was married, as aforesaid, was Mary
Haywood; that her husband, the aforesaid Samuel Babbitt, died at Ware,
aforesaid, on the 18th day of March in the year 1824; that she was not
married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place
previous to the first day of January, 1794, viz: at the time above stated.
MARY BABBITT.
178 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year
above written in open
court, before
Wm. Soper, Clerk of said Court.
State of New York, County of Genesee ss.
Celia Mitchell, of the town of Orangeville in said County, being duly
sworn, deposes and says, that she is a daughter of Samuel Babbitt and
Mary Babbitt, mentioned in the foregoing declaration; that she resided
with her father, the said Samuel Babbitt, at the time of his decease; that
he died at the town of Ware in the County of Hampshire and State of
Massachusetts, on the 18th day of March, in the year 1824; that she was
present and saw him die and attended his funeral; that she has lived with
or in the immediate vicinity of her mother, the aforesaid Mary Babbitt,
since the decease of the said Samuel Babbitt, as aforesaid, imtil the present
time; that the said Mary Babbitt has not been married since the decease
of her husband, the said Samuel Babbitt, and still remains a widow.
Further this deponent says not.
CELIA MITCHELL.
Sworn to and subscribed, etc.
Mrs. Babbitt upon the foregoing application was pensioned at $80
per annum.
175
Sally Babbitt (Elkanah-Benjamin-Elkanah-Edward). Born 1766.
Died March 31, 1830.
Married Dec. 26, 1785, at Brookfield, Jude Ayres. Born 1765. Died
Nov. 5, 1811.
Children: —
Lucinda, March 26, 1787; m. Henry Woodman.
Persis 1789; m. Benjamin Babbitt. No. 293.
Celia, March 7, 1797; m. James Lawson.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 179
176
Lydia Babbitt (Elkanah-Benjamin-Elkanah-Edward). Married Aug.
15, 1815, in Brookfield, Shalah Hoyt, of New Braintree, Mass.
Children:—
Calvin, Nov. 2, 1817; m. Sarah Brown.
Jane Hall, Feb. 28, 1819; m. Charles Davis.
Nancy, Sept. 28, 1820; m. Alex. Elliott.
Lucy, July 5, 1822; m. Charles Parker.
Robert, Aug. 13, 1824; m, Ann Delano.
Wyman, May 27, 1827.
Evelina, ; m. Alpheus Young.
Louisa, ; m. Hiram Ward.
177
Abel Babbitt (Abel-Benjamin-Elkanah-Edward). Born Dec. 31, 1766.
In Census of 1790 at Barnard, Vt., with wife and no family. Overseer
of Poor in Barnard, Vt., in 1831. Selectman several times.
Died 1850, age 84 years, in Barnard, Vt.
Married (1st) April 10, 1789, Sylvia Dean. She died Feb. 15, 1792;
(2nd) April 19, 1794, Susan Winslow, in Barnard, Vt., daughter of Ezra
and Rosamond (Spooner) Winslow. Born 1773. Died April 28, 1816.
(3rd) Thankful WeUman. Died Nov. 15, 1846.
Children, born in Barnard, Vt., (by first wife): —
404 Sylvia Dean, .
405 Benjamin F., Jan. 29, 1791.
By second wife: —
406 Lucius Bowan, 1796.
407 Frank Crocker, . Lived near Cleveland, O. Died in
Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
Stephen, .
408 Susan Eliza, .
409 CarUsle, .
410 Rosamond,
Joseph,
By third wife: —
180 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
411 Isaac Wellman,
Louisa, . Married March 15, 1841, Horace Townsend
at Barnard.
Children: —
Elizabeth, .
Isabel, .
Albert, .
178
Bathsheba Babbitt (Abel-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward). Born Jan.
26, 1769.
Married July 14, 1789, William Hathaway, son of Abijah and Sarah
(Talbot) Hathaway. (See No. 67.) Bom Sept. 10, 1759. Died 1792.
Children:—
Bathsheba, May 4, 1790; d. Aug. 12, 1790.
179
Welthea Babbitt (Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Bom Dec. 14,
1763.
Died Feb. 14, 1837.
Married Nov. 3, 1780, Ephraim Woodward. Bom May 16, 1752.
Died Oct. 22, 1824.
Children:—
Welthea, March 26, 1786; m. Ziba Babbitt, son of No. 319.
Abigail, d. Sept. 2, 1893; m. Josiah PhiUips.
Warren.
Ephraim.
Al\-in.
Elkanah.
WiUiam.
Bethiah.
Ardelia.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 181
180
James Babbitt (Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born Nov. 24,
1764, Berkley, Mass.
Was in Bennington, Vt., 1811.
Died June 1846, in Bennington, Vt.
Married April 16, 1789, in Berkley, Mass., Mercy Winslow, daughter
of Avery Winslow. Born Nov. 3, 1770. Died Sept. 1, 1851.
Children: —
412 Susan, July 3, 1789; d. Jan. 1, 1851.
James, June 9, 1791 ; d. Sept. 5, 1827, at Natchez, Miss.
413 Rowena, June 11, 1793.
Samantha, Sept. 4, 1795; d. Sept. 12, 1796.
Emily, Nov. 13, 1797; d. Feb. 25, 1836.
Eliza, Jan. 24, 1800; d. Jan. 29, 1889; m. Eben Sanford.
Maria, Feb. 28, 1802; d. Nov. 1846.
414 Isaac, April 8, 1804.
415 Avery, Sept. 1, 1806.
Alpheus, March 9, 1808; d. May 7, 1834.
Sarah, July 28, 1811.
181
Isaac Babbitt (Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward) . Born Sept. 29, 1774.
Died before Aug. 26, 1837, for on that date Isaac, Jr., quit claimed to
Alfred land of our honored father Isaac.
Married Sept. 29, 1794, Abi Crane, daughter of Benjamin and Try-
phena (Hathaway) Crane. Born Feb. 10, 1779. Died Dec. 6, 1866.
Children: —
416 Isaac, April 9, 1795.
Hope, July 3, 1798; d. Dec. 5, 1873; m. Sylvester Perry, Jr.,
of Dighton, May 16, 1817.
417 James, Dec. 31, 1800.
418 Louise, Aug. 5, 1804.
Sarah, Sept. 21, 1807; d. Nov. 10, 1903. Unmarried.
Benjamin C, March 26, 1811; d. March 3, 1872. Married
May 31, 1848, Deborah Witherell, daughter of Theophihs,
at Boston. She died Nov. 23, 1859. Married 2nd, Frances
M. ( ) name unknown. Their son Frank Howard,
Born in Boston, Nov. 26, 1861.
182 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Alfred, March 5, 1815; d. May 26, 1859; m. Susanna Hatha-
way, Nov. 12, 1857, at FreetowTi, Mass., daughter of Ed-
mund and Hannah (Terry). She was bom in Boston.
Susanna, widow of Alfred, married Dec. 10, 1868, Joseph
WTiite.
182
Warren Babbitt (Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born Oct. 25,
1776. Died Dec. 10, 1845.
Kept the toll gate at Dartmouth Bridge for many years.
Married Sabra Macomber, Nov. 23, 1798. Bom May 28, 1781. Died
May 4, 1852.
Oiildren: Most of them bom in the old toll house: —
Fannie, July 17, 1799; m. Elisha Boume, Dec. 3, 1824, at
Dartmouth. Perhaps lived at La Crosse. Wis.
Washington, Sept. 8, 1801; d. 1803.
Hiram, April 3, 1804.
SyHa, Sept. 13, 1806; d. July 7, 1842 (?); m. March 15, 1842,
Luke Da\'is, son of Aaron and Lydia (Chase) Davis. His
third wife.
419 James Madison, April 30, 1809.
420 Isaac Xewton, Nov. 18, 1811.
Hope, July 22, 1818; m. Jos. Shiverick of New Bedford, Nov.
10, 1842.
Albert G., Aug. 10, 1819; d. Nov. 1, 1886; m. Betsey R. John-
son, Jan. 27, 1848, of New Bedford, Mass., daughter of
Welcome and Mary. No children.
Eliza, April 23, 1825.
183
Benjamin Babbitt (Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward).
Styled "Lieut. Benjamin."
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 183
A carriage maker at Taunton, Mass. He never returned from a busi-
ness trip which he took to New York city and is thought to have been
murdered and robbed of a large amount of money which he had with him.
Married Nov. 29, 1804, Serena Burt.
After her husband's death she settled at Saco, Maine.
Children:—
A daughter born 1805; probably died young.
421 Benjamin Franklin, (Family record Dec. 31, 1805.)
422 Cerene A., July 22, 1813.
184
Hopestill Babbitt (Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born 1772.
Died Aug. 2, 1802 (also given Aug. 25, 1803.)
Married Sept. 15, 1789, George Sanford, son of George and Mercy
Sanford. Born Aug. 18, 1765. Died May 14, 1840. He married 2nd,
Sally and had Sophia in 1811.
Children: —
Abigail, Nov. 15, 1790; m. Christopher Newhall.
Isaac, Jan. 31, 1791; m. Abigail Tew, 1813.
Mercy, Feb. 28, 1792; m. Ebenezer Tripp of Fahnouth,
Daniel or David, Sept. 11, 1795; m. Bathsheba Briggs, 1820.
Alvin, Jan. 14, 1798.
Benjamin, Sept. 25, 1799.
Lavinia, May 29, 1801 ; m. Harry Cheney of Stowe, Vt,
185
Seth Babbitt (Seth-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born about 1774.
Died Aug. 28, 1825, in Brookfield, Mass.
Married Dec. 1, 1805, in Brookfield, Chloe Hasson or Hesson.
Children:—
423 Louisa, June 15, 1806.
"Nabby," baptized Oct. 30, 1808.
424 Luther, Aug. 7, 1808.
Mary A., July 25, 1810; d. Feb. 28, 1815.
Rebecca, Feb. 23, 1816.
184 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
186
Benjamin Babbitt (Seth- Joseph-Elkanah-Edward) . Died March 17,
1841.
Married (1st) Betsey Richmond Oct. 30, 1800, in Spencer, Mass. (Int.
Sept. 28, 1800). Died Oct. 17, 1808.
(2nd) Persis Ayres, daughter of Jude and Sally (Babbitt) Ayres. (See
175.) Feb. 1, 1810. Born 1786. Died Sept. 18, 1850, at Sturbridge, Mass.
Children:—
Betsey, Aug. 8, 1801; m. George W. Morse, 1827.
Pascall, Aug. 17, 1810. Died young.
425 Ornacinda, Oct. 4, 1811, in Enfield, Mass.
426 Celia, July 12, 1812, in Warren, Mass.
427 Mary Ann, June 29, 1815, in Warren, Mass.
428 Tryphosa, July 2, 1817, in Warren, Mass.
Benjamin, July 29, 1819; d. Oct. 1, 1819.
429 Welcome, Nov. 11, 1820.
430 William Jones, June 25, 1823.
Ruth, March. 20, 1826; m. Cephas Dunham, July 26, 1848,
of Mansfield, Ct., son of Jabez and Hannah Dimham.
James Ayres, July 25, 1828; died July 29, 1854; m. May
22, 1850, Hannah Redding, daughter of Appolos Redding
of Ware. She married (2nd) Reuben Shaw, March 27, 1856.
His son John Milton, died May 24, 1854, age 3 months.
Almira, Sept. 19, 1830. Died young.
187
Ruth Babbitt (Seth- Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born Feb 13, 1782,
in Brookfield, Mass.
Died March 21, 1839, in Randolph, Vt.
Married Jan. 23, 1806, Edmimd Tilson and removed to Randolph, Vt.
Children:—
Edmund, Nov. 2, 1806; d. Oct. 10, 1890.
Willard, April 21, 1809; d. Feb. 4, 1878.
Gilbert, Jan. 25, 1813; d. Jan. 17, 1892.
Charlotte, Oct. 9, 1815.
Cephas, Dec. 14, 1818.
JOHN RALSTON BABBITT.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 185
188
Experience Babbitt (Seth-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward)
Married Jan. 15, 1792, Parley Gilbert, son of Philip and Martha
(Lamson) Gilbert. Born Aug. 4, 1770.
Children: —
Ira, Feb. 1792.
Fanny, Oct. 3, 1794.
Polly, June 12, 1796.
Tilly, Jan. 11, 1798.
Hannah, Sept. 27, 1799; d. 1834.
Thomas, April 7, 1801.
Lucy, June 4, 1804.
Jarvis, Nov. 14, 1808.
Simeon.
Louisa, Sept. 22, 1811.
Charlotte, June 1, 1815.
189
Andrew Sturges Babbitt (Abiel- William-Erasmus-Edward-Edward).
Born July 31, 1796, in Monroe, Conn.
For many years he taught school and held positions in seven dififerent
states. He was also at other times a farmer — merchant and cashier of a
bank. Died June 26, 1873, at Pollock, Sullivan Co., Missouri.
Married (1st) Jan. 1, 1833, Mrs. Susan Debolt. Born July 1, 1801.
Children:—
Edwin R., Feb. 22, 1834; d. March 19, 1872.
431 William W., April 10, 1836.
Byron N., Dec. 30, 1838; died about 1860.
Sarah A., April 13, 1842; d. April 6, 1847.
Married (2nd) Jan. 1, 1850, Cordelia A. Gaither.
Children: —
Eliza E., Nov. 24, 1850; d. Feb. 20, 1851.
Thomas, Dec. 7, 1852; d. July 21, 1853.
432 Mary Catherine, Dec. 7, 1852.
186 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
433 Julia A., Oct. 8, 1855.
Abigail, Sept. 6, 1857; died about 1886.
434 Caroline Matilda, Sept. 6, 1857.
Andrew Sturgis, May 10, 1864.
He had seven children.
190
Samuel TiUotson Babbitt (Abiel- William-Erasmus-Edward- Edward).
Born March 30, 1800, in Monroe Conn.
Was a minister — Presbyterian.
Graduate Yale Divinity School, 1826.
Died June 29, 1880, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Married April 17, 1821, Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Rev. Abner and
Esther (Bull) Smith. She was born Jan. 29, 1798, in Derby, Conn.,
and died Oct. 21, 1855, at Galesburg, 111. Rev. Abner Smith, graduate of
Harvard, 1770, pastor of Great Hill Congregational church of Derby,
Conn., 1789-1829.
435 William Smith, Aug. 8, 1823, in Derby, Conn.
436 Thomas Sturges, Oct. 24, 1825, in Derby, Conn.
437 Edwin Dwight, Feb. 1, 1828, in Hampden, N. Y.
Addision Sereno, Nov. 13, 1829; d. 1884, in Bushnell, III;
Elizabeth Cornelia, Feb. 16, 1832; d. July 27, 1861; m. Dec. 10,
1860, James Miner. Infant son born and died July 19, 1861.
438 Emily Augusta, May 5, 1834.
Albert Tillotson, April 17, 1838; d. June 17, 1889, in Cheyenne,
N. Y. ; m. Dec. 19, 1860, Arethusa Louise Tenney, in Mar-
ietta, O. Born May 29, 1840. No children. Resided in
Cheyenne, Wyo.
191
I
Edwin B. Babbitt (Abiel- William-Erasmus-Edward-Edward). Born
Jan. 8, 1804. Died Dec. 10, 1881, in Fort Monroe, Va.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 187
In West Point from Indiana, 1822 to 1826, 1st Lieut., 1834; Captain,
1836; Major, 1848; Col. and Brevet Brig. Gen. Retired 1869. He spent
several years at San Francisco, Cal., and at Portland, Ore.
Married at Fort Jesup, La., Feb. 9, 1832, Sarah Stedman Sprague;
born Oct. 14, 1808, at Providence, R. I.; died March 7, 1880, at Port-
land, Ore. She was daughter of Lawrence Sprague.
Children: —
Edwin Sprague, Nov, 4, 1832, at Fort Jesup, La. Died Sept.
24, 1853, at Indianola, Texas, of yellow fever.
439 Sarah Frances, July 6, 1834.
Henry Bainbridge, Jime 23, 1836, at Fort Towson, Choctaw
Nation. Died May 14, 1849, at San Antonio, Texas, of
cholera.
440 Lawrence Sprague, Feb. 18, 1839, at Boston, Mass.
441 Laura W., Feb. 18, 1839, at Boston, Mass.
MILITARY RECORD.
Brevet 2nd Lieut., 3rd Infantry, July 1, 1826.
1st Lieut., March 31, 1834.
Captain — Asst. Quartermaster, July 7, 1838.
Captain, 3rd Infantry, July 1, 1839.
Brevet Major, May 30, 1848, for meritorious conduct while serving in
the enemy's country.
Major Quartermaster, May 10, 1861.
Brevet Colonel, March 13, 1865, for faithful and meritorious service
in Civil War.
Brevet Brig. Gen., March 13, 1865.
Col. Asst. Quartermaster Gen., July 29, 1866.
102
Abiel Ambrose Babbitt (Abiel- William-Erasmus-Edward-Edward).
Born July 30, 1807. Died Oct. 15, 1843, at Terre Haute, Ind.
A merchant.
188 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
Ellen.
442 Eva.
Jerome.
Alonzo.
193
Julia Ann Babbitt (Abiel- William-Erasmus-Edward-Edward). Born
July 20, 1809, Monroe Conn.
Died April 5, 1843.
Married Nov. 26, 1833, John Dimond Zimmerman, who was born
March 25, 1811, in New York City and died May 20, 1879, in Union City,
Mich.
Children: —
Mary Ann, Sept. 14, 1835, at Fairfield, Conn.; m. Samuel Morse
and died 1859.
Aima Frances, Dec. 20, 1837, at Fairfield, Conn.; m. (1st) Oct. 13,
1861, Jonas D. Corwin; (2nd), Sept. 15, 1873, A. C. Thompson.
Had no issue; lives in Mayfield, Cal.
James Barney, Oct. 28, 1840; d. 1841.
John Babbitt, March 28, 1843, at Union City, Mich.; m. July 31,
1870, Laura E. Murray. Has one child; lives in Pittsburg, Pa.
194
Frances Lavinia Babbitt (Abiel- William-Erasmus-Edward-Edward).
Born March 9, 1812.
Died November 2, 1901, in Arizona.
Married Nov. 26, 1833, Bradley Zimmerman (brother of John who
married her sister).
Children: —
Augustus Jane, Nov. 26, 1837.
Sarah Eliza, died March 1905.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 189
195
Sarah Babbitt (Erasmus-Simeon- Seth-Edward-Edward). Born in
Mendham, N. J.
Died Dec. 5, 1844.
Married a Babbitt — probably a cousin but not identified.
Children:—
443 James L.
196
Elias Babbitt (Erasmus-Simeon-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born 1783,
in Morristown, N. J.
A taUor by trade — in business in New York City.
Died 1840, aged 57 years.
Married Mrs. Evalina Bailey Lounsberry. Born at Middleton, Conn.
Died 1891, aged 91 years.
Children: —
444 Jos. Woodman, Nov. 16, 1828.
445 George Edward.
446 Levi Dayton, Dec. 20, 1831.
Louise Stillman, July 19, 1834; m. Charles E. Johnson.
Eveline Bailey; m. Elias Yawger.
Edwin d. June 16, 1841, aged 3 years.
447 Hampton Marsh.
197
John Ralston Babbitt (Erasmus-Simeon-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
Feb. 11, 1808, in Mendham, N. J.
Mr Babbitt was a tailor by trade settling first at Granville, N. Y. Later
he lived at Wells, Vt., for six years, removing thence to Pawlet in 1856,
where he remained eight years. After a two years' residence at Pitts-
ford, Vt., he went to Orwell, Vt., where he spent the rest of his life.
Died May 1, 1899, at Brandon, Vt.
Married Nov. 14, 1835, Martha Ann Wooster of Pawlet, Vt., daughter
of Amos and Zeriah (Hall) Wooster of Pawlet, Vt. She was born in 1818;
died 1902 in Rutland, Vt.
190 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: — (All of whom are living.)
448 Mary Eliza, Nov. 15, 1836, in Pawlet, Vt.
449 Amos Wooster, June 18, 1840, in Wells, Vt. Resides in Bran-
don, Vt.
John Henry, May 3, 1843, in Wells, Vt. Married Cora In-
graham about 1871. Was a Drummer Boy throughout the
war. Enlisted in Co. K, 96th N. Y. S. Vol., Nov. 26, 1861,
and served until close of war. No children. Resides in
Martinez, California.
Daniel Sargeant, June 5, 1846, in Wells, Vt. Lives in Orwell,
Vt. Unmarried.
Charles Albert, Oct. 31, 1851, in Granville, N. Y. Resides in
Marietta, Ga. No children.
450 James Franklin, Feb. 23, 1855. Resides in Augusta, Me.
451 George Dayton, Feb. 23, 1855. Resides in Augusta, Me.
(Both born in Granville, N. Y.)
Martha Ann, Dec. 5, 1857, in Pawlet. Married EUas Stevens.
Resides in Rutland, Vt. No children.
Edgar M., July 27, 1861; d. May 6, 1863.
198
David Babbitt (Daniel-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born Feb.
10, 1798, in Windham, Vt.
Lived in South Londonderry, Vt.
Died June 23, 1872.
Married about 1815, Polly Gates b. Aug. 16, 1798, in Acworth, N. H.;
d. Sept. 8, 1875.
Children: — Born in South Londonderry, Vt.
452 Winslow Wellington, May 10, 1816.
453 Mary Abigail, Feb. 16, 1818.
454 David, June 19, 1820.
455 Samuel, Sept. 25, 1821.
456 Cyrus, Oct. 12, 1823.
457 Lucina, April 10, 1825.
458 Alonzo, April 21, 1827.
459 Electa, Oct. 16, 1830.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 191
460 George, April 19, 1833.
461 Byron C, April 23, 1836.
Lucinda, Oct. 7, 1838; d. Feb. 25, 1840.
199
Cyrus Babbitt (Daniel-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born March
5, 1802, in Windham, Vt.
Died Jan. 8, 1862, in Westford, Mass. .
Married Dec. 5, 1826, in Medford, Betsey Lord, of Orange, Mass.
Children: —
462 Albert, July 30, 1829.
Augusta, June 23, 1831; m. Feb. 5, 1852, Edward Prescott,
son of Capt. Abraham. He was born Sept. 4, 1821. Died
Jan. 15, 1905. Resides in Westford, Mass.
Two children: —
Charles O., Feb. 4, 1855.
Albert E., Feb. 19, 1864.
Eliza, March 19, 1835; d. Nov. 14, 1904, in Cambridge. Un-
married.
200
John Montgomery Babbitt (Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward)
Bom Feb. 27, 1792, in Lowell, Mass.
Mr. Babbitt resided until 1823 ia Attleboro, Mass., whence he removed
to Vermont. Later he was in Canada and various Western States.
Died Dec. 23, 1870, in Sterling, Iowa.
Married (1st) April 19, 1816, Marinda Claflin, daughter of Calvin
and Polly (Wellman) Claflin. She died March 28, 1850, aged 57.
Children:—
463 Harriet Newell, Oct. 8, 1816.
464 Harvey Augustus, Dec. 17, 1818.
465 George Milton, Dec. 23, 1820.
192 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
466 Horace WilUamson, Sept. 5, 1823.
Married (2nd) Naomi Whitcomb, daughter of Robert and Louise
(Hill) Whitcomb, March 21, 1826. Born Dec. 22, 1804, in Oldtown,
Me. Died Jan. 18, 1892.
Children: —
467 John Edward, Sept. 15, 1827.
Marinda, Feb. 4, 1829; m. (1st) Alex. McDougall, (2nd)
Orrin Limbacher; (3rd) Townsend.
'Ruth Almena, July 19, 1830; m. WUHam Philpot.
468 RosweU Levi, Aug. 8, 1832.
469 Darius S., May 3, 1836.
470 Orington Gates, Feb. 23, 1838.
Mary Jane, Sept. 23, 1839; m. (1st) Henry Jennings; (2nd)
John Limbocher.
Children: — By second marriage.
Martin.
Mabel.
John.
471 Janet, July 10, 1841.
Minerva, Nov. 23, 1843; m. Oliver Clark.
Helena, May 1, 1845; m. Eli Ollinghouse and removed to Mon-
tana, where she died.
Amelia Frances, May 11, 1847; m. Martin Dye of Chesaning,
Mich. Had seven children: Walter, William and Harvey
living.
Ira Allen, March 13, 1849. Died unmarried, April 19, 1904.
201
John Babbitt (Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born Nov. 24,
1797, in Hanover, N. H.
Resided most of his life in Enfield, N. H. The last five years he Uved
in West Andover, N. H.
In his early manhood he was a successful teacher.
Served as Representative to the Legislature and was prominent in local
affairs.
Died Jan. 19, 1879, in West Andover, N. H.
DANIEL WHITTIER
FANNIE P. WHITTIER
ISRAEL PUTMAN POPE
MELINDA BABBITT POPE
THE BABBITT FAlVnLY HISTORY. 193
Married (1st) Sarah Stevens.
Children: —
473 John E., Aug. 10, 1822.
Married (2nd) Salome, daughter of John and Fannie (Massure) Marden,
of Lancaster, Feb. 6, 1823. Born Jan. 26, 1805; died Nov. 16, 1869.
Children:—
Alonzo, deceased.
Mary Ann, deceased.
Elvira, deceased,
Martha, Feb. 29, 1828; died unmarried.
474 Orpha Ann, Nov. 9, 1829.
Hannah, April 15, 1832.
475 Carlos Caldwell, June 6, 1834.
476 Franklin, June 6, 1834.
477 George Milton, 1836.
Melissa, 1841 ; m. Augustus A. Heath, June 22, 1858, in En-
field, N. H.; died March 16, 1907.
202
Isaac Babbitt (Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born Nov. 7,
1801, m Hanover, N. H.
Died Oct. 28, 1879, m Concord, N. H.
Married Wealthy W. Lovejoy, daughter of Isaac and Wealthy (Chand-
ler) Love joy. Died Nov. 24, 1893, aged 85 years, 9 months, 10 days.
Children: —
478 Marinda, May 16, 1827.
479 Isaac Sylvester, Nov. 18, 1828.
480 Leonard Harriman, April 20, 1830.
481 Almira, Feb. 11, 1832.
482 Charles Merrill, Jan. 10, 1835.
Austm, Dec. 20, 1836; d. March 26, 1892; m. March 22, 1865,
Louisa P. Clough, daughter of John Clough. No children.
483 John Darwin, April 6, 1839.
484 Alden Augustus, April 24, 1841.
485 WiUiam Dexter, Feb. 7, 1843.
194 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Emily Augusta, July 1, 1845; d. Dec. 27, 1880; m. George Goss
Jan. 1, 1866.
Wealthy Ann, Aug. 1, 1848; m. Oct. 21, 1884, Isaac Hatch.
She died before 1893.
486 George Washington, April 9, 1851.
203
Rev. Ezra May Babbitt (Isaac-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
about 1792 in Charlemont, Mass.
Lived at Hartwick Oswego Co., N. Y. Later removed to Coldwater,
Jackson Co., Mich.
Married Elizabeth Stone.
Children:—
Frances.
George.
487 Deha.
Helen.
Stephen Dole.
204
Calvin Washington Babbitt (Isaac-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born in Goshen, Mass., Jime, 1798.
Graduated from Amherst College, 1826.
He attended Andover Theological Seminary from 1826 to 1829, being
ordained Sept. 24, 1829, and in the same year being in the service of the
Presbyterian Home Missionary Society in Termessee. From 1830 to
1837 he was in Tazewell Co., lUinois; from 1837 to 1839 "stated supply"
Prince's Grove, 111.; from 1839 to 1840 "stated supply" Grand Detour, III;
in 1843 "without charge" in Bloomington, III. On account of failing
health he relinquished the ministry and engaged in the nursery business
and in teaching at Metamora, III. He was killed by a faU through a rail-
way bridge at La SaUe, III., Nov. 26, 1869.
He married June 28, 1831, Mary, daughter of John Laughlin of Green-
ville, III. They had three sons.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 195
205
Melinda Crane Babbitt (Uri-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward.)
Born Feb. 17, 1798.
Died May 25, 1857.
Married March 23, 1820, Israel P., son of Joseph and Susanna
Pope. Born in Dansville, Vt., Oct. 22, 1797; died Oct. 8, 1867.
Children : —
Sophia J., April 12, 1821; m. Abiel Palmer. Died Feb. 7, 1907.
Calista Lydia, April 10, 1823; died Jan. 19, 1843.
John Putnam, March 27, 1827; m. Susan Rollins. Died
Dec. 1, 1855.
Frances M., June 23, 1829; m. Sept. 8, 1858, D. B. Whittier.
Children: —
Hattie Sophia, May 22, 1862; Gertrude Sept. 3, 1869;
Gertrude married Stephen Waterman, June 12, 1900.
Joseph Alden, Jan. 13, 1832; d. 1856.
Israel Pope married (2nd) Nov. 22, 1857, Maria (Sias) Babbitt,
wife of Hiram Babbitt, brother of Melinda. She was born 1808,
and died 1882.
206
Hiram Babbitt (Uri-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
Aug. 8, 1800.
Resided in Danville, Vt.
At one time a merchant — later a landlord of the hotel. In last
years a farmer.
Died April 20, 1881, in Crastburg, Vt.
Married (1st) Maria Sias. She married (2nd) Israel Pope.
Children: —
Maria, June 11, 1828; d. Dec. 2, 1829.
Katherine, April 30, 1830; d. Aug. 15, 1833.
488 Wilbur Fiske, April 2, 1833.
Putnam Pope, Sept. 6, 1834; d. Feb. 1887; m. Sept.5,
1870, Ida M. Heald, daughter of John and Christia,
in Boston.
Archelous, Dec. 13, 1843; m. Polly Sears; d. 1871.
Married (2nd) Emmaline Horner, Feb. 14, 1854. Born Feb.
23, 1824.
196 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
Evaline Homer, June 22, 1856; m. March 7, 1878, Graham D.
White. Has one son, James Royal; born Nov. 20, 1882. Grad-
uated from University of Vermont.
Emmaline, m. Warren Hoe, Sept. 26, 1906. Lives in Nashua,
N. H.
207
John Winthrop Babbitt (Uri-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward.) Born
July 18, 1802, in Danville, Vt. Died 1891.
Lived in Geneva, Ontario Co., N. Y. From there in 1848 to Ypsilanti,
Mich. Graduated from Burlington, Vt., Medical School in 1826.
Mr. Babbitt attained an enviable reputation in his profession in
Ypsilanti, and was unusually honored for his integrity and sterling worth.
In his long residence in Ypsilanti he was ever a power for good in the
community, and his death was truly an irreparable loss to the city.
Married Philinda Walker of Gorham, N. Y. She was bom Oct. 20,
1810, a descendant of Major Simon Willard, who founded Concord,
Mass., and also of William WTiite of the "Mayflower," who married
Susanna Fuller.
Children:—
489 J. Willard, Nov. 21, 1836.
490 Charles Winthrop.
491 George Wallace, Feb. 28, 1854. Lived in St. Thomas, Ont.
208
Emmaline Babbitt (Uri-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born Feb.
2, 1807.
Married (1st) S. G. Blaisdel.
Children: —
Solomon.
*Helen.
J. WINTHROP BABBITT
PHILINDA WALKER BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 197
Jay-
Frank.
Married (2nd) Jos. Weeks. No children.
Married (3rd) William Simpson. No children.
*Helen married ^S. Greenleaf, ^John Listen, ^George Butterfield. Lives
in California.
209
Samuel Alden Babbitt (Uri-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
Oct. 4, ISn. Died Feb. 1891, in Washington, Mich.
A lecturer on Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene. Graduate of Ober-
lin Medical School.
Married (1st) Lucretia Hand. She died Nov. 6, 1860.
Children: —
Darwin Hand, Jan. 15, 1845, in Danville, Vt. Married Emily
A. Beatty of Utica, N. Y. They had one daughter, born
Dec. 24, 1883.
49^? Alden Dwight, Jan. 13, 1850, in Ypsilanti, Mich.
Married (2nd) 1862, Clarissa Andrus, widow of Dr. Dennis Cooley.
Born July 27, 1812, to Elton and Nancy Andrus, at Middlebury, N. Y.
She died Oct. 26, 1899. No children.
210
Benjamin F. Babbitt (Uri-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
Aug. 7, 1814. Died Dec. 22, 1884, in Lyme, N. H.
Married (1st) Lucy Paine; (2nd) Olive Matthews.
Children:—
Emma, May 29, 1874, m Oxford, N. H.
Charles, 1876.
211
Erasmus Babbitt (Uri-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born July
28, 1809.
Went South and further history unknown.
Married Ellen Blackmer. Had nine children.
198 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
212
Roswell Babbitt (Ira-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
Sept. 4, 1795.
Died April 4, 1865, near Benson, Ky.
Married (1st) Dorothy Sanborn. Had one child.
Married (2nd) Nancy Parker. Born March 10, 1792; died
Feb. 15, 1881.
Children:—
493 William Walker, Sept. 4, 1822.
494 James Parker, July 28, 1824.
495 John Robert Parker, Aug. 15, 1826.
Susanna Eliz., Feb. 26, 1828.
496 Silas Mattison, Oct. 27, 1829.
Rosselle Marion, Dec. 5, 1831; d. Jan., 1881. No children.
Mary Ann, March 21, 1834; d. Jan. 12, 1902; m. (1st)
Sim Loweary. (2nd) Flick Moss. Had two girls
and one boy. All in Kentucky.
213
Rhoda Babbitt (Ira-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Fdward).
Married William Pay.
Children : —
Oscar, died young.
William F., married and had several children.
214
Roxanna Babbitt (Ira-Nathaniel-Seth-Fdward-Fdward). Born
in London, Vt.
Died Jan. 24, 1853, aged 60 years.
Married Fbenezer Wright, born in Vermont. Died Aug. 14,
1854, aged 72 years. Both died in Albany, N. Y.
Children: —
Ira.
Susanna.
Sabia.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 199
Roxanna.
Anne.
Louisa, married James Stevenson.
William.
215
Susanna Babbitt (Ira-Nathaniel- Seth-Edward-Edwaid). Born Sept.
19, 1807, in Greenbush, N. Y. Died Sept. 23, 1845, in New York City.
In the printed report of the 27th annual meeting, Feb. 25, 1846, of the
Maternal Association of New York City is the following obituary notice
of Susanna B. Underwood who was an active member of the society until
her death.
"It has pleased our Heavenly Father to remove by death two members
of the Association. The first died in September after a protracted illness
of several months. Her mind was calm and peaceful through all her
sickness, reposing with childlike simplicity and confidence upon the
precious promises of God's word. Her greatest trial was the prospect
of leaving her two children orphans, but faith triumphed and she was
enabled to commit them to her covenant keeping God, to Him who has
said, "Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them." A friend
who visited her remarked, "You probably have some dark days," — she
answered, "Not one, all is peace, no darkness at all." She then with
deep humility said, "Perhaps I am insensible." Her faith continued
steadfast until the end."
She joined the Brainard Presbyterian Church, the 23rd of Feb., 1834.
The successive deaths of her father, husband and child Ira caused a
gradual decline in health. During the last year of her Hfe she trained
the minds of her children regarding their course in life, the remembrance
of which was to them a constant guide. She died Sept. 23, 1845, at the
home of her mother and was buried in New York City.
Married Dec. 26, 1830, Luther Underwood, New York. Born Nov.
23, 1802, Putney, Vt. Died Nov. 22, 1839, New York City.
Children:—
497 Sabra Vincent, Oct. 14, 1831, New York City.
*James Russell, Sept. 25, 1833, New York City.
Ira Babbitt, Aug. 11, 1835; died May 5, 1840, New York City.
*James R. Underwood, for a time employed by Christopher Roberts,
200 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
the sugar importer, who founded Roberts college at Constantinople and
later noted as an expert accountant and auditor. A deep lover of music
and a genial companion.
A resident for forty years on Franklin Ave., Brooklyn, where he died.
He married Sarah Hubbard Underwood, daughter of Joseph Underwood,
Jan. 27, 1863.
Three children: —
Harry, 1864.
Florence, 1866.
Frances, 1866.
216
Pierre Teller Babbit (Seth-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
in New York City, February 12, 1811.
Early in life parents removed to Albany, N. Y., thence to New Haven,
Conn. Educated at Yale College, 1827-1831. 1831-1834 devoted to
teaching; then until 1836 in General Theological Seminary, N. Y. City.
Ordained Deacon m Protestant Episcopal Church by Bishop B. T. Onder-
donk, July 3, 1836; advanced to priesthood by same Bishop, May 4, 1837.
Ofi&ciated a short time at St. Paul's Church, Woodbury, Conn., then in
Boonville, Mo., till 1838, then at St. Luke's Church, Erie, Pa., then till
1844 at Christ Church, Hudson, N. Y. Then moved to South Carolina
and took charge of a parochial school of St. Philip's Church in Charles-
town. Returned to former parish in Woodbury in 1848, but went south
again in 1850 and took charge of a school in Raleigh, N. C. ; then to Talla-
hassee, Fla., as assistant minister of St. John's Church. In 1853 became
Rector of Grace Church, South Middleton, N. Y. ; in 1862 removed to St.
Mark's Church, Newark, N. Y., and October, 1867, became headmaster
of DooHttle Institute, Wethersfield Springs, N. Y. In November, 1869,
removed to Bainbridge, Ga., where he acted as minister and teacher until
his death on April 1, 1881. His health had been poor and necessitated
his frequent changes of residence. Hobart CoUege conferred the degree
of D. D. upon him in 1868 and Trinity College the degree of M. A. in 1849.
He married Juliet Matilda, daughter of Floyd Smith, of New York,
in 1836. She died in January, 1890.
EDWARD B. BABBITT.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 201
Children:-
498 Floyd Livingston, 1836.
Seth W., 1839; married; no children. Died about 1906. Re-
sided in. Georgia.
Isabella, 1849. Died unmarried, about 1901.
Rutledge, 1855.
James Ridgeway, 1857. Resided in Bainbridge, Ga.
Three children: —
Isabelle.
Pierre Teller.
Mary Clifford.
217
Harvey Babbitt (John-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born in
Vermont.
Settled in Monroe Co., N. Y., in town of Clarkson.
In 1854 left New York and settled in Western Michigan with all
his brothers and sisters.
Served in Civil War and lost an arm in service. Died at Pine Grove,
Van Buren Co., Mich.
Married Lorinda Wright.
Died Oct. 2, 1888.
Children: — (All born m New York).
Charles
Adeline
Hulda
James
Dennison A., Dec. 25, 1852. Now a farmer at Kalamazoo, Mich.
Married Elvira Jackson. She was born July 24, 1855. They
have one son John of Detroit, Mich. Dennison Babbitt was for
three years a captain-mate of a Lake Michigan vessel and for
25 years a mason builder.
218
Charles Carpenter Babbitt (John-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born Dec. 10, 1832, in Ogden, N. Y.
202 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Enlisted in Co. I, 126th Regiment in 1862. Was Sergeant, later Lieu-
tenant. Later he resigned and re-enlisted in the Regular Army at West
Point as a musician and remained there until the close of the war.
Married Dec. 23, 1858, Martha A. Pixley of Niagara Falls, N. Y.,
(daughter of Charles and Adele.)
Mrs. Babbitt is still living and to her is due much matter of interest
in this record of her family.
Children:—
Charles Obadiah, born in Geneva, N. Y., May 6, 1860. Died
December 31, 1862.
499 Seward, bom in Geneva, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1862.
Twin sons born Aug. 14, 1871. Died Aug. 28, 1871.
219
Edward Babbitt (Thomas-Erasmus-Seth-Edward-Edward). Bom
March 1, 1792. Died Sept. 9, 1840, in Chelsea, Mass.
Was Lieutenant in Navy and also Captain.
Midshipman Nov. 15, 1809; Lieutenant May 1, 1815; Commander
March 3. 1835.
Married Julianna Sargent, Dec. 9, 1820.
His niece, Mrs. Anna Hale, of St. Albans, Vt., owns the commission of
Edward Babbitt as commandant in 1835 signed by President Jackson.
220
William DoUiver Babbitt (Thomas-Erasmus-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born April 3, 1794.
Military Rolls of State of New York, show that in 1818 he was 2nd
Lieutenant in Benedict Arnold's Montgomery Co. Regiment. In 1819 he
was Surgeon in the 26th Montgomery Co. Regiment, resigning in 1820.
His appointment as Surgeon in this Regiment, signed by Gov. Dewitt
Clinton, is owned by his granddaughter, Mrs. Anna B. Hale.
W. D. Babbitt Surgeon's mate, March 28, 1820; Surgeon, May 4, 1825.
Died May 24, 1826.
Mr. Babbitt's life was filled with travel and exciting adventure. His
granddaughter, Mrs. Hale, possesses his log books from which an extract
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 203
is appended. She also owns many articles which he used on ship board
also his diplomas in medicine and commissions in the Navy, signed by
Presidents Monroe and John Quincy Adams.
Died May 23, 1826, in Rio Janiero, Brazil, where he is buried.
Married Nov. 20, 1822, Maria Palmer. Born July 23, 1797, and died
Aug. 22, 1894. She was the daughter of Steven and Sarah Palmer of
Char lest own, Mass.
Children: —
500 William E., Oct. 31, 1825.
501 Anna Maria, June 23, 1823.
EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF WILLIAM DOLLIVER
BABBITT, U. S. N.
May 28, 1823.
On receipt of the above order, reported to Lt. Com. M. H. Watson and
we sailed on a cruise to Matanzas where we watered and sailed through
the old Bahama Sts. We searched and examined all vessels and places
of a suspicious character but effected nothing. While beating through
the Sts. encountered constant gales and heavy rains. We stayed at Ches-
terfields Key several days taking what we could get from the wreck of
two ships lost on the Key. This was sent to Havana. Capt. Watson
sent the schooners to Matanzas to await his coming while we proceeded
to examine the coast. On July 5 we examined several vessels in the bay
of Sequappa and then got under way for Matanzas. At 3.06 P. M. we
discovered a suspicious schooner having a large bark in tow and both
were full of men. We could not discover a gun. Thinking them patriots
or a Spanish cruiser having been informed to that effect, Capt. Watson
hoisted the galley colors and stood down for them, they being to lee-
ward. On approaching within two hundred yards they ran up Spanish
colors, hailed up their foresail and gave us a shot from a long nine pounder.
Fortunately it did no damage. They immediately put before the wind,
we in pursuit. On their arrival at the bottom of the bay they anchored,
sent their prisoners on shore and opened fire with their nine and ten can-
nonade and musketry. Their bark also was busy, their guns loaded with
musket balls, spike nails, etc., to the muzzles. They wounded not a man
and our boats were not touched. On nearing them our fire was opened
and well directed. When we were running within ten yards of them our
204 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
tars gave a hurra when every soul jumped overboard and swam for shore,
but they reckoned without their host for nearly all were sent to their long
account. Some escaped but were taken next morning. We took a few
prisoners most of them badly wounded. It was remarkable not one of
us was injured. Twenty-seven dead bodies were seen floating near the
shore and ten were killed in the swamp. It was agreeable to report 60
prisoners. Our whole crew ofiicers and men amounted to 28 a consider-
able proportion boys. At daylight we got under way and stood out of
the bay, put the schooner in order and stood for Matanzas thence to Key
West where we met the approbation of our commander and were publicly
thanked on quarter deck and afterward by the Secretary of the Navy.
The schooner was now of 90 tons, had two cannonades and was well sup-
plied with muskets, pistols, sabres, knives, etc., and an abundance of
ammunition of English glazed. Soon after our return from this arduous
cruise, Capt. Watson, Mr. Bainbridge and Mr. Taylor, my boon compan-
ions died of yellow fever and I narrowly escaped myself with life. None
but ourselves can ever know our privations while on that cruise. I had
been with St. Cassin in a division of boats for several weeks before this
cruise and we destroyed several piratical huts. On the very ground
where we captured this nest of pirates the lamented Allan was slain. He
was buried in Matanzas and not a stone marks where his ashes rest. We
returned to Washington in the Sea Gull after a stormy and tedious pas-
sage of 41 days extremely enfeebled by yellow fever. We put into Amelia
for repairs and from there through the Altemaka Sound to Savannah,
thence to Charlestown, Beaufort and Norfolk to Washington. We much
regretted the illness of our beloved Commander prevented him from en-
joying and returning the politeness and hospitality of the whole inhabi-
tants of St. Marys, Savannah, and Charlestown but our debility prevented
our going ashore. Every comfort was sent on aboard. Fine fresh beef,
vegetables in great abundance, brandy, and even cigars, milk, eggs, etc.
The troops turned out to welcome the Commander and saluted from the
wharf with infantry, artillery and cavalry. On our arrival at Washington
applied for and received leave of absence.
221
Charles Winthrop Babbitt (Thomas-Erasmus-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born Sept. 6, 1799, in Gloucester, Mass.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 205
Was appointed midshipman in U. S. Navy, March 25, 1814.
Later removed to Natchez, Miss., where his children were born
Died March 7, 1837, in Natchez, Miss.
Married Frances Brooks Newman of Natchez, March 22, 1826,
daughter of Joseph and Dolly, born Dec. 27, 1806. Died Jan.
22, 1887.
Mary T., May 30, 1827; d. July 28, 1828.
Fitz Henry, Dec. 29, 1829. Married in Philadelphia.
No children.
Mary Brooks, Dec. 19, 1831. Died March 12, 1902.
Unmarried.
502 Adam Benj., April 29, 1833.
503 Charles Winthrop, July 13, 1834.
Joseph Newman, March 7, 1837. Died Sept. 16, 1837.
Mary Eliza Babbitt (Erasmus-Erasmus-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born 1793.
Died May 7, 1865, in Brixham, Eng.
Married 1815, Elkanah Cushman, son of Elkanah and Hannah
(Standish) Cushman. Born in Plymouth, June 1, 1769.
Children: —
Charlotte Sanders, July 23, 1816; d. Feb. 18, 1876.
Charles Augustus, Nov. 14, 1818; married late in life. No
children.
Mary, 1820.
Son, 1822, died in infancy.
Augusta, 1824; d. 1836.
Susan Webb, 1827; d. May 10, 1859. She married (1st)
Nelson M. Merriman. Had son Edwin C, afterward
adopted by Charlotte Cushman. Married (2nd) Dr. James
Musprat, in Liverpool, Eng. Founder of Royal College
of Chemistry. Had several children who died young.
Charlotte Saunders Cushman (Mary Cushman) (Erasmus-Eras-
mus-Seth-Ed ward-Edward). Born July 23, 1816, in Richmond
St., Boston.
She has described herself as a "tomboy" in her girlhood with a
prevailing trait of imitation, of a social nature and a great favorite
of other children.
206 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Her father died leaving his widov/ and small children with very
slender income. Mrs. Cushman conducted a boarding house to
support her family. It was discovered that Charlotte possessed
a magnificent contralto voice and her mother at great self-sacri-
fice gave her every opportunity to cultivate it. She became a
pupil of Mr. Maeder, a musical director of Boston and through
his connection with theatrical people, Miss Cushman made her
first appearance on the stage as the Countess in "The Marriage
of Figaro." Her voice failing her she gave up her operatic am-
bition and became a tragedian. The first years of her career
were stormy ones. She appeared in the Bowery Theatre in New
York and won her first fame about 1840 as "Meg Merrilies. In
her trips to England she acted this part more than any other.
In 1842 Miss Cushman was acting in Philadelphia and in 1843
in New York where her success as "Lady Macbeth" was very
great. In 1844 she undertook a European trip, at first filled with
disappointment and reverses, but in 1845 she received a full meas-
ure of triumph in London as "Bianca" in Fazio. About this time
her sister, Susan was associated with her, but she quitted the stage
in 1847 to become the wife of Dr. Musprat of Liverpool. Her
later career was a series of constant triumphs at home and abroad
and not until 1874 did she take final leave of the stage in New
York City with many ceremonies, full of enthusiasm, and tributes
in verse and prose. The last five or six years of her life were years
of agonizing suffering from an incurable malady, but even so, they
were years of increasing toil.
She died Feb. 18, 1876, leaving a reputation almost unsurpassed
for vivid power of expressing emotion and vehemence in tragedy.
223
Winthrop Gray Babbitt (Erasmus-Erasmus-Seth-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Nov. 18, 1796.
Resided in Charlestown, Mass.
Died Aug. 21, 1849.
Married (1st) Mary Ann Pierce of Boston, Mass., Dec. 21, 1817.
Died Sept. 6, 1846, in Charlestown, Mass.
Children : —
Winthrop Sargent, Dec. 13, 1818; d. Nov. 11, 1821.
Mary Eliza, May 31, 1821; d. March 26, 1823.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 207
504 Mary Eliza, Feb. 26, 1823; d. Jan. 30, 1891.
Married (2nd) Feb. 6, 1848, Martha Lyons.
224
Anna Babbitt (Nathan-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born in
Norton, Mass., Aug. 13, 1780.
Died in Chesterfield, N. H., Sept. 4, 1862.
Married Ziba Albee, son of Peter and Rhoda (Penniman) Albee. Bom
1775, in Mendon, Mass. Died Aug. 24, 1835.
Children:—
Lucretia, Nov. 9, 1801 ; m. Oct. 25, 1827, Samuel J. Partridge.
Allen a, Aug. 31, 1804; d. May 15, 1817.
Prescott B., Nov. 29, 1805; m. Oct. 11, 1832, Callister G. Gleason.
Had eight children.
Henry N., April 16, 1807; m. Harriet Shaw in Boston and died
there.
Mariah, Oct. 18, 1808; m. Arfa Baker, of Westmoreland, N. H.
Senira, April 26, 1810; m. Col. Tileston A. Barker of Westmore-
land, N. H.
Godfrey, April 22, 1811; m. (1st) Hannah Prindle of Boston;
(2nd) Willard. He died 1863.
Humphrey, July 20, 1812; m. EHza Sanderson. He died Feb. 15,
1855. One son.
Judith D., Nov. 16, 1813; d. March 5, 1826.
Joseph J., March 11, 1815; d. 1816.
Nancy, Aug. 15, 1816; m. Stephen Howard of Athol, Mass.
Sarah A., March 15, 1819; m. Lloyd Goodnow; d. July 12, 1852.
Joseph A., April 17, 1823; m. Harriet McKinney of Boston and
died there.
Eunice B., March 16, 1825; m. Oct. 29, 1848, Cordis D. Harris of
Keene, N. H. No children.
225
Joseph Hewes Babbitt (Nathan-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-EdwardV
Born Nov. 14, 1782, in Westmoreland, N. H.
Died March 30, 1864.
208 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married Jerusha Wood, of East Alstead, N. H., daughter of Col. John
Wood. She was born Dec. 26, 1795; died Jan. 24, 1866.
Children: —
505 George Hewes, July 25, 1828.
Charles Godfrey, Dec. 15, 1829; d. June 14, 1862.
Joseph Evarts, May 11, 1832; d. Jan. 14, 1868.
506 John Wood, June 12, 1835.
Sarah, Oct. 18, 1837; d. March 3, 1842.
507 William Henry, Feb. 5, 1840.
Nathan L., Nov. 3, 1843; d. March 13, 1844.
226
Nathan Godfrey Babbitt (Nathan-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward).
Born Feb. 12, 1789, in Norton, Mass.
Graduate of Middlebury College, Vt., 1811.
A lawyer at Hinsdale, N. H., and postmaster there.
Removed to Westmoreland, N. H., and practiced law.
Judge of Court of Common Pleas of Cheshire Co., N. H., 1848-1855.
Moved to Beloit, Wis., in November, 1858.
Died March 11, 1867.
Married Dec. 1, 1816, Eunice Brewster. She was born March 6, 1795,
and died in 1881. A descendant of elder Wm, Brewster.
Children:—
508 Sarah Ann, July 31, 1827.
Fannie Maria, Sept. 22, 1829; d. Jan. 24, 1833.
509 Clinton, Nov. 16, 1831.
227
Levi Babbitt Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born June
26, 1780.
Died m Athol, Mass., May 9, 1863.
Married Dec. 29, 1803, Polly Leonard, of Norton, daughter of Jonathan
and Eleanor (Campbell) Leonard. Born April 27, 1781. Died Feb.
17, 1854.
Children: —
510 Mary Leonard, Jan. 1, 1805.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 209
511 Thomas, March 12, 1807.
Emmeline, March 21, 1809; m. April 27, 1841, Simeon Hodges
of Norton, Mass., son of Capt. Seth and Lucy (Webber).
512 George Willard, Sept. 8, 1812.
228
Isaac Babbitt (Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born Sept. 1,
1781, in Norton, Mass.
Died Feb. 8, 1858, in Jamestown, N. Y. Buried at Busti, N. Y.
Married March 13, 1806, Sarah Phinney, daughter of John and Sarah
(Thompson) Phinney, of Halifax, Mass. Born Jan, 1, 1781. She died
March 17, 1844. Buried at Busti, N. Y.
Children:—
513 Isaac Thompson, Dec. 21, 1806.
514 Irene Adaline, April 30, 1809; m. Cyrus Lovell.
515 Harrison Willard, March 31, 1812.
516 Pliny Henry, June 15, 1818.
Charles Albert, Dec. 8, 1821. Dropped Babbitt name and
called himself simply Charles Albert. He married 1845,
Charlotte Eaton. He married (2nd) Cornelia Crosby. Re-
sided in Worcester, Mass.
229
Elizabeth Babbitt (Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born
June 3, 1784.
Lived in Chesterfield, Ind.
Died June 18, 1858.
Married May 18, 1800, Amasa Makepeace, of Norton, Mass., son of
Peter and Abigail (Morey) Makepeace. Born 1777-78. Died Feb. 28,
1848, aged 71 years.
Children: —
Elizabeth, June 26, 1801.
Allen, Sept. 28, 1802.
Alfred, Nov. 3, 1804.
Ranson, Sept. 18, 1806; d. 1843.
Julia, Dec. 23, 1806; d. 1812.
210 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Hayden, July 23, 1811; d. 1843.
George, May 25, 1813.
Bradley, July 1, 1815.
Laura, Feb. 2, 1818.
Harriet, Oct. 29, 1824; d. 1827.
Amasa, May 29, 1827.
230
Abigail Babbitt (Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born Oct.
7, 1788.
Married Benjamin Barker of Milford.
Children:—
James Harrison, Aug. 6, 1818, in Westmoreland married Eliz. A.
Parkhurst, 1848, in Milford, Mass.
Prescott, Sept. 7, 1811 at Keene, married Lydia Ann Ptnkham;
died Oct. 13, 1876, in Boston.
Probably others.
231
Willard Babbitt (Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born in
Norton, Mass., Dec. 11, 1787.
"Printer." Lived in Norton, Walpole, and Boston.
Died in Boston, Mass., June 1, 1838.
Married April 13, 1815, Sophia Morey, daughter of Samuel Morey, of
Norton, Mass., She died April 14, 1848.
Children:—
517 Samuel Morey, baptized Oct. 5, 1817, in Norton. Died Oct.
30, 1867, in Boston. Has three children. Served in Co.
D, 43rd Massachusetts Regiment. Probably his son Wil-
lard in Co. K, 44th Massachusetts from Wampole. Born 1846.
Betsey, Aug. 3, 1823; m. Samuel I. Clapp of Wampole, Mass.,
March 9, 1843.
518 Sophia.
Sarah P., 1827; m. Luther Hayward, May 29, 1848, son of
Luther and Catherine.
519 Maria C, 1829.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 211
Willard, Oct. 9, 1830; m. Dec. 8, 1853, Ellen Fisher, daughter
of Eliphalet and Susan Fisher. No children. He was a
painter. Served in Civil War, Co. D., 43rd Massachusetts.
232
Snell Babbitt (Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born Sept.
9, 1783, in Norton, Mass.
His youth was spent on his father's farm in Savoy, Mass. He was
not a very robust lad and was sent at times on horse back trips to visit
his Norton relatives and benefit by the exercise.
In 1806 he took a preparatory course in medicine under Rev. Jeremiah
Hallock of Plainfield, Mass. He studied medicine with Dr. David Gush-
ing of Cheshire, Mass., and practised there a short time. In 1813 he
located in Hancock, Mass., and practiced there until 1821, when he re-
moved to Savoy and practiced there until 1831. At this date he settled
at Adams, Mass., where he resided until his death. He was a strong
CongregationaHst, very fond of poetry and literature generally.
As a physicion he was famous, especially in the treatment of Spotted
Fever. As a citizen he was esteemed by all. He served several terms
in the Legislature, 1840 to 1841, and his death was a distinct loss to his
town and county.
Died March 9, 1853, at Adams, Mass.
Married Sept. 10, 1809, Jael Edson, daughter of Abiezer and Rhoda
(Peterson). Died Feb. 1, 1866. A descendant of John and Priscilla
Alden, and George Soule of the "Mayflower," She was born 1787, in
Savoy, Mass.
Children:—
520 Erasmus, Dec. 25, 1810.
521 Nathan, Aug. 30, 1812, in Hancock, Mass.
522 Adaline, April 25, 1815, in Hancock, Mass.
523 Bidwell, 1816.
Byron.
524 Corydon, Sept. 25, 1819,
Henry, died April 9, 1844, aged 11 years.
525 Horace, Oct. 1, 1824.
526 John Quincy, June 14, 1822.
527 Marie Antoinette, Feb. 1830.
212 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
233
Edward Babbitt (Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Bom
Sept. 24, 1786, in Savoy, Mass.
Edward Babbitt was an example of a shrewd Yankee farmer — of keen
intellect — quick at retort and with many of the eccentricities which so
often accompany a person of his stamp. He was a man greatly honored
and respected in his town, and held frequent office there. In 1828 and
1829 he was Representative in Boston, where he excited considerable
derision among many of the Legislature. But he quickly proved himself
their equal in debate and his good judgment was frequently considered.
Died March 7, 1847, in Savoy, Mass.
Married June 11, 1812, Abagail Newcomb (his cousin) daughter of
Annas and Abagail (Babbitt). Born Oct. 22, 1787. Died Aug. 10, 1861.
Children: — Born in Savoy, Mass.
Eliza, March 10, 1813; d. May 10, 1834.
♦Andrew Jackson, Sept. 25, 1816; d. Sept. 11, 1885, in Spring-
field, Mass.; married Nov. 11, 1838, Louisa A. Frink.
528 Nathan Eldridge, Feb. 11, 1818. Town Record, Feb. 13, 1819.
529 AbagaU, Oct. 6, 1821.
530 WUliam Snellem, July 24, 1824.
Freeman Whitman, Oct. 24, 1827; d. April 7, 1847.
531 Charles Mattoon, Nov. 3, 1829.
Sarah, Aug. 9, 1831 ; m. June 3, 1852, Lorenzo Reed, at Wind-
sor, Mass., son of John and Rebecca Reed.
♦Andrew Jackson Babbitt, an edge tool maker by trade. His axes
were famous throughout West Massachusetts.
Was member of Massachusetts Legislature, 1860, for six years Asst.
Ass. of Int. Rev.; served in 49th Mass., in Civil War.
Was a leader in Town afifairs for years.
Had two adopted children — Henry who resided in Springfield, Mass.,
and Eva.
Henry F. married (1st) Mary Roberts of Holyoke, Mass., 1881. Mar-
ried (2nd) Nettie Donovan of Springfield, Mass., 1891.
234
Elizabeth Babbitt (Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Bom
Sept. 8, 1790, in Savoy, Mass.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 213
Resided in Savoy, Mass., where her husband was a farmer.
Died Feb. 6, 1826, in Savoy, Mass.
Married Dec. 24, 1817, Alvin Dunham; farmer in Savoy, Mass., and
Buckland, Mass. Bom Feb. 19, 1794.
Children:—
Mary Babbitt, Nov. 1, 1818; married Baker.
Alvin Franklin, May 24, 1822. Has son Herbert F. (C. I.)
Alvin Dunham married (2nd) Mary Newcomb, Jan. 23, 1827,
daughter of Annas and Abigail (Babbitt) Newcomb, cousin of
first wife.
They had:—
Betsey, Sept. 5, 1828; married Snellem Manning Goff (her
cousin).
Abigail, Dec. 15, 1833; did not marry.
235
Abigail Babbitt (Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Bom
July 14, 1793, in Savoy, Mass. Died April 15, 1854, in Savoy, Mass.
Mrs. Goff cared for her father in his last years and died from an in-
fection contracted from him in his last sickness and survived him but a
few days. She is buried in the Babbitt lot in Savoy.
Married Oct. 2, 1814, CromweU Goff. Born Jan. 10, 1788.
Children: —
Henry, July 3, 1816; died in Missouri.
Children:—
Eliza.
William.
Mary, Aug. 17, 1818; m. Feb. 22, 1839, Joseph B. Ingraham,
Nov. 17, 1816, son of Obadiah Ingraham.
Children: —
Mary Eliza Anna, April 10, 1842; m. April 10, 1871, Daniel
Wells, son of Orson Wells. Resides in North Adams, Mass.
Children : —
Daniel, April 2, 1873, married Bessie Fifield, Aug. 4, 1889,
daughter Evelyn, May 24, 1890; d. Oct. 30, 1890.
Mary Grace, Nov. 24, 1879.
214 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Harry Orson, Dec. 6, 1885; m. Aug. 22, 1911, Nora D.
Whelan, in North Adams, Mass.
Vesta E. Ingraham March 6, 1850; m. Charles LiUie, April
4, 1871, son Edmund I., born Feb. 14, 1872; married JuUa S.
Ryan, Jan. 17, 1900.
Children: —
Helen, Nov. 5, 1900.
Charles, Jan. 10, 1906.
Abigail, Nov. 4, 1822; m. Shubael Bates.
Children:—
Abbie.
Willard.
Mary.
Willard, April 12, 1825; d. Sept. 21, 1837.
Snellem Manning, Dec. 13, 1827; m. Betsey Dunham. (See 234.)
Son: —
Henry.
Elizabeth, Nov. 12, 1831 ; m. John Walton.
Daughter: —
Mabel, Aug. 23, 1872, m. Wm. Wanamaker of Philadelphia,
Resides in North Adams, Mass.
Nathan Eldredge, June 24, 1835; m. (1st) Lydia Bridges; (2nd)
Eliza Dean.
Children: —
Miriam.
236
Anna Babbitt (Edward-Nathan -Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born
July 13, 1794, in Norton, Mass.
Died July 8, 1875, in Wayne, 111.
Married Jan. 27, 1814, Joel Hathaway, at Petersham, son of Joel and
Sally (Trafton) Hathaway. Born Dec. 21, 1785. He died Nov. 26, 1870.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 215
Children: —
Edward Trafton, July 20, 1815; d. March 18, 1894. Married (1st)
Sally Dolph.
Children: —
Olive.
Joel.
Married (2nd) Louisa Dolph. Seven children.
Edwin, June 12, 1818; married (1st) Millicent Rowley; (2nd) Jane
Church.
Abigail, Jan. 12, 1821.
Annas, married Sylvia Bartlett.
Leroy, March 28, 1835; m. July 6, 1856, Emma Battles in Steuben
Co. N. Y. Settled in Wayne, 111. Died May 28, 1895, in
A.tchinson, Kansas.
Children:—
Alma, May 11, 1857.
Cora I., Oct. 1, 1858.
Julia, April 29, 1861.
Gertrude, Oct. 7, 1862.
Douglas, March 25, 1864.
237
Edward Babbitt (Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born
Oct. 29, 1796, in Norton, Mass.
A carpenter and builder.
Died April 14, 1849, in Worcester, Mass.
Married Feb. 17, 1824, Catherine Chamberlain, daughter of Samuel
and Barbara (Babcock) Chamberlain. Born May 10, 1800, in Peter-
sham; died Sept., 1869, at the home of her daughter Almira.
Children:—
532 Samuel Flint, Nov. 7, 1824.
533 Henry Smith, Dec. 1, 1826.
534 Lysander Clinton, Oct. 10, 1828.
Catherine Almira, March 25, 1830; d. 1831.
Mary Anna, Sept. 24, 1832; d. July 19, 1846.
216 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Charles, April 26, 1835; d. Nov. 22, 1910. Of Newark, O. No
children.
Almira, Nov. 11, 1837; ra. Wm. R. Owens of Appleton City,
Mo. No children.
535 Edward, Nov. 16, 1840.
536 Albion Perry, Dec. 5, 1845.
238
Laban S. Babbitt (Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born
June 18, 1798, in Norton, Mass.
He was traveling salesman of Shaker manufactures.
Died near 1860, at Wayne, 111.
Married (1st) May 11, 1820, Polly Whipple, at Petersham, Mass.
She was born Aug. 15, 1800, in Dana, Mass., and died May 12, 1868, in
Harvard, Mass.
Children: —
Susan, April 20, 1822; d. May 23, 1848, at Harvard Shakers.
Orlando, Dec. 3, 1826; d. Nov. 10, 1855.
Eliza Ann, Dec. 21, 1830; d. Aug. 4, 1832.
537 Charles Willard, Aug. 26, 1833.
Henry Smith, Nov. 17, 1836; d. Feb. 7. 1853, at Harvard
Shakers.
Laban, April 22, 1839; d. Oct. 21, 1855.
239
Fanny Babbitt (Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born
Sept. 2, 1800, in Norton, Mass.
When an infant her parents removed from Norton, Mass., and settled
in Petersham, Mass. About 1820 her mother joined the Shakers at Har-
vard, taking her four youngest children. Fanny was at the time be-
trothed to Joshua Chamberlain, who was in Steuben Co., N. Y., prepar-
ing a home in the wilderness.
He cleared part of his one hundred acre tract and walked the entire
distance of about three hundred miles to Massachusetts to claim his bride.
After the wedding a yoke of oxen was purchased which with the help
of a horse, drew the wagon load of goods to the new home, a journey of
two weeks.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 217
Married Oct. 9, 1821, Joshua Chamberlain of Painted Post, N. Y.
Children:—
Lurenza, Sept. 2, 1822; d. Feb. 10, 1904. Married 1838,
William Hendrick. Resided at Orange, N. Y.
Children:—
Harriet, March 16, 1839.
Sarah, Aug. 23, 1841.
Fannie, March 24, 1844.
Melissia, Sept. 8, 1847.
Bertha, Sept. 24, 1851.
Cora, July 13, 1862.
538 Fanny, Feb. 9, 1829. Married Phineas Spaulding, Oct. 15, 1851 .
Children: —
Luella, married G. H. F. Babbitt of Chicopee, Mass.
Charles Fremont.
Chauncy, July 28, 1832; d. 1899. Married Freelove Van Vleet,
Oct. 1, 1855.
Children: —
Harry, Oct. 13, 1865,
Ella, Nov. 17, 1868.
Fannie, Sept. 29, 1875.
Leander, July 8, 1835; d. Nov. 13, 1907. Married July 10,
1860, Janet Dennis. He served nearly three years in^Civil
War.
Children: —
Leanna, April, 1863.
Clara, May 20, 1869.
Mary.
Ada.
Ann Eliza, July 13, 1840. Married William E. Genung. Lives
at Farmer, South Dakota. No children.
Edward T., Jan. 10, 1847. Married Regina Hazen.
218 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
Maude E., Nov. 3, 1875.
Laura, Sept. 18, 1877.
Daniel W., March 26, 1882.
Winifred C, June 1, 1884.
240
Levi Babbitt (Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born Jan.
30, 1805.
Left Shakers Sept. 15, 1824. Went to Coldwater, Mich.
Married Aug. 30, 1826, Lucy Winchester, of Boston.
Children: —
Amelia married Smith.
Almira.
Louisa married George Larzilear.
Linnie married Jerome Watkins.
Lucy.
Frank (daughter) married Henry Francisco.
Mary.
Helen.
Levi died in youth.
241
Charles Babbitt (Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born
Sept. 20, 1809. Lived with the Harvard Shakers until 1824. Resided at
Dundee, N. Y. A farmer and carpenter. Resided first at Monterey,
N. Y., where he built the first frame house erected in that town.
Married Maria Chamberlain.
Children: —
539 Charles Franklin, Feb. 13, 1836.
Eliza, died young.
Anna Maria, April 10, 1840; d. Sept. 7, 1846.
540 Edward Albion, June 21, 1847.
::41 Ada Maria, Aug. 24, 1851.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 219
Sarah Augusta, Aug. 20, 1853. Married Wilmer Struble. No
children.
242
Joseph Flint Babbitt (Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born
April 5, 1812, in Petersham. Died at Hiawatha, Kansas, March 28, 1891.
Was with the Shakers until July 12, 1825. About 1834 settled in
Monterey, N. Y. The family removed to Kansas in 1860.
Served a term as District Attorney in Kansas and two terms in Kansas
Legislature.
Married CaUsta Kimball, at Monterey, N. Y., about 1834.
Children: — ^All born at Monterey, N. Y.
Levi.
David K., Nov. 3, 1836.
David K. served six years as Probate Judge in Brown Co.
Kansas, four years as assessor and eight years as Vice President
of First National Bank of Hiawatha, Kan., where he now resides.
CaUsta, Jan. 5, 1839; m. C. B. Lacock, a member of Kansas
Legislature.
Ruth A., Feb. 3, 1841; m. R. A. Blenis.
542 Joseph Worth, Oct. 13, 1847. Resides in Hiawatha, Kan.
Charles Edward.
243
Hannah Babbitt^ Atwood, James Atwood^ Abiel Atwood, Hannah*
Babbitt (Nathan^-Ed^-Edi) . Born in Dighton, Feb. 10, 1796.
Died m Dighton, Jan. 24, 1841.
She married Aug. 11, 1811, Asa Waterman of Barrington, R. I., son
of Capt. Asa and Anna (Cooke) Waterman.
He was born in Norwich, Conn., Aug. 10, 1785. He died in Dighton,
Mass., May 1, 1861.
Their children were: —
Nicholas Cook Waterman, Feb. 2, 1817.
James Atwood Waterman, Feb. 17, 1819; d. July 19, 1879.
Hannah Cook Waterman, Feb. 19, 1821 ; d. March 19, 1903.
Asa Waterman, Jan. 31, 1823.
Timothy Waterman, Feb. 4, 1827.
Robert Sterry Waterman, Jan. 14, 1830; d. Jan. 21, 1876.
220 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
*William Watson Waterman, Dec. 4, 1831.
Rufus Babcock Waterman, Dec. 11, 1833; d. 1871.
Matthew Watson Waterman, Oct. 25, 1838; d. Dec, 1907.
William Watson Waterman, M. D. Born in Dighton, Dec. 4, 1831.
Prepared for college at Andover Phillips Academy and Kimball
Union Academy. Attended Brown University and received
the degree of Master of Arts from that college and the degree of
M. D. from the University of New York city.
Professor of Chemistry in Metropolitan Medical College, 1856-57.
Teacher and superintendent of schools in Illinois, Wisconsin and
Nevada, 1858-68.
Superintendent of schools, Taunton, Mass., 1869-86 and Clinton,
Mass., 1886-89.
President of New England Association of School Superintendents,
1875; vice-president of Massachusetts Teachers' Association,
1879-91; vice-president of American Institute of Instruction,
1883-94.
Member of Massachusetts Legislature, 1896 and 1897.
Park Commissioner, Taunton, 1894-1905.
Director and vice-president of Old Colony Historical Society since
1897.
Active in church and Sunday School work.
He married (1st) Dec. 31, 1856, Hope Tobey Savery, daughter of
Dr. Phineas Savery of Attleboro.
She was born in Attleboro, June 25, 1835.
She died in Attleboro, Oct. 31, 1868.
They had three children who died young.
He married (2nd) in Plymouth, July 22, 1872, Mary Briggs Brad-
ford, daughter of Capt. David and Betsey (Briggs) Bradford.
She was born in Plymouth, April 14, 1842.
She died in Taunton, Aug. 20, 1909.
Their child was: —
Mary Bradford Waterman, born in Taunton, March 12, 1875.
244
Myra Burt (Abigail Burt— Edward Burt— Abagail (Babbitt) Burt—
Edward Babbitt— Edward Babbitt.) Born March 13. 1807.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 221
Died Jan. 21, 1873.
Married Aug. 3, 1827, Enoch B. Hathaway. Born June 11, 1805.
Died Jan. 5, 1860.
Children:—
543 Ann Maria, June 21, 1828.
George Edward, Aug. 10, 1839.
Benjamin Burt, Sept. 19, 1843.
245
Samuel Tobey Babbitt (Gideon-Gideon-Benajah-Edward-Edward).
Born Feb. 28, 1784.
Died May 18, 1862.
Married (1st) Sally Hathaway, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Bab-
bitt) Hathaway. (See No. 113) Born Sept. 6, 1786.
Children:—
544 Bathsheba Tobey, May 6, 1808.
She died at Dighton, Mass., Feb. 15, 1874.
Married (2nd) Anna Paul.
Children:—
Rebecca did not marry.
545 Caroline.
246
Crocker Babbitt (Gideon-Gideon-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Bom
April 12, 1788, in Dighton, Mass. Died Oct. 1, 1861, in Dighton, Mass.
A farmer — residence in Dighton. Lieut, of Dighton Co., 1812. State
Representative in 1834.
Married Nancy Monroe, of Dighton. Int. Feb. 8, 1812, daughter of
Nathaniel and Nancy (Hall) Monroe. She was born Sept. 12, 1789,
died Nov. 10, 1867.
Children:—
Nancy Crocker, Sept. 24, 1812; d. Nov. 7, 1843; m. Chase.
Children:—
Albert C.
James M.
546 Gideon, May 12, 1815.
547 Betsey Monroe, Jan. 3, 1817 (Elizabeth)
222 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Harriet Emmeline, March 5, 1821; d. Sept. 24, 1844; m.
Leonard. Son Nathaniel E.
548 Nathaniel Monroe, Oct. 14, 1822.
Albert Crocker, April 14, 1826; d. Aug. 7, 1826.
549 William Crocker, Sept. 15, 1829.
Bathsheba Toby, May 14, 1832; d. March 30, 1854.
247
Dean Babbitt (Erasmus- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born
Nov. 14, 1775.
Died July 26, 1864.
Married at Barre, Mass., Jan. 25, 1803, Lurana, daughter of Enoch
and Barbary Babcock. Born Aug. 5, 1783; d. May 11, 1859.
Children: —
550 Mary, April 17, 1803.
Sophia, Aug. 23, 1804; m. Rockwell Stone, of Hubbardston,
Mass., 1827.
551 Avery B., May 28, 1806.
Jane, July 28, 1807; d. Nov. 16, 1837.
Lurana, April 1, 1810; m. James Willard of Rutland, 1833.
Julia Ann, Jime 30, 1812; m. Jason Jenkins, 1833.
552 Sewell, Feb. 18, 1814.
553 James, Sept. 15, 1816.
Harriet, Oct. 29, 1818; m. Charles Thompson, at Westminster,
1838.
554 Charles L., Feb. 12, 1820.
Susan C, July 27, 1822; d. Nov. 13, 1862; m. Feb. 23, 1841,
John Marshall.
George, Jan. 13, 1824; d. Sept. 5, 1848. Unmarried.
Franklin, Aug. 9, 1827; d. March 24, 1899. A blacksmith
at Barre, Mass. Married (1st) Mary E. Howe, at Barre,
June 11, 1856, daughter of Eliphalet Howe. Married (2nd)
June 29, 1887, Mrs. Maria (Howe) White. Daughter of first
wife, Keziah, born April 27, 1866. ,
248
Benajah Babbitt (Erasmus- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born
Nov. 6, 1782, in Barre.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 223
Died Dec. 2, 1858, in Boston.
Married in Boston Mary Tower, daughter of Abel and Eleanor (Par-
menter) Tower. Died Oct. 14, 1849, aged 67 years.
Children:—
555 William Walker, Dec. 14, 1805.
249
John Babbitt (Erasmus- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward).
Married (1st) Elizabeth Fairbrother (?) Dec. 12, 1812, in Boston, Mass.
She died Feb. 28, 1816.
Children: —
A child born in Barre, Mass., Feb. 1, 1816.
Married (2nd) Clarissa Harlow, June 21, 1818, in Boston, Mass.
Susan.
556 Francis Parkman, 1825.
George E., 1835; d. July 1, 1857, in Boston. Age 22 years,
7 months. Was drowned.
Perhaps William and Isaac.
250
WilHam Babbitt (Erasmus- John-Banajah-Edward-Edward). Born 1801.
Died Oct. 22, 1887, age 86 years, 2 months, 22 days, in Barre, Mass.
Married Abigail P. Stone, of Barre, Mass., Dec. 5, 1843. She died
May 3, 1901.
557 Hiram F., 1854.
Celia — adopted.
251
John Babbitt (John- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born Dec.
16, 1785.
Resided in Norton, Mass.
Died May 26, 1867, in Norton, Mass.
Married Rhoda Reed, born Nov. 26, 1788, in Dartmouth, Mass. ; died
Sept. 24, 1871, in Norton, Mass., daughter of Leonard and Rebecca Reed.
Children: —
James Lincoln, 1818; d. Sept. 11, 1885, in Norton, Mass.
558 Lydia, 1815; d. 1822.
Lydia.
224 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
252
Osmond Babbitt (Dean-John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born Oct.
12, 1790, in Berkley, Mass. Died at Salem, Mich., Feb. 23, 1849. (Feb.
7, on Town record).
Resided in Dighton until after 1813, and for many years lived in Rich-
mond, N. Y. A farmer by occupation. After 1836 he resided in Salem,
Mich.
Married (1st) Nov. 19, 1813, Lydia Reed, daughter of Ebenezer and
Lydia (Haskins) Reed. She was bom Jan. 29, 1787, at Dartmouth, Mass.
Children: —
559 Lydia, April 16, 1813.
Married (2nd) Betsey Thayer, Nov. 21, 1819, at Richmond, N. Y.,
daughter of Rufus and Pamelia (Throop) Thayer. She was born in
Londonderry, Vt., April 21, 1796, and died Dec. 18, 1871, in Plymouth,
Mich.
Children:—
Samuel Thayer, Sept. 15, 1820; d. 1890.
560 Betsey Pamelia, March 11, 1822.
561 William Dean, Feb. 23, 1824.
562 Mary, May 4, 1826.
Sally L., April 25, 1828. Died young.
563 Rufus, June 21, 1831.
564 John Wheaton, June 17, 1832.
Sarah Thayer, Aug. 17, 1835, married Dec. 8, 1875, Peter
Coldren, who died May 27, 1897. Mrs. Coldren lives in
Northville, Mich.
Harriet, Nov. 12, 1837; d. Jan. 2, 1861.
253
Ebenezer Babbitt (Dean-John-Banajah-Edward-Edward). Bom
Nov. 12, 1792.
He settled in Rhode Island and was for a time Deacon of the Valley
Falls Baptist Church.
Married Wealthy Wrightington, March 20, 1814, of Fall River, Mass.
Children:—
565 William, 1815.
James, a painter by trade.
RESIDENCE OF GEO. R. BABBITT,
BERKLEY, MASS.
RESIDENCE OF ROLLIN H. BABBITT,
BERKLEY, MASS.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. llO
254
Nancy Babbitt (Dean- John-Ben jamin-Edward-Echvard). Bom Jan,
25, 1795.
Married July 9, 1814, Isaac Reed, of Berkley, Mass., son of Ebenezer
and Lydia (Haskins) Read.
Children: —
Mercy, Aug. 21, 1816; m. Joseph \\Tiitney.
Isaac Albert, March 31, 1838 (?) m. 1858, Almira B. Reed.
255
John Dean Babbitt (Dean-John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born
Sept. 13, 1803, in Berkley, Mass. Died April 13, 1881.
Married (1st) Betsey Hathaway, of Berkley, Nov. 26, 1826. She died
Nov. 27, 1834.
Children:—
John Wheaton, March 19, 1828; d. Sept. 17, 1831.
Dean, Aug. 18, 1829. Never married.
John, Aug. 16, 1834. Never married.
Married (2nd) Mary (Andros) Hathaway, (widow of William) Feb.
1, 1836. She died Jan. 4, 1837.
Married (3rd) Caroline Briggs, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary
(Winslow) Briggs, in Dighton, Mass., Dec. 1, 1839. She was born April
3, 1813, and died March 26, 1873.
Children: —
Betsey Carpenter, Aug. 31, 1843; m. Grafton Willard Stone,
Nov. 16, 1865, in Newton, Mass.
566 Wm. Emmons, Nov. 30, 1836.
Artemas Briggs, Nov. 28, 1852. Member of Babbitt Family
Association.
256
Lydia Babbitt (Dean- John-Benjamin-Edward-Edward). Born Nov.
2, 1809, in Berkley, Mass.
Married Hiram Haskins of Providence, R. I., Nov. 1, 1829, in Berkley.
'££0 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
Hiram E.
Seraphine, m. Andrew C. Pratt.
Mary, m. Charles H. Evans.
Lydia, m. Jonathan C. Reed.
Maria, m. Edwin Chase.
257
Charles W. Babbitt (Dean-John-Banajah-Edward-Edward). Born
in Berkley, Nov. 10, 1813. Died Sept. 23, 1865.
Appointed carpenter in U. S. Navy, July 2, 1847; also served as engineer.
Resided in Brooklyn, N. Y., where his children were born.
Married (1st) Elizabeth Dorlon, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Children: —
Mary Elizabeth, May 17, 1838; died at the home of her sister
Mrs. Davis, March 17, 1907. Unmarried.
Miss Babbitt was educated at the Friends School at
Philadelphia, Pa., and for a time the Rector's Assistant at
the Church of the Evangelist at Philadelphia. During her
life in Taunton, Mass., a member of St. John's Church and
active in all church work.
Joseph Rodney. Went West and disappeared.
567 Emma Augusta, Jan. 28, 1843.
568 William Dean.
Married (2nd) Jane (or Elizabeth) Dimning of Brooklyn. She died
1856.
Children:—
Helen Smith. Died young.
569 Charles Ketchum, April 25, 1851.
Married (3rd) Elizabeth Robert, of Philadelphia, Pa.
Children: —
570 Carrie Jane.
Laura Evelyn. Died young.
258
Martha Richmond (Polly- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born
June 7, 1802. Died Oct. 17, 1866.
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Married April 2, 1833, Cory Matteson, son of Robert and Mary (Cul-
ver) Matteson. Born April 22, 1810. Died Aug. 17, 1894.
Children:—
George, July 10, 1834; d. Nov. 16, 1908; m. Emily R. Kent,
daughter of Wellington Kent. Born Jan. 11, 1836; died
April 14, 1907.
Children:—
Ella R., m. Gilbert A. Phillips. No children.
Col. Frank W., m. Mary W. Fleming. Resides in
Providence. One child, Kent F.
Andrew R., Jan. 19, 1835; m. Amey D. Bowen. One daugh-
ter Etta, who married C. H. Newell, and has two sons, Her-
bert M. Newell and Richmond M. Newell. Resides in
Pawtucket, R. I.
Martha M., Oct. 10, 1836; d. Sept., 1903. Married Dr. W. G.
Allen. They had one son. Dr. W. H. Allen, who married
Maude L. Lincoln, whose daughter, Martha Allen, is a
member of Babbitt Association. They reside in Mansfield,
Mass.
Mary E., Sept. 25, 1839.
Mrs. Matteson resides in Mansfield, Mass. She has ever been
an active worker and helper of the Babbitt Association and
furnished many facts of interest.
259
George Babbitt, son of Enoch Babbitt, and his wife Sally Crane, was
born on the ancestral farm in Berkley, Mass., April 8, 1808. His edu-
cation was acquired in the district school, known as the Timothy Hollow
School House, located a mile or more east of the ancestral farm. His
opportunities for an education were very meager as the school year con-
sisted of only about three months each winter. Before and after school
he was the general chore boy. Being mechanically inclined, at the age
of twenty he was bound out to his mother's brother, Wilham S. Crane,
as an apprentice to the blacksmith's trade. He became a good smith,
but owing to an injury or strain, he was never able to work at his trade
after completing his apprenticeship.
228 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
In the Fall of 1831 he went to Bay River, N. C, as cook at S7.00 per
month in the lumber camp of Crane & French of New Bedford, Mass.
In the Fall of 1834 he was placed in charge of the Southern or manu-
facturing end of the Crane & French lumber business. In the Summer
of 1837 he was admitted as a partner. Thus the farmer boy without
any of the advantages of a business education had earned his way to a
partnership in the business of Crane & French. Under his management,
the business was a success. The product timber and hand shaved cedar
shingles were freighted in vessels owned by the Company, and sold in
Fall River, New Bedford, Newport and Providence. Thus this North
Carolina lumber business became the life work of George Babbitt^.
As time went on, he bought out his partners who had other business
interests. He carried on the business continuously up to the time of his
death in 1875, except during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. While
he employed some slaves from their masters, he realized the extreme
sensitiveness of the average slave owner when discussing the slave ques-
tion, hence while he was opposed to slavery, he very discretely remained
silent on that subject when he was in the South. But that did not save
his property from confiscation after the South seceded, entailing a loss
of more than half of what he had accumulated in the thirty previous years.
As a business man, he was the soul of integrity and had the respect
and confidence of all those with whom he had business dealings, or who
had the pleasure of his acquaintance. Like his father, he was fond of a
joke of cheerful disposition, and was always a favorite among the younger
set. In 1853, he and two others had a substantial stone wall erected
around the Babbitt burying ground (about 2J^ acres) in Berkley, Mass.
This cemetery has since been added to and incorporated. This addition
of six acres was bought and given to the Cemetery Association by his son,
George R. Babbitt^, as a memorial to his father. He was but eight years
old when his mother died. In speaking of his stepmother, he said that
after the death of his mother he fell into good hands and that his father's
home was always a welcome place to him as long as his stepmother lived.
He was also loved and looked up to by the children of his stepmother,
his half sisters and brothers. He had a keen discerning sense of right
and wrong, was a consistent church member and the world is better for
his having hved in it. He died in Taunton, March 15, 1875, and was
buried in the Babbitt burying ground in Berkley, Mass.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 229
George Babbitt (Enoch- John-Benjamin-Edward-Edward). Born in
Berkley, April 7, 1808. Died March 15, 1875, in Berkley, Mass.
Married (1st) Melancy Crane French, Sept. 16, 1835 (Berkley Town
Record 1834), daughter of Samuel and Celia (Crane) French. Born
Oct. 16, 1808; died March 20, 1840.
Married (2nd) Celia Crane French, of Taunton, Mass., Aug. 23, 1841.
(Sister of first wife.) She was born Aug. 15, 1817. Died Oct. 12, 1906.
Children: —
George Rodney, May 22, 1838. Died young, Sept. 11, 1839.
571 George Rodney, June 27, 1842.
Melancy French, April 4, 1844; d. Sept. 8, 1879; m. Oct. 19,
19, 1865, Capt. James R. Mathewson of Taunton, Mass.
Sally Crane, May 22, 1846; d. Nov. 25, 1851. j
260
Mary Babbitt (Enoch- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born
April 18, 1811. Died March 8, 1876.
Married (1st) Capt. Darius Newhall, Aug. 11, 1833.
Children: —
Darius Elmer, Sept. 7, 1834; died in youth, age 17.
Married (2nd) Frederick Chase, of Freetown, Oct. 29, 1851.
Married (3rd) George Walker, of Dighton, Jan. 8, 1857.
Capt. Darius Newhall was a sea captain; sailed from Appalachacola,
Fla., in Feb., 1835, and never heard from; supposed shipwrecked.
261
Sally Crane Babbitt (Enoch- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born
Sept. 6, 1818. Resided in Berkley.
Of the children of Enoch Babbitt, all are now dead (May 1st, 1911)
but one, Sally Crane, widow of Ebenezer Dean. She was born on the
Babbitt Ancestral Farm, September 6th, 1818, consequently is in her
93rd year. She and her son, Albert E. Dean, live on the Dean farm
lying on the east bank of the Taunton River, about one and one-half miles
south of the Babbitt Ancestral Farm.
230 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
During the temporary absence of her son in August, 1909, she had a
fall resulting in a broken hip which has confined her to her bed or a wheeled
invalid chair ever since. Physically she is and probably will remain a
cripple, but her mind is as clear as ever, especially regarding happenings
in her youthful days. Always possessed of a sweet and lovable dis-
position, it is an inspiration to drop in and spend an afternoon with her.
Married Dec. 22, 1839, Ebenezer Dean. He died April 30, 1871.
Children: —
Albert Ebenezer, Oct. 12, 1840; m. Oct. 19, 1893, Mabel Wood,
of Stoughton, Mass., who died Oct. 11, 1894.
Lillian Crane, March 26, 1852; d. May 15, 1876. Unmarried.
Welthea Gilbert Babbitt (Enoch-John-Benajah-Edward-Edward).
":Born May 29, 1821.
Died Feb., 1885.
Married July 28, 1839, Charles S. Williams, a sea captain. Died June
17, 1874, aged 58 years at Port Royal, S. C.
Children:—
Welthea Augusta, May 28, 1840; d. March 20, 1870; m. Dr. Virgil
Thompson of New York City. No children.
Susan Adelia, May, 1842. Did not marry. Buried at Sea on
passage home from Montevideo on schooner commanded by her
father, the "White Wing."
Helen Isadora, m. Dr. Thompson as his third wife.
Charles Gilbert.
Alice Hannah.
Lillian May, m. Benj. Grafton.
Enoch Bradford Babbitt (Enoch-John-Benajah-Edward-Edward).
Bom August 11, 1823. Died Dec. 7, 1899.
A farmer in Berkley, Mass.
Resided on the original farm of Edward Babbitt, which is now owned
by his daughter, Mrs. Whitaker.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 231
Married Aug. 25, 1847, Clarissa Jane Hathaway, daughter of Ennis
Hathaway and Clarissa (Chase). Born June 13, 1826.
Children:—
572 Annie Jane, May 26, 1850; d. Jan. 9, 1895; m. Albert Padel-
ford, July 12, 1868.
Horace Bradford, May 13, 1852; m. Oct. 9, 1877, Lizzie Thurs-
ton Chase, daughter of Benjamin and Lydia T. Chase. No
children. Resides in Montello, Mass,
Clara Chase, April 23, 1855; m. June 27, 1877, Edward E.
Whitaker, son of Otis and Mary Whitaker. Bom Sept. 1,
1852. No children.
Mrs. Whitaker Uves on the old home farm of Edward
Bobbett, which has always been in her family.
Susan Chase, Oct. 6, 1857; m. Edward D. Perry, Oct. 11, 1876.
Children:—
Ada M., Aug. 12, 1877.
Louise, Feb. 22, 1881.
Ernest, Jan. 10, 1862; d. Aug. 3, 1864.
Lucy Myrtella, May 4, 1864; m. Geo. H. Phillips, Nov. 26, 1884,
Children:—
Dora E., March 13, 1886; d. Dec. 28, 1893.
Russell H., Oct. 6, 1898.
264
Lydia Crane Babbitt (Enoch- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born
Dec. 4, 1825. Died Oct. 31, 1907.
Married Aug. 27, 1851, Thomas F. Dean, son of David and Tryphena.
He died Nov. 24, 1891.
Children:—
Charlotte Augusta, June 15, 1870.
232 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
265
Luther Babbitt (Peter- Jolin-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Bom June
18, 1815, in Berkley, Mass. Died Jan. 4, 1864.
Settled in the South when a young man.
Married March 16, 1843, Martha McClees, of Tyrell Co., N. C, daugh-
ter of Col. Charles McClees. Born March 13, 1827. Died Sept. 27, 1897.
Children: —
573 Charles.
574 Emmeline, Aug. 22, 1848.
Aleathea, Dec. 31, 1850; d. July 20, 1880. Married W. N
Pugh. No children.
John. Died infancy.
266
William Babbitt (Peter- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born in
Berkley, Mass., March 31, 1817. Died March 10, 1900, in Boston.
Buried in Berkley, Mass.
Mr. Babbitt was a lumber manufacturer and farmer. Was in lumber
business in the South until the M'ar.
A Repubhcan in pohtics. State Representative in 1861 and 1872.
Married Mary Dean Burt, daughter of Abel and Mary Burt of Berkley.
Born Feb. 25, 1821. She died Nov. 16, 1893.
Children:—
Lucy Emma, May 30, 1854; d. June 6, 1854.
575 William Fremont, June 27, 1856.
Priscilla, March 15, 1858; d. April 14, 1858.
267
Phoebe Babbitt (Peter- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born Aug.
23, 1830. Died Nov. 7, 1872.
Married July, 1854, Andrew Jackson Baker of Dartmouth, son of
Archelous and Rhoda (Smith) Baker; born Feb. 21, 1829, and died
April 2, 1884.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 233
Children:—
WiUiam A., July 17, 1858; d. Aug. 28, 1909; m. Luella C. Gray,
Feb. 24, 1880, daughter of George and Rhoda (Pierce) Gray.
Daughter Phoebe born May 6, 1881, married Ed. F. Whitmarsh,
of Taunton, son of Irving \Vhitmarsh and Anna Babbitt^ —
Jerome^
268
Edward Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born
Oct. 14, 1798. Died Nov. 20, 1854, in Gloucester, R. I.
Resided in Killingly Conn., Gloucester, R. I.
Married (1st) Sally Estens. Born 1809. Died April 14, 1836. (It
is believed that her name was Sophia and that Sally was a pet name given
by her father.)
Children:—
576 James M., Sept. 5, 1826.
Thomas. Unmarried.
Seth, Nov. 3, 1834; died in Lawrence, Mass., Aug. 6, 1860.
Unmarried.
Jesse, died 1835.
Eliza Ann, married Eugene Sears, Valley Falls, R. I., July
3, 1892.
Married (2nd) Roxanna Keach, born Sept. 29, 1818. She married
(2nd) Martin Place. She is still li\dng.
Children:—
Born at Gloucester, R. I.
577 Henry, June 16, 1839.
578 SHasL., March 18, 1841.
579 George E., March 12, 1844.
580 Allen, April 3, 1846.
581 Keziah, April 3, 1848.
582 Mary J., April 30, 1850.
583 WilHam, April 30, 1852.
584 Edward, July 29, 1854.
234 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
269
Seth Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward). Bom
Sept. 25, 1803, in Killingly, Ct. Died May 4, 1872, in Putnam, Conn.
Was a blacksmith. Held many town offices.
Married Oct. 26, 1826, Zerviah Plank, daughter of Dudley and Abi
Plank. Born in Troy, N. Y. Died March 6, 1887, in Putnam, Ct.
Children:—
585 Thomas Hathaway, Dec. 2, 1827.
Hezekiah Howe, Oct. 29, 1830; d. March 11, 1897; m. March
26, 1863, Sarah Greene. No children.
Almond Tucker, Dec. 23, 1832; m. May 14, 1862, Joanna
W. Smith.
586 Edward, Nov. 3, 1835.
William Alphonso, Nov. 29, 1838; d. May 2, 1856.
270
Roswell Clark Babbitt (Silas-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born Oct. 5, 1823, in Killingly, Conn. Died Feb. 22, 1857, in Gloucester,
R. I.
A farmer. Resided in Gloucester, R. I.
Married June 8, 1846, Lura Pray, daughter of George and Phoebe
(Banister) Pray.
Children: —
Christina, July 14, 1847; d. March 24, 1862.
George W., May 11, 1849; d. Sept. 17, 1851.
Chauncy, June 5, 1851; m. June 12, 1881, Clara Earle. No
children.
Emily L., Jan. 23, 1853.
Roswell, Sept. 25, 1854; d. Nov. 4, 1855.
587 Schuyler D., Feb. 20, 1856.
271
Ellen Melissa (Silas-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward). Bom Feb.
17, 1826, in Killingly, Conn. Died Sept. 12, 1871, in Gloucester, R. I.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 235
Married May 30, 1852, Albert Day. Born Sept. 24, 1826; died Oct.
28, 1892.
Children: — Bom in Gloucester, R. I.
Louisa, Dec. 27, 1854; d. Feb. 27, 1866.
Lillie E., June 15, 1857; m. Edward R. Cutler.
Emma F., March 13, 1860; d. Sept. 13, 1861.
George, Sept. 18, 1862; d. Feb. 18, 1866.
272
Silas Babbitt (Silas-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born June
21, 1827, in Killingly, Ct. Died Oct. 16, 1905, in Putnam, Ct., in the
house where he was bom.
Resided on the farm of his father and grandfather.
A very large and powerful man, and quick tempered, which gave him
the name of "Major Hornet," a name he never resented when used in a
friendly way.
He was a kind and affectionate father and a good neighbor.
Married (1st) Feb. 6, 1848, Lucy Talbot, daughter of Libeus and Chloe
Talbot. She was born Feb. 16, 1824, and died July 13, 1877.
Children:—
588 Gains Andrew, Jan. 5, 1849.
Charles H., Nov. 22, 1850; m. Jan, 1, 1870, Keziah C. Peck.
No children.
589 Sarah Agnes, Sept. 6, 1854.
590 Ella Prudence, Oct. 7, 1857.
Married (2nd) Aug. 3, 1878, Sabra A. Knight of Providence, R. I.
Married (3rd) Ardelia R. Bucklin, Sept. 27, 1891, in Gloucester, R. L
daughter of Andrew Luther and Patience (Randall) Bucklin.
273
Abijah Babbitt (Isaac- Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born
Nov. 2, 1791.
Died Sept. 18, 1867.
Married (1st) Mary Hathaway, May 22, 1816, daughter of Abijah
and Mary (Tinkham) Hathaway, of Taunton. (2nd) Mary Walker,
Aug. 14, 1835.
236 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
591 Mary, Nov. 11, 1816.
592 Isaac, Feb. 27, 1820.
Caleb, Oct. 20, 1822; died in Sandwich Islands, Dec. 18, 1891.
Unmarried.
593 Jerome, May 8, 1825.
Henry L., May 16, 1828. Died young.
594 Sally, May 7, 1834.
595 Henry Lincoln, June 30, 1837.
596 Adelaide, Jan. 15, 1841.
274
Miriam Babbitt (Isaac-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Bom
Jan. 23, 1798, in Berkley, Mass. Died Jan. 15, 1828 in Dighton, Mass.
Resided in Dighton, Mass.
Married Crawford Briggs, Jan. 11, 1818. He died before 1829.
Children: —
Otis.
Isaac Babbitt, Oct. 12, 1822; d. Oct. 10, 1906; m. Bathsheba Burt,
Feb. 12, 1844.
Sarah.
275
Adoniram Babbitt (Isaac-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward) Born
Aug. 6, 1804, in Berkley, Mass. Died Nov. 28, 1891, in Berkley, Mass.
Resided on the farm near the original Babbitt homestead, which was
the home farm of Edward^
A much beloved and respected citizen of Berkley. He was a shipwright
by trade.
Married Nov. 8, 1832, in Berkley, Emmeline French, daughter of Roger
and Achsah (Tobey) French of Barnard, Vt. Born May 31, 1807. Died
March 19, 1889.
Children: —
Harriet EmmeHne, April 24, 1835; m. Jas. Maguire. No
children.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 237
Adoniram J., July 13, 1836; d. Dec. 12, 1864.
597 Rollin Herbert, May 30, 1840.
Julia Helen, May 30, 1843; d. March 25, 1866.
276
Phoebe Babbitt (Henry- Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Died March 16, 1872.
Married Sept. 25, 1817, in Charlemont, Mass., Nehemiah Newhall
Upton, son of Elias and Esther (Newhall) Upton. Esther Newhall was
daughter of Hannah Babbitt and Nehemiah Newhall. See No. 49.
He was born July 3, 1797 and died Jan. 25, 1860.
Children:—
Mary Phoebe, June 22, 1819.
Barney, July 26, 1820.
Susan S., Dec. 27, 1821.
Emma D., April 1, 1823.
Elias, Nov. 13, 1824.
Esther C, Oct. 2, 1827.
Nancy M., June 25, 1829; d. April 5, 1850.
Fidelia E., AprU 15, 1831; d. July 29, 1847.
Harriet N., Oct. 15, 1832.
Martha Ann, June 14, 1834.
Henry B., June 25, 1836; d. Aug. 13, 1838.
277
Henry Babbitt (Henry- Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born
June 18, 1799, in Colrain, Mass.
A farmer in Colrain all his life.
Died Nov. 29, 1838, in Colrain.
Married April 6, 1819, Mary White (also called "Polly"), who was
born April 27, 1794, in Colrain, Mass.
Children: —
598 Jades Henry, June 17, 1820; m. Tryphena Harris.
599 Mary Ann, Feb. 6, 1823; died 1894.
Jane Maria, March 1, 1825; died 1831.
Esther Sophia, April 29, 1827; died March, 1876.
Lewis White, May 3, 1836; did not marry.
Elmer Warren, July 5, 1838 ; did not marry.
238 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
278
Da\ad Babbitt (Ebenezer-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born
July 28, 1793. Died December 17, 1815.
Resided in Assonet, Mass. A farmer by occupation.
He was drowned in Assonet River within sight of his home, while on a
pleasure trip.
Married May 25, 1813, Hannah Howland of Fall River, daughter of
George and Deborah (Shaw) Howland. She was born April 19, 1793,
and died Sept. 20, 1871.
Children:—
600 George S.
601 David, June 5, 1816.
279
Ebenezer Babbitt (Ebenezer-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born
Sept., 1803, in Freetown, Mass.
Died June 1, 1864, in Fall River, Mass.
Married (1st) Rowena Chase of Fall River, Mass., daughter of Simeon
and Elizabeth Chase of Assonet, Mass. Died about 1834.
Children:—
602 Albert, 1829.
603 Wm. Coe, 1834.
Married (2nd) May 11, 1835, Mary Bowen of Tiverton, daughter of
John Bowen. Born 1820. Died Jan. 31, 1872, in Somerset, Mass.
Children: —
604 Ebenezer, Feb. 22, 1838.
605 Edward Francis, Nov. 10, 1842.
Rowena C, Nov. 14, 1846. Married April 9, 1867, Edward
J. Sherwin, son of Johnson and Louisa Sherwin of Hartford,
Conn. Mrs. Sherwin resides in Pittsfield, Mass.
Imogene, Oct. 31, 1848; d. March 4, 1909.
Mary, May 11, 1855. Married March 10, 1875, in Fall River,
Mass., Gideon W. Slade, son of Edward and Phoebe Slade.
He was born in 1851.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 239
280
Thomas D. Babbitt (Ebenezer-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Bom Jan. 26, 1806. Died Nov. 7, 1832.
Married in Berkley, Mass., April 20, 1828, Sally Babbitt, (See No. 117).
daughter of Dean and Elizabeth Babbitt. Born Nov. 19, 1805. Died Feb.
1, 1875.
Children:—
606 Thomas Dean, bom in Freetown, Sept. 9, 1829.
Hiram, born in Freetown March 21, 1832; died March 5, 1911.
Unmarried.
Sally, born in Freetown, Oct. 18, 1830; died April 5, 1832.
281
Henry Babbitt (Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born 1800.
Resided near Canandaigua, N. Y.
Died 1861.
Married Olive Root.
Children: —
William E., 1831; died 1891.
607 Oliver, Oct. 29, 1835.
282
Joseph Lake Babbitt (Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born
Sept. 5, 1803. Died Sept. 8, 1869.
Resided near Canandaigua, N. Y.
Married Mary J. (name luiknown), born Aug. 2, 1808; died July 23,
1870.
Children:—
Elizabeth, May 5, 1828; d. May 20, 1828.
Betsey.
608 Samuel E., July 23, 1829.
Mary A., June 14, 1834; d. Sept. 19, 1896. See No. 607.
Joseph Lake, May 25, 1839; married Caroline Travis.
Children:-
MUo.
240 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Olive, Scio, N. Y.
609 Willis C.
Henry. Veteran in Civil War.
Eben Willoughby Babbitt (Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born 1806. Died 1874, in Mo.
Served in Co. B, 3rd Mo. Regiment. Settled in Missouri in 1859.
Married in Wyoming Co., N. Y., in 1828, Hannah Rogers. Born in
1810 and died in 1885.
Children:—
Abijah, 1832. Served in Co. B, 3rd Mo. Regiment. Still
living in Western, N. Y. No children.
William, died in Arkansas in 1875. Unmarried.
Susan, died in New York before 1850,
Orson, served in Co. B, 3rd Mo. Regiment. Died in Fulton,
Mo., 1898.
Almira. Died in New York before 1859.
Evaline, 1842. Miss Babbitt is in the Old Ladies' Home at
Gerry, N. Y.
610 Francis B.
284
David H. Babbitt (Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born
June 18, 1809. Died Oct. 13, 1878, in Scio, N. Y.
Resided in Scio, N. Y.
Married (1st) April 1832 Sarah Minor. Born Sept., 1813; died March
2, 1833.
Children:—
611 David Osmer, March 1, 1833.
Married (2nd) Feb. 19, 1835, Emily Marsh.
Born 1814, and died July 14, 1896.
Children:—
Amelia, Jan. 16, 1836. Married No. 608.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 241
Sarah, Sept. 7, 1837; d. Jan. 20, 1842.
612 Merrick P., July 15, 1839.
613 Vernon M., Sept. 8, 1841. War Record.
Eugene S., Sept. 25, 1843; d. July 1, 1862. War Record.
285
Enos Babbitt (Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Lived in Reeds Corners, N. Y.
He was killed by a premature explosion of powder on an anvil, in prep-
aration of Fourth of July celebration, July 3, 1852.
Married Lucia Sweet, Sept. 4, 1834.
Children : —
Abijah.
614 Enos Leicester, June 20, 1835.
615 Margaret Lucia, March 31, 1837.
Caroline C, Feb. 11, 1838. A dressmaker at Rochester, N. Y.
Unmarried.
616 Orson Lewis, Dec. 16, 1840.
Lansford Otto, Jan. 21, 1842; d. May 2, 1891 ; m. May 30, 1865.
Margaret A. Williams. Was a soldier in Civil War. Mrs.
B. lives in Canadaigua, N. Y. No children.
617 Lucia Ann May 22, 1845.
Ruth Annis, May 14, 1848; d. Feb. 22, 1863.
286
Abijah Babbitt (Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born
April 23, 1814. Died Sept. 18, 1888.
Lived near Reeds Corners, N. Y.
Married Oct. 15, 1840, Louisa Cobb. Born Feb. 17, 1819. Died
Jan. 19, 1896.
Children: — One only.
618 Charles, Oct. 23, 1841.
287
Anna Babbitt (Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
242 ' THE BABBITT FAM[LY HISTORY.
Resided near Reeds Corners, N. Y.
Married Elijah Hurd.
Children: —
Enos, July, 1820.
Sarah, Oct. 11, 1822.
Sabra, March 21, 1824.
Margaret, Dec. 28, 1827.
Lucy, Nov. 7, 1830.
Louvica, June 30, 1833; d. Aug. 26, 1898.
S. E., Dec. 11, 1838.
Laura, Dec. 12, 1841; d. Feb. 7, 1889.
288
Edward Henry Babbitt (Edward- Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born Nov. 22, 1834.
A Mariner by occupation.
Married Bathsheba Walker, Jan. 6, 1862, daughter of Abiathar and
Bathsheba (Babbitt). See No. 544. Born April 10, 1842.
Children:—
Fannie Althea, June. 20, 1865.
Maude Louise, Sept. 4, 1867.
Catherine. Died Sept. 21, 1872.
289
John Cook Babbitt (Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born
June 23, 1787, in Greenwich, Mass.
Living in Allegan, Mich., in 1869.
One John Babbot (name also found as Babet) served as a private in
Captain Nathaniel Fisher Jr.'s Company, 2d, Swift's Regiment, New
York Militia, war of 1812. His service commenced September 9, 1813,
and expired December 15, 1813.
The records show that one John C. Babbitt served in the War of 1812
as a member of the 7th United States Infantry, subsequently known as
the 1st United States Infantry, having enlisted therein September 2, 1808.
Children: —
Hannah, m. Letts, Kalamazoo, Mich
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 243
Married (2nd) ( ) Gould, daughter of William Gould. The wife
of Wm. Gould was the heroine of an Indian attack at Nunda, N. Y.,
where she personally killed two Indians who attempted to enter the
house through the chimney.
Children: —
Ellen Caroline, 1816; died about 1870. Unm^arried.
619 Elijah, June 6, 1818.
WilHam. Resided in Allegheny City.
Married (3rd) (name unkno'^VTi).
Children:—
620 John E., June 6, 1828.
Lavinia.
Ashley, Allegan, Mich. Had son Ashley, Jr., living 1910 In
Western Oklahoma. Another son Warren lived in Monroe,
Wis. Had no children.
The Old War and Navy Division of the Pension Office in its bounty
land records has the statements of one John Babbit who filed an appli-
cation for bounty land on his service in the war of 1812. His application
was made Nov. 6, 1850, under two services. In the first declaration
Mr. Babbit states in his affidavit that he is the identical John Babbit who
was a soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Eldridge (from
Auburn) in the regiment of New York militia commanded by Col. Bloom
of Cayuga Co., N. Y., in the war with Great Britain; that he volunteered
at Cayuga Bridge on or about the last of July, A. D. 1812, for the term
of six months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of
six or seven weeks or till after the battle of Queenstown Heights and was
honorably discharged at Lewiston about ten days after the battle of
Queenstown Heights; and that deponent has lost his discharge, which facts
will appear by the muster roll of said company. Deponent makes this
declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may
be entitled under the act granting bounty land to certain officers and
soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States,
passed Sept. 28, 1850. Declaration sworn to in the usual manner at
Allegan, Mich., where Mr. Babbit was then Uving at the age of 63 years.
The other declaration made at the same time and place was a declara-
tion for bounty land, based on service in Capt. Jas. Noble's Company in
the regiment of N. Y. militia, commanded by Col. Dobbins from Waterloo,
244 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
N. Y., in the war with Great Britain. Mr. Babbit declared that he was
drafted at Angelica, Alleghany County, N. Y., on or about Sept. 1st, 1813,
for the term of three months and continued in actual service in the said
war for the term of three months and thirteen days and was honorably
discharged at Fort Niagara, N. Y,, about the middle of December, 1813,
on the same day that Ft. George was blown up and Newark set on fire,
as will appear by his original certificate of discharge which was burned
in and with deponent's house in the following March (1814). Deponent
says that his company (the company of Capt. Noble) was broken up and
he with others was put into the Company commanded by Capt. Fisher
of Bristol, Ontario Co., N. Y., in whose Company he was when dis-
charged. Deponent makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining
the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act granting bounty
land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the mihtary
service of the United States, etc.
JOHN BABBIT.
As a result of the above applications, Mr. Babbit received the bounty
land warrants in full satisfaction of the service rendered, it appears from
the records on file with the case.
290
Elijah Babbitt (Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born
Oct. 25, 1789.
EHjah C. Babbitt stated June 10, 1854, that he was 65 years old and
resided in Boston, Erie Co., N. Y.; that on the 14th of January, 1814,
he volunteered for service in War with Great Britain at Junius, Seneca Co.,
N. Y., and served as Private for three months in Capt. Charles Starret's
Company, N. Y. Regiment, John Harris, CoL, commanding, and that
he received from the U. S. government 40 acres of land. He broke his
leg during the service.
His family relates that he was wounded in the leg at the battle of
Niagara, and his life saved by an Indian, who although under British
service, took pity on him and hid him in a hut in the midst of a swamp.
Married April 9, 1820, Sally Farnham; born May 13, 1799; died about
1887.
Children:— (Born in Boston, N. Y.)
Norton A., July 31, 1821. Married, but left no children.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY, 245
Elias N., May 12, 1823. Had son Charles P. Babbitt. Re-
sides in Ohio. Had daughter Leona WTiite Babbitt. Re-
sides in Dakota.
Susan M., Feb. 6, 1825. Married a Bills. One son George.
Jane, Jan. 21, 1827. Married a Fleming.
Children: —
Bert of Hamburg, N. Y.
Addison.
Jennie (Rockwood) of Geneva, N. Y.
ErastusF., May 25, 1828. Lived in Salina, Kan. Twice
married. No children.
Carlos, July 8, 1830. Died young.
Timothy H., Oct. 1, 1832. Served as sharpshooter in Civil
War; had son Timothy and daughter Jennie (Burnside).
William C, Nov. 8, 1834. Died young.
621 Elijah C, March 16, 1839.
WHHam B., Aug. 26, 1843. Was a Drummer Boy in Civil
War. In N. Y. Infantry. Died June 16, 1908 Twice mar-
ried. No children. Lived at EUicottsville, N. Y.
291
Joy Babbitt (Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Bom May 11,
1798, in Spring Creek, Warren Co., Pa. Died May 19, 1872.
Buried at Carmelton, Ind.
Married (1st) July 17, 1825, Betsey Armitage, of Spring Creek, Pa.
Children: — the last three by a second wife, name unknown.
621 Charles Joy. Died 1880.
622 Stephen Barlow, Oct. 17, 1834.
624 WilUam Armitage, Dec. 25, 1831. Living at Litchfield, Ky.
625 Hiram Answorth, Jan. 22, 1841.
Sylvester Campbell. Lived at Owensboro, Ky. Acting third
Assistant Engineer, April 18, 1863, until close of war.
Esther Jane, married an Easton. Resides at Easton, Ky.
292
Samuel Babbitt (Nathaniel-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward) .
246 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Lived in Buffalo, N. Y., and Erie, Pa. Shipbuilder.
Married Lucy, daughter of Samuel Ledyard.
Children: —
626 Samuel Ledyard.
Edwin, Randolph, N. Y.
James, Hamilton, Ont.
William. (Has son Charles).
Ann.
Samuel (perhaps) died July 4, 1852, age 20, in Buffalo, N. Y.
293
Truman Babbitt (Nathaniel-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Born Aug. 22, 1808. Lived in New York. Died Aug. 31, 1883, at Pult-
neyville, N. Y.
His mother died when he was very young. He was brought up by a
clergyman named Smith, in or near Pultneyville. Shipbuilder.
His birth given April 3, 1808, by his daughter.
Lived in Michigan, 1840-41.
Married Dec. 26, 1831, at Pultneyville, N. Y., Lecretia Stearnes. She
was born Aug. 22, 1808, and died Oct. 19, 1884. She was born and died
at Pultneyville, N. Y.
Children: —
627 Emily C, 1832.
Margaretta, 1834. Living with Mrs. Bramble.
Francis, 1836; died 1907. Never married.
Payson Morton, 1839; died 1841.
Ellen, 1842; m. Frank Bramble of Yorkshire, Eng., in 1870.
(Resides at Pultneyville).
Children: —
Mary Ellen, 1871; married Charles Benton in 1894.
She died 1898. One son Walter.
Agnes A., Ida I., twins, 1873. Agnes unmarried. Ida
married Peter A. Perduyn, 1894.
Lillian M., 1876; married Clarence B. Hamilton.
Elizabeth, June 14, 1844; m. Ira Prosens, Dec. 15, 1876 Re-
sides at Sodus, N. Y.
James S., 1850; died 1897. Unmarried.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 247
294
Simeon Augustus Babbitt (Simeon-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Simeon Augustus Babbitt, the only surviving son of Simeon Babbitt,
was born in Barnard, Vt., Nov. 17, 1806. When he was quite young
his father removed to Bethel, Vt., a neighboring village. Simeon became
associated with his father in what was known in those days as "staging
business" before the days of railroads in Vermont. At one time he em-
ployed forty horses in carrying the U. S. mails on the different routes,
of which he was contractor. On the advent of railroad lines into the
state the old stage routes were bound to disappear and in 1842 Mr. Bab-
bitt closed his business. In 1854 he moved to Randolph, Vt., for the
sake of better educational advantages for his children. He served the
town as Justice of the Peace for many years and also was agent for the
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Montpelier. After the Civil War
he was appointed pension and claim agent, which offices he held until
shortly before his death, July 9, 1877.
Mr. Babbitt married May 5, 1834, Emily, daughter of Alvin and
Hannah (Baldwin) Russell McKinstry of Bethel, Vt.
Their children were: —
628 Hannah Jeanette, March 10, 1835; d. June 25, 1867.
Simeon Nelson, July 17, 1837; d. June 11, 1838.
629 Emily Jenny, Oct. 7, 1839.
630 Robert Augustus, Jan. 21, 1842.
631 Elbridge Harris, Jan. 23, 1844.
632 Mary Lucetta, Jan. 27, 1846.
633 Elizabeth Anne, June 10, 1848.
634 George Ashton, Dec. 30, 1852.
295
Alvin W. Babbitt (Jonathan-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward.)
Born March 11, 1800. Died at Mobile, Ala., before 1857.
Lived in Charlestown, Mass., in 1844.
Married Aug. 4, 1824, in Boston Frances E. Young.
Children: —
Charles, m. Eliz. ( ) Lived in Mobile, Ala., 1857.
Sarah Frances. Unmarried 1887.
248 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
296
Hannah Babbitt (Jonathan-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born
Oct. 20, 1802.
Married Wyatt Richardson, of Greenwich, Mass. Lived in Pelham,
and Greenwich, Mass.
Children:— Bom in Greenwich, Mass.
Child, Oct. 23, 1826.
Enos S., Dec. 28, 1828.
Olivia, Nov. 10, 1830.
Marsena, Sept. 5, 1834.
Rinaldo, June 4, 1887. Died young.
297
Jonathan Babbitt (Jonathan-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Bom June 1, 1804. Died Dec. 28, 1855.
Lived in Dana, Worcester Co., Mass. A farmer in Dana, Mass.
Married December 30, 1848, Eliza TowTie. She was bom April 13,
1813, and died May 5, 1864.
Children: —
635 Sarah Eliz., Dec. 23, 1841.
636 Rinaldo, July 27, 1851.
298
Rosselle Babbitt (Jonathan-Elizabeth-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Born Feb. 21, 1805. Died Oct. 9, 1875.
Settled in Wisconsin.
Married June, 1840, in Swansey, N. H., Anna Thompson, daughter
of Timothy and Lucy (Ward) Thompson. She died April 2, 1893.
Children: —
637 Osman, June 26, 1841.
638 Susan, Jan. 12, 1843.
639 Byron, Dec. 15, 1844.
640 Emily, Aug. 19, 1847.
SIMEON BABBITT
MARY BARLOW BABBITT
SIMEON A. BABBITT
EMILY McKINSTRY BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 249
Ella, Jan. 14, 1850; d. March 15, 1854.
Milan, Oct. 31, 1851 ; d. Dec. 6, 1853.
Velma, May 14, 1855; d. Aug. 30, 1870.
641 Anna, Jan. 19, 1859.
299
Elizabeth (Jonathan-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born Aug.
30, 1809.
Married Dec. 26, 1839, at Pelham, Mass., Hiram Abercrombie, son of
James and Margery Abercrombie. Bom March 9, 1807.
Children: —
George, March 23, 1841.
Warren, Nov. 2, 1846.
300
Massena Babbitt (Jonathan-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born
in Dana, Mass., April 9, 1812. Died in Girard, Pa., Sept. 28, 1886.
Married in Swanzey, N. H., Oct. 29, 1839, Angeline Thompson. She
was born May 16, 1816.
Children.
642 Adele C, Sept. 18, 1841.
Orlando, Dec. 5, 1845; d. Feb. 3, 1849.
643 Eric, Sept. 2, 1847.
644 Frank, Feb. 8, 1850.
301
Deborah Babbitt (James-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born
Feb. 20, 1804. Died June 21, 1850.
Resided in Crusable Forks, N. Y., where they are buried.
Married Feb. 23, 1823, EUjah White. Born Aug. 31, 1800. Died
April 8, 1877.
Children:—
William, July 17, 1825. Resided in Bellville, 111.
James, Sept. 19, 1827. Resided in North Adams, Mass.
250 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Eliza F., Sept. 1, 1829. Resided in Moberly, Mo.
Alonzo v., June 2, 1831. Died June 6, 1831.
Charles P., June 17, 1832. Resided in Hayden, Neb.
Leander Babbitt, April 9, 1834. Resided in Concord, N. H. Served
in Civil War, 3rd N.. H. Regiment. Died Sept. 5, 1890.
Children:—
William C.
Marion.
Mary F., April 5, 1836. Resided in Rantoul, 111.
Helen M., June 10, 1838. Resided in Auburn, N. Y.
Warren Alonzo, Jan. 2, 1840. Resided in De Soto, Mo.
Mariam C, Jan. 8, 1845. Resided in De Soto, Mo.
Deborah L., May 29, 1850. Resided in Moberly, Mo.
302
Leander Babbit (James-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born
March 29, 1810.
Mr. Babbit was a physician, a specialist in spinal and ankle diseases,
also hernia. He manufactured his own surgical appliances.
Resided in Clintonville, N. Y.
Died Feb. 13, 1871.
Married July 2, 1835, in Jay, N. Y. Sarah Stevens, daughter of Asher
and Ada Stevens. Born April 5, 1815. Died Dec. 7, 1860.
Children: —
645 Asher Stevens, April 9, 1836.
Marion Loretta, March 2, 1839; d. April 2, 1839.
Ada Stevens, June 2, 1840; d. June 27, 1840.
Wm. Leander, Sept. 22, 1842; d. Oct. 22, 1864, in Anderson-
ville Prison. Member of the 5th N. Y. Cav. and of Kil-
patricks' Body Guard.
b46 Marion Sarah, Aug. 11, 1844. Resides in Lake Placid.
647 Manfred Pire, Feb. 2, 1847.
WaUace Fay, April 27, 1849. Resides m Lake Placid, N. Y.,
where he owns cottages and entertains summer boarders.
648 Curtis Henry, April 26, 1851.
Edgar Wescot, Sept. 13, 1853; d. Oct. 10, 1856.
THE BABBITT FAIULY HISTORY. 251
303
Nathan Bowen Babbitt (David-David-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward)
Born Oct. 18, 1808.
Removed to Western New York about 1846, near Venice, N. Y. Died
Nov. 27, 1890.
Married Sophronia HoUoway, June 21, 1832, in Fall River, Mass.
She was born March 26, 1810. Died Aug. 23, 1887.
Children: —
David, Oct. 20, 1834; d. March 15, 1908. Married April 17,
1859, Mary A. Hathaway of Freetown, Mass. She was
born Feb. 13, 1839.
649 John D., Dec. 10, 1835.
Carrie A., June 23, 1840; d. Jan. 3, 1859.
Edwin N., Jan. 14, 1849.
Eliphalet David. Died young, 1835.
304
Stephen Babbitt (Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Born 1765. Died April 12, 1827.
Settled in Hartwick, N. Y., about 1790.
Married Sally Head. Bom 1778 and died Sept. 17, 1837.
Children: —
650 David, 1796.
651 Margaret.
652 Josiah, 1798.
653 Stephen, April 3, 1806.
Reuben.
Mary married Rossell Barney.
An old account mentions four more — probably incorrect.
WilHam.
Truman.
Linda.
Maude.
252 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
305
Warren Babbitt (Elkanali-Elkanah-Elkanali-Elkanah-Edward). Born
June 18, 1774 Died July 4, 1847.
A farmer — also distiller — converted to Methodism he destroyed his
distillery and liquor.
Resided in Fly Creek, N. Y.
Buried in Old Chappie Burial ground in Fly Creek.
Married in Amenia, N. Y., Sally Delano, daughter of Benjamin and
Sarah (Clark) Delano. Born June 2, 1778, and died Jan. 2, 1861.
Children: —
654 Anna, Aug. 8, 1799.
655 Clarissa, Sept. 7, 1801.
656 Daniel, May 4, 1804.
657 Eunice, Sept. 12, 1807.
Nancy Maria, Dec. 11, 1809; m. Rev. Chas. Mead. Resided
in Fly Creek, N. Y. No children.
658 Roswell, March 22, 1813.
Orrin, Feb. 16, 1816; d. Sept. 13, 1884; m. Mary Putnam and
had children. Albert and Cora. Cora married Luce.
306
Annis Babbitt (Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Resided in Otsego Co., N. Y.
Married Ensign Rexford,
Children: —
Electa, m. Kibby.
Children: —
Nancy m. Camp.
Marcia m. Hobart Tuttle.
307
David Babbitt (Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
about 1766.
A farmer in Lanesboro, Mass., where he was a very early settler. He
and his family were attendants of Old St. Luke's church.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 253
Died Sept. 8, 1816, aged 50 years, in Lanesboro, Mass.
Married Naomi ( ) ; baptized Sept. 10, 1794, in St. Luke's, Lanes-
boro, Mass.
Children: —
657 Semi, Oct. 5, 1788.
660 William, Oct. 6, 1791.
Hannah, Aug. 22, 1793; d. 1794.
Eunice, Nov. 27, 1795.
661 Stephen, June 8, 1798.
Electa, Oct. 17, 1802.
Marinda, Jan. 17, 180(?).
David Babbitt, Lanesborough — Private, Capt. Asa Bams' Co., Col.
Benjamin Simonds' (Berkshire Co.) Regiment; marched on an alarm
at the Northward, Oct. 26, 1780; service, 5 days.
Private, Capt. Asa Barnes' Co., Col. Benjamin Simond's (Berkshire
Co.) Regiment; marched Oct. 14, 1780; service 7 days at the northward;
also, Capt. David Wheeler's Co., Col. Asa Barnes' Regiment; marched
on an alarm to Saratoga, Oct. 29, 1781; service 11 days.
308
Daniel Babbitt (Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Dec. 3, 1770, in Dutchess Co., N. Y.
Removed to New Brunswick when only 13 years old. Later he re-
turned to New York to complete his education. In the winter of 1790
was one of a post-party to travel by snow shoes from St. John to Quebec,
a thirteen days' journey which he was fond of describing. He followed
his father's trade of blacksmith and farmer.
In 1800 he received a Crown Grant of 400 acres on Bay Chaleur 300
miles from Gagetown. He lived on this grant for a few years and then
returned to Burton, Sunbury Co., where he took up land. He was cap-
tain of the militia and was vestryman in the Parish church. Treasurer
of same 1797 to 1802.
Died May 16, 1864.
Married March 30, 1797, in Gagetown, N. B., Dorothy Hoben. She
died June 16, 1853. They are buried in the Baptist Cemetery in Upper
Gagetown.
254 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
662 David Lee, Aug. 19, 1806.
663 Samuel, May, 1814.
664 John Charles, July 20, 1800.
665 Rebecca, baptized Sept. 7, 1817.
Thomas Wilham, Aug. 26, 1798.
Mary EHzabeth, Aug. 19, 1806. Did not marry.
Ann, m. Daniel Courser.
309
Hannah Babbitt (Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
1775.
Resided in Gagetown, N. B.
Died Feb. 11, 1860.
Married John Smith.
Children:—
Daniel.
Charles.
310
David Lee Babbitt (Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom 1789.
Resided in New Brunswick, in Fredericktown and later removed with
his sons, Richard and Archelaus to Picton, Ont.
Married (1st) Mary Ann Purdy, Feb. 6, 1802.
Children:—
Charles Wm., baptized Aug. 2, 1809. Buried June 10, 1811.
666 Archelaus Purdy, baptized April 5, 1811.
667 Richard Yoemans, Nov. 10, 1816.
Phoebe, June 19, 1819; m. David Babbitt No. 662.
668 Daniel Perez, 1823. A sailor on the Lakes. Married (1st)
Amy Warren; married (2nd) Lydia H.
669 Sarah Rebecca.
Rachel Ann, Oct. 25, 1824. Married Henry Hawkins of Medina,
Mich. Had a large family.
Married (2nd) March 18, 1832, Clarissa Hallet.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 255
311
Samuel Perry Babbitt (Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Dec. 24, 1792, in Gagetown, N. B. Died Oct. 1, 1875.
He was a clerk for some years in Quebec and Halifax and afterward
lived in Gagetown. He was vestry clerk of the Parish Church, 1823-1837.
He was also Postmaster and also teacher of the Madras School at Gage-
town for many years. In 1812 he obtained a grant of 115 acres on Bay
Chaleur and in 1824 received another grant of 300 acres in Gagetown.
Married (1st) Susanna Thomas of Halifax, who died March 31, 1825.
Married (2nd) March 15, 1827, Phoebe Creighton. Born May 9, 1809,
in Gagetown. Her sister Dorothy married Elkanah Babbitt No. 313.
Children: —
670 Mary Susanna, June 29, 1828. Married W. C. Godsoe of St.
John, N. B., a meat dealer and contractor for army supplies.
671 Benjamin Samuel, May 29, 1830.
672 Edwin Hennigar, June 3, 1832.
673 Rebecca Jane, May 11, 1835.
Phoebe E., March 5, 1840; d. Nov. 12, 1843.
674 Elizabeth Ann, May 15, 1843.
Samuel F. C, April 24, 1846. Deceased. Was an optician
in Boston, Mass.
312
Thomas Babbitt (Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
1794. Baptized Oct. 5, 1794.
Married Elizabeth Watson, Sept. 5, 1822. Born Oct. 5, 1794.
Children: —
Mary, Sept. 13, 1826. Married Nov. 20, 1845, Edward Berry.
675 Thomas Emerson, Dec. 26, 1828.
Phoebe Elizabeth, April 4, 1831. Married Sept. 6, 1848,
Charles Banks.
Emily Jane, March, 1833; d. 1866.
Sophia Ann, 1835; d. 1902.
Rebecca, 1837; d. 1855. Married Samuel Green.
Hannah, 1839; d. 1895. Married Nelson Sewall.
256 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
William, 1843; d. Jan. 1910. He Kved in Los Angeles, Cal.
Married Amelia Currie
Children:—
William, Resides in New York City.
May, resides in Calgary, Alta.
Lauriston, resides in Los Angeles, Cal.
Pearl, resides in Fernie, B.
313
Elkanah Babbitt (Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanali-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
Oct. 29, 1798, in Gagetown, N. B.
Died Nov. 23, 1837, in New Brunswick.
Married AprU 19, 1821, Dorothy Creighton. Bom April 19, 1802.
Died Feb. 25, 1894. Her sister Phoebe married Samuel Babbitt No. 311.
Children —
Susanna, Jan. 14, 1823.
Henry, Jan. 18, 1824. One daughter, Mrs. John Vance, born
Oct. 7, 1854. Resides in Eureka, Cal. He died Jan. 27, 1863.
Ann, Oct. 5, 1825.
James W., Nov. 16, 1826; d. June 16, 1845.
Charles, Dec. 13, 1828; d. Aug. 24, 1909.
MaryT., Sept. 28, 1830.
676 Robert Thome, Sept. 27, 1833.
677 Sarah EHz., April 9, 1835.
314
Henry Babbitt (Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
Oct. 29, 1798, in Gagetown, N. B.
In 1825 received a grant of 200 acres in Parish of Gagetown, N. B.
Later removed to Upper Canada with his two brothers and two sisters.
Resided in HiUier, Prince Ed. Co., Ont. He was a great conservative
in politics, and a devout member of the Church of England.
By occupation, a farmer.
Died April 18, 1896, in Hilher, Ont.
Married Elizabeth Thorne, Feb. 10, 1825, in Gagetown, N. B. She
was born Oct. 7, 1809.
DANIEL BABBITT.
Copied from an old painting.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 257
Children:—
678 William, 1828.
679 Samuel, Feb. 23, 1829.
Robert, 1834. Did not marry. Went to California, 1849.
Died in Sacramento,
680 Elkanah, 1837.
681 Albert Edward, Feb. 28, 1847.
Katherine, baptized Aug. 29, 1832. Resides in Smithfield,
Ont. No children. Married (1st) Stephen Flindall. Mar-
ried (2nd) Abner Gibson.
682 Phoebe, 1831.
683 Rhoda, Dec. 8, 1830.
James, 1843. Died in infancy.
315
Mary Babbitt (Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
May 22, 1800.
Married George Tilley.
Mr. Tilley was one of the Fathers of the Confederation of Canada,
Children: —
Charles. A contractor in St. Johns, N. B.
Seth Thorn. Removed to San Francisco.
Elizabeth Gove. Married James Quinton, a member of the Cana-
dian Parliament from St. John's County, Feb. 8, 1846. Their
son, William A, bom April 4, 1847, holds important government
positions. He married Kate Allan, Dec. 6, 1877,
Their other children were: —
Susan E,, Sept. 27, 1848.
George F., Oct. 11, 1849.
John B., Dec. 2, 1850.
Frances, April 10, 1852.
J. Harry, AprU 10, 1852.
Charles, June 2, 1854.
AmeUa, Dec. 15, 1855.
Ida, Sept. 14, 1860.
Susan.
258 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
316
Mahala Babbitt (Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
Aug. 19, 1804.
Married Jan. 25, 1826, Nenry Cromwell of Springfield, Ont.
Children:—
George WilUam, Jan. 10, 1827.
Rhoda Anne Cronk, Jan. 17, 1830.
317
Benjamin Babbitt (Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanali-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Aug. 2, 1807. Died March 18, 1893.
Married May 30, 1833, Phoebe Burns. They removed to Hollowell,
Prince Edward County, Ont., about 1853. Mrs. Babbitt died Feb., 1893.
Children: —
Samuel W.
Daughter who married Amos Bowerman of Tacoma, Wash.
Daughter who married Joseph Hendry.
Daughter who married John Chisholm.
Daniel.
318
Ann Holtz Babbitt (Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born June 11, 1809.
Married Feb. 4, 1827, James P. Brown.
They removed to Upper Canada. Settled in Ontario.
Children:—
Elizabeth, Sept. 27, 1829.
Charles S., Nov. 28, 1830.
319
Ziba Babbitt (Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
April 6, 1764. Died Feb. 2, 1803.
Resided in Taunton.
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Married Dec. 3, 1781, in Taunton, Mass., Bathsheba Luscombe, daugh-
ter of Richard Luscombe. Born Sept. 10, 1763, and died March 24, 1848.
Children: —
684 Ziba, May 16, 1782.
685 Elkanah, Oct. 25, 1784.
686 Charles, Dec. 3, 1786.
Elizabeth, Aug. 21, 1789; m. in Taunton, Oct. 28, 1804, Man-
ley Whitaker of Attleboro, Mass.
687 Bathsheba, Jan. 11, 1793.
688 Nancy, March 29, 1796.
689 Isaac, July 26, 1799.
690 Eliza Ann, born after her father's death probably 1803.
Ziba Babbitt, Taunton — Private, Capt. Jacob Haskins' Co., Col. John
Jacob's Regiment; enHsted June 1, 1778; service 11 days; company de-
tached to guard the shore in Freetown by oider of Brig. Gen. George God-
frey; also, Capt. Pelatiah Eddy's Co., Col. John Hathaway's Bristol Co.
Regiment; enhsted March 23, 1779; discharged April 15, 1779; service
24 days at Rhode Island; marched to Tiverton, R. I.; also, descriptive
list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of six
months agreeable to the resolve of June 5, 1780; age, 17 years; stature,
5 ft. 4 in.; complexion, dark; residence, Taunton; arrived in Springfield,
July 9, 1780; marched to camp July 10, 1780, under command of Capt.
Daniel Shay; also, pay roll for six months men raised by the town of Taun-
ton for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched July 10,
1780; discharged Dec. 15, 1780; service 5 months, 15 days.
Private, Capt. John Fuller's Co., Col. GamaHel Bradford's Regiment;
enlisted Aug. 1, 1780; discharged Oct. 1, 1780; service two months.
List of men raised for the six months' service and returned by Brig. Gen.
Paterson as having passed muster, in a return dated Camp Totoway,
Oct. 25, 1780.
Private, Capt. Samuel Drake's Co., Col. Drury's (Bristol Co.) Regiment;
enlisted Aug. 23, 1781; arrived in camp Sept. 1, 1781; discharged Dec. 1,
1781; arrived home Dec. 10, 1781. Service 3 months, 19 days; marched
to North River.
Private, Capt. Nathaniel Snow's Co., Col. George Williams' Regiment;
enlisted June 22, 1778, for 17 days in Rhode Island; marched from Rayn-
ham, and Taunton and served in Providence, R. I., in Col. Wades' Regi-
ment, under Gen. Sullivan.
260 THE BABBITT FAIVOLY HISTORY.
320
Ebenezer Babbitt (Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
Sept. 30, 1767. Died in Taunton, 1820.
Lived in Taunton and Freetown, Mass.
Married Betsey Cooper, Jan. 1, 1792. She died Jan. 23, 1851, age 83
years.
Children: —
691 Fanny, Aug. 20, 1792.
Eliza, Dec. 19, 1794, in Taunton. Did not marry.
692 Seth Cooper, Sept. 9, 1797, in Freetown.
693 Ebenezer, June 15, 1799, in Taunton.
694 Deborah, Oct. 26, 1803.
321
Jacob Babbitt (Ebenezer- Jacob-Elkanah-EIkanah-Edward). Born
Oct. 22, 1769. Died March 8, 1850, in Bristol, R. I.
Representative to General Court in Boston, Mass., 1830.
Married Bathsheba Stoddard, in Taunton, Mass., Sept. 27, 1789. She
was born April 7, 1773; died June 28, 1852.
Children:—
695 Sarah, July 4, 1790.
696 Jacob Babbitt, May 8, 1809.
Other children died young.
Jacob Babbitt was a merchant shipowner, engaged in the East and
West India trade. Among the records of the Providence-Washington
Insurance Company, is a policy, which bears the number 10. It is in
favor of Jacob Babbitt and covered a sloop trading in the West Indies.
The company mentioned, at one time published a photographic copy of
it as an advertisement.
Jacob Babbitt had a negro servant Quashey, who assumed the name
Babbitt and whose descendants still bear the name.
Among the water front property of Jacob Babbitt in Bristol, was a
wharf, whereon now stands the Naval Reserve armory. That wharf has
been known as "Babbitt's Wharf" for generations. Sept. 23, 1805, his
brick warehouses containing $40,000 worth of sugar were burned.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 261
For a hundred years and more, the members of the Babbitt family
have been conspicuous in the business and social life of Bristol.
SKETCH WRITTEN BY A DESCENDANT.
In 1790 there came to the town of Bristol a young man, poor in purse
but rich in energy and determination, who began a career which termina-
ted sixty years later, in 1850 when he was 81 years old, in afHuence and
honor. This was Jacob Babbitt. He was born in Taunton, Mass., Oct.
22, 1769, and married to Bathsheba Stoddard, born Apr. 7, 1773. They
had two children.
At the age of 21 Jacob Babbitt came to Bristol, with little education
and but little or no means, but resolutely went about doing whatever came
in his way to make a living. The years sped on and with them, through
his uniform habits of industry, economy and enterprise, he prospered
and grew in capacity, force and means until he stood one of the potent
forces in Bristol life. He was a Silversmith, later a merchant and still
later a manufacturer of cotton goods.
Bristol of his day was as much indebted to him as to any one individual
for whatever prosperity it enjoyed. Neither of the two cotton manufac-
tories of that period would have been established without the assistance
derived from him.
Mr. Babbitt soon after established himself in the Cuban trade and when
the war of 1812 opened he continued to carry on the trade in spite of em-
bargo and blockade. At that time his vessels sailed under the flag of
Denmark, and often when disguised as dilapidated coasters brought heavy
and valuable cargoes into the port of Bristol.
322
Polly Babbitt (Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
April 29, 1780.
Married (1st) Jan. 24, 1803, Shadrach Sherman of Dartmouth, Mass.
(His second wife.) He died Sept. 13, 1810.
Children: —
Shadrach.
Married (2nd) Oct. 24, 1818, John Grant, of Catskill, N. Y.
262 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
323
Dimmis Babbitt ( Jacob- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
June 3, 1775, in Colchester, Conn. Died Oct. 9, 1852.
Married in 1792 Wightman Tennant, of Portland, Conn.
Children:—
Chester, m. Clark, Hebron, Conn.
Avery, m. Clara Palmer, Hebron, Conn.
Abram, m. Achsah Crane. No children.
Lewis. Lived in Canada, Indiana and South.
Phoebe, March 24, 1813; m. Henry Hedges, Sept. 5, 1832.
Asenath, m. Eli Low, East Hartford, Conn. Had four children.
She died aged 94 years.
Laura, m. Gilbert Curtis, Parkman, O. She had ten children.
Louisa, m. Sidney Stocking, Chatham, Conn. Had eight children.
Electa, m. Joseph Stancliflf, Portland, Conn. Had ten children.
Sarah, m. Homer Richmond, Middletown, Conn.
324
EUsha Babbitt (Jacob- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Nov.
26, 1776, in Colchester, Conn. Died Nov. 6, 1869.
He was a blacksmith.
When yoimg was sailor on a coasting vessel on Long Island sound.
He removed to Greenboro, Vt., about 1797.
He first united with Baptist church — later Congregational. An indus-
trious and intellectual man, and greatly respected.
Married Dec, 1805, Sally Haines daughter of Matthias Haines of Ray-
mond, N. H. Bom Nov. 5,1781 ; died July 25, 1868,
Children:—
697 John Haines, Nov. 6, 1806.
698 Ancil Chapman, Nov. 20, 1809.
699 Ehaathan Gates, Sept. 20, 1812.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 263
325
Sally Babbitt ( Jacob- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Oct.
17, 1778.
Died Feb. 22, 1856, in Greenboro, Vt.
Married Peter Randall.
Children:—
Abram.
Anna.
Delia.
Mary.
Elisha.
Elijah.
Damaris.
326
Asenath Babbitt (Jacob- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Aug. 20, 1780, in Colchester, Conn.
Died July 2, 1843, in Derby, Vt.
Married March 14, 1802, Jonathan Randall, who died in Newport,
Vt., 1870.
Children:—
Alfred, Jan. 25, 1803.
Sophia, Feb. 6, 1806.
Chauncey, May 3, 1813.
Samantha, Aug. 15, 1817, in Glover, Vt.
327
Jacob Babbitt (Jacob- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Oct.
9, 1791. Died Oct. 1, 1830.
Married (1st) Sally Higgins, of Danville, Vt.
Children: —
700 Joshua Cutler, June 24, 1818.
Married (2nd) Betsey Scott, of Craftsbury, Vt.
Children:—
701 Mary Catherine, June 19, 1825.
264 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
702 Sabra Ann.
703 WiUiam Scott.
328
William Jenks Babbitt (Elijah-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Sept. 15, 1786, in Providence, R. I. Died July 20, 1863, in Gaines, N. Y.
Served in war of 1812, under Gen. Harrison,
A blacksmith in Ovid, N. Y.
Married June 27, 1810, in Ovid, N. Y., Eunice Losey. Bom May 31,
1795, in Rockaway, N. J., and died April 4, 1867, in Albion, N. Y.
Children: —
704 Lysander Wilkins, Jan. 31, 1812.
705 Amey A., Nov. 5, 1813.
706 Je£ferson T., March 22, 1816.
707 Wainwright, Jan. 29, 1818.
Persena L., Feb. 23, 1820; d. Aug. 8, 1838.
329
Elijah Babbitt (Elijah- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born July
29, 1795, in Providence, R. I. Died Jan. 9, 1887, in Erie, Pa.
Resided many years in Erie, Pa. A lawyer by profession.
Representative in Congress during the first years of Civil War, from
Erie, Pa.
In 36th Congress, 1859-1861. In 37th Congress, 1861-1863.
Extracts from his eulogy as given by Rev. David Moir, in St. Paul's
Church, Erie, Pa., Jan. 23, 1887:
Mr. Babbitt was bom in Providence, R. I., but his father soon after
removed to New York State where he died in 1809. Having attained his
majority in 1816, Mr. Babbitt became a resident of Peimsylvania, and
in 1822 began the study of law in Milton with Samuel Hepburn, a lawyer
of note. He was admitted to the bar in 1824 and continued in practice
in Northumberland County until 1826 when he removed to Erie — a long
ELIJAH BABBITT.
(No. 329)
GEORGE BABBITT.
(No. 259)
ABIJAH BABBITT.
(No. 273)
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 265
journey in those days of two hundred and fifty miles. Erie was then but
a hamlet. He soon married Miss Kelso, the daughter of one of the earliest
pioneers of Erie County, and their happy married life was extended
through nearly fifty-seven years. Mr. Babbitt was a faithful adherent
of the Episcopal Church and one of the founders of St. Paul's Church in
Erie in 1827. His public services were many and varied. In 1834r-5
he was Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania.
In 1836-7 he was State Representative— 1843 to 1846 he was State
Senator. In 1858 he was elected Representative in Washington at the
critical period of civil strife and left a record of staimch patriotism and
faithful service. The leading trait of his character was "unimpeachable
integrity" coupled with a singular purity of his private life. His constant
safeguard was his depth of religious principle. Although there was a
certain reserve in his manner — ^he was really one of the most approach-
able and genial of men — fond of company, and in conversation keen and
spicy with a droll humor. His death left a void in Erie which nothing
could ever fill.
Married Nov. 28, 1827, Caroline Elizabeth Kelso, daughter of John
Kelso and Sarah Willis Carson. She died August, 1884.
Children: —
Ella S., 1829.
Henry W., 1832.
Emma, A., 1834; d. 1907. Married John E. Payne.
Children: —
Howard.
Florence.
Amy who married R. J. Rathay.
Bertha, 1836-1908.
Carrie E., 1839; m. Alfred Spooner. One son, Alfred Babbit
Spooner.
Wilham, 1846-1887. Served in Navy in Civil War as mate.
Enhsted March 11, 1865. Resigned Sept. 8, 1865.
708 Mary Willis, 1850-1895.
266 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
330
Henry Page Babbitt (Elijah-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
1799.
Resided in Providence, R. I., where he died, July 9, 1851, age 52.
Married (1st) Eliza Clark, of Providence, R. I., Nov. 19, 1820, who
died Sept. 1845, age 37.
Children: —
James Edward, d. July 28, 1826, aged 13 months.
Henry H., d. 1828.
Florine Frances, d. Dec. 14, 1835, aged 4 years.
Ann Eliza, Sept. 17, 1822, aged 15 months.
Henry Page, d. July 12, 1831.
Married (2nd) Feb. 7, 1847, Eunice Angella Drew*.
Children:—
Georgiana, 1848; married May 4, 1870, Elbridge B. Paine,
in Everett, Mass.
♦Eunice A. (Drew) Babbitt married in Plymouth, Mass., Aug. 7, 1859,
Dr. Nathan C. Lewis, Jr.
331
Stephen Babbitt (Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Sept.
14, 1764. Died 1803.
His widow settled in Ohio in middle life.
Was prosperous and thrifty and left a large estate.
A soldier in Revolution. Private from Morris Co.
Married Mary Beach. She died Feb. 23, 1842.
Children:—
709 Elias, Jan. 11, 1788.
Jemima, Dec. 14, 1789.
710 Phoebe, Dec. 19, 1791.
Aaron, Jan. 29, 1794.
Tryphena, Oct. 8, 1796.
Joanna, March 15, 1799.
711 Moses, April 7, 1801.
Children all went to Ohio after their father's death, except Elias and
Moses.
OLD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MENDHAM, N. J.
With which the Mendham Babbitts were prominently connected.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 267
332
Phoebe Babbitt (Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Feb.
25, 1769, in Mendham, N. J. Died Sept. 28, 1851.
Married Dec. 17, 1788, Jedediah Sayre, of Westfield, N. J. Born in
Westfield about 1767. Died April 28, 1846. (Muncie, Ind.)
Children:—
Benjamin, March 6, 1793; m. Ann Johnson.
Daniel, Feb. 5, 1796.
Tryphena, Oct. 22, 1799.
Mary, Aug. 4, 1802; d. March 22, 1804.
William P., Oct. 17, 1806.
333
Amzi Babbitt (Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Jan.
22, 1779, in Mendham, N. J. Died April 27, 1850.
A mason by trade. He built many of the old ovens and outside stone
chimneys yet seen in houses around Mendham.
He had a splendid tenor voice and led the church choir. He also taught
singing school.
Married Sept. 1801, Angelena Conditt, daughter of Zenas. She died
July 27, 1842.
Children born in Mendham, N. J.
Jane, May 19, 1803; d. Oct. 1866; m. Oct. 2, 1827, Rev. Har-
vey Lyon.
Children: —
Maria.
Amzi.
Harvey.
Rhoda.
Thomas Milton, Nov. 5, 1805. Died young.
JuHa A., Sept. 25, 1806; d. Dec. 31, 1822.
712 Phoebe Conditt, Oct. 22, 1808.
713 CaroUne, June 20, 1810.
268 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Infant son, Jan, 18, 1813; died young.
714 Maria Ball, Feb. 28, 1817; d. July 8, 1888; m. Aug. 31, 1841,
Edward H. Fairchild.
334
John Medless Babbitt (Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Oct. 12, 1780. Died May 25, 1845, in Lisle, N. Y.
Was a Presbyterian clergyman.
Pastor of Presbyterian Church, Southampton, N. Y., July 20, 1817—
Jan. 2, 1819.
Pastor of Presbyterian Church, Liberty, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1830— March
18, 1833.
Pastor of Congregational Church, Dundaff, Pa., Nov. 1833 — March
29, 1836.
Pastor of Presbyterian Church, Lerays\dlle, Pa., June 1836 — July 6,
1838.
Pastor of Congregational Church, Lisle, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1838 — June
1841.
Married JuUa Bunnell. Born Sept. 16, 1790; died Dec. 24, 1856.
Children:—
715 Nancy Day, June 17, 1817.
716 Julia, Nov. 23, 1823.
335
William Babbitt (Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Feb. 3, 1782, in Mendham, N. J. Died Dec. 30, 1878, in Mendham, N. J.
He was familiarly known as "Squire Babbitt." Mr Babbitt's life ex-
tended through the latter part of the revolution, until modern times. He
had a distinct recollection of each of our presidents and had voted at every
Presidential election since Jefferson's. In politics an old time Whig and
Republican. A man of strong convictions and active habits and an ardent
worker for temperance, being President of one of the first organized Tem-
perance Societies in his county. He was an oflScer in the Mendham
church the larger part of his life serving many years as President of the
Board of Trustees. He was judge of Court of Common Pleas from 1837
to 1847, a Justice of Peace for half a century. He was upright and faith-
ful in all his dealings and was never negligent of any trust given to him.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 269
Married June 11, 1811, Elizabeth A. Sutton. Born June 19, 1789.
Died March 10, 1869.
Children: —
717 Joseph Sutton, March 14, 1812.
Daniel, Feb. 14, 1815; d. March 6, 1815.
718 Sarah, Aug. 1, 1818.
Rev. William H., June 5, 1825; d. 1908, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Graduate in Princeton, 1846. In Princeton Seminary, 1850-
1853. Tutor, 1851-53. Registrar in Princeton, 1850-51 A.
M., 1849.
Martha P., Aug. 26, 1827; d. May 14, 1862. Unmarried.
336
Darius Babbitt (Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Dec.
17, 1783, in Mendham, N. J. Died June 18, 1831-2.
A carpenter and builder in Mendham.
He was the builder of many of the houses now standing in that town.
Married Dec. 24, 1807, Mary Thompson. Died May 3, 1873.
Children: —
719 Elizabeth Ann, Nov. 15, 1810.
Harvey, Jan. 26, 1814; d. Feb. 19, 1896.
William, Jan. 26, 1814; d. April 10, 1814.
Daniel, May 21, 1818. Wandered away and disappeared
about 1831.
Mary Milhcent, July 8, 1831; d. Dec. 28, 1906. Unmarried.
337
Henry Babbitt (Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Aug.
7, 1785, in Mendham, N. J. Died July 25, 1873, age 88.
He was a carpenter, builder and cabinet maker in company with his
brother Darius.
Their work is yet in evidence in many Mendham homes.
Married March 23, 1817, Phoebe Squire. Born 1799.
270 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Died July 1877, daughter of Stephen and Lydia (Harris) Squire.
Children: —
720 Charles, March 21, 1821; d. Feb. 17, 1899. Removed to Phil-
adelphia, Pa.
721 Lydia, Jan. 22, 1825.
Henry, Aug. 5, 1829; d. March 1906.
722 Am^i, Feb. 11, 1831.
Hattie W., July 23, 1833; d. Dec. 1906.
723 WilUam Squires, Nov. 10, 1835.
338
Daniel Babbit (Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edvi^ard). Born Aug.
3, 1788, in Mendham, N. J. Died May 16, 1864, in Orange, N. J.
Copy of PortfoHo, dated Oct., 1874, of the New England Society of
Orange to Daniel Babbit:
Daniel Babbit, M. D., son of Daniel and Sarah (Beach) Babbit, was
born in Mendham, Morris Co., N. J., August 3, 1788, and came to Orange
about the year 1810. At that time, as he informed Dr. Wm. Pierson,
Jr., in his last sickness, there was not a shade tree in the town; and, in-
credible as this may now seem, it is probably the literal truth. Moved
by this deficiency, he procured from Mendham (about 1814) some button-
woods, which he set out himself in front of his residence on the West cor-
ner of Essex and Main Streets, in front of and around the First Presby-
'terian Church, and elsewhere, and gave away to whosoever would plant
them. To this pubHc-spirited act must be traced the practice of setting
out shade-trees which has made the streets of Orange such an ornament
of the place ; and in dedicating to him its first Portfolio of tree-photographs
the New England Society is only paying him an honor to which he
is clearly entitled. Dr. Babbit was a graduate of Princton, and prac-
tised medicine in Orange for about thirty years. In 1811 he delivered,
in the First Presbyterian Church, a Fourth of July oration, which was
printed in 1861 in the Orange Journal. In 1823 he was one of the trus-
tees of Orange Academy (Hoyt's History of the First Church, p. 189).
He was also one of the original stockholders and for many years a direc-
tor of the Morris and Essex R. R., president of the Orange Bank until
near the close of his life, and vestryman and senior warden of St. Mark's
parish. He died May 16, 1864. A member of Union Lodge, F. & A. M.
Had served as grand master of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 271
Married (1st) Aug. 2, 1812, Nancy Matthews, daughter of Noah and
Phoebe Matthews. Born April 7, 1794;died Dec. 8, 1828.
Children: —
Noah Matthews, Jan. 20, 1813; d. Nov. 13, 1832. Graduate of
Princeton in 1832.
724 WiUiam Matthews, Aug. 28, 1821.
725 Phoebe Louise, Sept. 30, 1828.
Daniel Clinton, Sept. 30, 1828; d. Jan. 6, 1837.
Married (2nd) Oct. 11, 1839, Charlotte Stryker, daughter of Henry
Stryker. Born May 10, 1799; died July 2, 1886.
Children:—
Charlotte Elizabeth, May 25, 1841. Resides in Orange, N. J.
339
Amzi Babbitt (Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Sept.
3, 1795, in Mendham, N. J. Died Nov. 14, 1845, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Studied Theology with Rev. Mr. Armstrong, and became a Presby-
terian minister. Later became minister of Dutch Ref. Church.
Was graduate of Princeton College, Class 1816-1820.
Was graduate of Princeton Seminary, 1818.
He was in Washington, D. C, for a while in literary work.
Married Oct. 28, 1830, Sarah Buckley, of Salisbury, Pa., daughter of
Daniel. Died Aug. 9, 1868.
Children: —
Clement Buckley, m. Harriet Hazlehurst.
Mary Emma, Dec. 7, 1834; d. June 26, 1906.
V 340
Jacob Babbitt (Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
In June, 1817, moved to Union Village, near Lebanon, Ohio, and
died there.
Married Alice Craft, born about 1765, daughter of John Craft, who
died 1804, age 74. He was an early settler of Morris Township, Wash-
ington Co., Pa.
272 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
Elsie, died aged four years.
Annie, married Michael Rush.
Jemina.
Aaron.
Elizabeth. Died at Union Village, O.
John. r Shaker settlement.
Amasa.
Amos, Feb., 1806.
726 Luther, Feb. 11, 1808.
727 Calvin, Aug. 4, 1809.
341
John Babbitt ( Job-Isaac- Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
He was a staunch believer in the Shaker doctrine. His nephew, Isaac
Freeman Babbitt, once visited him in Union Village, and he hesitated
over shaking hands with him. (An act not performed by Shakers).
Died in Union Village, Ohio.
Married EUzabeth Rush. (Her brother, Michael, married John's
niece, Annie, daughter of Jacob No. 340.
Children: —
Martin, died in Union Village, O.
342
Luther Babbitt (Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward), Born Oct.
25, 1776. Died in Union Village.
Lived in Mahoming Creek, O.
Married but had no children.
343
Calvin Babbitt (Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Was captured in Detroit at Hull's surrender. In War of 1812.
Married ( ) Reede.
Children:—
(Rev.) Charles, Methodist preacher, Louisville, Ky.
Edwin, died young.
DR. DANIEL BABBITT.
OF ORANGE, N. J.
WM. BABBITT HOUSE, MENDHAM, N. J.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 273
344
Samuel Babbitt (Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Settled near Madisonville, O.
Married Rebecca Bennett.
Children:—
Charles, died unmarried.
William, moved to Indiana; large family. Perhaps the Wm. O.
Babbitt, who married Eliz. Cornell in Ohio about 1830.
Henry.
Betsey, married Hiram Smith, Norwood, O. and had four children
one, Emmeline, married a Piatt.
345
Daniel Babbitt (Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom July
20, 1782. Died Oct. 2, 1853.
Settled in Illinois, 1828. He was a mason by trade. He was a strong
Jackson man in politics while his brother Job was equally strong for Clay,
and their arguments were many and lively.
Married Elizabeth Carmichael, 1786-1863.
Children:—
George.
730 Cynthia.
Bethnia, married Bartlett.
731 Jacob.
William.
732 Christina.
733 Daniel Oct. 10, 1820.
Silas, who had George, James and others.
346
Job Babbitt (Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born 1783.
Died June 5, 1850.
Served in War of 1812 in Ohio.
Moved to Canton, 111., 1828, and during the Black Hawk War, came
to Union Springs, Fulton Co., 111.
274 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married Nancy Menaugh of Tyrone Co., Ireland.
Children:—
Jane, 1802; married Jonathan Hughey of Missouri.
734 Sarah, 1804.
735 Stephen, 1806.
736 Eleanor, 1808 (December 19th).
737 Jonathan, March 13, 1811.
738 James, 1813.
739 Hugh, 1819.
740 Job, 1821; d. 1857.
347
Polly Babbitt (Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Lived in Union Village, Ohio.
Married Isaac Parkhurst (her cousin) , born 1772.
Children:—
Amos.
Hannah.
Eunice.
Joel.
Eletha.
Charlotte.
Mary Ann.
Susan.
348
Elizabeth Babbitt (Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom prob-
ably in New Jersey.
Came to Ohio and later to Illinois.
Married Jonathan Parkinson.
Children: —
John, married Experience Craycroft.
Abel, had son Abraham.
Sarah.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY, 275
Mary.
William.
Minerva, married Phelps.
Elizabeth.
349
Stephen Babbitt (Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born in
New Jersey.
Was a Shaker for a time.
By trade was a plane maker.
He came away from the Union Village, Ohio, Shaker Colony leaving
his wife who refused to go with him.
Stephen joined his brother Job and Daniel in the migration to IlHnois.
They halted at the block house at Canton, 111., untU the Black Hawk
War was over and then moved on to the extreme N. W. of Fulton Co.,
settling on the edge of the timber land.
Married (1st) Phoebe McVey, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Rude)
McVey. He had a second wife late in life, (Sister of Sarah McVey, who
married David Babbitt No. 354).
Children:—
Tryphena, died in Union Village, O.
741 Isaac Freeman.
Harriet, died yoimg.
742 James Madison, Oct. 6, 1811.
Parkhurst McVey.
Children: —
Mary.
Phoebe.
Amelia, married Aquila Bolton.
ChHdren:—
Charles Hammond.
Denman R.
Sarah Ann, married Jos. West; died 1905.
276 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
350
Daniel Babbitt (Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
(about 1779) probably in Berkshire Valley, N. J.
Resided in Berkshire Valley on a farm which he cleared of woods and
cultivated. He lived in a log house for a time until able to build
a better one.
Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt are buried in Berkshire Valley church yard.
Died May 11, 1854, aged 75 years.
Married Rebecca Randall, who was born in 1779 and died May 21,
1865, aged 86 years.
Children: — Born in Berkshire Valley, N. J.
Electa, married Henry Arnold. No children.
743 Jesse, Oct. 30, 1808.
744 Mary, Aug. 18, 1811.
Phoebe, married Thos. Rowland. Six children.
745 David, May 27, 1814.
Almira, married Moses Mase. Three children,
Margaret, May 24, 1824;married Jackson Brown of Maplewood
N.J.
351
Phoebe Babbitt (Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
March 14, 1791.
According to the records of First church of Morristown, of which she
was a member, she came from Mendham to Morristown.
Resided in Morristown, N. J.
Her father perhaps lived with her as his death is recorded on the records
of the First church in Morristown.
Died Jan. 28, 1862, in Morristown. Buried in rear of First thiurch.
Married Oct. 7, 1826, Samuel Pierson; bom March 22, 1785.; died
May 3, 1853. She was his second wife.
Children: —
Samuel, Sept. 25, 1827.
Mariella.
Harriet, Jan. 27, 1832.
Charles, Sept. 9, 1835.
I
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 277
352
Seth Babbitt (Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Sept. 3, 1792. Died Nov. 20, 1836.
Served in War of 1812.
Lived in Berkshire Valley, N. J.
A farmer, whose land was cleared from the forest and settled by great
labor.
Married Hannah Weir. Born May 22, 1799; died May 11 , 1872.
Children: — Born in Berkshire Valley, N, J.
746 John Weir, Nov. 10, 1820.
Jane M., Dec. 9, 1823.
747 WHham S., March 11, 1827.
748 Edward T., Jan. 30, 1830.
Mary M., Sept. 19, 1833; d. Nov. 11, 1867. Married Dana
Daws.
Hannah Babbitt married (2nd) Israel Hurd. Son Stephen born
April 28, 1838.
353
Silas Babbitt (Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Died March
11, 1818.
Lived in Pequanock, N. J.
For a time his connection with the other New Jersey Babbitts was in
doubt, but it was finally proved by deeds of sale of his land between his
sons, one of which mentions the fact that these lands were once Elkanah
Babbitt's.
Children:—
Joseph, married Sarah Chadwick, One child died in infancy.
Elizabeth, married Henry Cole.
749 Lewis.
750 Amzi, Oct. 13, 1816.
751 Stephen D.
354
David Babbitt (Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
March 16, 1785, in Berkshire Valley, N. J.
278 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
He was brought up by an aunt and when old enough bound out to a
cabinet maker who proved a hard master, so he ran away before his trade
was learned and settled in Washington Co., Pa., with his cousins and
lived there for a time after marriage He then removed to Greene Co.,
Pa., and resided there many years.
After his death his widow removed to Abington, 111., where she died.
She was daughter of Isaac and Mary McVey, whose children were Phoebe,
who married Stephen Babbitt, Sarah, Charity, Anna, Ruth, Isaac and
Lewis.
He died Aug. 29, 1861, in Rich Hill, Pa.
Married Sarah McVey, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Rude) McVey.
Born June 19, 1791, Died Oct. 1, 1867, in Abington, 111. Sister of Phoebe
who married Stephen Babbitt No. 349.
Children: —
752 Joseph Harvey, Dec. 6, 1808.
753 MiUon, Feb. 19, 1810.
754 Mahala, March 4, 1811.
James Madison,April 22, 1813; d. May 4, 1817.
755 Wm. Harrison, April 22, 1813; d. May 30, 1855.
7; 6 Lucinda, Jan. 29, 1815.
757 Juliana, Jan. 29, 1815.
Franklin, Sept. 23, 1817; d. 1853-4. No children.
Electa, Nov. 22, 1818; d. May 22, 1819.
758 Isaac, Sept. 12, 1820; d. Jan. 7, 1901.
Samuel, Nov. 30, 1822; d. Nov. 7, 1824.
759 Mary, Jan. 12, 1825; d. Feb. 10, 1908.
David, May 5, 1827; d. May 27, 1893. No children. Married
Isabel Ely, May 5, 1849. She died 1853-4. Resided in
Haskel, Kas.
760 Sarah, July 9, 1829; d. Oct. 25, 1854.
Clarissa, Nov. 17, 1832; d. Jan. 2, 1898. Married Wm. Oviatt,
Two children, Grace and Frank. They resided in Shenan-
doah, Iowa.
761 Elmira, June 20, 1834. Married Simon Lewis; resides in Abing-
don, 111.
Son, died in infancy.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 279
355
James Babbitt (Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Oct. 2, 1790.
Resided in Succasunna, N. J. Afterward in Rockaway, N. Y., and
Berkshire Valley. In 1818, a James Babbitt and wife Ruth were mem-
bers of Rockaway church — ^probably this James.
Private in Capt. Joseph Budds Co., 2nd N. J. Regiment. Enlisted
Sept. 5, 1814. Discharged Dec. 14, 1814.
Died Dec. 30, 1845.
Married (1st) Ruth ( ) perhaps.
Married (2nd) Marie C. Boyd, Oct. 23, 1819. Born Aug. 22, 1803;
died April 18, 1880. Buried in Millbrooke, N. J. (She married (2nd)
Jonas Burchell of Dover, N. J.)
Children:—
Margaret K., July 19, 1823; d. Sept. 16, 1846; m. Isaac Butler
July 2, 1842.
Elizabeth, Sept. 13, 1825; d. Oct. 16, 1826.
Sarah P., Feb. 3, 1827; d. May 21, 1906.
She married (1st) Nov. 29, 1848, Silas H. Dickerson, who
died Oct. 8, 1849; married (2nd) Mr. McDougall.
Ira, March 13, 1829; d. May 4, 1833.
John, Feb. 12, 1831 ; d. March 1831.
762 George W., June 3, 1832.
763 Stephen I., June 1, 1834.
Phoebe A. M., Jan. 13, 1837; d. March 3, 1898. Married Mil-
ton Davis, April 9, 1853.
764 James Elkanah, Nov. 6, 1839.
356
Asher Babbitt (Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Jan. 1797, in New Milford, Conn. Died 1845.
Resided in New Milford, Conn., in 1827. For a time in Bridgewater
when he lived in the lower end of the town in the part called Southville.
Before the advent of the railroad Bridgewater was a strategic part in
industry and transportation and Mr. Babbitt had but just become well
settled in business when he died.
280 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY,
His brother Dunning continued in the same enterprises and became
very prosperous.
Married Eunice Blackman.
Children:—
765 Philo, Dec. 22, 1820.
766 Isaac, April 22, 1831.
357
Betsey Babbitt (Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
May 2, 1795, in Brookfield, Comi. Died 1889.
Married Jan. 24, 1816, Clark Stevens.
Resided in Brookfield, Conn.
Children: —
Mary, 1822. Married ( ) Dibble.
Margaret, 1827. Married ( ) Taylor.
Angeline, 1829.
358
Dimning Babbitt (Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Sept. 4, 1799, in Brookfield, Conn. Died Feb. 3, 1893.
For years he kept a general store in Brookfield at a place called Bab-
bitt's Bridge. He was a prominent figure in the Episcopal church in
Bridgewater, Coim., its principal upholder. In 1861 he went to Dan-
bury and resided there until his death.
Physically he was a small man of a genial and friendly nature; and
his name was a household word in his section of Connecticut. He was
interested in many enterprises, among them a tannery, a twine factory,
teaming business and toll bridge. The advent of the railroad in the Hous-
atonic Valley changed business conditions greatly and was the reason of
his removal finally to Danbury.
Married Feb. 23, 1826, Mary Edmonds, daughter of John and Lucy
(Park) Edmonds. Born March 2, 1805. Died May 24, 1885.
Children: —
Edward, Oct. 19, 1827; d. Jan. 1, 1896. Resided in Danbury,
Comi. Married 1st June 5, 1854, Sarah Lowry. She died 1857.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 281
Married (2nd) Jan. 5, 1869, Mary Parks. He served as Commissary
Sergeant, 11th Conn. Regt., from Sept. 21, 1861, to Dec. 21, 1865.
Had one son: —
Charles Samuel Dunning Babbitt. Born 1855. Died 1862.
WiUiam, Oct. 6, 1829; d. March 17, 1862. Married Merriett
Fairchild.
Had one son: — Wm. H. Babbitt of Wakeman, Ohio.
359
Alva Babbitt (Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
April 9, 1802. Died April 6, 1874.
Resided in New Milford, Conn.
Married April 13, 1825, Polly Camp. Born Dec. 10, 1802. Died
March 19, 1871.
Children:—
767 Lucy Lavinia, Aug. 19, 1829.
Mary R., Oct. 16, 1834; d. March 12, 1881. Unmarried.
Emerson L., April 4, 1845, (Waldo, Fla.)
360
Mary A. Babbitt (Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Nov. 14, 1804. Died Nov. 13, 1872.
Resided in Monroe, Conn.
Married Isaac Burr, Aug. 20, 1828. (His second wife), son of Capt.
Henry and Anna Maria (Hawley) Burr. He was born 1796; died 1889.
Children: —
Martha, Sept. 20, 1830.
James, July 12, 1832.
Henry, Oct. 11, 1835.
Mary, Feb. 20, 1838; m. Henry Tibbals.
361
Frances Babbitt (Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
May 9, 1807, in Brookfield, Conn.
Died Dec. 6, 1886.
282 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married 1828, Alvah Warner of Southwell, Conn.
Children: —
Jane, 1829.
Isaac, 1831.
Ellen.
Susan.
362
Lavinia Babbitt (Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Oct. 5, 1813, in Brookfield, Conn.
Married 1840, Isaac Barnum, of Bethel, Conn.
Children: —
Llewellyn, 1841.
Elizabeth, 1848.
\rabella, 1850.
Franklin, 1855.
363
Marcus Babbitt (Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
July 12, 1815.
He continued to reside on his father's farm and held it until a short
time before he died. For over a century it was in the possession of the
Babbitt family.
Resided in Brookfield and Danbury, Conn.
Representative in Legislature, 1873.
Married Sept. 26, 1855, Jane Ward. Born July 26, 1829. Died
Dec. 28, 1893.
Children:—
Emma Jane, 1857. Resides in Bethel, Conn.
364
John Babbitt (Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Oct. 1, 1817.
Resided in Morris, Conn.
Died Nov. 1, 1869.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY, 283
Married Dec. 26, 1844, Ann Mehitable Sanford, daughter of Osias
Sanford. Born Feb. 10, 1818.
Children: — ■
768 Herbert Sanford, July 27, 1847.
Arthur Dunning, Jan. 28, 1855; d. May 15, 1874.
365
David Babbitt (William-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
about 1788, in Lanesboro, Mass. Died in Crystal Lake, 111.
Was in War of 1812.
Left Lanesboro about 1820 and settled in Ohio where the two youngest
sons were bom.
Married Feb. 1, 1808, Eunice Curtis, daughter of Peter and Phoebe
(Sherman) Curtis, of Stratford, Conn. Born in Lanesboro, Mass., Oct.
10, 1782; died at Napiersville, 111.
Children: — All born in Cheshire, Mass., with the exception of last two.
Laura M., July 7, 1808.
Henry C, Nov. 20, 1810.
769 Sally A., Jan. 9, 1813.
Lucy C, March 5, 1815, in Cheshire, Mass.
Eunice J., Feb. 27, 1817.
770 Solomon Malton, Aug. 27, 1823.
771 David S., 1821.
366
Ira Babbitt (William-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
1790, in Lanesboro, Mass. Died in 1867, in Booneville, Mo.
Lived in Lanesboro and Cheshire, Mass.
Removed to Kirtland, Ohio, then to Nauvoo, 111., and finally to Boone-
ville, Mo., where he died.
Married Oct. 26, 1810, Nancy Crosier (or Crozier), of Peru, Mass.,
daughter of Lieut. John Crozier who was born in 1750. He was in Battle
of Lexington. She was born in 1789 and died 1859, in Booneville, Mo.
Children: —
772 Almon Wlxiting, Oct. 9, 1812.
Austin Bishop.
284 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
John Crosier.
William.
Ira Wesley. Ira moved to Kirtland, Ohio; then to Nauvoo,
III; thence to Booneville, Mo., where he and his wife died.
Maria, married Allan Avery.
Drucilla, married John Sheen.
Harriet Mahala. Unmarried.
367
Zerah Babbitt (Lemuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
1784. Died May 20, 1871, aged 87 years, in Norfolk, Conn.
A farmer in Norfolk, Conn.
Married Rebecca Hedges (before 1814), probably daughter of Robert
and Livia (Northway) Hedges, of New Marlboro, Mass. She died May
4, 1876, aged 88 years.
Children: —
Polly A., Jan. 30, 1810; m. Nov. 27, 1834, Wm. H. Adams,
New Marlboro, Mass. He was born Oct. 28, 1808; d. Sept.
22, 1889. Son of Warren and Belinda (Norton) Adams.
773 Ruby M., Oct. 8, 1811.
774 Eliza M., Jan. 17, 1814.
Angeline M., April 13, 1816; d. March 20, 1890; m. Zebediah
Taft Adams, Jr., Dec. 11, 1842. Born April 2, 1820; d.
April 25, 1889.
775 Rebecca M., (about 1817).
Jeannette S., (about 1821); d. Jan. 4, 1892, age 71 years; m.
Sept. 1, 1841, Wm. E. Phelps.
368
Amos Babbitt (Lemuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
April 26, 1790, in New Milford, Conn.
John D. Babbitt on the 20th of January, 1858, stated he resided in
Harmony, N. Y., and was aged 28 years old; that he was administrator
of said Amos Babbitt, deceased; that the said Amos Babbitt, deceased,
had volunteered or was drafted the 1st of August, 1812, for service in
the War with Great Britain for six months ; that he served ten and one-half
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 285
months in Captain Mills' Co., New York Militia, and was discharged
15th of April, 1813, in Black Rock. The administrator received from
United States, Land Warrant No. 20062 for 160 acres of land. The said
Amos Babbitt, deceased, when ordered into service resided in Amenia,
Dutchess Co., N. Y., distant about 350 miles from Black Rock where he
was stationed. Per statement John D. Babbitt, Administrator.
Died Sept. 25, 1855, in Panama, Chautauqua Co., N. Y.
Married 1st in Sharon, Conn., Millicent S. Olmstead; born April 29, 1794;
died Jan. 14, 1846.
Children: — ^All born in Norfolk, Conn., except Edwin.
Laura Milhcent, Jan. 29, 1816; d. Oct., 1901. Unmarried.
776 Edwin Lewis, April 21, 1817. Born in New Marlboro, Mass.
777 WnUam A., March 29, 1819.
778 Reuben Hedges, Feb. 20, 1823.
779 John Dunning, Jan. 17, 1829.
780 Charles Ohnstead, March 8, 1833.
Married (2nd) 1853 Esther McKay Bowen, who died about 1875.
369
John Babbitt (Lemuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
March 25, 1806, in Norfolk, Conn. Died Jan. 26, 1863, in Colebrook
River, Coim.
Resided in New Marlboro, Mass., in 1834.
Resided in Sandisfield, Mass., in 1838.
Married Caroline Tyrrell.
Children:—
781 Amos L., Oct. 26, 1830.
Rufus W., 1839; m. Eliz. Bowen.
Robert, July 3, 1834. Died young.
Sarah, died yotuig.
370
Isaac Babbitt (Lemuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
June 25, 1809, in Norfolk, Conn. Died Oct. 30, 1889, in Mina, N. Y.
Removed to New York state.
Married Rowana Frink.
286 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
Lucy, died unmarried.
Etta, died unmarried.
371
Polly Babbitt (Samuel- Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Jan. 28, 1780. Died April 3, 1885.
She removed to Pinckney, N. Y., where her brother had settled.
Married Dec . 30, 1810, Parley Corey, son of Benjamin and Harriet
(Rice) Corey. Born June 8, 1790; died July 5, 1853, in Pinckney, N. Y.
Children: —
Samuel B., Oct. 5, 1811; married Clarinda Kanfield.
Lucy Ann, Sept. 14, 1813 ; married Samuel Stoddard.
Philo, Feb. 23, 1815; married Loretta Hodges.
Bryant G., March 3, 1817; married Fannie Bailey.
Albert, July 25, 1820; married Annie McCarthy.
Lucinda, Nov. 14, 1822; married James Nichols.
Dennis, AprU 7, 1825; married Harriet Dewey.
Harriet, May 20, 1826; died young.
Mary Alzina, April 7, 1831; married Gould Trowbridge, Oct.
18, 1849.
372
Zenas Babbitt (Samuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Jan. 13, 1790. Probably in Lanesboro, Mass.
In 1837 he and his brother, Daniel G. and Myron, sold land in Ellis-
burg, Lewis Co., N. Y., which was doubtless their father's.
Zenas hved for years in Rodman, N. Y., and died there March 16, 1862.
Married Rachael Corey. Born Aug. 19, 1797.
Children: —
Charlotte, Feb. 25, 1813.
SHas, March 6, 1815.
Hannah, March 12, 1816.
Emma, July 29, 1817.
Miles, March 11, 1819.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 287
Zenas, May 7, 1820.
Ruby, Feb. 14, 1822.
Betsey, Jan. 7, 1824.
Samuel, Jan. 7, 1826.
Diantha,Dec. 23, 1828; d. May 8, 1906. Daughter, Rachael L.,
May 3, 1848.
Melia A., Jan. 12, 1830.
Minerva, 1832. Married Hinchey. Died Aug. 29, 1912.
782 Myron, April 4, 1834.
Lucy, Aug. 5, 1836.
Married (2nd) when old and had two children: —
Daughter, died young.
Zenas, living 1909, in Rodman, N. Y.
373
Myron Babbitt (Samuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
in 1805. Died 1900.
Resided in Pinckney, N. Y., about 1835; afterward settled in Pennsyl-
vania, in the vicinity of Corey, where he died.
Married (1st) Harriet Norman. (2nd) Jane Taggert.
Children: —
Mary, 1835; died 1845.
783 Samuel, 1837.
Benjamin, 1839; died 1862.
Albert, 1842; died 1845.
Amelia, 1843, died 1872.
Thomas, 1845; died 1872.
Myron, 1847; died 1848.
784 Henry, 1848.
Harriet, 1849; died 1865.
785 Albert, 1850.
374
Darwin M. Babbitt (Asa-Zephaniah-Elkanah-EIkanah-Edward\
Resided in New Marlboro, Mass.
Married Caroline Roberts.
288 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
Charles B., 1848.
Mendena B., 1852.
Sadie, 1854.
Edwin, 1857.
Darwin, 1859.
Ella, 1861.
Anna, 1863.
375
Ezra Babbitt (Silas-Samuel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom Oct.
19, 1794, in Barre, Mass.
Died about Sept. 1, 1825.
Married in Ware, Mass., Lucy Covil. (She was living after 1860).
Children:—
786 Lewis, Dec. 30, 1823.
Louisa, probably died young.
376
Samuel Gregory Babbitt (Stephen- Amariah-ElkanaJi-Elkanali-Edward).
Bom Oct. 1, 1790, in New Ashford, Mass. Died Nov. 6, 1878.
A soldier in War of 1812 for which he drew a pension. At one time
a school teacher. A quiet, sedate man, very fond of study. He built
a hotel near Boonville, N. Y., and his family are thought to have been
bom there. He also kept tavern in Talcottville, Lewis Co., N. Y., before
coming to Hermon. He went to live in Hermon, N. Y., with his son
Orlando after his wife died.
EXTRACT FROM PENSION RECORD.
Samuel G. Babbitt stated on 10th of March, 1858, that he was 68 years
old and resided in South Hermon, N. Y.; that on the 20th of Sept. 1814,
he volunteered at Norway, (N, Y.) for service in the war with Great Brit-
ain and served three months in Capt, Hynes' Co., N. Y. Militia. He re-
ceived two warrants for 160 acres of land. He became blind in old age.
Married Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Salisbury. She died in
Hermon, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.
STEPHEN BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 289
Children: —
787 Orlando.
788 Charles.
Valona, married Schuyler Thompson of Boonville, N. Y. Had
two sons and four daughters. Sons: Edward and Edwin.
789 Harriet Angela.
Carolina Estabrook, unmarried. Lived and died at home of
her sister Valona.
790 Elizabeth.
377
Sophia Babbitt (Stephen- Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Jan. 19, 1804. Died Sept. 30, 1896, in Oakland, Cal.
Married Albert North. Born 1805; died Nov. 22, 1892.
Children: —
George Jay, Dec. 18, 1836; died Feb. 2, 1870. Graduate of Ham-
ilton College (valedictorian); admitted to bar. Private in Civil
War. Colonel at its close. Secretary to Gov. Stone of Iowa.
Lawyer.
Married Ada E. Miles. Born Nov. 19, 1840; died Jan. 7,
1899. State Librarian of Iowa, 1872-1880; Librarian of
State University of Iowa, 1881-1892.
Their son, Howard Miles North, bom March 1, 1869. Grad-
uate of Iowa University, 1895; Engineer of Construction,
Lake Shore & Michigan S. Ry.
Mlo, 1838; died 1840.
Annie, 1843; died Feb. 10, 1887.
Emma E., May 1, 1848; m. C. H. Bayley, June 11, 1878, of La
Crosse, Wis., and has four children.
Children:^ —
Frank.
Annie.
Harry.
Emma.
290 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
378
Charles M. Babbitt (Stephen- Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Sept. 21, 1805. Died in Genessee, 111.
Married in Martinsburg, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1839, Maria D. Deveaux. She
was born Nov. 15, 1808, and died April 8, 1891.
Children: —
791 Mary Louisa, Nov. 8, 1839.
Roswell Jerome, Oct. 28, 1841.
792 Lucy Marion, Feb. 10, 1845.
379
Stephen Babbitt (Stephen- Amariah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Sept.
6, 1808, in Norway, N. Y. Died Dec. 13, 1890, in Des Moines, la.
He and his brother Ephesus were together as late as 1855. In the
county registries their names always appear together in deeds.
Resided about 1830, in Tunis, N. Y.
Resided about 1850, in Seneca, N. Y.
Resided in 1855 in Waterloo, N. Y.
Married (1st) Lucy Bush, of Houseville, N. Y., daughter of Harry
and Clarissa (House) Bush, of Westfield, Mass. She was born Jan. 12,
1810, and died Feb. 18, 1848, in Waterloo, N. Y.
Children: —
Sarah CorneKa, July 5, 1839, in Houseville, N. Y.; d. March
30, 1880, in Des Moines.
Frank E., Aug. 31, 1842, in Houseville, N. Y. Living in Des
Moines, la. Unmarried.
Married (2nd) Fidelia E. Wilcoxen, Jan. 3, 1849. She was born Aug.
27, 1823, m Madison, N. Y.
Children:—
Emma Ehza, in Waterloo, N. Y., March 30, 1850; d. Sept. 24,
1869, in Des Moines.
793 Mary Anna, near Perrysburg, N. Y., July 14, 1857.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 291
380
Ephesus Babbitt (Stephen-Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Died
about 1890, aged 96 years, in Houseville, N. Y.
Spent his early years in Norway, N. Y. Ephesus Babbitt seems to
have been a partner of his brother Stephen. They seem to have owned
lands together and always appear together in the various parts of New
York State where they lived.
In 1830 was in Tunis, N. Y.
In 1855 was in Waterloo, N. Y.
In 1850 was in Seneca, N. Y.
Married (1st) Angela Spencer Sherman. She died in June, 1829.
Children: —
Harriet, Oct. 7, 1823. Unmarried. Resides in Osakis, Minn.
Pamelia, Nov. 17, 1825. Died young.
George Russel, June 27, 1827. Living in Osakis, Minn. Mar-
ried (1st) Emma L. Huntington, daughter of Joseph and Betsey
(Smith). Born Aug. 8, 1830. Died in Okakis, Minn. Mar-
ried (2nd) Hattie Blakesley. No children either wife.
Married (2nd) Mary Ann Cadwell, daughter of Joseph and Chloe Cad-
well. She died about 1850 in Waterloo, N. Y.
Children: —
Stephen, lived to manhood. Unmarried.
Married (3rd) before 1854, Mrs. Loana Lyon; (also called Lovena in
deeds.)
Children: —
Sarah, married Willis Bennett. Have one daughter Winifred. Re-
sides in Fairfield, la.
381
Emmeline Babbitt (Deodatus-Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Jan. 16, 1816.
Married Feb. 27, 1840, Orville H. Forward. Born March 19, 1815.
Children: —
George Forward, May 7, 1842; d. July 26, 1842.
Cornelia Elizabeth, Aug. 25, 1843; d. Dec, 1860.
Hudson Sylvester, March 25, 1845.
292 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
382
George Babbitt (Deodatus-Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Bom Sept. 20, 1818.
Resided in Smithville, N. Y.
Married Oct. 9, 1845, Harriet Augusta McNeil, daughter of Hon. E. M.
McNeil. Born July 14, 1824.
Children: —
Herbert Durmout, Nov. 3, 1849.
383
Phoebe Babbitt (Deodatus-Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Jan. 25, 1825.
Resided in Rodman, N. Y.
Married Jan. 12, 1848, Daniel N. Todd of Rodman, N. Y. Born Dec.
18, 1820, son of Daniel and Betsey (Dickerman) Todd.
Children: —
Emma, Lavinia, May 9, 1851.
Edward Munroe, Oct. 11, 1852.
Arthur Gifford, April 13, 1854.
Etmice Adelaide, Jan. 1, 1856.
Herman Strong, March 9, 1860.
384
Eunice Babbitt (Deodatus-Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
March 4, 1828.
Married Simon Gates, son of M. Gates and Nellie (Himt) Gates, Feb.
21, 1855. Born 1822; died Dec. 8, 1855.
385
Ruby Babbitt (John-John-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Nov.
6, 1821, in Vienna, N. Y. Died March 22, 1892.
Married March 5, 1846, Nelson Winchell.
Children: —
Ezra, July 24, 1849, of Leon, N. Y.
Frank, June 15, 1859, of Leon, N. Y.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 293
386
Martha Jane Babbitt (John-John-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
June 22, 1826, in Vienna, N. Y. Died April 5, 1908.
Resided in Fish Creek, N. Y., Oneida Co.
Married in 1847, WilHam McClanathan. Born Sept. 21, 1817, in
Vermont; died Dec. 24, 1887.
Children:—
Three children died in infancy.
Caroline Medora, Oct. 25, 1854. Married Baker.
Lester, Sept. 21, 1857; married July 17, 1892, Gertrude E. Bailey.
Children: —
Myrtle L., Aug. 14, 1893.
WilHam, Feb. 27, 1896.
William H., Sept. 3, 1859.
Elmer E., July 16, 1861.
Frances L., May 12, 1863.
Betsey M., Feb. 21, 1865; married Jones.
Viola A., May 9, 1867; married Cole.
387
Lovell W. Babbitt ( John-Reuben- Josiah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Sept. 24, 1817, in Fairfield Co., Ohio. Died Sept. 18, 1889.
He was for a time in the Army. His early education was in the district
schools, supplemented by a short term at Dennison University in Licking
Co., O. After his marriage he cultivated a small farm at Baltimore, Ohio,
teaching the district school in winter, his own children being among the
pupils. He was Adjutant of a Militia Co. in the old training days, and
is yet remembered as a picturesque figure in his uniform, highly decorated
with gold lace and brass buttons, plumed cocked hat and white duck
trousers. He was for twelve years a Justice of the Peace, and from 1856-
1860 director of Ohio Penitentiary.
He was for several years Collector of Internal Revenue and intimate
with men high in the Government Service, his collection of letters and
papers from notable men being remarkable.
294 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married April 21, 1839, Lydia Hockman, who died 1880.
Children:—
794 Katherine, Feb. 4, 1840.
795 Cyrus Byron, Dec. 14, 1841.
796 Samuel Bascom, April 29, 1844.
797 Adrian Aridna, Nov. 16, 1846.
798 WilUam Lovell, June 28, 1848.
Elnora, Nov. 3, 1850. Unmarried.
Amanda, Dec. 10, 1852; died Sept. 18, 1854.
799 Charles Augustus, Dec. 15, 1854.
800 Edward Calvin, Dec. 30, 1858.
388
William Babbitt (William- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward).
Lived in Paris Hill, N. Y., as late as 1834.
Children: —
Devillo married Lydia ( ). Resided in New Hartford, N. Y.
Had a daughter, Mary, married Stone.
Widow of Devillo married (2nd) a Thornton.
389
Miller Babbott (William- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward). Born
1793. (Called Ichabod Miller in his father's will.)
For many years the tavern-keeper in Waterville, N. Y. He retired
from this business in 1845 and was for a time afterward connected with a
^'StiUing plant. The last twenty years of his life he was connected with
no active business interests.
Died Dec. 16, 1877 and is buried in Waterville, N. Y.
Married (1st) Martha P.( ) who died July 18, 1818 aged 22 yrs. 2
mos.
Married (2nd) Eunice ( ), who died Oct. 26, 1834, aged 28 years, 4
months.
Married (3rd) Mary Elizabeth Crandall. She was of Scotch descent
through her mother, who was a Lusk. Died Aug. 18, 1864, age 47
years.
Married (4th) Ollie A. Burch.
Children by first wife: —
Corneha, 1818; d. Nov. 1, 1843. She married in July, 1842
Ehsha H. Bascom. He was bom July 25, 1812; died Sept.
27, 1861. Their son Elisha died young.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 295
Third wife:—
801 William, April 10, 1839.
Mary, 1843. Married Edwin H. Lamb. No children.
802 Frank Lusk, Aug. 14, 1854.
John F., an adopted son died Jan. 19, 1854, age 25 years.
390
Curtis Babbott (WilHam-Jonathan-Benjamin-Elkanah-Edward)-
Resided in Utica, N. Y. Died before 1838.
Children: —
803 Reuben S. Born 1824.
Lucetta.
804 Benjamin Miller.
Barton D. Resided in Sangerfield, N. Y. Died 1849. Un-
married.
Susan, married Clark of Pottsville, N. Y.
391
Lewis Babbitt (William- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward). Styled
"Morgan Lewis" on Probate Record.
Settle in Oswego Co., N. Y., in Palermo.
Married Susan ( — ). Name unknown.
Children: —
Frederick E. Had daughters Mary, Elizabeth and Ella named
in their grandfather's will.
Caroline.
392
Irene Babbitt (William- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
Dec. 8, 1800.
Lived m Paris HUl, N. Y.
Married June, 1822, Jesse Thomson. Born Feb. 1800.
Children: —
Milton H.
La Mott. Resides in Utica, N. Y. No children.
296 THE BABBETT FAMILY HISTORY.
Mortimer.
Jesse.
(Two died young).
Angeline, m. Wm. Bailey. Resides in Utica, N. Y.
393
Dyer Babbitt (D yer- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward). Born
April 20, 1797. Died Jan. 14, 1884, in Castleton, Vt.
Resided in Castleton, Vt.
When he was sixteen years old he was "bound out" or apprenticed to
Capt. Fisher of Castleton, Vt., until he was twenty-one, at which time he
received two suits of clothes and a colt. He married Polly Manley two
years later and settled in Castleton. In 1840 he started for Illinois to
take up land, travelling by way of the canal from Whitehall, N. Y. He
was overtaken near Ft. Ann by a neighbor on horseback with the news
that his house and four children had been burned. Returning he bought
a farm in Hubbardton and after living there five years he bought the farm
on which he served his apprenticeship. He afterwards bought the ad-
joining farms and other farms until he was one of the largest landholders
in Castleton. He was a member of the Congregational Church until the
Methodist Church was organized in Castleton when he asked for a letter
to join this Church. This was against the rules of the church but he was
"dismissed and turned over to the buffetings of Satan."
Married (1st) Polly Manley, of Easton, Mass., Dec. 2, 1819. She was
bom Feb. 4, 1799, and died Sept. 4, 1872.
Children:—
805 Nelson M., Feb. 28, 1822.
806 Amos PhilUps, Nov. 30, 1823.
WilHam D., Jan. 17, 1826. \
Mary J., Feb. 12, 1828. / Died September 17, 1840.
Lyman J., Nov. 22, 1830. } Burned to death.
Lutheria M., Dec. 3, 1833. )
Dyer W., Jan. 7, 1836; d. July 3, 1851.
807 Oscar L., June 3, 1838.
808 Valorus M., March 7, 1840.
809 Zeruah Jane, Jan. 10, 1843.
BENJAMIN TALBOT BABBITT.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY, 297
810 Lutheria M., June 1, 1846.
Married (2nd) Margaret Hodgson, Sept. 15, 1875. She died June
22, 1876.
394
William Lauren Babbitt (Dyer-Jonathan-Benjamin-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born 1801. Died June 3, 1836.
Married Maria ( — ) name unknown. She was born 1799, and died Dec.
25, 1868.
Children:—
811 WilhamL. Oct. 9, 1831.
Elizabeth J., died unmarried, aged 23 years.
395
Zeruah Babbitt (Dyer- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward).
Died July, 1842.
Married Calvin Sheldon, of Rupert, Vt.
Children: —
Abial, of Burt, Iowa.
396
Silas Babbitt (Dyer- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward). Born
May 6, 1810, in Casdeton, Vt. Died April 7, 1894.
Removed to Potter Co., Penn., about 1838, to the town of Sharon.
Married Sept. 3, 1834, in Halifax, Vt., Gratia T. Warner. She was
born Feb. 20, 1813, in Castleton, Vt., and died Aug. 18, 1882.
Children:—
812 Caroline Jane, Aug. 25, 1835, in Poultney, Vt.
813 Rebecca Delight, Jan. 1, 1837, in Castleton, Vt.
814 Zeruah Agnes, Sept. 10, 1839, in Sharon, Pa.
815 Phidelia Antoinette, March 13, 1841, in Sharon, Pa.
816 Clarinda Adell, Dec. 16, 1842, in Sharon, Pa.
397
Rebecca Babbitt (Nathaniel- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward).
Born April 12, 1804, in Sanquoit, N. Y.
Resided in Bennington, Mich.
Died Oct. 3, 1863, in Bennington, Mich.
Married Feb. 15, 1829, WiUiam Howard, son of Smith and Rhoda
298 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
(Babbitt-) Howard. Rhoda Babbitt daughter of No. 170. Born June
26, 1805, and died Dec. 25, 1881.
Children: — Born in Bennington, Mich.
Freeman, April 4, 1830.
Henry Clay, Sept. 25, 1831; d. Aug. 10, 1908.
Albert Mason, March 1, 1834; d. Sept. 29, 1907.
Betsey Ann, Aug. 31, 1836; m. Reuben Sawtelle.
Eunice Cordelia, Sept. 5, 1839; m. Peter 'if. Smith.
Martha Jane, Oct. 11, 1841; d. April 5, 1858.
George B., Aug. 21, 1844; d. March 20, 1845.
Mary Emily, March 19, 1846; d. Jan. 2, 1858.
398
Benjamin Talbot Babbitt (Nathaniel-Jonathan-Benjamin-Elkanah-
Edward). Born 1809, in Westmoreland, N. Y., near Holman City.
Mr. Babbitt's youth was spent in hard work on the home farm, re-
ceiving meantime the scant education afforded by the local schools. This
hard work in his youth gave him an exceptional physical development
which stood him in good stead, in the arduous labors of his later life. He
was possessed of a most ingenious and inquiring disposition, accompanied
fortunately by a capability of carrying out his ideas personally. When he
was barely twenty years old he was an expert wheel-wright, machinist and
file maker. He acquired these trades by hiring out to machinists and
thus being able to give full expression to the ideas constantly evolved by
his keen intellect, and at the same time renumerating his father for his
time. In this same period he acquired a good knowledge of Chemistry
by inducing a professor from Clinton College to visit the work-shop occa-
sionally and instruct the workmen.
At the age of twenty- two he had acquired sufficient funds to establish
a machine shop at Little Falls, N. Y., where for twelve years he man-
ufactured pumps and engines, and while there succeeded in making a
practicable and workable mowing machine, one of the first made in
America. His workshop being destroyed in a flood, he removed to New
York City, leaving the closing up of the business at Little Falls to a sup-
posed friend, who proved dishonest and left Mr. Babbitt completely ruined.
His business in New York started as a manufacturer of saleratus by an
original process and selling it in convenient packages. The economy
of the new method of manufacture enabled him to secure almost instant
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 299
control of the business in this country. He soon added a yeast Baking
Powder, a Soap Powder and several varieties of soap to his list of manu-
factures, all of them becoming very popular.
Mr. Babbitt was a genius in the art of advertising, rivaling his friend
Barnum in originality and success in this important element of his success,
his name becoming a household word over the land.
An amusing story is told in this connection of his meeting a colored
bootblack in a southern hotel, bearing his own name. When he told
the boy that he, too, was B. T. Babbitt, the astonished boy exclaimed,
"Lawd-massa — did your manuny get your name off a soap box too?"
His ingenuity was not confined to the inventions concerning his own
particular field of business, although he personally invented most of the
machinery used in making his products. A study of the Patent Office
records shows an astonishing diversity of talent, his inventions number-
ing over one hundred in number, concern all sorts of ideas from
wind-mills, to air-guns, armor plate, ventilators, steam engine apphances,
canal boats and artificial ice devices. He is credited with having first
conceived the idea of utilizing the power of Niagara Falls.
He died Oct. 20, 1889, leaving a record hardly equaled in American
life of successful and honorable business dealings and mourned by all
who were associated with him.
He married Rebecca McDuffie, who died Dec. 1894. They are buried
in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City.
Children: —
817 Ida Josephine.
Lillian E., married Clarence M. Hyde, deceased.
399
David Babbitt (Nathaniel- Jonathan-Benajah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
1806.
Mr. Babbitt was a travelling peddler of merchandise, and was generally
engaged in his business in long periods of travel which kept him from home.
In 1835 he resided in Utica, N. Y., but soon after the family removed
to Pennsylvania, in which state he died. Mrs. Babbitt was a skilful seam-
stress and by this talent aided her husband in his efforts to support his
family.
Died Jan. 29, 1868, in Brockwayville, Pa.
300 THE BABBITT FAMILY HESTORY.
Married in 1832, Emma Parmenter; born in 1804 in Westminster, Vt.,
and died July 19, 1889, in Whitesboro, N. Y.
Children:—
818 John L.7 May 17, 1835.
Frances Emma, Aug. 23, 1838; d. June 13, 1844, in Gibson, Pa.
400
Samuel Babbitt (Samuel-Elkanah-Benjamin-Elkanah-Elkanah). Born
Feb. 11, 1786. Died 1846 (Will Sept. 2, 1846.)
A farmer in Ware, Mass.
Married Dec. 31, 1814, Ruth Newcomb, daughter of Nehemiah and
Hannah (Foster) Newcomb^, David^, Ebenezer*, Thomas^, Andrew^-* of
Greenwich, Mass. She was born Dec. 3, 1792, and died Sept. 4, 1871.
She married (2nd) Elijah Cutler, May 18, 1854, in Ware, Mass. He
was bom 1785.
Children:—
Harriet Foster, Feb. 8, 1818; m. Horace D. Walker of Greenwich,
Mass, as his second wife, Oct. 6, 1854.
Hannah Newcomb, Feb. 17, 1828; m. Alonzo Flagg Feb. 29,
1844, son of Joseph Flagg.
Samuel Fisk
Mary Eliza.
Samuel and Mary doubtless died young.
401
Elkanah Babbitt (Samuel-Elkanah-Benjamin-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Sept. 10, 1787. Died July 30, 1844.
Married Betsey Grove Newcomb, of Ware, Mass., sister of Ruth
above, May 8, 1817. She was born Nov. 20, 1796; died Aug. 13, 1867.
Children: —
819 Charles Harding, Nov. 1, 1817.
Elbridge, Oct. 11, 1819. For years a policeman in Boston.
Died Dec. 25, 1870, in Ware, Mass; m. Mary A. Smith,
Oct. 1845. No children. She married (2nd) Samuel Lemon,
Aug. 20, 1873.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 301
Alanson, May 1, 1823; died in a few days.
820 Hannah Minerva, May 2, 1824.
*Hiram, Sept. 24, 1826; d. Dec. 5, 1907. Resided in Sacra-
mento, Cal.
821 Maro Foster, Dec. 26, 1829.
Mary Frances, Jvine 6, 1836; d. Feb. 19, 1907; m. (1st) Frank
Rich, July 21, 1861. He died April 19, 1865. No children,
m. (2nd) 1869, Amos S. Jaquith, in Clinton, Mass.
822 Martha Jane, Nov. 3, 1841.
*Hiram Babbitt married Jan. 5, 1880, Evelyn C. Whitney, daughter
of Henry and Mary. She was born 1849. He went to Oregon in 1853,
a trip at that date full of danger and privation. He first prospected for
gold and was very successful. Later he settled in Sacramento and
engaged in manufacturing mouldings used in fine carpenter work. He
accumulated a fortune. In 1869 he returned to Massachusetts and stayed
a year and then spent three years more in Sacramento.
In 1874 he returned to Athol once more and lived there the rest of his
life. He was for years a postman at Athol, and continued in service till
within two weeks of his death.
402
Dwight Babbitt (Samuel-Elkanah-Benjamin-Elkanah-Edward). Born
in Hardwick, Feb. 12, 1789. Died in 1822.
Resided in Ware and Enfield, Mass.
Married Lucinda Whipple Crawford, of Oakham, Mass. Int. Aug.
18, 1811. She was living in 1854 as wife of Dexter B. Johnson.
Children: —
Dwight Howard, married Maria Hannum. She died in Enfield,
1854—6. Apparently no children.
Lucinda WilHs.
Mary Ann Lee.
Sophia Franklin.
403
Lyman H. Babbitt (Samuel-Elkanah-Benjamin-Elkanah-Edward).
Born April 20, 1794, in Ware, Mass.
Lived in Orangeville, N. Y. Justice of the Peace and prominent citizen.
302 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Died Nov. 1, 1859, in Carlton, N. Y.
Married Ann Lee. She died Nov. 28, 1838.
Children: —
Mary Jan. Oct. 15, 1819; d. Jan. 8, 1903; m. Nathan Simpson,
Feb., 1840.
823 Harriett Newell, Sept. 15, 1822.
824 Edwin Lee, 1830.
Delos A. Did not marry.
Married (2nd) a widow with son (name not reported).
Sylvia Dean Babbitt (Abel-Abel-Benjamin-Elkanah-Edward).
Died 1876.
Married Jan. 4, 1821, Daniel Sharpe of South Bend, Ind.
Children:—
Sylvia Clarissa, 1821; d. 1905; married William Marsh.
Children: —
William.
Daniel.
Erastus.
Joseph.
Royal.
Frank.
Walter.
Caroline Augusta.
Daniel Addison.
Orlando Ellestyne.
Ossian Romaine.
Ellen Cecelia.
405
Benjamin Babbitt (Abel- Abel-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Jan. 29, 1791.
Married Frindey Richmond, daughter of Hathaway and Rachel (Dean)
Richmond, in Seneca Falls, N. Y. She was born in 1801 and died in 1853.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 303
Frindey Richmond was a sister of Dean Richmond, once President of
N. Y. Central R. R., and a great Democratic Politician.
Children:—
825 Hathaway Benjamin, Sept. 19, 1822.
406
Lucius Bowman Babbitt (Abel-Abel-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom 1796, in Barnard, Vt. Died 1862.
Resided in Virden, 111.
Married Sophronia McKinstry of Bethel, Vt., daughter of Alexander
and Abigail (Cooper) McKinstry. She was born 1801.
(She was cousin of Emily McKinstry, who married Simeon A. Babbitt,
No. 294 in Randolph).
Children: —
Ellen Bowman, 1833; d. 1854.
826 Francis Carlisle, 1836.
Alice Adele, 1840; d. 1859.
407
Frank Crocker Babbitt (Abel- Abel-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward) .
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
Resided near Cleveland, O.
Married Abigail Fitch.
Children:—
Frank Crocker, died young.
Frank, died unmarried.
Nellie, died unmarried.
408
Susan Eliza Babbitt (Abel- Abel-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward").
Married Nov. 5, 1818, Robert Fifield, in Barnard, Vt.
Children: —
Susan, Sept. 28, 1819.
Probably removed West and had others.
409
CarUsle Babbitt (Abel-Abel-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward). Bom in
Barnard, Vt.
304 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Resided in Olney, Illinois,
Married Sarah Holden.
Children: —
827 Mary, 1837.
828 Richard.
Charles.
Frank Crocker. Served in Civil War,
Virginia Lindsay, married Henry Buck.
Children: —
Dwight
Charles.
Sarah.
410
Rosamund Babbitt (Abel- Abel-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward),
Married Parker Freeman. Born April 11, 1800, in Southbridge, Mass.
Children:— (All deceased, 1911).
Margaret, married Gilbert Van Namce.
Maria, married Joseph McAllister of Governeur, N. Y.
Annie.
411
Isaac Wellman Babbitt (Abel- Abel-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward).
Born in Barnard, Vt.
About 1850 he left Barnard and resided in New York State,
Married Lucy Atwood, Jan. 11, 1841, in Barnard, Vt.
Children: — Bom in Barnard, Vt.
829 Frank Crocker, Dec. 28, 1841.
830 Lucy Amanda, Dec. 30, 1843.
Ellen Adaline, March 16, 1846; d. Jan. 25, 1847. Married
Robert Bruce.
Two children: —
Lucy.
Adaline.
George Wellman, married and had three children.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 305
Bertha, married Frank Snyder.
Grace.
George.
412
Susan Babbitt (James-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born
July 3, 1789. Died Jan. 1, 1851.
Married Wm. H. Webb.
Children: —
Henry.
Steven.
Bronson.
Daughter married a Wheeler.
413
Roena Babbitt (James-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward).
Roena Babbitt, was a dutiful wife and loving mother. She died Nov.
19, 1858.
Married Dec. 20, 1815, Hiram W. Scott, son of Phineus and Thankful
(Kinsley) of Bennington, Vt. He died 1881.
Children: —
Jane Feb. 25, 1817; married James H. Wallace, 1842 and died 1858.
Edwin, Sept. 23, 1818.
In 1835 Edwin M. Scott arrived in Auburn N. Y. from Benn-
ington, Vt., and at which date the Everts family first knew of him.
He was born in Beimington in the year 1818, and after his arrival
in Auburn, he lived with his uncle, Avery Babbitt, and opposite
the residence of Dudley Everts and family in John Street.
In 1841 Edwin M. Scott married Helen M. Everts, the
youngest daughter of Dudley Everts and eight children were bom
to them.
Sarah, 1843, deceased.
Helen Roena, 1846, deceased.
306 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
James R., 1848.
Horatio R., 1853.
Edwin M., Jr. 1856.
William D., 1858.
Mollie Louise, 1861.
Frederick Everts, 1863.
Julius, Sept. 17, 1820; m. Mary Ann Clark, 1845; he died 1895.
Kinsley, Sept. 6, 1835; married Sarah Elizabeth Sinsabaugh. He
died 1889. No children.
414
Isaac Babbitt ( James- Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born
April 8, 1804.
Died 1889, aged 85 years, 3 months.
Married Jan. 14, 1830, Charlotte Hotchkiss. Born Jan. 19, 1809;
died Oct. 6, 1893.
Children:—
Harriet, Nov. 1, 1830.
James W., March 23, 1832. Resides in Conneaut, O.
Alpheus, June 15, 1834.
Adahne, Oct. 16, 1836.
831 Emmahne, Feb. 4, 1839.
Maria, Nov. 24, 1841 ; married Case.
Janette, March 22, 1844; d. Nov. 6, 1846.
Mirette, July 22, 1846; d. Aug. 6, 1850.
Rolussa, March 20, 1849; d. Sept. 11, 1864.
Laura, March 8, 1852, d. June 4, 1882.
415
Avery Babbitt (James-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born Sept.
1, 1806. Died Sept. 12, 1872, in Auburn, N. Y.
Removed from Bennington, Vt., to Auburn, N. Y., about 1834. He
built a barn on John St., and left town for a short time, returning with a
bride. They lived in the barn until their house could be finished. -^
Married (1st) Ada J. Brown. She died about 1847. Had two daugh-
ters and one son, Eugene. All died young.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 307
Married (2nd) Helen Rea, of Canada. Died 1898. Buried in Auburn,
N. Y.
Children:—
Ada Jane, 1868; married about 1888, in Canada,
Avery Babbitt was a man very much respected in the community.
Generous and kind; a good husband and father and a member of the
Presbyterian Church of Auburn. Was at one time weaned from the
Presbyterian Church into Spiritualism, but eventually returned to his
first love, the Church of Christ. He was a contractor and builder for
some time after his arrival in Auburn, but later on became interested in
the manufacture of carpet looms and was acknowledged an authority on
mechanical construction. Was very kind and considerate to his help
and soHcitous as to their welfare.
Ada Jane Babbitt, daughter of the second wife of Avery Babbit was a
charming character and well beloved by those who were fortimate enough
to know her. As far as we know she still lives in Canada with her husband.
416
Isaac Babbitt (Isaac-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born April
9, 1795, in Berkley. Died Oct. 24, 1839, in Taunton.
A farmer in Dighton all his life.
Mrs. Babbitt is described as an extremely active woman and very
strenuous in her religious life. She used to entertain visiting ministers
and would walk long distances to attend a convention for all that her
portly body made walking a hardship. Her family was reared in the old
way, and all had to share in getting the wood, spinning, dyeing, and all
the work of a farm. By their sturdy and honorable lives she and her
husband were thoroughly respected by all.
Married Submit Wheeler, March 22, 1818. Born March 24, 1799,
daughter of John and Deborah Wheeler. Died Feb. 2, 1877.
Children:—
Adaline, Nov. 13, 1818; d. Aug. 2, 1842; m. Oct. 18, 1841, Wm.
L. Woodward. Died without issue.
832 Lavinia Perry, Sept. 20, 1828.
308 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
833 Lucretia Almedia.
834 John Orrin, April 21, 1835.
835 Isaac Newton, 1830.
417
James Babbitt (Isaac-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Bom Dec.
31, 1800. Died Feb. 15, 1844.
After marriage lived on Court St., Taunton, where three of his children
were born. About 1835 he moved to Boston where he resided on Temple
St. He was a scientific carpenter; his specialty was spiral staircases,
which he built in many public buildings, notably the State House. He
was a great scholar and devoted much time to coaching students in Geom-
etry and Trigonometry. He lived for a time in a large brick house which
he built in Charlestown. His health failing he returned to Dighton, where
he died.
Married Mary H. Woodward, Nov. 11, 1824, daughter of Capt. Solo-
mon Woodward. Bom March 21, 1806. Died Oct. 26, 1879. She mar-
ried (2nd) Charles Burbank and had two sons.
Children: —
836 Mary Augusta, June 20, 1825.
837 James Bradford, Nov. 10, 1827.
838 Warren Morris, 1832.
Henry Alden, Nov. 29, 1836; d. March 8, 1911.
He joined 39th Reg. Ohio Vol. at commencement of Civil
War. Was Sergeant and Major in that regiment imtil close
of war. Served in Missouri and was with Gen. Sherman on
march to Savannah and was at fall of Petersburg. Was promo-
ted through every grade to Lieut. Col. and at close of war
was in command of regiment. After the war was U. S. Consul
in Egypt.
OBITUARY.
Colonel Henry A. Babbitt, commander of a regiment on Sherman's
march to the sea, vice consul general to Egypt, under President Grant,
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. ' 309
and for the past ten years a resident of Wickford, died Wednesday in
Jacksonville, Fla., at the age of 76.
He had not been in good health for nearly a decade. He began to sink
gradually last December and early in January was taken South in the
hope that the change of climate would prove beneficial.
He was bom in Boston and early in life came to Taunton. When he
was still a young man the West attracted him and he was employed in
the State House in Columbus, O., when the opening of the Civil War gave
him his first chance to distinguish himself. By brilhant service in battle
he received promotions which brought him to the berth of Lieutenant
Colonel before the last year of the war, and he played such an important
part in Sherman's march to the sea that his conduct made him well known
among the leading men of the time. It was for this reason that President
Grant appointed him vice consul general to Egypt in 1873. It was
shortly after this time that he was married to Mrs. Thomas Frederick
Hoppin, widow of T. F. Hoppin of Providence. Following their return
from Egypt they lived in Pomfret, Conn., for several years.
More than ten years ago Mr. Babbitt's health began to give way, and
since that time he has been living almost in seclusion on the Babbitt farm
in Wickford, which was formerly known as Smith's Castle. He kept
in touch with the world, however, to a certain extent, as many people
visited his farm because of its historical associations.
A part of the house is said to have been erected in 1638 and it is gen-
erally considered the oldest in the coimtry. Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt took
pleasure in preserving the Colonial interior as near its original state as
possible. About two years ago the Rhode Island Historical Society
erected a tablet over the graves of forty-three soldiers killed in the King
Philip War on the front lawn of the estate. Washington and Lafayette
both were there in the Revolution.
During the past three or four summers the only appearances of Mr.
Babbitt in pubKc have been in an automobile in and about Wickford.
He is survived by Mrs. Babbitt, three brothers, Dr. Charles Warren Bab-
bitt and James Babbitt, both of Massachusetts, and Charles Babbitt of
Texas; one step-daughter, Mrs. Austin G. Fox, wife of a well known Nev\^
York lawyer, and other remote relatives in Taunton, which he frequently
visited until his strength failed.
310 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
418
Louisa Babbitt (Isaac-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born Aug.
5, 1804, in Berkley, Mass. Died Nov. 26, 1874.
Married (1st) WilUam Hathaway. He died April 28, 1834.
Children:—
James, d. March 13, 1830, aged 3 years.
Louisa, d. July 1, 1834, aged 10 years.
Married (2nd) Capt. Leonard Gooding. He died Dec. 8, 1863.
419
James Madison Babbitt (Warren-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom April 30, 1809. Died Aug. 24, 1898, in New Bedford, Mass.
Was a ship builder of the firm of Matthews, Mashon & Co., South
Dartmouth, Mass.
Married (1st) EHza Ann Baker. Int. Oct. 23, 1830. Died Nov. 23,
1838, age 24 years, 11 months, 8 days.
Children:—
Harriet S., 1837; married June 12, 1853, Reuben S. Eldridge,
son of Voranus and Eliza Eldridge.
Married (2nd) Roxanna Bassett, daughter of Horace and Sarah Bas-
sett. Int. May 6, 1840. Born Sept. 21, 1819; died Jan. 9, 1893.
Children: —
Sarah Ehza Ann, April 20, 1844 ;m. Ephraim A. Landress, Jr.
June 29, 1865.
839 James Horace, March 27, 1851.
420
Isaac Newton Babbitt (Warren-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Nov. 18,1811.
A blacksmith by trade.
Resided in Dartmouth, Mass. ; later in Fairhaven, where he died.
Married (1st) Susan A. Morse, or "Almira Susan," March 2, 1834,
daughter of John and Susan (Bates) Morse, of Rochester, Mass. Born
May 7, 1814; died May 25, 1876, in Fairhaven, Mass.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 311
Children:—
Susan, Jan. 17, 1836; m. Wm. Drew, of Fairhaven, Dec. 22,
1857, son of Wm. and Anna Drew.
840 Isaac, Jan. 13, 1838.
841 John Warren, Nov. 26, 1839.
842 Hiram, Aug. 7, 1842.
843 Joseph M., May 7, 1845.
844 James, Aug. 5, 1847.
845 Sabra, March 12, 1850.
Married (2nd) Annie Drew, Dec. 6, 1877, daughter of WiUiam and
Anna Drew.
421
Benjamin Babbitt (Benjamin-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom in Berkley, Mass., June 2, 1806, town record. Dec. 31, 1805, family
record.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BABBITT.
Benjamin F. Babbitt was born in Taunton, Mass., at midnight of Dec.
31, 1805. He was married in early life to Sarah A. Marston, who was
the mother of three children.
After her death he met Emma Waterman Gardner at the home of her
brother in Providence, R. I., and was married to her in 1846, at the
Gardiner homestead in what was then the town of Tyrone, Schuyler Co.,
N. Y.
Benjamin F. Babbitt was a machinist by trade and as an inventor of
labor saving machinery was very well known.
He invented a mineral crusher, the principles of which are still in use.
He located felspar mines in Connecticut and also in Georgia.
After he left the New England states he owned and operated a brush
factory in New York City and afterward utilized water power in operating
a spoke factory in Glenora-on-Seneca, located not far from the home of
his wife in the newly settled country.
At the time of his death he was working Riceshire plantation, a rice
farm of 500 acres in Hardeeville, S. C, about half way between Charles-
ton and Savannah. Mr. Babbitt lost much by over confidence in his
fellow men, some of his inventions being stolen before he could get them
patented.
312 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY,
Married Sarah A. Marston. Int. Nov. 9, 1827.
She was born Feb. 16, 1812, and died April 6, 1834, in Saco, Me.
Children: —
846 Benjamin Franklin, Sept. 25, 1829.
847 Charies Edward, Aug. 3, 1831.
A child died Oct. 14, 1835.
Married (2nd) Emma Waterman Gardner, 1846, in Tyrone, N. Y,
Children: —
*George Gardner, Dec. 18, 1847; d. Oct. 31, 1849.
848 Anna Cornelia, Dec. 19, 1849.
*George G. Babbitt was born in Tyrone, N. Y. Died in Saco, Me.,
at the home of his grandmother, where he is buried.
422
Cerena Babbitt (Benjamin-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born
July 22, 1813.
Her name was spelled with a C to avoid confusion with the name of her
mother, Serena Burt Babbitt. She married in the summer of 1831
Nathaniel S. Tucker and became the mother of the following children:
William bom June 15, 1832, who followed the sea upon which
he died.
George B., who died in infancy.
George B., born Nov. 21, 1838. He lost his health in the army,
this ultimately causing his death.
Irving who was killed in Antietam.
Serena EHzabeth born April 28, 1835. She was an invalid for
many years and died in Boston, Mass.
Cerena Babbitt Tucker spent some years of her Hfe on a Kansas
farm with her son George and after his death moved East to the home
of Anna C. Babbitt Weller where she remained until her death, Jan. 7,
1898. She was buried in Dundee, N. Y.
She was one of that unusual type of women who could see the silver
lining no matter how black the cloud, was of an unusually sweet and loving
nature and revered by all who knew her.
THF BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 313
As an interesting incident in her life she remembered the return of the
soldiers from the war when she was a child in Taunton, Mass., and has
often told how she was awakened from a nap in an old high post bed by
the stacking of arms in the same room where she slept in her father's hotel.
Nathaniel S. Tucker, was born in Saco, Me., Dec. 24, 1807.
423
Louisa Babbitt (Seth-Seth-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born June
15, 1806, in Brookfield, Mass. Died July 26, 1844.
Married Jan. 13, 1831, Samuel Hastings, son of Neveson and Lucretia
(Worthington) Hastings. Born Aug. 3, 1804.
Children:—
Mary Ann, March 19, 1832; married Stillman P. Harwood. No
children.
Henry A., Jan. 25, 1836; married Emily Fales.
Charlotte, Sept. 18, 1840.
Charles W., Sept. 11, 1842. Served in Civil War. Lost an arm
in battle. Did not marry.
Fannie Rebecca, Aug. 16, 1849; died 1850.
424
Luther Babbitt (Seth-Seth-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born Aug.
7, 1808, in Brookfield, Mass. Died Feb. 4, 1839, in North Brookfield,
Mass.
Married Oct. 2, 1836, Charlotte Strong.
Children: —
Walcott,died March 3, 1838, aged 8 months.
She married (2nd) Rufus Washburn, of Worcester, Mass.
423
Omacinda Babbitt (Benjamin-Seth-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Oct. 4, 1811, in Enfield, Mass.
Resided in Beloit, Wis., 1880.
314 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married Elijah Allen; Hving in Beloit, Wis., 1881. Born Aug. 13, 1808,
son of Chester Allen.
Has one son — a wholesale tobacco dealer in Chicago.
426
Ceha Babbitt (Benjamin-Seth-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born July
12, 1812, in Brookfield, Mass. Died Feb. 19, 1891.
Married Ephraim Burr, of Providence, R. I.
Children:—
Eliza Ann, Sept. 12, 1835; d. Jan. 25, 1908. Married (1st) George
Holmes. Married (2nd) George A. Jaynes, of Sturbridge, Mass.,
June 1863.
George W., Aug. 14, 1838. Did not marry.
Welthea W., Sept. 17, 1840; married Lyman C. Weeks of Stafford,
Conn., and died Jan. 25, 1908.
427
Mary Ann Babbitt (Benjamin-Seth-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born
June 29, 1815, in Brookfield, Mass. Died Feb. 23, 1907.
Married Feb. 26, 1836, Samuel Fairbanks of Spencer, Mass.
Children: —
Elizabeth F., July 20, 1838; m. Nov. 26, 1857, James H. Plimpton
of Sturbridge, Mass.. Mrs. Plimpton resides in Sturbridge, and
has given great help in compiling the record of her family.
Children:—
George L., July 8, 1865. (Prin. Tilton Sem.)
Emily E., April 25, 1870. (Instructor in Tilton).
Julia Ann, Nov. 4, 1841; d. Aug. 7, 1843.
Lormg H., Nov. 15, 1844; d. Aug. 7, 1895; m. Adehne Newton, 1866.
John Albert, June 24, 1847; m. Martha Sprague of Sutton, 1870.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 315
Children: —
Mary Etta, 1870.
Alonzo, Feb. 1, 1874.
Mildred, March 24, 1889.
Lucinda, Aug. 24, 1851; d. Nov. 11, 1851.
Emily Ruth, Aug. 15, 1853; d. Nov. 30, 1863.
428
Tryphosa Babbitt (Benjamin-Seth-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born
July 22, 1817, in Brookfield, Mass.
Married Henry Graves of North Brookfield, Sept. 16, 1836. He was
bom June 20, 1813, in Williamsburg, Mass. Died April 6, 1865, in North
Brookfield, Mass.
WilHam Albert, March, 1831 ; m. Sarah Clark, 1859 and died 1892.
Charles H., Nov. 11, 1841; d. June 16, 1862.
429
Welcome Babbitt (Benjamin-Seth-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Nov. 11, 1820, in Warren, Mass. Died April 27, 1868, in Sturbridge, Mass.
Married Feb. 3, 1842, Priscilla Woodward. Died Jan. 16, 1895.
Children: —
849 Charles W., Dec. 25, 1842.
Adelaide P., Oct. 4, 1844; m. Edwin Draper, Nov. 19, 1865,
son of Newell and Nancy. No children.
George W., Sept. 24, 1846; m. Eunice Morgan, Nov. 23, 1871,
daughter of Andrew and Eldora. No children.
Rosella A., March 30, 1848; d. Aug. 19, 1850.
Lewis, Sept. 27, 1851; d. Aug. 27, 1852.
Emma F., March 27, 1854; m. George Wright, of Greenboro,
Vt., Nov. 26, 1888.
She married (2nd) May 1, 1860, Baxter Ayres. (3rd) Nov. 25, 1874,
Gilbert Lincoln.
316 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
430
William Jones Babbitt (Benjamin-Seth-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom June 25, 1823, in Warren, Mass. Died May 10, 1881, in North
Brookfield.
Served one year in the 15th Mass. Infantry Volunteers in the Civdl War.
Married Caroline M. Wheelock of Orange, Mass., Nov., 1843, who was
born 1824. Died 1900, in North Brookfield.
Children: —
850 Abbie L., Sept. 20, 1844.
Carrie M., 1846; m. April 22, 1865, Wm. H. Fisher. Bom
1838.
Children: —
Inez, July 19, 1867.
Wilham, April 8, 1872.
Olive T., Jan. 31, 1853; d. 1857.
431
WilUam W. Babbitt (Andrew-Abiel-Wilham-Erasmus-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born April 10, 1836. Died April 8, 1873
Married June 25, 1865.
Children: —
William, in Denver, Col, in 1909.
432
Mary Catherine (Andrew- Abiel- William-Erasmus-Edward-Edward).
Born Dec. 7, 1852.
Spent her school days m Galesburg, Illinois, with her uncle, Samuel
T. Babbitt.
Married (1st) John Cone Abbott, Aug. 30, 1868.
Children:—
NelUe Francis, July 7, 1869; d. Jan. 11, 1874.
Edwin x^rthur, Aug. 27, 1871. Resides in Texas.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 317
Alice Ruth, April 11, 1873; d. Oct. 7, 1900. Was married and left
four children.
Married (2nd) George D. Hurley. Died Nov. 11, 1908.
Children: —
Maud Grace, March 10, 1878; married T-. Y. Mason.
Tina, Feb. 11, 1880; d. Feb. 22, 1880.
Anna Ethel, April 22, 1882; d. April 29, 1883.
Mrs. Hurley resides in Kiowa, Kansas.
433
Julia A. Babbitt (Andrew- Abiel- William-Erasmus-Edward-Edward).
Bom Oct. 8, 1855.
Mrs. Storey lived with her uncle, Edwin B. Babbitt, during her school
life — as there were no school privileges where her father lived in Northern
Missouri. Edwin B. Babbitt at that time lived in San Francisco and
Portland, Ore. In 1868 she left him and lived with her aimt, Mrs. Zim-
merman, in Galesburg, 111.
Mr. and Mrs. Storey reside in Columbus, Kan.
Married Dudley M. Storey, of Illinois. Bom March 13, 1847.
Children: —
Scott Struges, Aug. 5, 1875. Resides in Denver, Col.
Edwin Babbitt, Nov. 1, 1878. Resides in Columbus, Kan.
Henry Jasper, May 27, 1884. Resides in Weir, Kan.
Luke Storey, Feb. 20, 1888. Unmarried.
Dudley Storey enhsted in 33rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry in Feb. 1864.
Was at siege and capture of Mobile.
434
Caroline Matilda (Andrew- Abiel- William-Erasmus-Edward-Edward).
Bom Sept. 6, 1857.
Resides in Shadeland, Lipscomb Co., Texas.
Married Jan. 28, 1875, Robert S. Porter.
Children:—
OUve Virginia, Feb. 23, 1877. Married Thos. Crawford, Feb.
25, 1894.
Elzadia Gertrude, Jan. 20, 1881. Married Floyd Deeds, Sept.
16, 1906.
318 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Robert Lawrence, May 29, 1887.
Mary Ann, July 19, 1892.
435
William Smith Babbitt (Samuel-Abiel-William-Erasmus-Edward-
Edward). Born Aug. 8, 1823. Probably in Hampden, N. Y.
Died March 30, 1868, in New York City.
Married (1st) Dec. 15, 1847, Caroline Carey.
Children:—
William Carey, April 29, 1849.
Charles Hurlburt, Oct. 13, 1851.
Katherine.
Clarence H., Feb. 28, 1856.
Caroline Carey, Jan. 2, 1859.
Married (2nd) Dec. 1860, Lucinda Bradley, daughter of Erastus Brad-
ley. Born Dec. 23, 1829; d. Jan. 16, 1896.
Children: —
851 Frank Bradley, March 27, 1862.
Mary, July, 1865; d. July 1871.
Minnie.
436
Thomas Struges Babbitt (Samuel-Abiel-William-Erasmus-Edward-
Edward). Born Oct. 24, 1825. Probably in Hampden, N. Y.
Died March 31, 1895, in Dayton, O.
A successful merchant in Dayton, Ohio.
Married Jan. 2, 1851, Katherine Herman. Born July 28, 1830; died
Dec. 9, 1884.
Children: —
852 Anna Elizabeth, Oct. 23, 1851.
437
Edwin Dwight Babbitt (Samuel- Abiel-Wilham-Erasmus-Edward-
Edward).
Edwin Dwight Babbitt was born in Hampden, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1828.
He graduated from Knox College with degree of M. D., and in 1883 from
the Eclectic Medical College, of Cincinnati, Ohio, with degree of LE.D.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 319
He was author of "Principle of Light and Color," "Human Culture and
Cure," "Health and Power," etc.
Died June 28, 1905, in Rochester, N. Y.
Married (1st) Augusta Darling, Dec. 29, 1857, daughter of Lucius and
Malina (Ward) Darling. Born April 20, 1836; died Aug. 7, 1876.
Children: —
Thomas Darling, Jan. 3, 1859.
Lucius, 1860; died 1864.
Emily, 1862; died 1864.
853 Irving, Aug. 2, 1865.
Katherine, July 12, 1871.
Married (2nd) Mrs. Elizabeth Smith (North) Clark, Jan. 22, 1879.
438
Emily Augusta Babbitt (Samuel-Abiel-WilHam-Erasmus-Edward-
Edward). Born May 5, 1834. Died Feb. 6, 1907, in Bushnell, 111.
Married March 15, 1865, James Miner. He married (1st) her sister,
Eliz. Cornelia.
Children: —
Emily Mabel, Dec. 8, 1866.
Nelhe, April 16, 1869; d. April 16, 1869.
Elizabeth Lois, June 13, 1871.
James Albert, Sept. 21, 1873.
Edith Harriet, Oct. 4, 1876.
439
Sarah Frances Babbitt (Edwin-Abiel-William-Erasmus-Edward-
Edward). Born July 6, 1834, in Port Jesup, La.
Died July 16, 1905, in Portland, Ore.
Married (1st) Aug. 23, 1853, in Indianola, Tex., George C. Barber
(Lieutenant). He died Oct. 11, 1853, of yellow fever, aged 26 years.
Married (2nd) Jan. 27, 1864, in San Francisco, Cal, Captain J. C.
Ains worth.
Children: —
Frances (Mrs. Percy Morgan). Resides in San Francisco, Cal.
J. C. Ainsworth. Resides in Portland, Ore.
320 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
440
Lawrence Sprague Babbitt (Edwin-Abiel-William-Erasmus-Edward-
Edward). Born Feb. 18, 1839, in Boston, Mass. Died Oct. 15, 1903,
Dover, N. J.
2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Artillery, June 24, 1861.
Brevet 1st Lieutenant, July 21, 1861, for gallantry at Batde of Bull Run.
1st Lieutenant, March 3, 1863.
Brevet Captain, March 13, 1865, for meritorious service in Ordnance,
Department during War.
Captain of Ordnance, Dec. 22, 1866.
Major, May 10, 1878.
Graduated in West Point, 1861. Retired as Colonel, 1903.
Married Oct. 22, 1861, Frances McDougall, in West Point, N. Y. She
was born Aug. 7, 1842.
Children:—
Edwin Burr, July 26, 1862. Graduated at West Point, 1884. Lt.
Col. Ordnance, Sept. 1909. Married Emily Feim in Boston,
Mass., Nov. 5, 1884, daughter of Henry and Eliz. Fenn, Now
at Fort Hancock, N. J.
441
Laura W. Babbitt (Edwin- Abiel-WilUam-Erasmus-Edward-Edward).
Born Feb. 18, 1839. Died Jan. 16, 1905, in Washington, D. C.
Married May 31, 1859, in West Point, N. Y., Lieut. George H. Weeks,
4th U. S. Artillery, (now Brigadier General).
Children: —
George McD. Weeks, (Captain).
442
Eva B. Babbitt (Abiel-Abiel-William-Erasmus-Edward-Edward).
Died before 1897.
Married May 15, 1867, in Indianapolis, Ind., Charles Spear Hills.
Born Aug. 16, 1834.
Children: —
Walter B.
Louis B.
He married (2nd) Mrs. Eva (Sturgis) Curran.
THOMAS STURGES BABBITT.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 321
443
James L. Babbitt (Sarah-Erasmus-Simeon-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Was in clothing business in New York City for many years.
Married Elizabeth Jane Mead.
854 Isaac, resides in Morristown, N. J.
444
Joseph Woodman Babbitt (Elias-Erasmus-Simeon-Seth-Edward-
Edward). Born Nov. 16, 1828. Died April 13, 1877.
Married Caroline Wells Sutton. Born March 4, 1832. Yet living in
Newark, N. J.
Children:—
Ella D., Aug. 10, 1851. Married Oct. 23, 1872, Charles H.
Greene. She died Sept. 22, 1873.
855 Frederick Ehas, Dec. 10, 1853.
Joseph S., March 24, 1857. Died in infancy.
Percy S., Nov. 12, 1860. Died in infancy.
Charles H., August 2, 1862. Died July 4, 1910. Married
ComeHa Van Why. No children.
Carrie S., Nov. 18, 1865. Died in infancy.
Daniel Craig, March 7, 1870. Resides in Lima, Peru.
Albert Albro, Dec. 8, 1871 ; d. Jan. 2, 1905. Married Frances
L. Monroe.
445
George Edward Babbitt (Elias-Erasmus-Simeon-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Married Eliza Gerry.
Harriet B., married Harry Byram. Resides in Morristown, N. J.
George E., May 4, 1867; married Ehza J. Gehrig.
Gertrude Dayton, May 14, 1864; married Oct. 22, 1884, J. Clark
Oliver.
Mary E., died young.
446
Levi Dayton Babbitt (Elias-Erasmus-Simeon-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born Dec. 20, 1831, in Mendham, N. J. Died Nov. 3, 1902, in Morris-
town, N. J.
322 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Resided in Morristown for forty-four years and was prominent in the
life of the city. A member of the Common Council and Board of Edu-
cation. A democrat in politics. A member of the Masonic Fraternity.
During the last of the war he enlisted in the Pennsylvania Emergency
Regiment, but the war ended before active service. Mr. Babbitt was a
member of A. T. Torbert G. A. R. Post. Corporal in Co. E., N. J.
militia, 1863, in Emergency service.
He conducted a men's furnishings store in Morristown, now carried
on by his sons.
Married 1868, Sarah M. Cramer.
Children: —
Horace Ayres, June 19, 1870. Married Emma Van Why.
Wilham Dayton, March 30, 1874. Married Ahce La Bam.
Ella A., Feb. 22, 1876. Married Raymond Troxell.
Elias Nelson, May 19, 1879.
Paul Yetman, March 5, 1881. Died 1909, aged 27 years.. Was
a most popular and estimable young man. Was a machinist by
trade.
George E., Oct. 9, 1883.
Louise Evalina, Aug. 12, 1886.
447
Hampton Marsh Babbitt (EKas-Erasmus-Simeon-Seth-Edward-
Edward). Died 1889.
Was a carriage painter and trimmer.
Co H., 2nd N. J. Vol., three years service, in Civil War. Enhsted May
29, 1861. Discharged June 21, 1864.
Married Helen Stout.
Children:—
Lena V., married Jonah Bair; five children in Blairstown, N. J.
Frank.
Levi, married Ruth Mallock.
WiUiam.
448
Mary Eliza Babbitt (John-Erasmus-Simeon-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born Nov. 15, 1836, in Pawlet, Vt.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 323
Married Sept. 18, 1855, Edgar P. Morehouse, in Granville, N. Y. Son
of Walter and Alma (Foster) Morehouse.
They removed West and resided in Minnenasha, Wis., from 1856-1862.
Thence they removed to Vineland, N. J., and subsequently to Pendleton,
N. Y., and Hebron, N. Y. They resided also one year in Maryland.
After a short residence in Williamstown, Mass., they went to Springfield,
Mass., and lived there six years, going from there to Williamstown once
more where they stayed about nine years. From here they went to Cali-
fornia and after a six years' residence returned once more to Williams-
tovra where they now reside.
Children:—
Mary Ada, Aug. 2, 1857. Married Joseph Walden of Williams-
town, Mass.
Edgar P., March 20, 1859.
Elmer Ellsworth, March 5, 1861.
449
Amos Wooster Babbitt (John-Erasmus-Simeon-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born June 18, 1840.
Enlisted in Co. K., 96 N. Y. Vol. in Granville, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1861.
Was corporal. Discharged honorably Sept. 29, 1864, from wound re-
ceived in Chapmans Farms.
Married about 1866, Elmira Alice Foote.
Children:—
John Ralston.
Two daughters.
450
James Franklin Babbitt (John-Erasmus-Simeon-Seth-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Feb. 23, 1855, in Granville, N. Y.
Resides in Augusta, Me.
Married (1st) Sept. 6, 1887, Mary A. Pierce of Lynn, Mass.
Married (2nd) June 20, 1896, Ethel Mae Peva of Augusta, Me.
Children: —
Frank Peva, June 3, 1897.
Charles Henry, April 2, 1899.
324 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
451
George Dayton Babbitt (John-Erasmus-Simeon-Seth-Edward-Ed-
ward).
George Dayton Babbitt, clothing merchant, was born at Granville,
N. Y,, February 23, 1855. He attended the pubHc schools in Orwell,
Vt., and finished at the Brandon, Vt., graded school. In 1875 he went
to Rutland, Vt., where he engaged in the clothing business as a clerk. In
1881 he opened a clothing store at Rutland and continued for ten years,
doing business under the firm name of Bardy & Babbitt. On account
of failing health he sold out, and in 1891 estabUshed a clothing business
at Lewiston, Me., continuing for eight years. In 1889 he located in Al-
bany and estabhshed the clothing firm of Babbitt & White. Ten months
later he bought out Mr. White's interest and took as partner, Mr. C. E.
Hutchinson in the firm of Babbitt & Co., then occupying the lower part
of the DeGraaf building on South Pearl Street. In 1905 the firm bought
and moved to its present location, 451 and 453 Broadway. Mr. Babbitt
is prominent in Masonic circles. He was one of the organizers of the
Albany Chamber of Commerce and is chairman of the committee on
public improvements in that body. On May 3, 1882, Mr. Babbitt married
Miss L. Belle Hutchinson, of Rutland, Vt. He resides at 32 South Allen
Street, Albany.
He has been an active member of the Babbitt Association from its
inception and always taken a deep interest in the compilation of the
Genealogy.
Children: —
George Hutchinson, Oct. 11, 1885.
John Henry, Nov. 23, 1886.
Hazel Marguerite, March 4, 1890.
452
Winslow Babbitt (David-Daniel-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born May 10, 1816, m Londonderry, Vt.
Was in Medford, Mass., 1844.
Erickmaker by trade.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 325
Died May 1897, in Medford, Mass.
Married Laurian Farr, daughter of Jude and Melinda Farr of Wind-
ham, Vt. Died Jan. 31, 1875, in Medford, Mass., aged 52 years, 8 months
17 days.
Children: —
Addie L., 1846 ;d. 1907. Married Thos. A. Fames, April 23,
1873, of Boston.
Etta, did not marry.
Frank, July 11, 1848. Did not marry.
856 Eugene, 1858.
Herbert, 1854. Widower in Maiden, Mass. Married Nov. 26,
1879, Florence E. Vernon. Born in Baton Rouge, La.,
daughter of Robert and Sarah.
453
Mary Abigail Babbitt (David-Daniel-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Feb. 19, 1818, in Londonderry, Vt. Died Oct. 15, 1900.
Married Alphonzo Cole, in Londonderry, Vt.
Children: —
Alison. Lives in Brattleboro, Vt. Unmarried
Almorette, married Melvin Vaille, by whom she has a son Everett,
who married and has a daughter, Errol. Married (2nd) G. C.
Robinson and lives in South Londonderry. No children by
second marriage.
454
David Babbitt (David-Daniel-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Bom
Jan. 19, 1820, in Londonderry, Vt. Died July 12, 1903.
Married Deborah Cheney.
Children: —
Mary, died 1908. She married Chandler Rawson, of Provi-
dence, R. I.
Etta, died aged 4 years.
455
Samuel Babbitt (David-Daniel-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
Sept. 25, 1821, in Londonderry, Vt. Died July 20, 1886.
326 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Resided in South Londonderry, Vt.
Married Jane Mason; born April 16, 1824. Died Feb. 18, 1889.
Children: — All born in South Londonderry, Vt.
Romanzo, April 10, 1842. Died 1886.
Ellen J., Oct. 4, 1846. Married Eldon Eldred of Petowsky, Mich.,
and has: —
Frank, April 11, 1873.
Emmet, Oct. 20, 1878.
Celia, March 15, 1880.
Erving, Jan. 15, 1888.
Lizzie, June 19, 1848.
Lysander W., June 8, 1851.
Addie, June 18, 1854; m. Chester Hulett. Lives in South Lon-
donderry, Vt.
Frank G., June 8, 1857. Dead.
Charles W., Nov. 20, 1860.
Alma, June 1, 1862; d. April 25, 1876.
Hyland, V., Oct. 21, 1863. Resides in Brattleboro, Vt.
Elwin J., Dec. 13, 1865, in Onaway, Mich. Music writer and
composer. Married Eliza A. Woodward of South Londonderry,
Vt., and has one son, Carl E.
456
Cyrus Babbitt (David-Daniel-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
Oct. 12, 1823, in Londonderry, Vt.
Went to Boston about 1841. Was in Boston 1849, later in Groton,
Mass., where he was in the brick business. He soon returned to Lon-
donderry and engaged in farming. He and his brother Byron were the
last survivors of his father's eleven children.
Died Aug. 16, 1908, in South Londonderry, Vt.
Married Laura Farnham, Feb. 1, 1844, daughter of Thomas Famham.
Born 1825.
Children:—
Luella, resides in Londonderry, Vt. Married A. Hayward.
Zina L., 1856. Married Jime 29, 1886, Virginia Spencer, daugh-
ter of Francis and Mary Spencer. He died in Boston, 1899.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 327
Zeno B. (Doctor). Resides in Washington, D. C. Married Susan
Chase. Has daughter, Florence L.
Hoit A., resides in Londonderry, Vt. Married Nov. 16, 1898,
Mary Corey. No children.
Louisa A., resides in Londonderry, Vt. Unmarried.
457
Lucina Babbitt (David-Daniel-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
April 10, 1825, in Londonderry, Vt. Died Feb. 29, 1860.
Married Henry Goddard, of Londonderry, Vt.
Children: —
Martin, Feb. 26, 1844. Married 1st. Emma Wilder and had a
son Henry who is a minister. Had three children by a second
wife. He died March 14, 1891.
Ira, Aug. 8, 1848. Lives in Ludlow, Vt., and has Martin and
Percy, who live in Ludlow, Vt. His wife was Sarah A. Farnam.
458
Alonzo Babbitt (David-David-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
April 21, 1827, in Londonderry, Vt. Lived in Defiance, Ohio.
Died July 16, 1881.
Married Sophronia Mason.
Children: —
EUery.
Emma.
Lilla.
Sabrina.
Elsia.
Twins names not known.
459
Electa Babbitt (David-Daniel-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
Oct. 16, 1830, in Londonderry, Vt. Died March 25, 1897.
Married (1st) Baldwin.
Children: —
Emma, died young.
Married (2nd) George Bogle. No children.
328 ' THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
460
George Babbitt (David-David-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
April 16, 1833, in Londonderry, Vt. Died April 22, 1899.
Married May 31, 1854, Mary J. Pike French, who died Sept. 29, 1890.
Children: —
Fred D., June 19, 1863. Resides in Mechanicsville, Vt.
857 George H., June 18, 1865, of Landgrove, Vt.
Two daughters died young.
461
Byron C. Babbitt (David-Daniel-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Bom April 23, 1836, in Londonderry, Vt.
Lived in Londonderry all his life.
Died Nov. 17, 1908, in Londonderry, Vt.
Married June 12, 1859, Sinthia Landman.
Children: —
858 Etta A., May 7, 1860.
Lilla C, March 13, 1863; m. March 13, 1881, ( ) Hughes.
Geneva, Dec. 4, 1864; m. Oct. 30, 1902, ( ) Nido.
462
Albert Babbitt (Cyrus-Daniel-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Bom
in Boston, Mass., July 30, 1829.
Died in Cambridge, Mass., June 14, 1904.
Married Dec. 4, 1851, Louise Caroline Barnes. Born Sept. 22, 1824;
died Sept. 29, 1909.
Children: —
Martha Louisa, June 8, 1855; now living in Cambridge, Mass.
463
Harriet Newell Babbitt (John-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Bom Oct. 8, 1816, in Attleboro, Mass. Died May 24, 1851.
Married June 25, 1843, Alfred Claflin of Attleboro, Mass., as his second
wife. He was born Oct. 24, 1803, in Lyme, N. H., son of Allerton Claflin.
He died in Attleboro, Mass., Nov. 26, 1862.
GEORGE DAYTON BABBITT.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 329
Harriet A., Oct. 2, 1845. Not married. Resides in West New-
ton, Mass.
Emma T., May 16, 1851 ; married Chas. H. Claflin of West Newton.
Frederick Howe, May 29, 1848; died young.
464
Harvey Augustus Babbitt (John M.-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-
Edward). Born Dec. 17, 1818. Died Oct. 13, 1889.
He carried on a watch and clock repairing business in Attleboro, to-
gether with his farm. In 1883 he went to California where he bought
land near Pasedena, and died and was buried there, his youngest son
being a resident of that locality.
Mr. Babbitt was deeply devoted to his home and family. Left a
widower with four small children, he kept his family together. In his
farm work he was very practical, carrying out his ingenious ideas of drain-
age and utilization of waste land and constructing personally many of
the farm buildings.
Married July 18, 1850, Mary A. Wilmarth, born March 22, 1824,
daughter of Parlymon Capron Wilmarth and Mary Smith (Claflin). Died
Feb. 10, 1864. Private Record.
Children: —
859 Mary, May 31, » 1853. Married Dec. 7, 1870, Jacob Klebes.
860 WiUiam Harvey, April 28, 1855.
Edward Parley, July 1851; d. July 9, 1873.
Elmer, 1856; d. Jan. 7, 1864.
Frederick, Feb. 10, 1864; d. Dec. 3, 1904. Unmarried.
Infant died Dec. 9, 1861.
Fred A., Feb. 1861; d. Dec. 1, 1904.
465
George M. Babbitt (John M.-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born Dec. 23, 1820.
Resided in Mansfield, Mass.
Married Nov. 1, 1840, Lucinda L. Perry, daughter of Simeon and Mary
(Winchester) Perry. Bom April 28, 1819; died Aug. 6, 1884.
330 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
George Hurlburt, April 17, 1846; d. June 22, 1868. Unmarried.
He was a tin peddler during the time of Civil War and accumulated
quite an estate in Mansfield, Mass., where he became a farmer.
Harriet Alfreda, married Clarence Seward of Crawford, N. Y.
466
Horace Williamson Babbitt (John M.-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-
Edward). Born Sept. 5, 1823. Died March 3, 1850.
Resided in Providence, R. I.
Married Eliza Ann ( ).
Children: —
Jane F., d. Oct. 9, 1844, aged 15 months.
George.
Ella M., d. Dec. 6, 1855, aged 6 years.
She married (2nd) Wm. M. Goodrich, of Providence, R. I., son of
Orson and Phoebe (Cone) Goodrich. Born Sept. 6, 1835. They were
married March 9, 1865.
467
John Edward Babbitt (John M.-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born Sept. 15, 1827, in Eaton, Sherbrook Co., Can.
Died Sept. 26, 1903, in Central City, Nebraska.
Married Feb. 17, 1856, Charlotte A. St. John, of Sabula, Iowa. Born
Aug. 14, 1832; died Aug. 14, 1877.
Children: — Born in Sabula, Iowa.
861 Almena J., Jan. 19, 1857.
862 Wade Edward, Aug. 17, 1858.
Philena, Oct. 2, 1860; d. Jan. 19, 1861.
Urilla Marcia, Sept. 18, 1862; m. George Rasor, Joharmesburg,
South Africa, Nov. 6, 1896.
Children: —
Cecil John, Sept. 30, 1897.
George Wade, July 21, 1899.
Frank Levi, Oct. 22, 1864; married Efl&e Hutchins, of Crawford,
Nebraska, May, 1891. No children.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 331
468
Roswell Levi Babbitt (John M. - Asa-Nathaniel- Seth-Ed ward-Edward).
Bom Aug. 8, 1832. Died March 16, 1906, Buenos Ayres, Argentina.
Married in 1865, Grace Pauline Drake. (Married by Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher).
Mrs. Grace Babbitt resides in New York City.
Children: —
Howard Roswell, Jan. 1869; married Maude Hutchinson of Boston,
in Buenos Ayres, Brazil. Infant son died.
Perry W., Jan., 1871.
Levi Royal, July, 1878; d. March 16, 1906, in Buenos Ayres. No
children.
469
Darius Sanford Babbitt (John M.-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born May 3, 1836, in Canada. Died April 2, 1903.
Resided in 1862 in Clinton, Iowa.
Married (1st) Harriette Belle Davis, 1856-7, daughter of David and
Thankful (Bissell) Davis.
Married (2nd) Hattie Thompson, 1869. She died 1885.
Children: — One only by first wife.
Webster L., April 15, 1862, in Clinton, Iowa. Married Katherine
Frances Dolan. Born in Portland, Me., Aug. 18, 1862.
They reside in Niles, Mich. Mr. Babbitt was a member of the
lumber firm of C. D. Benedict & Co., of Hattiesburg, Miss.,
and his business compelled his residence there part of the year.
He has recently returned to Niles, Mich., permanently.
Children:—
Lawrence Webster, April 6, 1891.
Hugh Merlin, April 29, 1892.
George, Dec. 2, 1894; d. Dec. 1900.
John Melvin, July 15, 1896.
470
Orrington Babbitt (John M.-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born Feb. 23, 1838.
332 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Resided in Hemlock, Mich.
Married (1st) Jan. 1, 1868, Harriet Stanhope.
Children: —
Cora L., Nov. 5, 1871; married Herman Schultz.
Hadley W., Lansingburg, Mich.
Carrie F., Aug. 5, 1874. Died Unmarried.
Married (2nd) Oct. 10, 1877, Ella J. Pratt. Mrs. Babbitt resides in
Clare, Mich.
Children:—
Bird E., Sept. 2, 1878.
863 RayT., April 15, 1881.
864 Alma S., Feb. 16, 1883.
865 Stanley, May 4, 1885.
Atlee W., Feb. 1, 1893; d. Aug. 30, 1896.
471
Janet Babbitt (John M.-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
July 10, 1841.
Mrs. Warren resides in Speermore, Okla.
Married (1st) Dec. 28, 1859, Wm. H. Coleman. Died 1863.
Children:—
Nathaniel H., Nov. 12, 1860; d. Nov. 11, 1883.
William R., Feb. 16, 1863.
Married (2nd) Steven D. Warren.
Children:—
Ira, 1871.
John, 1874.
473
John E. Babbitt (John-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Bom
Aug. 10, 1822. Died March 1, 1907.
Resided in Springfield, Vt.
Married (1st) Nov. 5, 1847, Elma J. Muzzey. Born 1826; died Dec.
8, 1895. She was the daughter of Samuel and Betsey (Cheney) Muzzey,
of Weir, N. H.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 333
Children: —
866 Charles E., 1855.
Child, Sept. 17, 1857, in Springfield, Vt.
Married (2nd) Lydia A. (Muzzey) Taylor, sister of his first wife.
474
Orpha Ann Babbitt (John-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born Nov. 9, 1829.
Married Stephen Place.
Children:—
Eva.
Ida.
475
Carlos Babbitt (John-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
June 6, 1834, in Hanover, N. H.
Educated in Enfield, N. H., schools.
In Optical business in Lisbon, N. H., until 1876, and since then has
resided in Manchester, N. H.
Mr. Babbitt is a high degree Mason and prominent in social life.
Married June 10, 1857, Martha J. Holton, daughter of Jehiel and
Hannah (Eaton) Holton, of Landoff, N. H. Born Dec. 14, 1835.
Children:—
Child (daughter) Dec. 30, 1862.
Chas. Holton, May 25, 1869; married May 25, 1903, Ada Bumpas,
daughter of Abel and Eliza (Gordon) Bumpas, of Wayne, Me.
Mr. Babbitt took a medical course at Harvard, and afterward took
his degree of M. D., at the University of the South. A member of the
firm of Babbitt Co., of Manchester, N. H. A prominent Mason.
476
Franklin Babbitt ( John- Asa-Nathaniel- Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
June 6, 1834, in Hanover, N. H. Died Dec. 8, 1903.
For sixty years lived in Enfield, N. H.
Married (1st) July 4, 1857, Ann E. M. P. Choat, daughter of Benjamin
and Olive Bumham of Ipswich, Mass., Died March 15, 1895.
334 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married (2nd) May 3, 1896, Mercy Charlton, of Lebanon, N. H., daugh-
ter of John Charlton. Born in England, 1817.
Children:—
Mildred Florence, Sept. 6, 1896.
Martha Elizabeth, March 19, 1898.
Eltha Charkon, Sept. 6, 1899.
John C, June 4, 1903.
477
George Milton Babbitt (John-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Bom 1836, in Ellsworth, N. H. Died March 31, 1868, in Canaan, N. H.
Resided for a time in Canaan, N. H. Now a resident of Syracuse, N. Y.
Married (1st) Nov. 21, 1860, Ruth Chesley, daughter of Eleazer and
Ann Chesley, of Barnstead, N. H. Bom 1834, in Orange, N. H.
Married (2nd) Jan. 1, 1870, Lucinda M. Chesley (a widow), daughter
of Aaron and Lucinda Miranda of Cabot, Vt. Bom 1840.
Children:—
Nellie Etta, Dec. 19, 1873; d. March 31, 1874.
Lulu M., Dec. 18, 1874.
Herbert M., 1876.
478
Marinda Babbitt (Isaac- Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
May 16, 1827. Died in East Lebanon, N. H.
Married Nov. 7, 1847, WilHam W. Ward, who died March 10, 1908,
in Haverhill, N. H.
Children:—
Isaac.
Julia.
Wallace.
Octavus.
Edward.
Chloe.
Frank.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 335
479
Isaac Sylvester Babbitt (Isaac-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born Nov. 18, 1828. Living in Enfield, N. H.
Married Jan. 30, 1853, in Enfield, N. H., Melissa Ann Stevens, daugh-
ter of Dudley and Jane (Burbank) Stevens. Born 1832; died Dec. 16,
1894, in Enfield.
Children : —
Charles, April 22, 1854; d. 1860.
480
Leonard H. Babbitt (Isaac-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born April 20, 1830. Died Feb. 17, 1892.
Married Dec. 14, 1853, Rachel Merrill, of Hanover, daughter of
Nathaniel and Rachel Morse Merrill. She died Feb. 14, 1892, aged
57 years.
Children: —
867 Jennie May, Aug. 28, 1866; married George Henry Fairbanks
son of Chester and Mary Fairbanks.
Alma, married C. M. Hayes, of Etna, N. H.
481
Almira Babbitt (Isaac-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born
Feb. 11, 1832.
Living in 1910 in Franklin, N. H.
Married March 4, 1856, Frederick Merrill.
Children: —
Emma, married Jerome Cheslie.
Algie.
Nellie.
Ella, married Otis Cutts.
Ernest.
482
Charles M. Babbitt, (Isaac- Asa-Nathaniel- Seth-Edward-Edward),
the well known contractor and builder of Franklin Falls, was born in
336 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Canaan, N. H., Jan. 10, 1835, son of Isaac and Wealthy (Love joy)
Babbitt. His grandfather, Asa Babbitt, served as a soldier in the Revo-
lutionary War; he spent the greater part of his life on a farm in Hanover
and died in 1837.
Charles M. passed his boyhood and youth in Hanover, N. H., attending
school and assisting his folks upon the farm. He resided at home until
twenty-one years old, when he engaged in the lumber business in Enfield,
N. H. He remained there nine years. Then he came to Franklin where
he conducted a boarding house for some years, and in 1873, erected his
present residence.
For many years he gave his attention to the contracting and building
business quite extensively and is widely and favorably known as an able
and reliable business man. At present he owns and cultivates a good farm.
On July 30, 1856, Mr. Babbitt married Elvira W. Jeimey. She was
bom in Hartland, Vt., March 29, 1836, daughter of Francis C. and Re-
becca E. Jenney. They have no children.
Mr. Babbitt has been director of the Franklin Falls Co. In politics, he
is a republican and quite active in public a£fairs, having served as a select-
man in 1887-88. He was first coimcilman for two years. He is connected
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Franklin and also with
the Grange.
483
John Darvdn Babbitt (Isaac-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born April 6, 1839.
Married April 2, 1869, Alma E. Briggs, daughter of B. J. Briggs,
Stephentown, N. Y.
Children: —
Ellen May, 1885; d. Nov. 12, 1892.
484
Alden Augustus Babbitt (Isaac-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born AprU 24, 1841.
Married Dec. 7, 1872, Anna Dunton, of Cooper Falls, Me.
Children:—
One child died in infancy.
MRS. J. WILLARD BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 337
485
William Dexter Babbitt (Isaac- Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born Feb. 7, 1843.
Married (1st) March 3, 1873, Leafey D. Brown, of Taberg, N. Y.
Born 1845.
Children: —
Charles, Oct. 31, 1874, in Lebanon, N. H.
Married (2nd) Loula W., (of Cambridge, Vt).
Child born June 3, 1878.
486
George Washington Babbitt (Isaac-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-
Edward). Born April 9, 1851, in Hanover, N. H.
Received the usual common school education and became a merchant
and later learned carpenter trade, w^hich he still follows.
Lived from 1875-1892 in Enfield, N. H. — since then in Lebanon, N. H.
Married Esther A. Valentine, July 7, 1875, daughter of Justus and
Emerette (Rowland) Valentine. Born Jan. 23, 1852, in Tinmouth, Vt.,;
died Oct. 29, 1904, in Lebanon, N. H.
Children:—
Elsia, Feb. 9, 1887, Enfield. Attended public schools. Grad-
uated from High school, 1906. Bookkeeper for Kendrick &
Davis of Lebanon, N. H.
George E., born in Attleboro, Mass., Nov. 12, 1874; died in infancy.
487
Deha Babbitt (Ezra-Isaac-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
At one time Preceptress of Iowa Female Seminary.
Married June 9, 1859, Deacon Jos. D. W. Fiske, who died Nov. 30,
1893, in Coldwater, Mich. He was born Sept. 24, 1829, in Penfield, N.
Y., son of James and Eleanor.
Children: —
Bessie Frances, April 24, 1860; died 1860.
Walter James, July 20, 1862; married Adelle Bassett, 1884.
Carrie Louise, Oct. 25, 1866; married T. Clark, 1895.
(All of Coldwater, Mich.)
338 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
488
Wilbur F. Babbitt (Hiram-Uri-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Bom April 2, 1834.
An artist in Lowell, Mass.
Married (1st) Oct. 28, 1857, Sarah Sanborn, born Jan. 21, 1828,
daughter of Joshua Smith. (Her third marriage.) She married (1st)
Isaac Farrar; (2nd) Joseph Sanborn.
Married (2nd) Dec. 25, 1865, in Nashua, N. H., Emma C. Hobbs, of
Westbrook, Mass.
Children: —
Alzie, died Oct. 6, 1866, aged 3 months.
489
John Willard Babbitt (John-Uri-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born in Gorham, Ontario County, New York, November 21, 1836.
He came to Ypsilanti with his father ia 1848. Mr. Babbitt sprung from
good old New England stock, on his mother's side his ancestors coming
from Wethersfield, Conn. He was also descended from Wm, White of
the Mayflower through his mother. The son early imbibed the political
principles of the father and lived and died a stalwart Democrat — a Dem-
ocrat of the old Jefferson and Jackson school, beHeving in sound money,
in a tariff for revenue only, believing also in the grand old Democrat doc-
trine that expansion is the "manifest destiny" of the republic. He was
an enthusiastic Union man, and soon after the opening of the war of the
rebellion he joined the army. Owing to defective eye-sight he was not
permitted to serve in the ranks as he desired, but acted as clerk of the com-
missary department in Kentucky until the close of the war. Previous
to the war he had studied law with an uncle, a prominent lawyer in
Geneva, New York, and eventually graduated from the law department
of the University of Michigan. After the war he visited St. Louis, Omaha,
and other prominent places in the west with a view of making a perma-
nent settlement for the practice of his profession. But the influence of
father and mother and another influence, stronger still, drew him back
to his old home and so in 1866 he returned to Ypsilanti.
Mr. Babbitt was an influential man in the poUtics of his country. He
was elected successively circuit court commissioner, prosecuting attorney
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 339
and judge of probate. He filled every office to which he was elected
with exceptional ability. Business men who entrusted to him their affairs
found him a sound and safe adviser. He was a good lawyer. He pos-
sessed a natural legal mind. He studied his cases with great care and
always considered, first and foremost, the interest of his client. Mr.
Babbitt was physically a fine specimen of a man. He always enjoyed
robust health, with the exception of a lameness, the result of rheumatism
caused by exposure in the army. Mr. Babbitt was not a mere politician
or lawyer. He was a man of large general reading and broad intelligence.
He had a fine literary taste. He loved poetry and often tried his "pren-
tice hand" in writing it. Mr. Babbitt died Nov. 8, 1901, in the full vigor
of his powers. He had lived in Michigan fifty-three years. During that
period he had witnessed wonderful changes in his state and nation. He
came to Ypsilanti in a car rimning upon a strip of iron, spiked with wooden
rails, its terminus in the wilderness of Kalamazoo. He had seen twenty-
five states expand to forty-five. He had seen his country broken and
disunited, pass through the most tremendous conflict of all history and
come forth more free, more united and more prosperous than ever be-
fore— commanding the respect of all governments and all peoples — taking
its place by common consent at the very head of that front rank of the
most powerful nations of the world. If Mr. Babbitt had faults common
to human nature they have been forgiven and forgotten. It could not
be otherwise, for he possessed in large degree those virtues of the ancient
Roman soldier described by the poet — virtues which have always and
everywhere conquered the human heart:
"He was generous, brave and kind."
Mr. Babbitt married Miss Florence Lewis Smalley, daughter of Mor-
timer and Nancy (Lewis) Smalley, August 2, 1866, who was a native of
Alleghany County, New York. They were married at Ypsilanti and
continued to reside there until his death.
Children: —
868 Nora Chapman, Sept. 25, 1869.
Alice Lavinia, Sept. 18, 1872. Resides in Hartford, Mich.
Married Eugene Bennett. One child, Eugene B.
Nancy Philanda, April 16, 1876. Unmarried.
Theodore, June 7, 1874; d. April 13, 1875.
340 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Florence Cornelia, Feb. 23, 1881. Married Milton I. Perrine.
in Detroit, Mich., May 7, 1898. One chnd.
Babbitt Perrine. Resides in Ypsilanti, Mich.
A son died at birth.
TO FLORENCE LEWIS SMALLEY BABBITT.
THE RELIC HUNTER.
There lives in Ypsilanti town,
A lady of no small renown.
One who is well known far and wide,
One who will never be denied
By friend or foe, in any place,
By any tribe or any race,
Should she discover they possess
(E'en though long past its usefulness)
A coat or garment long since worn
By some old grandsire, ages gone.
Or warming pan, with battered Hd
That once had warmed some bridal bed.
Old kettles, skillets, candle molds,
And bead bags, e'en though full of holes
In these her happiness is found.
And she has searched the country round.
And, 'mid her treasures you will find
Salt cellars, plates of every kind.
Old boot- jacks, flat-irons and reels,
And best of all, the spinning wheels,
Such as our granddames used, to spin
The clothes that they were married in.
Old pictures, cards of merit, too,
The sight of which old scenes renew.
Some faded patchwork, tattered, worn,
WTiich time has of its beauty shorn.
A silken badge, most prized of all
As scenes of glory it recalls.
'Twas worn, we never can forget,
In honor of our Lafayette.
And then from frame of smoky brown
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 341
The kindly face of Cass looks down.
An old hair trunk of age untold.
But worth to her its weight in gold,
Filled with the choicest of old stuff,
Till one would think she had enough.
But no, she still is reaching out,
And hopes at last to bring about
That which has been her cherished plan
That these belong to Michigan.
And when of all this cherished stuff,
She can at last cry out, enough.
We really think her plans will be,
Upon the further shore, to see
If in some places she can display
The robes the angels cast away.
Some faded crown, some harp of gold.
And ply her trade, just as of old.
And with the same glad cheery smile.
She used on earth, she will beguile
The dwellers on that far-off shore,
And thus be happy evermore.
Helen E. Balmer.
Lansing, Mich., Dec. 25, 1905.
490
Charles Winthrop Babbitt (John-Uri-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward'^.
Resides in Jackson, Mich.
Married Mollie Connor, June 7, 1872.
Children: —
John Charles, married. No children.
Helen, married Frank Newkirk. No children.
491
George Wallace Babbitt (John-Uri-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
EXTRACT FROM OBITUARY NOTICE.
Mr. Babbitt was born in Elmira, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1854, and was in his
67th year. His cheerfulness and enthusiasm belied his years, however,
and preserved to him the appearance of a much younger man. Although
342 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
he lived a retired life socially, being bound up in his family, and his work,
he was everywhere a favorite and was known in every comer of the city
as "George" or "G. W. B." Railroad employes of every grade and station
fraternized with him and respected him. He possessed a happy faculty
for putting strangers at their ease in his presence, and had a good-tem-
pered jovial comment for every comer. He and his family attended
Trinity church.
His railroad career began at the age of 16, as operator with the M. C.
R. at Jackson, Mich.; it was a thoroughly successful one. A series of
rapid promotions included appointments to the position of despatcher
on the C. B. & Q. at Cincinnati, under Superintendent W. C. Brown,
now president of the New York Central; dispatcher of the M. C. R. at
Ypsilanti and Jackson, and trainmaster for the M. C. R. at Detroit. A
brief period was also spent in operative work in Mexico.
Mr. Babbitt was one of the most thoroughly efficient railroad men in
the country and was held in his esteem by his associates.
Died July 11, 1910, in St. Thomas, Ont.
Married Jennie McCray of Jackson, Mich.
Children:—
Katherine, married John W. Hobbs of Toronto.
Louisa.
Ralph Oswald.
492
Alden Dwight Babbitt (Samuel-Uri-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born 1854, in Michigan.
Editor of a newspaper in New Orleans.
Died in New Orleans, La., Nov. 21, 1878, of yellow fever.
Married in 1877, Lelia Barrow of La Grange, Ky, daughter of Edwin
and Mary. She was born in 1859.
Children: —
869 Edwin D., Jan. 29, 1879.
493
William Walker Babbitt (Roswell-Ira-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Sept. 4, 1822. Died Aug. 4, 1900, in Indianapolis, Ind.
Lived in Indianapolis, Ind.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 343
Married Elizabeth Mills. Died March 27, 1900.
Children:—
Cordelia, Oct. 1, 1842. Married Lafe Miles (two sons).
Amanda, June 5, 1844; d. Dec. 5, 1896.
Nancy P., Feb. 4, 1847. Married her cousin, Oscar Babbitt,
(No. 871).
Elizabeth, Feb. 4, 1847. Married Roswell Babbitt, son of
No. 494.
Mary Susannah, Dec. 7, 1849; d. June 18, 1858.
Sarah Hannah, Aug. 6, 1852.
870 William Arthur, March 11, 1855.
John C. Breckenridge, Nov. 8, 1858; d. April 12, 1859.
494
James Parker Babbitt (Roswell-Ira-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward- Edward).
Born July 28, 1824. Died Nov. 1889.
Mr. Babbitt was a Mustard Mfgr. in IndianapoHs, Ind., in company
with his brother John.
Married (1st):— ( )
Three children by first marriage.
Henry B. Babbitt. Lives in Michigan.
Roswell married Eliz. Babbitt, see above. Lives in Greenwood,
Ind. Has a son.
A daughter.
Married (2nd):— ( )
Six children by second marriage. Four boys and two girls.
One E. B. Babbitt, lives in Louisville, Ky. Whiskey Mfgr
Three other sons reside in Louisville, Ky.
495
John Robert Parker Babbitt (Roswell-Ira-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-
Edward). Born Aug. 15, 1826. Died March 4, 1898.
Mr. Babbitt was a manufacturer of mustard. In company with his
brother James.
Married Sept. 4, 1847, Susan Hulett, daughter of Abraham Hulett,
born June 1, 1826; d. Jan. 13, 1892.
344 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
871 Oscar, July 14, 1848.
Jasper, July 22, 1851 ; married Widow Miller.
Nancy F., July 31, 1853; d. Aug. 13, 1880. Unmarried.
Isabel, Sept. 19, 1854; m. Jan. 16, 1873, C. C. Skiles.
872 FrankHn, May 9, 1856.
Mary Ann, Feb. 1, 1858; m. (1st) Aug. 27, 1878, R. C. Skiles.
(2nd) May 16, 1904, George LePage.
Sarah Parker, May 13, 1860; m. Sept. 28, 1884, James Miller.
Sampson, June 11, 1864; d. July 28, 1866.
Marica, April 10, 1867; m. (1st) Bud Miller. (2nd) George
Howard. Mrs. Howard resides in Indianapolis, Ind., and
has been keenly interested in the preparation of this work,
and to her is due the thorough completeness of this branch
of the family history.
496
Silas Mattison Babbitt (Roswell-Ira-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Bom Oct. 27, 1829. , Died 1907.
Served in Confederate Army and died in Soldiers' Home in Kentucky.
Married Mary Louisa Graves, Oct. 19, 1853. Born July 14, 1838;
died 1898.
Children: —
Mary M., July 25, 1856.
William Mattison, Aug. 28, 1858.
John Morgan, Feb. 21, 1862.
Anna D., March 5, 1866.
James H., March 26, 1868.
407
Sabra Vincent Underwood (Susanna Babbitt Underwood-Ira-Na-
thaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward). Born Oct, 14, 1831, in New York City.
Died Feb. 10, 1900.
Married Oct. 6, 1856, Franklin Sammis. He was born June 19, 1832,
in Huntington, L. I., son of Charles and Amanda (Sammis) Sammis. Mr.
Sammis has been engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York, Bridge-
lU^U^^-r^^^'^^z^-iH^^^
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 345
port and Stratford, Conn., at which latter town he now resides. He is
a descendant of John Sammis, an early settler of Sandwich, Mass.
Mrs. Sammis was a woman of great intellectual force, a power for good
in every way, deeply devoted to her church and home. A lover of music
and a singer of ability. She was also keenly interested in all modern
thought and ways, and kept always abreast of the times. She was a
member of many societies and also of the D. A. R.
Children: —
Frank Russell, Jan. 1, 1858.
Helen Underwood, July 10, 1860. She was educated in the Bridge-
port schools and graduated from Stratford Institute for Ladies.
Lately matron of the Protestant Orphan Asylum of Bridgeport,
Conn., residing in Stratford with her father. Miss Sammis
has been an active worker in the preparation of this work and
sent much valuable data to be used in its compilation.
James Underwood, July 6, 1862.
Arthur Vincent, March 5, 1866.
Robert Douglass, June 6, 1869.
Herbert Fletcher, May 8, 1871 ; d. July 18, 1876.
498
Floyd Livingston Babbit (Pierre-Seth-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born 1837, in Missouri. Died 1893, in Jacksonville, Fla. -'^
Married July 21, 1863, Mary Francis Tonge, daughter of Samuel Davis
Tonge. Born 1840.
Children: —
Harry Livingstone, 1864. Resides in Jacksonville, Fla.
Mary Juhet, 1866. Married Francis Sinclair Knight. One son
Floyd Livingston.
499
Seward Babbitt (Charles- John-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Bom Dec. 12, 1862, in Geneva, N. Y.
Resides in Buffalo, N. Y. A traveling salesman.
Married Dec. 3, 1885, in Beaver Falls, Pa., Eliza Blackmore, daughter
of Samuel and Matilda (Hill) Blackmore. Born March 2, 1863.
346 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
AbriUa A., Oct. 27, 1886; d. Dec. 3, 1904.
» Charles Pixley, July 10, 1888.
Kenneth, Aug. 10, 1894.
500
William E. Babbitt (William-Thomas-Erasmus-Seth-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Oct. 31, 1825, in Charlestown, Mass. Died Nov. 1898.
Assistant engineer in Charlestown Navy yard for fifteen years.
Married (1st) Oct. 31, 1848, Lucia Lascelle Hutchins of Middlesex,
Vt., daughter of Solomon and Nancy (Dillingham) Hutchins. Bom
Dec. 4, 1829; died Nov. 17, 1873.
Children:—
Mary Palmer, May 1856; m. May 24, 1882, Charles H. Atwood.
Anna Maria, April 16, 1858; m. Sept. 23, 1891, Charles H. Hale.
Resides in St. Albans, Vt. Mrs. Hale has interested herself in
the Babbitt history for many years and at the formation of the
Babbitt Family Association became an active helper. She
possessed many interesting heirlooms and mementos of her
Babbitt ancestors.
Married (2nd) Amanda M. Frehgh, of Ottawa, Can. She died Oct.
11, 1885, in St. Albans, Vt.
501
Anna Maria Babbitt (William D.-Thomas-Erasmus-Seth-Edward-
Edward). Born June 23, 1823.
Married Nov. 19, 1845, Jos. Walker, of Charlestown, Mass., son of
William and EUzabeth (Hurd) Walker. Born Sept. 19, 1823.
Children:—
John Brook, Jan. 31, 1847.
Maria, Nov. 1, 1849.
WilUe, Dec. 18, 1851; d. April 2, 1856.
Elizabeth Hurd, July 10, 1853.
Augustine Ed., Aug. 29, 1855.
Joseph H., Sept. 1857.
502
Adam Benjamin Babbitt (Charles-Thomas-Erasmus-Seth-Edward-
Edward). Bom April 29, 1833, near Natchez, Miss., on Brighton
Plantation.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY, 347
Served in Confederate Army.
Died Sept. 24, 1867, in Black Hawk, La., from yellow fever.
Children: —
Tauny, died in Natchez, Miss., 1876.
Ida, died in Thomasville, Fla., 1887-8. Married and left several
children.
Edward Trask, Aug. 8, 1858; married Harriet Rebecca. Lives in
New Orleans, La. No children.
503
Charles Winthrop Babbitt (Charles-Thomas-Erasmus-Seth-Edward-
Edward): Born July 13, 1834, in Natchez, Miss. Died Aug. 2, 1903.
Graduated from Harvard Scientific School in 1858.
Was Captain of Engineers in Confederate Army under General Lee and
witnessed the surrender at Appomatox.
While at Cambridge Mr. Babbitt spent much of his time at the home
of his cousins who lived in Boston, one of whom, William, he especially
liked. At the outbreak of the war these cousins both enlisted, William
Babbitt in the Northern Army and Charles in the army of the South, and
in several engagements fought regiment against regiment. After the war
they renewed their close friendship and corresponded frequently. In
his army life Mr. Babbitt exercised his training as civil engineer to good
advantage, at the close of the conflict being in Gen. Lee's stafif in charge
of his pontoon bridges, in fact it was he who laid the last bridge used at
Appomotax by his beloved chief and his devoted men before the surren-
der. On this occasion Mr. Babbitt had in charge two hundred and
twenty-five men and after Lee and his army had crossed they were
ordered to destroy the bridge, although so doing would cut off the wagon
train, this act being necessary because Gen. Grant was pushing so close
behind. While engaged in burning the bridge, the men became marks
for the Federal sharpshooters who were ambushed on the river bank and
when the task was done, but forty-two remained alive of the heroic workers.
On another occasion he was serving with his company in South Caro-
lina, and the Confederate Gunners were unable to silence the fire of one
particular gvm of the Union Army which was shelling them with much
efifect. Mr. Babbitt was able to measure a base line and by the use of
348 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
his watch for a compass to get the angle to the gun from both ends of his
base line, and by triangulation figured out the distance for the Confeder-
ate gunner, whose first shot hit the troublesome gun squarely and blew
it to pieces. For this service Mr. Babbitt was promoted and secured a
commission as Lieutenant of the Engineers with orders to report to Gen.
Rodes, who was on the staff of Gen. Lee.
He did not catch up with Lee's Army imtil the day before the Battle
of Gettysburg and reached his headquarters on the morning of the battle.
Gen. Rodes was absent and not being accessible, Mr. Babbitt was ordered
to wait without being assigned to duty, and knowing that the battle was
imminent, climbed a tree and from there witnessed Pickets' celebrated
charge from beginning to end.
Mr. Babbitt remained with Gen. Lee's army until the close of the war,
at which time he was Captain of Engineers. He was a witness of the
surrender of Gen. Lee.
Mr. Babbitt was a great humorist and mimic and fond of telling stories.
Especially did he delight in exchanging stories of his experiences with
his war comrades.
Married (1st) Dec. 15, 1864, Alma Grigsby Darst, of Dublin, Va. She
died Oct. 5, 1873.
Children: —
873 Charles Darst, Sept. 18, 1865. Lives m Gueydan, La.
James Surget, Jan. 19, 1868; d. Nov. 9, 1884.
John Walter, Sept. 9, 1870. Unmarried. Civil Engineer
and Surveyor in Natchez.
Married (2nd) Dec. 19, 1878, Amanda L. White, who died Jan. 20, 1908.
Children:—
Francis Newman, Nov. 14, 1879; d. July 8, 1908.
Robert White, Sept. 6, 1886; d. July 23, 1887.
504
Mary Eliza Babbitt Winthrop (Erasmus-Erasmus-Seth-Edward-
Edward). Born Feb. 26, 1823. Died Jan. 30, 1891.
Married Dec. 16, 1842, Isaac Wentworth, of Boston, Mass., son of
William and Sarah (Pitcher).
Children:—
Charlotte Augusta, Sept. 1, 1843; m. April 21, 1864, Timothy
Crowell, and is now living in Cambridge, Mass.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 34^
Children:—
Frederick, Dec, 29, 1865.
Alice, March 1, 1870.
Henry Arthur, July 7, 1853; d. March 1, 1901. Married
Annie Clark.
Children: —
Frederic.
Lillian.
505
George Hewes Babbitt (Joseph-Nathan-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born July 25, 1828. Died Nov. 6, 1898, in Bellows Falls, Vt.
In early manhood drove the stage from Keene, N. H., to Bellows Falls,
Vt., and after the railroad was completed and the route discontinued he
became Express Messenger between Keene and Boston.
For thirteen years he was Division Superintendent of the U. S. and
Canada Express Co.
A Knight Templar and thirty-three Degree Mason.
Married May 4, 1856, Frances A. Johnson, daughter of Stephen John-
son of Walpole, Mass. Born Dec. 8, 1835; died Oct. 10, 1901.
Children: —
Clara Francis, Nov. 23, 1856; m. Oct. 7, 1880, Edmund H.
Wilson, son of Edmund of Petersham, Mass. Two daugh-
ters, EHzabeth and Pauline. She married (2nd) Dec. 19,
1889, Frank B. Jenness.
874 Frederick Herbert, Nov. 23, 1859.
875 George Hewes, Sept. 13, 1861.
John Edward, Jan. 21, 1872.
John Edward Babbitt was born in Bellows Falls, Vt. In
1899 received degree of Ph. B. from Brown University, and
from 1899 to 1902 was Route Agent for American Express
Co. In 1902 he became Treasurer and Manager of the Bel-
lows Falls Machine Co., and is also Vice President of the
Robertson Paper Co.
350 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
506
John Wood Babbitt (Joseph-Nathan-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born June 12, 1835, in Keene, N. H.
Died Oct. 20, 1906, in Keene, N. H.
Married Aug. 2, 1879, Hattie Mason of Sullivan, N. H., daughter of
Ashley and Roxana (Nims) Mason. Born 1845. Died April 20, 1905.
Children:—
Ruth Josephine, July 25, 1886.
Charles Evarts, May 16, 1891.
Helen I., Nov. 5, 1880.
Mr. Babbitt passed his school days in Keene, and in 1859 went on a
trip West, going as far as Pike's Peak and Denver, also going South as
far as New Mexico. In 1860 on his return, he had just reached the home
of his brother Charles in Bloomington, 111., when the news of the outbreak
of the war came. At the first call for troops he enlisted in the Eighth
Illinois Regiment for three months and later enlisted in the 58th IlHnois
with which he went to the front as Second Lieutenant of Co. B.
Mr. Babbitt saw active service at Fort Donelson and Pittsburgh Land-
ing, in which latter engagement he was wounded in the thigh, and subse-
quent illness compelled his resignation. After his convalescence in
Keene, he again left for the front in August, 1862, as Captain of Co. I,
of the 9th New Hampshire Volmiteer Regiment and until almost the close
of the war was in active service. Some of the battles in which he partici-
pated were, Pleasant Valley, Fredericksburg, Siege of Vicksburg, An-
tietam and the Wilderness.
In Nov. 1862, Mr. Babbitt was promoted for bravery to Lieutenant
Colonel. His last active service was in Spottsylvania where he was again
wounded in the hip. The surgeon not being able to find the ball his life
was despaired of, and by special leave from the Secretary of War was
allowed to return to Keene where the ball was finally found and removed.
From this time till the close of the war Mr. Babbitt's ill health pre-
vented him from giving the active service which he had given before, and
there is no doubt that his miHtary rank would have been high but for this
fact. In fact, a bill promoting him to the rank of Brevet Brig. General
had been prepared, but was for some reason not presented.
Since the war he made his home in Keene. He was a republican in
politics, a member of the G. A. R., and a Free Mason.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 351
507
William Henry Babbitt (Joseph-Nathan-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born Feb. 5, 1840, in Keene, N. H. Died March 28, 1883,
in Hinsdale, N. H.
Resided in Keene, N. H., until 1880, then in Hinsdale, N. H. A prom-
inent Odd Fellow. He instituted Unity Lodge, No. 40, in Hinsdale, N. H.
Married Lucy Black of Putney, Vt. Born May 17, 1848. She mar-
ried (2nd) George H. Pike and had one daughter Florence.
Children: — Born in Keene, N. H.
Walter, 1872; d. Aug. 12, 1873, age 10 months.
Louis S., May 17, 1874, in Hinsdale, N. H. Married Carrie E.
Manthorne of Worcester, Mass., Oct. 19, 1898. Mr. Babbitt
has resided in Worcester since 1891.
Two children:—
Kenneth Ashmore, April 7, 1901.
William Lawrence, Nov. 27, 1908.
Jessie, March 8, 1877. Unmarried. Resides in Cambridge, Mass.
A seamstress.
Lillian, Jan. 27, 1882, in Hinsdale., N. H. Resides in Worcester,
Mass., with her brother.
508
Sarah A. Babbitt (Nathan-Nathan -Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward).
Born July 31, 1827. Died June 10, 1887.
Resides in Beloit, Wis.
Married Sept. 13, 1864, John Heivly, of Deborah, la.
Children:—
Eunice Eva, Oct. 12, 1866; m. June 7, 1887, John Mcintosh.
Children:—
Hazel Mcintosh, Nov. 7, 1889, in Beloit, Wis.
509
Clinton Babbitt (Nathan-Nathan-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward).
Born in Westmoreland, N. H., Nov. 16, 1831.
352 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
He was educated at Keene Academy, Keene, N. H., and removed to
Beloit, Wis., in 1853, where he remained until his death.
Mr. Babbitt's public life began when he was still young. He was
hardly 25 years of age when elected member of the first common council
and from that time he maintained a lively interest in affairs in which city,
state and nation were concerned. His election to the council just after
the city was incorporated was as great a surprise to him as could be im-
agined for the democrats had no idea that the ticket they had nominated
could be elected.
After this he kept up his interest in things public, although he did not
seek an ofl&ce at the hands of the people until in 1880, when he ran for
Congress on the Hancock ticket and was defeated. Then in 1890 came
his second attempt to represent the district in Congress. The democrats
in convention were at sea to know whom to nominate. Finally they
named Mr. Babbitt, but because the district was so overwhelmingly re-
publican there was little hope of winning out. Then Mr. Babbitt began
his famous campaign as the "farmer's candidate." He rode all over the
district and met personally the tillers of the soU, soliciting their votes and
winning them with his hearty handshake, his friendly eye and his kindly
heart. When the returns came in he was as surprised to find himself
elected as he was when made a member of the city's first alder manic body.
It was while he was in Congress from 1891 to 1893 that he met and be-
came a close friend of William Jennings Bryan. So intimate did their
companionship become that Mr. Bryan came to call Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt
"father" and "mother." This friendship lasted through all the years
of Mr. Babbitt's life and whenever the "great commoner" was in the
vicinity of Beloit he called on the former if it was within the range of pos-
sibility. These two men opened their hearts to each other in an affection
that was remarkable and touchiag.
Mr. Babbitt served his district and his country well. He had the satis-
faction of suggesting the compromise appropriation of $2,500,000, for
the world's fair, thus bringing about a settlement of the matter without a
fight and winning the thanks of many who feared the impending strife.
He also served a term as postmaster and gave excellent satisfaction.
One of his important duties in the state was that of secretary of the
state agricultural society, a position which he held from 1880 to 1890.
In this capacity he had charge of the state fairs which then were held in
CLINTON BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 353
various parts of the state. He had an office at Madison where he formed
many pleasant comradeships.
A short sketch does not suffice to show the amplitude of Mr. Babbitt's
life. It consisted more in what he was than what he did, more in in-
fluence than in offices, more than is usual in "little unremembered acts
of kindness and of love." During his long life he was a careful student
of public men and measures. He was a powerful influence in his city,
county and state and the trusted counsellor of political leaders. His home
was open daily to wanderers or to notables and around his board met the
great democracy of mankind. When he died, March 11, 1897, the city
mourned; the city's flag went to half-mast and the people thronged to
honor his beloved memory. A leading newspaper, after summarizing
his life, closed with the final tribute — "To die thus is to die great."
Mr. Babbitt married in Beloit, Wis., June 24, 1857, Sarah S., daughter
of Samuel S. and Elizabeth (Allen) Johnson of Beloit. She was born in
Westfield, Mass., Oct. 30, 1837.
Children born in Beloit: —
876 Fannie Maria, June 10, 1858.
Eunice lola, March 2, 1860; d. in Beloit, Feb. 3, 1901; married
there Jan. 1, 1892, Julius M. Farnsworth. One child — died
in infancy.
Clinton, died in infancy.
Child died in infancy.
Nattan Godfrey died in infancy.
Arthur, Oct. 7, 1868; m. Dec. 16, 1898, Eliz. E. Buehlman.
She was born in 1879. Resides Livingston, Mass. Grad-
uate of University of Wisconsin.
877 Alice Howe, Sept. 27, 1871.
Edith Campbell Feb. 1, 1874; unmarried. Writes verse which
appears in leading magazines. A teacher; Res. Santurce, Porto
Rico. Graduate of Carleton College, 1897.
Bertha Louis, Dec. 18, 1878. Unmarried.
Ralph, June 23, 1881; married in Rock Island, 111., June 9,
1902, Edith Flint. She was born Aug. 26, 1881, daughter
of Julius and Carrie (Elmore) Flint.
Children: —
Andrea B., Aug. 29, 1903.
He married (2nd) Aug. 24, 1908, Lura Barnes, daughter of
Joseph A. and Ella (Bennett) Barnes of Helena, Mont. They
reside in Livingston, Mont.
354 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
510
Mary Leonard Babbitt (Levi-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edwaid-Edward).
Born Jan. 1, 1805. i;
Resided in Athol, Mass. ^0.
Married Sept. 11, 1829, Jonathan Ward Fay of Athol, Mass. Died
May 6, 1892, age 91 years.
Children: —
Joseph Frederick, Oct. 3, 1830.
Rebecca L., June 22, 1832.
Josiah, July 22, 1834; d. 1835.
Abagail A., Jan. 31, 1837.
Martha C, Jan. 12, 1839; d. Dec. 11, 1841.
Levi Benjamin, April 14, 1843.
511
Thomas Babbitt (Levi-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born
March 13, 1807. Died March 13, 1895.
A farmer in Athol, Mass.
Married (1st) Sept. 16, 1832, Nancy Williams Cobb, daughter of
Lemuel and Polly (Whitmore) Cobb of Plympton, Mass.. She was born
July 26, 1812. Died Feb. 11, 1873.
Children: —
Harriet Newell, July 11, 1833; d. Nov. 28, 1835.
878 Harriet Augusta, July 14, 1837.
Married (2nd) Aug. 17, 1878, Celestina M. Fay, daughter of Emerson
Fay, of Athol. She died May 12, 1899, age 68 years. No children.
512
George W. Babbitt (Levi-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward).
Born Sept. 8, 1812, in Taunton, Mass. Died April 16, 1889, in Athol, Mass.
Resided in Athol, Mass.
Married (1st) Susan A. Cutting, March 1837, who died Nov. 20, 1843.
She is buried in Hinsdale, N. H.
Children: —
879 Lyman Dwight, Sept. 5, 1838.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 355
Married (2nd) Elvira B. Witt, Oct. 22, 1849, daughter of David and
Polly, of Athol, Mass. No children.
513
Isaac Thompson Babbitt (Isaac-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Dec. 21, 1806. Died April 10, 1893.
Married May 27, 1838, Ann P. (Lewis), of Fitchburg, Mass., daughter
of Ebenezer and Zeruah Packard. She died May 22, 1891,
Children: —
880 Nathan Willard, May 22, 1839.
881 Charles A., Feb. 22, 1849.
AnnZ.
Sarah Ann, d. Oct. 10, 1847, age 1 year, 7 months.
514
Irene Adeline Babbitt (Isaac-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward).
Born April 30, 1809, in Norton. Died Sept. 9, 1855, in Busti, N. Y.
Married May 1838, Cyrus Lovell of Worcester. Died 1881, in Iowa.
Children: —
Wm. Hedges, Feb. 8, 1839. Died in Gettysburg from wounds in
battle, July 26, 1863.
Sarah Adeline, Oct. 20, 1840, in Barre, Mass. Married Aug. 29,
1865, in Dubuque, la., James M. McKinlay, born in Dunferm-
line, Scotland, who died 1911.
Mrs. McKinlay resides in New York City and spends the summer
months at the old Babbitt homestead in Barre, Mass., which she owns.
She was one of the earHest members of the Babbitt Association and has
always shown the deepest interest in the preparation of this work, and
given great assistance to the compilers. Mrs. McKinlay was a member
of the first Publication Committee and always present at the Annual
Reunion.
Her children: —
Minnehaha Lovell, July 24, 1866, in Dubuque, la. Graduate of
Vassar, 1888. Married Charles W. Smith May 1, 1889.
Children: —
Donald Gaston, May 19, 1891, N. Y. City.
Eleanore McKinlay, July 24, 1892.
356 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Adeline, Jan. 13, 1868, in Dubuque, la. Vassar, 1888. Married
Horace Hatch, Oct. 12, 1893.
Children: —
Horace W., July 19, 1894.
Adeline Lovell, March 19, 1896.
Lulu May, May 21, 1870, in New York City. Died while in Vassar
College, March 10, 1889.
James Buel, April 15, 1872, Grad. Columbia, 1892. Married June
29, 1904, Mary Bailey. Child died Sept. 1906.
Wm. Bradford, April 21, 1874, Grad. Columbia, 1895. Married
June 17, 1902, Louise Emmons.
Children: —
Robert Emmons, March 11, 1905, in Utah.
William Emmons, Jan. 13, 1907, in N. Y. City.
Mr. Bradford is now living in Dinango, Mexico.
515
Harrison Willard Babbitt (Isaac-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born March 31, 1812, in Barre, Mass. Died Aiig. 4, 1885, in
Barre, Mass.
Harrison Willard Babbitt worked on his father's farm, during his boy-
hood years. Then he entered the employ of the State, and was an attend-
ant at the Insane Asylum in Worcester, Mass. Later he traveled for
Business Houses through New England, and during one of these trips,
met the girl who afterwards became his wife. It was a good selection,
and he was never sorry for the choice he made.
Most of his early married life was passed in Worcester, Mass., where
by his thrift and economy, he was able to build a home, in which most
of his seven children were born.
When the Civil War broke out, he bought of his Brother Pliny, who
had enlisted in the army, the old homestead in Barre, where he moved
at once, and lived there the remainder of his life. He was a successful
farmer, and by patient and persevering labor, improved the farm he loved
so well, until it was one of the best in that part of the town.
He united with the Congregational Church when a young man, and for
more than fifty years, was a regular attendant both at Church and Sab-
bath School.
A serious accident was the cause of his death, Aug, 4th, 1885.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 357
Married May 18, 1848, Marilla Theresa Converse, daughter of Joel,
Jr., and Abigail (Colt) Converse. Born Oct. 7, 1826, in Lyme, N. B..,
died Jan. 5, 1892, in Oakdale, Mass. She married (2nd) Jan. 4, 1888,
Harrison Wyman.
Children: — First four born in Worcester — the rest in Barre, Mass.
882 Clara Frances, June 5, 1849.
883 Edwin Converse, Nov. 26, 1850.
Frank Allen, July 15, 1853; d. Aug. 25, 1870, in Barre, Mass.
884 Mary Mice, Nov. 19, 1855.
885 Kate Maria, Oct. 7, 1860.
886 Alfred Lincoln, Nov. 11, 1862.
Milton Peck, Jan. 2, 1867, in Barre; m. June 26, 1894, Hattie
M. Dalton, of Stockbridge, Vt., daughter of Isaac and Laura
(Abbott) Dalton.
Mr. Babbitt is a manufacturer in Leominster, Mass.
516
Pliny Henry Babbitt (Isaac-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward).
Born June 15, 1818, in Barre, Mass. Died Oct. 17, 1908.
His early days were passed on the farm attending the district school.
Later he attended Monson & Shelburne Falls' Academies. He finished
his limited and hard earned education at Appleton Academy, New
Ipswich, N. H. There he met Lydia Perry, daughter of Asa Perry of
Temple, N. H., whom he married June 19, 1839. She was born Oct. 30,
1817, and died Jan. 24, 1865.
Having purchased the old homestead of his father, he resided there
most of the time until 1862, making farming his occupation. He also
became an auctioneer, continuing as such over a period of sixty years.
At this vocation he made his reputation, his native wit and ability to sell,
putting him at the head of auctioneers in New England.
In 1862 Mr. Babbitt enlisted as private in Co. F, 53rd Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry, and on the organization of the company was
made second Lieutenant. During his time of service he was detailed
to various important duties, among them being assistant commissary
on the "Continental" carrying supphes to New Orleans. After expira-
tion of service he returned to Barre, but was later called to Washington,
where for a year he was recruiting officer.
358 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Returning to Barre he resumed his previous lines of business. He
was honored by his townsmen with various offices. Was Constable or
Deputy Sheriff for nearly seventy years. His advice was frequently
sought and he always proved a good counsellor. He was much inter-
ested in the affairs of the town, especially in the church and schools, and
did much to stimulate their growth and prosperity. An active, useful
and patriotic citizen, as well as a kind and indulgent husband and father.
His ninetieth birthday was celebrated in Barre shortly before his death.
All his children and grandchildren being present.
Children: —
Deborah Perry, Feb. 5, 1841 ; d. July, 1895. Married Dr. Seth
L. Chase of Colchester, Conn,
887 Caleb Henry, Aug. 11, 1842; d. May, 1885. Married Char-
lotte Maynard, Dec. 24, 1885.
Children: —
Florence Lydia.
Mabel Lizzie, Dec. 4, 75.
Franklin Phinney, Jan. 1, 1844; d. July, 1844.
Francis Fairbanks, Jan. 1, 1844; d. July, 1844.
Mary Ann, April 28, 1847. Married Theodore Bemis, June 7,
1883. He d. May, 1910. Mrs. Bemis resides in Providence, R. I.
George Franklin, Nov. 25, 1848.
He received his preparatory education at Phillips Andover
Academy and graduated from Harvard in 1872. He was
reporter and editor on Boston Post until 1877 and since
1884 has been editor of Boston Herald. Has also held the
following responsible positions: — Private Secretary to Mayor
Prince, Washington Correspondent of Boston Post, Member
of Boston Board of Health and was Health Commissioner
from 1879 to 1900. He married March 22, 1905, Eunice
Humphrey Allen.
888 Charles Albert, March 11, 1851.
889 Lizzie Nichols, April 17, 1856.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 359
517
Samuel Morey Babbitt (Willard-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Baptised Oct. 5, 1817, in Norton, Mass. Died Oct. 30, 1867, in
Boston, Mass.
Served in Co. O, 43rd Massachusetts Regiment, in Civil War.
Married Dec. 17, 1843, in Boston, Jane B. Whytall. Born 1823 in
England. Died April 9, 1885, in Boston, age 61 years, 9 months.
Children: — All deceased.
Willard, 1846, in Wampole, Mass. Served in Co. K, 44th Massa-
chusetts Regiment.
Thomas G., 1848, in Springfield, Mass. Married March 23, 1870,
Annie M. Moffett, daughter of Matthew and Jane, in Boston,
Mass. One son: — Samuel Moffett, June 30, 1873. He mar-
ried Sept. 12, 1890, Bessie E. Priest of Cohasset, Mass.
Mrs. Annie M. Babbitt married (2nd) Jan. 6, 1897, George
Lee of Boston, Mass.
Mabel W., 1859, in Roxbury, Mass. Married Feb. 28, 1879, in
Dedham, Mass., Frederick D. Smith of Norton, Mass. Their
only son died at the age of 24.
518
Sophia Babbitt (Willard-Levi-Nathan -Nathan-Edward-Edward).
Married April 10, 1842, George Copeland.
Children: —
Ithamar, resides in Troy, N. Y.
519
Maria C. Babbitt (Willard-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward)
Born 1829.
Married John Horton, of Rehoboth, Mass., June 9, 1853. Born 1832
son of Ellis and Mary Horton.
Children:—
Nellie married James Blundell. Lives in Taunton. One daugh-
ter Edith.
Sarah married William Copeland of Providence, R. I. One son
Clinton.
360 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
520
Erasmus Babbitt (Snell-Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward.)
Born Dec. 26, 1810, in Savoy, Mass. Died Aug. 28, 1901, in St. Louis, Mo.
Resided for a time in Adams, Mass., and later removed West, residing
in Fox Lake, Wisconsin and Bloomington, 111.
Married (1st) Rhoda Mason. Born July 8, 1810; died June 13, 1877,
in Fond du Lac, Wis.
Mr. Babbitt had a second wife still residing in St. Louis, Mo.
Childrfen:—
Erasmus Darwin, Nov. 19, 1832; d. May 30, 1894.
890 Dwight Snellem, Oct. 6, 1841.
George Dallas, April 3, 1844; d. Sept. 15, 1879.
Nathan M., Feb. 19, 1848; d. Aug. 9, 1850.
521
Nathan Snell Babbitt (Snell-Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born in Hancock, Mass., Aug. 30, 1812.
In his youth his family removed to Cheshire, Mass., in which town
and South Adams, Mass., he spent his youth, his preparatory education
having been received at the Academy of the latter place. This school
was well advanced for its day and fitted its pupils for college, but young
Babbitt had not the means to procure a college course and instead be-
gan at once the preparatory work for his professional career. He studied
medicine for one year with Dr. H. M. Wills of Windsor, Mass., and then
studied with his father and attended the course of lectures at the Berk-
shire Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1833, at the age
of 21 years. His degree of M. D. was conferred by WiUiams College,
of which the Berkshire school then constituted the medical department.
The degree of A. M. was afterwards given by Williams College to Dr.
Babbitt. After graduation Dr. Babbitt located in South Adams where
he successfully practiced medicine and surgery until 1846 when he re-
moved to North Adams, Mass., where he resided until his death. As a
physician Dr. Babbitt attained high rank. From the beginning he was
proud of his profession for which he had inherited special gifts. He was
naturally a student and ambitious of the learning of books. He had
beside a keen mind, a strong and enduring physique and habits of thrift
and industry.
DR. SNELL BABBITT
JAEL EDSON BABBITT
DR. NATHAN S. BABBITT
ADELINE BROWNE
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 361
Dr. Babbitt's main life was professional, but aside from that he was
an active citizen and an influential member of the community during
the active years of his life. He was an original member of the free-soil
party and a delegate from South Adams to the famous first national con-
vention of that party in Buffalo, N. Y., which nominated Martin Van
Buren and Charles Francis Adams as candidates for president and vice-
president. He was not, however, prominent in political life and filled
but one political office, being elected by the democratic party to the House
of Representatives in 1882. He died November 5, 1889.
Dr. Babbitt married at Adams in 1835 Ann Eliza, daughter of Thomas
and Nancy (Wells) Robinson. No children were born to them.
Mrs. Babbitt died Feb. 13, 1899.
522
Adaline Lavinia Babbitt (Snell-Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born April 25, 1815, in Hancock, Mass. Died July 7, 1888, in
North Adams, Mass.
After her marriage resided for a short time in Cheshire and Lanesboro,
Mass. In 1857 removing to the farm on the Adams Road near Hoosac
Tunnel, where she lived the rest of her life. A member of the First Con-
gregational Church of North Adams. A woman of great bravery and
cheerfulness, although she had borne more than the usual share of sorrow
and affliction. She was keenly interested in her family history and it
was always a pleasure to meet her kindred of near or remote degree, and
talk of the old days and the events of her younger days.
Married April 29, 1837, Albert Gallatin Browne, son of Isaac and
Susanna (Bradford) Browne, and a descendant of Gov. Wm. Bradford
of Plymouth, of Wm. Brewster, and John Alden. Born Oct. 3, 1810, in
Adams, Mass. Died Nov. 13, 1888, in North Adams, Mass.
Children: — First three born in Adams, Mass.
Ann Eliza, March 30, 1840; d. Aug. 4, 1860.
Frances, March 7, 1838; d. Aug. 16, 1867.
891 Charles Albert, July 17, 1842.
892 Isaac Snell, Sept. 23, 1850 in Cheshire, Mass.
William, Jan. 9, 1854 in Lanesboro, Mass. ; d. Aug. 20, 1854.
362 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
523
Bidwell Babbitt (Snell-Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward).
Born 1816. Died Dec. 15, 1875.
Resided in Adams, Mass.
Married Maria Bigelow, daughter of Asa E. and Eliza (Browning)
Bigelow. Died May 23, 1902.
Children: —
Byron, 1846; d. Aug. 19, 1880. Unmarried.
Thomas B., May 7, 1853; d. May 2, 1887. Unmarried.
524
Corydon Babbitt (Snell-Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward).
Born Sept. 25, 1819. Died Jan. 24, 1877, in Adams, Mass.
Resided in Adams. A carpenter by trade.
Married Oct. 13, 1844, Amy Rowland, daughter of John and Belinda
(Jenks) Rowland. Born 1826. Died 1897.
Children: —
Alice, Jan. 22, 1848; d. Aug. 1899. Unmarried.
Belinda, Feb. 1846; d. June 1907. Unmarried.
Daisy (adopted) married Rorace Babbitt, No. 525.
525
Rorace Babbitt (Snell-Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward).
Born Oct. 1, 1824, in Savoy, Mass.
Lived in Cohoes, N. Y., and for many years in Philmont, N. Y., where
he was interested in manufacturing of knit goods
After his wife's death he returned to Adams, Mass., built a new home
and married again.
Now Hving in Adams, Mass.
Married (1st) Clarina N. Carter.
Rorace, unmarried. Resides in Adams, Mass.
Married (2nd) Daisy (Ropper) Babbitt. See No. 524.
Children: —
Alice Selinda, Feb. 10, 1912.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 363
526
John Quincy Babbitt (Snell-Snellqm-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born June 14, 1822. Died Nov. 18, 1870. Buried in
Holyoke, Mass.
Was employed in Holyoke, Mass., in Paper Manufacturing.
Married Christina Cameron. She died many years after in Chilli-
cothe. Mo.
Children:—
*Edward Everett, Dec. 22, 1846. Never married; deceased.
Helen, Sept. 5, 1852; d. Sept. 18, 1852.
(A son), Sept. 5, 1853. Died soon.
*Edward Everett Babbitt was a natural mimic and a great practical
joker. At one time he was in the City of Mexico, under the name of
"Everetto Babbitto."
527
Marie Antoinette Babbitt (Snell-Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Edward
Edward). Born Feb. 1830.
Married Aug. 4, 1853, Amory E. Taylor of Hinsdale, Mass. Mr. Tay-
lor was a manufacturer in Hinsdale, Mass., after his marriage. Later
his family removed to Adams, Mass., where he died.
Mrs. Taylor resides in Adams, Mass., with Mr. Charles T. Plunkett.
Children:—
Leila born in Hinsdale, Mass. Married Charles T. Plunkett of
Adams, Mass. She died Jan. 24, 1908. They have one son,
Charles T., Jr. Graduate of Princeton, 1909. In Harvard
Law School.
Edward.
Amory.
528
Nathan Elbridge Babbitt (Edward-Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born Feb. 11, 1818, in Savoy, Mass. Died May 9, 1887.
Resided in Greenfield and Montague, Mass. He ran a steam wood-
working mill and was a contractor of building supplies. He built all
the stations and sheds on the Fitchburg, R. R.
364 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
He was first Master of Mountain Lodge of Masons of Shelbume,
Falls, Mass.
Married April 28, 1844, Hannah Gurnsey of Cummington, Mass. Born
July6, 1815; died July 6, 1881.
Children: —
893 Charles F., June 27, 1849.
Florence, July 29, 1851; d. Aug. 1, 1860, in Montague, Mass.
*Edward Nathan, resides in West Campton, N. H. Bridge
builder. Married Anna M. Van Houson in Hoi yoke, Mass.,
Oct. 1, 1874. No children.
In 1869 commenced bridge building while living in Mon-
tague, Mass. The first of his construction being the old
wooden covered type. He was for years foreman of the
A. A. Wright Co. of Springfield, Mass. Now a resident of
West Compton, N. H.
Clara Isabel, 1854. Married (1st) Gamaliel Collins of Palmer,
Mass., Jan. 16, 1878.
Married (2nd) Melvin Underwood of Boston, Mass., Jan.
15, 1880. No children.
529
Abagail Babbitt (Edward-Snellem-Nathaniel-Nathaniel-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Oct. 6, 1821, in Savoy, Mass.
Died July 20, 1850, in Savoy, Mass.
Married Patrick Haley, of Savoy, April 27, 1846.
Children: —
James.
530
William Snellem Babbitt (Edward-Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born July 24, 1824, in Savoy, Mass.
Originally named "Jarvis" Babbitt. Renamed April 9, 1839, by Leg-
islature of Massachusetts.
Served in Co. B., 49th Massachusetts Regiment.
Died May 7, 1880, in Hubbardston, Mass.
Married Jan. 31, 1847, Marcia J. Thompson of Savoy, Mass. Born
Dec. 25, 1829; died May 26, 1903, in Stamford, Vt.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 365
Children:—
Eliza Marie, April 6, 1848. Married Joseph Hayden. Mrs.
Hayden resides in North Adams, Mass.
894 Annis A., Feb. 6, 1850.
895 Clarence Mason, Oct. 3, 1853.
Freeman Alden, May 4, 1858. Graduate of Dartmouth
Medical School, 1882.
Married (1st) Ida M. French, daughter of Frederick and
Phoebe (Hodge) French of Orange, Mass. Born Nov. 25,
1854. Died Dec. 26, 1905.
Married (2nd) Nov. 10, 1909, Anna Hayes.
Bertha Belle, Feb. 1867. Married Edgar J. Millard, Nov.
10, 1886. Mrs. Millard resides in North Adams, Mass.
531
Charles Mattoon Babbitt (Edward-Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born Nov. 3, 1829, in Savoy, Mass.
Served in Co. C, 37th Massachusetts Regiment for three years. Was
in seventeen battles but was wounded but once. He was a blacksmith
and wagon maker by trade and was for a time located in Adams, Mass.
After the war he moved to East Windsor, Mass., and worked in the axe
factory of his brother Andrew. After several years he became interested
in traveling shows and circuses, notably Forepaughs, where he was known
as the "Champion Show Lecturer." For ten years he traveled over the
U. S. A. in their work. He finally settled down as manager of the hotel
at West Cummington, Mass., but at times carrying on his old trade of
blacksmithing. About 1858 he went to East Cummington and managed
the hotel there one year removing thence to Brightwood, Mass., where
he was employed in the Wason Car Mfg. Works until his death in 1891.
He was a member of the Odd Fellows and of the G. A. R.
Married Dec. 22, 1853, Eveline Thompson, daughter of WiUiam and
Lydia (Brown) Thompson of Cummington, Mass. She was born April
22, 1826. Died March 17, 1907.
Children:—
Charles T., Aug. 15, 1856, in Windsor, Mass. Married Sept. 21,
1880, Ahce Hartman, daughter of D. M. and Mary Hartman
of Webster City, Iowa. Mrs. Babbitt is an expert buyer for
366 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
art departments of stores. Mr. Babbitt is a dealer in meat.
They now reside in Oakland, Cal.
Frank E., Sept. 4, 1859. A traveling salesman. He has made
probably a record breaking number of trips across the continent.
Unmarried.
Frederick H., 1862; died 1866 in Windsor, Mass.
Nellie A., July 9, 1866, in Windsor, Mass. Married Oct. 23, 1890,
in Springfield to WilHam R. Gardener. They reside in Pitts-
field, Mass. She has two children.
Hannah E. Gardener, born in Pittsfield, Feb. 12, 1892.
Charles R. Gardener, born in Pittsfield, June 27, 1900.
532
Samuel Flint Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born Nov. 7, 1824, in Worcester, Mass.
Served in Co. F, 4th Heavy Artillery, Aug. 15, 1864; June 1865.
Died in Worcester, Mass.
Married Sept. 17, 1850, Jeannette Gates, in Worcester. Born in Ster-
ling, Mass., in 1830, daughter of Luther and Peoney (?) W. Gates.
Children: —
896 Henry Clinton, Nov. 16, 1858, in Worcester, Mass.
533
Henry Smith Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born Dec. 1, 1826, in Worcester, Mass.
Took a medical course, graduating in 1848. Commenced practice in
Lowell in 1849.
In fall of 1849 he removed to Holyoke, Mass., where he conducted a
drug store in conjunction with his medical practice. He was treasurer
of the town of Holyoke and was postmaster there in 1853.
In 1854 he went to Newark, O., with a newly organized machine works,
remaining there until the outbreak of the war. He served as First Lieu-
tenant in 31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry and later as Senior Aide-de-Camp
on Gen. George Thomas staff. He resigned from the army to accept an
appointment in the office of Secretary Chase in Washington. In 1863
he returned to Ohio to act as paymaster of the Ohio troops called out to
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 367
repel Morgan's raid and afterward served on a committee to settle claims
arising from that raid. He was Revenue Clerk for the State Auditor in
1865, and was Deputy Auditor from 1872 to 1880; also cashier of State
Treasurer 1880-1884. He was for thirteen years Treasurer of Ohio State
University and for nearly twenty years Secretary of State Board of Agri-
culture. In Sept. 1900, Mr. and Mrs. Smith celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary.
Died Dec. 12, 1904, in Dorchester, Mass., where he had lived since 1884.
Married Sept. 17, 1850, Harriet Marie Smith, daughter of Sidney and
Harriet Smith. Born June 30, 1830; died Jan. 9, 1901, in Boston, Mass.
Children: —
897 Mary G., July 2, 1851, in Holyoke, Mass.
898 George H. T., July 27, 1856, in Newark, O.
899 Katherine S., Jan. 22, 1860, in Newark, O.
900 Grace G., Aug. 5, 1869, in Columbus, O.
901 Ellwood G., Aug. 8, 1872, in Columbus, O.
534
Lysander Clinton Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born Oct. 10, 1828, in Worcester, Mass.
Served in Civil War.
Was pattern maker in Newark, O., Machine Co.
Died Nov. 8, 1857, in Newark, O.
Married Charlotte A. Powell, Jan. 11, 1853, in New Haven, Conn.
She died April 18, 1880.
Children: —
Jessie Fremont, born in Newark, O. Died age 15 months.
Josephine, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. Married May 20, 1880,
Osman C. Hopper. Lives in Columbus, O.
One son:— Richard Babbitt Hooper, May 5, 1888.
535
Edward Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward).
Born Nov. 16, 1840. Died May 15, 1894.
Served in Civil War.
Married Carrie Chester.
368 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
902 Edward F., July 15, 1868.
903 Carrie, Sept. 6, 1870.
Gertrude, deceased.
Clinton Henry, Aug. 21, 1875. Married. No children.
Alice Catherine, July 14, 1880. Married Charles Brown Cornell,
Sept. 15, 1909.
536
Albion Perry Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Dec. 5, 1845, in Worcester, Mass.
Is a wood worker and carriage manufacturer in Findlay, O.
A member of Stoker G. A. R. Post, and is a naval Veteran.
Married March 9, 1867, Sarah Martha Cook, daughter of William and
Miranda Cook. Born in 1849; died Dec. 18, 1909.
Children: —
904 Jessie B., Sept. 17, 1868.
537
Charles W. Babbitt (Laban-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward).
Born Aug. 26, 1833, in Steuben, N. Y. Died Sept. 20, 1886.
Left Harvard Shakers, Aug. 18, 1843.
Married Susan Kingsbury, Jan. 26, 1867. Born in Keene, N. H., 1842.
Children: —
Mabel Edith, married (1st) Ma)mard. Married (2nd) Chute.
Ida Estelle, married Hardy. Child Gladys.
538
Fannie Chamberlain (Fannie- Joshua Chamberlain-Edward-Nathan-
Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born Feb. 9, 1829, in Campbell, N. Y.
Married Oct. 15, 1851, Phineas Spaulding, son of Rev. William and
Eunice (Cowell) Spaulding. Born 1824. Died Aug. 6, 1897.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding settled near Cayuga Lake
where Mr. Spaulding started a mill. He was later employed on the Pan-
ama R. R. when first constructed and assisted in building the first bridge
over Chages River. He was forced to return because of ill-health and
continued his trade as millwright, in the lake region.
MRS. FANNIE SPAULDING.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 60^
In 1894 they came to Chicopee to live with their daughter. Mrs.
Spaulding continued to reside here after her husband's death. She was
a member of the Baptist church, where she formerly had a class in Sun-
day School. She visited her son in Florida three times after her seventy-
fifth birthday. Mrs. Spaulding was well posted concerning the Babbitts
of her early years and was a valuable aid in securing an accurate account
of their lives. Mrs. Spaulding did not live to see the completion of the
work in which she was so much interested. She passed peacefully away
Feb. 4, 1911, after an illness of only a few hours.
Children: —
Luella Estelle, March 18, 1855. Married George H. T. Babbitt,
No. 898.
Charles Fremont, Oct. 28, 1858. Resides in Deland, Fla. Mar-
ried Martha L. Sutton, Sept. 9, 1886.
Children: —
Alwilda O., Sept. 17, 1887.
Raymond C, Nov. 29, 1891.
William S., March 21, 1895.
Carroll F., Feb. 14, 1899.
539
Charles Franklin Babbitt (Charles-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Bom Feb. 13, 1836. Died July 22, 1864, in Watkins, N. J.
Was First Lieutenant in a N. Y. Regiment in Civil War. In the attack
on Atlanta he got up from a sick bed to lead his Company and lost his
arm, July 20, 1864, dying soon after.
Enlisted Aug. 1862, Co. A, 141 N. Y. Volunteers. Also served in 107
N. Y., and later First Lieutenant of 14 Corps.
Married Feb. 14, 1860, Charlotte Amanda Newcomb, daughter of
Hiram Azariah and Louise (Page) Newcomb. Born Dec. 23, 1837. Died
July, 1878. She married (2nd) John Swartwood, of Watkins, N. J.
Children: —
Estelle, May 12, 1862; died July, 1878.
370 THE BABBITT FAmLY HISTORY.
540
Edward Albion Babbitt (Charles-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born June 21, 1847. Died Oct. 18, 1872.
Married Elvira Sedam.
Children: —
Charles F., May 25, 1869, in Monterey, N. Y. Married July 15,
1900, Florence May Gordon, daughter of George W., and Eliz-
abeth Gordon. Mr. Babbitt is a granite cutter in Rochester, N. Y.
541
Ada Maria Babbitt (Charles-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Aug. 24, 1851. Still living in Dundee, N. Y.
Married Edward Turk, in Dundee, N. Y.
Children:—
Maud H., d. June 8, 1905.
Mabel F., married Cornelius Sackett.
542
Joseph Worth Babbitt (Joseph-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Oct. 13, 1847, in Monterey, N. Y. Is a retired farmer, liv-
ing in St. Louis, Mo,
Married Nov. 11, 1880, Sarah A. Beatty, daughter of Johnson and
Mary Beatty.
Children:—
AHce Lurena, Sept. 26, 1881 ; d. Jan. 22, 1890.
Ethel, Jan. 27, 1884; m. Oct. 20, 1906, John L. Haver, in Santa
Anna, Cal.
Lloyd Beatty, Feb. 10, 1886; m. Sept. 16, 1905, Alma Barnett.
Lives in Santa Anna, Cal.
Joseph Harold, Aug. 18, 1890.
Beulah Irene, July 11, 1893.
Burdette Worth, July 3, 1897; d. July 30, 1899.
543
Ann Maria Hathaway — Myra (Burt) Hathaway — Abigail Burt —
Edward Burt — Abagail (Babbitt) Burt — Edward Babbitt — Edward
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 371
Born June 21, 1828. Still living.
Married Oct. 2, 1850, Joseph Wright. Born Feb. 2, 1824. Died Aug.
22, 1891.
Children:—
Annie Josephine Wright, Aug. 18, 1851.
Charles Henry Wright, Sept. 27, 1852; d. Sept. 26, 1833.
Lizzie Standish Wright, July 25, 1856. Married Oct. 6, 1875,
*Clarence Ettienne Leonard, born Feb. 10, 1854. (Ephraim
Wilkes^, James^, Ephraim^ Philip*, Joseph^, Benjamin^ James^).
Children : —
Clarence Arlin Leonard, Jan. 5, 1877; d. July 19, 1877. .
Nina Ettienne Leonard, July 21, 1878; d. March 3, 1885.
Pearl Meredith Leonard, Jan. 25, 1880. Married May 10,
1904, Rev. Orville Lincoln Sigafoos, born June 21, 1872.
Children : —
Lola Leonard Sigafoos, Feb. 25, 1905.
Orville Lincohi Sigafoos, Jr., July 24, 1906.
Pearl Meredith Sigafoos, Nov. 6, 1907.
Ralph Merton Leonard, June 28, 1881.
Faye Allerton Leonard, Feb. 15, 1883.
Lola Irving Leonard, Feb. 15, 1883; d. Dec. 16, 1902.
Clarence Temple Leonard, Sept. 3, 1887.
Hattie Maria Wright, Nov. 21, 1859.
*CLARENCE ETTIENNE LEONARD.
Born in New Bedford, Mass., Feb. 10, 1854, son of Ephraim Wilkes®
Leonard, (James^, Ephraim^, Philip^ Joseph\ Benjamin'-, James^), and
Melancie Dean^ Godfrey, (SamueP, John-^, George"*, John^, Richard-,
Richard^), of Taunton, Mass.
He was a Teller in the Slater National Bank of Pawtucket, R. I., and
then Proprietor of the Union Furnace Company Foundry of Taun-
ton, Mass.
He was married October 6, 1875, to Lizzie Standish Wright and removed
from Taunton, Mass., in October, 1883, to the City of New York where
he became a Stockbroker, purchasing a seat on the Consolidated
Stock Exchange, and residing for fifteen years at the suburb of
372 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Irvington-on-Hudson, and the last twelve years at Caryl, Yonkers, N. Y.,
his present home.
He was a Governor of the Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York,
and a member of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission of the
State of New York, Secretary of the Historical, the Patriotic Societies,
and Lower Hudson Committees, and Assistant Secretary of the Com-
mission. He was also Secretary of the Yonkers Citizens' Committee.
As Secretary of the Lower Hudson Committee and Executive Aide, he
had charge of the Celebration Parade of Historical Floats through Yon-
kers, Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, Tarrytown, Nyack, Ossining,
Peekskill, to Cold Spring, during the week from October 3rd, to 9th, 1909.
He was Secretary-General of the Society of Mayflower Descendants
and Secretary of the New York State Society; Secretary-General of the
Order of Founders and Patriots of America of which he is now Registrar
General, and Registrar of the New York State Society of the Order, of
which he is a Life Member.
He is a member also of the Sons of the Revolution of New York, Life
Member of the Sons of the American Revolution of Massachusetts and
of the Robert Treat Paine Chapter of Taunton, Mass., Life Member of
the Old Colony Historical Society, Secretary of the Leonard , Family As-
sociation, and member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical
Society, etc., etc.
544
Bathsheba Babbitt (Samuel-Gideon-Gideon-Benajah-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born May 6, 1808. Died Jan. 14, 1892.
Married Feb. 19, 1829, Abiathar Walker, son of Abiathar and Amy
(Francis) Walker. Bom Jan. 18, 1806; died Feb. 18, 1874.
Children: —
Abiathar Francis, Feb. 6, 1830; d. Oct. 7, 1862.
Edwm Augustus, Oct. 24, 1832.
SaUy Allethea, Nov. 4, 1836; d. Nov. 9, 1836.
Samuel Horace, May 14, 1838; d. Dec. 3, 1907. Married Mary
Newell, daughter of Mary Tinkham (Babbitt) Newell. No. 591.
Children: —
Bertha Frances, Jan. 3, 1868, who married June 30, 1892,
John Gilmore Williams, son of John Reed and Sarah (Pitts)
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 373
WiUiams. Born Nov. 25, 1859.
Children: —
Marjorie Walker, May 28, 1896; d. May 31, 1896.
Gladys Gilmore, Aug. 22, 1901.
Bathsheba Altihea, April 10, 1842; married Edward Babbitt,
No. 288.
545
Caroline A. Babbitt (Samuel Tobey-Gideon-Gideon-Benajah-Edward-
Edward).
Married June 30, 1843, Oliver Eaton, Taunton, Mass.
Children: —
Elmore.
Joel.
Annie.
546
Gideon Babbitt (Crocker-Gideon-Gideon-Benajah-Edward-Edward).
Born May 12, 1815.
Married Elizabeth M. Simmons, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth
(Davis) Simmons, of Freetown, Mass. Born in 1820.
Children:—
905 WUham Nathaniel, March 23, 1865.
Daniel Crocker, 1842; d. Sept. 1, 1843, age 1 year, 4 mos., 8 days.
Gideon A., 1854; d. May 3, 1857, age 3 years, 10 mos., 19 days.
George L., 1844; m. Dec. 24, 1873, Arabella P. May, daughter
of John and Mary. She died Dec. 1, 1884.
Ehzabeth M., 1856; d. Oct. 20, 1876.
Daniel Crocker, Oct. 23, 1861; m. Nov. 18, 1889, Helen M.
Philhps of Dedham, Mass.
906 Gideon A., 1860.
547
Elizabeth M. Babbitt (Crocker-Gideon-Gideon-Benajah-Edward
Edward). Born Jan. 3, 1817. Died Oct. 20, 1904.
374 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married Aug. 24, 1834, in Dighton, Mass., William Hathaway, son of
Isaac and Elizabeth (Babbitt) Hathaway. (His second wife). See No. 113.
Children: —
William, March 23, 1840; m. Mary E. Townsend, Dec. 21, 1866.
Betsey M., Sept. 28, 1842; m. Charles H. Palmer, Feb. 8, 1863.
Isaac, Nov. 10, 1844; d. Dec. 30, 1865.
Nancy, Sept. 8, 1846; m. Benjamin P. Jones.
Benjamin F., March 10, 1848, Abby C. Goff.
Nathaniel B., July 10, 1849; d. June 5, 1852.
Edward A., Oct. 6, 1861.
548
Nathaniel Monroe Babbitt (Crocker-Gideon-Gideon-Benajah-Edward-
Edward). Born Oct. 14, 1822. Died June 24, 1905.
In 1859 resided in Somerset, Mass.
Served nine months in Co. H, 3rd Massachusetts Regiment, 1862-3 in
Civil War.
Married July 3, 1854, Martha M. Leonard, daughter of Nathaniel and
Martha Leonard. Born March 18, 1834. Died Aug. 20, 1912.
Children: —
907 Orrin Leonard, March 23, 1855.
Bathsheba Maria, Nov. 8, 1856. Lived in Dighton, Mass.
Nathaniel Wallace, Feb. 10, 1859; m. March 24, 1881, Sybil
Goff, daughter of Samuel and Mary..
908 Martha Idella; Oct. 20, 1860.
Elmer Crocker, April 11, 1863. Lives in Providence, R. I.
Grace Lillian, June 8, 1873; m. Hiram O. Palmer, Dec. 30,
1896, son of John and Emily (Simmons). She died Sept.
27, 1899.
Mabel Nancy, March 20, 1874; m. Charles Hatton, Oct. 21,
1903. She died Aug. 9, 1906.
549
William Crocker Babbitt (Crocker-Gideon-Gideon-Benajah-Edward-
Edward). Born Sept. 15, 1829. Died March 19, 1890.
Lived in Roxburv, Mass., in 1867.
THE BABBITT FAmLY HISTORY. 375
Married Aug. 29, 1859, Mary Frances Thorn, daughter of George S.
and Mary (Blaney) Thorn. Born Oct. 10, 1842, in Ohio.
Children: — (Born in Dighton, Mass., except the two youngest).
909 William Crocker, June 6, 1860.
Frank Howard, Nov. 26, 1861.
Harry Everett, Nov. 27, 186-
Caroline Frances, Dec. 19, 1864; d. Nov. 22, 1876.
Mary Belle, Jan. 26, 1872; ra. Oct. 20, 1895, Arthur A., son of
Alexander and Jane B. Scudder.
550
Mary Babbitt (Dean-Erasmus- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born
April 17, 1803.
Married (1st) Oct. 6, 1822, Walter Hastings. Married (2nd) Jan. 25,
1848, Timothy Whitney.
Children: —
Mary M., married Stephen Holt, Oct. 26, 1842.
Carohne S., married Emory Sibley, May 29, 1849.
551
Avery Babcock Babbitt (Dean-Erasmus-John-Benajah-Edward-
Edward). Born in Petersham, Mass., May 28, 1806.
A blacksmith in Barre, Mass.
Died Sept. 6, 1843.
Married Nov. 16, 1831, in Rutland, Mass., Maria Estabrook, daugh-
ter of Taylor and Sally (Stone) Estabrook. Born June 12, 1811.
Children:—
Susan M., 1835. Married Joseph Wood in Templeton, Mass,
Nov. 24, 1853, son of Joshua and Rebecca.
Jane Maria, d. Aug. 12, 1835.
John, Aug. 7, 1839.
Charles A., 1840; May 31, 1852, age 12, in Rutland, Mass.
Warren, 1841, born in Barre, Mass; d. June 11, 1862, in Tem-
pleton, Mass.
Catherine, d. Sept. 13, 1843, in Barre, Mass.
376 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
910 Dennis.
Maria, widow of Avery, married John Flint, Sept. 8, 1847,
in Templeton, Mass. Three children.
552
Sewall Babbitt (Dean-Erasmus- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born
Feb. 18, 1814, in Barre, Mass. Died May 27, 1875, in Athol, Mass.
A blacksmith in Barre for years.
Married (1st) April 6, 1836, Hannah Jenkins.
Married (2nd) Sept. 30, 1840, Mary Babcock; died June 9, 1847.
Married (3rd) Abby Gates, daughter of Seth. Int. Sept. 29, 1847,
Married (4th) Alzina (Emery) Raymond, May 29, 1867. She sur-
vived him and about 1880 married a Haskins.
Children:—
Infant, died June 2, 1841.
Laura, Aug. 8, 1848; married Harvey B. Meacham, Nov. 20, 1866.
Frank, son of third, born 1856. Died May 12, 1863, in Athol,
age 6 years 7 mos.
Charles died young.
Charles D., 1850. Married (1st) m Athol, Oct. 1875, Jennie D.
Stone, daughter of Chauncy and Sarah (Cleveland) Stone. Born
Nov. 25, 1856, and d. Feb. 28, 1876.
Married (2nd) Feb. 8, 1877, Mary E. Martin, daughter of
Thomas and Ella Martin. Daughter Lura, born Aug. 19, 1877,
married George W. Smith of Boston, Nov. 29, 1894.
553
James E. Babbitt (Dean-Erasmus- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward).
Born Sept. 15, 1816.
Resided in Oakham, Mass.
Married Elizabeth Ann Jennette Loring in Oakham, Mass., Feb. 12,
1846. She died April 17, 1871. She used the name "Angennette."
Children: —
Eldora, May 7, 1847.
Henry L., 1856. Married July 9, 1884, in Oakham, Mass.
Harriett A. Morse, daughter of Jaspar and Eliz.
HENRY SMITH BABBITT.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 377
554
Charles L. Babbitt (Dean-Erasmus- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward).
Born Feb. 12, 1820. Died May 16, 1877, in Barre, Mass.
Married Oct. 1, 1845, Nancy C. Ayres, daughter of Elias and Asenath
(Cunningham) Ayres. Born June 18, 1827, in Oakham, Mass. Died
Dec. 7, 1903, in Barre, Mass.
Children: —
911 Julia Asenath, Aug. 17, 1846.
George A., Oct. 20, 1850; d. May 11, 1885.
Jos. Franklin, Aug. 28, 1852; d. Sept. 27, 1907.
555.
William Walker Babbitt (Benajah-Erasmus-John-Benajah-Edward-
Edward). Born Dec. 14, 1805. Died Dec. 13, 1879.
Resided in Philadelphia, Pa.
Married Rebecca Tyson of Abington, Pa., who died May 4, 1863,
aged 57 years.
Children: — (All born in Philadelphia, Pa.)
Mary Tower, b. 1835; d. April 10, 1896. Unmarried.
Anna Martha, b. 1837; still living. Unmarried.
William Tyson, b. 1841 ; d. July 16, 1906.
912 Benajah Franklin, Feb. 25, 1848.
556
Francis Parkman Babbitt (John-Erasmus- John-Benajah-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born 1825. Died Nov. 17, 1877, in Boston, Mass., aged 52 years,
8 months, 11 days.
A tailor in Boston.
Married Amelia Bergen Spear of Boston.
Children: — Born in Boston and Chelsea, Mass.
William Henry, Aug. 10, 1852. Married May 14, 1870, in Boston,
Frances M. Barker, daughter of George T. and Mary A.
Anselm Maurice, Sept. 12, 1856.
George Herbert, July 30, 1862; d. Dec. 26, 1877.
378 THE BABBITT FAmLY HISTORY.
Clarissa, unmarried; resides in Boston, Mass.
William H., 1850; d. May 1852, aged 1 year, 7 months, 15 days.
Susan, 1854. Married Sept. 18, 1873, Thomas Wilson, son of
Thomas and Susan Wilson.
Francis P., 1847; d. Feb. 27, 1867, in Boston, aged 20 years,
1 month, 4 days.
George Herbert, April 30, 1861 ; died in infancy.
557
Hiram F. Babbitt (William-Erasmus- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward).
Born 1854, in Barre, Mass.
Married Lucy A. Thrasher, March 4, 1879, in Barre, Mass. She was
born in 1857, daughter of Elijah and Philinda Thrasher.
Children: —
George H., born in Barre, Mass. Married Jan. 12, 1903, in Mans-
field, Mass., Maude M. Stevens, daughter of Andrew and Annie
(Cameron) Stevens. Born in Nova Scotia.
558
Lydia Babbitt (John- John- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward).
Resided in Norton until about 1850 when they disappear from record.
Married John Lincoln of Norton, Mass., June 16, 1842.
Children: —
Lydia A., March 4, 1847.
Charles Orland, July 16, 1845.
559
Lydia Babbitt (Osmond-Dean- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Bom
April 16, 1813, in Dighton, Mass. Died Dec. 4, 1896, in Providence, R. I.
Resided in Taunton, Mass.
Mr. Strange was Master Mechanic of Whittenton Mills in Taunton.
Married Feb. 25, 1838, Gardner Strange, of Providence, R. I., son of
Joseph and Amittia Strange. Born Oct. 10, 1805; died May 8, 1865,
in Taunton.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 379
Children: —
Adelaide Francis, 1842; d. 1844.
Ellen A., July 14, 1845; married April 11, 1865, Isaac Carpenter.
Resides in Providence, R. I.
560
Betsey Pamelia Babbitt (Osmond-Dean-John-Benajah-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born March 11, 1822, in Richmond, N. Y.
Died March 29, 1882, in Plymouth, Mich.
Married Nov. 12, 1840, George Coldren, in Salem, Mich. Born Feb.
18, 1815, in Simberry, Pa., son of Elijah Coldren.
Mr. Coldren was a farmer in Plymouth, Mich.
Children: — (Born in Plymouth, Mich.)
913 Carrie G., June 28, 1848.
914 Osmond B., Dec. 22, 1856.
915 Fred G., Dec. 2, 1859.
916 Burt, Jan. 8, 1863.
561
William Dean Babbitt (Osmond-Dean-John-Benajah-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Feb. 23, 1824, in Richmond, N. Y. Died Oct. 31, 1888,
in Chicago, 111.
Resided first in Moline, 111. Later about 1850 removed to Minneapo-
lis, Miim., and about 1870 to Chicago, 111.
Mr. Babbitt was a real estate agent and dealer.
Married Jan. 30, 1849, in Glen Haven, N. Y., Elizabeth Holt, daughter
of Rev. Fifield and Gracia (Burt) Holt. Born June 5, 1825; died May 1,
1894, in St. Louis, Mo.
Children: — ^All except eldest and youngest born in Minneapolis.
Carrie Pitts, June 1850, in Moline, III; d. 1851.
George Augustus, Sept. 15, 1854; married Florence M. Haynes,
April 2, 1891. Mr. Babbitt is a graduate of Evanston
University and a journalist. One daughter, Barbara H.,
Dec. 27, 1892; d. Nov. 24, 1894.
Charles Osmond, Dec. 1856.
William Herbert, Aug. 26, 1859.
380 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Grace Elizabeth, Feb. 9, 1861. A librarian in Washington, D. C.
917 Edmond H., July, 1865.
Ellen Corinna, Feb. 5, 1872, in Chicago, 111.
562
Mary Babbitt (Osmond-Dean- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born
May 4, 1826, in Richmond, N. Y. Died June 18, 1891, m Little Falls, Mum.
Married in 1856, in Salem, Mich., Stephen P. Fuller. Born 1822.
In 1856 Mr. and Mrs. Fuller went to Little Falls, Minn., where the rest
of their lives were spent.
Mr. Fuller, who was a native of Cleveland, O., was Justice of Peace
and Judge of Probate of Madison Co., Minn., for many years.
Children: —
Sarah, Aug. 19, 1858. Resides m Little Falls, Minn.
Wheaton M., July 23, 1862. A printer by trade in Little Falls,
Minn.
In 1893 Representative in State Legislature. He was also in
the State Senate.
563
Rufus Babbitt (Osmond-Dean- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born
June 21 , 1831 , in Richmond, N. Y. Died May 7, 1881 , in Northville, Mich.
Resided in Plymouth, Mich., at the time of the Civil War. Was super-
visor of the town of Salem, Mich., for several years.
Married Dec. 7, 1859, Ella Lorena Cady, in Plymouth, Mich., daugh-
ter of Anson and Jane Cady. Born Sept. 27, 1840.
Children:—
918 Louis Anson, Nov. 4, 1861.
919 Kumal Rufus, June 25, 1864.
Hattie Stephens, Aug. 11, 1867; d. 1879.
Jennie Maude, April 25, 1870.
Carrie Holt, April 5, 1874.
564
John Wheaton Babbitt (Osmond-Dean-John-Benajah-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born June 17, 1832, in Richmond, N. Y. Died May 6, 1895, in
Washington, D. C.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 381
Spent his early life in Plymouth and Salem, Mich. Mr. Babbitt was
modest and retiring in disposition and most exemplary in his habits. He
was honored by all as a generous, kindly man, courageous and self-sacri-
ficing and of constant devotion to his family and friends.
Enhsted in August, 1862, Private in Co. C, 24th Michigan Infantry.
In the Battle of Gettysburg, the 24th Michigan entered with 496 men,
of whom 316 were killed and wounded. This Regiment sustained the
greatest loss of any Regiment engaged in the battle on the Union side.
Mr. Babbitt was seriously wounded at the very first of the engagement,
and suffered the loss of a leg in consequence. He served as County Treas-
urer of Washtenaw Co., Mich., after the war, later accepting a position
in the Treasury Department in Washington, where he died.
Married Nov. 1866, Lizzie Phillips, daughter of Rev. Samuel Phillips.
Children:—
Minnie, Feb. 1871 ; died same year.
Hattie Josephine, Sept. 15, 1872. Resides in Washington, D. C.
565
Wilham Babbitt (Ebenezer-Dean-John-Benajah-Edward-Edward).
Bom 1815. Died June 30, 1855.
Resided in Pawtucket, R. I,
Married Patience Sheldon, daughter of Joseph and Mary Greene
Sheldon. Born May 9, 1812. Died Aug. 12, 1896. She married (2nd)
Wm. Wright.
One child only: —
Mary Elizabeth, 1837; d. June 10, 1903. She was the wife of
Rev. I. H. Gilbert. She lived in Norwood, Mass. Her daugh-
ter married George H. Morrill, Jr., of Norwood, Mass.
566
Wilham Emmons Babbitt (John-Dean-John-Benajah-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Nov. 30, 1836.
Resided in Boston, 1862. A machinist.
Now Hving in Worcester, Mass.
Married Dec. 31, 1861, in Boston, Mass., Emma Fletcher, daughter
of John Day and Amy (AUison) Fletcher. Born Nov. 21, 1839.
382 THE BABBITT FAMLY HISTORY.
Children:—
William F., Dec. 10, 1862; d. July 26, 1863, in Boston.
Ernest Linwood, Sept. 6, 1867; d. July 19, 1869.
Florence, Jan. 29, 1876; married Henry Higgins of Worcester,
Aug. 4, 1894.
567
Emma A. Babbitt (Charles W.-Dean-John-Benajah-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Jan. 28. 1843.
Mrs. Davis lives at 20 Cedar Street, Tavmton, and carries on her hus-
band's store of Davis & Co. She was one of the first members of the
Babbitt Association and has rendered valuable help on various committees.
She has ever shown the deepest interest in the preparation of this book.
Married (1st) Edgar Downes of Charlestown, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868.
Married (2nd) Oct. 1879, Henry L. Davis, Taunton, Mass.
Children: —
Mary Dexter, Aug. 3, 1881.
568
WilUam Dean Babbitt (Charles-Dean- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward) .
Was adopted by a family named Myers of Brooklyn, N. Y., and name
changed to Myers.
Married Jennie ( ).
Children:—
Carrie A., July 5, 1882, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Married Feb. 23,
1895, Albert Dondeswell of Saugatuck, Conn., son of Richard
and Annie Dondeswell.
569
Charles Ketchum Babbitt (Charles-Dean-John-Benajah-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born April 25, 1851, in Brooklyn. N. Y.
Resides in Pittsburg, Pa.
Married Hannah Hagins, daughter of Bernard and Ann (Griffen)
Hagins of Butler Co., Pa. Born in Butler Co., Pa., 1849.
Children: —
Emma, Feb. 23, 1875.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 383
John Dean, Jan. 30, 1876.
Helen, Sept. 23, 1878.
Charles Edward, Feb. 5, 1887.
Sanford, July 9, 1880. Member of Babbitt Association.
570
Carrie Babbitt (Charles-Dean- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward).
Married Benjamin T. Chatham of Philadelphia, Pa.
Children: —
Mary.
Helen.
Benjamin.
571
George Rodney Babbitt (George-Enoch- John-Benajah-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born June 27, 1842. Died June 29, 1912.
George Rodney Babbitt^, son of George Babbitt** and his wife Celia
Crane, was born in the Wm. S. Crane house next the bridge in Berkley,
Mass., on June 27, 1842. His education was principally acquired in
the Bridge district school of the town. In 1846 his father built and moved
into a new house one hundred and fifty yards east of the Crane house.
This was the home of George R. Babbitt^ during his boyhood. His
schooling ended with the close of the district school in March 1859.
His father's ambition was that his only son should learn some mer-
cantile business, but the son wanted to learn a machinist trade. As he
was less than seventeen years old, the son's choice was not considered.
His father arranged with a prominent shoe and leather merchant in Taun-
ton to employ his son and teach him the business. After an indifferent
service of eighteen months, he was dismissed and the experiment of try-
ing to make a merchant of a mechanic was abandoned as a failure.
During this time he had boarded in Taunton away from home influences.
Associations and habits were being formed that would have eventually
made his life a failure. His father realized that a mistake had been made
and that a disciplinary course was necessary. Consequently he was
shipped as a boy before the mast on the large clipper ship "Sierra Nevada"
bound from New York to San Francisco. The ship was owned by Ed-
384 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
ward Mott Robinson, father of Hetty Green, He went and came back
in the ship, the voyage taking eleven months, thus doubling Cape Horn
twice before he was twenty. The discipline proved a success although
it did not lessen his mechanical tastes and ambitions. After eighteen
months of successful seafaring life, ending up as second mate of a full
rigged ship, he gave up the sea.
In April 1862, he came to Providence and commenced work in a
machine shop at $4.00 per week. This was the first work he had ever
done that he really liked. As a matter of course, he succeeded. Five
years later, we find him foreman of the Harris-Corliss Engine Works,
and in another five years he was promoted to the Superintendency of
the Works, which position he held until March 31, 1891, when he re-
signed. He had never served an apprenticeship, neither had he received
a technical education, but he was more than an average mathematician, a
good disciplinarian and organizer of help, which, combined with his me-
chanical ability, industrious, frugal and temperate habits, resulted in a
reasonable success. His natural mechanical ability was inherited from
both father and mother.
In 1892 he bought the American Oil Company of Providence, which
up to that time had not been a financial success. It was not his ambition
to become rich, but to acquire a modest competency. This he accom-
plished almost unawares. He was so much engrossed in the work he
loved that he had no time for the indulgence of extravagant fads. He
was self reliant, a constant and resolute worker, often accomplishing
what others said could not be done. In 1858 he joined the First Con-
gregational Church of Berkley and according to his means, has been a
liberal contributor to the support of Church work. He has taken a deep
interest in the Babbitt Genealogy, even before the formation of our As-
sociation, of which he is now President. He never sought public oflice,
although he was for several years a member of the Town Council of Crans-
ton, R. I. He is also President of the Babbitt Cemetery now incorporated
as the Fox Cemetery in Berkley and takes a deep interest in its aflFairs.
George R. Babbitt has been three times married and much of the credit
of his success in life is due to his wives. They were all frugal and domes-
tic caretakers, making his home a place of comfort and rest after the cares
and perplexities of the day. During the past few years he has devoted
some little time to yachting, and for two years 1905 and 1908, he was
Commodore of the Edgewood Yacht Club. He is now (January 1912)
GEORGE RODNEY BABBITT,
2nd President or Babbitt Family Asso.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 385
living in Edgewood, a resident suburb of Providence, not in the enjoy-
ment of the best heahh. He is able to have the oversight of his business
interests surrounded with comforts made possible by the industry and
frugality of his earlier years. As President of the Babbitt Association
Mr. Babbitt rendered most efficient service. His forceful and conserva-
tive leadership was needed to secure the publishing of the family his-
tory and his dignified and kindly presence endeared him to all at the
annual meetings.
(The foregoing sketch was written by Mr. Babbitt himself, during
his last illness.)
MEMORIAL TO G. R. BABBITT BY THE FAMILY.
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN 1912.
The paper presented by Mr. Crane in memory of the late George Rod-
ney Babbitt was as follows:
"As one of the executive committee and at the suggestion of your sec-
retary, I willingly voice the feelings of our members in an expression of
heartfelt tribute to one who has endeared himself to his many associates
and acquaintances in a life of prolonged activity, and in the capacity of
presiding officer ever evinced his interest in the plans and purposes of
this association.
"George Rodney Babbitt of the seventh generation in the line of Ed-
ward Babbitt, the first of the name in Taunton, was a son of George and
Celia (French) Babbitt, and was born in Berkley, June 27, 1842. He
received his early trainmg in the schools of his native place and in the
Hermitage Home school at Fall River, and at an early age sought the
experiences of adventure in a seafaring life.
"In 1860 he sailed from New York in the Sierra Nevada, a full rigged
ship belonging to Edward Mott Robinson, for a voyage to San Fran-
cisco by way of Cape Horn, returning in the same ship and completing
the voyage in about eleven months.
"Later he became the second mate of the Maria Theresa, an old whaler,
sailing from New Bedford as one of the "Stone Fleet," to be sunk off the
harbor of Charleston or other ports of the South at the outbreak of the
Civil War, to close the harbors to navigation.
"In 1862 Mr. Babbitt entered the employ of the Burnside Rifle Works
of Providence, and there remained till May, 1865, at the close of the
war, when the establishment was refitted for the building of locomotives.
With some experiences later in the oil fields of Pennsylvania Mr. Bab-
bitt in 1866 entered the employ of WilHam A. Harris, the builder of the
386 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Harris-Corliss steam engine and for many years filled positions of re-
sponsibility as machinist, foreman and superintendent.
As a natural mechanic and without the usual course of apprenticeship
he invented and patented several improvements on machinery, one of
which was a piston packing for which he received a medal at the Cin-
cinnati Industrial Exposition in 1894.
In 1888 Mr. Babbitt was tendered the position of superintendent of
the Heavy Ordinance Department of the U. S. Government at Washing-
ton, which he declined, remaining with Mr. Harris till Nov. 31, 1891
and thus completing a quarter of century in building and designing en-
gines and displaying marked ingenuity in the work of speedy and per-
manent repairs.
Among his inventions was a releasing gear for the CorUss type of en-
gine, and an extended piston. About twenty years ago Mr. Babbitt be-
came a purchaser of an interest in the American Oil Company of Provi-
dence which was incorporated in 1902, becoming president and treasurer,
and holding these positions to the time of his death.
Aside from these specific duties and occupations he was readily rec-
ognized for his skill and ability as a consulting and mechanical engineer
for large manufacturing establishments, some of his works receiving com-
mendatory notice in the current mechanical pubhcations.
He invented and patented an automatic barrel filler in 1894.
One notable achievement relates to Mr. Babbitt's plan in floating an
ocean liner.
In May, 1899, he read in a New York paper an illustrated description
that had been published of the steamship "Paris" of the American line
which while en route to her foreign destination had met with a serious dis-
aster. The illustration showed that the bow was elevated as if resting on
the rocks. He wrote at once to the agent of the line, stating his views re-
specting the manner in which the vessel could be saved. In seven weeks
from the date of his letter the Paris had been lifted from the rocks and
saved in precisely the way suggested by his letter of advice.
Mr. Babbitt was a member of the town council of Cranston in 1888 and
in 1896 was chosen as the president of that body, being re-elected to the
position for five consecutive terms.
He was an enthusiastic yachtsman and for the past two years had served
as the commodore of the Edgewood Yacht Club.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 387
His boat Gypsy III is the one which towed the Sea Bird, Thomas
Fleming Day's yawl, out of Narragansett Bay last year, when it sailed
on its voyage to Rome; and upon its return Mr. Babbitt extended his
greeting at Newport, and participated in the reception at the Rhode Island
Yacht Club after towing it up the harbor.
Mr. Babbitt was interested in the welfare of his native town, and his
loyalty was frequently manifested in generous service. In the develop-
ment of the work of the Babbitt Association he was eager for the publi-
cation of the genealogical records of the family and contributed much to
its speedy accomplishment.
It is regretted that he was not permitted to witness the erection of
the tablet of memorial upon the grave of his New England progenitor.
Whereas: The Babbitt Association has suffered the loss of one of its
honored members in the death of Mr. George Rodney Babbitt, which oc-
curred on the 29th of June, 1912.
Therefore, be it Resolved:
That in appreciation of his long continued and valuable services in the
ofhce of President of this Association and in recognition of those ad-
mirable traits of character which endeared him unto his associates, the
Babbitt Association in annual meeting assembled, hereby records its
feelings of sorrow and bereavement occasioned by the death of one of its
devoted members, who ever cherished its plans and purposes; cultivated
its spirit of fellowship and friendship; and generously contributed to its
support.
Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be sent by the secretary
to the members of the afflicted family, accompanied with an expression
of sympathy of the officers and members of the Association.
Signed:
ROLLIN H. BABBITT,
CHARLES J. BABBITT,
JOSHUA E. CRANE,
Committee.
Married (1st) Josephine C. Moffett, Dec. 24, 1864. Born Oct. 9, 1841,
and died Feb. 23, 1870.
One Child:—
920 Samuel French, Nov. 29, 1867.
388 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married (2nd) Angenette M. Blanchard, Nov. 13, 1872. Bom Oct.
12, 1848, and died April 8, 1895. Daughter Marion, Nov. 18, 1876.
Married (3rd) Mary P. Burgess, Jan. 25, 1899.
572
Annie Jane (Enoch-Enoch- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward). Born
May 26, 1850.
Married July 12, 1868, in Berkley, Mass., Albert Padelford, son of
Ebenezer and Silence Padelford. Born 1843.
Children: —
Susie Williams, June 4, 1870.
Mabel Esther, March 31 1874.
573
Charles M. Babbitt (Luther-Peter- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward).
Resides in Bayboro, N. C.
Dept. Revenue Collector, Raleigh, N. C.
Married in 1871, Mary Elizabeth Whedbee, daughter of Jeremiah
and Sarah Jane (Basright) Whedbee.
Children: —
Edgar Pugh, March 17, 1873; d. Aug. 27, 1873.
Rufus Eugene, Aug. 15, 1874; d. July 29, 1879.
Zebulon Vance, July 25, 1876.
He has been engaged in newspaper and literary work in the
South and is a deep student of Psychic Phenomena. Served
in Philippines. Enlisted Feb. 28, 1901, in Goldsboro, N. C,
and arrived in Philippine, May 1, 1901, and served xmtil Feb.
26, 1904. He visited the various islands including Japan.
Mr. Babbitt kept a record of scenes and events full of deep in-
terest, and throwing much light on the hard life of the soldiers
during the Philippine War.
Pattie, May 21, 1880; d. Dec. 6, 1899, in Greensboro, N. C.
Charles Allen, March 4, 1886. In wholesale grocery company,
New Bern, N. C.
Emeline, Oct. 28, 1890. A student at Trinity College, Durham,
N. C.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 389
574
Emmeline Babbitt (Luther-Peter- John-Bena jah-Edward-Edward), .
Bom Aug. 22, 1848.
Lives in Bayboro, N. C.
Married Wm. Hugh Sawyer.
Children: —
Walter, Jan. 1, 1868; d. Aug. 21, 1869.
Estelle, Feb. 22, 1870; d. April 28, 1872.
Claudia, Jan. 5, 187^; d. Oct. 4, 1873.
William, May 8, 1875,; d. July 24, 1875.
575
William Fremont Babbitt (William-Peter-John-Benajah-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born June 27, 1856, in Berkley, Mass. Died 1909, in Boston.
Buried in Berkley.
Married Aug. 17, 1875, Alice Marvell of Berkley, daughter of Dexter
Marvell.
Children: —
Alice Mabel, Aug. 23, 1876. Married Oct. 27, 1891, Lewis Fiske
of North Attleboro, Mass.
William Dexter, Aug. 6, 1878; married Sept. 17, 1902, Mary Grant,
daughter of David and Annie (Robinson) Grant. Resides in
Providence. A merchant.
576
James Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born Sept. 5, 1826, m Killingly, Conn. Died April 19, 1903.
A blacksmith by trade.
Mr. Babbitt was always one of his town's able and substantial citizens,
and brought up his large family to become useful and successful after his
own rugged ideas of industry and thrift.
390 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married (1st) July 23, 1849, Amanda Arnold. Born May 22, 1831;
died July 22, 1864.
Children: —
Edgar A., Jan. 16, 1851; d. Sept. 16, 1851.
Addie E., Sept. 21, 1856. Married (1st) Walter Tucker. Married
(2nd) Charles Rogers. No children.
Susan L., April 28, 1860; d. Dec. 28, 1861.
Twins died young.
Married (2nd) Aug. 14, 1864, Julia A. Smith. Born May 5, 1851;
died July 15, 1905.
Children: —
Eliza, Sept. 1, 1865.
921 Captolia, Dec. 11, 1866.
f922 James M., Oct. 14, 1868.
:923 Cordelia, Oct. 14, 1870.
^24 Fred P., March 30, 1872.
•925 Amanda L., June 13, 1873.
JuHa A., Oct. 19, 1875; d. Sept. 12, 1875.
926 Charles H., Feb. 14, 1876.
927 Edward S., May 29, 1877.
928 Waker A., March 10, 1879.
Christopher W., Aug. 13, 1880; d. AprU 19, 1881.
Gertrude S., Feb. 23, 1882; died young.
929 Arthur L., Jan. 10, 1884.
Son, born and died Jan. 24, 1885.
577
Henry E. Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom June 16, 1839.
Resides in Thompson, Conn. A blacksmith.
Married Nov. 1, 1870, Mrs. Sarah Davis.
Children: —
930 • Lucy.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 391
578
Silas L. Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward),
Born March 18, 1841, in Gloucester, R. I.
A carpenter. Resides in Danielson, Conn.
Married June 3, 1866, Olive Torrey. Born June 5, 1847, daughter of
Erastus and Sybel (AUton) Torrey.
Children: —
931 Eva Elizabeth, Dec. 19, 1867.
Silas Newton, July 17, 1870; d. Dec. 16, 1911; m. April 24,
1904, Eliza Reves.
579
George E. Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born March 12, 1844, in Gloucester, R. I.
Resides in Worcester, Mass.. A truckman by occupation.
Married Ellen McCutchen, who died Dec. 26, 1909.
932 NelHe.
Laura.
580
Allen T. Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born April 3, 1846, in Gloucester, R. I, Died Nov. 1, 1911.
Resided in Thompson, Conn.
Served in Co. D., 18th Connecticut Regiment, Dec. 14, 1863- June 27,
1865. Wounded at Snicker's Gap, Va., July 18, 1864.
Married (1st) July 1868, Emily M. Mills.
933 Emily, Aug. 16, 1869.
Married (2nd) Dec. 20, 1877, Lillie N. Clemmens.
581
Keziah Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward) ,
Born April 3, 1848, in Gloucester, R. I.
Resides in Danielson, Conn.
Married Eugene Graves.
392 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
Lillian, married John McFarland.
Evelyn, married Robert Brownley.
Augustus, married Elizabeth Butler.
582
Mary J. Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born April 30, 1850, in Gloucester, R. I. Died March 1877.
Married Edgar Herrendeen.
ChUd:—
Minnie, Feb. 6, 1872; married Frank Blackmer.
583
William Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born April 30, 1852, in Gloucester, R. I.
Resides in Providence, R. I. A hostler.
Married Mrs. Annie Lee.
Child:—
Mumie.
584
Edward Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Born July 29, 1854, in Gloucester, R. I.
A farmer in Thompson, Conn.
Married Joanna Foley.
Children:—
934 Ella.
Mary married Squires.
Edward. — It is a remarkable fact that his name was borne by
every one of his Babbitt Ancestors.
Henry.
Cora.
585
Thomas Hathaway Babbitt (Seth-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Bom Dec. 2, 1827, in Killingly, Conn.
Died Aug. 9, 1882, in Worcester, Mass.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 393
Married April 15, 1849, Mary Smith Boss, daughter of Stephen and
Amy (Angell) Boss. Born Sept. 2, 1822.
Children: —
935 Angell Boss, Aug. 21, 1859.
586
Edward Babbitt (Seth-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born Nov. 3, 1835, in Killingly, now Putnam, Conn. Died Feb. 13, 1897.
A blacksmith by trade.
Married Nov. 20, 1856, Emily Fuller. Born 1837. Mrs. Babbitt re-
sides in Putnam, Conn.
Children: — Born in Putnam, Conn.
936 William Manchester, Sept. 7, 1857.
Seth, Feb. 8, 1861; m. Fannie F. Blake, Aug. 1, 1895.
937 Emily Zeriah, Oct. 1, 1862.
938 EUen Maria, Aug. 18, 1867.
939 Richard Walter, May 19, 1869.
587
Schuyler Babbitt (Roswell-Silas-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born Feb. 20, 1856, in Gloucester, R. I.
Resides in Putnam, Coim. An electrician.
Married Feb. 3, 1879, Harriet Shippee, daughter of Augustus and
Emily Reynolds, son of David Reynolds Jr. (See No. 123.)
Children: —
Elwen Addis, Jan. 16, 1881.
Ada May, Oct. 15, 1883; married Fred Bedore.
Malora Alice, July 2, 1891; married Arthur Noyes, Sept. 14, 1910,
in Vernon, Vt.
Daughter Marion Eliz., Aug. 21, 1912; d. Aug. 26, 1912.
Howard W., Sept. 28, 1895.
Grace-Evelyn, Aug. 12, 1898.
Harold Augustus, May 1, 1900.
394 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
588
Gaius Andrew Babbitt (Silas-Silas-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Bom Jan. 5, 1849, in Killingly, Conn. Died Dec. 27, 1906, in Killingly.
A bricklayer and mason. Resided in Killingly.
Married Oct. 27, 1872, Harriet Bates.
Children : —
840 Fred A., Nov. 10, 1873, in Putnam, Ct.
Hollis, April 13, 1876 ;d. May 27, 1877, in Putnam, Conn.
Herbert J., April 24, 1878, in Killingly.
841 W. Scott, Oct. 25, 1880, in Danielson, Conn.
C. Andrew, April 27, 1883.
Carl C, Jan. 16, 1886, in Putnam, Conn.
Lucius, April 7, 1888, in Putnam, Conn.
Florence L., Oct. 5, 1890, in Killingly, Conn.
Clifford, Feb. 15, 1892.
Hazel, Sept. 18, 1895.
Leroy N., Sept. 10, 1898.
589
Sarah Agnes Babbitt (Silas- Silas-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born Sept. 6, 1854, in Killingly, Conn.
Resides in Putnam, Ct., on the farm her great grandfather Edward
bought in 1772. Mrs. Burrill has taken a deep interest in her Babbitt
ancestry and has pubUshed a pamphlet giving a complete list of the des-
cendants of Edward*, for which the compilers of this book acknowledge
the great help of such a large part of the family history.
Married Dec. 14, 1872, George P. Burrill.
Children:—
Irving C, Dec. 8, 1873; married Marietta Sahsbury.
Cora E., March 22, 1876; married Robert Shekleton.
Children:—
Reuben, Oct. 16, 1908.
Bertha, May 20, 1910.
Infant son, Aug. 21, 1878; died same day.
George Mortimer, May 16, 1880; married Inez R. Harrington,
f. U Jan. 23, 1909. Daughter Inez H., Sept. 17, 1911.
Ella Ardelle, April 15, 1886. Married Adin E. Chapman, Feb.
21, 1912.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 395
590
Ella Prudence Babbitt (Silas-Silas-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born Oct. 7, 1857, in Putnam, Conn.
Resided in Putnam, Conn.
Died May 4, 1900.
Married Oct. 8, 1875, Charles W. Baker. He died Sept. 1, 1911.
Children:—
Ada E., Dec. 1879. Deceased.
591
Mary Tinkham Babbitt (Abijah-Isaac-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Nov. 11, 1816. Died April 14, 1900.
Married Nov. 6, 1836, John Paull Newell (or Newhall), son of Chris-
topher and Abigail (Sandford) Newell. Born May 31, 1812; died
Dec. 18, 1891.
Children: —
CharlesHenry, 1837; d. 1837.
Mary Frances, Dec. 1, 1838; married Sept. 8, 1859, Samuel H.
Walker, son of Abiathar and Bathsheba (Babbitt) Walker.
One daughter. Bertha Frances, born Jan. 3, 1868; married
John H. Williams, June 30, 1892. He was born Nov. 25, 1859.
See No. 544.
Frank Pierce, Jan. 19, 1852. Unmarried.
592
Isaac Babbitt (Abijah-Isaac-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born
Feb. 27, 1820. Died Sept. 15, 1897.
Married Sept. 20, 1840, Phoebe Haskins, daughter of Gideon and Amy
(Paul) Haskins. Born March 13, 1817; died Aug. 2, 1867.
Children:—
942 James Gillespie, Aug. 24, 1843.
943 Gideon Haskins, May 23, 1852.
Alfred Dexter, Dec. 28, 1855; d. June 28, 1858.
944 Caleb Dexter, Oct. 24, 1861.
396 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
593
Jerome Babbitt (Abijah-Isaac-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born
May 8, 1825. Died Dec. 30, 1885.
Married Daphne A. Crane, daughter of WilHam S. and Daphne (French)
Crane. Born April 2, 1828; died Sept. 30, 1895.
Children:—
945 Anna Crane, Sept. 14, 1852.
Lizzie, 1862; d. Aug. 9, 1862.
WilHam S., 1860; married March 29, 1884, Sarah S. Marvel,
daughter of Dexter Marvel. She was born 1862.
Frank Jerome. Graduate of Harvard Veterinary School, M.
D. v., 1897. Veterinary Surgeon in Lynn, Mass. Married
March 22, 1899, Shirley Holmes, daughter of Frank and
Caroline Holmes of Lynn, Mass.
594
Sally Babbitt (Abijah-Isaac-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born
May 7, 1834.
Lives in Providence, R. L
Married Charles H. Cummings, Dec. 25, 1850, son of Howard and
Abigail Cummings. He was born in 1829.
Children: —
Charles.
Emma.
Chester.
595
Henry Lincoln Babbitt (Abijah-Isaac-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born June 30, 1837, in Berkley, Mass.
A mariner by trade — sea captain.
Married (1st) April 15, 1857, Isabella Briggs. Born Sept. 29, 1839,
daughter of Simeon. She died Aug. 11, 1886.
Children: —
Henry, Dec. 11, 1858, in Berkley, Mass.; d. Nov. 24, 1909.
Married Nov. 14, 1891, Jennie Greenhef Lanpher. No
children. Lived in Everett, Mass.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 397
Myra Isabel, Sept. 2, 1861 ; married Feb. 23, 1887, John H.
Church. No children.
Emmons Wade, March 30, 1864; married June 4, 1890, Ger-
trude M. Thurber, daughter of Benjamin F. and Mary.
No children.
Fred Lincoln, June 2, 1874, a sailor, married Aug. 21, 1895,
Louise Hedge Simmons. No children.
946 Clifton Fremont, Aug. 22, 1879.
Married (2nd) Sept. 5, 1887, Sophia H. Bright, daughter of George
and Mary Bright of Taunton, Mass.
Married (3rd) June 9, 1898, Sarah E. (Walker) Morton.
596
Adelaide W. Babbitt (Abijah-Isaac-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born Jan. 15, 1841.
Resides on West Weir Street, Taunton, Mass.
Married July 10, 1867, Thomas Crannage of Berkley, Mass.
Children: —
Edward T., March 1869; married Annie Green of Taunton, Mass.,
May 1900.
Child:— Miriam, July, 1901.
Mabel H., Jan., 1874; married Paul Dean of Taunton, Mass.,
Jan., 1900.
Children: —
Merrall, Nov. 1900, died 1909.
Lawrence, Aug., 1906.
597
RoUin Herbert Babbitt (Adoniram-Isaac-Abijah-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Born May 30, 1840, in Berkley, Mass.
Mr. Babbitt resides in Berkley. He is a member of the Congregational
Church of Berkley, and holds the prominent position in the church which
his Babbitt ancestors have always held before him He has been treas-
urer of the Babbitt Association since its founding.
398 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Mr. Babbitt has held many town offices: — School committee, Select-
man, Representative 1888-89.
Served three years in the Civil War.
Married Nov. 27, 1870, Floretta A. Bailey, daughter of Charles F. and
Sarah (Dean) Bailey.
Children : —
Emmeline Bailey, 1871; married Elmer Renches, son of Henry
and Jane, of Fall River, Mass., in Nov. 17, 1897. She died 1899.
Rollin Herbert, 1874; married Ethel L. Watts of Taunton, Mass.
Charles Dean, 1877.
Miriam Folsom, 1879.
Floretta Adella, 1887.
598
James H. Babbitt (Henry-Henry- Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born June 17, 1820.
A farmer in Colrain, Mass. His daughter now resides on his farm.
Married May 30, 1850, Tryphena G. Harris, daughter of Beriah and
Irene (Smith) Harris, of Colrain.
Children:—
Martha J., resides in Colrain, Mass.
599
Mary Anna Babbitt (Henry-Henry- Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Bom Feb. 6, 1823.
Died Sept., 1894.
Married Joseph N. Brown of Whitingham, Vt., April 17, 1844.
Children: —
Lucien.
600
George S. Babbitt (David-Ebenezer-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born in Freetown.
Resided in Fall River and Somerset, Mass.
Married Jan. 1, 1838, Betsey Bowen.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 399
Children:—
Betsey Jane, 1842; d. Aug. 24, 1843.
947 George W., 1845.
Rebecca Jane, 1847; d. July 12, 1848, aged 1 year, 3 months,
26 days.
David Thomas, 1854. Married Dec. 27, 1880, Lena Calvert,
daughter of James and Martha. Born 1862.
Children:—
Henry C, April 13, 1883; d. April 23, 1883.
Arthur.
Fred.
948 Charles H., 1857. Married (1st) Mary E. Calvert, Oct. 6, 1878.
(Sister of Lena above) .
Married (2nd) Gussie P. Cooper, April 3, 1886. She was born
1865, in New York City to John C. and Martha Cooper.
Their son David L., born June 26, 1889.
Elizabeth A., 1858. Married Sept. 1, 1879, Joseph W. MiUs,
born 1858 to Thomas and Betsey. Two children, Ellen and
Lillian.
Sarah E., April 5, 1859; married Feb. 20, 1876, Wm. H. Tew
in Fall River.
601
David Babbitt (David-Ebenezer-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born June 5, 1816. Died March 18, 1902.
Lived in Assonet. A nail cutter by trade.
Ran a grist and savmiill for forty years in Assonet, and died at his work.
Married Mary Hall, daughter of George and Deborah (Shaw) Hall,
in 1837.
Children:—
Rowena M., Feb. 18, 1840. Married April 17, 1869, George A.
Brow, son of Benjamin and Sarah Brow. Married (2nd) David
E. Pierce.
EUzabeth C, Sept. 5, 1852. Married Oct. 12, 1883, Herbert A.
Briggs, son of Matthew and Elizabeth Briggs of Dighton, Mass.
Rebecca J., Aug. 16, 1850; d. Feb. 20, 1865, age 15 years, 6 months,
in Freetown, Mass.
Marianna, June 8, 1845. Resides in Assonet, Mass.
400 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
602
Albert Babbitt (Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Abi jah-Edward-Edward-Edward) .
Bom 1829. Died in Andersonville Prison during the Civil War.
Married Jane F. Chase, June 20, 1852, in Freetown, Mass. She was
born 1829, daughter of Seth and Lurania Chase
Children: —
Charles, d. Sept. 7, 1853, in Fall River.
M. Ella, 1854. Married Nov. 28, 1873, George H. Hardman of
Taunton, son of James and Mary Hardman.
Anna E., March 18, 1855, in Fall River, Mass.
Mary A., Feb. 3, 1857, in Fall River, Mass.
Charles A., May 15, 1860, in Fall River, Mass. Married June 30,
1883, Emma M. Staynor of Cambridge, Mass.
Ida B., Nov. 21, 1861, in Fall River. Married Jan. 22, 1890,
Robert Allen of Westport, Mass., (as his second wife) son of
Charles and Lorinda P. Allen.
Edwin A., July 8, 1864, in Westport, Mass. Married June 30,
1891, Eleanor M. Rudd of Meriden, Conn.
603
William Coe Babbitt (Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Abijah-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Born 1834. Lived in Freetown, Mass.
Married June 11, 1860, Elizabeth (McConnell) Gregory,* daughter of
Watts and Mary McConnell of Tiverton, R. I.
Children: —
George W., Feb. 21, 1861; d. Aug. 11, 1861.
Henrietta, Sept. 23, 1862; m. June 3, 1881, Charies F. Read, son
of Furman and Susan Read.
CaUie, 1865; d. Nov. 22, 1876.
Bertha, July 18, 1866; m. April 7, 1884, William C. Allen, son of
Wm. and Octavia Allen.
WilHam G., Jan. 1869; d. July 30, 1869.
Elizabeth, 1874; m. April 5, 1892, Herbert A. Manchester, son of
Samuel and Margaret.
*NoTE. — EHzabeth Gregory had a daughter, Frances E., who took the
name of Babbitt after her mother's second marriage. She married July
25, 1874, Henry N. Cash of Fall River.
CLARENCE E. LEONARD.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 401
604
Ebenezer Babbitt (Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Feb. 22, 1838.
A sailor in his younger days. Still living; retired.
Married Nov. 28, 1860, Mary McMillan. Bom April 19, 1838, daugh-
ter of James and Ellen of Scotland. She died April 30, 1899.
Children: — Born in Fall River.
Ehiora, Nov. 1862; d. Sept., 1894. Married (1st) James Mace,
Aug, 9, 1883. Married (2nd) James Anthony of Middle-
town, R. I. One child, Russell A.
949 Francis D., Nov. 22, 1866.
Arthur Sylvester, May 25, 1868. Married June 4, 1889, Sarah
Thorpe, daughter of Samuel and Betsey Thorpe. Resides
in New Bedford, Mass. Three children: — Bessie, Raymond,
Arthur.
Ebenezer, Jr., July 9, 1877. 'Married Elizabeth A. Fenton,
June 6, 1900, daughter of Thomas and Annie M. (Whit-
marsh) Fenton. Resides in Fall River, Mass. Two
children: — Annie, Mildred.
605
Edward Francis Babbitt (Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Abijah-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Born Nov. 10, 1842.
A policeman in Fall River.
Married March 13, 1866, Imogene Wordell, daughter of Henry and
Haimah Wordell.
Children: —
Mary G., bom in Fall River, Mass., July 24, 1873. Married Aug.
24, 1890, George W. Simmons, son of Nathan and Annie of
Buffalo, N. Y. He was born in 1867.
Idelle M., Aug. 15, 1877, in Providence, R. I. Married Jan. 23,
1895, Charles L. Foote, son of Lester and Myra (Wayland)
Foote of Lowell, Mass. He was born in 1875.
Imogene F., Oct. 27, 1879. Died young.
402 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
606
Thomas Dean Babbitt (Thomas-Ebenezer-Abijah-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Born Sept. 9, 1829, in Freetown, Mass. Died August 20, 1881.
Married Jan. 1, 1857, Abigail Evans, daughter of Noah and Almira
Evans of Freetown. She married (2nd) Nov. 20, 1886, Horace B. Horton.
Children:—
William Thomas, March 25, 1862; married April 26, 1893, Eva
T. Goflf. One child, Lawrence A., Oct. 24, 1898.
Frederick G., May 22, 1870; d. July 13, 1871.
Emma A., Jan. 26, 1876.
607
Oliver Babbitt (Henry-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born
Oct. 29, 1835. Died July 23, 1863.
Resided in western N. Y.
Married Mary A. Babbitt, daughter of Jos. Lake Babbitt No. 282.
Born June 14, 1834; died Sept. 19, 1896.
Children: —
950 Myron E., July 19, 1859.
951 Marshall O., April 10, 1861.
608
Samuel E. Babbitt (Joseph-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Bom July 23, 1829. Died Jan. 2, 1862.
Resided in western N. Y.
Married Amelia Babbitt, daughter of David Babbitt, No. 284. Born
Jan. 16, 1836; died March 9, 1866.
Children: —
Stella, Oct. 1861.
609
Willis Clare Babbitt (Joseph-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Resides in Belmont, N. Y.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 403
Blacksmith and wagon maker.
Married Ida Cornelius, daughter of Gabriel Cornelius.
One child, Samuel Elery, in East Bradford, Pa.
610
Francis B. Babbitt (Eben-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Served in Co. B, 3rd Mo. Regiment.
Resided in New York State, Monroe Co., later came to Mo.
Married Nov. 2, 1865, Melissa J. Harris.
Children: —
Francis E., Aug. 12, 1866.
952 Richard Wesley, July 10, 1869.
Melvin W., March 1, 1872.
Laura L., Dec. 30, 1874.
Minnie V., Feb. 9, 1877.
Robert B., Oct. 15, 1879; d. aged 15 days.
Cornelius E., May 10, 1884.
Anna E., June 2, 1888.
611
David Osmer Babbitt (David-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born March 1, 1833, in Ontario Co., N. Y. Died Aug. 12, 1895, in
Traverse, City, Mich.
When four years of age his parents moved to Scio, N. Y., where he
remained until he was twenty years of age. Thence he removed to Penn-
sylvania and engaged in the lumber business.
In 1864 he enUsted in Co. M, 21 st Peimsylvania Cavalry and served six
months; and being wounded returned to Scio. In 1868 he came to
Chicago and thence to Marengo, 111. In 1873 he located in Marinette,
Wis., a foreman of the C. & N. W. R. R., and remained with the com-
pany eighteen years, being transferred to Powers, Mich., in 1891.
Married in Ward, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1866, Nancy Maria Chaffee. Born
Oct. 7, 1850, She married (2nd) Stead.
Children: —
953 LilUan M., Feb. 14, 1867; married Wm. Elliott of Detroit, Mich.
404 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
954 Minnie E., March, 1869; married (1st) Theodore Lvindeau.
Married (2nd) Lotus Lambeau.
Jynne, Feb., 1871; married John L. Quever, Resides inTacoma,
Wash.
955 William, 1873. Resides in Waxahachie, Texas.
612
Merrick P. Babbitt (David-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Bom July 15, 1839.
Resides in Belmont, N. Y.
Married Dec. 25, 1861, Elizabeth Brodje, born April 29, 1838.
Children:—
May, Feb. 5, 1863; married James W. Sabin, who was bom
March 19, 1860, in Belmont, N. Y.
956 AmeHa, Aug. 31, 1869.
957 John, Sept. 13, 1872.
613
Vernon Babbitt (David-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Bom
Sept. 8, 1841. Died Nov. 1907.
Resided near Canandaigua, N. Y.
Married about 1871, Sabra Rogers.
Children: —
Jessie.
Lula.
Lucy.
614
Enos Leicester Babbitt (Enos-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Bom June 20, 1835.
Resided near Canandaigua, N. Y.
Died May 1, 1871.
Married 1859, Martha Fingar.
WiUiam, died young.
Wamer. Lives with his mother in Bellona, Yates Co., N. Y.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 405
615
Margaret Loucia Babbitt (Enos-Enos-Abijah-Edwarcl-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born March 31, 1837.
Resided near Canandaigua, N. Y.
Married Nov. 22, 1858, Pierson Van Orman.
Children: —
John.
Carrie.
Belle.
616
Orson Lewis Babbitt (Enos-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Bom Dec. 16, 1840.
Served in Civil War.
Enlisted Aug. 29, 1863, in Co. G, 33rd N. J. Regiment and served until
May 26, 1865.
Family all living in Canandaigua, N. Y.
Married Feb. 4, 1872, Augusta Sonderman.
Children: —
Minnie, Oct. 28, 1884; married Miller.
617
Lucia Ann Babbitt (Enos-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born May 22, 1845.
Resided near Canandaigua, N. Y.
Died Dec. 3, 1899.
Married Edward K. Smith, June 6, 1867.
Children: —
Edward, died young.
Carrie, died young.
Nellie, married Beeman.
618
Charles Babbitt (Abijah-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward). Born
Oct. 23, 1841.
406 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married May 29, 1869, Hannah Francisco. Born March 30, 1845.
Children:—
958 AUen, Feb. 17, 1870.
959 Henry A., July 28, 1871.
Anna.
619
Elijah Babbitt (John C.-Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Born
June 6, 1818, in or near Buffalo. Died May, 1893, in New York City,
and buried in Fahnouth, Mass.
Mr. Babbitt was engaged in transport service during the Civil War,
in company with his son George. They were at one time stationed in
New Orleans, on the "Admiral Dupont."
Married Phoebe Ann Baker.
Born 1825; died 1899.
Children:—
960 George Herbert, June 7, 1843; d. May 22, 1880. Married
(1st) Carrie Button. Married (2nd) Harriet Picard. No
children.
Boston Record — George Babbitt Mariner," son of Elijah
and Phoebe married May 9, 1866, Caroline Button,
daughter of Wm. and Mary of Wayne, Me.
Ellen Caroline, 1845; d. Feb. 5, 1905. Married (1st) Jan.26,
1868, Winslow Burgess. Married (2nd) Jacob Harris.
Married (3rd) Wm. Kilbourne. No children.
Charles C, Jime 7, 1852. Married (1st) Emily Price. Mar-
ried (2nd) Helen Kaufman.
Hattie L., Oct. 1855; d. Jan. 20, 1876; married Harvey Benoit
(or Bennet).
AlmiraG., Oct. 14, 1857; d. Feb. 4, 1873, in Plymouth, Mass.
961 Bradford Baker, Aug. 18, 1859.
620
John E. Babbitt (John- Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward). Bom
June 6, 1828. Bied March 25, 1890, in Allegan, Mich.
Was a lawyer and ofi&cer of Civil War. After the war was connected
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 407
with the Commissary Department in St. Louis, Mo.
Children: —
Lyman H., a lawyer in Allegan, Mich.
621
Elijah C. Babbitt (Elijah- Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Born March 16, 1839, in Boston, N. Y. Died July 15, 1907, in Rochester,
N. Y.
Was in 9th N. Y. Cavalry; six months in Libby Prison; in twenty-six
Battles. Wounded several times. Served entire four years of War.
Married Jan. 10, 1866, Melissa E. Locke, daughter of Myron and
Eunice (Andrus) Locke. Born July 17, 1842; died Sept. 18, 1907, in
Covington, N. Y.
Children: —
Charles William, Feb. 16, 1869. Resides in Rochester, N. Y.
Jennie June, June 1, 1876; married June 6, 1900, Wm. H. Hadley,
in Rochester, N. Y.
622
Charles Joy Babbitt (Joy- Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Served in Co. D., 2nd Reg. Kentucky Cavalry with his brother Hiram.
Died 1888.
Children:—
John W.
Hiram Mason, married Ella Babbitt. See No. 625. They have
one son, Charles Edward.
Delia.
Alice.
OlHe.
623
Stephen Barlow Babbitt (Joy- Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Born Oct. 17, 1834. Died May 24, 1904. Buried in Cannelton, Ind.
Enhsted in Union Army, Co. I, 27th Kentucky Infantry. Served four
years. Was orderly Sergeant.
408 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married Feb. 16, 1854, Martha Matilda Nichols. Born Feb. 4, 1835;
died Sept. 26, 1900.
Children:—
John WilHam, Feb. 4, 1856; d. Aug. 21, 1861.
Millard Fillmore, Oct. 26, 1857.
Sarah Jane, Dec. 15, 1859; married Leof.
Clara Belle, Jan. 7, 1862; d. March 26, 1869.
962 Sylvester Sherman, Nov. 14, 1864.
Mary Elizabeth, April 14, 1868; d. Aug. 11, 1869.
Albert Walker, Feb. 17, 1870.
Emma Viola, Dec. 15, 1872; married Coleman.
Metta Pauline, March 1, 1875; d. Aug. 26, 1879.
624
WiUiam Armitage Babbitt (Joy-Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Dec. 25, 1831, in Warren Co., Pa.
Removed to Kentucky in 1839.
Resides in Litchfield, Ky. A farmer.
Married Aug. 26, 1857, EUzabeth Allen of Grayson Co., Ky.
Children: — All bom in Grayson Co., Ky.
963 Mary E., July 31, 1858.
964 John W., Dec. 11, 1860.
965 Sarah F., July 18, 1863.
966 Martha J., Nov. 5, 1865.
967 Harriett E., March 20, 1868.
968 Louisa C, Feb. 18, 1871.
Two more died in infancy.
625
Hiram Answorth Babbitt (Joy-Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Bom Jan. 22, 1841.
Served in Civil War, Co. D., 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry.
Enhsted Aug. 13, 1862, served three years, twenty-three days, till close
of war.
A farmer in Fordsville, Ky.
Married (1st) America Smith, 1869.
Children: —
969 Joseph S., June 1, 1872.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 409
William H., 1873. Died in infancy.
Ella, Aug. 10, 1874. Married Hiram Babbitt. See No. 622.
Manolia, Nov. 24, 1877. Married Samuel Devarel.
Two children: — Mary A., Arthur,
Married (2nd) Vizella Ellen Basham, June 12, 1884. Born Dec. 13, 1859.
John H., July 19, 1885. Married Cora Lloyd, Nov. 23, 1909.
Hiram Logan, April 27, 1887. Married LHUa Petty, Feb. 2, 1910.
Julia Ann, March 2, 1889. Married Olhe Basham, Dec. 20, 1905.
Children:—
Goldie, Nov. 12, 1907.
011a, 1908.
Debbia P., June 9, 1891. Married Oscar Stuart, Jan. 22, 1906.
Children:—
Delina, March 29, 1909.
Sebert, March 12, 1910.
Stephen F., Oct. 11, 1893.
Claria, Sept. 9, 1897, She was killed in a tornado, June 9, 1909.
Charles B., March 6, 1900.
Sherman, Dec. 23, 1901.
626
Samuel Ledyard Babbitt(Samuel-Nathaniel-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-
Edward). Bom 1831. Died 1898.
Resided in Erie, Pa.
Married Sarah Robinson; born 1833; died 1877.
Children: —
John Robinson, Oct, 25, 1855. Married Dec. 1876, Mary Dolan,
daughter of Patrick and Mary Dolan.
Elizabeth, 1857; died 1864.
George Stone, 1865; died 1902.
627
Emily C. Babbitt (Truman-Nathaniel-Simeon-Seth-Edward-Edward)
Bom 1832 in Pultneyville, N. Y. Died May 6, 1902, in Ware, Mass.
410 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married July 12, 1854, in Canaan, Conn., William Sherman of Ware,
Mass., son of Roger^, and Ora (King) Sherman, (Wm.^-EzekieP,- Jona^-
Benjamin--Phillip). Born Dec. 12, 1828. Died 1911.
, Children: —
Agnes M., May 6, 1856. Married Henry F. Marsh, 1876.
Josephine E., March 6, 1858. Married Luther Carroll, 1877.
Silas Cameron, Dec. 26, 1861. Resides in West Brookfield, Mass.
John Jay, Sept. 7, 1864. Married Albertine Anderson, 1887. Re-
sides in Fall River, Mass.
TilHe E., AprU 22, 1868. Married Vernon B. Ober, 1890.
David B., July 13, 1871. Resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Grace A., Aug. 21, 1875.
OBITUARY NOTICE.
WiUiam T. Sherman, 82, one of the oldest residents of "\\'are, died late
Saturday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Agnes Marsh, on High
Street, from general debihty. Mr. Sherman had been employed as a
carpenter, but retired about twenty years ago, and of late years had been
in feeble health. He was born in Canaan Corners, N. Y., the son of Roger
S. and Ora King Sherman. He came to Ware about thirty-eight years
ago. He was married in 1854 to Emily Babbitt at Canaan Corners. His
wife died several years ago. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs.
Agnes Marsh and Mrs. Tilhe E. Aber of Ware, and Mrs. Israel Brayton
of Fall River; three sons. Dr. David Sherman of Brooklyn, J. J. Sherman
of Fall River and Silas Sherman of West Brookfield, and one brother.
Dr. Wesley Sherman of Brooklyn. The funeral will be held at 3 this
afternoon from the home. Rev. E. W. Lutterman conducting the service.
Burial u-ill be in Aspen Grove cemetery.
628
Hamiah Jeanette Babbitt Kiimey (Simeon-Simeon-Simeon-Nathaniel-
Edward-Edward). Born March 10, 1835, in Bethel, Vt.
She was the oldest chUd of Simeon Augustus and Emily McKinstry
Babbitt. She was educated with great care and her musical taste being
prominent, she was given many advantages, especially in vocal music.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 411
She became a teacher of music and while engaged in that profession she
met Mr. John Jacob Kinney, a lawyer of Jamestown, N. Y., whom she
married April 23, 1861. She died June 25, 1867.
In the obituary from the pen of her rector is portrayed her Christian
character, scarcely developed when she was removed from earth. "Her
death was peaceful. In her last moments, her husband overcome with
grief, sought to receive from her one word or look; her Hps were paralyzed
but she raised her eyes with a smile towards heaven and pointed her fingers
upward. In the midst of life she enters into rest, the record of her Ufe
summed up in mute Hps and heaven-pointed hand. So let us follow the
Christian pathway, guileless and truthful till the open doors reveal our
loved ones in Paradise."
629
Emily Jenny Babbitt (Simeon-Simeon-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-
Edward). Born Oct. 7, 1839.
She received the usual instruction of the pubhc schools and afterwards
studied music and the language at Randolph Academy, Vt. She grad-
uated from Mystic Hall Seminary, West Medford, Mass., in 1858. In
1873 she went to Europe with her sister where they spent a year in the
study of music and the languages in Milan, Italy. She was a teacher
of music for many years, but is now spending her time with friends in the
North and South. Miss Babbitt is the founder of the Babbitt Family Asso.
630
Robert Augustus Babbitt (Simeon-Simeon-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-
Edward). Robert A. Babbitt was born Jan. 21, 1842. He graduated
from the Albany Medical College in 1860, at the age of eighteen. In
1861 he joined the 8th Connecticut Regiment of Volimteers as private
and was appointed Hospital Steward. In 1862 he was appointed Super-
intendent of the Hammond General Hospital in Beaufort, N. C. In 1863
he was promoted Surgeon of the First North Carolina Union Volunteers,
having headquarters in Washington. In 1864 he received the appoint-
ment of Post Surgeon at Beaufort where his labors were too excessive.
His health gave way and he contracted yellow fever from which he died
Oct. 17, 1864. The Vermont State Journal speaks appreciatingly of his
life: — "Though young in years, he proved himself eminently successful
and efficient in his profession, and a faithful and devoted soldier of his
country."
412 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
631
Elbridge Harris Babbitt (Simeon-Simeon-Simeon-Natlianiel-Edward-
Edward). Bom Jaii. 23, 1844.
He attended the Military School, Norwich University, Vt., and
while there he enlisted June 7, 1862, in the 17th U. S. Infantry as ser-
geant with headquarters in Portland, Me. He soon went with his regi-
ment to the Army of the Potomac at Harrison's Landing, Va. He was
in the battle of Fredericksburg and was seriously woimded at Gettysburg,
July 2, 1863, and was sent to a hospital in Philadelphia. In March, 1864,
he joined his brother Robert in the North Carolina Union Vols, as Second
Lieutenant. He was most of the time acting Adjutant and Assistant
Adjutant General in the Department of North Carolina until the close
of the war.
Married in Jamestown, N. Y., Jime 2, 1867, Izora Estella Reese of
Warren, Pa. She died Feb. 24, 1881.
Children: —
Emily McKinstry, Aug. 23, 1869. She married Arthur B. Smith
of Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 12, 1891.
Robert Augustus, Dec. 8, 1870. Married Jtme 18, 1900, Mary
Armstrong of Washington, D. C.
Izora Estelle, Feb. 26, 1873. Married Charles S. Gunn of Tolono,
111., July 25, 1898.
Elizabeth Anne, Sept. 16, 1877. Married Lesley McWhorter of
Washington, D. C, Jan. 1, 1899.
Lydia May, Dec. 4, 1879. Married Harry G. Tolson of Wash-
ington, D. C, June 23, 1903.
On Oct. 9, 1883, Mr. Babbitt was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth
Boyce of Washington, Pa. They were married by the Rev. Dr. Leake
in Allegheny City, Pa.
The family removed to Washington, D. C, in Sept., 1892, where Mr.
Babbitt was employed for several years in the War Department.
At the beginning of the Spanish American War he entered the service
and was coimected with the Quarter-master's Department until the close
of the war. After a residence of one year at Porto Rico, to which point
he had been assigned for duty, he returned to Washington. He is stUl
active and energetic and looks forward to many years of usefulness.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 413
632
Mary Lucetta Babbitt Kinney (Simeon-Simeon-Simeon-Nathaniel-
Nathaniel-Edward) .
She was educated in music and the classics in Randolph Academy, Vt.
She was married Oct. 16, 1866, to John Kendrick Kinney of Randolph,
Vt. Their home was in Clinton, Iowa, for many years.
Children: —
Mary Kendrick bom July 4, 1868. Married Ira Brainard of
Brooklyn, N. Y. Has one child, Martha Elizabeth, bom in
Montpeher, Vt., April 6, 1890. Mrs. Kinney, with her daugh-
ter and granddaughter, has resided in London, England, for
several years.
Hugh Skinner, Nov. 1, 1872.
633
Elizabeth Anne Babbitt (Simeon- Simeon- Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-
Edward).
Elizabeth Anne Babbitt Silverthorn was born June 10, 1848, in Bethel,
Vermont. She received the usual pubHc school instruction at the Acad-
emy, Randolph, Vt. After finishing her studies in the Academy, she
went to Boston to study music, both vocal and instrumental, with private
masters and in the New England Conservatory of Music. After con-
tinued study, together with teaching and public performance, she went
to Europe with her sister, where she studied music and the languages in
Milan, Italy. Upon her return to America she located in Evansville,
Indiana, singing in church and concert, and teaching extensively.
Married Aug. 28, 1879, John Newton Silverthorne, Evansville, Ind.,
son of Henry and Elizabeth (McCracken) Silverthorne. Born Sept. 12,
1821;diedAug. 18, 1883.
Children: —
Bessie, April 12, 1881, in Evansville, Ind. Resides in Montpeher, Vt.
634
George Ashton Babbitt (Simeon-Simeon-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-
Edward). Born Dec. 30, 1852.
He was educated in the public schools and at Randolph Academy, Vt.
He chose the profession of medicine. After the usual course of study
414 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
pursued at his home, he attended his first course of lectures at the Medi-
cal College of Dartmouth. His second course he took at Long Island
College, L. I., and graduated from that institution June 21, 1875. He
was appointed House Surgeon at the hospital connected with the college
for the year ending July 1, 1876. At that time he decided to locate in
the West. He chose for his home the little mining town called A^'estern
Star, Summit Co., Ohio. There he practiced for many years.
Married June 18, 1892, Minnie E. Melville of Kent, Ohio.
Children: —
George Melville, June 7, 1883; d. Dec. 9, 1902.
Louisa Emily, Aug. 2, 1886.
Paul McKinstry, Dec. 13, 1889.
In 1906 Dr. Babbitt removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where he intends to
make his permanent home.
635
Sarah Elizabeth Babbitt (Jonathan- Jonathan-Elijah-Nathaniel-Ed-
ward-Edward). Born Dec. 23, 1841. Died Feb. 11, 1899.
Married May 1, 1866, in Dana, Mass., Joseph D. Lincoln, son of
Thomas and Lucy. Born April 15, 1841 .
Children: —
Carrie, Jan. 31, 1868; d. Oct. 3, 1870.
Florence, Oct. 9, 1872.
636
Rinaldo Babbitt (Jonathan- Jonathan-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born July 27, 1851, in Dana, Mass., on the farm where three
generations of his family had lived.
Resides in Orange, Mass. Member of Babbitt Asso.
Married April 25, 1882, Ella S. Stearns, daughter of Edward Stearns.
Born Nov. 27, 1855.
Children: —
Una G., Jan. 1, 1888; married Sept. 18, 1907, Elbridge Goodwin.
Roy S., March 9, 1895.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 415
637
Osman Babbitt (Rosselle- Jonathan-Eli jah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward) .
Born June 26, 1841. Died July 2, 1908.
Married March 31, 1867, Julia A. Clark.
Children: —
970 Annie, May 19, 1870.
Ruth E., Feb. 28, 1875; d. Oct. 4, 1877.
Rosselle B., Oct. 19, 1880; d. March 10, 1882.
Joel C, April 20, 1883; married Esther E. Potter, April 3, 1909.
No children. He died Sept. 11, 1909.
Julia M., March 11, 1888; married James R. McHue, Sept.
16, 1906.
638
Susan Babbitt (Rosselle- Jonathan-Eli jah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward) .
Born Jan. 12, 1843.
Mrs. Dreher is an active member of the Babbitt Association and has
given much help in the collection of records of her branch of the family.
Resides in Oregon, Wis.
Married Dec. 25, 1867, William H. Dreher. Died Jan. 8, 1885.
Children:—
Isaac W., Nov. 26, 1871, married Oct. 26, 1903, Mae Peterson.
Velma, July 4, 1875; married April 9, 1901, Henry Matson.
Children:—
Helena, Sept. 29, 1902.
Morris, Oct. 5, 1903.
Bernice, Oct. 19, 1905.
Robert, June 27, 1907.
Infant daughter, Nov. 2, 1876; died same day.
639
Byron Babbitt (Rosselle- Jonathan-Eli jah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Born Dec. 15, 1844.
Married June 1, 1877, Marion Dick.
Children:—
Daisy E., Sept. 23, 1878; m. Wm. E. Canniff, AprH 29, 1907.
CaUie, Jan. 11, 1882; m. Edward Bartz, Sept. 3, 1903.
Clinton, Aug. 26, 1886; m. Esther Klaven, Nov. 2, 1908.
416 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
640
Emily Babbitt (Rosselle-Jonathan-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Bom Aug. 19, 1847.
Married July 10, 1873, Adolf Bielz.
Children:—
Nettie v., July 5, 1874.
Albert, Feb. 26, 1876; married Martha Larsen, Nov. 6, 1895.
641
Anna Babbitt (Rosselle- Jonathan-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Bom Jan. 19, 1859.
Married Dec. 1, 1878, Peter Steury.
Children: —
George, Oct. 2, 1879; married July 24, 1909, VemaGoss.
Barbara, Nov. 24, 1885; married March 16, 1905, Wm. Stober.
One Child:—
OUve Belle, March 14, 1906.
642
Adela C. Babbitt (Massena- Jonathan-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Sept. 18, 1841, in Girard, Pa.
Died March 27, 1876, in Girard, Pa.
Married Jan. 1, 1859, in Girard, Pa., S. L. Mason.
Children:—
George, died in infancy.
Clyde, died in twentieth year.
643
Eric Babbitt (Massena- Jonathan-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Bom Sept. 2, 1847, in Girard, Pa.
Married in Ediftboro, Pa., March 30, 1870, Ellen J. Francis. Bom
May 15, 1849.
Children: —
971 Mary M., Feb. 28, 1871.
Cora E., Oct. 24, 1882; married J. E. Greenslade, May 2, 1908.
PLINY BABBITT.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 417
644
Frank Babbitt (Massena- Jonathan-Eli jah-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward) .
Bom in Girard, Pa., Feb. 8, 1850.
Married March 29, 1871, Louise M. Wright.
Children:—
Emma, April 13, 1873; d. Dec. 16, 1889.
645
Asher Stevens Babbitt (Leander-James-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born April 9, 1836, in Clintonville, N. Y. Died Dec, 1888.
Mr. Babbitt was an instructor in High Schools — also an inventor. He
invented a platform rocker; also a baby carriage and chair.
Married Emmeline Weston Jones of Jay, N. Y., in 1864, daughter
of Lamson Jones. She was born in 1837 and is now Uving in South
Pasadena, Cal.
Children:—
972 Ella Sophia, July 20, 1865.
Mabel Sarah, March 23, 1867; d. March 21, 1876.
973 William Albert, June 25, 1869.
974 Adelaide Gertrude, Aug. 6, 1871.
Alonson Jones, Dec. 16, 1872; d. Feb. 21, 1876.
Jessie Ellen, Dec. 30, 1874. Resides in South Pasadena, Cal.
646
Marion Sarah Babbitt (Leander- James-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Aug. 11, 1844, in Keeseville, N. Y.
Resides in North Elba, N. Y.
Married Samuel M, French, Sept. 11, 1864, in Ansable Forks, N. Y.,
son of Luman and Clara French. Born Sept. 14, 1833. Died Aug. 26, 1875.
Children: — All born at the French Homestead in Frankhn, N. Y.
EmmaLoretta, Oct. 6, 1865; d. Jan. 26, 1883.
William Leander, Nov. 20, 1866. Resides in Plymouth, Mass.
An electrical engineer. Married Gertrude Pine. One son — Roger.
Frank A., March 5, 1868. Resides in Brookville, Mass. Married
June 15, 1892, Emma Blanding of Putnam, Conn.
Two children: — Frank, Raymond.
4l8 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Fred L., July 4, 1870. Resides in Somerville, Mass. An electrical
engineer. Married June 27, 1898, Gertrude Bigelow of Keese-
ville, N. Y.
Three children — Gertrude, Herbert, Harold.
Harry Isham, June 1, 1872. Resides in Campello, Mass. Mar-
ried Dec. 5, 1895, in Whitman, Mass., Lena Kimball, daughter
of David and Charlotte Kimball.
Children:—
Clark Kimball, Feb. 25, 1902.
Alan Douglas, June 12, 1904.
Henry George, April 26, 1874. Resides in Pordand, Ore. Mar-
ried Jan. 5, 1906, Annie C. Thomas of Buffalo, N. Y.
Children: — George, Wallace.
647
Manfred Pire Babbitt (Leander- James-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Feb. 2, 1847.
He lived in Keeseville, Jay and Franklin Falls, N. Y. Resides in Barre
Mass. A millwright and farmer.
Married Aug. 16, 1868, Marion E. Weston, daughter of James and
Olive Weston of Keeseville, N. Y.
Children: — First two born in Keeseville, N. Y.
Viola, Nov. 1869.
Edgar A., April 17, 1873. Resides in Salmon River, N. Y. Served
three years in Philippine War. Has three children.
LUHan, Oct. 1875, in Jay, N. Y.; d. June 1882.
Leander, April 16, 1876, in FrankHn Falls, N. Y. Resides in Barre,
Mass. A farmer.
Has three children: — Alfred, Ernest, Myrtle.
George E., April 21, 1877. Resides in Albany, N. Y. A plumber
for D. & H. R. R.
Has one son, Robert.
Harry, July 12, 1878. A ranchman in Montana.
OUve, March 31, 1880; d. Oct. 1905. Married Watson Ferris of
Jay, N. Y.
Two children: — Ernest, Earl.
Marion, May 10, 1881. Resides in Albany, N. Y. A tailoriste.
Ernest, May 1882; d. Aug. 1882.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 419
648
Curtis Henry Babbitt (Leander-Elijah-Nathamel-Edward-Edward) .
Born April 26, 1851.
Resides in Lake Placid, N. Y. An electrical engineer.
Married (1st) April 20, 1876, Carrie W. Woodruff, daughter of William
and Maribah Woodruff. Born May 16, 1853. Died March 9, 1880.
Children:—
Lulu, June 7, 1877; d. Aug. 1877.
Eva S., Oct. 22, 1878; d. Aug. 23, 1882.
Married (2nd) May 8, 1886, Imogene Sebra, daughter of Benjamin
and Mary Ann Sebra. Born May 8, 1863.
Children:—
Maud M., March 20, 1887; d. May 28, 1891.
Metta M., Sept. 15, 1891.
649
John D. Babbitt (Nathan-David-David-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Born Dec. 10, 1835.
Lives in Dale, N, Y.
Married Emma Adella Chase, Nov. 24, 1859. Born Nov. 6, 1840.
Children: —
Reuben B., Oct. 4, 1860; d. June 27, 1878. Unmarried.
Carrie, March 20, 1862. Unmarried in Dale , N. Y.
Alta A., Dec. 10, 1863; d. Feb. 22, 1864.
975 Grace A., Sept. 24, 1865.
Sarah C, Oct. 22, 1870.
Mary L., Nov. 17, 1873. Married Feb. 3, 1897,
Lovell F. Smith. Lives in Dale, N. Y.
Martha F., Nov. 17, 1873. Died in infancy, March .
27, 1874.
Henry C, Aug. 6, 1875. In 1872 was livmg in Buffalo, N. Y.
Married Nora Kennedy, Sept. 17, 1903. She was born
April 24, 1878. Son— Allan Dale, May 28, 1910.
420 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Fanny F., April 15, 1879. Married May 1, 1901, Dexter
Burrett. Lives in Cleveland, O. Son — Ralph, born April
30, 1902.
Lloyd C, July 19, 1881. Unmarried; lives in Dale, N. Y.
976 John J., May 10, 1869; d. Oct. 21, 1901. Conductor on
Lehigh Valley R. R. for twelve years. Was accidentally
killed. Married Aug. 15, 1894, Emma A. Kennedy, born
April 17, 1872. Son— Roy T., July 27, 1895.
Emma A., Feb. 4, 1886; d. Feb. 27, 1886.
650
David Babbitt (Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born May 1794. Died March 17, 1867, aged 72 years, 10 months.
Learned the shoe maker's trade.
Moved from Otsego Co. to Rushford about 1838. Stayed one year
in Pike, N. Y., on the way, where his brother lived.
In personal appearance was strikingly like Thomas Jefiferson.
David Babbitt, on the 13th of April, 1858, stated that he resided in
Rushford, N. Y., and was 63 years old; that he was enlisted or drafted
for service in War with Great Britain in Otsego, N. Y., on the 22nd of
September, 1814, for three months and served seven weeks. He received
Land Warrant No. 20565 for 120 acres of land.
DAVID BABBITT.
(From the Tovm History of Rushford, N. Y.)
David Babbitt, a cavalier in the War of 1812, moved into Rushford
in 1838, and occupies one hundred acres of the farm now owned by the
Babbitt family. One his way from Otsego County he tarried a year in
Pike, where live the descendants of Stephen Babbitt, the only relatives
of the family by that name in this part of the state. His wife's maiden
name was Lucy Shipman, which is all that is known of her family except
that they were of Puritan lineage.
One of his grandmothers, Rachel La Cry, is supposed to have been
French and was certainly one of the Acadian refugees who were distribu-
ted among the colonies. He never saw her only once and then for less
than a half day, somewhere in the vicinity of Long Island Sound during
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 421
the War of 1812. She gave him a pathetic, graphic and tragical account
of the burning of their home; but her thoughts seemed to continually
turn to the escape of two brothers while the good Puritans were coral-
ling them at the water's edge to be forced aboard their ships, regardless
of relationship, age or sect. Sbe also told him that some of his other
ancestors were purely Scotch Irish. She was very gray or even white
with large lustrous extremely black eyes, a characteristic which she alone
transmitted to nearly half of her descendants of the next three generations.
David was a confirmed rationalist; his wife equally as devout a church-
woman. They had six children that grew to m.anhood and womanhood,
three of each. The youngest son, Albert, was the first soldier from Alle-
gany County who was actually shot in the Rebellion; some had died in
the service before that. The youngest daughter also died young. David
was six feet and one and one-half inches tall, twenty inches broad across
the shoulders, and of proportionate weight; in his younger days a wrest-
ler, a ball player and athlete. As a practical joke his brother Stephen
wrote the name of Thomas Jefferson on one of David's pictures and pre-
sented it to one of the Masonic Lodges of Wyoming County. Eight
years later, when David visited the same lodge, the long arranged joke
was first discovered.
Nature undoubtedly mtended David Babbitt for a naturalist. Without
question he was the acutest observer of natural phenomena of any resi-
dent of the town of his time or since, and knew the peculiarities and dis-
tinquishing characteristics, haunts, habits and names of a greater pro-
portion of our insects, reptiles, animals and birds than any other person
in this vicinity. He was familiar with the elementary principles of as-
tronomy, locating the position of all the planets of our solar system,
visible at any time of the year, as readily as ordinary people can the phases
of the moon. Only a few years before his death he began a systematic
study and investigation of the geological features of the foothills of the
ancient Appalachians in this vicinity.
Explanation of discoveries made since his day, hke the X-ray, radium
and wireless telegraphy, when shelled out of their technical terms, are
nothing more or less than his theory of a fourth state of matter, less com-
plicated, perhaps, in its universal application to the imiverse. He hoped
and beheved, but not with the assurance of certainty, that death was to
relieve us of dependence upon matter in its cruder forms, by endowing
us with senses acute enough to make use of it in its more refined forms.
422 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
This belief was derived from a vast multitude of deductions from natural
phenomena only.
INIr. Babbitt was a very careful observer of people and believed that
the great Iroquois Confederacy had displayed a wonderful capacity in
organizing their league of different tribes.
He was a shoemaker by trade but never worked at it except in incle-
ment weather, and sometimes a Httle, evenings. His amusements were
mostly confined to investigations of natural phenomena of some kind.
Sundays he took his wife to church, returning for her. In the afternoon
and evening he took long walks, mostly in the woods and along the banks
of streams, sometimes but not often taking a gun vnth him, vnth which
to secure specimens; but he never hunted for sport, although he was a
perfectly accurate shot at eighty rods v^th the rifle. He almost invari-
ably carried a newspaper or magazine with him, which he read at in-
tervals through the day, while resting from work or waiting for anything.
Some idea of his reading capacity may be formed from his boast that
in just fifty weeks he read all of the first fifty volumes of the old Podonque
school library, lacking only three of maldng the record consecutive, be-
cause some one else had all that he had not already read on those weeks.
The five volumes of RolLin's Ancient History or of a Josephus' Works
were a fair average of their voluminousness. He had a very thorough
and practical private instruction in all of the higher mathematics by
George R. Perkins, who was preparing for pubHcation a series of text-
books; paying for the same and earning additionally, first by pure copy
work, then, observing that Perkins had many grammatical and spelling
difificulties, (although he could readily solve any kind of a mathematical
proposition, except the reading of his ovm writing) he suggested writing
from dictation, which proved faster and better for them both. He was
very methodical. Although he attended an old-fashioned district school,
he made enough use of that to teach a select school in town, that would
now be rated several grades higher than those which he attended.
No amoimt of noise disturbed him in the least while reading, but touch
his chair, book, candle, or especially the snuffers on the chair arm, and —
well, there was considerable to it, with ulterior or posterior inferences,
when the writer of this was a repenting "Kid." He died with as much
confident assurance that a tallow candle gave a better light to read by
than the brighter Ught of a kerosene lamp does, as he had of the final
adoption of his hypothesis concerning geological climatic phenomena
and the fourth state of matter.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 423
Married Lucy Shipman. Born 1794-5. Died June 3, 1873. Both
buried in Podonque Cemetery, RusMord, N. Y. Lucy Shipman was a
tailoress before her marriage. A remarkably bright woman. Her des-
cendants delight to tell that at the fiftieth anniversary of the settlement
of Rushford, she volimteered to roast the pig in the "real old-fashioned
way," when she really had never done such a thing before. With her
astonished husband's help it was a great success.
Children: —
Sally, 1820; d. Aug. 2, 1853, age 33 years, 10 months, 20 days.
Married Lowell Farwell. He died Feb. 8, 1863, aged 37 years.
Children:—
Darius, Milo, Henry, Almeda, Florence.
977 Horace, 1824.
978 Wilham, 1828.
Lemyra, 1833; d. March 13, 1858, aged 33 years, 2 months,
20 days. A school teacher, graduate of Rushford Academy.
Albert, 1835. Killed July 21, 1861, at Bull Run at almost
the first volley of the attack. The first from Alleghany Co.
to die in defence of his country.
He was a remarkably handsome fellow, of splendid physique,
genial and witty, of fine personality. He was quite a musi-
cian and taught dancing. He was also talented in sketching
and free hand drawing.
He attended Rushford Academy. Enlisted May 13, 1861,
Co. I, 27th N. Y. Infantry.
Milo, resided in Syracuse, N. Y.
979 Lucy Aim.
651
Margaret Babbitt (Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Died about 1878, aged 80 years.
Married Ira Dorr Bishop, of Delevan, N. Y.
Children:—
Dorcas, m. Harry Dow.
Margaret, m. Harvey Alderman.
Reuben, m. Mary Daggett.
Palmyra, m. Nelson Daggett.
424 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Myanda, m. (1st) Crosby; (2nd) Hiram Webster.
John, m. Helen Harmon.
Sarah, m. Duty Hawkins.
Amasa, m. Katurah Howell.
Romelia, died, aged 14 years.
652
Josiah Babbitt (Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom 1798. Died March 18, 1853.
In 1820 ensign in 2nd Regiment of Infantry of Otsego Co., N. Y.
Married 1820, Melinda Baker.
Children:—
Albert, 1821; d. Dec. 15, 1830.
980 Chester, Oct. 2, 1823.
981 Amanda, 1825.
Sarah, 1827; d. May 3, 1828.
982 Reuben, Sept. 27, 1837.
653
Stephen Babbitt (Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Born April 3, 1806, in Otsego, N. Y. Died March 19, 1857.
Settled in Pike, Wyoming Co. His son Elias is now living in his
old homestead.
Married Nov. 14, 1829, Fannie Bhss, daughter of Eleazer and Clarissa
(Boardman) Bliss. Bom Jan. 22, 1814, and died Nov. 19, 1896.
Children: —
983 Mary, Jan. 29, 1831.
984 Leander, Jan. 6, 1833.
985 Sylvester, Dec. 13, 1835.
Stephen, Oct. 25, 1840; d. Aug. 6, 1843.
986 Elias, Aug. 17, 1844.
987 Eliza, Aug. 17, 1844.
988 Frances Othelia, Sept. 4, 1848.
654
Anna Babbitt (Warren-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Born Sept. 14, 1797. Died Sept. 5, 1867, in Fly Creek, N. Y.
ISAAC BABBITT HOMESTEAD,
BARRE, MASS.
ISAAC BABBITT.
IRENE ADELINE LOVELL.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 425
Resided in Fly Creek, N. Y.
Married Aug. 7, 1814, James Johnson. Born Oct. 20, 1788. Died
April 10, 1846.
Children: —
Edward, May 19, 1815; d. Sept. 17, 1827.
Infant son. May 18, 1817; d. May 18, 1817.
Erastus H., Nov. 7, 1818; d. Oct. 31, 1838.
Infant daughter. May 24, 1820; d. May 24, 1820.
James H., Nov. 9, 1821; d. Feb. 26, 1896. Married VVaity
Eldredge, Dec. 6, 1842.
Charles, Feb. 5, 1824; d. Feb. 5, 1824.
Eliza Ann, June 1, 1825; d. March 11, 1843. Married John
R. Williams.
Albert, July 7, 1828; d. Aug. 9, 1904. Married Lavona Hinds.
Mary, Oct. 7, 1830; d. Jan. 8, 1901. Married James Van
Horn, 1850.
Children:—
James H., April 3, 1852.
Charles A., Feb. 23, 1856; d. Feb. 27, 1905.
Anna, Dec. 13, 1858. Married Austin Leonard.
Daniel, May 13, 1833; d. Sept. 3, 1861. Married Catherine Tuttle.
Russell A., Sept. 30, 1839; d. Jan., 1903. A colonel in Civil War.
Married Ellen Merrill.
One other died in infancy.
655
Clarissa Babbitt (Warren-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Born Sept. 7, 1801. Died Feb. 11, 1848, in Fly Creek, N. Y.
Resided in Fly Creek, N. Y.
Married (1st) Thorpe.
One child: — Earl, m. Abbie Steinburg. No children.
Married (2nd) John Thompson.
Children: — Sarah, m. Truman Ellin wood of Brooklyn, N. Y.
426 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Mr. Ellinwood conducted one of the first schools of Sten-
ography in Brooklyn. Mrs. Ellinwood died in Brooklyn.
They had a daughter Mamie, who died young.
Eunice m. Elon Denio, of Auburn, N. Y. Mr. Denio died in Au-
burn, N. Y, 1882, and his widow and children, Lettie and Carl-
ton reside now in Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. Denio was a member
of a manufacturing company in Auburn, N. Y.
656
Daniel Babbitt (Warren-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom May 4, 1804, in Otsego, N. Y. Died March 14, 1884 aged 79 years.
A shoemaker by trade in early years. In 1837 bought the farm in
Otsego, N. Y., afterward occupied by his son Charles.
Married (1st) Anna Woodward, daughter of Abijah Woodward, who
died in 1844.
Children:—
Susan, March 30, 1827; d. Feb. 22, 1878; m. Dwight Chapman.
Had one daughter, Nellie May, who married Ira Thompson.
See No. 658.
989 Andrew J.
990 Warren.
Charles, Dec. 2, 1834; m. Sarah Green, 1853. Learned the
trade of carpenter and gave it up because of failure of his
health. He then carried on his father's farm. Had son and
daughter who both died young. Another son died aged
sixteen.
Resides in Fly Creek, N. Y.
Daniel, killed May 5, 1864, in Civil War, Co. F., N. Y.VoL,
121 Regiment. Not married.
Married (2nd) Catherine Popple. Born March 30, 1827, and died
Feb. 22, 1878.
657
Eunice Babbitt (Warren- Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward),
Bom Jan. 29, 1807. Died Sept. 12, 1879.
Resided in Fly Creek, N. Y.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 427
Married Daniel Carpenter, in Fly Creek, N. Y.
Children: —
Ervin, m. Jane Wheeler, in Fly Creek, N. Y.
Children: — Clarence, Ada.
Maria, m. Schuyler O'Brien. No children.
658
Roswell Babbitt (Warren-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward)
Born March 29, 1813, in Otsego, N. Y. Died May 1899, in New Lisbon,
N.Y.
A farmer.
Married Ann Elizabeth Brown. Born in Fly Creek, Dec. 22, 1819;
died March 29, 1903, in Onceonta, N. Y.
Children:—
Franklin Henry, May 5, 1842. Born in Otsego, N. Y.; m.
Delia Trowbridge. Removed to Danville, 111.
Children:—
Blanche, April 24, 1863.
Bertha, d. March 19, 1873.
Harry D. 1871, of New York City. An electrician.
991 Lucien Emory, April 30, 1844, in Exeter, N. Y.
992 EUen Lydia, Aug. 29, 1847, m Otsego, N. Y.
Em.ma Charlotte, Aug. 2, 1849; m. Dwight Chapman, Had
Sara Beth, born Oct. 9, 1886; died Jan. 18,1893. Resides
in Auburn, N. Y. See No. 656.
993 Otis H., March 19, 1854, in Otsego, N. Y.
Grace May, Oct. 9, 1862, in Otsego, N. Y. ; m. Robert George, in
New Lisbon, N. Y. No children.
659
Semi Babbitt (David-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Oct. 5, 1788, m Cheshire, Mass. Died March 26, 1860, in Flemmg,
N. Y.
Settled in Otsego Co., N. Y. Afterward resided in Fleming, N.Y.,
where he died.
In records of Secretary of States office in Albany, N. Y.,is recorded,
"April 1, 1822, land in the mihtary tract in town of AureHus, Cayuga Co.
is granted Semi Babbitt." He was probably in the War of 1812 to secure
this Bounty Land.
428 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
In 1820, he was Lieutenant of the 109th Regiment of Infantry of
Cayuga Co., N. Y.
Married March 13, 1789, Nancy Luther, who died Aug. 7, 1876.
Children: —
Franklin Luther, Dec. 2, 1812; d. April 9, 1859.
C. Jeanette, Oct. 9, 1815; d. Nov. 12, 1896.
David Huburt, March 1, 1817; son Edison in New York City.
WilUam Harrison, Oct. 20, 1819; m. Harriet ( ).
Children: —
Esther.
Helen.
Mortimer C, May 27, 1822; d. April, 1894.
Laura Ann, Feb. 26, 1824; d. July 25, 1825.
Charies Henry, April 16, 1826; d. April 27, 1886.
Children: —
Hattie, m. Ira Vosburgh. Resides in Auburn, N. Y.
Frances.
660
William Babbitt (David-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Oct. 6, 1791, in Lanesboro, Mass. Died May 28, 1860, in Lanes-
boro, Mass.
A farmer.
Married Hannah Piatt, daughter of Abiel and Rhoda Piatt. Died
Sept. 1, 1847, aged 64 years.
Children:—
Piatt Delascus, born in Pittsfield, Mass. ; d. 1872, in Niagara Falls,
N. Y. Married Clara Bowen, born March 20, 1820, who died
in October, 1908, in East Auroro, N. Y. No children.
Electa, m. Rule in Cincinnati, Ohio.
661
Stephen Babbitt (David-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom June 8, 1798, in Lanesboro, Mass.
Resided in Lanesboro, Mass.
Died May 1, 1860. Drowned in Poutoosuc Lake.
Married April 6, 1824, in Pownal, Vt., Salome Stalls, who died Dec.
10, 1859, aged 71 years.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 429
One child: —
George W., 1841; d. June 18, 1863, in Baton Rouge, La. Un-
married. Was a soldier in 49th Regiment.
662
David Lee Babbitt (Daniel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Baptized Aug. 19, 1806.
Was a farmer in Burton, N. B.
Married Phoebe Babbitt, May 3, 1838. See No. 310. Born June 19,
1819. Died Aug. 28, 1903.
Children: —
994 Dorothy, March 1, 1840.
995 Mary Eliz., July 25, 1842.
996 Frances Ameha, Nov. 29, 1844.
Daniel S., April 22, 1847. Unmarried.
Maria, died young.
Henry Emerson, died young.
997 Sarah Jane, April 27, 1854.
John Smith, unmarried.
663
Samuel Babbitt (Daniel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward ).
Bom May, 1814, on the Bay Chaleur. Died Dec, 1880.
Mr. Babbitt was cashier of the Central Bank and later of the People's
Bank of Frederickton, N. B.
He was also an Alderman in Frederickton.
Married Maria Nealon.
Children:—
998 Carohne.
999 George Nealon.
Isabel, unmarried. Resides in Frederickton, N. B.
Annie, married George Lee. No children.
David Lee married Miss Mae McLaughlin. No children.
He is on the staff of the People's Bank in Frederickton.
1000 John.
430 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY,
664
John Babbitt (Daniel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
A farmer in Burton, N. B.
Married Hannah Wasson.
Children:—
1001 James.
Thomas; unmarried.
Frederick, unmarried.
Eliza, uimiarried.
1002 George Elkanah.
665
Rebecca Yoeman Babbitt (Daniel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Baptized Sept. 7, 1817.
Married (1st) Kenney.
One child: —
Mark.
Married (2nd) John Nicholson of Chatham, N. B.
Children : —
James.
Thomas.
WilUam, married Annie Jones.
Charles.
Daniel, died young.
Samuel.
Jessie, married Fitzpatrick.
Rebecca, married Fowler.
666
Archelaus Purdy Babbitt (David-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born 1809. Died March 2, 1858, aged 49 years, in
Picton, Ont.
Baptized April 5, 1811, in Frederickton, N. B.
Removed to Picton, Ont., He had a tannery for some years in Wel-
lington, a village near Picton.
Married (1st) Rhoda Thorne (called "Sophie" on tombstone). Born
1816. Died June 13, 1849.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 431
Children: —
Robert.
Phoebe EHzabeth, married Paul Leavens.
Married (2nd) Matilda, daughter of Stephen Niles of Wellington, Ont.
Born 1822. Died Dec. 15, 1858.
Children: —
Stephen.
Lydia, married John Stapleton,
Fred.
667
Richard Yoemans Babbitt (David-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Nov. 10, 1816, in Frederickton, N. B. Died March 25,
1871.
Removed to Picton, Ont. from New Brunswick, with his father. Was
a captain on the lakes and owned a number of boats, among them:
"The Duke of Wellington."
"The Free Trader."
"The Mariam."
"Sir Richard Peel."
"Steamer Express."
Married (1st) Mariam Niles, daughter of Stephen Niles. Born Jan. 16,
1816 in Wellington, Ont. Died Nov. 5, 1862, in Picton.
Children:—
Sarah MatUda, Nov. 18, 1839.
1003 Horatio Nelson, March 3, 1842.
Jane Ann, July 11, 1844; d. Aug. 12, 1875.
Arnold S., July 4, 1847.
Lydia Adelia, Aug. 25, 1849; d. Jan. 10, 1881.
Married (2nd) Catherine Palmer, March 2, 1863.
Children:—
Walter, Nov. 18, 1864; a doctor by profession; married May
Bowman of St. Johns, N. B. Removed to Oregon where
he died. Had one son.
Richard Carrick, Sept. 24, 1866. Married Mayme Hoig of
St. Louis, Mo .
One son, Meredith.
Mr. Babbitt is a Banker in Toronto, Ont., and resides in
Oshawa, Ont.
432 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
668
Daniel Perez Babbitt (David-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanali-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born 1823. (Tombstone says 1820). Died Dec. 25,
1902, in Picton, Ont.
He was a sailor on the Great Lakes on the boats of his brother Richard.
In earlier years a school teacher.
Married (1st) Amy Warren.
Children: —
Nancy 1856, married James H. Bradbier of Los Angeles, Cal.,
and died 1899.
Fred, died young.
Married (2nd) Lydia J. Born 1831 ; died 1896.
669
Sarah Rebecca Babbitt (Da\ad-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward).
Married William Nevens of Jemsey, Queens Co., N. B.
Children: —
William,
David; drowned. Unmarried.
Ernest.
Mary, married E. H. Babbitt, No. 672.
Ann.
Frances.
670
Mary Susanna Babbitt (Samuel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom June 29, 1828.
Her husband was a meat dealer and contractor for meat supplies for
the British Army.
Married WilUam C. Godsoe of St. John, N. B.
Children:—
Dr. Charles P., a dentist, now resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dr. Frank A., a dentist in St. John, N. B. A prominent Mason
and K. P.
DYER BABBITT.
(No, 393)
REV, SAMUEL TILLOTSON
BABBITT.
(No. 190)
GEN. EDWIN B. BABBITT.
(No. 191)
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 433
Fred A., in laundry business in St. John, N. B.
Ermance Gertrude, deceased.
Maud.
William C.
Minnie.
671
Benjamin Samuel Babbitt (Samuel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born May 29, 1830.
He was proprietor of a general store in Gagetown, N. B.
Married Jan. 7, 1858, Hannah Serin Smith.
Children:—
Serin Smith, June 19, 1859. Resides in Gagetown, N. B. Mar-
ried Oct. 31, 1888, John R. Dunn, a lawyer in St. John and
Gagetown, N. B.
Children:—
David Stanley, July 25, 1889.
Ada, W., Feb. 5, 1892.
Benj. Robert, Aug. 13, 1894.
Frank Davies, Dec. 3, 1895.
Ida May, Oct. 16, 1861; d. Oct. 11, 1864.
Bessie, July 11, 1866; d. Jan. 1867.
Charles Samuel, Oct. 26, 1868. Resides in Gagetown, N. B.
672
Edvidn Hennigar Babbitt (Samuel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born June 3, 1832. Died May 7, 1906, in Boston, Mass.
One time Curator of Baptist Seminary of St. John, N. B. and later
in the Paper business in Boston, Mass. Later a grocer in Boston, Mass.
At the time of the Frazer River rush to British Columbia, he was one of
those active in securing the estabhshment of the Provincial Government.
Married Mary Nevens, daughter of Wm. and Sarah (Babbitt) Nevens.
(No. 669).
434 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
CMdren:—
Maud, deceased.
Dawn, deceased.
Edwin Vancouver, I860. Married Nov. 19, 1887, Sarah J. Picot.
Resides in Boston, Mass.
Blanche E., married John J. Geddes of Boston, Mass., Jan. 7, 1896.
Benjamin D., 1875; d. in Boston, Oct. 21, 1880.
673
Rebecca Jane Babbitt (Samuel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born May 11, 1835.
Her husband is in the Custom's Service in St. John, N. B.
Married Henry Gilbert Hunt.
Children:—
Bessie S., Aug. 8, 1863. Married June 12, 1889, Thomas Perkins
of St. John. He is in the Hardware business.
Children:—
LiUian, Aug. 19, 1891.
Bessie, Nov. 9, 1893.
Kate Johnson, Nov. 26, 1867. Married Willard Cookson, a
clothier of St. John, N. B.
Children:—
Hazel, Dec. 15, 1889.
Ina, July 6, 1892.
May, March 29, 1900.
Donaldson, Oct. 21, 1868. A clothier in St. John. Married June
2, 1891, Flora Everitt.
Children: —
Henry Everitt, April 19, 1894.
Grace, Aug. 28, 1904.
674
Elizabeth Ann Babbitt (Samuel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Bom May 15, 1843. Died Nov. 14, 1894.
Married Foster MacFarlane, a physician who practised in Fairville,
N. B., St. John, N. B., and Boston, Mass.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 435
Children:—
Bessie Foster, Aug. 31, 1868. Married F. W. Barbour, a dentist,
in Frederickton, N. B.
Children: —
Roydon, April 6, 1896.
Noel, May 14, 1900.
Shirley.
William Godsoe, Dec. 28, 1870.
A graduate of Acadia University with degree of B. A. and M. A., also
a Post-Graduate student at Harvard and Columbia University. For a
few years he was engaged in newspaper work in St. John, N. B., and Port
of Spain, Trinidad, later New York.
At present with Edwards & Deutch Lithographing Co. of Chicago.
Mr. MacFarlane is the author of "New Brunswick Bibliography." He
has been from the first an active worker in the Babbitt Association and
has furnished the book with the almost entire mass of record of the Cana-
dian Branch of the family.
Edna Kenderine July 31, 1872. Married Wm. S. Rainnie. He
died 1908. She resides in Toronto.
One son, Gerald, Feb. 14, 1899.
Florence May, resides in New York City.
Sadie Wendell, married Nov. 1894, G. Harold Mitchell, an artist
of N. Y. City. Mrs. Mitchell is also an artist, having studied
at the Erie Pope School in Boston and the Chase School of N. Y.
City. She is the creator of the "College Poster Girl,"
675
Thomas Emerson Babbitt (Thomas-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Dec. 28, 1828.
Resides in Gibson, N. B.
Married Sept. 6, 1848, Charlotte Banks.
Children: —
1004 Henry Benjamin, Aug. 20, 1851.
1005 Thomas de Alva, Jan. 1853.
Emma Jane, married Jesse Tabor. Had two sons,
Amanda, 1861. Married April, 1890, Chesley Moore. She
died April 20, 1902, leaving two sons.
436 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
676
Robert Thorne Babbitt (Elkanah-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Sept. 27, 1833. Died Jan. 9, 1901.
Robert Thorne Babbitt was born in Gagetown, Queens County, N. B.,
Sept. 27, 1831, and his whole life, with the exception of nine years spent
in the adjoining parish of Canning, was spent in Gagetown. When five
years old his father died, which sad loss was largely made up to him a
few years later when his mother married Mr. Samuel Marble, a harness
maker, from whom he learned that trade. This business he carried on for
himself for twelve years. He then became a merchant and when the
construction of the European and North American Railway was begun,
he spent three years on it as Paymaster under Mr. E. R. Burpee. In
1866 Mr. Babbitt was elected a member of the Provincial Legislature
and in the following year became one of the actual leaders in the oppo-
sition. He was re-elected in 1870 and in 1871 resigned to accept the
office of Registrar of Deeds for his native county, which office he held
until his death. Mr. Babbitt filled many other public offices including
that of school trustee, Secretary-Treasurer of the municipality of Queens,
Coroner, etc., and was ever ready to take upon himself the duties of citi-
zenship. In pohtics he was an enthusiastic Liberal, ever working for the
success of his party. In early life he united with the Baptist Church and
was a liberal giver to all religious work. He was also a strong temperance
advocate and was always willing to speak or help in any way that would
benefit the cause of total abstinence, and for many years was a promi-
nent figure on platforms at temperance meetings. He also took an active
interest in the militia of the province and had risen from the ranks to be a
lieutenant colonel.
Mr. Babbitt died at his home in Gagetown, Jan. 9, 1901, from a sudden
attack of pneumonia and was buried in the Baptist Cemetery at Upper
Gagetown.
Married July 6, 1854, Ella Lavinia Curry, daughter of John Curry.
Born Oct. 25, 1833; died Dec. 15, 1874.
Children:—
1006 Ida Irene, Oct. 23, 1855.
Lora Alma, Nov. 12, 1856; d. May 13, 1857.
Charles Rupert, Sept. 26, 1858; married Mary Greaves.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 437
Gillis Havelock, Jan. 31, 1861. For thirteen years in office of
Superintendent of Car Service of N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
Afterward one of the auditors for the International Pa. Co.
of N. Y. At present Secretary to the Governor in Edmon-
ton, Canada.
Annie Blanche, Sept. 17, 1863; married Hon. G. H. Bui yea,
Lieut. Governor of Alberta.
Married (2nd) Oct. 5, 1881, Jennie Bui yea, daughter of James A.
Bulyea, Born July 4, 1854.
Children: —
Ella Pease, Oct. 18, 1882.
Delia Winifred, July 1, 1884.
Flossie, Oct. 6, 1885; d. Nov. 13, 1885.
Edmund Percy, Dec. 2, 1888.
Arthura Mabel, July 7, 1892.
677
Sarah Elizabeth Babbitt (Elkanah-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born April 9, 1835. Died Oct. 3, 1890.
Married 1868, Jacob White, son of John \\hite, of Cambridge, N. B.
Born 1836.
Children: —
Arthur E., June 30, 1873. Resides in San Francisco, Cal.
Charles Harry, June 23, 1875. Resides in San Francisco, Cal.
678
William Babbitt (Henry-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Born 1828.
Married 1852, Alice Searles, daughter of Abraham Searles of Welling-
ton, Ont.
Children:—
Wellington, 1853. Resides in Cleveland, O.
Searles 1855. Resides in New York City. Married ( ) Niles.
Mr. Babbitt and his son, Niles Babbitt, are importers of silks and laces.
4d» THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
679
Samuel Babbitt (Henry-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Feb. 23, 1829. Died in Sacramento, Cal.
Mr. Babbitt went to California during the rush to the gold fields in 1849.
Married Elizabeth Gerow, daughter of John Gerow of Prince Edward
Co., Ont.
Children: —
John Henry.
Esther Jane, married George Flindall of Hillier, Ont.
Elizabeth.
George Flindall.
680
Elkanah Babbitt (Henry-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom 1837.
Married Ellen Morden, daughter of James Morden of Redeursville, Ont.
Children:—
Blanche.
Charles,
681
Albert Edward Babbitt (Henry-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Bom Feb. 28, 1847.
Mr. Babbitt and his family hved for years in Hillier, Ont., but are now
residents of Portland, Ore.
Married Dec. 16, 1874, JuHet Miller, daughter of Oliver Miller of
Smithfield, Ont. Born April 11, 1856.
All born in Hillier, Ont.
Children: —
Elizabeth Anne, Nov. 1, 1875.
Grace Boyer, March 22, 1877.
1007 OHver Miller, Sept. 7, 1878.
Clara Belle, Oct. 10, 1880; d. April 4, 1907.
Garnet Montague, Aug. 14, 1890.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 439
682
Phoebe Babbitt (Henry-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born 1831.
Married Isaac Gerow, son of John Gerow of Prince Edward Co., Ont.
Children: —
Elizabeth.
Emma.
James.
Seth, resides in Picton, Ont.
Henry.
John.
Alice.
William.
Anise.
Mary.
683
Rhoda Babbitt (Henry-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Dec. 8, 1830. Died Jan. 4, 1883.
:Married Charles Forshay, Feb. 4, 1852. He was born May 19, 1818.
Died Nov. 27, 1893.
Children: — All born in Prince Edward Co., Ontario.
William Henry, Jan. 26, 1853.
David Samuel, Oct. 4, 1854. Resides in Picton, Ont.
George Bartlett, July 4, 1856.
Philip Sidney, Feb. 27, 1858.
Elkanah, April 15, 1861.
Mary Elizabeth, Dec. 25, 1867.
James Albert, Nov. 10, 1869.
684
Ziba Babbitt (Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
May 16, 1782. Died May 17, 1834.
Served in War of 1812.
Lived in Taunton directly opposite the present Unitarian Church.
Several of his children were born there.
440 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married Oct. 30, 1803, Welthea Woodward, daughter of Ephraim and
Welthea (Babbitt) No. 179. Born March 26, 1786; died Oct. 30, 1862.
Children: —
Ann, Jan. 21, 1805; m. Oliver Barney, June 2, 1822.
One child:— Helen, Born Jan. 1, 1844.
1008 Wealthy Emmeline, Feb. 15, 1807.
Harriet, Aug. 8, 1809; m. March 25, 1830, Wm. Cooper of
Taunton, Mass.
Two children: —
James H., Oct. 23, 1841.
Harriet W., 1836.
Bathsheba, Aug. 28, 1812; died in infancy.
1009 Ardeha, Jan. 13, 1814.
1010 Emerson, Feb. 13, 1816.
1011 Elkanah A., Oct. 1, 1818; d. in Taunton, Aug. 13, 1889. Mar-
ried Kate Barney.
Elizabeth, April 21, 1821. Died young.
1012 Elizabeth, June 18, 1823.
Alfred B., July 29, 1828; d. April 5, 1901; m. April 5, 1860,
AmeHa Cudworth, daughter of Joseph and Sally S. Cud-
worth.
Alfred Babbitt invented a stockless anchor for sail boats
and schooners; also hoists and blocks and other devices for
sailing vessels. He was always interested in scientific work.
685
Elkanah Babbitt (Ziba-Ebenezer- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Bom Oct. 25, 1784, in Taunton, Mass.
Little is known of him. He left Taunton about 1810 and settled in
New Jersey, where he probably died.
Married Feb. 5, 1804, Hannah Reading, in Middleboro, Mass. Born
1779. She died Feb. 18, 1859, in Middleboro, Mass.
Children: — Born in Warren, R. I.
Luther Reading, baptized Feb. 22, 1808; d. April 27, 1892,
aged 88 years, 11 months, 6 days.
1013 Ziba, baptized Feb. 22, 1808, in Warren, R. I.
1014 Pilla, Nov. 7, 1812.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 441
Hannah R., d. Sept. 3, 1807, age 15 months and 21 days.
(From Tyler Pt. Cemetery, Barrington, R. I.)
Married 2nd in New Jersey. Wife not known.
One Son: — Isaac, Dec. 14, 1816, in Vincentown, X. J.;d.
Feb. 10, 1905.
Had son, Charles E., Philadelphia, Pa., and one other.
686
Charles Babbitt (Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Dec. 3, 1786, in Taunton, Mass. Died Aug. 13, 1854.
CHARLES BABBITT.
Charles Babbitt, son of Ziba and Bathsheba (Luscomb) Babbitt, born
December 3, 1786; died August 13, 1854, aged 67 years, 7 months, 10
days. Married Abigail White (daughter of Cornelius White) January
20, 1807. (Wife died October 25, 1846, aged 62 years, 8 months, 11 days.
Was a Tauntonian, born, bred, educated, married, worked, lived and
died there. Historians of the old town give him but little space in their
writings, but I have found ample evidence that he was entitled to a con-
spicuous place among the men who brought Taunton through the trying
times of the first half of the last century.
Mr. Babbitt was a genius. They say "he could do anything with tools
and could make the tools to do it with." How he came by his knowledge
I do not know, but that he was a scientific and skilful workman in metals
of all kinds is beyond question. And so we find him in 1810, at the age
of 23, so well established in business as a gold and silversmith, and such
a master of his trade as to employ indentured apprentices and teach them
the "mysteries of the art." Later he added watch and clock making
and became a dealer in jewelry, fine tools and hardware, sporting goods
and supplies. He was among the first, if not the first, to make percussion
caps for the firearms that supplanted the old "flint locks" of former days,
designing and building the machine which produced the copper shells.
Many of the "Grandfather's clocks" so highly prized by collectors of
antique furniture, bear the stamp "Charles Babbitt, Maker."
About 1830, he invented a cast steel hone for putting a fine edge on
razors, etc., which found a market throughout the United States of those
days, and quite recently inquiry has been received for a quantity of
"Spiral Drill Stocks, formerly made by Charles Babbitt," for export.
442 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
As a "side line" he relieved suffering humanity by "pulling teeth," "fitting
glasses," and "adjusting ear trumpets," and while his methods may not
have satisfied the present laws concerning dentists, oculists and aurists,
well enough to entitle him to professional certificates, I do not understand
that the records show any serious results directly traceable to him. His
store and workshop were models, containing everything which could be
used in his various hnes of business, from the blacksmith's forge to the
most delicate instrument in a watchmaker's kit, with a place for every-
thing and everything in its place ; all as neat and clean as a well-kept par-
lor, and woe be to kid that littered up or disturbed this systematic arrange-
ment (I am now writing from memory of bitter experience.) But best
of all, from a pecuniary standpoint, his business was a financial success,
and in his later years he was accounted "well to do." So I conclude
that the title "Jack at all trades and good at none" does not apply to him.
He appears to have been good at whatever he undertook.
Always true to Taunton, he invested his savings in Taunton enterprises,
and we find his name among the original stockholders of manufacturing
companies, banking institutions and at least one hotel company of his
native town. He also invested quite largely in real estate and improved
it by building substantial brick structures, one of which, on the south
side of Main street, he occupied as a dwelling in the upper stories, with
his store and workshop on the street floor. This building has since been
remodelled and made into an up-to-date clothing house, but nearly oppo-
site on the same street is another building containing two dwellings and
store below, built by him in 1840, and still standing substantially as he
planned it, owned and loyally kept by some of his descendants as a monu-
ment to his thrift and skill as an architect.
Beside his investments for pecuniary profit he was a liberal contributor
to the construction and maintenance of two churches and many of the
schemes for village improvements. We also find his name enrolled among
those in "Training for the protection of the community in the troublous
times preceding the War of 1812" and his record of promotion is as fol-
lows: August 8, 1806, appointed Sergeant of Infantry, 3rd Regiment,
2nd Brigade, 5th Division Massachusetts MiUtia. Warrant by Thomas
Lincoln, Lieut. Colonel, November 19, 1806, appointed "Ensign" same
regiment, commission by Caleb Strong, Governor, May 18, 1811; elected
Lieutenant, same Regiment, commission by Elb ridge Gerry, Governor;
April 18, 1812, resigned and honorably discharged, having served
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 443
more than seven years in training and subject to call at any time.
Soldier, skillful mechanic, inventor, successful business man, humani-
tarian, capitalist, public spirited citizen, Christian gentleman, and father
of two daughters and three husky sons, it would seem as if this man's
name was entitled to a place in the History of the Babbitts.
Mrs. Charles Babbitt was a capable, energetic woman of a cheerful
disposition. A typical housewife and helpmeet of her day, who con-
tributed her full share to the success of her husband.
Married Jan. 20, 1807, Abigail White, daughter of Cornelius White.
Born Feb. 14, 1784; died Oct. 25, 1846.
Children: —
1015 Sarah, July 4, 1808.
1016 Mary, Oct. 30, 1810.
1017 Charles Leonard, March 1, 1813.
1018 James Howard, June 18, 1816.
1019 George H., June 14, 1819.
687
Bathsheba (Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Jan. 11, 1793, in Taunton. Died July 12, 1843.
Married Robert Gofif, his second wife. Int. June 15, 1827.
He died Sept. 5, 1864, aged 80 years, 8 months, 4 days. No children.
688
Nancy Babbitt (Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
March 29, 1796.
Resided in Taunton, Mass.
Married May 26, 1816, Walker Baker, Jr. He married again (before
1840), Margaret ( ). He died about 18.50.
Children: — (All by first wife, perhaps).
Walker.
Abiathar.
Zadock.
Leonard.
Marshall.
Sylvanus.
444 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Abigail, married Lincoln.
Betsey, married Gooding.
Clarissa, married Townsend.
Eunice, married Parish.
( ) married Phillips.
Isaac Babbitt (Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
July 26, 1799, in Taunton, Mass. Died May 26, 1862, at the McLean
Asylum, Somerville, Mass.
Mr, Babbitt was the inventor of the famous "Babbitt Metal." Although
inventor of method of using soft metals for journals, his patents make no
claim of the alloy, but simply the method of holding the metal in place.
He was first a goldsmith and in 1824 made the first Britannia. He moved
to Boston and while in the employ of the S. Boston Iron Works in 1839,
he produced the invention which perpetrated his name. Congress granted
him $20,000 reward. His invention was patented in foreign countries.
His formula for Babbitt metal was: —
4 Parts Copper.
8 Parts Antimony.
24 Parts Banca Tin.
Later in life Mr. Babbitt engaged in Soap Manufacture. Finally his
active mind gave way to overwork and long study.
Married (1st) Sally Leonard, Oct. 31, 1820. She died May 2, 1829.
Five children died in infancy.
Married (2nd) Eliza Barney, Sept. 18, 1829, daughter of Isaac and
Sally (Wood) Barney. Died April 30, 1891.
Children: —
1020 EUzabeth, Sept. 4, 1830.
1021 Harriet Newell, March 30, 1834.
1022 Sarah Leonard, July 25, 1836.
Isaac, Jan. 6, 1844; d. May 5, 1909.
Married (1st) May 17, 1881, in Boston, Mass., Mary A.
Trainor, daughter of James. She was born 1857.
Married (2nd) Feb. 7, 1901, Abbie Mills, daughter of James
and Abby (Smith) Mills. Born Aug. 2, 1847.
ISAAC BABBITT,
Inventor of Babbitt Metal.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 445
EXTRACT FROM NEWSPAPER REPORT OF HIS LIFE.
On the Mill River in Taunton stands the original Reed & Barton
Britannia Plate establishment. This business was commenced more
than half a century ago by Isaac Babbitt in Ballard's mill.
Mr. Babbitt possessed considerable mechanical ability and cherished
the idea of competing in the manufacture of numerous articles in Britan-
nia ware, then imported from Europe. After satisfying himself that he
could make the metal goods, he entered into co-partnership with Wm.
Grossman. In 1824 Babbitt & Grossman produced the first articles made
in the U. S. such as ink-stands, shaving boxes, cups, etc., furnishing stores
with American goods. They received awards from numerous exhibitions
for their success in competing with foreign manufactures even in a small
way.
In 1827 a brick manufactory was built by the firm on School Street
(now Fayette Street). Henry G. Reed and Gharles Barton commenced
their apprenticeship in the room of which Wm. Porter, now the veteran
Britannia worker, was foreman. After a few years of unsuccessful ex-
perimenting in attempting to compete with foreign manufacturers, the
company disposed of their stock to former apprentices Reed & Barton.
After leaving the Britannia Works, Mr, Babbitt was engaged for a
number of years as Superintendent at Alger's Foundry and Ordnance
Works in South Boston. He there produced the first brass cannon ever
cast in the U. S. He was also the inventor of Babbitt Metal. He was
a man of remarkable mechanical mind, who died from over activity of
a prolific brain.
600
Eliza Ann Babbitt (Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born about 1803.
Resided in West Roxbury, Mass., where her husband was a mason
and builder.
Married July 23, 1832, Luther Bullock, son of Stephen and Mary
(Kinsley) Bullock. Born June 2, 1810.
Children:—
Elizabeth Ann.
Chauncey K.
Mary L.
446 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY,
Charles S.
Helen A.
Almira F.
Hattie B.
Luther.
Fannie Babbitt (Ebenezer-Ebenezer Jacob-Elkanah-EIkanah-Edward)
She was born in Taunton, Aug. 20, 1792; and married Dean Paull
Nov. 26, 1812. She died in Taunton, May 15, 1872.
Dean Paull died in Taunton, Dec. 15, 1873; 81 years, 11 months, 2
days; bom in Berkley; son of Isaac and Ann, both born in Berkley.
They had five children, as follows: —
Mercy Gilbert Paull, born in Taunton, June 6, 1814. She died
in Taunton, May 16, 1876.
Married (1st) in 1832, Elihu Moulton. (Marriage intention
issued Aug. 18, 1832, and gives him as "of Rehoboth.")
He died Sept., 1841.
Children:—
Charles Gilbert Moulton, deceased.
Henry D. Moulton, married Sarah E.
Ann Margaret Moulton, married George Cook of
Dorchester. Fanny Moulton, deceased.
She married (2nd) Laughlin Rankin. He was bom in
Prince Edward's Island. He died Feb. 12, 1885, aged 69
years.
Children: —
WilUam Hector Rankin, Sept. 22, 1846.
Frederick A. Rankin, Dec. 10, 1849; died in Provi-
dence, R. I. John L. Rankin, Nov. 1850.
Herbert E. Rankin, March 13, 1854; d. Dec. 6, 1855.
George H. Rankin, Feb. 16, 1858; died in Provi-
dence, June 18, 1899, and buried in Plain Bur>ing
Ground, Taunton; unmarried
Fanny Woodberry Paull, Feb. 29, 1816; d. May 9, 1899, in
Taunton, aged 83 years, 2 months, 9 days.
She married May, 1873, James L. Wilbur. He died March 9,
1885; aged 71 years, 1 month, 11 days. No children.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 447
Lieut. Isaac Dean Paull, March 24, 1824. Died in Army in 1864.
Lieut, of Co. F, 39th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers.
Married Nov. 26, 1843, Almira Francis Cain. She was born
in 1825 and died June 8, 1857, daughter of Reuben Cain.
Children:—
Isaac Dean Paull, Jr., born in Taunton, Feb. 26, 1844; d.
Aug. 6, 1886. Married May 25, 1865, Emily E. Hatha-
way, born in Taunton; daughter of Elkanah and Elvira
Hathaway.
Almira Francis Paull, Sept. 1, 1847; d. May 7, 1908;
unmarried.
Catherine Crane Paull, Feb. 24, 1826. Is living in Taunton.
Married Oct. 17, 1842, Marcus M. Chace of Taunton, son
of Calvin and Sabra Chace. He was born Dec. 21, 1819,
in Lakeville and died Sept. 19, 1873, in Taunton.
Children:—
George E. Chace, Jan. 2, 1845.
Albert DeForest Chace, Aug. 10, 1849; d. July 30, 1900.
Lepha T. Chace, July 4, 1851; d. May 30, 1870.
Jane P. Chace, May 3, 1857; d. April 22, 1861.
Fanny K. Chace, June 12, 1869; d. Oct. 21, 1881.
Mary Jane Paull, Feb. 2, 1833.
Married Jan. 4, 1860, William W. Swan. Both living in Taun-
ton.
One child: —
Harry Walter Swan, Nov. 10, 1876. He married Emma
Valkert of New Jersey. They have one child,
Elizabeth Paull Swan.
Seth Cooper Babbitt (Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Sept. 9, 1797, in Taunton, Mass. Died 1840.
448 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Mr. Babbitt was a jeweler in Taunton, Mass.
Married about 1816, Deborah H. Eldredge of Har^vich, Mass. Born
1797, daughter of Polly Eldredge. Died in Boston, Jan. 6, 1882, aged
84 years, 11 months.
Children:—
1023 Seth Cooper, Sept. 28, 1816.
Polly E., married Lucius M. Williams, 1839. Died young.
No children.
1024 Mary Jane, Jan. 1825.
1025 Henry, 1832.
William, died young.
1026 Betsey.
Augusta, married Charles Alger. Resided in Chelsea, Mass.
Son, Charles.
Thomas.
Ebenezer Babbitt (Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born June 15, 1799. Died March 28, 1865.
Resided in Taunton, Mass.
Married Jan. 4, 1821, (?) Olive Paul, Born June 22, 1800. Died
Dec. 27, 1870.
Children: — (All born in Taunton).
James W., March 29, 1820; d. Jan. 26, 1890. Married Nov.
6, 1845, Sally Tisdale. Bom Aug. 17, 1818; died Nov. 2,
1881. No children.
1027 Ebenezer, Feb. 5, 1822.
1028 Mary Cranston, Dec. 7, 1825.
Edward P., July 21, 1828; d. April 24, 1880. Married Sept.
26, 1867, Rachel Litde. Lived in Reboboth, Mass.
1029 WilUam Louis, Oct. 9, 1830; d. May 1908.
Melvin, June 17, 1833; d. May 27, 1858. Unmarried.
Olive, March 28, 1836; d. March 7, 1901. Unmarried.
Eliza, June 29, 1838; d. July 18, 1838.
694
Deborah Babbitt (Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanab-Ed-
ward). Born Oct. 26, 1803. Died Feb. 4, 1858, in Norton, Mass.
CHARLES BABBITT
ABIGAIL (WHITE) BABBITT.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 449
Married March 29, 1829, Hiram Hodges, son of Capt. Seth and Lucy
(Webber) Hodges. Brother of Simeon who married Emmeline Babbitt
daughter of No. 227.
Children: —
Elizabeth J., June 21, 1830, married Eli C. Wood of Boston, Mass.
Resides in Cottage City.
John Hunt, April 8, 1832. Did not marry.
Lucy Ann, Nov. 24, 1835; married (1st) Elijah Utley, (2nd) John
H. Allen.
Frank Hiram, March 10, 1840. Did not marry.
Sarah Lane, Nov. 10, 1845; married Francis Dodge. Resides in
Melrose, Mass.
695
Sarah Babbitt (Jacob-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born July 4, 1790. Died June 2, 1875.
Married (1st) Benjamin Bosworth. Born in 1787. Lost at sea in
Brig. McPleasant, on passage from Charlestown to Havre, Dec. 1822.
Married (2nd) Dec. 23, 1830, Scott Greene, son of Dr. Rowland and
Susanna (Harris) Greene. Bom Aug. 20, 1793; died June 8, 1867.
696
Jacob Babbitt (Jacob-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born May 9, 1809, in Bristol, Mass. Died Dec. 23, 1862.
Among the earlier possessions of the Babbitts was the farm situated
on the shores of Mount Hope Bay, known as the Mount Pleasant Farm;
more recently known as Hopeworth. It has been very much curtailed
in size by sales, and now consists of only about sixty-five acres. The big
elm, in front of the stone house (none more beautiful in New England),
was planted in honor of Jacob Babbitt's birth.
In what may be called the thickly settled part of the town of Bristol,
Jacob Babbitt was heavily interested in real estate. Along the water
front his holdings scattered from the south line of the Namquit mill, to
the south line of the "down town" mill. He also owned what is known
as the "Green lane" property, which is just to the north of what is now
Bay View Avenue, and was then the extension of Wood street.
Married Oct. 7, 1826, Abbie Eliza Briggs, daughter of Dr. Lemuel W.
Briggs. Born Aug. 10, 1808. Died Sept. 1, 1882.
450 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
1030 Benjamin Bosworth, 1827; d. Dec. 20, 1888.
1031 Edward Spalding, July 20, 1829.
1032 Sarah Scott, Jan. 1, 1831.
Jacob Williams, d. Sept. 27, 1832, aged 10 weeks.
Mary Abbey, married Samuel D. Green. He was commander
of the famous "Monitor."
Julia Eliza, unmarried.
Elizabeth Bourne, baptized July 6, 1843; d. Nov. 9, 1844,
aged 1 year, 8 months, 3 days.
Jacob Williams, baptized July 6, 1843; d. Dec. 2, 1845, aged
3 years, 11 months, 21 days.
At the breaking out of the Civil War, Mr. Babbitt felt an earnest de-
sire to engage personally in the contest. On the organization of the 10th
(three months) Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, in response
to an urgent call from the Secretary of W^ar, Mr. Babbitt accepted the
position of Major and served imtil the time of that regiment had nearly
expired, when he accepted the same position in the 7th (three years) Reg.
R, I. V. I. then being organized. He shared with his men the tedious
duties of garrison life until ordered to join the 7th Rhode Island Regiment
then in camp near Providence. Major Babbitt's commission for the 7th
bears date Sept. 1, 1862, the day on which the Regiment was mustered
into service. The regiment had scarcely left its camp near Washington
for the front before it received its first "baptism of blood" before Fred-
ericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. So severe was the onset that Col. Zenas Bliss
soon foimd himself deprived of his Staff except Major Babbitt, ammu-
nition all gone, his men lying upon the ground protected only by a ridge
three feet high. The whole plain in front was one sheet of flame belching
forth from an entrenched stone wall, whilst a regiment less advanced was
firing over his prostrate men. Orders came for one more attempt on this
entrenchment in their front. In order to render obedience practicable
and thus save the honor of the regiment, it was necessary that a request
be sent to stop the fire from the rear. Upon Major Babbitt, now the sole
surviving member of the Staff, devolved the duty of attempting the peril-
ous mission, exposed to the deadly cross-fire of the enemy and friends.
From the imdertaking of this mission not even the earnest dissuation of
his commanding officer availed to turn him. Starting amidst the rain
of bullets, he had taken only a few steps when a ball passed in at his
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 451
shoulder and out at the other arm. His stalwart frame had made too
conspicuous a mark in such a fire from the front and rear. Age and sub-
sequent exposure proved too much for him, and from what at first was
deemed not a serious wound, he died at the Mansion House Hospital,
in Alexandria, Dec. 23, 1862.
Jacob was educated at Partridge's military academy (the predecessor
of West Point). Among his classmates were Major-General John B.
Kershaw (of Confederate Army fame) of Camden, S. C.
An interesting incident connected with his death was that they were
both engaged on opposite sides of the celebrated stonewall at the Battle
of Fredericksburg.
He was a vestryman of St. Michael's church in Bristol, and was largely
instrumental in the construction of the present edifice.
He was also conspicuous, both in town and state affairs, a member of
the legislature and of the fire department; vestryman in the church; deeply
interested in the State military organization, and was also interested in
yachting; he built and operated several fast yachts, for those days.
697
John Haynes Babbitt (Elisha-Jacob-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom Nov. 6, 1806.
Resided in Waterford, Vt.
Married Mahala R. Morgan of Bridgewater, N. H.
Children:—
1033 John Jeremiah, Jan. 1, 1840.
1034 Sarah Haynes, May 27, 1838.
1035 Marcia Emily, Nov. 7, 1844.
Ellen Mahala, Aug. 13, 1842; married Solomon Morton, in
Waterford, Vt.
Harrison, Sept. 22, 1846. Married in Salina, Mich., Diana
Fellows. She died in Coventry, Vt., in 1892. He died
April 13, 1909, at same town. No children.
He was employed for some years in cotton mills in Lowell,
Mass., and after 1892 was in the service of the Street R. R.
Co. of Springfield, Mass., for seven years. A member of
the Baptist church. A man of genial personality and great
industry.
452 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Abbie Emeline, Oct. 18, 1848. A life member of Babbitt As-
sociation. Married Alexander Parker. Living in Albany,
N. Y., and has daughter, Mary E., who married July 2,
1900, Rev. Charles M. Sturgess, pastor of First M. E. church
of Albany, N. Y.
They have two daughters: —
Helen Margery, July 3, 1903.
Dorothy Myrtle, April 18, 1910.
698
Ancil Chapman Babbitt (Elisha-Jacob-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born in Greensboro, Vt., Nov. 30, 1809. Died March 27, 1896,
in Waterbury, Vt.
Mr. Babbitt, when a young man, worked in Chatham, Conn., for two
summers on a farm, where he had an aunt living. Returning to his home
in Vermont, he traveled for five years selling silver spoons and other mer-
chandise, engraving the spoons as he sold them, some of which are still
to be found in many homes through the state. For five years he sold his
merchandise from tin trunks, which were suspended over his shoulders
by a strap. Two years later he procured a team and sold from what we
now term, a peddler's cart. His reliability gave him a reputation that
brought him a good business.
He bought a farm in Greensboro and moved there, living in a log house
through one season until he could build a new house. For two or three
winters he taught school during the day and singing school evenings.
He and his wife worked together to establish a good home and struggled
with hmited means to increase their property. After some years of farm
life he bought a store in the village of Greensboro, which burned before
he could fill it with merchandise. This loss made it necessary for him
to continue farming until the year 1849, when he again opened a store
in the village for business which, from a small beginning was a continued
success for twenty-five years. He also served as Town Clerk and Post-
master for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt were members of the
Congregational Church and always gave it their liberal and loyal support.
Their home was a hospitable one, and nothing pleased Mrs. Babbitt
better than to invite to her table, both old and young. Five children
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 453
came into the home, the second a boy, Charles Johnson, dying at the
age of lyo years, the others growing to maturity and forming homes of
their own, and all following the mercantile business. In 1874 they moved
to St. Johnsbury where Mr. Babbitt and his oldest son were in business
together, principally dry goods for seven years, after which the son
formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, Edgar Hunt. Mr. Bab-
bitt continued in business in St. Johnsbury several years with his son-
in-law, Albert Worcester,
Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt were parents to be proud of, keeping young in
appearance and looks. Mr. Babbitt hved to be 86 years of age and Mrs.
Babbitt to be 91. Both erect in figure, courteous to each other, truly a
gentleman and a lady of the old school.
Married May 4, 1837, Sarah P. Willson, daughter of Otis and Mary
(Parkhurst) Willson, in Royalston, Vt. Born Nov. 13, 1809, in Stock-
bridge, Vt. Died Feb. 5, 1901.
Children: — All born in Greensboro, Vt.
1036 Lenora Willson, Nov. 18, 1839; d. May 5, 1902.
Charles Johnson, Sept. 22, 1842; d. Feb. 13, 1844.
1037 Julia Elizabeth, Dec. 22, 1844.
1038 Henry Ancil, Jan. 13, 1849.
1039 Sarah Alantha, Oct., 1851.
Elnathan Gates Babbitt (Elisha-Jacob-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Sept. 20, 1812. Died March 25, 1887, in Greensboro, Vt.
Married Dec. 31, 1837, Phinette Glines, of Greensboro, Vt., daughter
of Obadiah and Keziah (Blanchard) Glines, Bom in Canterbury, N. H.,
June 14, 1815.
Children: —
1040 Jane Johnston, Aug. 29, 1839.
Frances Harriet, Nov. 29, 1843; married June 1, 1904, Lewis
A. Jackson, son of Israel and Clarissa (Livermore)
Jackson, No children. Reside in Greenboro, Vt.
1041 Lewis Floridon, Sept. 17, 1850.
454 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
700
Joshua Cutler Babbitt (Jacob-Jacob- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom June 24, 1818. Died Nov. 1887, in Swanton, Vt.
Was for years a boat captain on Lake Champlarn and Lake George.
Was afterward at Rouse's Point as agent for Rutland & Bennington R. R.
^Married Cordelia Brooks, daughter of Eleazer and Olive (Weeks)
Brooks, in St. Albans, Vt.
Children:—
Sarah Robinson, died young.
1042 Thomas Summer, Oct. 5, 1846.
Sarah R., April 24, 1848; married Gehial Brooks, St. Albans, Vt.
Harriet W., May 20, 1859; married Wilder Huntington of
Montpelier, Vt.
Frank M., deceased.
Fred W., deceased.
701
Mary Catherine Babbitt (Jacob-Jacob-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom June 19, 1825.
Resides in St. Albans, Vt.
Married March 19, 1848, Eleazer S. Brooks of St. Albans, son of
Eleazer and Olive (Weed) Brooks.
Children:—
George, March 25, 1849; married Naomi Tichard.
Sarah Ellen, July 20, 1850; married ( ) Bascomb.
Mary P., April 9, 1852; married Seth C. Collins.
Mattie Olive, Nov. 19, 1854; married Fred A. Collins.
WiUiam, Aug. 15, 1858.
Kate M., July 27, 1859.
Ehner Dow, Oct. 12, 1862.
Bertha Electa, Sept. 10, 1868.
702
Sabra Babbitt ( Jacob- Jacob- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Married Samuel Jenkins, of Brownington, Vt.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 455
Children: —
Charles.
Orilla.
^\'illiam.
Mary.
Elmer.
Coddie.
703
William Scott Babbitt (Jacob- Jacob- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Married Harriet Irish, of St. Albans, Vt.
Children:—
John, in Crown Point, Ind.
Scott, in Crown Point, Ind.
Lucia, in Crown Point, Ind.
Sabra, lives in Grant Park, 111.
704
Lysander Wilkin Babbitt (Wm. Jenks-Elijah-Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born January 31, 1812. Died October 4, 1885.
Four times married (a) Caroline Teed, born February 28, 1815; died
September 28, 1833 — no issue; (b) Mary Ellen Farmer, born May 4, 1817,
died April 2, 1843 — three children; (c) Helena Schooler, born August 25,
1821, died August 23, 1883— no issue; (d) Maria A. Toone, born May 9,
1853 — no issue.
Children: —
Caroline, August 13, 1836; d. February 25, 1896.
George, September 23, 1839; d. July 16, 1841.
Charles Henry, March 8, 1843.
Lysander Wilkin Babbitt was born in Ovid, Seneca County, New York.
His father, William Jenks, was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving as a
non-commissioned ofl&cer in Captain McCall's New York troop, attached
to the command of Colonel Joseph Wilcox, in the army, under General
William Henry Harrison, operating on the northern frontier and in Upper
Canada. His grandfather, Elijah, was a soldier in the Revolutionary
War; a lieutenant in the Rhode Island Line. Lysander learned the trade
of gun-and-locksmith in Lockport, New York, near where his father
456 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
had located when the region was a wilderness, at Gaines "on the ridge,"
Orleans County, New York. W^ile a young man he went to Cleveland,
Ohio, where he engaged in business and made some of the rifles used, if
he did not actually participate in the battles at "Point Pellee" and "Fight-
ing Island," February 24 and 26, 1838, in what was known as the "Patriot
War." During this latter year he removed to what was then "Flint Hills,"
now Burlington, Iowa, going via canal from Cleveland to Cincinnati;
thence, by way of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to point of destination.
When city or town organization was effected he was the first Recorder,
in 1841. In the latter part of this year he resigned his official position
and, with a small party went into the wilds of the then territory — only a
strip of fifty miles in width along the Mississippi river having then been
ceded by the Indians — on an expedition of hunting, trapping and explora-
tion lasting several months, during which he kept notes; and on his return
pubhshed a description of the country of the interior in the "Burlington
Hawkeye," thefilesof which were soon afterward destroyed by fire. In
1844 he removed to Marion County, Iowa, and was one of the organizers
of that county having been appointed Clerk of the District Court and
ex-officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners. The first seal
of the county was made by him, being a small ingot of brass with proper
inscription cut into the face, which is now in the possession of his ojily
surviving child in Washington, D. C. In 1849 or 1850 he became part
owner of a saw mill near Knoxville, the county seat of Marion Co., and
improved the same by large additions in which were established grist
and flouring mills and machinery for carding wool — the first brought
into that section. He was also engaged in mercantile business, in a small
way of course, exchanging necessary goods with the hardy pioneers for
their produce, which consisted mainly of hides, pelts and furs, which had
to be hauled by wagon — there being no transportation of other charac-
ter at that time — to Burlington or Keokuk on the Mississippi for exchange;
the wagons taking down the produce and returning with merchandise
of different kinds suited to the trade of the locality. He twice represented
Marion County in the State Legislature and was secretary of the first
democratic State caucus held in Iowa City, December 5, and 6, 1848,
which nominated for United States Senators, George W. Jones and Au-
gustus C. Dodge. In 1853 he was appointed by President Pierce, Reg-
ister of the United States District Land Office at Coimcil Bluffs, and re-
moved to the latter place immediately after his appointment. He con-
ANCIL CHAPMAN BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 457
tinued in that position until in 1856, when he retired and entered upon a
life of newspaper work as editor of the "Council Bluflfs Bugle," which he
sold in 1870. He represented Pottawattamie County in the State Legis-
lature, 1867-1868. After disposing of his newspaper interests he engaged
in the mill and wood- working business; and in 1881 removed to Beebe Ar-
kansas, where he died October 4, 1885. During the period of his resi-
dence at Council Bluffs he was one of the progressive citizens, having
erected two large brick store buildings and other business structures.
He was engaged also in mercantile business at Council Bluffs during and
after his occupancy of the position of register of the land office. On his
farm immediately adjoining the city he made many experiments in fruit
culture; unsuccessfully however, in the matter of apples and standard
fruits, but with much success in the matter of small fruits, berries, grapes,
etc. He also gave much time and attention to the breeding of domestic
animals, and it was due to his efforts in a large degree that the stock of
horses, cattle and hogs was greatly improved, he having expended large
sums in the importation of thoroughbred stallions, donkeys, bulls and
boars. In early life the subject of this sketch was a communicant and
earnest worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church; later he became agnos-
tic, discontinued communication with the church, though always a be-
liever in the efficacy of its work for the accomplishment of moral uplifting
of the people, and a generous contributor to its building and charity
funds. In politics he was always an uncompromising democrat. He was
opposed to the war for the prevention of secession of the southern states,
believing that the breach might be better repaired by peaceful methods,
though he was an earnest advocate of the xmion among the States and
deprecated the action of the hotheads who sought the dissolution of that
union. He was the candidate of his party for Lieutenant Governor, in
1859, on the ticket headed by Hon. A. C. Dodge, and defeated.
Charles H. Babbitt, surviving son of Lysander, was born in Burlington,
Iowa, March 8, 1843. Was taken by his father into the interior of the
State when an infant and afterward to Coimcil Bluffs, where he was edu-
cated in the common schools, public and private. He learned the print-
ing business in his father's office, and was associated with the latter in
the publication of the Council Bluffs Bugle from 1864 to 1870, Decem-
ber 19, 1863, he was married to Juliette M., daughter of Joseph and
Susanne Younger. He was a member of the Third Iowa Volunteer Bat-
tery Light Artillery during the War of the Rebellion. In 1874 he became
458 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
employed in the Government Printing Office in Washington, D. C; was
later employed in the General Land Office, and is now an attorney before
the land department doing business exclusively in public land matters,
having become a permanent resident of the national capital. Mr. and
Mrs. Babbitt have no children.
705
Amey A. Babbitt (William-Eli jah-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom Nov. 5, 1813.
Married Oct. 15, 1835, Harlon Beach.
Children: —
Mary J.
Orrin D.
Persena.
Martha.
Theron.
706
Jefferson Tefft Babbitt (William-Elijah- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom March 22, 1816. Died March 25, 1907, in Albion, N. Y.
Resided in western New York.
Married June 8, 1842, Betsey Murdock, who died Feb. 6, 1891.
Children: —
1043 Henry J., Feb. 8, 1843.
Helena J., May 9, 1845; d. April 12, 1857.
Zulette A., April 14, 1847; d. June 1, 1864.
Adellas D., Jime 9, 1849; married Juha B. Saunders. No
children.
1044 AmeHa M., June 22, 1851.
1045 George M., April 3, 1853.
1046 John C. Tremont, Nov. 9, 1854.
Ira E., Aug. 7, 1856; d. March 30, 1887.
Abraham L., Sept. 17, 1859; d. Nov., 1860.
1047 Nelson C, June 1, 1862.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTOKY. 459
707
Wainwright Babbitt (William-Elijah-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom Jan. 29, 1818.
Married (1st). ( ) One child:— William J.
Married (2nd). ( ) One child: — Charles A., lives in Albion, N. Y.
708
Mary Willis Babbitt (Elijah-Elijah-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born 1850. Died 1895.
Married Dec. 1881, Samuel Martin. Born 1829. Died 1899.
Children: —
Bertha Graham, Oct. 9, 1882. Married Oct. 8, 1902, John
Elliott Bailey. A naval constructor of U. S. M.
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey reside in Brooklyn, and have one son,
John E. Bailey, Jr. Born Jan. 9, 1904. Mrs. Bailey is a
member of the Babbitt Family Association.
Samuel Babbitt, Oct. 28, 1886. Married April, 1911, Grace
Vedder of Pasadena, Cal., where they now reside.
709
Elias Babbitt (Stephen-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Jan. 11, 1788. Died Oct. 1, 1821.
A blacksmith by trade.
His will probated Oct. 5, 1821, mentions his mother and her brother,
Elisha Beach.
Married Nancy Millen, daughter of Robert Millen. Born Feb. 5, 1799.
Died May 12, 1884.
Children:—
Mary Anna, April 18, 1818; d. Oct. 18, 1822.
1048 Robert Millen, June 20, 1820.
460 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
710
Phoebe Babbitt (Stephen-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
Dec. 19, 1791, in Mendham, N. J. Died 1847.
Married Nov. 1, 1809, in Mendham, Stephen Dodd, son of Pannenius
Dodd. Born April 28, 1784.
Children: —
Amzi, 1811; married Phebe De Witt.
EHas, 1813.
Josephus, 1815; married Sarah Ryan.
George, 1817; married Mary Ryan.
{Angeline, 1819; married Edmund Langston.
Emmaline, 1819 ; married John Norris.
Sarah, 1819; d. young.
Stephen, 1821 ; married Cornelia Shear.
Isaac Newton, 1822; married Catherine Winters.
Jesse, 1824; married Lucinda Shepard.
Phoebe, 1826; married Daniel Smith.
Jemima, 1829; died young.
Edward, 1831 ; married Mary Winters.
John, 1834; married Eliza Myrick.
JuUa A., 1836; married Abner Ball.
Oliver, 1838.
711
Moses Babbitt (Stephen-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward), Bom
April 7, 1801. Died July 9, 1886.
A blacksmith by trade. Resided in Mendham, N. J.
Married March 17, 1824, Elizabeth Millen, daughter of Robert and
Sarah (Wychofif) Millen. Born Feb. 17, 1805; died Oct. 10, 1883.
Children:—
1049 Amzi M., March 17, 1825.
Sarah S., Jan. 31, 1828; d. Sept. 1, 1832.
EHas M., April 1, 1830; d. Sept. 3, 1832.
Jesse C, April 14, 1832; d. Sept. 15, 1843 or 1846.
Mary Amanda, Jan. 22, 1834; m. Feb. 21, 1855, Robert Hock-
enberg. No children.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 461
1050 Stephen C, May 6, 1836.
Robert Millen, Nov. 12, 1838; m. Emma W. Bailey,
Dec. 13, 1864.
1051 Edward Payson, April 19, 1841.
Sarah E., Dec. 21, 1845. Married Aaron Adams. No chil-
dren living.
Infant died Feb. 21, 1848.
712
Phoebe Condit Babbitt (Amzi-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Sept. 22, 1808, in Mendham, N. J. Died Nov. 24, 1888.
Married March 1, 1832, Reuben Haynes, of Strongsville, Ohio.
Children: — All born in Strongsville, Ohio.
Angelina Rosalia, Feb. 16, 1833. Resides in Oberlin, Ohio.
Married Henry O. Swift, 1856.
Children:—
Louis Richard, 1857-1904. Had one son Donald.
Frederick, 1860. Had one son.
Clarence Franklin. Had three daughters: Dorothy, Helen,
and Janet.
George Henry, 1865. No children.
Cora Letitia, 1868. Unmarried.
Milton Babbitt, Dec. 9, 1834. Resided in Vernon, Minn., and
Mankato, Minn.
Married Oct. 14, 1858, Helen A. Bostwick. Born Nov. 18, 1838,
in Toledo, Ohio. Died April 26, 1886, in Mankato, Minn.
Children: —
Charles Manley, Aug. 20, 1859; d. Sept. 18, 1859.
Arthur Morton, Aug. 29, 1860; married Cynthia R. Smith.
Manly Bostwick, April 5, 1865 ; married Elaine E. Hanf ord.
Cora Haynes, Feb. 17, 1868; married Lewis H. Clark.
Mabel, June 11, 1880.
Phoebe Maria, Sept. 14, 1838. Married in Oberlin, Ohio, Jan. 3,
1910, Daniel Ainsworth of Morristown, Arizona, where she now
462 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
resides. To her the Babbitt Association is indebted for very
complete records of her family, Mrs. Ainsworth was a loyal and
deeply interested worker in the labor of compilation.
Delos Reuben, April 25, 1841; m. CeHa Morgan, Nov. 18, 1875.
Caroline WiUard, March 2, 1845; d. Nov. 3, 1902.
Louis Condit, Feb. 7, 1852. Resides in East St. Louis, 111.
Married Oct. 15, 1884, Aletha Garriott. Born Dec. 21, 1860.
Children: —
Delos Garriott, Feb. 20, 1887.
Mildred, July 17, 1889.
713
Caroline Babbitt (Amzi-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
June 20, 1810, in Mendham, N. J. Died May 29, 1843.
Married Oct. 3, 1827, Gustavus Voda Willard.
Children:—
Julia Ann, 1828.
Frances Esther, 1833.
Lucretia Carolina, July, 1838.
Franklin Babbitt.
714
Maria Ball Babbitt (Amzi-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Feb. 28, 1817, in Mendham, N. J. Died July 8, 1888.
Married Aug. 31, 1841, Rev. Edward H. Fairfield.
Children: —
Charles Grandison, Sept. 10, 1843. Resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Edward Henry, Aug. 28, 1845.
Julia Maria, Aug. 15, 1847. Married Charles Hall of Dundee, III.
Arthur Babbitt, Nov. 16, 1852, in Crete, Neb.
Eugene, March 5, 1854.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 463
715
Nancy Day Babbitt (John M.-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born June 17, 1817. Died Aug. 15, 1897.
Married (1st) Dr. George A. Barnes, April 18, 1843. Born Nov. 18,
1817; died Jan. 8, 1849.
Children: —
Juha Frances, May 19, 1844; d. Oct. 16, 1847
Susan Howell, Aug. 12, 1845; d. Sept. 8, 1847.
Susan Frances, Aug. 28, 1847; d. Feb. 3, 1851.
Anna Maria, July 18, 1849; d. March 31, 1907; m. (1st) Barnes,
m, (2nd) Norman R. Burghardt. Died Jan. 15, 1910, aged
78 years, in South Orange, N. J. Their daughter, Lillian
Burghardt, married April 16, 1911, Edward G. Stocker.
Married (2nd) Dr. Anson A. Ransom. He died March 11, 1894, aged
71 years.
One Child:—
Mary Millicent, Nov. 3, 1853. Married June 23, 1880, Frank
Salisbury.Had five children. Died Nov. 25, 1909.
716
Julia Ann Babbitt (John-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Nov. 23, 1823. Died Oct. 30, 1888.
Married June 15, 1850, Thomas S. Squire.
Children: —
Nettie Louisa, June 10, 1851 ; d. Jan. 3, 1864.
John Babbitt, Feb. 14, 1856; married Katherine Peck.
Children: —
Julia.
Walter.
Mary.
William James, Aug. 24, 1859; married Helena S. Cooke.
Children:—
Thomas.
Helen.
464 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
717
Joseph S. Babbitt (William-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born March 14, 1812. Died Jan. 1, 1897.
Resided in Mendham, N. J. Four of his daughters are now living on
the homestead.
Married April 16, 1838, Mary Pierson Lindsley, daughter of Ebenezer
and Phoebe (Byram) Lindsley. Born Feb. 22, 1816,; died Dec. 29, 1890.
Children: —
Augusta L., March 28, 1839.
Lucretia, 1840; d. 1840.
Frances E., Nov. 25, 1841 ; d. May 14, 1861.
William L., Oct. 6, 1843.
J. Van Cindren, Feb. 25, 1846; d. March 10, 1879.
Samuel H., Oct. 2, 1847.
Ebenezer C, Dec. 2, 1849.
Mary J., Oct. 10, 1851.
Kitty L., Aug. 14, 1853; d. Feb. 28, 1855.
Leila H., June 29, 1855.
Ellen Cornelia, Dec. 29, 1858.
718
Sarah Babbitt (William-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Aug. 1, 1818. Died Oct. 31, 1899.
Married Dec. 31, 1850, Elihu Mockridge. Died Oct. 31, 1873.
Children: —
Joseph, June 4, 1852.
Mariah, Dec. 25, 1853; d. Sept. 11, 1859.
Joseph, Feb. 27, 1872; m. Margaret V. Gulick. Four children.
719
Elizabeth Ann Babbitt (Darius-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Nov. 15, 1810, in Mendham, N. J. Died June 11, 1881.
Married Sept. 1840, William Roberts Inslee, son of John and Catherine
(Willis) Inslee, of Paterson, N. J.
Children:—
William Harvey, Oct. 6, 1841; d. July 24, 1898; m. Julia Ward
ELIAS BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 465
Hughes. Born Jan. 22, 1845; died Dec. 18, 1909, daughter of
George and Joanna.
Catherine Speer, Sept. 22, 1843; d. Jan. 30, 1844.
Edward Parsons, Feb. 24, 1846; m. Isabella Brooks August 2, 1884.
One child: —
Edward H., Sept. 15, 1885.
Adalme WoodhuU Feb. 23, 1848.
Married June 8, 1869, James Addison Thomson, son of James
S. and LydiaWinans Thomson. Born Nov. 13, 1838. Died
Jan. 7, 1899. Mrs. Thomson resides in Newark, N. J.
Children: —
Leonard Addison, Feb. 27, 1870. Resides in Newark,
N. J. Mr. Thomson is a member of the Babbitt Asso-
ciation and has been an active worker in gathering
records of the New Jersey families for this book.
Wm. Inslee, June 26, 1876.
Nelle Foote, Sept. 25, 1878; married in Newark, April
21, 1903, Henry L. Fenton, son of Aaron and Lydia
(Fordham).
ChUdren:—
Lewis T., Feb. 1, 1904.
AddisonT., May 11, 1908.
720
Charles Conkling Babbitt (Henry-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born March 21, 1821, in Mendham, N. J. Died Feb. 17, 1899,
in Philadelphia, Pa.
Resided in Philadelphia, Pa.
Married March 27, 1851, Jane EUzabeth Potter. Born July 7, 1833.
Died March 30, 1903.
Children: —
1052 DeUa E., July 29, 1852.
1053 James H., Feb. 20, 1854.
1054 Jenny E., Oct. 14, 1859.
721
Lydia Harris Babbitt (Henry-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Jan. 22, 1827, in Mendham, N. J.
466 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Graduated from Mt. Holyoke College in 1848, the last year of Mary
Lyons leadership, and was married and went to Turkey the same year.
For thirteen years she and her husband labored as missionaries in Sal-
onica and Smyrna. After this Mr. Dodd was put in charge of the Theo-
logical Seminary in Marsovan. After less than three years' service he was
stricken with cholera and died after but a few hours' illness.
Mrs, Dodd returned to America the year following and educated her
children here. She still resides in Montclair, N. J.
Married Oct. 26, 1848, Edward Mills Dodd, son of Zopher and Jane
(Cochran). Born June 22, 1824; died Aug. 19, 1865, in Marsovan,
Turkey.
Children: —
Hetty Maria, 1850; married Rev. Thomas Carter, in Montclair N. J.
Jeanette, died young on Jan. 2, 1861.
Isabelle Frances, 1857, in the American College, in Constanti-
nople, Asia Minor.
Rev. William SchaufHer Jan. 2, 1860; married Mary Louise Carter.
Lives in Cesarea, Asia Minor.
722
Amzi Babbitt (Henry-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Feb. 11, 1831, in Mendham, N. J. Died June, 1883.
He came South when 16 years of age, and after spending some time in
Huntsville, Ala., settled in Aberdeen, Miss., and went into the grocery
business, in which he was very successful, and before the outbreak of
the Civil War had purchased a large plantation, stocked with over one
hundred negroes and other personal property in proportion. At the
outbreak of the Civil War he enUsted in the Aberdeen Company, 11th
Mississippi Regiment, but only fought in one battle, first battle of Man-
assas, when he was transferred to the Commissary Department of the Army
of Northern Virginia, owing to his small stature and the weak condition
of his health. He was afterwards sent west with Johnson's Army, and
raised to the rank of Major.
After the close of the war, penniless and without even transportation
to his old home in Aberdeen, he started anew to mend his fortunes, and
to help to rehabihtate the South.
He removed shortly after the war to Okolona, Miss., where in conjunc-
tion with other Aberdeen financiers, who furnished part of the capital
MOSES BABBITT HOUSE, MENDHAM, N. J.
RESIDENCE OF FRED BABBITT.
"SQUIRE" BABBITT HOUSE, MENDHAM, N. J.
'RESTFORMI'
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 467
Stock, he opened the first bank in Okalona, which at that time was an
important inland cotton market. This bank he managed and directed
to the time of his death, which occurred at Okalona in June 1883.
As a business man he was well known throughout the South, and was
a mason of high standing in the state at the time of his death, being Emi-
nent Commander of the Knight Templar body at his home town.
Married (1st) Bettie Marable, daughter of Dr. C. Marable.
Married (2nd) Annie Marable, sister of above.
Children: — By second wife; born in Okalona, Miss.
George H., Jan. 21, 1877.
1055 Theresa, 1878.
Elizabeth, 1882.
Phoebe, 1880; d. 1887.
George H. Babbitt was educated in the public schools of Okalona,
and was for a time Rural Letter Carrier. He afterward was employed
in Government Service in Washington for several years until ill health
compelled his return to the South.
Since 1909 he has been City Collector of Okalona.
723
William Squires (Henry-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Nov. 10, 1835. Died March 6, 1884.
Resided in Mendham, N. J.
Married Abbey Elizabeth Mockridge, Sept. 15, 1859, daughter of Elihu
and Lavinia (Norton) Mockridge. She was born Feb. 21, 1839.
1056 Oscar Harris, Oct. 2, 1861.
Dora Norton, Dec. 27, 1862 ; married Rev. George Kromer.
*Elizabeth Ross, Oct. 21, 1864.
Grace, Sept. 26, 1867; married Rev. Henry Hutchinson.
Winifred, June 27, 1870; married Rev. William R. Blackie,
of Ardsley, N. Y.
Children: —
William R., Jr., June 23, 1902.
Oscar M., Sept. 29, 1905.
*Miss Babbitt has easily been the most arduous worker of all who have
assisted in preparing this book — sparing neither time or money to further
its scope. She has twice given receptions to the Babbitts of New York
468 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
City and of New Jersey, and ever an enthusiastic helper at the annual
meeting. Miss Babbitt's profession is nursing, and lately she has secured
possession of her family homestead in Mendham, N. Y., and has opened
a Sanatorium for invalids and convalescents. That it will be most suc-
cessful is assured under her management.
Miss Babbitt has been a great traveler — ^have resided in Japan and
India — besides visiting the European countries.
724
William Matthews Babbitt (Daniel-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Bom Aug. 28, 1821. Died Sept. 26, 1875.
Major in Civil War. Paymaster in Army, Feb. 27, 1863. Resigned
Oct. 26, 1863.
Married Aug. 12, 1846, Frances Condit. Died July 25, 1889.
Children:—
Alice C.
1057 Frank M., Feb. 6, 1852.
Louisa Vermilye, Oct. 11, 1853.
Rodman M., Nov. 19, 1856; d. March 24, 1881.
Mary A., Oct. 11, 1857 (Andover, N. J.)
William A., Nov. 18, 1859; married Beatrice Hubbard, 1891.
Charles A., March 29, 1861 ; d. Feb. 1, 1866.
Gertrude C, July 3, 1863; married (1st) Wilham Walton;
(2nd) Arthur Hamilton.
725
Phoebe Louise Babbitt (Daniel-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Sept. 30, 1828. Died Sept. 17, 1905-07.
Married Feb. 3, 1853, Wilham Henry Vermilye. Died 1883.
Children: —
Daniel Babbitt, April 25, 1854. Resides in Sag Harbor, N. Y.
married (1st) April 30, 1879, Mary C. Hohnes. Married (2nd)
July 3, 1886, EUse Calam.
Children: —
WnUam M., April 6, 1880.
Herbert N., Nov. 16, 1887.
Katherine Holmes, July 16, 1856.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
726
Luther Babbitt ( Jacob- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah- Edward). Born
Feb. 11, 1808. Died May 8, 1885. He withdrew from the Shakers and
became a farmer near Lebanon, Ohio, where he died.
Married 1840, Mary Duckworth, daughter of George Duckworth and
Sarah (Corwin). Born Feb. 11, 1811, and died 1904.
Children: —
Wilham Henry, 1841 ; died young.
Calvin, 1843 ; died young. ^ „ ^
George D., 1846. \ ^l^^d S^V'
James M., 1848. Married Maria Thrasher.
Children:—
'\ 'Hfc"^v Charles L., married Clara Bauer.
\/Jas. Edwin. " •' \^f^ ^^WaA-W
727/
Calvin Babbitt ( Jacob- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
August 4, 1809, in Greene, Pa. Died March 5, 1879.
EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM A SON.
My father was Calvin Babbitt who was born in 1809, in Green
Township, Perm., about twenty-five miles from Pittsburg. There were
a number of his close relatives (brothers and uncles) who were Shakers
and settled near Lebanon, Ohio. Calvin and his brother, Luther with-
drew from that sect. Luther, the elder of the two, became a farmer and
died in or near Lebanon, Ohio. Father became a large wholesale grocer
in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was the Babbitt, of Babbitt, Good & Co., and
head of Babbitt, Harkness & Co. of same city. When he died in 1879
(March 5th) he was the oldest wholesale grocer there and universally
loved and respected. I had a quarter interest in the later firm from 1867
to 1879, when father being on his death bed, we bought out Harkness
and closed the extensive business, and I came West to Colorado.
Understand we have numerous relatives in IlUnois and from one of them
(Job) I believe our branch was from eastern Pennsylvania, and previously
from three New Jersey brother Babbitts.
?
470 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Father was the best man in my opinion (of course) that I have ever
known, and being sensitive and withdrawing from the Shakers (and they
were good people and citizens) I never asked him much about his pro-
genitors. Mother was a small, gentle loving little woman, with blue eyes,
always ready to sacrifice herself if she could assist or help any one. Her
family name was Andress and she was born in Brighton, England about
1817. She came to this country when only two years of age with sev-
eral older brothers and sisters, who settled in Cincinnati in the early days
and became prominent and influential citizens.
Most of his relatives became Shakers, but he and his brother withdrew.
He was very active in the work of the Sanitary Commission in Civil
War and at times received at his home the wovmded soldiers — Job, James
and Harrison Babbitt, his cousins — who were in a hospital in Cincinnati.
He was a wholesale grocer in Cinciimati, Babbitt, Good & Co.; also
member of Babbitt-Harkness & Co.
Married (1st) Mary Darrow, May 10, 1840. No children.
Married (2nd) Anne Andress, bom Jan. 9, 1816, in Brighton, Eng-
land, daughter of Samuel and Anne (Palmer) Andress. Died Aug.
14, 1894, in Cincinnati, O.
Children: —
Anne Elizabeth, March 20, 1841 ; married William N. Hobart, 1862.
Resides in Cincinnati, O.
Children: —
James C, 1866.
Lowell Fletcher, 1867.
Anna, 1868.
Everett Winslow, 1873; d. 1899.
EUzabeth, 1875.
*William Pitt, April 1, 1843. Resides in Denver, Col.
Calvin, 1845; d. 1847.
/^ Carrie Andress, Dec. 15, 185^^ married 1879, Julius B. Hargrave.
V He died in 1902.
Children:—
Newell Hobart, 1880.
Jos. Calvin, 1883.
Julius B., 1884; d. 1886.
Helen Holmes, 1887.
THE BABBETT F AM ELY HISTORY. 471
Ruth, 1888.
Donald Perry, 1894.
Mary Ellen, July 22, 1847.
Charles Edwin, Nov. 12, 1849. A member of Babbitt Association.
A lawyer in Cincinnati. Married 1883, Ida Seymour.
One Child:— Eliza, 1884.
*William Pitt Babbitt enlisted at first call for troops in April, 1861.
Served in Co. A, 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for thirty-eight months
and five days. A great part of this service was as Clerk at Division or
Corps Headquarters. Member of the Babbitt Asso.
Mr. Babbitt married Sept. 22, 1891, Mrs. Anna E. Steele. They re-
side in Denver, Col., and have no children.
730
Cynthia Babbitt (Daniel- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Died
about 1890.
Lived on a farm near St. Augustine, 111., until about 1870, when they
moved to Iowa. Mr. Sweegle died soon after.
During the Black Hawk War, at Canton, Fulton Co., 111., she, with
other women, were moulding bullets. The story is told that one of the
number proposed prayer as the Indians were near. Cynthia replied,
"Under the circumstances, bullets were more efficient."
Married John Sweegle.
Children: —
John, 1835; d. 1851. Drowned in Cedar Creek.
Elizabeth, 1840; d. 1869. Married Henry Young.
Children:—
John.
Warren.*
Clara.
Lucinda, married William Terry. Lived in Iowa.
One child: — Ivy.
Sarah, married Thomas Woodman. Moved to Iowa.
George, married Christina Bartlett (his cousin).
*Warren Young was reared near St. Augustine, educated in Chicago
Baptist Theological Seminary, and became a Baptist Missionary to Bur-
mah about 1890. He returned in 1895 bringing home his wife and little
daughter. Mrs. Young died soon and leaving his daughter he returned
to the field, where he now is.
472 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
731
Jacob Babbitt (Daniel- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
A farmer near St. Augustine until about 1865, when he settled in Iowa.
A strong Democrat and a Southern sympathizer during the war.
Married Nancy Sweegle.
Children:—
Silas lives in Iowa.
Jacob.
John, ran away to war. Served in Illinois Regiment. Died in
Libby Prison.
Hannah.
Elizabeth, married Kaufmarm.
732
Christina Babbitt (Daniel- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Married Wesley Abbott, a farmer near Canton, 111.
Children: —
Daniel, a lawyer in Canton, 111.
Jacob, deceased.
Ella.
John, shoe dealer in Canton, III.
Jeremiah.
733
Daniel Babbitt (Daniel- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Oct. 10, 1820. Died about 1898, in Franklin, la.
A farmer near St. Augustine, 111., 1844^1868. Then moved to Iowa
near Centreville. A farmer and stock raiser.
Mr. Babbitt was self-educated, and for the frontier days unusually
well read. After leaving their comfortable Illinois home they endured
many of the hardships of pioneer life before they became well settled
once more. He was a strong Democrat in politics.
Married Mary Dorman in 1844. Still living. Resides with her
youngest daughter.
Children: —
1058 Henry Freeland, Oct. 23, 1846.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 473
1059 Amanda, Dec. 7, 1845.
1060 Jacob R., Aug. 14, 1856.
John, deceased, aged 8 years.
Marion, deceased, aged 21 years.
1061 Florence, Sept. 23, 1858.
1062 Aminda Belle, April 20, 1866.
William, deceased in infancy.
Richard, deceased in infancy.
734
Sarah Babbitt (Job-Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born 1804.
Died 1856.
Married James Ogden.
Children:—
Cyrus, married (1st) Mary Shively; (2nd) Elizabeth Crowell.
Job, d. 1905 ; married Mary A. Terrey.
Joseph, married Samantha (Babbitt) Dorman. See No. 741.
Mary,married Jacob Dorman.
Stephen, unmarried.
James Harvey, married Sarah Carr. Resides in Omaha, Neb.
Sarah, married Sidney Snare. Resides in Trinta, Col.
WilUam Harrison, married Amanda Boiley. Resides in Murray, la.
OHver, married Olive Hare. Resides in Murray, la.
735
Stephen Babbitt (Job-Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
1806. Died 1864.
Lived and died on his farm in St. Augustine, 111. A great hunter.
Married Malinda Harrod.
Children: —
Elizabeth, married Jesse Powell.
Children: —
William.
Ellen.
Sadie.
Idaho.
Penuel.
474 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
1063 William, 1833.
Nancy, 1835; d. 1851.
1064 James, 1836.
Israel, 1839; d. 1862 in Paducah, Ky. Co. G, 50th 111.
Melinda, 1841 ; married Jno Rankin, in Kansas City.
Children: —
Hattie.
Homer.
Ollie,
William.
Walter.
Jay.
1065 Stephen, Aug., 1843.
1066 Hugh, Aug. 1843.
Isaac, d. 1846, aged 11 months.
Hulda, 1847; married James Biemer.
Children: —
Avery.
Pearl.
Opal.
Malinda.
Estel.
Jeptha, 1847; married (1st) WildaDurfee. Married (2nd) Mary
Wheeler Harper.
Children: — By first wife.
Gabriella, Charles, Silva.
Children: — By second wife.
Aaron, Russell, Orloff. Lives in St. Augustine, 111.
Sanford, 1850. Married Margaret Thompson.
Child:— Eva.
736
Eleanor Babbitt (Job-Job-Isaac-Elkanah-EIkanah-Edward), Bom
Dec. 19, 1808.
Married James Cox, Knox Co., Ky., Oct. 14, 1829. He was born
Jan. 11, 1807, and died Sept. 19, 1871.
Children: —
Ailcy, Dec. 4, 1830; d. Aug. 25, 1875. Married Hamilton Harrod.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 475
Children:—
Elizabeth Harrod, married Elmer Brown. Lives near St.
Augustine, 111.
Children:—
Blonde, Birdie.
Lawson.
Nathan, R. R. engineer, in Rushville, 111; married Clara
Johnson.
Children:—
Ethel, Warren.
Hallock married Lucy Jennings. Resides in Talequah, Okla.
Children: —
Lola, Lily, Cecil.
Sharon married Annie Camp — a lawyer in Denver, Col.
Children: —
Sterling, Eleanor, Clifford, Annie.
Nancy, Nov. 9, 1832; married Isaac Babbitt. No. 758.
Nathan, Aug. 21, 1837; d. July 28, 1839.
Lavinia, July 25, 1840.
Lemon, March 4, 1843; d. Feb. 13, 1864.
Sarah, Oct. 30, 1845; married Jeptha R. Harrod in 1871.
Children: —
Regina Eleanor, died young.
Samuel Gleim, Professor in Eureka College. Bom
Jan. 5, 1882. Professor Harrod has been an active
helper in the preparation of the record of his branch
of this family.
Eliza, Sept. 6, 1850; d. Dec. 26, 1856.
737
Jonathan Babbitt (Job-Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
March 13, 1811, in Fayette Co., Ohio. Died March 12, 1888.
Lived and died on his farm near St, Augustine, 111. His farm adjoined
those of his brother and sister.
An active worker of Christian church.
Married (1st) Parmelia Jennings.
Married (2nd) Charlotte Randall (nee Ducolon.) No children.
Married (3rd) Eliz. Evaline Taylor, born Sept., 1819; died Feb. 5, 1901.
476 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:— By (1st).
Jonathan Parkinson, Oct. 9, 1833; d. June 3, 1870. Married
Jennie Allender.
Child: — Jonathan Edgar.
1067 Job, Oct. 20, 1839.
James Harrison, Aug. 16, 1841; married Zenaide Maillard.
Parmelia Ann, Aug. 16, 1841 ; married Edgar Cutler.
Children:—
Wniiam E., 1858.
Vella, 1862.
Harrison, 1866.
Inez, 1868.
William Hansford, Jan. 16, 1844; married Miriam Swartz.
Died Sept. 29, 1869.
Mary Elizabeth, May 13, 1846; d. Nov. 2, 1864.
1068 Ira Taylor, Feb. 24, 1849.
738
James Babbitt (Job-Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
AprH 9, 1813. Died Jan. 1, 1893.
Lived and died on his farm in St. Augustine, 111. A strong Republican
and member of Christian church.
Married Mary Ann Randall. Born April 11, 1818. Died Jan. 16, 1893.
Children: —
1069 Jonathan, Jr., Nov. 21, 1838; d. Dec. 19, 1895.
Nancy, Dec. 5, 1839; d. April 4, 1840.
Joseph, Dec. 3, 1844; d. Nov. 7, 1847.
Thos. Jefiferson, Oct. 30, 1846; d. Oct. 10, 1847.
Dehla, Feb. 1, 1840; married Woods CaUison, Winterset, Iowa.
Children: —
Alpha.
Emery.
Nellie.
James.
Wilford.
Clayton.
Sarah, June 16, 1849.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 477
1070 James, Dec. 22, 1842.
Caroline, 1843; married Thomas Butler of Council Bluflfs, la.
Children: —
Fanny. ,
Nora.
Minnie.
Kenneth.
Keith.
Eliza, March 28, 1847 ; married Allen H. Harrod, Marchl6,1876 .
Children:—
Silva, married William Smiley.
Estie.
LeeF.
Edwin, June 3, 1851. See No. 1061.
1071 Azubin, Feb. 15, 1853.
Wilford, Feb. 22, 1855; married Harriet Heston.
Children:—
Viola.
Nine.
Mildred.
Mary Addie, Dec. 9, 1858; d. March 23, 1878.
739
Hugh Babbitt (Job-Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).. Bom 1819.
Served in Co. G, 50 III., in Civil War.
Married Margaret Jones. (Her sister, Katherine, married Job No. 740.)
Children:—
1072 Phoebe, 1839.
Charles Freeman, 1841; d. 1874; wounded in Battle of Frank-
lin, Tenn., Co. I, 72 111., Civil War.
Sarah, 1843; married Sidney Snare. Resides in Fruita, Col.
Children: —
Flora.
Fannie.
Mary.
Otis; died young.
William Calvin, 1845; d. 1900. (Civil War).
478 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Luther, died young.
Benjamin, 1847; died young.
Harvey, 1849. Unmarried in LaGrange, Wyo.
Thomas, 1860 ; married Lily Inman. Resides in Mitchell, Neb.
Children:—
Roy.
Wilhs.
Theodore.
Nancy, married Daniel Irons. Resides m Abingdon, 111.
Children: —
Leonard. Resides in Enid, Okla.
VeUa.
Nancy.
Albert.
Bertha.
Lola.
Mary, 1858; unmarried.
740
Job Babbitt (Job-Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom 1821.
'ied 1857;
, from injuries received while digging a well.
A farmer near St. Augustine, 111.
Married
Katherine Jones. Sister of Margaret who married No. 739.
Childrer
i:—
1073
John.
1074
Jane.
1075
Anne.
Rachel, died young.
1076
Lucinda.
1077
Rose.
1078
Harriet.
1079
Job.
1080
Evaline.
1081
Ida.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 479
741
Isaac Freeman Babbitt (Stephen- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward.)
Died 1894.
Isaac ran away from the Shaker settlement in Union Village when a
boy, and lived with his uncle Job in Indiana, coming to Illinois where the
rest of the family emigrated.
Was a farmer near St. Augustine all his life. A justice in the early days.
An active member of the Christian Church, and a man noticed for his
even handed justice — sometimes when contrary to the letter of the law.
Married (1st) Samantha Clarke, 1820; died 1847. Married (2nd)
Elsie Phelps.
Children: —
Madison, married Lovica Goodenough. Settled in So. W. Mo.
Children: —
Denman.
Martha.
Minnie.
Samantha, married James Dorman. Married (2nd) Joseph,
Ogden. See 734.
1082 EHas.
EHjah, died young — accidentally poisoned.
Children: — By second wife.
1083 George.
Amelia, married Augustus Effland. Lives in London Mills, 111.
Children: —
Pearl. )
\ > Married brothers named Dunn.
Maude. )
Earl.
Inez.
Amanda, d. 1893 ; married William Mills.
Children:—
Glenn married Josie Gray.
Gertrude.
Alwilda, married Lawson Mitchell. Resides in Beaver City,
Nebraska.
Children: —
Ross.
Claude.
480 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
742
James Madison Babbitt (Stephen-Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom Oct. 6, 1811. Died Feb. 21, 1867.
Married Eleanor Hall, Nov. 6, 1840. Born July 12, 1819. Died
Jan. 8, 1904.
Children: —
John Calvin, Sept. 16, 1841.
Thomas Hall, April 6, 1843.
Ameha Anne, March 3, 1845; d. Feb. 11, 1864.
Florence, Feb. 8, 1847. Married Madden, Consul to Smyrna.
Child:— Fanny.
Horace Greeley, Dec. 24, 1848; d. Oct. 31, 1908.
Mary Frances, March 18, 1851 ; married Thompson.
Benton Holcomb, August 28, 1855; with Alfred Peats Co., Chicago.
Fanny Bolton, Feb. 20, 1858; married Kruger.
Homer Freeman, April 18, 1860.
James Madison, Jan. 30, 1853; d. April 13, 1853.
743
Jesse Babbitt (Daniel-EIkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
Oct. 30, 1808. Died Sept. 4, 1855. Buried in Berkshire Valley, N. J.
Lived in Berkshire Valley, N. J., where all his children were born.
Married Harriet Dickerson. Born Sept. 27, 1826; died Jan. 28, 1855.
Children: —
Elizabeth, May 22, 1847; d. AprU 1, 1857.
1084 Margaret, Oct. 13, 1848.
1085 David, Sept. 13, 1850.
Phoebe, Sept. 22, 1852; married George Hague. No children.
George, Oct. 17, 1854; d. April 19, 1855.
744
Mary Babbitt (Daniel-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
August 18, 1811.
Resided in Dover, N. J.
MA J. JACOB BABBITT
OF Bristol R. I. 7 R. I. Regt. U. S. Vols. Killed
AT Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 1862.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 481
Married James Devor; born April 27, 1807.
Children:—
Harriet, Sept. 13, 1830.
Caroline, May 27, 1832.
Catherine A., Oct. 12, 1833; married C. A. Thomas.
Thomas, Aug. 2, 1835. Resides in South Orange, N. J.
^Elizabeth, July 12, 1839; married Ira B. Dunham. She died
Dec. 29, 1910.
Phoebe R., April 27, 1841.
William E. P., June 25, 1844.
George S., May 25, 1849.
Frank P., April 18, 1856. Resides in Cleveland, Ohio.
OBITUARY NOTICE
*Funeral services of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Dunham, wife of Ira B. Dun-
ham, were held in her late home, in Seymour Avenue, last Sunday after-
noon. The services were conducted by the Rev. T. Aird Moffat, pastor
of the First Congregational Jube Memorial Church, of which she was
an active member. Mrs. Dunham was a daughter of James R. and Mary
Babbit Devor, of Dover, N. J. She died at the age of seventy-one. She
was married to Mr. Dunham fifty-one years ago. Their twenty-fifth
and fiftieth wedding anniversaries were both pleasantly celebrated. Be-
sides her husband, two daughters, Mrs. John M. Morgan and Mrs. Hugh
T. Robertson; three grandchildren, Leslie and Thurman Morgan and
Doris E. Robertson, and one great grandchild, Estelle Morgan, survive
her. She also leaves two brothers, Thomas, H. and George Devor, and
a sister, Mrs. Katherine Thomas, living in South Orange, and a brother,
Frank Devor, in Cleveland, O.
745
David Babbitt (Daniel-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) . Born
May 27, 1814, in Berkshire Valley, N. J. Died Aug. 25, 1891 in Newark,
N.J.
Mr. Babbitt resided in Berkshire Valley and worked on his father's
farm until his marriage when he removed to Hilton, N. J., where he lived
until April 1, 1861. He then moved into, what was at the time, the
suburbs of Newark, now known as Bloomfield Ave., where his substan-
tial farm house still stands in a thickly settled section of the city.
Until 1862 Mr. Babbitt was a staunch Democrat, but the war and the
482 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
treatment of the negroes completely changed his politics. At one time
the home of a faithful negro employee, was surrounded by a mob, armed
with every conceivable sort of weapon, and eager for a lynching. For-
tunately the negro had been hidden by Mr. Babbitt in his hay mow in
a barn at some distance from his house. The mob surrounded Mr. Bab-
bitt's house, which so enraged him that he appeared on the scene with
a pistol in each hand and ordered the mob to disperse — threatening to
shoot the first one who entered his gate. He assured them that the negro
was not in his house. Knowing Mr. Babbitt's fearlessness and deter-
mination they dispersed. Next day a load of hay, with the negro con-
cealed therein was driven to a place of safety. In 1868, Mr. Babbitt's
farm was sold and cut into building lots and he lived a retired life until
his death — at his home on High Street, in Newark.
Married Jan. 24, 1847, Mary Baldwin, daughter of Cyrus and Mary
(Baldwin) Baldwin. She was born Jan. 19, 1823. Died Feb. 11, 1897.
Children: —
JuHa A., March 22, 1848; d. May 10, 1864.
Jesse, May 30, 1851.
Milton H., Oct. 7, 1854; d. April 4, 1858.
Emma, May 6, 1859. Member of Babbitt Association.
Jesse and Emma Babbitt reside in Dayton, N. J., and are fruit growers.
746
John Weir Babbitt (Seth-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom Nov. 10, 1820, in Berkshire Valley, N. J. Died July 1, 1909, in
Morristown, N. J.
His boyhood was passed in his father's log cabin in Berkshire Valley.
Later he was employed in the construction of the Morris Canal where he
contracted cholera and narrowly escaped death. He was also a farmer
for some years.
He was for a long time the mail carrier between Morristown and Som-
erville, making three trips a week. Since 1881 he was constable of Mor-
ristown, also serving as Overseer of the Poor.
Mr. Babbitt had a keen memory of the old days and fortunately this
book was benefited by his knowledge of the old families of Morris Co.,
by interviews held with him the year of his death.
OBITUARY NOTICE.
Mr. John W. Babbitt passed away with heart trouble and other diseases
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 483
at his home in Sussex Ave., Morristown, N. J., on the first day of July,
1909, in his eighty-ninth year.
The story of his life reads like a romance, and there is not a farm house
or scarcely a cowpath in Morris Coxmty that "Babbitt" as he was famil-
iarly known, has not entered or trod. He comes from old Jersey stock and
was born in Berkshire Valley, Morris County near Dover, on Nov. 10,
1820, son of Hannah Wire and Seth Babbitt, a soldier of the War of 1812.
He was brought up in a log cabin and at ten years of age his father
died of cholera contracted while at work on the Morris Canal. His mother-
finding it a hard struggle with a large family bound him out to Andrew
K. Blake, who had a large farm near Kenvil, until he was 21 years of
age. For faithful service he was to secure from Mr. Baker when of age,
one yoke of oxen and six sheep. Mr. Baker had a large family of chil-
dren and after John had worked hard all day, his closing duties were to
milk eight cows and help take care of the children. The surrounding
covintry was wild and thinly populated and our aged friend said the far-
mers had to watch their sheep closely, for bears would frequently steal
doT\Ti the mountam and carry off the lambs.
When he became a young man he worked on Mr. Baker's farm in sum-
mer and in winter carted iron ore from Mine Hill to the Canal, Berkshire
Valley and Dover. He would handle 3500 pounds twice over per day
and for this strenuous service received the sum of $8.00 per month. When
twenty-three he helped the surveyors on the Morris Canal. In the good
old days as a young swain, he went one evening to call on his young lady
friend, and on his way he had to pass a dark swamp, when suddenly a
wild-eyed animal sprung at his horse. The faster Babbitt galloped,
the faster the animal went, and poor John and his horse were nigh ex -
hausted and when the edge of the swamp was reached, the animal dis-
appeared as if by magic.
Mr. Babbitt worked on a farm in Mendham, N. J., after marriage and
then he moved to Mt. Kemble Ave., and worked for Dr. Ebbin Wood-
ruff of Morristown. He was then appointed a mail carrier between Mor-
ristown and Somerville and made three trips a week for three years. He
then moved a short distance from Morristown and lived eleven years on
the farm of Mr. Samuel Jones. After this he moved in Morristown.
In 1881 his- numerous frinds persuaded him to run for Constable and
ever since has never failed of election. He was the oldest active con-
stable and always proved faithful in New Jersey. He has also been Over-
484 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
seer of the Poor. Since the days of Lincoln he has always voted the Re-
publican ticket. Twenty-five years ago the wife of his youth died and
after a period he married the widow Bradshaw of Brookside, who died
on Mr. Babbitt's eighty-sixth birthday, which is remarkable.
He is a living monument of activity and work to the young men at this
age. He was a kind and good father and after his death we could hear
them say on the streets, for he had a great many friends, "what a nice
man Mr. Babbitt was." He was of the Methodist faith.
Married (1st) Mary Ann Reger, of Succasunna, N. J.
Children: —
Sarah Francis, July 3, 1846. Married ( ) Sowers.
Three children: —
Mrs. Harry Vaughan.
May.
Wihnot.
1086 Lemuel G., 1848.
Edward Ira.
Jane Elizabeth, Nov. 16, 1853. Married Edward Schenck.
Children: —
Mrs. Walter Leonard.
Harold.
Ella Josephine, March 1, 1856. Married Elijah Gregory. '
\^ Children: —
Mrs. Wayne Emery.
Ruth.
Ernest.
John, Married Elizabeth Crane.
Richard E., Sept. 13, 1865. Married Louise Munson, resides
in Boonton, N. J.
Children: —
Mabel.
Edward.
Mrs. Merrill Brennan.
Elizabeth.
Harriet.
Ella.
John.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 485
Walter.
George.
Robert.
Mary, married (1st) ( ) Butler; married (2nd) (-
Johnson.
Married (2nd) Mrs. ( ) Bradshaw of Brookside, N. J.
747
Rev. William Simpson Babbitt (Seth-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Bom March 11, 1827. Died June 21, 1908.
Was a minister. Was pastor in Newark, N. J., until 1882 when he
came to Bennings M. E. Church in Washington, D. C. His eye sight
failing he left this church and became assistant pastor of Douglas Me-
morial M. E. Church, which position he held until his death.
Served in Civil War.
Private in Co. B, 7th New Jersey Regiment.
Later in Co. H., same Regiment, in 1862.
August 24, 1864, enlisted in Battery D, First Artillery.
Married May 22, 1852, Ann EUza Gardner. Born May 16, 1833, and
died July 2, 1890.
Children:—
Eva C, April 25, 1855; married Augustus M. Laing, 1878. He
died Oct. 21, 1904. Lives in Washington, D. C.
They had two daughters: —
Susie W.
Estelle E.
Married (2nd) Sept. 30, 1890, Ahce Hart Sanders.
Children: —
WilHam Franklin, Aug. 10, 1893.
Mrs. Alice Babbitt is now living in Washington, D. C.
748
Edward T. Babbitt (Seth-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Jan. 30, 1830.
Mr. Babbitt resides in Newark, N. J.
486 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married Julia A. Hoyt, daughter of George W. and Caroline (Nodine)
Hoyt. Born April 4, 1838.
Children:—
George E., Oct. 10, 1859; d. Nov. 22, 1908. Married Anna D.
Campbell. Wsls a physician.
749
Lewis Babbitt (Silas-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Lived in Jefferson, N. J., in 1852.
Married Elizabeth Belcher.
Children:—
Phoebe, married ( ) Post.
Sarah, unmarried.
Ella, married ( ) Post.
Eliza, died aged 15 years.
John, married ( ) Post.
Amzi.
750
Amzi Babbitt (Silas-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Oct. 13, 1816, in Berkshire VaUey, N. J. Died June 15, 1882, in Burt
Co., Nebraska.
Lived in Rockaway, N. J., in 1854.
Emigrated to Wisconsin in 1854; to Nebraska in 1857.
Married Martha Dickinson. Born June 14, 1829; died March 1, 1895.
Children-.-
1085 Francis E., Oct. 5, 1849.
Mary E., Dec. 28, 1847; married Hall, in San Diego, Cal.
George M., Oct. 27, 1851; d. Feb. 13, 1883.
Caroline A., Aug. 5, 1853; d. May 7, 1882.
Wilham H., July 23, 1859. Resides in Tacoma, Wash.
Rose E., Jan. 10, 1861; married Marr, of Tekoma, Neb.
Eliza E., March 27, 1862.
Walter L., June 25, 1864, of Draper, S. D.
Clarence E., Feb. 13, 1866, of Ft. Calhoun, Neb.
Maud May, Sept. 30, 1867; married Langley, of San Ber-
nardino, Cal.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY, 487
Jesse Amzi, July 16, 1869.
Eunice Anna, Oct. 13, 1871 ; married Warner of Indian Agency,
Cheyenne, Wyo.
Fred Irvin, July 12, 1873, in Seattle, Washington.
751
Stephen D. Babbitt (Silas-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
In 1840 in Jefferson, N. J.
In 1852, in Rockaway, N. J.
Later resided in Berkshire Valley, near Dover, N. J.
April 11, 1843, Stephen and Mary joined Berkshire Valley Presbyterian
Church.
Married (1st) Delilah Davenport.
Married (2nd) Mary ( .) (1852 on deed.)
Children: —
1088 Sidney, 1835.
Caroline.
752
Joseph Harvey Babbitt (David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom Dec. 6, 1808, in Greene Co., Pa. Died June 8, 1884.
Resided near Hopewell, Greene Co., Pa.
Married (1st) Ehzabeth McClumphy, Feb. 19, 1829. Born Feb. 10
1809. Died Oct. 14, 1848.
Married (2nd) Mrs. Cinthia Saunders. She died after 1884.
Children:—
Mary, Oct. 30, 1829. Married Salem Lemmon.
Rachel, Nov. 8, 1831. Married Jesse Stewart of Hundred,
West Virginia.
Sarah, Feb. 6, 1833. Married WilHam Dunn.
Samuel, Jan. 30, 1834. Married Lucinda Hedge.
Joseph Lazier, April 8, 1835. Married Sarah Hayes. Served
in Civil War.
Harrison, Oct. 14, 1836. Married Susan Ingraham, June,
1857. Died in service in Civil War.
488 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Jonathan McClumphy, Aug. 1, 1838; d. Sept. 15, 1838.
Lydia Margaret, March 14, 1841. Married Richard In-
skeep, in 1861.
Eliza Matilda, Sept. 25, 1842. Married Isaac Grandon, 1856.
Two children: —
David, 1858.
Clara, 1860, who married William Cook.
1089 James Harvey, March 21, 1845.
Reason Wright, Sept. 24, 1847; d. Nov. 8, 1847.
753
Milton Babbitt (David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) . Born
Feb. 19, 1810, in Greene Co., Pa. Died Sept. 9, 1851, in Ognawka, 111.
Removed to Illinois before 1851.
Married Eliza Parkinson.
Children: —
James.
Mary Anne.
Adeline.
William.
Margaret.
Lucinda.
Wilhelmina.
Leona, married Samuel Holmes. Mrs. Holmes is the only living
member of this family. She resides in BriggsvUle, 111.
754
Mahala Babbitt (David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born March 4, 1811, in Greene Co., Pa. Died April 9, 1848. Buried in
South Ten Mile Baptist Cemetery.
Resided in Greene Co.
Married John Smith of Center Township, in Greene Co., Pa.
Children:—
Sarah.
Julina, married James R. Little.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY,
Children : —
Leona.
James L.
John A.
Mary E.
Elizabeth.
George.
Frank.
Mary, married David Banks.
Children:—
Myra.
John W.
Henry.
Electa.
Annie.
Wilhs.
Ralph.
Harvey.
Electa, married John Little.
Chadren:—
William.
Ernest.
Harry.
Katherine.
Oscar.
Howard.
Adeline, married (1st) John Collins.
Children:—
Fred.
Charles.
Fannie.
Howard.
Married (2nd) Saunders France.
One son — Ross.
William P., married Sarah Little.
Guy.
Maude.
490 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
OlHe.
Daisy.
Norman.
Edith.
Lawrence.
Matilda, married Addison Slayton.
Minnie.
Frank.
Winnie.
Gertrude.
Myrtle.
Charles.
Nancy May 29, 1847; married William J. Gould. Resides in El
Reno, Nebraska.
Essie Morella.
WiKord.
Clarence, married Julia A. Lane.
Otis, married Minnie Sanders.
755
William Harrison Babbitt (David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born April 22, 1813, in Greene Co., Pa. Died May 20, 1855,
in Waynesburg, Pa.
In earlier married life a carpenter and mill-wright. Later he attended
school in Greene Academy, Carmichaels, Pa., and then read law. At his
death he was serving his second term as State's Attorney. Resided in
Waynesburg, Pa.
Inventor of the "side hill" plow known through the coimtry and thus
linked the Babbitt name with another invention of great use to human-
ity. He was a man universally respected and honored. His daughter,
Mrs. Hughes, has in her possession the papers concerning the Patent of
the "side hiH" plow as described by her father in detail.
Married (1st) Matilda Vanatta in 1838. She died 1839.
Married (2nd) Augusta Delamer Higinbotham in 1846. Bom June
13, 1819, in Washington Co., Pa. Died March 4, 1897, in Waynes-
burg, Pa., daughter of Uriah and Elizabeth Higinbotham.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 491
Children: — By first wife.
Eliza, 1838; died 1860. Married David Bell in 1857.
One child — Lucy, 1858. Married ( ) Brown.
Children: — By second wife.
Frank, 1848; d. 1849.
Elizabeth, Jan. 26, 1850. Married April 22, 1869, John Swan
Hughes. Born July 4, 1844, in Greene Co., Pa. Died Nov.
29, 1909. Mrs. Hughes resides in Chipley, Fla.
Mrs. Hughes attended Waynesburg, Pa., schools and college —
after which she taught school for two years. Mr. Hughes
was professor of Mathematics in Waynesboro College, of which
he was a graduate in 1868. Later he was principal of Mt. Zion,
111., Seminary, where they lived thirty-five years and where their
children were born. Mrs. Hughes was assistant principal of
Mt. Zion Seminary. Removed to Chipley, Fla., in 1905.
Children: —
Charles Babbitt, Jime 5, 1872. Resides in Chipley, Fla.
Shirley, April 16, 1875; d. July 21, 1906.
Rex McEowen, Nov. 26, 1876. Married Nov. 1904, Virgie
Scott, daughter of Alex, and Katherine Scott. Born
Dec. 23, 1879.
Children: —
Jay Lenoir, Oct. 8, 1905.
Shirley lone, March 19, 1909. Resides in Mt.
Zion, 111.
Augusta, Sept. 10, 1878. Resides in Pensacola, Fla.
Sarah, Sept. 23, 1851. Married Major William Owen Butler,
Dec. 24, 1901. Resides in Chipley, Fla.
John Gibson, May 18.53; d. March 1857.
Isaac Newton, Dec. 24, 1854. Married April, 1881, Emma In-
graham. Resides in Washington, Pa.
Children: —
Harrison I., July 19, 1883.
Charles Newton, Oct. 22, 1886.
756
Lucinda Babbitt (David- Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom Jan. 29, 1815, in Greene Co., Pa.
492 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Resided in Illinois for a time, but later removed to Kansas. Died in
Hickory Plains, Ark.
Married George Smith.
Children: —
David.
Catherine.
Sarah.
Madison.
Martha.
Mary.
757
Julina Babbitt (David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Jan. 27, 1815, in Greene Co., Fla. Died Jan. 3, 1900, in Haskel, Kas.
Resided for a v^^hile in Illinois. Afterward lived in Kansas and died
in that State.
Married John Huggans.
ChUdren:—
David B.
Catherine, married Homer Whipple.
Lucinda, married John Waddlee.
Harrison.
Lewis.
Frank.
Sarah, married Washington Daniels.
Clarissa, married David Cope.
Maria, married Harvey Blood.
758
Isaac Babbitt (David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Sept. 12, 1820. Died Jan. 7, 1901.
Resided in Abington, 111.
Married Nancy Cox, daughter of James and Eleanor (Babbitt) Cox.
Born Nov. 9, 1832. Died Nov. 10, 1910, at the home of her daughter in
Oklahoma. (See No. 736.)
Children:—
Alice.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 493
1090
Sarah Ellen; d. 1855.
1091
James Austin, 1857; d. 1905.
Eliza Virginia, 1859-1862.
Fanny, died in infancy, 1863.
1092
David Melvin.
1093
Lewis Addison.
1094
Belle.
1095
Pauline.
Nellie, 1871-1885.
1096
Milton.
Ralph, died in infancy.
Annie, died in infancy.
759
Mary Babbitt (David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Jan. 12, 1825, in Greene Co., Pa. Died Feb. 10, 1908.
Resided in Abingdon, III., after 1869.
Married Andrew J. Johnson in 1846. Died Sept. 26, 1884.
Children: —
James Madison, Jan. 25, 1847. Married Mattie Wood. Born
Nov. 6, 1848.
Children:—
Milton, June 15, 1878.
Anna, June 3, 1881.
Mamie, Nov. 15, 1883.
Rosa, July 18, 1885.
760
Sarah Babbitt (David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
July 9, 1829. Died Oct. 25, 1854. Buried in Hopewell, Greene Co., Pa.
Married Harvey Johnson, Nov., 1849. Born Aug. 16, 1826.
Children: —
Benjamin L., Oct. 16, 1850; d. June 3, 1909. Married (1st) Nancy
Evart.
One son — Samuel 1873.
Married (2nd) Emma Bebout.
Two sons — Hustan, William.
494 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Sarah Frances, Nov. 28, 1851. Married Nov. 25, 1874, Abner
J. McAfee.
Children: —
Jacob Harvey, Jan. 12, 1876.
David H., Sept. 11, 1877.
Married (1st) Ocia Piatte. Married (2nd) Eliz. M. ElUott.
WilHam Dodd, Jan. 19, 1881. Married Anna Concklin.
Jesse Benjamin, Nov. 1, 1882.
Ahce EUz., Feb. 25, 1885.
Emma V., Sept. 11, 1890. Married David Miller.
Margaret Lydia, March 24, 1893. Married Walter Tucker.
Isabel, Jan. 2, 1853; d. Oct. 31, 1853.
Clara Alice, May 17, 1854. Married Dec. 28, 1883, William Near-
ing. Resides in Chipley, Fla.
Children: —
Mary Elldora, Aug. 28, 1885.
Archie Irving, Nov. 18, 1887.
Wilson Leroy, Sept. 15, 1890.
Freda Violet, July 14, 1896.
761
Ehnina Babbitt (David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born June 20, 1834.
Resides in Abingdon, Illinois.
Mrs. Lewis is the only surviving child of her father's large family.
Married Simon Lewis, Sept. 6, 1854. Born Dec. 12, 1832. Died
May 20, 1879.
Children: —
Henry Leroy, June 4, 1855; d. Oct. 2, 1859.
Alvaretta, Oct. 22, 1856. Married J. M. Randall, Aug. 27, 1882.
Son — James L., born Jvme 27, 1883, who married Bessie
Lyttleton, June 19, 1910.
Freeman Hudson, Nov. 22, 1858. Married Emma Curtis, April
20, 1882.
EvaUne, Nov. 6, 1861. Married Edward Epley, Jan. 12, 1879.
John Maxwell, Sept. 11, 1863. Married Emma Haner, Jan. 8, 1891.
William Newton, April 25, 1865. Married Rosa Randall, Jan.
21, 1885.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 495
David Charles, April 20, 1867; d. April 1, 1911. Married Eliza
Bosman, Jan. 26, 1892. Had daughter Ethel E.
James Franklin, Nov. 15, 1870. Married Lulu Cline, Sept. 24, 1891.
Nettie, April 26, 1869. Married Thomas WHes, Oct. 3, 1885.
762
George W. Babbitt (James-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born June 3, 1832. Died June 1, 1872.
Resided near Dover, N. J.
Married Oct. 18, 1853, Mary E. Case, daughter of Johiel Case. Born
June 21, 1837; died March 21, 1874.
Children: —
Alonzo, Oct. 25, 1855; married Nov. 26, 1885, Amanda Wood.
Born Oct. 4, 1857. Resides in Jersey City, N. J. No children.
Lora Frances, Sept. 12, 1857; d. Feb. 4, 1891.
AdeHa, Dec. 12, 1863.
William, April 9, 1866; d. reb. 3, 1898.
763
Stephen Irvin Babbitt (James-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born June 1, 1834. Died March 6, 1883.
Lived near Dover, N. J.
Enlisted Aug. 4, 1862, in Co. B, 15th N. J. Regiment, in Civil War.
Married Feb. 23, 1856, Amelia EHz. GuUck.
Children: —
Mary Adrena, married Henry Negles and lives in Newark, N. J.
Children:—
Anna May.
George C.
RoyL.
Herman T. ; has son Raymond.
Eva Lena, married Angleman.
Children: —
Harry.
Isabel.
496 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
764
James Elkanah Babbitt (James-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Nov. 6, 1839.
Resides in Newark, N. J.
With the Morris Casket Co.
Private and Corporal in Co. K, 7th N. J. Volunteer Infantry. Enlisted
Oct. 2, 1861. Discharged July 7, 1863.
Married Dec. 28, 1878, Mary C. Berry of Asbury, N. J. Born May
19, 1847. Died Dec. 28, 1878, in Newark, N. J.
Children:—
George.
Ceha Mary, April 8, 1878. Married Sept. 14, 1895, John Prit-
chard, born Feb. 11, 1866. Resides in Newark, N. J.
Children: —
Lola M., July 22, 1896; d. Jan. 9, 1908.
WiUiam P., April 15, 1898.
John A., Jan. 26, 1902. *
Arda V., July 12, 1905.
765
Philo Babbitt (Asher-Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Born Dec. 22, 1820. Died April 23, 1893.
Was engaged in business for a time in South ville. Conn., but soon re-
moved to New Haven where he became associated in business with the
English family. He was also later in business in New York City, but
held his residence in New Haven. He and his partner were the first
makers of Worcestershire Sauce in this country.
Married (1st) Matilda Glover, Nov. 14, 1846. Born 1825. Died 1853.
One Child:—
Matilda, July 11, 1853; married C. E. Crabbe, Dec. 13, 1893. No
children.
Married (2nd) Elizabeth Hannah English, Feb. 13, 1856. She was
born Nov. 23, 1820.
Children: —
Edgar, Dec. 24, 1856; married Mary Gilkinson, April 31, 1884.
ISAAC BABBITT SARAH COLE BABBITT
Taken at the time of their wedding 1855.
PHILO BABBITT
CHAS. WESLEY'BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 497
Children:—
Edgar, 1885.
Elizabeth, 1887.
William G., 1894.
Charles W., 1861.
766
Isaac Babbitt (Asher-Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born April 22, 1831, in Brookfield, Conn. Died June 27, 1888, in
Bridgewater, Conn.
Mr. Babbitt had to begin life on his own resources, his father dying
when he was but fourteen years old. He became an apprentice in car-
pentering and housebuilding in New Haven and served four years.
He married in New Haven and resided there a few years longer, and
then bought a small farm in Bridgewater, where he spent the rest of his
life, working at his trade.
He was a member of the Connecticut Legislature in 1883.
Married Nov. 7, 1855, Sarah Cole. Born 1833. Died 1898.
Children:—
1097 Eugene Howard, May 8, 1859, in Bridgewater, Conn.
1098 Frank Cole, June 4, 1867, in Bridgewater.
767
Lucy Lovina Babbitt (Alva-Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Aug. 19, 1829. Died July 6, 1866.
Married May 10, 1850, Rev. Larmon W. Abbott.
Children: —
Arietta M., July 21, 1856. Professor at Oberlin College.
Cornelia E., Dec. 1, 1858; married Sept. 3, 1885, Mark Morris.
Lives in Grand Rapids, Mich.
768
Herbert S. Babbitt (John-Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom July 27, 1847. Died Sept. 31, 1878.
Married Oct. 29, 1872, Harriet Augusta Camp, daughter of George
Camp. Born Jan. 29, 1851 ; died Nov. 25, 1889.
498 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
1099 Sara A., July 28, 1873.
Arthur J., Sept. 21, 1875; d. Aug. 28, 1895.
769
• Sarah A. Babbitt (David-William-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom Jan. 9, 1813, in Lanesboro, Mass. Died in 1903, in Kas-
son, Minn.
Resided in Amherst, Ohio.
Married William F. Ringland, who died in 1874, in Chardon, O.
Children: — Bom in Amherst, O.
Two died in infancy.
Augusta, died middle age; not married.
Antoinette, died middle age; not married.
Ella, married Tribby.
Wilham David, June 19, 1839.
Married (1st) 1863, Jane S. Taylor. Married (2nd) 1866,Amanda
Matthews. Resides in Kasson, Minn. Two children.
770
Solomon Malton Babbitt (David-WilUam-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Aug. 27, 1823, in Austinburg, O.
Resided in Oakland, Cal., where Mr. Babbitt died about 1907. Mrs.
Babbitt still resides in Oakland, Cal.
Married Dec. 10, 1845, Lucinda Balch, daughter of Stephen and Polly
(Terrell) Balch. Bom Nov. 30, 1827, in Darien, N. Y.
Children: —
Mary, Nov. 22, 1846.
Emma Grace, Nov. 6, 1849; d. April 19, 1864.
Ella Florence, Dec. 1855; d. April 8, 1870.
Harriet Adele, Aug. 10, 1863; married May 19, 1890, Edwin Owens.
Walter L., Sept. 22, 1871; d. Aug. 4, 1872.
771
David S. Babbitt (David-Wilham-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom 1821.
Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt now reside in Elgin, 111.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 499
Married Dec. 10, 1845, Matilda Balch, daughter of Stephen and Polly
(Terrell) Balch, of Covington, N. Y. Born Sept. 17, 1825.
Children: —
Lulu, Nov. 7, 1846; d. March 6, 1892.
Addie, Sept. 16, 1848; married W. H. Chapman, in Elgin, III.
1100 Jennie, July 4, 1857.
772
Almon Whiting Babbitt (Ira-William-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Oct. 9, 1812, in Cheshire, Mass. Died Oct. 1856.
He married in Kirtland, Ohio — then settled in Nauvoo, 111., where
they lived a few years. Then they moved to Council Bluffs where he
resided until about 1851, whence he finally settled in Salt Lake City.
His death is thus related by his son Don Carlos Babbitt of Mesa City,
Arizona.
"My father was killed by Indians on the old Mormon trail between
the Missouri River and Utah. He was on his twenty-second trip. He
was a great friend with all the Indians and felt as safe with them as with
his neighbors at home, but they killed him, nevertheless, and it all came
about by an Indian asking the overland stage driver for a piece of tobacco.
The driver shot the Indian who lived long enough to reach his village
and tell his people. An Indian claims one or more scalps for every one
of their people killed, and my father being the first met paid the debt."
SKETCH FROM THE HISTORIAN OF THE MORMON CHURCH.
Babbitt, Almon W., president of the Kirtland Stake of Zion, from 1841
to 1843, was the son of Ira and Nancy Babbitt, and was born Oct. 1, 1813,
in Berkshire County, Mass. He joined the Church at an early day, and
is first mentioned in the history of Joseph Smith as a member of Zion's
Camp in 1834. At the organization of the first quorum of Seventy, Feb.
28, 1835, he was ordained a Seventy, under the hands of Joseph Smith
and others. For traducing the character of the Prophet he had a hear-
ing before the High Council in Kirtland, Dec. 28, 1835; he confessed his
faults and was forgiven. Subsequently he filled a mission to Canada,
from which he returned in 1838, leading a company of emigrating Saints
to Missouri. After passing through the Missouri persecutions he fled
500 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
to Illinois, and at a conference of the Church held in Quincy, III, May 4,
1839, "Almon W. Babbitt, Erastus Snow and Robert B. Thompson were
appointed a traveling committee to gather up and obtain all the libelous
reports and pubUcations which had been circulated against the Church."
At a general conference held at Commerce, Oct. 3, 1840, he was appointed
a member of a committee to "organize Stakes" between Commerce and
Kirtland. He was also appointed to preside over the Church in Kirtland
with the privilege of chosing his own counselors. At a conference held
in Kirtland, May 22, 1841, Elder Babbitt was elected president of "that
Stake," with Lester Brooks and Zebedee Coltrin as his counselors. Hav-
ing removed to Illinois, and located in Ramus, Hancock County, he was
appointed the presiding Elder at that place, in March, 1843. He visited
the Prophet Joseph in Carthage jaU on the day of the martyrdom and
remained with the Twelve as against the claims of Sidney Rigdon and
others. He rendered efficient legal service to the Church during the per-
secutions and mobbings in Illinois, and when the Illinois legislature, in
January, 1845, was discussing the unconditioned surrender of the Nauvoo
city charter. Elder Babbitt was in Springfield laboring diligently as a
lawyer in defending the rights of his people, but to no purpose; the char-
ter was repealed. As a member of a committee appointed to formulate
a petition to the Federal Government, in behalf of the Saints, we find
Almon W. Babbitt's name attached to the historical document addressed
to President James K. Polk, dated April 24, 1845. The petition, which
was unheeded by the chief executive, asked for redress on behalf of a "dis-
franchised and long afflicted people" and asked the president to assist
the Saints to obtain a home where they could enjoy their "rights of con-
science and religion immolested." After the departure of the Apostles
into the wilderness, in February, 1846, the affairs of the Church in Nauvoo
were left in charge of a committee, consisting of Almon W. Babbitt, Joseph
L. Heywood and John S. Fullmer; and after the famous battle of Nauvoo,
in September, 1846, these three men signed the treaty, by which the
Saints agreed to surrender the city to the mob. Elder Babbitt came to
the Valley in 1848, and when a memorial praying for Statehood had been
prepared by the Saints, he was, by a joint vote of the "General Assembly
of the State of Deseret," elected a delegate to Congress to convey the
memorial to Washington. He left for that city in the fall of 1849, and
arriving at the capital he "sought the earliest opportunity to present to
Confess the public documents of which he was the bearer, as well as his
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 501
own credentials as delegate from the Provisional State of Deseret;" but
Congress would not permit Col. Babbitt to take a seat, and instead of
granting Statehood, as prayed for, the Territory of Utah was created, in
1850. Elder Babbitt returned to the Valley, and in 1853 he was appointed
secretary of the Territory, which position he filled until his death. Oct.
24, 1856, the report reached Salt Lake City that some of the Cheyeime
Indians had killed some white people on the plains, among whom was
Almon W. Babbitt; also that Mrs. Margetts and child were taken pris-
oners by the Indians. "The savages on the plains," writes Orson F.
Wliitney, "became hostile, attacking and robbing trains and killing trav-
elers. Among the slain were several citizens of Utah, namely, Col. Almon
W. Babbitt, (secretary of the Territory), Thomas Margette, James Cowdy
and others. In April (1856) Secretary Babbitt left Salt Lake City for
Washington on business connected with his office. He was accompanied
across the plains by U. S. Marshal Heywood, Chief Justice Kenney and
wife. Apostles Orson Pratt, George A. Smith, Ezra T. Benson, Erastus
Snow and others. The Margetta-Cowdy party left Utah some time later.
They were on their way back to England. In August, Secretary Bab-
bitt's train, loaded with government property for Utah, was attacked
and plundered by Cheyenne Indians, near Wood river, now in Nebraska.
Of the four teamsters in charge, two were killed and one wounded. A
Mrs. Wilson was wounded and carried away by the savages, who also
killed her child. Col. Babbitt was not with his train at the time, but
was killed by the Cheyeimes east of Fort Laramie, a few weeks later.
For some time his fate was enshrouded in mystery, but it finally tran-
spired that after leaving the frontier for the West he and his party were
attacked and slain by some of the same tribe that had plundered his train
and killed his teamsters."
Col. Babbitt was never an Apostle of the Mormon Church.
Married Nov. 23, 1833, Julia Hills Johnson. Born Nov. 9, 1808, in
Westford, Vt; died about 1856, in Crescent City.
Children:—
David Homer, July 31, 1835; d. Nov. 29, 1836. Born in
Kirtland, O.
1101 Don Carlos, Aug. 15, 1843.
502 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Ann Caroline, Aug. 15, 1843; d. Oct. 24, 1844. Bom in Web-
ster, 111.
1102 Almon Whiting, Jan. 25, 1847. Born in Nauvoo, 111.
Julia Ann, Dec. 27, 1849, in Nauvoo, 111. Married David
Johnson. Resides in Mexico.
1103 Nancy Maria, Sept. 7, 1854, in Salt Lake City.
773
Ruby M. Babbitt (Zerah-Lemuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom Oct. 9, 1811. Died Dec. 5, 1900.
Married March 25, 1835, in Norfolk, Conn., Truman H. Seymour.
Born Dec. 30, 1809; d, Oct. 16, 1848.
Children: —
Jeannette, March 3, 1836; married Tuttle of Naugatuck, Conn.
Zerah, Feb. 21, 1838; d. Dec. 5, 1872.
EUza, June 1, 1841; d. May 29, 1905.
IsabeUa, April 23, 1849; d. 1892.
774
Ehza Babbitt (Zerah-Lemuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom Jan. 17, 1814.
Married Nov. 12, 1834, Deacon James Humphrey of Norfolk, Conn.
He died Feb. 4, 1882.
Children: —
Edward James, Aug. 6, 1836. Soldier in Civil War. Died in
Newbern, N. C, April 22, 1862. Buried in Norfolk, Conn.
WilUam Adams, March 17, 1841; married Maria M. Mills, 1866.
Served in Civil War.
John Dudley, May 27, 1842. Was twice married. Resides in
New Britain, Conn.
Married (1st.) Josephine Swathel.
(2nd.) Florence Butler.
Charles, Nov. 14, 1850; d. 1852.
Frederick Garfield, Sept. 23, 1857; married Addie F. Thompson.
Resides in Waterbury, Conn.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 503
775
Rebecca Babbitt (Zerah-Lemuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Born (about 1817). Died Dec. 25, 1890, aged 73 years.
Married Feb. 9, 1841, Jared Potter, of Norfolk, Conn., who died March
8, 1888, aged 68 years.
Children:—
Ellen Rebecca, May 3, 1845; married Nov. 5, 1867, H. D. Pat-
terson. Lives in Naugatuck, Conn.
Children:—
Charles W., Sept. 23, 1868; d. Aug. 22, 1871.
Nellie L., Nov. 26, 1869; d. March 20, 1890.
Lena May, Feb. 17, 1873; married Harry Bickersdale, 1907.
Ernest D., Dec. 2, 1876.
776
Edwin Lewis Babbitt (Amos-Lemuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah- Ed-
ward). Born April 21, 1817, in New Marlboro, Mass. Died Dec. 31,
1891, in Grand Valley, Pa. Buried in Panama, N. Y.
He learned the Blacksmith trade and followed the rest of his family
to Harmony, N. Y., where they had moved in 1835.
He worked at his trade in Panama, N. Y., where he married.
Married (1st) June 6, 1842, Elizabeth, daughter of Asahel Clark. Born
Feb. 24, 1824; died July 3, 1849. One child:—
1104 Arlouine G., Oct. 3, 1846, in Wrightsville, Pa.
Married (2nd) April 1, 1852, Mary E., daughter of Albert Gleason.
Bom June 8, 1828.
Children: —
Charles Wesley, Sept. 22, 1855 in Franklin, Pa. ; married Grace
Reynolds. No children.
1105 Joseph Leshe in Panama, N. Y.
Minnie B,, Dec. 30, 1862, in Tidiout, Pa.; married (1st) Roy
Hunter Feb. 20, 1883. Married (2nd) L. W. Harter,
Nov. 14, 1901.
504 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
777
William Amos Babbitt (Amos-Lemuel-Zephatiiali-Elkanali-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom March 24, 1819, in Norfolk, Comi. Died Sept. 28, 1891,
in New Lexington, Perry Co., Ohio.
Was educated in the District Schools and at Mayville Academy. He
went West about 1842 or 1843, and worked at various employments,
finally becoming conductor on the Miami R. R., which position he held
seven years. He was afterward conductor on other railways, and finally
became a superintendent in building roads. Great faithfulness charac-
terized all his work.
Married Kate Taylor, who died Dec. 29, 1909.
Children: —
William.
Reuben, died yoimg.
Minnie, married Williams. Resides in IndianapoHs, Ind.
Alfarata, married Ingles.
778
Reuben Hedges Babbitt (Amos-Lemuel- Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Bom Feb. 20, 1823, in Norfolk, Conn. Died Jan. 24, 1893.
Settled in Harmony, N. Y., in 1835, with the rest of his family. At
times he was employed on the farm, but mostly worked in saw mills near
Wrightville, Pa., getting out lumber to run down the Alleghany and Ohio
rivers. He made one trip to New Orleans on a flat boat.
Married Maria Bowen, Sept. 20, 1854, who was bom Sept. 2, 1834.
Still living in Corry, Pa.
Children: —
WiUiam Amos, born in Mina, N. Y; died aged 4 years.
Curtis Monroe, bom in North Harmony, N. Y; died in infancy.
LiUian Maria, Sept. 2, 1866; married W. J. Edwards.
CHARLES O. BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 505
779
John Dunning Babbitt (Amos-Lemuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Jan. 17, 1824. Died Sept. 12, 1870.
After his family settled in Harmony, N. Y., he was employed on the
farm until he was twenty-one. Winters he attended school and he also
took a course of study in Westfield, N. Y., Academy. He taught school
in Eggleston and Sherman, N. Y. He afterward learned to make ambro-
types and daguerreotypes, and followed this business until it was re-
placed by modern photographs. He then sold out and became ticket
agent in a R. R. Postoffice and held this position until his death.
Married Jane Howard, March, 1860; born March 18, 1836; died Dec.
14, 1880.
Children:—
Alton Howard, March 1, 1867; died young (Nov. 27, 1867).
Amos William, Oct. 31, 1865; died young (Sept. 13, 1870).
John Dunning, Jr., Sept. 12, 1870; married and lives inOil City, Pa.
Has no children. Learned the moulder's trade in Corry, Pa.
780
Charles O. Babbitt (Amos-Lemuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom March 18, 1833, in Colbrook, Conn. Died Oct. 23, 1900.
Was left motherless at an early age and assumed her place in the house-
hold duties for a long time. He was educated in Westfield, N. Y.,
Academy, and at the Academy in Girard, Pa. After his father's death
he taught school winters and worked on farms summers. After his mar-
riage he continued this same line of work until 1870 when he commenced
to learn the drug business in Sherman, Pa. He worked three years here
and in 1873, settled in Corry, Pa., and buying out the Drug store there,
continued as propietor until his death. In his later years he was much
interested in his Babbitt ancestry, which, however, he could never trace
beyond his great grandfather. He collected a splendid record of Zeph-
aniah Babbitt's descendants which was used to good purpose in com-
piling this book.
Married March 19, 1860, Susan Thayer, who is now living. She was
born in Mina, N. Y.
506 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
1106 Franklin Thayer, Feb. 27, 1863, in Mina, N. Y.; married
Lillian Skidmore, June 30, 1886.
Graduate of Corry H. S. and of Ann Arbor School of
Pharmacy. A member of his father's Drug Co.
Byron Fenner, April 4, 1874, in Corry, Pa.; married Nellie
Bagnall, Nov. 4, 1901. She was bom in 1877, daughter
of Thomas and Amelia. An attorney in St. Louis, Mo.,
and U. S. Commissioner.
781
Amos L. Babbitt (John-Lemuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Oct. 26, 1830. Died April 7, 1906, in Winchester, Conn.
Enlisted from Colchester, Conn. Served in Co. L, 1st Connecticut
Heavy Artillery, Jan. 30, 1862-March 13, 1862.
Lived in Tolland, Mass., 1864-1906. Then removed to Winchester,
Conn.
Married Sept. 6, 1854, Phoebe Sylvia Harvey, daughter of Franklin
Harvey.
Children:—
JohnT., 1855; d. 1862.
Florence, 1857; d. 1862.
Richard A., Aug. 30, 1865; married Dec. 26, 1905, Carrie
Champlin, daughter of Frank Champlin.
1107 Ralph L., Dec. 24, 1871.
782
Myron Babbitt (Zenas-Samuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born April 4, 1834, in Pinckney, N. Y. Died April 13, 1899.
In 1859 he moved to Rodman, N. Y., and was a resident there for forty
years, until his death.
Married in 1855, Mary E. Spencer.
Children:—
1108 LiUian, Jan. 9, 1858, in Henderson, N. Y.
Lunette, Oct. 19, 1860, in Worth, N. Y; married June 5, 1887,
George A. Odell.
1109 Luella, July 8, 1867, at Rodman, N. Y
1110 Hadley, July 2, 1872.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 507
783
Samuel Babbitt (Myron-Samuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom in 1837. Died in 1867.
Married Lucy Alcom.
Children: —
Pamelia, 1861; d. 1862.
Anna, 1862; d. 1884.
784
Henry Babbitt (Myron-Samuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Born in 1848.
Married (1st) Ella Darling.
Children: —
Grace, 1881.
Winnie, 1883; d. 1884.
Maud, 1884; d. 1884.
Married (2nd) Ella Porter.
Children: —
Nelson, 1889.
Hattie, 1891; d. 1895.
Ada, 1893; d. 1895.
Married (3rd) Ada Smith.
785
Albert Babbitt (Myron-Samuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom in 1850. Died in 1889.
Married Kate Flynn.
Children:—
John, 1887.
Mary, 1888.
508 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
786
Lewis Babbitt (Ezra-Silas-Samuel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
Dec. 30, 1823. Died Oct. 23, 1900, in Evanston, 111.
Served in Co. E, 3rd CavaHer, Jan. 4-Sept. 23, 1864.
Married (1st) in Quincy, Mass., Aug. 12, 1847, Elizabeth Allen, daugh-
ter of Moses ai^ Mehitable Allen. Born July 23, 1819. Died Jmie
21, 1859, in Worcester, Mass.
Children:—
George Allen, May 29, 1848; married in Worcester, Mass., July
10, 1877, Frances Wright of Atlanta, Ga. In Chicago in 1909,
a manufacturer. No children.
Louisa Eliz., April 5, 1852; married (1st) Richardson. Married
(2nd) Morton Kimball. Resides in Chicago, 111,
Frank Wilham, Aug. 31, 1853. Resides in Richmond, Va.
John L., May 19, 1859; d. Aug. 5, 1859.
Married (2nd) Melinda Julia Spooner, in Worcester, Mass., March
10, 1861. Died Aug. 18, 1901. Bom in Oalcham, Mass., 1828.
787
Orlando Babbitt (Samuel-Stephen- Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Born near Boonville, N. Y. Died in Hermon, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1884, aged
66 years. Dealer in Hve stock all his life. During the war dealt in
army horses. Supervisor at Hermon. Democrat in politics.
Mr. Babbitt was the original "Deacon Babbitt," under which title a
book has been written by Edgar Blankman, bringing in many stories
of his Yankee shrewdness and humor. His character is thus outlined
in this book.
"He was known far and near for his generous hospitality, charitable
deeds and business sagacity. He was a man of decided opinions con-
cerning the matter of right and wrong and always noted for strict integ-
rity. He hated sham and would ridicule it in anybody, not excepting
the clergy. Though not deeply religious, he was an ardent friend of
education, a Uberal supporter of the district school and an advocate of
Christianity embodied in the Golden Rule, yet hke all of us he had his
weak points."
ORLANDO BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 509
One of the favorite stories concerning Deacon Babbitt's canny ways,
was that of his trade in clocks. When Mr. Babbitt first came to town
he was selling clocks and with each clock sold, he gave a guarantee that
if it did not suit he would exchange it for another. He sold all but one
of the time pieces, and when the first complaint came in made the prom-
ised exchange. When the next complaint came he traded in the clock
received from the first complainant and so on with all me successive dis-
gruntled buyers, thus complying with the terms of the sale in every re-
spect. In his horse and cow trades he seems to surpass David Harum
himself.
Mr. Babbitt is depicted as a lover of nature and thoroughly filled with
love of the Northern New York country where the scene of the story is
laid and where his name and fame will be held in remembrance for many
years to come.
Married Elizabeth MacDonald, who died Oct. 11, 1855, aged 32 years,
in Hermon, N. Y.
Children:—
George, May 16, 1846. Married Anna L. Cousins and lives in
Hermon, N. Y. No children.
George Babbitt, son of Orlando has many characteristics of his
father. Both were generally recognized as our most brainy
men. Both being Democrats in a very strong Republican
town its Supervisor, and held nearly all town offices. George
was conceded for years to be one of the best Assessors in the
County, and at the State Assessors' meetings was always the
one put forward to represent the district on the question of
equalization. His judgment is sought on all questions, by his
neighbors. His word is as good as a U. S. Bond, yet he is a
little careful what he agrees to. He has been successful with
this world's goods. He is liberal and one of the most accom-
modating men you ever met. He is popular, and there is a
good reason for it, for few around are not under obhgations to
him for favors granted. All in all he is a man you can tie up
to for years, and never be disappointed. (From a sketch
submitted by a close friend.)
Alden, 1848. Married Elizabeth Cassaw. He died Jan. 20, 1890,
aged 42 years. No children.
Frank, 1850. Married Kate Day and lives in Russell, N. Y. Has
son, Charles.
510 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Eliza, 1855. Married Sylvester H. Risley. She died Nov. 2,
1878. No children.
Married (2nd) Mary J. Ayres. Had one daughter.
Elizabeth, 1858. Died unmarried, Dec. 13, 1880, aged 22 years.
788
Charles Babbitt (Samuel-Stephen- Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
When only eighteen years old he left home and was not heard from in
years, finally returning a middle-aged man in comfortable circumstances,
from Australia. He lived but one year in Australia. He was very liberal
and generous with his surviving relatives and went to Hermon. N. Y.,
where he took courses to regain his lost education. His roving disposi-
tion led him to California, where he was successful in mining. He was
plaiming a trip to Africa when his life was cut short while in Juneau,
Alaska. Mr. Babbitt never married. He was a 33rd degree Mason,
taking the degree in London.
789
Harriet Babbitt (Samuel-Stephen-Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward.)
Married Norman Malcolm, of Leyden, N. Y.
Children:—
Nellie, married John Wampfler, of Carthage, N. Y.
Hattie.
Frederick.
Charles.
790
Elizabeth Babbitt (Samuel - Stephen - Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward).
Married Theodore Fordham, of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Children: —
Nellie.
Watson, druggist in Spokane, Wash.
Maitland, druggist in Spokane, Wash.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 511
791
Mary Louisa Babbitt (Charles-Stephen-Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Nov. 8, 1839.
Married Feb. 10, 1860, in Rock Island, III., Avery L. Scott, son of
John and Cyrena Jackson Scott. Born April 10, 1834, in Vienna, N. Y.
Died Dec. 14, 1873, in Osceola, Iowa.
Children:—
Frank Lester, Sept. 14, 1864. Married Eva Bryon, in Pre-
emption, Illinois.
Helen Louise, March 11, 1867. Married Edwin Warner, in Pre-
emption, Illinois.
Alice Lorena, Nov. 17, 1868, in Preemption, Illinois.
Walter, Oct. 8, 1872, in Osceola, Iowa.
Leonard, June 6, 1876, in Osceola, Iowa.
George Babbitt, March 11, 1879, in Osceola, Iowa.
Edward Webster, May 9, 1881, in Osceola, Iowa.
Gertrude, Jan. 20, 1883, in Osceola, Iowa.
792
Lucy Marion Babbitt (Charles-Stephen-Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Feb. 10, 1845.
Married Sept. 30, 1868, Simmons E. Chidester.
Children:—
Charles Clark, Jan. 21, 1870. Married Lottie E. Norton, daugh-
ter of G. W. Norton.
793
Mary Anna Babbitt (Stephen- Stephen- Amariah-Elkanah-Elkanah- Ed-
ward). Born July 14, 1857, near Perrysburg, N, Y.
Married Jan. 5, 1882, Charles E. Blodgett, son of Charles S. and Jane
(Smith) Blodgett.
Children: —
Roy E., May 4, 1883; d. Aug. 11, 1884.
Leroy, March 7, 1886.
Lillian C, Jan. 30, 1892.
Howard S., March 17, 1894.
Evelyn V., Feb. 14, 1897.
512 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
794
Katherine Babbitt ( Lovell - John-Reuben- Josiah-Elkanah-Edward ).
Born Feb. 4, 1840.
Her husband was a farmer, and stock dealer. They now reside in
Columbus, Ohio.
Married June 21, 1863, James Campbell.
Children: —
Victor Arnold, April 9, 1864. Married Bessie Makomsen. Two
children.
Maud, Aug. 16, 1868. Married Byron Palmer. Three children.
NeUie, Feb. 20, 1876. Unmarried.
795
Cyrus Byron Babbitt (Lovell-John-Reuben-Josiah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Dec. 14, 1841.
Served in Civil War in 18th U. S. Regiment Infantry. He now resides
in Kansas City, Mo. A house builder by trade.
Married Feb. 2, 1864, Sarah Jane Johnston.
Children:—
1111 Francis Lovell, Nov. 15, 1864.
796
Samuel Bascom Babbitt (Lovell-John-Reuben-Josiah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born April 29, 1844.
Served ia the U. S. Signal Corps in the war. Was a clerk in a country
store with his father-in-law until 1879, his wife having died a year before.
He then went to Kansas, purchased a farm and with his brother Charles
cultivated it. In 1889 was married to Parthenia Margarum whose fam-
ily hved in Stockholm, New Jersey; going on the farm located in Clyde,
Cloud Co., Kansas, (Charles having moved to another farm in Milton vale,
same covmty) . In 1899 sold the farm and located in Worthington, Frank-
lin County, Ohio. In Dec. 1904, was appointed Postmaster in Worthing-
ton serving four years; because of faihng health resigned, turning the
office over to his successor in Dec, 1909; is now Hving in Worthington
without business. As a boy he attended the country district school dur-
ing the winter terms, and in 1861 taught a three months' term in one of
GEORGE BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 513
these districts; also in 1862 and 1863. Was also one of the Ohio squirrel
hunters who went to Cincinnati in 1863 after John Morgan's raiders.
Married (1st) Elizabeth Ann Johnston, June 7, 1868. Died June 7, 1878.
Married (2nd) March 7, 1889, Parthenia Margarum. No children.
797
Adrian Aridna Babbitt (Lovell- John-Reuben- Josiah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Nov. 16, 1846.
Her husband was a merchant in New Albany, O. Was postmaster
for some years.
Mrs. Goodrich now resides with her daughters.
Married Sept. 25, 1867, John Wesley Goodrich, born Sept. 25, 1830,
to John and Fanny Goodrich.
Children: —
Nora Lee, Oct. 7, 1869. Married Merritt Rhodes. Three children.
Frances Elise, April 19, 1875. Married Allen E. Beach.
Carl Wesley, May 18, 1877. Unmarried.
798
William Lovell Babbitt (Lovell- John-Reuben- Josiah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born June 28, 1848.
Received his education in the country schools. In 1869 went to Kan-
sas, and located a homestead in Republic Co., developing his farm and
teaching school.
Some years later he sold out and engaged in the hardware business
in Milton vale Cloud Co., O., in which he was very successful. He is
. now retired and is occupied in looking after his real estate buildings.
Married Dec. 18, 1879, Clara Belle Spooner.
Children: —
Mary Gertrude, Jan. 6, 1881.
Jessie, Feb. 16, 1885.
William Lovell, Jr., Dec. 25, 1888.
Harold Bascom, Aug. 12, 1891.
Helen, Dec. 12, 1896.
514 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
799
Charles Augustus Babbitt (Lovell-John-Reuben-Josiah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom Dec. 15, 1854.
Educated in the public schools. Was for a time a school teacher.
He removed to Kansas in 1879, and was a farmer in Clyde and Milton-
vale until 1900. Now employed with the National Cash Register Co.,
of Columbus, Ohio.
Married 1880, Roselle Strait.
Children: —
Agnes Lydia, July 26, 1889.
800
Edward Calvin Babbitt (Lo veil- John-Reuben- Josiah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Dec. 30, 1858.
Resides in Plain, Franklin Co., Ohio, in the house in which he was born.
Married Martha Elmetta Taylor, June 2, 1885.
Children:—
Fred Taylor, Nov. 26, 1887.
Edward Burr, Sept. 20, 1890.
Mildred Martha, Oct. 3, 1900.
801
William Miller Babbott (Miller-William- Jonathan-Benjamin-Elkanah-
Edward).
Mr. Babbott resides in New York City, being retired from active busi-
ness. He is a notable student of socialistic and industrial problems and
has spent his life in the study of the solution of these great questions. He
is the author of several books and pamphlets, notably "The Barometer
of Commercialism," a treatise which shows his mental caHbre and grasp
of the subject. He has ever been an earnest advocate of sanitary food
supplies, especially of mills, and he spent long periods in Europe visiting
the most famous dairies and studying the principles of correct feeding
of cattle and the conservation of farm soils. He early soimded the
warning of the result of long continued depletion of the rich farms of
the West and is perhaps the best equipped of anyone to suggest the proper
remedial measures.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 515
He has also ever been a deeply interested worker in the compilation
of this work, financially and in the securing of data, and is usually present
at the annual meeting of the association.
802
Frank Lusk Babbott (Miller- William- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Aug. 14, 1854. Resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Frank L. Babbott was bom Aug. 14, 1854. He graduated from
AmJierst College in 1878 with degree of A. B. and from Columbia Law
School in 1889 with degree of LL.B. In 1903 he obtained from Amherst
degree of M. A. From 1895 to 1902 he was a member of the Brooklyn
Board of Education and from 1902 to 1904 Vice President of the New
York Board of Education. He also held the following responsible posi-
tions:— ^Trustee of Packer Collegiate Institute, Trustee of Brooklyn Y.
W. C. A., Trustee of Brooklyn Public Library, Trustee of Brooklyn
Savings Bank, and was also a member of the Board of Foreign Missions
in the Presbyterian Church. He was also a member of the following
clubs: — Century, GoHer, University, Alpha Delta Phi, City, Montauk,
and Nassau Country Club. Was a Director of the Union Typewriter
Co., and Trustee of the L. I. Loan & Trust Co., and United Shoe Machi-
nery Co. Was author of "Classic English Order" pubUshed in 1902
and "John Donnes poems" pubhshed in 1905.
Mr. Babbott has been an unfailing helper in the preparation of this
work. His financial help has been great and his interest in the work of
compilation has been shown in every possible way.
Married Feb. 18, 1886, Lydia Richardson Pratt, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Children: —
Mary R.
Frank L.
Lydia P.
Helen L.
803
Reuben S. Babbitt (Curtis-William-Jonathan-Benjamin-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom 1824 near Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y. Died April 14, 1890.
When 19 years old, settled in Michigan.
516 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Settled near Ypsilanti, Mich., in 1843.
Married in 1846, in Ann Arbor, Mich., Mary Day. She died Dec. 24,
1902, aged 74 years.
Children: —
Frank P., 1848.
Lamotte, 1850.
Archer C. 1853, in Onno, Wash., 1910. Resided a while in
Spokane. Married in Grayling, Mich., June 28, 1878, to Elsie
A. Atwood.
Children:—
Richard R., May 21, 1879.
Harry L., April 14, 1881.
Eunice M., April 2, 1886.
Ralph H., April 27, 1893.
Walter H., 1855.
Reuben S., 1858.
Homer M., 1862.
804
Benjamm Miller Babbitt (Curtis-William-Jonathan-Benjamin-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born probably m Sangerfield, N. Y. Died Nov. 8, 1903.
Resided in St. Charles, Illinois, at time of death. In 1849 resided in
Gifford Centre, Chenango Co., N. Y.
Married Lucy Ann Rowley, daughter of Erastus and Esther (Shat-
tuck) Rowley. Born 1822. Died Dec. 13, 1902.
Children: —
Loesa, Jan. 3, 1843.
1112 Althea Mariah, Oct. 23, 1844.
Lewis Barton.
Wilham.
Frances.
Emma.
Etta May.
George.
805
Nelson Babbitt (Dyer -Dyer - Jonathan - Benjamin - Edward - Edward).
Born Feb. 28, 1822. Died March 20, 1897.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 517
Resided in Benson, Vt.
Married (1st) Harriet Gates, Jan. 5, 1848, who died Jan. 5, 1858.
Children: —
1113 Don, Dec. 1, 1854.
Melva, 1855. Died unmarried.
Ellen, died in infancy.
John, died in infancy.
1114 Frank, Nov. 29, 1857.
Married (2nd) Chloe Thomas, May 27, 1858, who died Dec. 24, 1906.
Children: —
Harriet, died aged 2 years.
Nahum, d. Dec. 10, 1906, aged 44 years. Unmarried.
806
Amos Phillips Babbitt (Dyer-Dyer- Jonathan-Benjamin-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Nov. 30, 1823. Died Nov. 1, 1882.
Resided in Castleton, Vt.
Married Bedelia O'Neil. Born April 4, 1825, in West Meathe, Ireland.
Came to America in 1841. Died Oct. 7, 1887.
Children: —
1115 Emery C, March 22, 1846; d. Feb. 26, 1862.
Mary Adelle, Nov. 20, 1851.
Frances M., June 15, 1853; d. May 22, 1862.
Emma J., March 19, 1857; d. May 22, 1862.
1116 Watson V., Aug. 1, 1859.
1117 Frank A., Sept. 25, 1865.
807
Oscar L. Babbitt (Dyer-D yer- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward).
Born June 3, 1838. Died Aug. 17, 1894.
Resided in Castleton, Vt.
Served in Co. I, 5th Vermont Volunteers, throughout the Civil War.
Was twice wounded.
Enhsted Aug. 26, 1861. Discharged July 10, 1865.
Married Lucy Thayer, who died Jan. 18, 1880.
Children:—
Fred W., Dec. 20, 1874.
518 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
808
Valorus M. Babbitt (Dyer-Dyer- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom March 7, 1840.
Resided in Rutiand, Vt.
Married March 26, 1867, Maria Smith. Bom April 13, 1846.
Children:—
Burton, April 25, 1868.
Arthur L., AprH 23, 1870.
Anna A., Jan. 23, 1872.
809
Zeruah Jane Babbitt (D yer-Dyer- Jonathan-Ben j amin-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom Jan. 10, 1843.
Resided in Benson, Vt.
Married April 26, 1869, Weston B. Arnold, of Benson, Vt. Born
June 29, 1839.
Children: —
Clara E., Oct. 6, 1871; married Samuel McClosky.
Son— HoUis, bom Aug., 1909.
Blanche M., Feb. 20, 1878; married Aug. 3, 1904, Jos. St. Clair,
Daughter— Audrey, bom July 17, 1907.
Alson B., Aug. 23, 1880.
Ford W., Feb. 27, 1885.
810
Leutheria Babbitt (Dyer-Dyer- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom June 1, 1846.
Mrs. Johnson resides in Bomoseen, Vt., and the record of the descen-
dants of Dyer Babbitt^ is due to her careful and thorough preparation.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are both great-grandchildren of John Johnson,
whose daughter Jane married Dyer Babbitt, Sr.
Married (1st) Seneca Field, Jr., March 22, 1870, who died May 3, 1873.
Married (2nd) Dec. 6, 1877, Daniel T. Johnson.
Children: —
Hollis S., Feb. 14, 1879; married Feb. 27, 1906, Margaret Scholan,
in WatervHet, N. Y. She was born July 14, 1881, and died
Oct. 19, 1907, in Charlestown, S. C.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 519
811
William L. Babbitt (William L.-Dyer-Jonathan-Benjamin-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Oct. 9, 1831, in Castleton, Vt.
Enlisted from Castleton, Vt., Aug. 16, 1861, in 1st N, H. Volunteer
Light Battery.
Killed in Battle Aug. 29, 1862, in Groveton, Va. Buried in Addison, Vt.
Married May 23, 1859, Agnes (Phillips). Called Agnes (Jardine) on
death registry of son, Charles, and on marriage slip. Called Phillips
when Charles married.
Born in Scotland in 1836.
Children: —
1118 Charles, 1861.
812
Caroline J. Babbitt (Silas-Dyer- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward).j
Born Aug. 25, 1835.
Married (1st) Feb. 19, 1854, George Blauvelt.
Children:—
Ida G., Jan. 8, 1855; d. Jan. 28, 1856.
Married (2nd) May 18, 1856, E. A. Graves.
Children: —
Herman A., March 13, 1859; d. May 3, 1882.
Mary E., May, 1864; d. May 20, 1871.
Cora A., July 9, 1866; d. Aug. 3, 1867.
Royal A., May 25, 1875.
813
Rebecca D. Babbitt (Silas-Dyer- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward)
Born Jan. 1, 1837.
Married Aug. 4, 1857, Ira B. Crandell.
Children:—
Mortimer L., May 18, 1858; d. May 9, 1863.
Elmer E., Dec. 18, 1859.
Alfred N., Aug. 14, 1864.
Susan G., Jan. 4, 1868.
Ira C, June 14, 1871.
520 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
814
Zeruah A. Babbitt (Silas-Dyer- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Sept. 10, 1839.
Married (1st) Oct. 10, 1860, H. B. Harris.
Children: —
KateL., Jan. 12,1864.
Married (2nd) Oct. 8, 1867, Alphonso Harris.
Children:—
Ernest A., May 30, 1869.
• Archie B., May 29, 1872.
Newton Alfred, Jan. 23, 1874; d. April 1, 1875.
LaroeL., Jan. 1, 1881.
815
Phidelia A. Babbitt (Silas-Dyer- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward).
Born March 13, 1841.
Married July 7, 1860, A. J. Barnes.
Children:—
Guiseppe P., July 7, 1861.
Mabel I., May 27, 1864.
Silas G., Feb. 18, 1866.
Charles, Aug. 16, 1868.
Jessie P., March 3, 1870; d. July 4, 1904; married Bert Maxion.
816
Clarinda A. Babbitt (Silas-Dyer- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Dec. 16, 1842.
Resides in Shinglehouse, Pa.
Married June 13, 1865, Nelson Carlos Newton, son of Marshall and
Prudence (Aylesworth) Newton.
Children:—
Ralph B., Feb. 28, 1869; d. Dec. 12, 1869.
817
Ida Josephine Babbitt (Benjamin-Nathaniel- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elka-
nah-Edward). Resides in New York City.
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THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 521
Married Dr. Frederick Erastus Hyde of New York City. Born 1846.
Son of Edwin H. and Elizabeth Hyde.
Children: —
Clara.
Benjamin Talbot Babbitt, Nov. 23, 1872.
BENJAMIN TALBOT BABBITT HYDE.
Mr. Hyde is descended from William Hyde who accompanied Rev.
Thomas Hooker to Boston, 1663, in the ship Griffin, and removed later
to Saybrook and Hartford, Conn. The intermediate generations were
distinguished in military and public service.
Mr. Hyde was his grandfather Babbitt's choice as his successor in carry-
ing on the enormous business which he had created, and his whole train-
ing was ever with that end in view. He received a mechanical and chem-
ical education and received the benefits of world-wide travel and instruc-
tion, until at the age of thirty four he assumed the presidency of the Babbitt
Corporation. Under his guidance the immense plant at Babbitt, N. J., has
been erected, where conditions were more favorable for manufacture
and shipment than in New York City. Here, from six to eight thousand
cases a day of washing preparations are made and Mr. Hyde has thor-
oughly proved his fitness to assume the great responsibilities destined
for him by his grandfather Babbitt. Besides his business, Mr. Hyde is
interested in numerous social, educational and philanthropical interests.
Married Jmie 1, 1910, Miss Edith Moore, daughter of James Moore
of New York City.
818
John L. Babbitt (David-Nathaniel-Jonathan-Benjamin-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born May 17, 1835.
JOHN LEROY BABBITT.
(From Wager's History of Oneida County).
John Leroy Babbitt was born in Utica, N. Y., May 17, 1835. When a
child he removed with his parents to Susquehanna County, Pa., where
his father followed the occupation of peddler, which kept him from home
the greater part of the time. His mother was a seamstress, and was em-
ployed wherever she could find work for her needle; as a result, the boy,
522 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
John L., was deprived of a permanent home, and lived about at different
places and with different people, doing such light work as his age and
strength permitted, and obtaining but little schooling.
At the age of fifteen, in company with a cousin, he started West, cross-
ing Lake Erie on the sidewheel steamer Mayflower from Buffalo to Mon-
roe City, Mich. From the latter place he walked fourteen miles to an
Indian settlement, where he obtained employment at farming and lum-
bering. After a limited period at this labor he attended the Union School
at Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Mich., and later applied himself to learn-
ing the machinist trade at the same place.
Having finished his course of instruction and practice in the machine
shop, he was employed first by the Michigan Southern Railroad Company,
then by the Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad Company, and
finally by the New York and Erie Company. In 1860 he went to New
York City, where he became the chief engineer in the immense soap fac-
tory of his imcle, B. T. Babbitt; here he remained for three years, and
then accepted the position of chief engineer for the Glen Cove Starch
Company, at Glen Cove, Long Island. For eleven years he satisfactorily
filled this place, during which time he was appointed by the governor of
the State, steam boiler inspector for that congressional district, compris-
ing the counties of Queens, Suffolk, and Richmond.
In the spring of 1874 Mr. Babbitt came to Whitesboro as superinten-
dent of the Iron Works which his tmcle, B. T. Babbitt, has established
there.
Mr. Babbitt proved himself a usef\il citizen in the village of his adop-
tion in every way and won the esteem and confidence of his fellow men.
He served the village of Whitesboro as trustee for several terms, and as
president for one term; he was trusteee of the United Society of Whites-
town several years, also president, and for a short time deacon. In 1893
he was chosen the first president of the Homestead Aid Association of
Whitestown.
Notwithstanding the disadvantages and hardships of his early life,
and a lack of those opportunities which give to youth a hopeful view of
the future, Mr. Babbitt proved his natural abilities by the sturdy energy
and restless ambition to succeed which have characterized his career from
boyhood to middle age.
Mrs. Babbitt resides in Whitesboro, N. Y.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 523
Married June 2, 1869, Lorinda L. Potter, daughter of Buel G. and
Lydia Potter. Born Dec. 21, 1836.
Children: —
WilUam T., Nov. 27, 1871; d. Aug. 2, 1872.
Benjamin Talbot, Oct. 9, 1874. Cornell, 1897.
A member of the Babbitt Family Association.
Married Dec. 17, 1902, Elizabeth Enklemann.
Three children: —
Lois EUzabeth, Sept. 21, 1904.
LueUa Mabel, March 28, 1906.
' Benjamin Talbot, Aug. 8, 1908.
Mr. Babbitt is a wire manufacturer.
819
Charles H. Babbitt (Elkanah-Samuel-Elkanah-Benjamin-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Nov. 1, 1817. Died Nov. 1, 1890.
'. He was a miller; for many years ran a mill of his own in West
Warren, Mass.
Resided in Warsaw, N. Y., in 1846.
Married in May, 1844, Julia Davis, of Peterboro, N. H.
Children:—
1119 Otis Lyman, Nov. 12, 1843, in Ware.
1120 Benjamin Franklin.
Charles Edwin; married Hay die ( .) Resides in Portland,
Me.
Miles Elkanah, married Lucy E. Wood, July 14, 1886, daugh-
ter of Harvey and Arm, in Brookfield, Mass.
1121 Hiram Adelbert, 1864.
Julia E., 1849; married Joel Marsh of Warren, Mass., March
1, 1865, son of Marcus and AmeHa of Hardwick.
Mary, married James Conley of Ware, Mass., Nov. 8, 1869,
son of William and Mary Conley.
820
Hannah Minerva Babbitt (Elkanah-Samuel-Elkanah-Benjamin-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born May 2, 1824. Died Feb. 14, 1909, in Hard-
wick, Mass.
Resided in Hardwick, Mass.
524 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married James N. Brown of Hardwick, Sept. 26, 1847.
Children: —
James Clarence.
Frederick Arthur.
Hiram Lafayette. Resides in Ware, Mass.
Clara Jane, deceased.
Clara Minerva. Resides in Ware, Mass.
821
Maro Foster Babbitt (Elkanah-Samuel-Elkanah-Benjamin-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Dec. 24, 1829; in Ware, Mass. Died March 18, 1896,
in Minneapolis, Minn.
Shoe maker in Athol, Mass.
Mr. Babbitt learned his trade when a young man and earned a repu-
tation for skillful work. He died in Minneapolis while visiting his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Arnold, and was buried there.
Married Jan. 10, 1851, Maria M. Smith, daughter of Orrin Smith.
Born Feb. 20, 1832, in Westfield, Mass. Died Aug. 29, 1906.
Children : —
1122 Lucinda Ella, Sept. 30, 1853.
Lizzie Dora, Dec. 19, 1855, in Ware; d. July 18, 1874. Un-
married.
1123 Elbridge Foster, Sept. 8, 1859.
Cora Marie, Oct. 12, 1861, in Athol, Mass.
822
Martha Jane Babbitt (Elkanah-Samuel-Elkanah-Benjamin-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Nov. 13, 1842.
Resides in Athol, Mass.
Married (1st) in 1859, James Smith. (Civil War Veteran).
Children:—
Frank Herbert, March 16, 1860. Resides in Worcester, Mass.
George Williams, May 4, 1862 in Spencer, Ind.
Fred Austin, Feb. 26, 1875; d. Nov. 10, 1875.
Married (2nd) in 1888, Charles H. Parmenter. (Civil War Veteran).
Died June 12, 1905.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 525
Children:—
Blanche Inez, Aug. 8, 1889.
823
Harriett Newell Babbitt (Lyman-Samuel-Elkanah-Benjamin-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Sept. 15, 1822. Died Aug. 28, 1900, in Warsaw, N. H.
Married June 3, 1841, in Orangeville, N. Y., Alonzo Dunham, son of
Simeon and Julia (Porter) Dunham. He died Oct. 9, 1869, in Johnson-
burg, N. Y.
Children:—
George Franklin, July 20, 1847; d. 1863. Unmarried.
Mary Juliette, Dec. 25, 1851. Married George C. Shattuck of
Warsaw, N. Y.
Herbert A., Oct. 5, 1860. Resides in Warsaw, N. Y. Unmarried.
824
Edwin Lee Babbitt (Lyman-Samuel-Elkanah-Benjamin-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born 1830. Died 1863.
Married June 30, 1860, in Warsaw, N. Y., Frances Jane Judd, daugh-
ter of Charles Johnson and Jane Ann (Mosely) Judd. Born April 25, 1833.
Children: —
Harry Lee, Jan. 1862; d. Jan. 1863.
Mrs. Frances Babbitt is now living at 835 Front Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.
825
Hathaway Benjamin Babbitt (Benjamin-Abel-Abel-Benjamin-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Sept. 19, 1822, in Salem, N. Y. Died March 4,
1900, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
His father dying when he was young, he became a member of the Rich-
mond family and received his education in New York and in the Wood-
ward High School of Cincinnati, O. He was for a short time employed
in his uncle's bank in Buffalo, N. Y., and then returned to Cincinnati
where he lived until his death, with the exception of a few years. He
was engaged in an extensive manufacturing business. Later he was a
county official and for eight years. Circuit Court Clerk of Hamilton Co.,
Ohio. At the time of his death he was in the insurance business.
526 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married Margeratta Bailey, 1849, daughter of Rev. Samuel Bailey of
Philadelphia. Her brother was Dr. Gamaliel Bailey, a noted Abob'tion-
ist. Died Nov. 9, 1887.
Children:—
1124 WilHam Henry, Jan. 27, 1855.
1125 Dean Richmond (Rev.) Feb. 28, 1850.
Alfred Stater, Dec. 12, 1852.
He was a newspaper man in Cincinnati for several years at
one time as editor of a Cincinnati Sunday paper. In 1887
removed to Birmingham, Ala., where he continued his
newspaper work. Was for a time Coroner of Jefferson
County, Ala. He afterward returned to Cincinnati. Re-
sides in Muskegon, Mich.
Alice Mary, July 12, 1856. Married March 1899, Stuben
Kent, as his second wife. No children.
826
Francis Carlisle Babbitt (Lucius-Abel-Abel-Benjamin-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born 1836. Died 1906.
Married Henrietta C. Purdy.
Children: —
Alice Adele, 1859; d. 1878.
1126 Frank Purdy.
Frances Ellen.
Jennie Greeley; married Lawrence P. Hardy.
Two children: — Helen and Genevieve.
ComeUus Lynde; married Lucy Stuck, one child — Henrietta.
Henrietta C, 1875; d. 1876.
Bertha Maria.
Grace Pearl.
827
Mary Babbitt (CarUsle-Abel- Abel-Ben jamin-Elkanah- Edward). Born
1837. Died 1909.
Married W. F. Spruill.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 527
Children: —
Callie, married Rev. Mr. Gaddis.
Lena, married Dr. John Punton.
William, married William Fausler.
Jennie, married Lloyd Smith.
Mary, married H, M. Glassco.
Charles.
Nancy.
Dwight.
828
Richard Babbitt (Carlisle-Abel- Abel-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward)
Married Lizzie Hoiffman.
Children:—
Harriet, married Leslie Chesronn.
Mary, married Mervin Chesronn.
Maude, married John S. Palmer.
Ella.
Lulu. •
Carlisle.
Elizabeth.
Rudolph.
820
Frank Crocker Babbitt (Isaac-Abel- Abel-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Dec. 28, 1841, m Barnard, Vt.
Married Mary Gorham.
Children:—
Frank Crocker.
Isaac James.
Julian.
Grace.
Josephine.
Ellen.
Louisa.
Joseph.
Wellman.
528 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
830
Lucy Amanda Babbitt (Isaac- Abel- Abel-Ben jamin-EIkanah-Edward).
Born Dec. 30, 1843.
Married Sabines Baird.
Children: —
Carlisle.
Mary.
Newell.
Helen.
Edmund.
Frank.
831
Emmaline Babbitt (Isaac- James-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom Feb. 4, 1839.
Mrs. King resides in Kingsville, Ohio, with her son, Leland.
Married Feb. 16, 1859, Jerome E, King, of Kingsville, Ohio. He died
March 31, 1904.
Children: —
Mabel A., March 1, 1860; married Louis Stanton, Oct. 1, 1879.
She died Oct. 24, 1880. No children.
Leland W., April 19, 1865; married Lucy A. Dotey.
Children: —
Hazel.
Raymond.
832
Livonia Perry Babbitt (Isaac-Isaac-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Sept. 20, 1828, in Dighton, Mass.
Married June 29, 1845, Jos. W. King.
Children: —
Sarah L., married ( ) Leach.
Addie F., married George N. Elmer.
Louisa, married Ebenezer B. Gay.
"^
JOHN L. BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
833
Lucretia Almedia (Isaac-Isaac-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom about 1830.
Married Jan. 1, 1849, Isaac Newton Wheeler.
One child: —
Lucretia Ahnedia, Aug. 16, 1849. Married Charies O. Gay of
Dighton.
Two children: —
Louise, Sept. 8, 1868. Married B. E. Dary.
Lillian, Sept. 9, 1877. Married Charies R. Richards.
834
John Orrin Babbitt (Isaac-Isaac-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward)
Bom April 21, 1835, in Dighton, Mass. Resides in Dighton, Mass.
At one time a sailor — later a moulder and farmer.
Member of executive committee of Babbitt Association.
Married June 2, 1857, Martha M. Tripp, daughter of Liberty and
Rachel Tripp.
Children: —
1127 John Wendall, Aug. 12, 1858.
Orrin Russell, Aug. 12, 1858. Married Emmeline G. Pear-
son (nee Lord) April 4, 1902, in Stonington, Conn., daugh-
ter of James A. and Mary E. (Hill) Lord. Resides in Mer-
rimac, Mass. A carpenter by trade. No children.
Annie Maria, Aug. 3, 1875. Not married. With the H. L.
Davis Co., Taunton, Mass.
Charles Orville, Jan. 29, 1863; d. April 12, 1893. Unmarried.
Alfred Warren, Aug. 9, 1867; d. April 4, 1891. Unmarried..
835
Isaac Newton Babbitt (Isaac-Isaac-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom 1830.
He was a blacksmith in Dighton, Mass.
Married (1st) Aug. 21, 1859, Mrs. Catherine B. (Gardner) Harrison
Bom 1826-7 to Samuel B. and Sarah (Lake) Gardner of Rhode Island.
She died Oct. 12, 1893, aged 66 years, 1 month.
530 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married (2nd) Oct. 20, 1897, Almy Atwood, daughter of George B.
and Caroline (Felton) Atwood.
836
Mary Augusta Babbitt (James-Isaac-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Lived in Taxmton.
Married Aug. 11, 1844, in Taunton, Mass., Harrison Lane. Born
March 26, 1811. Son of Daniel and Anna (Danforth) Lane.
Children:—
Ellery, Jime 22, 1845, in Norton, Mass.
Richard, Nov. 1, 1846, in Taunton, Mass.; d. 1864.
JuHa A., Jan. 29, 1848.
837
James Bradford Babbitt (James-Isaac-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom Nov. 10, 1827, in Berkley, Mass.
Mr. Babbitt received his education in the schools of Taunton, Boston,
Charlestown and Dighton. While attending the Bunker Hill school at
Charlestown, he was a student under Mr. Bates, who was a noted instruc-
tor, and who gave Mr. Babbitt the sound foundation for his subsequent
scientific work. After his father's death he was for a time employed in
a printing office in Boston, and later in a wholesale drug company. At
the time of his marriage he owned a farm in Norfolk, Mass., where
he Uved until 1875, engaged in his farm work and studying the phenomena
of nature. This study he embodied in a book entitled "Theory of the
Earth" pubhshed in 1875. After that date Mr. Babbitt removed to Digh-
ton, Mass., to the farm where he now resides. Mr. Babbitt has given
evidence of his continued study of his favorite science by the pubhcation
in 1910 of another work entitled, "Physical History of the Earth," and
his vigorous mind is still engaged in study.
Mr. Babbitt had the following service in the Civil War.
On the call for nine months' men, he enlisted in Co. B, 42nd Regiment,
M. V. M., Col. Burrell. The regiment was sent with the Banks expe-
dition to capture and hold Galveston, Texas. The regiment was divided
and sent on separate boats. That with the Colonel and several com-
panies reached Galveston, landed, and being unsupported, were captured
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. ' 531
by a superior force. The boat Co. B was on, an old and hardly seaworthy
one, had to put in first at Port Royal and afterward at New Orleans. They
were transferred to another boat and were ready to sail for Galveston
when the news arrived of the capture of the Colonel and his men. Co. B
remained at New Orleans doing guard duty and going on expeditions
into the enemies' country for nearly a year, when they were sent home
and mustered out, having seen but little actual fighting.
Married June 15, 1864, Julia A. Steele, daughter of Rev. Eleazer and
Eunice (Hodges) Steele of Bradford, N. H.
Children: — Born in Wrentham, Mass.
Henry Bradford, May 18, 1865. Married Carrrie Hall, Sept. 26,
1888, in Cambridge, Mass. Resides in Hartford, Conn.
A doctor.
Helen Steele, July 3, 1867. Married April 4, 1888, Elmer Sher-
man, of Boston.
George Woodward, July 19, 1869. Resides in Hartford.
838
Warren Morris Babbitt (James-Isaac-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born 1832. Served in Civil War.
Assistant Surgeon 55 Massachusetts Regiment; also in 103 Regiment,
U. S. Volunteer.
Lives in Braintree, Mass. Is a retired physician.
Married May 9, 1858, Celia Campbell, daughter of William Campbell,
of North Wrentham.
Children: —
Mmnetta, May 1859.
Henrietta C, Aug. 28, 1863. Married Feb. 5, 1885, Frederick
W. Warburton of Pawtucket, R. I.
839
James Horace Babbitt (James-Warren-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born March 27, 1851. Died July 11, 1886.
Married Ellen A. Brown, June 8, 1882, in Boston, Mass., daughter of
Frances and Bridget Brown. Died about 1886.
Children: —
Carrie M., June 27, 1886, in Boston.
532 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
840
Isaac N. Babbitt (Isaac-Warren-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom Jan. 14, 1838. Died Feb. 13, 1903, in Fairhaven, Mass.
Married Sept. 4, 1865, in Cambridge, Mass., Elizabeth Gibbs Ward,
daughter of Samuel L. and Rachael (Gibbs) Ward. Born Dec. 27, 1841.
Children:—
Samuel Ward, July 1, 1866. Unmarried.
Mary Rogers, Sept. 1, 1873; married Oct. 15, 1906, David J. Ben-
edict, son of David M. and Julia (Osborn) Benedict. Bom
Nov. 19, 1854.
841
John Warren Babbitt (Isaac-Warren-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Nov. 26, 1839.
Served in Civil War — with splendid record.
Resides in Fairhaven, Mass.
Married (1st) Elizabeth Hall, Jan. 27, 1861, daughter of James and
Abigail Hall. Born Oct. 20, 1843; died May 14, 1877.
Children: —
1128 Elizabeth A., AprU 2, 1862.
Alice Warren, Nov. 26, 1866. Married June 3, 1890, Zenas
Winsor son of Zenas and Lucia Winsor. Born Aug. 24,
1854. No children. They live in Fairhaven, Mass.
1129 Ellen M., Aug. 24, 1868.
William Walter, July 7, 1872; steam fitter, Cambridge, Mass.
Unmarried.
Married (2nd) Mary F. Lake, Jan. 4, 1879, daughter of Jonathan and
Mary Lake, and born Dec. 4, 1857.
Child:—
John, June 25, 1881.
Married (3rd) Rose E. Breslow, Aug. 26, 1900. Born in Halifax, N. S.,
to James and Rose (McManus).
842
Hiram Babbitt (Isaac- Warren-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward). Bom
ug. 7, 1842.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 533
Married Alvira E. Bowen, Dec. 13, 1866, daughter of Alva K. and Cyn-
thia Bowen. She was born 1846.
Children: — Bom in Somerset, Mass.
Dora Parker, Jan. 24, 1872; d. Aug. 24, 1872.
Myra E., June 20, 1883.
Albert Kelley, June 8, 1873. Married Jan. 23, 1897, Clara A.
Bowen of Somerset, Mass.
843
Joseph M. Babbitt (Isaac-Warren-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom May 7, 1845.
Married Fannie E. Cushing, Nov. 25, 1868, in Acushnet, Mass.,
daughter of Jeremiah Cushing.
844
James Babbitt (Isaac - Warren - Elkanah - Joseph - Elkanah - Elkanah).
Born Aug. 5, 1847. Resided in Fall River, Mass.
Married Aug. 20, 1868, Isabel Hargraves, daughter of Robert and
Elizabeth Hargraves of Fall River, Mass.
Children: —
Joseph W., June 29, 1870. Married Sept. 29, 1894,";: Mabel F.
Guraey, daughter of Lysander C. Gumey.
Isaac N., Feb. 19, 1872. Married Aug. 15, 1894, Eva F. Healey,
daughter of Valentine and Phoebe (Dwelley) Healey.
Oswell Bray, Nov. 20, 1876; d. Jan. 21, 1879.
Grace, Dec. 25, 1883, in Fall River, Mass. Died in infancy.
Grace I., Oct. 14, 1885, in Fall River, Mass.
845
Sabra A. Babbitt (Isaac- Warren-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom March 12, 1850, in Dartmouth, Mass.
Married Edwin W. Forrest, Sept. 25, 1872, son of Jesse and Martha
(CoUins) Forrest. Bom in Truro, Oct. 18, 1848.
Children:—
Walter S., May 14, 1877; married Oct. 28, 1904, Lizzie Brown.
534 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
846
Franklin Babbitt (Benjamin-Benjamin-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Ed-
ward).
Rev. Franklin Babbitt was born in Saco, Maine, Sept. 25, 1829. He
studied for the Episcopal ministry in N. Y. City and first located in
Tarrytown, N. Y,, afterward moving across the river to Nyack. He
was married about 1865 to Miss Emily LeLieu of N. Y. City by Bishop
Potter in Trinity Church. His wife died about 1890.
While in Tarrytown he was a warm personal friend of Washington
Irving who collected the offering in his church.
He is an unusually modest and unassuming man and his letter in reply
to an urgent request for data relating to his early life and family was as
follows: "In response to your letter I would say that I was baptised
in Trinity church more than fifty years ago. Most of the other ques-
tions I do not know or do not remember, therefore, please consider my
previous answer final. There are too many private and personal things
published and I never liked the idea of putting one's self before the world,
or doing anything, that would have the least appearance of satisfying
personal vanity."
His church in Nyack appreciates his life work fully and although he has
tried for many years to resign, they insist that he must hold the position
of rector even if he is not able to work at all.
The church sends him to Europe frequently and they are doing all
in their power to make his few remaining years pleasant.
(Copy of clipping from N. Y. World about 1890.)
"On the last Sunday in May, the Grace Episcopal Church at Nyack-
on-the-Hudson, was struck by lightning during the evening service. The
bolt entered the building over the electric light wire wrecking the switch
board, extinguishing the lights and filling the edifice with dancing flames.
There was a panic. Women fainted and others started for the door, but
encouraged by the rector the Rev. Franklin Babbitt, who was presiding
at the organ, the boy choir marching to the chancel kept on singing the
processional and the excitement was allayed."
847
Charles Edward Babbitt (Benjamin-Ben jamin-Elkanah- Joseph-Elkanah-
Edward),
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 535
Charles Edward Babbitt was born in Saco, Me., August 3, 1831. Died
April 12, 1911, in Chincoteague, Va. He ran away when but a lad and
went to sea. After his first trip he returned home and worked in his
father's brush factory in N. Y. City. He was married to Susan Dixon
of New York in 1852.
Soon after his marriage he went to Chincoteague Island, Va., and en-
gaged in the oyster business. He owned and operated large oyster farms
at this place. His wife Susan D. Babbitt died July 6, 1898.
His children are as follows: —
Catherine Montgomery Babbitt, born Oct. 7, 1855, in Lansing-
burg, N. Y. Married March 3, 1880, to Mr. A. F. Matthews.
They now live in Chincoteague, Va. Their children are: —
Charles F. Matthews, born Jan. 22, 1881, in Chincoteague,
Va. Married Aug. 17, 1908, in Philadelphia, to Miss
Bessie Almeda Bell. They have one child, a daughter,
Bessie Bell Matthews, born Nov. 13, 1909. Mr. Matthews
is now cashier of the First National Bank in Berlin, Md.
Gladys Matthews, born Feb. 19, 1885, in Chincoteague, Va.
Is a teacher in the Chincoteague high school; is unmarried.
Claude J. Matthews, born Feb. 21, 1887, in Chincoteague, Va.
He is cashier of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank in New
Church, Va. Is unmarried.
Mary Francis Babbitt, born Feb. 6, 1857, in Lansingburg, N. Y.
Married Oct. 28, 1894, to Mr. WilKam J. Burton. They now
live at Cape Charles, Va. No children.
Charles Edward Babbitt, Jr., born Nov. 4, 1859, in Troy, N. Y.
Lives at Chincoteague, Va. Is unmarried.
848
Anna Cornelia Babbitt (Benjamin-Benjamin-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-
Edward), Daughter of Benjamin F. and Emma W. Gardiner Babbitt*.
Anna Cornelia Babbitt (Weller) was born on the Gardiner homestead
in the town of Tyrone, N. Y., Dec. 19, 1849.
Attended school at Starkey Seminary, Yates Co., N. Y., from 1862
to 1866, and Rutgers Female College in N. Y. City from 1866 to 1868.
Taught music in Starkey Seminary from 1869 to 1871.
Was Preceptress of Starkey Seminary from 1872 to 1873.
Was married June 26, 1873, at Starkey Seminary to Newton Weller,
who was one of the pioneer merchants in the village of Tyrone, N. Y.
636 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
She lived in the village of Tyrone from 1873 to 1882, in which place
her three children were bom. Lived in Dundee, N. Y., from 1882 to
1890. In Geneva, N. Y., from 1890 to 1892. Is now living at Watkins,
N. Y., where is located her permanent home.
Her children are as follows: —
Dr. Frankhn Babbitt Weller, bom in Tyrone, N. Y., July 18,
1874. Is graduate of the University of Maryland, now prac-
ticing dentistry at 239 West 103 St., N. Y. City. Was married
Aug. 23, 1903, to Alice A. King, a daughter of Dr. George H.
Kiag of Watkins, N. Y. No children.
Emma Louise Weller, bom in Tyrone, N. Y., April 15, 1878.
Is a graduate of Syracuse University and now is supervisor of
music in the Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., High Schools.
Laura Gardiner Weller, bom in Tyrone, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1880.
Is a graduate of Syracuse University and is teaching the His-
torical course in the Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., High Schools.
*Mrs Newton Weller's mother, Emma Waterman Gardiner, was bom
on the Gardiner homestead in T)Tone, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1821. She was
the fifth child of a family of thirteen, born to David N. and Susaima Craw-
ford Andrews Gardiner. Her parents traveled to this homestead from
Rhode Island with an ox team and were considered more wealthy than
their neighbors solely on account of their having one horse as a leader
on this trip.
Nicholas Gardiner, grandfather of Emma W., then owned the farm in
Rhode Island, on which was located the original Narragansett Pier.
849
Charles W. Babbitt (Welcome-Benjamin-Seth-Joseph-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom Dec. 25, 1842.
Served in a New York Artillery Regiment in Civil War.
Married (1st) Ellen A. Snow, Feb. 2, 1863, in Brookfield, Mass. She
was bom in Newburyport, Mass. Died 1863, in North Brookfield, Mass.
Married (2nd) LilHan E. Torrey, of Bethany, Pa. Born Aug. 17, 1859.
Died Jan. 3, 1900.
Children: —
Ina T., Jan. 10, 1880.
Elizabeth G., Dec. 5, 1881.
MRS. ANNA B. DARST.
SUSANNA W. DARST.
CATHERINE B. DARST.
THOMAS B. DARST.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 537
n
Eugene C, Jan. 29, 1883.
Grace Q., Nov. 9," 1885.
Emma F., Nov. 4, 1889.
Mary Q., Feb. 17, 1893.
Kathryn E., March 29, 1895.
Robert E., Nov. 4, 1897.
850
AbbieL. Babbitt (William J.-Benjamin-Seth-Joseph-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Sept. 20, 1844.
Married May 1, 1867, Benjamin Stevens. Born June 18, 1844, in
Andover.
Children: —
Abbie R., Sept. 24, 1869.
Edna M., June 13, 1872.
Charles B., Oct. 31, 1875.
851
Frank Bradley Babbitt (William-Samuel-Abiel-William-Erasmus-Ed-
ward-Edward). Born March 27, 1862, in Lockport, N. Y.
Is a sales agent of Brandon Wireless Battery Box. Lives in De-
troit, Michigan.
Married Nov. 12, 1885, Florence L. Powell, daughter of John Powell.
Bom in Dayton, O.
Children:—
Florence P., July 8, 1891.
Helen L., Oct. 4, 1893.
Janet L., March 7, 1895.
852
Anna Elizabeth Babbitt (Thomas S. -Samuel- Abiel- William-Erasmus-
Edward-Edward). Born Oct. 23, 1851.
Mrs. Darst resides in San Diego, Cal. She and her children are mem-
bers of the Babbitt Family Association.
Married Dec. 25, 1878, Charles W. Darst. Born Oct. 12, 1849; died
Nov. 25, 1900.
538 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
Catherine Babbitt, Sept. 8, 1882.
Thomas Babbitt, Aug. 25, 1890.
Susanna W., Aug. 29, 1894.
Charles W., Sept. 7, 1896.
853
Irving Babbitt (Edwin - Samuel - Abiel - William - Erasmus - Edward -
Edward). Born Aug. 2, 1865, in Dayton, Ohio.
He graduated from Harvard College with degree of A. B. in 1889. From
1889 to 1891 he was professor of Latin and Greek in the College of Mon-
tana. The following year he studied in Paris and in 1893 obtained degree
of A. M. from Harvard. From 1893 to 1894 he was professor at Williams
College and from 1894 to 1902 was professor of French. Since this time
he has been assistant professor of French at Harvard. Is author of "Lit-
erature and American College" and contributor to numerous magazines.
Is member of Colonial Club.
Married Jime 12, 1900, Dora May Drew, daughter of Edward Bangs
and Anna (Davis) Drew. Born in Too Chow, China; her father Com-
missioner of Chinese Customs.
Children: —
Esther, Oct. 2, 1901.
Edward Sturges, June 12, 1903.
854
Isaac Babbitt (James-Sarah-Erasmus-Simeon-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Served in Civil War as musician in Co. H, 2nd N. J. Infantry Volunteer,
May 29, 1861- June 21, 1864.
Resides in Morristown, N. J.
Married (1st) Nancy C. Dickerson, Dec. 26, 1860, m Danville, N. J.,
daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Doremus) Dickerson. Born March
4, 1826. She died AprU 8, 1862, and is buried in Danville, N. J.
Children: —
Anna C, Feb. 5, 1862; d. Dec. 26, 1866.
Married (2nd) Henrietta Yawger.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 539
Children:—
Harry.
Louise.
Alvin.
855
Frederick E. Babbitt (Joseph W.-Elias-Erasmus-Simeon-Seth-Edward-
Edward). Born Dec. 10, 1853. Resides in Newark, N. J.
Married Mary Emily Yatman. Born May 9, 1854.
Children: —
Joseph Woodman, Aug. 3, 1877.
At present at Princeton Theological Seminary in preparation
for the ministry, recently a student at Columbia University.
Mr. Babbitt is an orator and elocutionist of very high rank,
having given notable readings in New York and in Western
cities. He is especially good in Shakesperian roles and has
now an enviable reputation in this field.
He has been a devoted worker in the preparation of this work
from its inception, and much credit is due him for the
completeness of the New Jersey section of the book.
Grace AmeHa, Feb. 27, 1879; married Frederick Sowers.
Charles Andrew, Aug. 29, 1880; married Louisa Chapman.
Daughter — Gladys.
Fred EHas, Oct. 30, 1881 ; married Edna Daly.
Amy Evelyn, July 10, 1887; married Charles Jennmgs.
One son — James.
Anna Virginia, June 13, 1889. Unmarried.
Percy Wolfe, Jan. 23, 1896.
856
Eugene Babbitt (Winslow W.-David-Daniel-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-
Edward.) Bom 1858. Resides in Medford, Mass.
Married Feb. 19, 1880, in Boston, Mass., Mary Anna Gorham. Born
1860, daughter of Benjamin D. and Frances Gorham.
ChHdren:—
Eugene Leslie, Dec. 2, 1882.
540 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
1130 Arthur Leon, Nov. 29, 1884.
Chester EUwood, Oct. 2, 1889; d. July 20, 1900.
George Edmond, Sept. 22, 1898.
857
George R. Babbitt (George-David-David-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born June 18, 1865.
Married Feb. 13, 1889, Mary M. Warner, daughter of Harlan P. and
Lydia A. Gibson. Born Oct. 13, 1862.
Children:—
Grace W., Oct. 15, 1890; d. March 28, 1904.
Flossie W., June 23, 1896.
Lydia J., Jan. 16, 1899.
858
Etta A. Babbitt (Byron C.-David-Daniel-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born May 7, 1860.
Married May 24, 1885, Martin C. Huntley. Live in South London-
berry, Vt.
Children: —
Lilla, married Ozno F. Hewes.
Jeneona, married Jerome Nido (Nadeau).
859
Mary Babbitt (Harvey- James- Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Bom May 31, 1853, in Attleboro, Mass.
Married (1st) Dec. 9, 1870, Jacob S. Klebes of Attleboro, Mass.
Children: —
AUce Ardelia, Jan. 3, 1877. Married Edward G. Ashley of Ashley
& Co., lumber dealers, Attleboro, Mass.
Jacob Elmer, April 9, 1879. Married Margaret Lynch. A black-
smith in Attleboro.
Married (2nd) John J. Gibson, Sept. 5, 1905. No children. They
reside in Southboro, Mass.
Mrs. Gibson is superintendent of Congregational Sunday School Society,
President of Ladies' Sewing Society and very active in social and bene-
volent work.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 541
860
William Harvey Babbitt (Harvey- James-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-
Edward). Bom April 28, 1855, in Attleboro, Mass.
A jeweler in Providence, R. I.
Married (1st) Jan. 30, 1876, Sarah Louise Pratt. Born 1856 fin
Dighton, Mass.
Children: — Bom in Providence, R. I.
Henry E., Nov. 1, 1877; d. Feb. 8, 1879.
William A., Sept. 8, 1879; d. Jan. 30, 1905.
Leon Everett, 1883. Was in Camden, N. J., 1904,
Infant son d. Oct. 16, 1887.
Married (2nd) Lillian Willard.
Born 1868, in South Providence, R. I.
One child:— Emma Harriett, Feb. 18, 1894.
861
Almena Babbitt (John E.-James M.-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Jan. 19, 1857.
Married Jan. 21, 1891, in Central City, Neb., George Surbridge of
Canton, O.
Children:—
John Babbitt, Dec. 11, 1891, in Yankton, S. D.
Barbara Lillian, Nov. 22, 1893, in Central City.
Charlotte Davis, Feb. 24, 1895, in Central City.
862
Wade Edward Babbitt (John E.-James M.-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-
Edward). Bom Aug. 17, 1858.
Married Nov. 20, 1891, Mary Peterson, in Central City, Iowa.
Children:—
Ruth, Nov. 28, 1892.
Howell, Nov. 23, 1893.
Donald, Aug. 9, 1895.
Earl, Aug. 9, 1895.
542 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
863
Ray T. Babbitt (Orrington-James-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born April 15, 1881.
Married Oct. 16, 1901, Lillie Turner.
Children:—
Bemice, Oct. 31, 1902.
Russell, July 26, 1908.
864
Alma S. Babbitt (Orrington-John-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Feb. 16, 1883. \
Married Jan. 1, 1900, John Kratz.
Children:—
Charles A., June 13, 1901.
865
Stanley Babbitt (Orrington - James - Asa - Nathaniel - Seth - Edward -
Edward). Born May 4, 1885.
Married April 15, 1905, Ruth Kinsey.
Children: —
Opal, June 5, 1906.
Lee, Nov. 19, 1907.
866
Charles E. Babbitt (John - John - Asa - Isaac - Seth - Edward - Edward).
Born 1855.
Married (1st) Aug. 12, 1877, Sarah Wallace, daughter of Jos. and Eliz.
(Fisk) Wallace.
Married (2nd) May 29, 1898, Carrie Cooper, daughter of David and
Nancy (Adams) Cooper.
Children:—
Child, Oct. 31, 1882, in Wilmot, N. H.
Mabel, April 26, 1885; d. May 6, 1907.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 543
867
Jennie May Babbitt (Leonard-Isaac-Asa-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Aug. 28, 1866, in Hancock, N. H.
Married George H. Fairbanks. Bom May 10, 1862.
Children: —
Jennie May, Sept. 20, 1885.
Ethel Walker, Nov. 23, 1887.
868
Nora C. Babbitt ( John-John-Uri-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward )
Born Sept. 25, 1869. Resides in Des Moines, Iowa.
Married Sept. 2, 1903, Francis D. Harsh, son of Philip and Belle
Harsh. Born Sept. 12, 1872.
Children: —
Nancy Babbitt, July 2, 1904.
869
Edwin D. Babbitt (Alden-Samuel-Uri-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Born Jan. 29, 1879, in Louisville, Ky.
Lives in Yonkers, N. Y.
Married Dec. 20, 1902, Beatrice Teresa Roan, of Worcester, Mass.,
daughter of Patrick Roan.
Children: —
Lelia Grace, May 28, 1904.
870
William Arthur Babbitt (WilUam-Roswell-Ira-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-
Edward), Born March 11, 1855.
Resides in Indianapolis, Ind.
Married (1st) Dec. 16, 1880, Effie C. Clark of Greenwood, Ind. Died
Jan. 9, 1893.
Children: —
Edna B., June 23, 1882. Married George Hinchman of Indian-
apoHs, March 27, 1902. No children.
Cora M., March 19, 1884. Married Bert L. Clark, May 12, 1906.
No children.
544 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Hallie J., June 22, 1885; d. Feb. 28, 1897.
Stella M., May 27, 1887. Married Aug. 4, 1904, Elmer Thorp.
One child— Roy, born April 5, 1906.
FeUx W., Feb. 14, 1889.
Charles H., Nov. 1, 1891.
Married (2nd) April 5, 1897, Gertrude Hawkins of IndianapoUs.
Children: —
Roy H., Aug. 14, 1898.
Fred C, May 15, 1900.
Kenneth G., Jan. 29, 1902.
Dorothy Helen, June 30, 1903.
871
Oscar Babbitt (John-Roswell-Ira-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-Edward).
Bom July 14, 1848.
Married Dec. 24, 1872, Nancy Babbitt, daughter of William'. Bom
Feb. 4, 1847.
Children:—
Curtis, Dec. 15, 1876.
Mona, July 24, 1879; married Dec. 24, 1900, TheodorejRickey.
Children:—
Raymond, April 22, 1902.
Viola, Aug. 21, 1904.
Paul, Sept. 17, 1908.
Leander, Oct. 10, 1891.
872
Franklin^ Babbitt (John Robert Parker-Roswell-Isa-Nathaniel-Seth-
Edward-Edward). Born May 9, 1856.
Married Enrnia Cousins.
Children: —
Emma B., April 22, 1866.
873 A
Charles Darst Babbit (Charles-Charles-Thomas-Erasmus-Seth-Edward-
Edward). Born Sept. 18, 1865. Resided in Natchez, Miss., until 1900.
Dealer in real estate and Civil Engineer in Gueydan, La.
Married May 1, 1889, Mattie L. Dunbar, daughter of Mrs. R. B. Dun-
bar of Adams Co., Miss.
JAMES BRADFORD BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 545
Children: —
James Ryan, June 25, 1891, in Natchez, Miss; d. March 26, 1894.
Mattie Elinia, Jan. 14, 1893, in Natchez, Miss.
Charles Dunbar, Feb. 23, 1895, in Natchez, Miss.
Waher Winthrop, July 22, 1896, in Natchez, Miss.
Louise, Nov. 5, 1899, in Natchez, Miss. ; d. June 12, 1904, in Guey-
dan. La.
Francis Bascom, Aug. 17, 1904, in Gueydan, La.
Cora May, March 10, 1908, in Gueydan, La.
873B
J. W. Babbitt (Charles-Charles-Thomas-Erasmus-Seth-Edward-Edward)
Mr. Babbitt is a Civil Engineer and Surveyor residing in Natchez, Miss.
Mr. Babbitt was employed for about six years by the U. S. Engineering
corps improving the Mississippi River, building levees, harbor improve-
ments, etc., previous to the Spanish War. Soon after the destruction
of the "Maine" he was ordered to Forts Jackson and St. Philip, near the
mouth of the Mississippi River, where he assisted in laying mines and tor-
pedoes to protect the river approaches to New Orleans. He resigned
this commission to return to Natchez, where he enlisted in the 2nd Mis-
sissippi Volunteer Infantry which was ordered to Florida to enter the
7th Army Corps under General Fitzhugh Lee for service in the War with
Spain. He did not see active service, as peace was declared and he re-
turned to his former position with the U. S. Engineering Corps. Since
his father's death he has resided in Natchez and has been in business for
himself.
874
Frederick Herbert Babbitt (George H.- Joseph-Nathan-Nathan-Nathan-
Edward-Edward). Born Nov. 23, 1859, in Keene, N. H.
Mr. Babbitt is a paper manufacturer in Bellows Falls, Vt.
Married Sept. 19, 1883, Kate E. Britton, of Hartland, Vt.
Children:—
Madeline B., May 8, 1885, in Bellows Falls, Vt.
875
George H. Babbitt (George-Joseph-Nathan-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born Sept. 25, 1861, in Windsor, Vt.
Pulp and paper manufacturer in Bellows Falls, Vt.
Married May 18, 1887, Jennie M. Robertson, daughter of John and
Nancy (Black) Robertson. Born in Putney, Vt.
546 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
Frances Robertson, March 23, 1888, m Bellows Falls, Vt.
Donald George, Nov. 5, 1891, in Bellows Falls, Vt.
Virginia, Oct. 25, 1903, in Bellows Falls, Vt.
876
Fannie Maria Babbitt (Clinton-Nathan-Nathan-Nathan-Nathan-Ed-
ward-Edward). Born in Beloit, Wis., June 10, 1858. Died in Ashland,
Wis., July 31, 1900.
Married in Beloit, Wis. May 7, 1873, Rev. James D. Whitelaw.
Children:—
Mary Reed Whitelaw, Feb. 21, 1886, in Chicago, 111. Unmarried.
Graduate University of Wisconsin ; a teacher.
Margaret Babbitt Whitelaw, Feb. 16, 1899, in Beloit, Wis.
877
Ahce Howe Babbitt (Clinton-Nathan-Nathan-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born Sept. 27, 1871, in Beloit, Wis.
Attended Carleton College and University of Wisconsin. A student
of Uterature and interested in women's club work and active in social
and benevolent work.
Married June 26, 1894, in Beloit, Wis., Freeman Ellsworth Lurton,
born Sept. 5, 1870, in Skowhegan, Me., son of Thos. L. and Adelia (Cole-
man) Lurton.
Graduate of Carleton College, Northfield, Miim., 1894; also post-grad-
uate of Universities of Chicago and Miimesota. Is an educator, having
been principal in many schools in Minnesota and Wisconsin. At present
superintendent of schools in Anoka, Minn., and the author of several
books and educational papers.
ChHdren:-
Malcolm Babbitt Lurton, Jtme 12, 1895.
Ellsworth Douglas Lurton, June 29, 1897.
878
Harriet A. Babbitt (Thomas-Levi-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed- i
ward). Born July 14, 1837. Died March 21, 1875, in Athol.
Married April 12, 1860, in Worcester, Mass., Farwell F. Fay, son of
Emerson Fay. He died May 12, 1888, in Boston.
Children:-
Carrie J., Oct. 4, 1864; d. Oct., 1887. Unmarried.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 547
WilHam E., Nov. 10, 1865. Married Arria E. Flint, Oct. 21, 1891,
daughter of David and Clarissa (Greene) Flint. She was born
Jan. 17, 1866.
Children:—
Edith, March 1, 1893.
Arthur, Dec. 11, 1895.
Mr. Fay is a broker in Boston.
Herbert F., March 1875; d. Sept. 8, 1875.
879
Lyman D wight Babbitt (George W.-Levi-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born Sept. 5, 1838. Died AprH 16, 1878.
Married Harriet Carpenter, Dec. 15, 1869, daughter of Charles Car-
penter of Rowe, Mass.
Children: —
1131 Albert Lyman, July 13, 1876.
880
Nathan Willard (Isaac-Isaac-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward).
Bom May 22, 1839. Died Dec. 2, 1899.
Married (1st) in 1861, Lodicia Warner of Marlboro, Conn.
Children:—
Herbert Leon, died in infancy.
Annie M., 1870 in Fitchburg. Died in Sept., 1908, in South
Framingham, Mass. Married Sept. 6, 1888, Winifred H.
Fay, son of John Fay.
Children: —
Rodney.
Lawrence.
Alton.
1132 Herman, May 7, 1862, in Fitchburg, Mass.
Married (2nd) Fannie J. Griggs. Bom in Nanticoke, N. Y., 1855.
She married George R. Greenwalt in Boston, Jime 28, 1900.
881
Charles Albert Babbitt (Isaac-Isaac-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Bom Feb. 22, 1849. Resides in Worcester, Mass.
Married June 27, 1872, Georgiana L. Sweet, daughter of Charles E.
and Carohne Sweet. Born June 27, 1850.
648 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
Alice Maud, March 7, 1874; d. Aug. 9, 1874, in Cambridge, Mass.
Helen Maud, Jan. 28, 1877; married Albert Merriam, Oct. 27,
1909, in Fitchburg, son of WilUam and Anna. Born Oct. 21,
1875. Reside in Worcester.
Lewis Elmer, Feb. 16, 1879; d. Oct. 27, 1883.
882
Clara Babbitt (Harrison-Isaac-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward).
Bom in Worcester, Mass., June 5, 1849.
' Married (1st) Nov. 30, 1882, Lanman Holcomb, son of James and
Meriam Colt (Perkins) Holcomb of Granby, Conn. Born March 29,
1822. Died Oct. 14, 1894, in Hartford, Conn.
Children: —
Frank Lanman, Sept. 29, 1885, in Hartford, Conn. Graduate of
Mt. Hermon School, 1907.
Kate Meriam, Nov. 22, 1888, in Hartford, Conn. Graduate of
Linden Hall Seminary of Philadelphia, 1906. Mt. Holyoke
College, 1910.
Married (2nd) Dec. 8, 1897, Lucius Johnson of Hartford, Conn., son of
John and Mary (Rowell) Johnson. Born in Newport, Me., June 15, 1845.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson now reside in Southern Pines, N. C.
883
Edwin Converse Babbitt (Harrison-Isaac-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Ed-
ward-Edward). Born Nov. 26, 1850 in Worcester, Mass., Uving there
xmtil he was fourteen years of age, then with parents moved to Barre,
Mass. Worked at home and elsewhere farming until twenty years
of age. Then learned the machinist trade in Fitchburg, Mass., Uving
there, and working at his trade, for nineteen years. Entered the employ
of the Willard Screen Plate Co., serving as superintendent for eleven
years, then changing to the Union Screen Plate Co., where he is still
employed as traveling salesman.
A member of the RoUstone Congregational Church, "Charles W. Moore"
Lodge of Masons, and "Jerusalem Commandery," Knights Templars,
and "Aleppo Temple," A. A. O. N. M. S., Boston, Mass.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 549
Married Sept. 22, 1874, to Edith Adeline Foster, in Winthrop, Maine,
daughter of Charles and Angelia (Parlin) Foster.
Ida Marion Babbitt, the only child of Edwin C. and Edith A. Babbitt,
was born July 2, 1875, in Fitchburg, Mass. Graduated from the Fitch-
burg High School, 1894. Entered Bryant & Stratton Commercial
College, 1894. Stenographer, at Simonds Manufacturing Co., Fitch-
burg, Mass., for twelve years. Married Aug. 13, 1907, to S. P. Arnold,
of N. Y. City, in Albany, N. Y.
Children: —
Edward Babbitt Arnold, born Jan. 8, 1909, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Foster Converse Arnold, born Aug. 28, 1910, in Freeport, N. Y.
Residence at present time, Freeport, N. Y.
Member of the RoUstone Congregational Church, Fitchburg, Mass
Member of the order of the "Eastern Star," Fitchburg, Mass.
884
Mary Alice Babbitt (Harrison-Isaac-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born Nov. 19, 1855, in Worcester, Mass. Resides in Fitch-
burg, Mass.
Married Nov. 30, 1882, WilKam C. Bradley, son of William and Mary
Bradley. (William C. Bradley, died June 3, 1908).
Children: — Born in Nashua, N. H.
WilHam Elmer, April 28, 1884. A Railroad man, as was his father
before him.
Married Maude Brewer, of Fitchburg, Mass., April 8, 1908.
One child was born, Eleanon AUce, Jan. 29, 1909.
Milton Babbitt, Oct. 28, 1885; d. May 17, 1886.
Lillian, Dec. 7, 1888.
Mary Alice Bradley, Elmer and his wife, also the daughter Lillian
Bradley, are members of the Methodist Church.
885
Kate Maria Babbitt (Harrison-Isaac-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born Oct. 7, 1860, in Worcester, Mass.
550 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married May 5, 1891, Hiram Newton Cudworth, son of Shadwick Nye
and Marie (Keith) Cudworth. Born Nov. 28, 1859, in Sandwich, Mass.
Children: —
Maxilla Converse, May 21, 1893, in Worcester, Mass.
886
Alfred Lincoln Babbitt (Harrison-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Nov. 11, 1862.
Resides in Barre, Mass.
Married June 11, 1889, Margaret Elizabeth Condra.
Children:—
Alice Marilla, Oct. 26, 1890. Member of Babbitt Association.
Catherine Frances, March 28, 1894.
Harding Eugene, March 28, 1896.
887
Caleb Henry Babbitt (Pliny-Isaac-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Aug. 11, 1842, in Barre, Mass. Died 1885.
Resided in Westminster, Mass.
Married Dec. 24, 1862, Charlotte Maynard.
Children:—
Florence L., 1870. Married Oct. 1, 1890, Edward L. Howard.
Mabel Lizzie, Nov. 4, 1875. Married Oct. 17, 1896, Walter F. Fox.
888
Charles A. Babbitt (Phny-Isaac-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Edward).
Born in Barre, Mass., March 11, 1851.
He attended the district schools of Barre and the Barre high school.
He graduated at Westfield Normal school and began life as a school
teacher. He was principal of the Academy at Londonberry, Vt., for
two years, was principal of the West Denis, Mass., high school for two
years, and then taught in the Boston evening schools for three years.
He began the study of law while teaching in Boston, and having saved
money enough for his purpose went to Dartmouth College, where he was
graduated in 1879. He entered Boston University Law School, and
after two years of study was admitted to the bar in Barnstable Coimty
in 1882.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 551
He began the practice of law in Orange, Mass., where he remained
for five years. He removed to Fitchburg, Mass., in 1888, and built up
there a large practice. In poUtics Mr. Babbitt was a Democrat, and
in spite of the fact that his was usually the minority party he was fre-
quently honored in Fitchburg with positions of honor and trust. He was
a member of the common council in 1897 and 1898, and was mayor of
the city in 1901 and 1902. He gave the city an able administration,
was thoroughly non-partisan and he won the esteem of his political oppo-
nents as well as of his own supporters. He was made a Mason in Mt.
Zion Lodge of Barre in 1872, and was an officer of the lodge. He was
a member of Thomas Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Fitchburg. Mr.
Babbitt died August 15, 1911.
He married Addie Packard, daughter of Josiah Packard of Hudson,
Mass., in March 30, 1883.
Children: —
Edith Deborah, graduate of Wellesley College, 1906. Married
May 25, 1910, Isaac S. Hall of Medford, Mass., Yale, 1906.
Daughter— Dora, May 22, 1911.
Ina F., graduated from Wellesley, 1910.
889
Lizzie Nichols Babbitt (Pliny-Isaac-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born April 17, 1856.
Married Jan. 10, 1882, Harding Jenkins, of Barre, Mass.
Children: —
Ruth Lydia, June 10, 1884. Graduate of Wellesley, 1906.
George Harding, Oct. 25, 1885. Graduate of Worcester Tech, 1909.
890
Dwight Snellem Babbitt (Erasmus-Snell-Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Ed-
ward-Edward). Born Oct. 6, 1841, in Adams, Mass.
He is a physician in Defiance, Ohio.
Married Nov. 19, 1863, Augusta Bucholz.
Children: —
Ira Dallas, April 6, 1867.
Erasmus F., Dec. 3, 1869.
Dwight S., Feb. 25, 1872.
652 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
891
Charles Albert Browne, Adaline (Babbitt) Browne (Snell-Snellem-Na-
than-Nathan-Edward-Edward). Born July 17, 1842, in Adams, Mass.,
in the house where three generations of Brownes before him, had lived.
He was educated in the public schools of Adams and Lanesboro, and
at Drury Academy in North Adams. He also took a course in business
practice at Comer's Business College in Boston. In 1860 he was em-
ployed in Troy, N. Y., and witnessed the famous sacking of the Troy
Times ofl&ce by mobs, who were incensed at its attitude toward the slavery
question.
Always of an inventive and mechanical disposition, the building of
the Hoosac Tunnel near his father's farm furnished him with a field to
exercise his ingenuity, and he invented the electric fuse as used to dis-
charge explosives, his invention being the first ever brought of the kind.
It resulted in a greatly increased rapidity of construction of not only the
Hoosac Tunnel, but of all operations where blasting is required. For
several years he was engaged in work in the Hoosac Tvmnel and in the
manufacture of the fuses, which work was carried on in a small factory
which he built near his home.
In Nov. 1869, he lost his eyesight through the premature explosion of
an experimental compound. He immediately went to Paris and con-
sulted the best of oculists, but no help could be given. Returning home
he continued the manufacture of the fuses until he sold his patents. After
his father's death he continued to carry on the farm, but spent his last
years in retirement. He was a man of remarkable ingenuity and a keen
student of electricity. He had completed an electric dynamo independ-
ently just as the same idea was discovered and patented by another.
After his aflfliction he seemed to increase in mental brilliancy and he was
ever busy with plans and experiments which might lead to further dis-
coveries. He was never heard to complain of his great affiction, a splen-
did story teller, and always keenly appreciative of a joke. He was ever
interested in his ancestry and was dehghted when the Babbitt Association
was formed with the expectation of their history being compiled. He was
a member of the First Congregational Church of North Adams. In poli-
tics, an Independent RepubHcan.
Died June 15, 1907, in North Adams, Mass.
Married June 9, 1869, Susan McCallum, daughter of Miller and Sarah
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 553
(Arnold) McCallum. She was born Feb. 26, 1848. Died Nov. 1, 1911,
in North Adams, Mass.
They had five children, all born in North Adams and all graduates of
Drury Academy.
Charles Albert, Aug. 12, 1870. Graduate of Williams Col-
lege, 1892. P. H. D. of Gottingen University of Germany.
Chief Chemist of the Sugar Trade Laboratory of New-
York City. He was for several years at the State Col-
leges of Pennsylvania and Louisiana, and for a time in
Washington, under Dr. Wiley.
Frances Eliza, Aug. 31, 1872. Graduate of Smith College,
1894. Now instructress in French at Erasmus High
School, Brooklyn, N. Y. She has also taught at Drury
High School in North Adams, and in Springfield, Mass.
WilHam Bradford, May 7, 1875. For several years in
Stationery Manufacturing business in Holyoke, Mass.
Now manager of Blackinton Store Co., of Blackinton,
Mass. Married June 10, 1912, Ruth, daughter of John
and Delia (Archer) Blackinton.
Sarah Arnold, May 2, 1877. Graduate of North Adams
Normal School. Married Sept. 18, 1901, Clifford C.
Haskins of North Adams.
Children: —
Frances Alden, May 21, 1902.
Stuart Campbell, Feb. 26, 1904.
Susan McCallum, April 8, 1907.
Agnes Fleming, Nov. 13, 1881. At present secretary of
Waterhouse & Howard Woolen Co., in New York City.
892
Isaac Snell Browne (Son of 1304). Born Sept. 23, 1850, in Ches-
hire, Mass.
He was in company with his brother for some time in the manufacture
of electric fuses and later engaged in musical and advertising enterprises.
Since 1908, he has resided in New London, Conn., where he carries on an
extensive business of advertising.
Married Feb. 1, 1877, Elizabeth Tobin. Bom in England.
554 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: — All born in North Adams, Mass.
Harry Clinton, Aug. 18, 1878. An actor of note, lately leading
man in "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," of the Lillian Russell
Co. Now with Frances Starr in "The Case of Becky". Married
Edith Jacklin.
Helen Adaline, May 30, 1880. Married Dr. James White of
North Adams, Mass.
Children:—
Helen, June 16, 1909.
Elizabeth, Jan. 1, 1911.
Isaac SneU, May 7, 1882; d. March 17, 1885.
Mary Catherine, April 30, 1886. A gifted singer and musician,
having studied in Boston and now organist and choir director
in a New London Church.
Margaret Elizabeth, Oct. 29, 1888. Married Oct. 1912, George
Edgecombe of New York City.
Edson Bradford, Dec. 31, 1890. In government employ in Wash-
ington, D. C.
893
Charles F. Babbitt (Nathan E.-Edward-Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Ed-
ward-Edward). Bom Jime 27, 1849, in Winchester, N. H.
Has been superintendent of a Bridge Co., in St. Albans, Vt.; also in
charge of the shops of the Berlin Bridge Construction Co. of Berlin, Ct.
Mr. Babbitt divides his time with his children, residing part of the year
with each.
Married Dec. 25, 1873, in Windsor, Conn., Georgianna Adams.
Children: —
1133 Leroy, Feb. 7, 1875, in Springfield, Mass.
Florence Evelyn, July 20, 1879, in Springfield, Mass. Married
Roswell Harris Branson. Resides m Passaic, N. J.
Clara May, Oct. 7, 1883, in Winsted, Conn. Married Hart
Avery Stoddard. Resides in Germantown, Pa.
Two children: —
Allen.
Louise.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 555
894
Aimis Almon Babbitt (William-Edward-Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Ed-
ward-Edward) . Born Feb. 6, 1850. Resides in Monson, Mass.
Married July 4, 1871, Clara V. Fuller, daughter of Lewis Fuller, of
Stamford, Vt. Born Oct. 24, 1850. Died Nov. 3, 1909.
Children:—
Rachel Vernet, July 8, 1872; d. Sept. 9, 1875.
Lena Marcia, Oct. 17, 1874; married June 7, 1898, Charles L.
Ricketts, son of Amos and Clara. Has daughter, Constance
Lena, bom Nov. 10, 1899. Resides in Manchester, Conn.
Musa Ahce, June 28, 1876; married Oct. 16, 1901, Henry Miller.
Has daughter, Ruth, born Oct. 24, 1906.
Rachel Clara, Feb. 5, 1881 ; married Sept. 30, 1903, Fred Ball.
WilHam, May 16, 1887; d. April 17, 1909.
895
Clarence M. Babbitt (William-Edward-Snellem-Nathan-Nathan-Ed-
ward-Edward) . Born Oct. 3, 1853. Resides in Pasadena, Cal.
Married Lilla Haskins, Jan. 11, 1877, in Adams, Mass.
Children: —
Bertha May, married Henry C. Tilden, Dec. 21, 1903. Have
daughter, Mary Lilla.
Beatrice, deceased.
Blanche, married Feb. 28, 1911, Frank D. Kloeckner of Pasa-
dena, Cal.
896
Henry C. Babbitt (Samuel -Edward-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born Nov. 16, 1858.
Is a chemist for Nerst Lamp Co., Pittsburg, Pa.
Married Nov. 29, 1882, Lillian Marie Parks, daughter of Samuel A.
and Marie (Reinhart) Parks.
Children: —
LilHan Marie, Nov. 10, 1883; d. July 19, 1885.
Florence, June 29, 1885; d. July 30, 1885.
Osman A., Sept. 10, 1887; d. Nov. 30, 1894.
Vera Evans, April 7, 1889.
Frankhn Evans, June 24, 1892.
656 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
897
Mary Gertrude Babbitt (Henry-Edward-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Ed-
ward-Edward). Born July 2, 1851, in Holyoke, Mass.
Lives in Chicago, 111.
Married Feb. 28, 1878, in Columbus, O., Henry Delano Overdier, of
Columbus, O.
Children: —
Henry Babbitt, Oct. 21, 1886, Chicago, lU.
898
George H. T. Babbitt (Henry-Edward-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Ed-
ward-Edward). Born July 27, 1856, in Newark, Ohio.
Mr. Babbitt was first named Sidney Smith, but in 1864 his father
changed it to George H. Thomas from love and admiration of General
Thomas, whose Aide-de-Camp he was.
Graduate of Annapolis MUitary Academy. Cadet Engineer, 1873.
Graduated Midshipman, Jime 21, 1875. Assistant Engineer, July 1, 1877.
Mr. Babbitt had about seven years of sea service and four years of land
service. He was for two years in the Mediterranean during the Russo-
Turkish War. He also served four years with the North Atlantic Squad-
ron visiting the West Indies and going north as far as Smith Strait in 1883
on the unsuccessftil search for Dr. Greeley, his ship acting as convoy for
the reHef ship Proteus and bringing back the survivors of that vessel which
simk in Davis Strait. Mr. Babbitt settle in 1886, in Chicopee, as Private
Secretary to C. H. Fish of the Chicopee Manufacturing Co., which posi-
tion he held until 1904. Mr. Babbitt was instructor in manual training
in Chicopee High School imtil 1910. y.^;
Married Dec. 23, 1879, Luella C. Spaulding, daughter of Phineas and
Fanny (Chamberlain) Spaulding, born March 18, 1855. See No. 538.
Children:—
Helen G., Nov. 15, 1880.
Howards., June 30, 1891.
899
Katherine S. Babbitt (Henry-Edward-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Ed-
ward-Edward). Born Jan. 22, 1860, in Newark, Ohio.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 557
Mrs. Albright is a member of the Babbitt Asso.
Married July 27, 1881, in Boston, Mass., Charles E. Albright of Mans-
field, Ohio.
They reside in Columbus, Ohio.
Children:—
Henry B., Dec. 17, 1882.
Aian R., Nov. 3, 1885.
Lois, Aug. 19, 1893.
Harriet, Nov. 14, 1895.
900
Grace Babbitt (Henry-Edward-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Aug. 5, 1869, in Columbus, Ohio.
Resides in Marston's Mills, Mass.
Married Sept. 17, 1895, Dr. J. H. Higgins, of Marston's Mills, Mass.
Born 1870.
Children: —
Marjorie, Feb. 8, 1897.
Roger, April 23, 1898.
Katherine, Jan. 22, 1900.
Priscilla, April 29, 1902.
Donald, June 2, 1904.
901
Elwood G. Babbitt (Henry-Edward-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Bom Aug. 8, 1872, in Columbus, Ohio.
Is Vice Consul General in Yokohoma, Japan.
Mr. Babbitt is a member of the Babbitt Association and shown great
interest in its work.
Many correspondents have sent his name and address to the com-
piler of this book, having met him in their travels and having enjoyed
his hearty welcome to Japan.
Married Sept. 17, 1900, in Nagasaki, Japan, Annie Walker.
Children:—
Jocelyn.
Doris.
558 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
902
Edward F. Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born July 15, 1868, in Columbus, Ohio.
Married( ) Mitchell, born Aug. 20, 1866.
Children:—
Edward C, Aug. 20, 1891.
903
Carrie Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Sept. 6, 1870.
Married John Seymour Sager, in 1894.
Children: —
Edward Lee, Aug. 28, 1895.
Gertrude AHce, Feb. 24, 1897.
Eldon Hamilton, Sept. 29, 1899.
Flavia Jeannette, May 30, 1901.
Reland Lawrence, April 17, 1903.
904
Jessie Babbitt (Albion-Edward- Edward-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Sept. 17, 1868.
Married John P. Houck.
Children:—
Albion.
Ruth.
905
WilKam Nathaniel Babbitt (Gideon-Crocker-Gideon-Gideon-Benajah-
Edward-Edward). Born March 23, 1865, in Dighton, Mass.
Is a stove plate moulder.
Married Jan. 21, 1886, Flora Smith, daughter of James and Lucinda
Smith.
Children: —
Ethel, Aug. 20, 1887.
Harold W., March 2, 1895.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 559
906
Gideon Albert Babbitt (Gideon-Crocker-Gideon-Gideon-Benajah-Ed-
ward-Edward). Born 1860.
Married Dec. 13, 1881, Clara Sisson, daughter of Sanford and Rebecca
Sisson, of Dighton, Mass.
Children:—
Elizabeth, April 26, 1882.
Belle Hope, July 13, 1883, in Somerset, Mass.
Bertha, July 4, 1885, in Rehoboth, Mass.
Earl Sisson, Jan. 7, 1895, in Rehoboth, Mass.
907
Orrin Leonard Babbitt (Nathaniel-Crocker-Gideon-Gideon-Benajah-
Edward-Edward). Born March 23, 1855.
Is a jeweler. Resides in East Providence, R. I.
Married Dec. 27, 1881, Grace D. Durfee, daughter of George W. and
Martha Durfee. Born Dec. 24, 1859.
Children: — Bom in East Providence, R. I.
Orrin L., Oct. 3, 1882; married Nov. 16, 1905, Mary McCarthy,
daughter of Thomas and Mary (Schultz) McCarthy.
Martha Durfee, April 19, 1889.
908
Martha I. Babbitt (Nathaniel-Crocker-Gideon-Gideon-Benajah-Ed-
ward-Edward). Born Oct. 20, 1860.
Married WilHam May, son of John F. and Mary A., of No. Dighton,
Mass., Aug. 20, 1891. He was born 1845.
Children:—
Alton Elhs.
Clinton Babbitt.
909
William Crocker Babbitt ( William-Crocker- Gideon- Gideon-Benajah-
Edward-Edward). Born in South Boston, Mass., June 6, 1860.
Resides in Georgetown, Fla., U. S. Light House Service.
560 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married Sept. 1, 1892, Edith Louise Warr, daughter of Aaron and Ann
(Montgomery) Warr. Bom Jan. 30, 1868. Died Nov. 10, 1907, in
Palatka, Fla.
Children:—
Louisa Montgomery, Jime 22, 1893.
Carrie Frances, Nov. 30, 1894.
Ethel, Dec. 21, 1895.
WUUam Crocker, Nov. 10, 1897.
Edward Everett, Jan. 23, 1899.
Frederick Howard, Aug. 16, 1900.
910
Dennis Babbitt (A very-Dean-Erasmus- John-Benajah-Edward-Edward).
Born May 17, 1833, in Rutland, Mass. Died April 12, 1899, in Fitch-
burg, Mass.
Married Oct. 23, 1859, Mary C. Heald (nee Lowell). She died June
3, 1890, aged 57 years.
Children: — Bom in Fitchburg, Mass.
CeHa M., Oct. 4, 1862; married Sept. 10, 1881, Walter D. Holman,
son of David and Lucy.
Frank O., Nov. 30, 1866; married Abbie J. Dunsive, Feb. 2, 1888.
Etta F., married ( ) Cobb.
911
Julia Asenath Babbitt (Charles L.-Dean-Erasmus-John-Benajah-Ed-
ward-Edward). Born Aug. 17, 1846.
Married May 29, 1866, in Barre, Mass., Samuel F. Smith, son of Samuel
J. and Molly (Clark) Smith.
Children:—
Harold Babbitt, May 23, 1869; married June 15, 1894, Bertha
Smith, of Worcester, Mass., daughter of Samuel L. and Ann
(Satmders) Smith. Professor of Electrical Engineering in Wor-
cester Polytechnic Institute.
912
Benajah F. Babbitt (William-Benajah-Erasmus-John-Benajah-Ed-
ward-Edward). Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 25, 1848.
SYLVIA BABBITT,
(See No. 169)
LOVELL W. BABBITT.
(No. 387)
JOSHUA CUTLER BABBITT,
(No. 700)
SETH COOPER BABBITT.
(No. 1023)
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 561
Lives in Philadelphia, Pa.
Married in 1871, Sarah Baughman.
Children:—
Agnes, 1872.
1134 Laura, 1873.
913
Carrie G. Coldren, (Betsey Coldren — Osmond — Dean — John — Benajah
— Edward — Edward.) born January 28, 1849. Married December 18,
1870, Frank H. Holt of Nebraska, farmer and member of Legislature
who died November 5, 1891, in Beatrice, Neb. Said Frank H. and Carrie
G. (Coldren) Holt had children:— (1) Annabel Hoh, born April 17,
1872. Married to Thomas H. Fulton, resides in Chicago, 111.;
(2) Katherine Burt Holt, bom April 6, 1877, resides in Denver, Col. ; (3)
Arthur F. Hok, born February 14, 1881. Married February 3, 1909, to
Grace Martin Parmelee, resides in Denver, Col.; (4) Elizabeth Carrie,
born December 3, 1883. Married February 8, 1908, to Charles Frederick
Moore, who died June 7, 1908, in Victor, Col. Child— Frederick Charles,
born October 16, 1908, in Denver, Col.; (5) Frank Howes Holt, born
November 12, 1885; died December 24, 1902, in Chicago, III; (6) Gen-
evieve Holt, born February 9, 1891 ; died November 9, 1893. Said Carrie
G. Holt, remarried February 7, 1898, to Fifield Holt Berry, in Chicago,
111. Now resides in Denver, Col.
914
Osmond Babbitt Coldren, (Betsey Coldren — Osmond — Dean — John
— Benajah — Edward — Edward.) born December 22, 1850, farmer, resides
in Northville, Mich. Married in Nebraska, March 18, 1874, EHzabeth
Jackson. They had children: — (1) Hattie May Coldren, born January
1, 1875; (2) Fannie Jane Coldren, born December 17, 1876; (3) Letha B.
Coldren, born March 18, 1879; died December 17, 1900; (4) Lida Clark
Coldren, born October 4, 1881.
915
Fred G. Coldren, (Betsey Coldren — Osmond — Dean — John — Benajah
Edward— Edward.) born Dec. 2, 1859. Married Dec. 11, 1884, in
Bellefontaine, Ohio, Mrs. Mary F. Galbreath, who died in Washington,
Dec. 19, 1910.
Mr. Coldren graduated from University of Michigan in 1882, with
the Degree of B. A. •
562 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
In 1884, he received the Degree of Bachelor of Laws from Columbia
University. He began practice in Washington, where he still resides
and practices.
From 1882-1886 Mr. Coldren was special agent in the Department of
the Interior. He has also served as President of the Michigan State As-
sociation of District of Columbia, and chairman of the Committee on
PubHc Schools of the Business Men's Association of Washington, D. C,
and chairman of the Public Library Committee of the Board of Trade.
He is a member of the Playground Association of America, and of the
Cosmos Club of Washington and the Columbia Coimtry Club of that
city. He is also a member of the Babbitt Family Assocaition.
916
Burt Coldren, (Betsey Coldren-Osmond-Dean-John-Benajah-Edward-
Edward). Bom January 8, 1863. Married in Akron, Col., August 20,
1890, to Mattie D. BoUer. They had children:— (1) Ruth, bom September
14, 1891; (2) Harry George, born February 18, 1895; died December 6,
1896; (3) Fred George, bom December 28, 1897; (4) Howard Burt, born
January 21, 1899. Lumber merchant, resides in Denver, Col.
917
Edmond H. Babbitt (WiUiam-Osmond-Dean-John-Benajah-Edward-
Edward). Bom July, 1865, in MiimeapoUs, Minn.
Resides in Jersey City, N. J.
Married Sept. 4, 1887, Etta E. Bale.
Children:—
James Bale, July 9, 1890.
WiUiam Dean, Nov. 15, 1891; d. March 27, 1892.
918
Louie Anson Babbitt (Rufus-Gsmond-Dean-John-Benajah-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Nov. 4, 1861, in Salem, Mich.
For many years travelling agent for a manufacturing company of
Northville, Mich. At present cashier of the State Savings Bank.
Banker in Northville, Mich.
President Board of Education.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 563
Treasurer of Globe Furniture Co.
Married Oct. 25, 1888, Florence Starr Waid, daughter of Henry O. and
Harriet Waid.
Children:—
Helen K., March 23, 1894; d. Oct. 29, 1894.
Marion Lee, Sept. 30, 1895.
Kurnal Hugh, April 14, 1898.
919
Kurnal R. Babbitt (Rufus-Osmond-Dean-John-Benajah-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Jime 25, 1864, in Salem, Mich.
Graduated from Michigan State Normal School, 1884. He has been
a High School principal; also employed in the Post Office Department
in Washington.
He studied law in Columbia University. In 1889 received the Degree
of LL.B.
Mr. Babbitt has received a splendid rank in his profession. After a
residence in Colorado Springs, Cal., he is now in New York City.
Married Dec. 4, 1895, in Houghton, Mich., Lucie M. Cullyford, of
London, Eng., daughter of James and Caroline (Hill) Cullyford.
Children:—,
Theodore, Feb. 17, 1897.
Eleanor, Sept. 18, 1898.
Genevieve Cullyford, April 22, 1900.
920
Samuel French Babbitt (George-George-Enoch- John-Benajah-Edward-
Edward). Born Nov. 29, 1867, in Providence, R. I.
Secretary of American Oil Co., Providence, R. I.
Mr. Babbitt was a member of the executive committee of the Babbitt
Association, and an active worker in its behalf. In 1912, elected Presi-
dent of the Babbitt Association — succeeding his father.
Married Sept. 8, 1890, in Pawtuxet, R. I., Anna Laura Shurtleff, daugh-
ter of Sylvanus C. and Laura (Gladding) Shurtleff. Bom May 16, J 869,
in Providence, R. I.
Son: — George Lauriston, Sept. 22, 1891.
564 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
921
Captolia Babbitt (James-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Dec. 11, 1866, in Killingly, Conn.
Resides in Montville, Conn.
Married Nov. 12, 1883, Charles Burgess, son of Jeremiah and Maria
(Seamans) Burgess.
Children: — First two born in Montville, Conn.
Arthur E., Nov. 19, 1885; d. Feb. 14, 1888.
Gertrude F., Sept. 16, 1889; married Feb. 23, 1907, Ralph Shaffer.
Walter J., Oct. 15, 1897, in Cumberland, R. I.
Vera M., Oct. 16, 1899, in Brooklyn, Conn.
922
James M. Babbitt (James-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Born Oct. 14, 1868, in Thompson, Conn.
A farmer ia Montville, Conn.
Married Oct. 22, 1886, Sarah L. Johnson.
Children:—
WilHam E., June 20, 1888.
CaptoKa E., Dec. 2, 1889.
Lucy A., March 25, 1890; d. Aug. 23, 1890.
Martha E., April 15, 1891; d. May 10, 1892.
Albertus Z., July 17, 1893.
Julius A., May 6, 1895.
Welcome H., Oct. 6, 1896.
Ida M., May 7, 1899; d. May 23, 1899.
923
CordeUa Babbitt (James-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Oct. 14, 1870, in Killingly, Conn.
Resides in Valley Falls, R. I.
Married March 17, 1889, George M. Enos.
Children: —
Infant, d. Oct. 14, 1889. Died young.
Claude M., May 23, 1891.
Raymond G, March 13, 1894.
Laura M., July 30, 1899.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 565
Infant, d. Feb. 9, 1900.
George E., Aug. 23, 1901 ; d. March 6, 1902.
Frederick H., Dec. 7, 1906.
924
Fred P. Babbitt (James-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom March 30, 1872, in Killingly, Conn.
A woolen spinner in Hanover, Conn.
Married Sept. 24, 1892, AmeHa Cloutier.
Children: —
Fred J., May 2, 1893.
Edward E., May 20, 1895.
Amelia M., Jan. 14, 1899.
LillieD., Julys, 1900.
Mary H., Sept. 13, 1902.
George F., Sept. 25, 1904.
Addie E., April 4, 1906.
Infant July 27, 1907; died young.
Infant March 27, 1908; died young.
925
Amanda L. Babbitt (James-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Bom June 13, 1873. 4^^ ^ PM
Resides in Springfield, Mass.
Married March 11, 1893, William Dearden.
Children: —
Charles T., Oct. 25, 1893.
Arthur H., Dec. 28, 1897; d. Aug. 19, 1898.
Elsie A., Nov. 30, 1899; d. Feb. 14, 1900.
WiUiam E., Jan. 6, 1900; d. April 18, 1900.
Walter C, March 28, 1902.
George M., June 7, 1905; d. Sept. 20, 1905.
Robert M., Dec. 14, 1906;.d. March 11, 1907.
926
Charles H. Babbitt (James-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Bom Feb. 14, 1876, in Killingly, Conn.
566 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Resides in Pawtucket, R. I., a jeweler.
Married Dec. 20, 1894, Bridget Coffey.
Children: —
Charles H., Sept. 26, 1895.
Two infants One bom Feb. 8, 1897,
and one bom Aug. 26, 1903. Died young.
Adaline E., April 4, 1905.
927
Edward S. Babbitt (James-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Born May 29, 1877.
A woolen weaver in Hanover, Conn.
Married April 27, 1898, Helen Balkcome.
Children: —
Kenneth E., Dec. 14, 1899; d. April 10, 1900.
Helen M., June 17, 1901.
Edward J., June 6, 1904; d. Oct. 31, 1905.
928
Walter A. Babbitt (James-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Bom March 10, 1879.
Resides in Montville, Conn.
Employed in Cotton Mills.
Married Jime 4, 1898, Maggie A. Harrison.
Children:—
Peari T., April 18, 1899.
Eari F., June 9, 1901.
Annie B., Aug. 28, 1906.
929
Arthur L. Babbitt (James-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Bom Jan. 10, 1884.
Resides in Montville, Conn.
Married Aug. 11, 1900, Lillie E. Famum.
Children: —
Arthur H., April 25, 1901.
Leslie V., June 1, 1906.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 567
030
Lucy Babbitt (Henry-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Resides in Thompson, Conn.
Married Nov. 17, 1899, Lewis Perry.
Children: —
Pearl.
Doris.
931
Eva E. Babbitt (Silas-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Dec. 19, 1867, in Putnam, Conn. Died March 23, 1893, in
Danielson, Conn.
Married Jvme 26, 1889, Frank Blackmar. He married (2nd) Minnie
Herrenden.
Had two children who died young.
932
Nellie Babbitt (George-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born in Cranston, R. L
Resides in Worcester, Mass.
Married George Cooper.
One Child:—
Earle.
933
Emily Babbitt (Allen-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Aug. 16, 1869.
Resides in Thompson, Conn.
Married May 14, 1898, Clifford Greene.
One Child:—
Lester Frederick.
934
Ella Babbitt (Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom in KiUingly, Coim.
568 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Resides in Providence, R. I.
Married James Garvey.
Children: —
Sarah.
WiUiam.
Frank.
935
Angell Boss Babbitt (Thomas-Seth-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Born Aug. 21, 1859. Resides in Media, Pa.
A. B. Harvard University, 1883. Teacher of classics at De Lancey
School.
Married Sept. 2, 1884, Ida Luella Adams, daughter of John Q. and
Annie- Adams. Bom May 11, 1860.
Children: —
Louis Angell, July 9, 1885. A. B. Harvard University, 1907. A. M.
Harvard University, 1908.
Ethel Adams, Aug. 20, 1887.
Earle Oramel, Jan. 21, 1890.
Walter Hathaway, Feb. 23, 1892.
Clarence Stephen, Sept. 30, 1894.
936
WilUam M. Babbitt (Edward-Seth-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Born Sept. 7, 1857, in Putnam, Conn.
A machinist in Putnam, Conn.
Married Feb. 21, 1879, Ellen L. Smith. Bom Feb. 21, 1845. Died
May, 1909.
Children: —
Lorena E., May 11, 1880; married Jan. 3, 1902, Dr. John Evans
of Norwich, Conn.
William S., Feb. 26, 1882; d. Oct. 23, 1882.
Wilfred Mason, May 19, 1883; married Edith Oatly, Jan. 8, 1912.
937
Emily Z. Babbitt (Edward-Seth-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Oct. 1, 1862, in Putnam, Conn.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 569
Resides in Putnam, Conn.
Mr. Heath was foreman of foundry there.
Married Aug. 18, 1887, Clarence Heath.
Children: — Born in Putnam, Conn.
Charlotte, June 21, 1891; deceased.
Russell D., Feb. 6, 1893.
LesHe, March 26, 1895.
Frank, Oct. 7, 1898.
938
Ellen M. Babbitt (Edward-Seth-Edward-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward) . Born Aug. 18, 1867, in Putnam, Conn. Resides in Meriden, Conn.
Married Jime 17, 1887, Frederick J. Bradshaw. Born in England.
He is with Meriden Britannia Co.
Children: —
Lena Ethel, May 14, 1888.
Howard Babbitt, Jan. 16, 1891.
Clarence E., Nov. 23, 1898.
939
Richard Walter Babbitt (Edward-Seth-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward-Edward). Bom May 19, 1869, in Putnam, Conn.
Member of association.
Moulder, carpenter, architect and pattern maker. Now resident in
Cristobal, Canal Zone.
Married Jan. 11, 1892, Eleanor Sweet.
Children: —
Grace S., Dec. 2, 1892; d. Feb. 23, 1907.
Adeline E., Oct. 3, 1894.
940
Fred A. Babbitt (G. Andrew-Silas-Silas-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Nov. 10, 1873, in Putnam, Conn.
A market gardener in West Gloucester, R. I.
Married Oct. 9, 1897, Louisa Olson. Bom in Sweden.
670 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: — First five born in Worcester, Mass.
Edith L., April 29, 1898; d. July 29, 1898.
George F., March 30, 1900.
Ethel v., March 14, 1902; d. Aug. 16, 1903.
Albert C, Aug. 31, 1903.
Arthur C, Aug. 31, 1903.
Lucy Christina, Dec. 14, 1904, in Gloucester, R. I.
Louis WilHam, Aug. 25, 1909, m Gloucester, R. I.
941
W. Scott Babbitt (G. Andrew-Silas-Silas-Edward-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Oct. 25, 1880, in Danielson, Conn.
Resides in Grafton, Mass.
Married Feb. 26, 1906, Maude Peck Monroe.
Children:—
NeUie Adelaide, Oct. 31, 1906.
Blanche EUzabeth, Sept. 5, 1908.
942
James Gillespie B. Babbitt (Isaac-Abijah-Isaac-Abijah-Edward-Ed-
ward-Edward). Bom in Berkley, Mass., Aug. 24, 1843. Died April 29,
1886, in Kingston, Ont.
Married Jan. 24, 1867, Mary E. Scott.
Children: —
Emma, Nov. 27, 1867; d. Aug. 17, 1868.
Clarence, Sept. 27, 1869.
WnUam A., May 13, 1874.
Ernest L., Dec. 4, 1875.
Rachael E., Nov. 13, 1880.
Georgianna, April 27, 1880; d. May 4, 1880.
Mary EUza, Nov. 5, 1881.
943
Gideon Haskins Babbitt (Isaac-Abijah-Isaac-Abijah-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Born May 23, 1852, in Berkley, Mass.
A farmer in Berkley, Mass.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 571
Married Nov. 25, 1874, Lois William Hathaway, daughter of Henry
and Rebecca Hathaway.
Children: —
Alton H., Jan. 29, 1876; d. Sept. 3, 1894.
Joseph H., Jan. 29, 1879; married Edith Maguire, June 6, 1901.
Edith R., Dec. 25, 1889.
Ethel W., Aug. 5, 1893; d. Aug. 4, 1894.
George Rodney, Jan. 7, 1896.
Francis H., July 4, 1902.
944
Caleb Dexter Babbitt (Isaac-Abijah-Isaac-Abijah-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Bom Oct. 24, 1861.
Married Nov. 14, 1881, Helena J. Briggs, daughter of Thomas and
Lucinda Burt Cummings.
Children: —
Lawrence A., Jan. 13, 1881.
Carrie, April 14, 1886.
Herbert A., May 29, 1894.
Ina Mae, Dec. 16, 1899.
945
Anna Crane Babbitt (Jerome-Abijah-Isaac-Abijah-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Bom Sept. 14, 1852, in Berkley, Mass.
Married Jan. 9, 1873, Irving T. Whitmarsh, son of Francis and
Emmeline Whitmarsh. They reside in Taunton, Mass.
Children:—
Angle M., Oct. 31, 1874; d. Aug. 17, 1875.
Florence H., March 6, 1877; d. Aug. 7, 1877.
Helen I., Dec. 4, 1880
Edward F., Dec. 23, 1881. Married Phoebe Baker, daughter of
William Baker and granddaughter of Andrew Baker and Phoebe
Babbitt. See No. 267.
946
Clifton Fremont Babbitt (Henry L.-Abijah-Isaac-Abijah-Edward-Ed-
ward-Edward). Bom Aug. 22, 1879.
572 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Resides in Middleboro.
Married June 18, 1902, Annie Woodward Marshall.
One Child:—
Harold M., Dec. 31, 1905.
947
George W. Babbitt (George-David-Ebenezer-Abijah-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Born 1845.
A mariner. Resides in Fall River, Mass.
Married Dec. 6, 1865, Dorothea Copeland. Born in England, daugh-
ter of William and Mary Copeland.
Children: —
William F., Oct. 6, 1869, in Fall River, Mass.
948
Charles H. Babbitt (George-David-Ebenezer-Abijah-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Bom 1857.
Resides in Assonet, Mass.
Married (1st) Oct. 6, 1878, Mary E. Calvert.
Married (2nd) April 3, 1886, Gussie P. Cooper. Bom 1865, in New
York City, daughter of John C. and Martha Cooper.
Children:—
David L., Jupe 26, 1889.
Mabel.
Herbert.
Lottie.
Charles.
Chester.
LUUan.
949
Francis D. (Ebenezer - Ebenezer - Abijah - Edward - Edward - Edward).
Bom Nov. 22, 1866, in Fall River, Mass. Died Aug. 6, 1911, in West
Brookfield, Mass.
OBITUARY NOTICE.
Francis D. Babbitt, 44, died at his home on Lake street early Sunday
morning, after a lingering illness caused by tuberculosis. Mr. Babbitt
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 573
was bom in Fall River, the son of Ebenezer and Mary (McMillan)
Babbitt. Three years ago he moved his family from Dalton to West
Brookfield. He leaves, besides his widow, two daughters, Blanche and
Alice Babbitt, and a son, Harold Babbitt, all of West Brookfield, two
brothers, Arthur S. of New Bedford and Ebenezer, Jr., of Fall River,
and his father, Ebenezer Babbitt. Burial will take place in Fall River
to-day.
Married Jan. 2, 1890, Hannah Lacey, daughter of Lord and Elizabeth
Lacey.
ChHdren:—
Harold F., Oct. 4, 1890.
Blanche E., Aug. 11, 1893.
Alice E., March 9, 1896.
950
Myron E. Babbitt (Oliver-Henry-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom July 19, 1859.
Resides in Scio, N. Y.
Married Katie ( ).
Children: —
Lulu.
Orson.
Frank.
951
Marshall O. Babbitt (Oliver-Henry-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born AprU 10, 1861.
Resides in Scio, N. Y.
Married Mattie Simerson, born April 29, 1861.
Children:—
Charles O., Feb. 4, 1891.
952
Richard Wesley Babbitt (Francis-Eben-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-
Edward). Bom July 10, 1869.
Mr. Babbitt is a farmer in Hastain, Mo.
Married Oct. 9, 1892, Nancy H. Guertner.
574 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
Homer Claude, July 20, 1893.
Myrtle, Jan. 11, 1895; died same day.
Amos McKinley, Jan. 10, 1896; d. April 15, 1899.
Lucy Albina, Oct. 9, 1899.
Mary Melissa, Jan. 29, 1902.
Martha Evaline, Jan. 29, 1902.
Joseph Emmitt, Jan. 19, 1905; d. Feb. 8, 1908.
Clarence Rosco, July 10, 1907.
Anna Marie, Oct. 13, 1909.
953
LilHan Babbitt (David-David-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born Feb. 14, 1867, in Alleghany Co., N. Y.
Resides in Detroit, Mich.
Married in 1887, William Elliott of Oconto, Wis.
Children: — Born in Oconto, Wis.
Lloyd, March 17, 1889.
Ora, Dec. 27, 1891; d. Jan., 1907.
Calla Caroline, Aug. 27, 1895.
954
Minnie Babbitt (David-David-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward),
Bom March, 1869, in Marengo, 111.
Resides in Escanaba, Mich.
Married (1st) Sept. 1888, Theodore Lundean. Bom Feb. 10, 1867.
Died March 21, 1893, in Marinette, Wis.
Children: — Born in Marinette, Wis.
Lulu Mae, July 3, 1889. Married William S. Leach.
David Babbitt, March 21, 1901.
Theodore, Feb. 10, 1893; d. Feb. 21, 1893.
Married (2nd) Louis Lambeau, April 25, 1898, in Marinette, Wis.
955
William Babbitt! (David-David-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Bom 1873, in Marinette, Wis.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 575
Resides in Waxahachie, Texas.
This family have adopted the name of Stead.
Children: — Born in Corsicania, Texas.
Roy, 1903.
Daniel, 1905.
Esther, 1907.
956
Amelia Babbitt (Merrick-David-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born Aug. 31, 1869.
Resides in Westons Mills, N. Y.
Married May 22, 1895, John C. Collins.
Children: —
Clyde Weston, June 24, 1898.
John Elivyn, Dec. 1, 1905.
957
John Babbitt (Merrick-David-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward).
Born Sept. 13, 1872.
Resides in Belmont, N. Y.
Married Jan 20, 1897, Adaline Hall, born April 25, 1872.
958
Allen Babbitt (Charles- Abijah-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Edward) .
Born Feb. 17, 1870.
Married Nov. 17, 1891, Maude Cook. Born Oct. 23, 1872.
Children:—
Donald, Jan. 20, 1906.
959
Henry A. Babbitt (Charles-Abijah-Enos-Abijah-Edward-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born July 23, 1871.
Married Dec. 20, 1901, Anna M. Dewey. Born Sept. 20, 1878.
Children:—
Charies Arden, March 22, 1903.
576 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
960
George Herbert (Elijah-John C.-Joy-Simeon-Natlianiel-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born June 7, 1843. Died May 22, 1880.
A Mariner. Lived in Falmouth and Plymouth, Mass.
Married (1st) May 9, 1866, Caroline Button of Wayne, Me. Born
1845. Died June 14, 1872, in Boston, daughter of William and Mary
Button.
Children:—
Mary E., July 28, 1867; d. July 21, 1869, in Boston, aged 1 year,
11 months.
Bora C, 1871; d. July 11, 1880, in Plymouth.
Son, 1868; d. July 14, 1870, in Fahnouth, aged 2 years, 4 months.
Married (2nd) Feb. 11, 1877, Harriet Picard, in Plymouth, Mass. Born
1854, in Nova Scotia, daughter of Isaac and Charlotte Picard. -She mar-
ried Arthur Forrest of Pl)anouth, 1883. No children.
961
Bradford Baker Babbitt (Elijah-John-Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-
Edward). Born in Falmouth, Mass., Aug. 18, 1859.
Mr. Babbitt is a general contractor, carpenter and builder, in Hamil-
ton Park, N. Y.
Married Jime 30, 1886, Ida F. Sprague, daughter of Henry B. and
Mary A. (Fish) Sprague. Born Jan. 30, 1855.
Children:—
Orland Wade, Feb. 28, 1889.
Clyde Sprague, July 3, 1893.
Amy Coranella, March 1, 1902.
962
Sherman Sylvester Babbitt (Stephen-Joy-Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Ed-
ward-Edward). Born Nov. 14, 1864, in Tobinsport, Ind.
Is a letter carrier in St. Louis, Mo.
Married Aug. 26, 1891, in Carmelton, Ind., Mary E. Lehman.
Children: —
John S., June 10, 1892. Salesman for Rice Stix B. G. Co., in
St. Louis, Mo.
Mary Elizabeth, Oct. 28, 1895.
Bernice, May 1, 1901.
CHAS. WINTHROP BABBITT
(No. 503)
WILLIAM DEAN BABBITT. SARAH BABBITT COLDREN.
(No. 561) (See No. 252)
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 577
963
Mary E.Babbitt (William- Joy- Jo y-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Bom July 31, 1858, in Grayson Co., Ky.
Married (1st) Jan. 3, 1878, William White. Died July 17, 1880.
Children:—
J. Millard, Oct. 24, 1879. Married Isis Melton of Louisville, Ky.
William E., Jan. 17, 1880.
Married (2nd) Evan R. Dimn.
Children: —
Jennie B., Jan. 31, 1890. Married Adic Carter, Nov. 24, 1907.
KatieG., July 21, 1892.
One other died in infancy.
964
John W. Babbitt (WiUiam A.- Joy- Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Ed-
Edward). Born Dec. 11, 1860, m Grayson Co., Ky.
Married (1st) Jan. 6, 1881, Jennie B. Stover. Died May 21, 1889.
Children:—
1135 Annie E., May 25, 1884.
1136 Charles W., Jan. 5, 1887.
Married (2nd) Naomi Kiper.
Children: —
Stephen, May 15, 1891.
George E., Dec. 16, 1892.
DoUie E., June 25, 1894.
James S., Aug. 13, 1899.
Mary H., March 6, 1905.
965
Sarah E.Babbitt (William- Joy- Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Edward).
Bom July 18, 1863, m Grayson Co., Ky. Died April 8, 1905.
Married July 26, 1882, Wilham B. Dunn.
Children: —
Hattie I., Aug. 20, 1886. Married Henry W. Carter, in Duff, Ky.
G. Arthur, Sept. 16, 1888.
578 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Sarah E., June 16, 1890. Married Harve Carter, Nov. 27, 1906.
Thomas R., May 17, 1894.
Grace A., Aug. 24, 1901,
Two more died in infancy.
966
Martha J. Babbitt (William-Joy-Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Nov. 5, 1865, in Grayson Co., Ky.
Married J. H. Craig, Aug. 16, 1885.
Children: —
W. Erwin, Feb. 4, 1890.
Annie E., Jan. 26, 1892.
Helen A., Feb. 10, 1894.
Mary A., March 9, 1896.
Charles S., March 12, 1898.
John A., July 26, 1901.
Two more died yoimg.
067
Harriett E. Babbitt (William- Joy- Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom March 20, 1868, in Grayson Co., Ky.
Married Jan. 16, 1889, Daniel W. Harrell.
Children: —
William T., Dec. 1, 1889.
James W., March 31, 1892.
L. Frankhn, Nov. 12, 1895.
Maude E., June 25, 1898.
C. Everett, Aug. 25, 1900.
Chester L., Dec. 20, 1902.
Archie A., July 15, 1906.
One died young.
968
Louisa C. Babbitt (William-Joy-Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Feb. 18, 1871, in Grayson Co. Ky.
Married Jan. 10, 1888, James R. HarreU.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
579
Children:—
W. Lawrence, teh. 13, 1889.
Sarah T., May 19, 1891.
John W., Jan. 30, 1894.
Elsie M., Dec. 25, 1895.
Esther I., June 24, 1900.
Two others died in infancy.
969
Joseph S. Babbitt (Hiram-Joy-Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom June 1, 1872.
Married July 29, 1898, Lora B. Westerfield. Died April 1907.
Children:—
Vimey.
Adelbert.
Gertrude E.
970
Annie Babbitt (Osman-Rosselle- Jonathan-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom May 19, 1870. Died Jan. 16, 1908.
Married Dec. 23, 1889, Fielding P. Hanaway.
Children: —
Iva, Oct. 10, 1890; d. March 14, 1892.
Ruth, April 17, 1893.
971
Mary M. Babbitt (Eric-Massena- Jonathan-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-
Edward). Born Feb. 28, 1871, in Girard, Pa.
Married Dec. 21, 1897, in Girard, Pa., L. A. Battles.
Children: —
Lilhan J., Nov. 10, 1898.
Gladys M., Feb. 28, 1902.
Marjorie, Feb. 7, 1904.
Two infants who died young.
580 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
972
Ella Sophia Babbit (Asher-Leander-James-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-
Edward). Bom July 20, 1865.
Resides in Upper Monclair, N. J.
Married Moses Nelson Baker.
Children: —
William Wright.
Frederick Holmes.
Elizabeth.
Ruth.
Dorothy.
973
Rev. William Albert Babbit (Asher-Leander- James-Elijah-Nathaniel-
Edward-Edward). Bom June 25, 1869.
Congregational minister. Resides in Lockport, N. Y.
Married Daisy Crane.
Children: —
William.
Edward.
Margaret.
Ruth.
974
Adelaide Babbit (Asher-Leander-James-Elijah-Nathaniel-Edward-Ed-
ward). Born Aug. 6, 1871.
Member of Babbitt Association.
Married Aug. 29, 1900, Francis M. Pottenger, who was bom Sept. 27,
1869. Mr. and Mrs. Pottiager are proprietors of the Pottenger Sana-
torium, in Monrovia, Cal., which treats lung and throat diseases.
Children:—
Francis Marion, May 29, 1901.
Robert Thomas, Aug. 3, 1904.
Adelaide Marie, Jan. 15, 1908.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 581
975
Grace A. Babbitt (John-Nathan-David-David-Nathaniel-Edward-Ed-
ward). Bom Sept. 24, 1865.
Resides in Warsaw, N. Y. ♦
Married June 13, 1894, K. William Ashby. Bom 1860 in Canada. A
carpenter by trade.
Children:—
H.Kenneth, July 31, 1897.
Adelpha M., Feb. 7, 1899.
Fannie F., Sept. 8, 1900; d. Sept. 10, 1901.
Ruth G., Oct. 11,1901.
Stanley E., Sept. 13, 1905.
W. Keith, Sept. 17, 1906.
Chester E., Aug. 2, 1908.
976
John J. Babbitt (John D.-Nathan-David-David-Nathaniel-Edward-
Edward). Bom May 10, 1868. Died Oct. 21, 1901.
Mr. Babbitt was a conductor on the Lehigh Valley R. R. for twelve
years. He was killed in an accident.
Married Aug. 15, 1844, Emma, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Lynch)
Kennedy. Bom April 17, 1872.
Child:—
Roy Thomas, July 27, 1895. Lives in Buffalo, N. Y.
977
Horace Babbitt (David-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward.) Born 1824. Died July 6, 1876 in Cooperstown, N. Y.
He was a "teacher, farmer, lumber merchant and freethinker."
Lived on his father's farm in Rushford to which he added much in
acreage. His parents hved with him. The farm is now occupied by
his son, Benjamin F. Babbitt.
Married Oct. 21, 1852, Mary Louise Kellogg, who died Feb. 7, 1895.
Children: —
1137 Benjamin Franklin, Sept. 27, 1854.
Martha Isabelle, Nov. 1, 1856; married Milo Thayer, Feb.
23, 1881. Resides in Fillmore, N. Y.
582 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
Almon, June 22, 1893.
Lovina, Oct. 10, 1895.
KezeID.,Dec. 22, 1897.
Lovina Josephine, Dec. 5, 1860; married James Taylor of
Turtle Point, Pa., Oct. 21, 1880.
Children: —
WiUard H., Feb. 2, 1882.
Mray B., April 21, 1885.
Milo T. , May 28, 1890 ; d. March 9, 1892.
Martha H., April 16, 1894.
Lynn J., June 15, 1896.
Horace Babbitt, was bom in Cooperstown, Otsego Co., N. Y., coming
to Rushford when a mere youth with his parents. His opportunities
for obtaining an education were very Hmited in relative relations to
present conditions — ^nearly three months winters in the district school
of that period, supplemented by a couple of terms in a select school in
Centerville, his father giving him whatever instruction he wanted in the
higher mathematics.
For even at the time the Rushford Academy was built there were no
other rival educational institutions in the Appalachian foothills south
of this county; and the whole territory drained by the upper Allegheny
and its tributaries, was practically a wilderness, with a sHght educational
opening in Meadville, Pa., and the eastern part of Cattaraugus. The
Southern parts of Wyoming and Livingston Counties were equally des-
titute of educational facihties and the only real rivalry in that class of
schools came from Alfred in the extreme eastern part of this county; and
by that time he was teaching select school himself, which business en-
tirely terminated as Rushford was gradually surroimded with a cordon
of nearby rival schools from every point of the compass which fairly
threatened its very existence.
He married Mary Louise Kellogg, also a school teacher, daughter
of Joseph Kellogg (formally of Middlebury, N. Y.) and granddaughter
of Rev. C)n'us Story (first M. E. Paster of Rushford) and very distantly
related to the numerous other Kelloggs of this town according to the gen-
ealogy of that family in the Old World and the New. She was a com-
municant of the M. E. Church. Soon after their marriage, they made
a deal with his parents for the family homestead, which he successfully
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 583
managed as long as he lived, permanently adding to it three adjoining
farms and secured others, reselling them after disposing of the timber,
and managed the stumpage on several lots of what was then known as
the Pine Woods. The building of the Genesee Valley Canal and the
Plank Road through the Gorge Valley to Rushford (destroyed by the
flood of 1864) opened a profitable outlet for all the pine and hemlock
timber he could buy in that vicinity and he pursued the business vig-
orously.
Once, in partnership with others, he loaded a large number of rafts with
shorter timber and coarse lumber, took it through Genesee and Erie
Canals to Troy and then had it towed by tug to New York and Baltimore,
where it was sold. One eighty foot octagon tapering hewed spar selling
for $700 in the latter city. Although the venture was not a financial
failure, they could have realized greater profits by selling it along the
Erie Canal.
The pine in exportable amounts failing at the beginning of the Civil
War, he extended his dealing in the hemlock to the mills on Rush, Craw-
ford, Shongo, Houghton and Higgins Creeks, as well as Caneadea and
Podonque. Soon after the war the building of the railroads from the
State Line to Rochester and from Emporium to Buffalo with their laterals
and tramways into the Pennsylvania foothills, opened a competition that
could not be profitably met by the diminishing supplies in this vicinity;
and to better develop his farming interests which had heretofore received
only minor and secondary consideration and attention, he built the Bab-
bitt Cheese Factory at Pratt's Mills, hiring it managed for a few years,
and sold a half interest therein to George Hall. As the cheese factory busi-
ness began to consolidate into combinations, they sold it into the Rush-
ford combination a little while before his death; now it is a part of the
Hoag combine. When it was built, there were no others nearer than Rush-
ford and Centerville villages.
He left two daughters and one son who resides on the homestead at
Wesley station on the B. & S. R. R. Horace had very black hair and
beard and dark eyes; was six feet tall, straight as a plumb line, rather sUm
built and quick motioned, active and agile, jolly, jovial, witty and sar-
castic; instantly answering pertinent questions with some terse epigram
of caustic irony. He had a retentive memory and was recognized a cham-
pion speller when spelling schools were a weekly occurrence; a lightning
calculator in figuring, adding three and four columns at once, as fast as
584 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
average people add one; knew the multiplication tables by heart up to
the ninety-nines; and said to be the only man along the Genesee Valley
Canal that could measure lumber as fast as all the men that could pos-
sibly work along the length of the boat could load it.
He was a keen observer, inveterate reader, effective impromptu speaker
and impressive discourser in parliamentary usages, making a pronounced,
directive impression upon all assemblages that he happened into. He held
some minor local official positions requiring business ability only, but
was not enough of a partisan for advancement in that direction. Despised
"cant," feigning and hypocrisy in every form; was abstemiously temper-
ate in habits and everything else, excepting business and work and speech;
and did not pretend to be so good he could not or would not swear, — and
did, when rare exigencies seemingly required or deserved it.
He was strictly honest in all of his dealings at home and abroad and
his word stood at par with all whom he dealt with; and said that he was
"profoundly thankful that his word required no spiritual or other col-
lateral security." He was well informed upon the historical and current
events of this world and life, both sacred and profane, but insisted "that
this world and life was rather more than enough for his fickle attention
at once," and that he "did not propose to either manage or try others until
he got into them, although he thought it was a right good thing for them
that are certain they were born wrong, to be born again; and in excep-
tional toughened cases several more times."
He was exceedingly practical, neighborly, sociable and accommodating;
and very Hberal, tolerant and charitable and respectful towards the opin-
ions of all that differed with him, as he considered it their inherent pre-
rogative. Although his health began failing with accelerating rapidity
long before, his mental perceptions were not seriously impaired imtil
three months before he died, without leaving a single enemy or traducer.
978
William Babbitt (David-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born 1828. Died Jan. 8, 1894. Buried in Fredonia, N. Y.
A member of the N. Y. Dragoons in Civil War. Lost a limb in service.
EnUsted Sept. 3, 1864, Co. H, 1st N. Y. Dragoons.
In 1881, removed to Dunkirk, N. Y., where he died.
Married Emeline Tarbell, of Rushford, N. Y.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 585
Children: —
Charles S., Franklin ville, N. Y.
Julia, married ( ) Boyer of Dunkirk.
Mary, married ( ) Hawkins of Forestville, N. Y.
Lillian, married ( ) Walter of Keeletteville, Pa.
979
Lucy Ann Babbitt (David-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Buried in Arcade, N. Y.
Married Samuel Bellas.
Children:—
Gertrude, married Morse.
Ida, married Vermillion.
980
Chester Babbitt (Josiah-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born in Hartwick, October 2, 1823.
Mr. Babbitt obtained his education in his native town and continued
to live there with his parents until 1850 when he went out into the world
to see what Hfe had in store for him. He followed the gold-seekers of
"49" to California, sailing from New York early in March and voyaging
by the Isthmus of Panama to San Francisco, where he arrived in May.
The great metropolis was then a tree of tents and there were no wharves
or pubHc improvements of any kind. He went to the mountains, engaged
in mining on Cahfomia soil for two years, and at the expiration of that
time left San Francisco Harbor in the month of April in a vessel bound
for Australia. He landed in Sidney, in July, visited the gold fields of
that country and after a stay of fifteen months in the rough mining camps
of that region turned his face homeward, well satisfied in his experience
of roughing it far from the centers of civilization. He embarked on a
vessel bound for Liverpool, whence he went to London, from that port
sailing to Halifax, thence to Boston and from there by rail to Fort Plain.
His father had died the year before and after returning he took up farm-
ing on the old homestead which he operated until 1883. In that year
he sold his property in that town and took up his residence in Kansas
where he had an interest in 7,000 acres of land in Geary Coimty. He
engaged extensively in farming and stock-raising in that region some
586 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
six years. He preferred his old home, however, and went back to live
quietly on the old farm, which was an attractive place of residence with
its modem improvements, its neat, well-appointed, substantial buildings,
its fertile, well-tilled fields and rich pastures stocked with fine stock. Mr.
Babbitt's push and sagacity as a farmer and business acumen made him
wealthy and he was one of the moneyed men of the town, whose public
spirit being commensurate with his means all plans for local improve-
ment met with his cordial approbation and material assistance. Per-
sonally he was highly esteemed for his frank, friendly disposition and well
known rectitude of character. He was a Democrat in politics and un-
swerving in his allegiance to his party.
Mr. Babbitt was married June 20, 1855, to Miss Mary Field, who was
bom in Hartwick, October 19, 1826, springing from one of its early
pioneer families. She died October 26, 1902.
Mr. Babbitt died May. 25, 1909. No children.
981
Amanda Babbitt (Josiah-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born 1825. Died July 16, 1905.
Married 1848, Amos Mathewson.
Children:—
Quincy, 1849; d. Feb. 24, 1894. Married Adda Hulbert. No
children.
AHce, July 3, 1851; married Julius Stillman. Five children.
Cassius, Aug. 29, 1855 ; married Cora Irish. Three children.
Frank, June 20, 1857. Not married.
982
Reuben Babbitt (Josiah-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Sept. 27, 1837. Died Dec. 29, 1896.
Resided in Otsego, N. Y., until 1867, when he settled in De Ruyter, N. Y.
Married Sept. 15, 1858, Emogene Field, daughter, of WilHam and
Amorett (Yates) Field. Born June 22, 1838.
Children: —
1138 Herman Albert, Dec. 15, 1859.
1139 Amber Melinda, Sept. 14, 1861
Noyes Reuben, April 22, 1864.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 587
Noyes Babbitt bom April 22, 1864, in Otsego, N. Y. Educated
in De Ruyter, N. Y. In 1883, removed to Kansas and engaged in
ranching near Junction City. In 1886 he removed to Springfield,
Mo., and learned the miller's trade, which he followed for ten years
in Missouri and Ilhnois. In 1895 he went to Oregon and worked
at mining and amalgamating for eight years very successfully.
Mr. Babbitt is now a dealer in Men's Furnishings in St. John's,
Ore., and has built up a large and successful trade through his
reputation for fair deahng and honest business methods.
1140 Clayton, July 1, 1866.
George Van Ness, Sept. 9, 1868; d. July 11, 1881.
1141 Orson Chester, Oct. 6, 1870.
Channing Eugene, Nov. 26, 1872; married Mabel May
McClellan, born Sept. 20, 1872.
One child: —
Robert McClellan, July 20, 1903; d. Aug. 1, 1903.
1142 Grace Amorett, Feb. 6, 1875.
Mabel Mary, July 31, 1877; married Charles Parker Monroe,
May 31, 1908.
983
Mary Babbitt (Stephen-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Jan. 29, 1831.
Living in Castile, N. Y.
Married Charles Bates, Jan. 1, 1853.
Children:—
Fred, married (1st) Alice Hodge. (2nd) Esther Van Deusen.
Fannie, married Lewis Pfajff.
984
Leander Babbitt (Stephen-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Jan. 14, 1833, in Pike, N. Y.
In 1856 removed to Michigan, and his occupation was driving team
on the old plank road from Detroit to Lansing, drawing material for the
first building of the Agricultural College.
588 rHE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
In 1857 purchased 80 acres in Williamson, Mich., and cleared it up
for cultivation.
Served in the Civil War and was in "Sherman's March to the Sea."
In 1904 he sold his farm and is living in retirement in the village of
Williamson.
Married Nov. 22, 1864, Helen Holcomb, of Williamston, Mich., daugh-
ter of Samuel and Betsey (Daniels) Holcomb of Lockport, N. Y.
Children:—
1143 Emery Monroe, April 23, 1868.
Nina, married 1896 Ed. Dakin and has one daughter, Thelma.
985
Sylvester Babbitt (Stephen-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-ELkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Bom Dec. 13, 1835. Died Nov. 1, 1900.
Appointed acting third Assistant Engineer in U. S. Navy, April 18, 1863.
Honorably discharged, 1865. His two sons reside in Wilhamson, Mich.
Married (1st) Jane Burroughs.
Children:—
Benjamin.
Lewis Sylvester, married Vema Sulfridge.
EHas Monroe, married Bemice Dexter.
Has daughter — ^Lydia.
Married (2nd) Hattie Tryon, of WiUiamston, Mich.
986
Elias Babbitt (Stephen-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Bom Aug. 17, 1844.
Resides in Pike, N. Y., in his father's homestead.
Married Oct. 7, 1868, Juha O. Peck, of Castile, N. Y.
ChUdren:—
Lida May, married Frank S. Mosher.
Eliza Jane, married Charles A. Van Dyke.
987
Eliza Babbitt (Stephen-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Bom Aug. 17, 1844.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 589
Married Aug. 17, 1865, Miles W. Wells, of Fillmore, N. Y.
Children: —
William S., married Franc M. Rundell.
988
Frances O. Babbitt (Stephen-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Bom Sept. 4, 1848.
Married April 8, 1868, Herbert Hildreth, of Fillmore, N. Y.
Children: —
George A., married Fannie Skiff.
Hugh F.
989
Andrew Babbitt (Daniel-Warren-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward).
Married Jane Barrs. Now living in Oneanta, N. Y., with daughter,
Mrs. Spencer.
Children: —
Anna, married Kron Spencer.
Ella, married and died soon after.
990
Warren Babbitt (Daniel- Warren-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward).
Removed from Schuyler's Lake to Painesville, Ohio, and then to Con-
neaut, Ohio, where he died.
Married Alice Doty, daughter of George W. Doty, in Schuyler Lake,
N. Y., about 1856. Born Oct. 22, 1838, daughter of George Washington
and Katherine (Momnouth) Doty.
Children:—
1144 Hattie, Sept. 30, 1858.
1145 Wilham, Oct. 11, 1865, in Painesville, O.
Daniel, Sept. 27, 1872, in Painesville, O. Unmarried.
991
Lucien E, Babbitt (Roswell-Warren-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born April 30, 1844.
590 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Resides in Oneonta, N. Y.
Married Nov. 13, 1881, Sarah A. Verry.
Children:—
Frank A., Dec. 25, 1884; d. Sept. 25, 1886.
Frederick D., Jan. 7, 1886; d. Sept. 23, 1886.
Lorena E., Jan. 30, 1887.
Charles H., Aug. 5, 1888.
Harriet A., July 10, 1890.
Amy L., July 30, 1892; d. Jan. 18, 1897.
Morton L., Nov. 9, 1894.
Marian E., July 4, 1896.
Otis E., June 16, 1898.
James F., April 17, 1900.
992
Ellen Lydia Babbitt (Roswell-Warren-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Aug. 29, 1847, in Otsego, N. Y. Died Aug. 24, 1908.
Resided in Dixon, Illinois.
Married Albert McKenney.
Children: —
Myrtle B., June 12, 1874, in Dixon, 111; married Howard Peasley.
Burton Albert, March 29, 1880, in Dixon, 111.
993
Otis H. Babbitt (Roswell-Warren-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanab-Elkanah-
Edward). Born March 19, 1854, in Otsego, N. Y.
Mr. Babbitt was educated in Baldwinsville Academy, graduating in
1870, and in the Oswego State Normal School, from which he graduated
in 1874.
He was a teacher in the public schools for seven years and then took
up the study of medicine in the New York Homeopathic Medical Hos-
pital and College, receiving the Degree of M. D. in 1882.
He was for six years Trustee of the town of Cooperstown and Presi-
dent of the same for one year, also President of the Board of Education,
of which he was a member six years. He is a member of numerous Med-
ical Societies, some of which are the American Medical Association, the
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 591
Homeopathic Medical Society of New York, the Auburn City Medical
Society, Cayugo Co., Medical Society, etc., etc.
Mr. Babbitt is a Republican in politics and a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. He is also a Mason and an Odd Fellow. Mr. Bab-
bitt was President of the New York State Sunday School Association
for one year and is a member of its Executive Committee.
His practice has mostly been in Auburn, N. Y., where he now resides.
Married in Hartwick, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1878, Emma Wentworth Luce.
One child: —
Emma Blanche, Oct. 5, 1881. Married George Denman, Jime
12, 1901.
994
Dorothy Anne Babbitt (David-Daniel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Bom March 1, 1839.
Married Alexander Wisely, Oct. 28, 1858. Mr. Wisely is a surveyor
by profession.
Children: —
Alice Lee, Oct. 1, 1859; married Edward McElvaney.
Children:—
Arthur.
Earl.
Robert.
Bessie.
Albert.
Douglas.
Hedley V., Nov. 4, 1860.
Arthur S., April 28, 1862,
Fred W., Jan. 24, 1864; married Laura Currie.
Julia B., March 5, 1874; married Merrill Neily.
Children: —
HUda.
Roberta.
Annie.
James Alfred, July 7, 1877, deceased; married Annie McGuire.
Robert Fenwick, June 9, 1867.
Margaret M., Nov. 10, 1865; married Richard McFadden.
&drZ THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
John,
Ralph.
John A., Jan. 2, 1871.
David Tilley, Jan. 4, 1876; deceased.
095
Mary Babbitt (David-Daniel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ellianah-Ed-
ward).
Married Charles Cowperthwaite.
Children: —
Frank.
Annie.
Scott.
Julia.
996
Frances Amelia Babbitt (David-Daniel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Bom Nov. 29, 1844.
Resides in St. Johns, N. B.
Married Nov. 14, 1866, Thomas Hoben. Born Aug. 26, 1839, eleventh
child of Reuben and Rebecca (Hume) Hoben. Mr. Hoben is a railroad
superintendent.
Children:—
Margaret May, deceased.
Helen Florence, married George H. Cobum.
Has son — Hayward.
Alice Maude, married Harry M. Hopper.
Has son — ^Thomas.
Arthur Lee, deceased.
Rev. Thomas Allan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Homilectics.
A. B., University of New Brunswick, 1895; A. M., ibid., 1897;
Newton Theological Institution, 1898; Ph.D., University of Chi-
cago, 1901; pastor, m Waupun, Wis., 1901-4; director of Bap-
tist Students' Gviild, University of Michigan, 1904-5; pastor,
First Baptist Church, Detroit, Mich., 1905-8; Associate Pro-
fessor of Homilectics, University of Chicago, 1908; author of
"The Virgin Birth," "The Minister and the Boy," contributor
WILLIAM B. BROWNE.
NEWCOMB HOUSE. EAST NORTON, MASS.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 593
to Theological and educational publications.
Married May 21, 1901, Jessie Emma Lindsay.
Children:—
Lindsay, July 6, 1902.
Frances, Oct. 2, 1903.
Edward, Oct. 7, 1905.
John, May 30, 1908.
Frances Marie, married William R. Robinson.
Children: —
Thomas.
Margaret.
997
Sarah Jane Babbitt (David-Daniel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Bom April 27, 1854.
Married Henry Hoben, Sept. 15, 1880.
Children:—
Annie Courser, July 13, 1882; deceased.
Edna Lee, May 29, 1881 ; married Edwin J. Miles.
Children:—
George.
Henry.
Edna.
Edwin.
Lee.
Harry Gilbert, July 14, 1884.
Ralph De Blois, Oct. 24, 1892.
AHce May, May 10, 1897.
998
Caroline Babbitt (Samuel-Daniel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward).
Her husband was proprietor of the "Globe" in St. Johns, N. B., and
a member of the Canadian Senate.
Married John V. Ellis.
Children:-
William L., a physician in St. Johns.
694 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Margaret, married Arthur C. Calhoun.
Frank B., married Minnie Baird. He is City editor of the St.
John's Globe.
Joseph N., a lawyer in Vancouver, B. C.
John v., Jr., engaged in newspaper work in St. Johns; also in
Milwaukee.
George.
Nan.
999
George Nealon Babbitt (Samuel-Daniel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born March 17, 1842, in Frederickton, N. B., where he
now resides.
Mr. Babbitt is Deputy Receiver General of the Province of New Bruns-
wick, and has seen almost fifty years of constant service in the Province.
Married Nov. 5, 1868, Annie Littlehale Wetmore, daughter of Stephen
P. and Sarah (Littlehale) Wetmore.
Children:—
George, April 29, 1870; married Annie McLaughlin. Is in the
the service of the Bank of Nova Scotia.
Sarah Frances, Jan. 4, 1872 ; married Lee Street of Boston, Mass.
Bessie L., Jan. 18, 1874. Unmarried.
Helen J., Oct. 8, 1875. Unmarried.
Margaret, Oct. 18, 1876; married Allan Grimmer.
Carrie E., Oct. 11, 1878; married Archie Mclnnes of Boston, Mass.
Prudence L., June 20, 1880.
Samuel W., Oct. 1, 1881. Unmarried.
Charles, May 29, 1883. Unmarried.
Jona Valentine, Sept. 6, 1884; deceased.
Henry F., April 4, 1886; deceased.
Archibald, Sept. 4, 1889. Unmarried.
1000
John Babbitt (Samuel-Daniel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Married Margaret TurnbuU.
Children:—
Isabel, Harold.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 595
1001
James Babbitt (John - Daniel - Daniel - Elkanah - Elkanah - Elkanah -
Edward).
Resides in Burton, N. B.
Married Maretta Estabrooke.
Children:—
Lena.
Bessie.
John.
1002
George Elkanah Babbitt (John-Daniel-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward) .
Married Eliza Hoben.
Children:—
Helen E.
Emma H.
Ethel D.
1003
Horatio Nelson Babbitt (Richard-David-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born March 3, 1842, in Wellington, Ont.
Ran away from school when yomig to become a sailor on the lakes.
In April, 1863, left Picton, Ont., for California, sailing around the Cape
from New York on the ship "Lone Star." Spent some time in the mines,
where he was very successful.
Is now a captain on the lakes.
Married Jan. 3, 1875, Annetta Amelia Foster, daughter of WiUiam Fos-
ter. Bom Feb. 14, 1855.
Children:—
1146 Mariam Ameha, May 25, 1878.
Florence Mabel, March 26, 1881.
1004
Henry Benjamin (Thomas-Thomas-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Aug. 20, 1851.
596 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Mr. Babbitt is Postmaster in Gibson, N. B.
Married Sept. 2, 1886, Grace Hillocks.
Children:—
Benjamin Harry, Aug. 21, 1887.
WiUiam Le Baron, Dec. 30, 1888.
Grace Scott, Dec. 2, 1890.
Charlotte Marion, June 21, 1893.
Thomas Emerson, June 18, 1895.
Samuel HiUocks, July 30, 1897.
Ralph Stewart, Nov. 19, 1899; d. Dec. 1907.
Theo. De Alva, Aug. 18, 1902.
Donald Hillocks, May 27, 1905.
1005
Thomas De Alva Babbitt (Thomas-Thomas-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Bom Jan. 1853. Died Dec, 1905.
Married Jan. 1879, Louise Haines.
Children: —
Jennie, 1880; married 1909, W. K. Parlee.
Ella.
Annie.
Bessie, 1891.
1006
Ida Irene Babbitt (Elkanah-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward), eldest child of Robert Thome Babbitt and Ella Lavinia Curry,
was born in Canning, Queens County, N. B., Canada, Oct. 23, 1855.
When she was one year old her parents moved to Upper Gagetown, N. B.
The greater part of her life up to her nineteenth year was spent in school,
first in the village where she Uved and later in the Baptist Seminary,
Fredericton, N. B.. In 1874, her parents moved to Gagetown, the shire
town of Queens County, N. B., and in December of that year her mother
died leaving the daughter to fill her place as house-keeper and care-taker
of the younger children. This position she filled until 1881, when her
father married again after which she remained at home until her mar-
riage with N. K. Simpson, a Free Baptist minister, Aug. 8, 1892. She
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 597
accompanied her husband to his pastorate in Chepachet, R. I., where
her only child, Marjorie Irene, was bom Dec. 19, 1894. In 1896, she
went to Horton, Kansas, her husband having become pastor of the Free
Baptist Church in that town and three years later a change of pastorate
caused her to move to Anson, Sumner County, Kansas. In 1903, being
threatened with a nervous breakdown, Mrs. Simpson went to British
Columbia, locating in the Okanagan Valley in Summerland, where she
remained three years. In the spring of 1906 Mr. Simpson received a
call to return to Anson, Kan,, to become pastor for the second time and
Mrs. Simpson's health being so much improved she accompanied her
husband to his old field of labor where she is now living.
1007
Oliver Miller Babbitt (Albert-Henry-Daniel-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Sept. 7, 1878, in Hillier, Ont.
Mr. Babbitt attended the common schools of Hillier and Brighton.
Graduated from Belleville High School, 1899, and after a short period of
mercantile life in Rochester, N. Y., and Chicago, entered Northwestern
University, to study medicine. He graduated from the medical depart-
ment of University of Oregon in 1906, and for a time served as chief resi-
dent physician and surgeon of the Good Samaritan Hospital of Portland,
Ore. Since 1906, has devoted himself to the practice of medicine and
surgery in Portland.
From 1900-1906, Mr. Babbitt was a director of the physical depart-
ments of the Aurora, III, and Portland, Ore., Y. M. C. A.
Mr. Babbitt is a life member of the Babbitt Family Association.
Married Nov. 21, 1903, Agnes Louise Ray, daughter of Chauncy Ray.
Children: —
Oliver Miller, June 25, 1908; died same day.
Juanita, May 28, 1909.
1008
Wealthy Em_meline (Ziba-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Feb. 15, 1805.
Resided in Taunton, Mass.
Married Dec. 6, 1825, Elias Strange.
598 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
Elias W., married Eliza Pierce.
Children:—
Edwin.
Ellen.
Ella G.
Emerson C, married Mary A. Tulley.
Children: —
Annie M.
Charles E.
Emmeline G., married George Huntley.
Child:—
Frederick, who married Mabel Banks.
1009
Ardeha Babbitt (Ziba-Ziba-Ebenezer- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Born Jan. 13, 1814, in Taunton, Mass. Died Feb. 15, 1905.
Resided in Taunton, Mass.
Married Albert Sweet, born Feb. 11, 1811, in Norton, Mass.; died 1876.
Children: —
Albert Sanford, July 22, 1833; d. April, 1897; married Ellen M.
Field.
Eliza Ardelia, Oct. 2, 1836; married John O. WUmarth.
Henry Jackson, April 19, 1839. Died young.
Emily Jane, Sept. 25, 1841. Died young.
Emily Warren, Feb. 11, 1843, in New Bedford, Mass. Living in
Taunton, Mass. ; unmarried.
Charles Herbert, Dec. 28, 1845. Married Patience Baker.
1010
Emerson Babbitt (Ziba-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Feb. 13, 1816.
Resided in Taunton, Mass.
Married Jan. 4, 1841, Catherine F. Crossman. Born 1823. Died
Jan. 28, 1894.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 599
Children:—
Charles E., 1842. Killed in battle, May 8, 1864. Married
Charlotte Naylor, Feb. 15, 1862, daughter of Abraham
Naylor of Boston. She afterward married Charles Dean,
Sept. 23, 1868.
Charles E. and Charlotte Babbitt had one daughter, Clara E.,
born 1862, who married Edwin Leonard of Taunton,
AprU 27, 1883.
1147 Everett F., 1847.
Infant, d. Dec. 10, 1849.
Alice J., d. June 6, 1861.
WiUiam B., 1853. Married (1st) May 26, 1875, Mercy A.
Woodward, daughter of WilHam and Martha.
Married (2nd) July 27, 1887, Ellen Brennan of Taunton.
George G., April 30, 1860; d. May 2, 1860.
Frederick R., 1862. Married June 1, 1887, in Taunton,
Emma R. Parker, daughter of George and Catherine.
Hattie C, Sept. 22, 1866. Married Jan. 4, 1887, George
Hathaway, son of George W. and Sarah A. Hathaway.
Children:—
Howard, Oct. 7, 1887.
Ahce, July 4, 1889.
1011
Elkanah A. Babbitt (Ziba-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Oct. 1, 1818. Died Aug. 13, 1889, in Taunton, Mass.
Married Sept. 6, 1847, Caroline Barney of Boston, in Taunton, Mass.,
Children: —
Florence H., Aug. 12, 1854. Married Dec. 26, 1883, Almond F.
Townsend of Worcester, Mass.
Carrie A., 1848. Married WUUam H. Brown, Jr., Dec. 25, 1868.
1012
Ehzabeth Babbitt (Ziba-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born June 18, 1823. Died Jan. 27, 1907.
Married Aug. 14, 1842, Learned J. Wilmarth, of Taunton, Mass.
600 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY,
Children: —
James E., May 19, 1845; married June 17, 1869, Harriet Gillette.
Child:—
Arthur, May 13, 1876.
Harriet Sanford, Aug. 31, 1847; married Edwin Adelbert Dary,
Jan. 27, 1869, son of Henry A. and Caroline Bosworth Dary.
He died Aug. 9, 1906. Resides in Taunton.
Mrs. Dary is a member of the executive conmiittee of the
Babbitt Association and has been greatly interested in its work.
Child:—
Harriet Sanford, Dec. 8, 1871.
Ellen J., Oct., 1849; married in 1870, Nathaniel Crossman.
Children:—
Henry. H.
Edward.
Wilham.
Florence.
Ida W., June 17, 1864; married June 15, 1887, Andrew J. Pierce,
son of Wilham and Elizabeth Burt Pierce. Resides in Taunton.
Mrs. Pierce was secretary of the Babbitt Association for three
years, and rendered efficient service in the work of starting the
Association.
1013
Ziba Babbitt (Elkanah-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). (Baptized Feb. 22, 1808).
Resided in Taunton, Mass.
Married May 29, 1831, Wealthy Lmcob, daughter of David and
Bethia (Dean). Born 1809. Died June 27, 1858, in Taunton, Mass.,
aged 49 years.
Children:—
David Dean, March 21, 1832; married Lucy A. Jordan, Aug. 18,
1853. Served 1862-4 in Co. K, 4th Massachusetts, in Civil War.
Bethia Lincoki, Sept. 20, 1834. Unmarried.
CordeUa, March 22, 1841; married John W. Philhps, July 12,
1859, son of John W. and Elvira. Had daughter, Florence.
CorneHa, March 22, 1841.
Joseph A., adopted April 8, 1859; married Feb. 24 1878, Ehza-
beth A., daughter of Benjamin and Eliz. Eddy.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 601
1014
Pilla (Pelatiah) Babbitt (Elkanah-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Nov. 7, 1812. Died Jan. 15, 1895.
Married Sept. 5, 1831, Elijah Wilbur, of Taunton, Mass. Born Dec.
25, 1801, to Apollos and Haiuiah (Wilbur) Wilbur of Raynham, Mass.
Children: —
Barney.
Zibeon Wales.
Josiah Dean.
Sarah Jane.
Elijah, May 16, 1845; married Lucy Knight.
Mary Leonard, May 25, 1848; married Comehus Paul.
Lieuphemia, married Eddy.
1015
Sarah Babbitt (Charles-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born July 4, 1808, eldest child of Charles and Abigail Babbitt.
"She was the most sedate and dignified of all the children. Left a widow
at early middle age. She devoted her life to the rearing and care of hei
dependent family, but never overlooking an opportunity to extend a
helping hand to those less fortunate than herself, a trait in her character
which seems to predominate in all the female descendants of Charles and
Abigail." (Extract from a letter from a relative.)
Died March 28, 1876.
Married July 4, 1824, in Taimton, Mass., Ichabod Bosworth. Bom
Sept. 1, 1802; died March 4, 1847.
Children: —
Charles Otis, Sept. 1, 1825.
Abigail, Jan. 22, 1828; died June 4, 1828.
Ichabod, March 15, 1829. Died Oct. 14, 1830.
Sarah E., Jan. 16, 1832.
Married (1st) John Brown, Feb. 16, 1851. He was killed in
Civil War, 1863.
Children:—
Luella, married Charles D. White.
602 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
Charles.
Beatrice.
Abitha.
Walter, married Lottie Macker.
Flora, married Edward Barton.
Child:—
Sadie.
Married (2nd) William C. Tripp. Mrs. Tripp is a member
of the Babbitt Association, and resides in Taunton.
Abby, Jan. 29, 1835.
Married Dec. 25, 1851, N. Everett Mason.
Children: —
Ida Everett, July 5, 1853; d. Sept. 7, 1854.
Abbie Babbitt, Dec. 3, 1855; married Oct. 7, 1881, Frank
M. Nichols of Taunton. Their daughter, Marion, born
June 16, 1883, is a reader and elocutionist of great ability,
and is widely known.
Mrs. Mason is very proud of her Babbitt ancestry, and
although unable to give active help in the labor of writing
the family history, has nevertheless given great aid in the
work because of her intimate knowledge and interest in
her family history and in her remembrance of much that
could not have been elsewhere found. She has ever shown
her deep interest in the annual meetings and the name
Babbitt is ever a pass word to secure her hearty welcome.
Ichabod, Oct. 28, 1837; d. Sept. 27, 1879.
1016
(SKETCH WRITTEN BY A RELATIVE.)
Mary Leonard Babbitt (Charles-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Oct. 30, 1810. Second child of Charles and
Abigail (White) Babbitt. "Aunt Mary" and "Uncle Lem." were certainly
a jolly pair and the life of the social circle in which they moved. With
a kindly word and "glad hand" for everybody, everybody was made
happier by their presence. Well mated, they "pulled together" in the
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 603
more serious walks of life, and were so successful as to be listed. among
the large property owners of Taunton, with a fine residence on Winthrop
street. And now the writer again "tumbles" to a reminiscent mood and
keeps thinking ''How that couple could dance," and notwithstanding
his near approach to the allotted age of man, he is almost inspired to
attempt a "pigeon wing" himself. I think Mrs. Leonard must have
taken after her mother. Somehow I am of the opinion that the "Spirit
of Hilarity," which, from time to time, "crops out" in the descendants
of Charles and Abigail, came from the \\Tiite side of the family. I am
impressed with the idea that the Babbitts of old, were sedate in their dis-
position.
Mrs. Leonard died September 4, 1886.
Married Oct. 6, 1831, Lemuel M. Leonard, of Taimton, Mass. Manu-
ufacturer of stoves and hollow ware. Born Sept. 30, 1806. Died
June 5, 1876.
Children: —
Mary Mason, Oct. 2, 1833.
AmeHa Ellis, March 31, 1836.
William Franklin, July 19, 1840.
Abbie J., July 26, 1843; d. July 9, 1848.
1017
Charles Leonard Babbitt (Charles-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born March 1, 1813, eldest son of Charles and Abigail
Babbitt. He inherited his father's taste for mechanics, and after the
completion of his education, joined him in the watch and jewelry busi-
ness and after his father's death, continued the business in his own
name, until he himself died. Of a genial disposition, kind hearted, with
a keen sense of humor, and quick at repartee he readily became a favorite
among his chosen circle of friends. In his later years he became a victim
of rheumatism and sought relief in travel, by land and sea, in this country
and abroad, but without avail. He was finally forced to give up, and
for years was confined to his bed, unable to move without resistance,
until his suffering was relieved by death, February 5, 1866. He was the
last of his immediate family. All the others had gone before.
With the passing of Charles L., the business, so well established by
his father, passed also, first into the hands of new proprietors, then out
of existence altogether.
•604 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married Dec. 26, 1836, Mary T. Ellis, who died September 27, 1859,
aged 47 years.
Children:—
Charles ElUs, June 7, 1839. Died Aug. 23, 1839.
Charles Henry, Oct. 1, 1840. Died Nov. 12, 1840.
Edwin Grey, Sept. 20, 1841. Died June 23, 1860.
Charles Brigham, March 16, 1847. Died July 22, 1847.
1018
James Howard Babbitt (Charles-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born June 18, 1816. Died April 17, 1842.
James Howard Babbitt, Sr., was the son of Charles Babbitt and be-
came one of the firm of Charles Babbitt & Son. He was a noted
mechanic and the model of the first fire engine used by the City of Taun-
ton, made by him is carefully preserved by the city.
Mr. Babbitt was one of the sixty original signers of the Cohannet Rifle
Corps and his was the first name to be dropped from its roll by death,
six years later. With two business friends he was taking a morning walk
and chanced to visit the Weir bridge. A small sloop was just sailing
for Providence and the three friends accepted the Captain's invitation
to sail down as far as Dighton and return on another sloop or schooner
boimd in from there. When off Hathaway's Point a boat (the only one
on board) was lowered to set them ashore, but as the last one was being
taken on, by a sudden lurch the small boat was upset. All were thrown
into the water and Mr. Babbitt and one other were drowned.
The "Taimton Whig" of that date said of him: — "He was respected
for his probity and industry, esteemed for his virtues; and the community
mourns his loss and indispensable ofiices. He possessed a mechanical
genius rarely excelled which promised a future development of rare
powers and skill."
His fellow soldiers of the Cohannet Rifle Corps, under conmiand of
Captain Cook attended his burial service under arms.
Married May 7, 1838, Eliza C. Sweet." She was born April 16, 1820;
died in 1852.
Children: —
1148 James Howard, Jr., Jan. 13, 1839.
Charles Michael, Nov. 16, 1841 ; d. March 22, 1843.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 605
1019
George Henry Babbitt (Charles-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward), son of Charles and Abigail (White) Babbitt. Born June
14, 1819. Died November 23, 1893, aged 74 years, 5 months, 9 days.
Married in Rehoboth, Mass., December 7, 1840, Seraphine Sumner San-
ford, daughter of Elijah Jones and Sarah Cushman (Sumner) Sanford.
She was bom in Rehoboth, Nov. 20, 1821, and died in Taunton, Nov.
10, 1901, aged 79 years, 9 months, 20 days.
Mr. Babbitt, like his father, was a loyal Tauntonian and retained an
active interest in the welfare of his native town during his entire life, but
unlike his father and elder brothers he had no mechanical taste or skill,
and so, after completing his education, in the schools of Taunton he be-
came a dry goods merchant and continued in that business for a number
of years. But mercantile business was not to his liking. He craved
the "strenuous life" and was elected a constable in 1844 at a time when
to be a town constable meant something, and many are the stories
of "scraps" he was in while attempting to enforce the laws, (especially
on "Cattle Show," "High Court," and "Election days") which have been
handed down by men who knew him in those old days.
So well did he discharge the duties of his office, however, that he at-
tracted the attention of those higher in the official scale, and July 15,
1851, he was appointed Coroner by Governor George S. Boutwell.
August 2, 1851, he was appointed Deputy Sheriff by Lyman W. Dean of
Attleborough, Sheriff. This office he held by successive appointments
until March 6, 1855, when he was appointed Sheriff of the County of
Bristol for five years by Governor Henry J. Gardner. By a change in
the law in 1856, the office of Sheriff became an elective one and Mr. Bab-
bitt was elected for a term of three years, commencing the following Jan-
uary, and in 1859 he was again elected for a similar term, the certificate
for his election being signed by Governor Nathaniel P. Banks. This
term expired January, 1863, ending his career as Sheriff.
On July 25, 1857, Mr. Babbitt was appointed, by Governor Gardner,
a Commissioner to Qualify Public Officers. This appointment appears
to have carried a life tenure, the appointee acting under it so long as he
lived. He was appointed Justice of the Peace, by Governor Banks,
April 10, 1860, for seven years and again appointed by Governor Gaston,
606 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
January 28, 1875, for a like term. Becoming disssatisfied with the dis-
tribution of the burden of taxation, he became an aspirant for the office
of Assessor, and was elected in 1869 for three years, during which time
he uncovered a large amount of property that had escaped the eyes of
previous boards. A man of absolute integrity himself, he scorned
hypocrisy in anybody. With full courage of his convictions he dis-
charged the duties of his various trusts, impartially but \vithout regard
to the feelings of those who might be hurt. Naturally, he made some
bitter enemies, so that when in 1871, he became a candidate for mayor
of Taunton he met with opposition so strong that his friends could not
overcome it. But Mr. Babbitt was not only a good fighter, but a good
loser and in 1872, he again became a candidate and was again defeated
by a very small margin, but was persistent and in 1873, he won, taking
his seat as Chief Magistrate, in January, 1874. He was his own suc-
cessor in 1875 and 1876, with just enough opposition to make the elec-
tions interesting. His administration of the city's affairs was in the same
aggressive spirit which characterized the discharge of his duties in other
offices he had held and, of course, some voters were disappointed, so that
those opposed to him were reinforced to a number sufficient to defeat
his re-election in 1876, and again, when he was induced to run, in 1877.
At that time disheartened by the sickness and death of his oldest son and
little grandson, he resolved to give up political hfe, and the next few years
he devoted to his private affairs. For Mr. Babbitt, since 1850, in addition
to his public work, had built a good clientage in the auction and com-
mission business, had dealt quite largely in real estate, had built for him-
seK a comfortable house with surrounding grounds, which at that time
was regarded as one of the finest in the city; and, by profitable investments,
had accumulated a competency upon which he could easily retire from
active business whenever he chose. However he had been so long in
contact with pubhc affairs that when the contact was broken he became
restless and uneasy and quite late in Hfe he reopened the store which was
the scene of his first business venture, and made for himself a "Head-
quarters" where he could "do something," receive the friends of his active
days, talk over the news of the day, criticize the acts of those in power
and incidentally prod a delinquent office holder. And, so with wan-
ing strength, which comes with increasing years he passed the time away
until he no longer had the strength to go "down town," and then, when,
to him, there was nothing more to live for, he died.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 607
Now, there are many men, once counted among his opponents, who will
tell you that George H. Babbitt was the best pubhc officer that ever served
the people of this community.
Seraphine S., wife of George H. Babbitt, was a woman of cheerful dis-
position, domestic in her habits, devoted to her family, but always con-
siderate of those around her. Never a leader, but always an earnest
participant in the rehgious, charitable and social affairs of the community
she seemed to draw her greatest enjoyment in safe-guarding the comfort
and happiness of others. A testimonial which the writer always hkes
to recall, was a message entrusted to him, by an aged beneficiary of Mrs.
Babbitt, in acknowledgment of some kindly act, It was this: "You
tell your mother she's a real good woman,'' and so she was, in the broad-
est sense the words can be used. This testimonial was frequently quoted
in a jocular spirit during Mrs. Babbitt's life, but I'm sure the truthfulness
of it would be heartily verified by all who knew her. Mrs. Babbitt lived
to be within ten days of eighty years old, .and, to quote from an obituary
pubHshed at the time of her death, she had "felt the bitterness of sorrow
and the warmer pulses of joy and then rested," leaving "appreciative
friends who recognized the glory there is in the domestic and womanly
qualities which make up all that is best in wifehood and motherhood."
Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt were the parents of four children: —
1149 George Henry, Jr., Sept. 7, 1841.
1150 Francis Sanford, Dec. 22, 1843.
1151 Sarah Sumner, June 18, 1862.
Charles, Sept. 29, 1849; d. Feb. 5, 1854.
1020
Elizabeth Babbitt (Isaac-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Sept. 4, 1830.
Married (1st) in Roxbury, Mass., Nov. 3, 1851, WiUiam A. Allen of
Cambridge, Mass., son of Andrew and Elizabeth Allen.
Married (2nd) April 7, 1859, Benjamin W. Conant of Wobum, Mass.
Born Dec. 29, 1835; died Aug. 2, 1881, son of Benjamin and EHzabeth
(WTiite) Conant.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
1021
Sarah Leonard Babbitt (Isaac-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanali-
Edward). Born July 25, 1836.
Married Dec. 3, 1862, William Dana Seaver, son of William Dudley
and Catherine (Hobbs) Seaver. Born Dec. 18, 1833; died March 17, 1903.
One child: —
Dudley Babbitt, Oct. 12, 1863; married Bloomie Pamonia Crook,
June 30, 1897, daughter of Rodney and Matilda (Grant) Crook.
Child:—
Margaret, July 2, 1903.
1022
Harriet Newell Babbitt (Isaac-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born March 30, 1834. Died March 18, 1866.
Married Oct. 15, 1857, Francis Colburn, son of Orin and Mary Barney
Colburn. Born Feb. 27, 1832; died Dec. 7, 1897.
Children: —
NelUe, Oct. 29, 1858.
Alice, March 18, 1866; married Jas. Fairbanks, son of Sewall and
Caroline (Blood) Fairbanks.
Child:—
Arthur Sewall, May 3, 1893.
1023
Seth Cooper Babbitt (Seth Cooper-Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Bom Sept. 28, 1816, in Taunton, Mass. Died
Jan. 14, 1877, in Meriden, Conn.
Resided in Taunton until 1839, when he removed to Dorchester, ^^ass.
In 1844 he went to Albany, N. Y., where he resided seven years, going
thence to Wallingford, Conn., where he lived thirteen years. Mr.
Samuel Simpson had started the Britannia Ware business in that town
and secured Mr. Babbitt to carry it on, which he did very successfully,
being manager of many of the departments of the manufacture. When
the shops were afterward moved to Meriden, Conn., Mr. Babbitt moved
his family to that town and continued in the business as long as his age
would permit.
REV. JAMES HOWARD BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 609
Married Sarah Lucas, born Nov. 7, 1814, in Kingston, Mass. Died
July 23, 1882.
Children:—
Sarah Jane, Dec. 29, 1839, in Taunton, Mass; d. Aug. 23
1890, in Taunton. Married George Jordan, of Taunton,
Mass., May 20, 1866.
1152 Helen Isabel, May 31, 1843, in Dorchester, Mass.
Seth WilUam, Sept. 13, 1845, in Albany, N. Y. Has Seth
Chfford and Phoebe Meryl. Married Marinda Clark.
George Irvin, Oct. 9, 1847, in Albany, N. Y. Died young.
1153 George FrankHn, Jan. 4, 1851.
Emma, April 1, 1854, in WaUingford, Conn.
1024
Mary Jane Babbitt (Seth-Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Jan., 1825. Died Feb. 7, 1909.
Married George Blood.
Children:—-
George H., Aug. 22, 1849; married Susan Paine of Boston.
Augusta M., Aug. 18, 1851; married Cyrus C. Randall. Resides
in Dorchester, Mass.
Clara J., Aug. 25, 1853.
Mary Louisa, Nov. 4, 1855; married Edgar R. Farrin of Rich-
mond, Me.
Ella L., Feb. 5, 1858; married William H. Bird of Boston.
Ida M., May 4, 1861; married Ephraim Wood of Boston.
Cora, Nov. 3, 1864; married Henry F. Cook of Dorchester.
Flora, Nov. 3, 1864; married (1st) Samuel Dalton; married (2nd)
Robert Baxter of Boston.
1025
Henry H. Babbitt (Seth Cooper-Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Born in 1832, in Taunton, Mass.
Resided in Providence, R. I.
Married Jan. 4, 1854, Sarah Ellen Pearce, daughter of Isaac and Pene-
lope (Horton) Pearce. Born July 30, 1834. She married 2nd Isaac Pettis.
610 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
Nellie P., May 20, 1855; married Oct. 30, 1874, Charles W. Sher-
man. He died Dec. 24, 1903. No children.
Melissa A., July 11, 1866; married June 20, 1887, George Shep-
ardson. Resides in Attleboro, Mass.
ChHd:—
Mary L., Sept. 16, 1900.
Henry F., Feb., 1863; d. Dec. 1, 1863.
Frank Henry, Aug. 5, 1869; married Feb., 1908, Eusebia Fisher.
Fannie C, died young.
One other died in infancy.
1026
Betsey Babbitt (Seth Cooper-Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward).
Resides in West Roxbury, Mass.
Married Frank Witherell.
Children: —
W. O.
Cora E.
1027
Ebenezer Babbitt (Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Feb. 5, 1822, in Taunton, Mass. Died May 27,
1912, in Attleboro, Mass. Resided in Central Falls, R. I.
Served in Navy in Civil War. Enlisted Nov. 5, 1863.
Acting 3rd assistant engineer.
Member of I. O. O. F.
Married Sept. 26, 1844, Mary Jane WilHams, daughter of Benjamin
and Fideha (Woodward) Williams, of Providence, R. I. Born Jan. 13,
1824; died Dec. 21, 1905.
Children:—
1154 Albert F., July 1, 1846-7.
Sarah, died, aged 10 months.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 611
1028
Mary Cranston Babbitt (Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Born Dec. 7, 1825. Died Oct. 10, 1907.
Married Aug. 28, 1845, Isaac Warren Harlow. Born in Rehoboth,
Aug. 31, 1823. Died Dec. 25, 1903. Lived in Central Falls, R. I.
Children;—
Mary A., May 21, 1846.
Maria, April 4, 1850; d. Aug. 21, 1850.
Walter Newton, June 11, 1857; d. July 19, 1857.
IdaL., Feb. 21, 1861.
1029
William L. Babbitt (Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Oct. 9, 1830. Died May 24, 1908.
A machinist by trade.
Married June 16, 1860, Samantha A. Worden, daughter of Russell,
and Louisa; bom Feb. 28, 1833, in Marlboro, Vt.; died July 14, 1905,
in Pawtucket, R. I.
Children: —
Alfred W., Aug. 17, 1861; d. Jan. 12, 1862.
WilUam L., April 15, 1863; married Sept. 16, 1886, Lizzie E.
Schenck, daughter of Dennis and Kate.
LilUan L., Aug. 15, 1865; married in May, 1894, John Ludgate,
of Pawtucket, R. I. Died March 28, 1903.
Ada C, Aug. 16, 1869; married Aug. 30, 1887, Peter H. Moley,
son of James and Ellen.
1030
Benjamin Bosworth Babbitt (Jacob-Jacob-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Born in Bristol, Mass., in 1827. Died Dec. 20,
1888, in Columbia, S, C.
612 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Was a clergyman of the Episcopal Church. From 1860 to 1869 he was
settled in Andover, Mass., where he was rector of Christ's Church of that
town. From thence he went to Columbia, S. C, where he occupied the
office of president of the State University, at the same time filling the chair
of professor of physics and natural sciences. While so occupied, he acted
as chaplain of the United States army garrison in Columbia, and organ-
ized the Episcopal missionary work among the colored people.
While in Andover, Mass., he was largely instrumental in bringing about
what was then known as the "graded school" system, which is the founda-
tion of what is known as the public school system of Massachusetts.
Married April 17, 1850, Mary Elizabeth Eaton, daughter of Charles
F. Eaton. Born April 17, 1831, in Boston, Mass.; died March 28, 1879,
in Columbia, S. C.
Children:—
1155 Charles Jacob, March 28, 1856.
1156 Edward Miles.
1031
Edward Spalding Babbitt (Jacob- Jacob-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born July 20, 1829. Died Sept. 14, 1905.
Mr. Babbitt was a member of the firm of Page, Briggs & Babbitt, metal
importers of Boston.
Later he removed to Bristol, R. I., and subsequently to Providence.
Married Jan. 4, 1853, Arseha Morice, daughter of Daniel N. and Sarah
(Lawless) Morice. Born in 1833.
Children: —
Arselia Morice, Sept. 12, 1856; d. Feb. 3, 1860.
Sarah Arselia, June 1, 1866; d. June 9, 1875.
1032
Sarah Scott Babbitt (Jacob- Jacob-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Jan. 1, 1831. Died July 28, 1889.
Married Dr. Luther Martin. Born March 8, 1824; died March 6, 1897.
Children: —
Mary Nelson, March 4, 1861 ; d. Sept. 4, 1861.
Abby, July 11, 1863; d. May 13, 1907.
Chauncey E., Feb. 9, 1866; d. March 23, 1867.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTOEY. 613
1033
John Jeremiah Babbitt (John-Elisha-Jacob-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Jan. 1, 1840.
Resides in Seattle, Washington.
Married Oct. 1, 1859, Harriet A. Greenleaf, daughter of Stephen and
Bethia (Church) Greenleaf. Born June 7, 1841.
Children:—
Ella Jane, married E. W. Albee.
Fred S., married Mary (Bailey) Holmes.
1034
Sarah Haynes Babbitt (John-Elisha-Jacob-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born May 27, 1838. Died April 7, 1893, in Coventry, Vt.
Married March 3, 1857, William Goodell.
Children: —
Albert, Dec. 11, 1860.
George B., Nov. 5, 1864; d. May 26, 1876.
Homer, March 9, 1875.
1035
Marcia Emily Babbitt (John H.-EKsha- Jacob- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Bom Nov. 7, 1844, in Waterford, Vf.
Married July 4, 1867, Lewis R. Carpenter, son of Nicholas and Hannah
Carpenter. He was of Derby Line, Vt.
Children:—
Frank L., Feb. 1, 1875; married Bessie Stacy, Dec. 7, 1898.
Abbie.
1036
Leonora Wilson Babbitt (Ancil-Elisha- Jacob- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Bom Nov. 18, 1839, in Greensboro, Vt. Died May 5, 1902,
in St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Married Albert Worcester.
Children:—
Sarah Emma, Nov. 27, 1861; d. May 25, 1889; married Rev. Carl
Peterson, son of Earl Worcester, of St. Johnsbury, Vt.
614 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
1037
Julia Elizabeth Babbitt (Ancil-EHsha-Jacob-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Bom Dec. 22, 1844, in Greensboro, Vt.
Resides in Bradford, Vt.
Married Edgar Hunt, of Fairfax, Vt., son of Alonzo Hunt.
Children: —
Ancil Babbitt, May 22, 1869, in Fairfax, Vt.; married Gertrude
Fay, daughter of Frank Fay. Resides in Lebanon, N. H.
Children: —
Harold.
Lucile.
Julia.
Eva Leonora, March 14, 1876, in East Hardwick, Vt.; married
George A. Jenkins. Reside in Bradford, Vt.
1038
Henry Ancil Babbitt (Ancil-Elisha- Jacob- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom Jan. 13, 1849, in Greensboro, Vt.
Mr. Babbitt has always followed a mercantile life, at first in company
with his father in Greensboro and St. Johnsbury, later in East Hardwick,
and is at present manager of the Boston Bargain Store of Montpelier,
Vt., and deals in china, silverware, stationery, dry goods, etc.
He is a worthy successor of his father and exemplifies the same
sturdy rugged honesty, which was so noteworthy in his father. He
has ever taken a deep interest in the preparation of this book, and before
its inception had already prepared a detailed record of his own branch
of the family, which was of the greatest help in this work.
Mr. Babbitt is a Vice-President of the Babbitt Association and has
the regard of all who have met him by his quiet unassuming personality
and friendly manner.
Married Oct. 5, 1876, Abbie M. Stevens, daughter of J. Nelson and
Rosanna (Huntington) Stevens, born May 7, 1848, in Greensboro, Vt.
Died Aug. 5, 1892.
ChUdren:—
Helen Stevens, March 26, 1879. Married Frank K. Griggs. Son
Chandler Babbitt, born Dec. 6, 1909.
JuUa Estelle, May 28, 1881; d. Sept. 8, 1899.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 615
Mrs. Babbitt was for a time teacher in the "Children's Home" in Balti-
more, also taught in Aberdeen and Frederick, Md., and Williamsport,
Pa. At this latter town she married Mr. Babbitt, whence they went to
St. Johnsbury, Vt., to live. A devoted member of the Congregational
Church, she was an active worker in all its work; in the choir, in its socie-
ties, and as a helper and friend of the young people, she endeared herself
to the whole community. She possessed a talent for painting, and for
all work of an artistic nature. In the midst of ill-health and during
affliction, her life was a sermon of cheerfulness and courage.
The daughter Julia lived until past her eighteenth birthday. She in-
herited her mother's sunny, mirthful disposition and was loved by all
who knew her. To grace and loveliness of person were added refinement
and Christian principle. Though not strong, she was active. Her skill
and enjoyment of music were rare. To hear a piece played or sung was
to know it and speak it when reaching home. When a very yoimg child
she learned to whistle and was often asked to entertain visitors with this
accomplishment (which it certainly was). While living in Waterbury
she sang in the church choir when a very young girl. She united with
the Congregational Church, at the age of twelve.
1039
Sarah Alantha Babbitt (Ancil-Elisha-Jacob-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Bom Oct., 1851, in Greensboro, Vt.
Resides in Greensboro, Vt.
Married June 14, 1875, Hugh M. Cuthbertson, of Greensboro, Vt.
Children: —
Henry Babbitt, Sept. 8, 1876. A railway engineer. Resides in
Bridgeport, Conn.
Archibald Bruce, June 14, 1882. Clerk in his father's store.
1040
Jane Johnston Babbitt (Elnathan-EUsha-Jacob-Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Aug. 29, 1839, in Greensboro, Vt.
In 1866, Mr. and Mrs. Blake removed to Kansas, where they now re-
side in Parsons.
Married Sept. 30, 1857, in Greensboro, Vt., George W. Blake, son of
Henry and Joyce (Freeman) Blake. Born Aug. 26, 1834. They reside
in Parsons, Kansas.
616 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
Edna Amelia, Dec. 20, 1858; married April 18, 1883, Hiram Lucius
Parmenter, of Northfield, Mass. Reside in Athol, Mass., and
and have one son, Lawrence, born Aug. 23, 1890.
Willis Alfred, Aug. 31, 1866; d. Sept., 1867.
Piny White, Sept. 23, 1868; married Oct. 23, 1895, Mary K.
Schwab, daughter of Frederick Schwab. They live in Parsons,
Kansas, and have one daughter, Ruth.
Lena Inez, Nov. 17, 1877; married in 1900, Otto Feese, in Parsons,
Kansas. No children.
1041
Lewis Floridon Babbitt (Elnathan-Elisha- Jacob- Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Sept. 17, 1850, in Greensboro, Vt.
Resides in Northampton, Mass.
In charge of State Hospital for the Insane.
Married (1st) Oct., 1878, Leha E. Cutler, daughter of Joshua Obed
and Sophia E. Cutler.
Children: —
Florence A., Oct. 13, 1884.
Claire A., Jan. 12, 1886.
Married (2nd) Aug. 23, 1892, Ellen S. Hancock, daughter of John M.
and Eliza F. (Goss) Hancock.
Children: —
John Hancock, July 24, 1894.
LeHa Phinette, June 28, 1898.
Elizabeth F., Feb. 24, 1901 ; d. June 12, 1908.
1042
Thomas Sumner Babbitt (Joshua- Jacob-Jacob-Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Oct. 5, 1846, in St. Albans, Vt. Died in Swanton,
Vt, May 20, 1910.
Married May 27, 1877, Florence Spears, daughter of A. A. Spears, of
Highgate.
Children: —
Bessie C, Dec. 3, 1879; married George Ranslow,
THE BABBITT PAMILY HISTORY. 617
Marion S., Jan. 16, 1883, in Swanton, Vt.
Cutler A., Sept. 13, 1884, in Swanton, Vt. (Lives in West Somer-
ville, Mass.)
Inez S., Jan. 27, 1886, in Portland, Me., in 1907.
1043
Henry J. Babbitt (Je£ferson-William-Elijah-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Feb. 8, 1843.
Resides in Albion, N. Y.
Married Feb. 22, 1871, Louisa F. Millard.
Children: —
Clark Millard, July 8, 1878, in Carlton, N. Y. Married Jan. 27,
1900, Lora Burt, daughter of Miles and Jane Burt. They have
a son, Clark Millard, Jr., born March 27, 1906. Is a banker
and broker in Buffalo, N. Y.
1044
Amelia M. Babbitt (Jefiferson-William-Elijah-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born June 22, 1851.
Resides in Schenectady, N. Y.
Married Bronson Chamberlain.
Children:—
Harry.
Edna Rolfe (four children).
Byron.
1045
George M. Babbitt (Jefiferson-WilUam-Elijah-Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born April 3, 1853, in Albion, N. Y.
Residing in Davenport, Iowa.
Married (1st) Nov. 26, 1879, in Albion, N. Y., Mary T. Finch, who
died Aug. 5, 1896, in Humeston, la.
Children:—
Ray M., bom in Iowa, Sept. 29, 1883; married Jan. 29, 1907,
Anna E. Schulmeister.
618 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Child:—
Mabel Genevieve, Oct. 13, 1908.
Branson, in Albion, N. Y., May 17, 1887; d. May 31, 1909.
Married (2nd) Mrs. Anna M. Schulmeister, Sept. 3, 1900.
Children: —
Myrtle Irene, Dec. 5, 1904.
1046
J. C. Tremont Babbitt (Jefferson-William-Elijah- Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Nov. 9, 1854.
Resides in Gaines, N. Y.
Married Satie Hoag.
Children:—
Clarabel.
Paris.
Margera.
1047
Nelson C. Babbitt (Jefferson-William-Elijah- Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born June 1, 1862.
Resides in Albion, N. Y.
Married Lena Billings.
Children:—
Louella.
Myron.
Ernestine.
1048
Robert Millen Babbitt (Elias-Stephen-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born June 20, 1820. Died April 29, 1885.
A carriage maker by trade.
Married April 16, 1843, Henrietta Marie JoUey, who died March
27, 1899.
Children:—
1157 Sarah Millen, Nov. 18, 1845.
1158 Robert Oscar Nov. 5. 1847; d. Dec. 31, 1903.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 619
1159 Mary Alice, Dec. 7, 1849.
Frances Henrietta, June 5, 1854; d. June 3, 1877.
Emma Louise, Feb. 5, 1857. Graduate of Mt. Holyoke Col-
lege. For eighteen years principal in Morristown School.
1160 Jane Elizabeth, Nov. 11, 1860.
1049
Amzi Babbitt (Moses-Stephen-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Born March 17, 1825, in Mendham, N. J. Died Jan. 16, 1892.
Married March 19, 1851, Elizabeth Menagh, born Nov. 10, 1827; died
Jan. 18, 1896.
Children: —
Margaret Louise, d. Jan. 23, 1892, aged 39 years.
Amzi Howard, d. May 14, 1869, aged 1 year.
1161 Moses Fred, July 21, 1859.
1162 Hugh Menagh, July 21, 1870.
1050
Stephen Babbitt (Moses-Stephen-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born May 6, 1836. Died July 29, 1898.
Married March 12, 1862, Margaret Smith. Bom May 29, 1838; died
Jan. 15, 1898.
Children:—
Stephen Eugene, married Florence Stiles.
1163 Elizabeth.
William Douglas, married Eva Van Ness, April 29, 1911.
Anna, d. Sept. 8, 1866.
Aaron, May 1, 1874; d. Feb., 1890.
1051
Edward Payson Babbitt (Moses-Stephen-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-ELkanah-
Edward). Born April 19, 1841, in Mendham, N. J. Died Dec. 20, 1907.
Resided in Cleveland, Ohio.
Married Nov. 25, 1868, Lydia Adams, daughter of John S. and Mary
(Sturges) Adams. Born April 2, 1843, in New York City.
620 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTOKY.
Children: —
Horace Convin, Nov. 24, 1869; d. Jan. 7, 1871.
1164 Mary Eliz., Nov. 28, 1871.
Edward Adams, April 14, 1874; d. March 1, 1903; married
June 24, 1901, Mabel Wiles.
Sarah Amanda, Aug. 24, 1877; married Clarence Powers Bill,
Jan. 26, 1907. Resides in Cleveland, O.
1053
Delia E. Babbitt (Charles-Henry-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom July 29, 1852.
Married June 26, 1873, in Dover, Del, WiUiam F. Cooper.
One child: —
Louretta Cooper, who married Oct. 17, 1901, Merritt N. Willits
of Dover, Del. He was born Nov. 9, 1875.
Child:—
Dorothy, June 11, 1906.
Merritt N., Jan. 16, 1908.
1053
James Henry Babbitt (Charles-Henry-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Feb. 20, 1854. Died April, 1909.
Resided in Philadelphia, Pa.
Married Amanda K. Potts.
Child:—
Harry P., Nov. 16, 1896, in Philadelphia, Pa.
1054
Jenny E. Babbitt (Charles-Henry-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom Oct. 14, 1859.
Married J^ug. 12, 1876, Charles W. Wright. He was bom Aug. 3,
1857, in Felton, Del.
One child: —
Aima May Wright, who married Jvme 15, 1899, Chester B. Shaw,
of Philadelphia, Pa. He was bom Nov. 24, 1874.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 621
1055
Therese Babbitt (Amzi-Henry-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Married Otha Caven.
Children:—
Milton, 1889.
George B., 1901.
Charles A., 1903.
1056
Oscar Harris Babbitt (William-Henry-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Oct. 2, 1861. Died March 4, 1904.
Married Laura Henrietta Cooper, Sept. 3, 1884, daughter of Nathan
A. and Mary Henrietta (Leddel) Cooper.
Children: —
Henrietta Dora, Dec. 4, 1887. Died young,
Ethel, Nov. 15, 1893; d. Dec. 4, 1893.
1057
Frank Matthews Babbitt (William-Daniel-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Feb. 6, 1852. Died July 21, 1884.
Married Dec. 30, 1874, Julia Smith, of Newton, N. J. Born March
13, 1854.
Children: —
1165 Albert Condit, Aug. 9, 1875.
AUce May, Oct. 10, 1877; d. Aug. 1, 1903.
1166 Grace Louise, Sept. 5, 1880.
Mary Frances, Aug. 14, 1882; d. Oct. 26, 1884.
Mary Northrup, May 15, 1884.
1058
Henry Freeland Babbitt (Daniel-Daniel- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Bom Oct. 23, 1846.
Resides in Conesville, Iowa. His farm is near the junction of the Iowa
and Cedar rivers, and noted for its great production of water melons.
Married Alida Pettit, July 6, 1870. She was bom Nov. 27, 1850.
622 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
Fannie, April 9, 1871 ; married Edwin M. Stanton, x\pril 24, 1889.
Reside in Nichols, la.
Children:—
Nathan, July 18, 1890.
Eari, June 11, 1892.
Lester, March 25, 1894.
Vaughn, May 11, 1896.
Marie, Jan. 24, 1898.
Letha, May 11, 1900.
Ruth.
Clarence, Jan. 13, 1907.
NeUie, Sept. 6, 1875; married Jos. R. Guthrie. Reside in Lone
Tree, la.
Children:—
Andrew, Aug. 20, 1895.
Ahda, April 1, 1897.
Isabel, June 12, 1899.
Mary, Aug. 1, 1902.
John, June 6, 1905.
Ralph E., Aug. 17, 1873; married Cora Beatty. Resides in Cones-
ville, la.
Children: —
Helen M., Jan. 28, 1902.
MUdred A., July 23, 1906.
Madge, July 21, 1881; married Cecil W. Bangs, superintendent
of schools, in Paulina, la.
Child:—
Irma Grace, June 17, 1908.
Glenn, March 26, 1883; manager of music store, in Montezuma, la.
Lloyd H., June 24, 1888.
Lazelle, Aug. 14, 1890.
Vernon, March 17, 1893.
Grace M., June 21, 1897.
1059
Amanda Babbitt (Daniel-Daniel- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Dec. 7, 1845.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 623
Lived for a time in Iowa and later in Nebraska.
Married Sidney WilUams. Born Sept. 13, 1838; died Dec. 27, 1907.
Children:—
Fred, April 22, 1864; married Feb. 11, 1886, Sophronia Putnam.
Reside in Oklahoma.
Children:—
S. Hollingworth, Sept. 29, 1898.
Harry, Oct. 9, 1888.
Cecil, Jan. 6, 1895.
Fay, Oct. 30, 1896.
Mary, Oct. 14, 1900.
Byron, April 19, 1903.
John, March 13, 1905.
Herbert, May 25, 1908.
Myrtle, Nov. 27, 1910.
Charles, July 13, 1866; railroad contractor in Lincoln, Neb.
Married Cora EUingsworth.
Children: —
Myrtle, March 27, 1888.
NeUie, April 2, 1892.
Hazel, Dec. 27, 1894.
Clarence, June 25, 1874; married Jennie Johnson. Resides in
Gothenberg, Neb.
Children:—
Helen, Aug. 25, 1903.
Homer, July 18, 1905.
Howard, Jan. 7, 1907.
Sidney, Dec. 24, 1909.
Nina, Jan. 28, 1880; married Hiram Ristine. Lives near Gothen-
berg, Neb.
Children: —
Frances, Oct. 17, 1908.
Ruth, Sept. 20, 1901.
Ethel, Feb. 16, 1905.
Dorothy, June 20, 1910.
Cecil, Sept. 10, 1883 ; married Fred Doyle. Resides near Cozad, Neb.
Children : —
Mildred, March 3, 1910.
Arthur, Feb. 11, 1911.
624 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
1060
Jacob R. Babbitt (Daniel-Daniel- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Aug. 14, 1856.
Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt reside at present in Gainsboro, Sask,, Canada,
where they have taken up wheat lands. Their children are still residing
in Des Moines, Iowa.
Married Sarah Holmes, a relative of Oliver Wendell Holmes, and
who also has considerable poetic ability.
Children:—
Grace, June 22, 1881 ; married George D. Brewer, the noted lec-
turer, resides in Girard, Kan.
Ruth, Aug. 14, 1883, resides in PauUina, la. Graduate of Griimel
College, teacher in High School. Married April 4, 1912, Arthur
W. McBride.
Ellie, May 22, 1886. ' Unmarried; resides in Des Moines, also a
teacher in Des Moines.
Marcia, April 29, 1891. Unmarried; resides in Des Moines. High
School pupil in East Des Moines.
Mary, July 10, 1893. Unmarried; resides in Des Moines. High
School pupil in East Des Moines.
1061
Florence Babbitt (Daniel-Daniel- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Bom Sept. 23, 1858. Died 1905.
Resided in Franklin, Iowa.
Married Harlan Marsh.
Children: —
Harry, June 9, 1882.
Lester, Oct. 21, 1887.
Mildred, Nov. 7, 1894.
Marion, Nov. 20, 1896.
1062
Aminda Belle Babbitt (Daniel-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward)
Bom April 10, 1866.
Resides in Seymour, Iowa.
REV. BENJAMIN BOSWORTH BABBITT
Clergyman in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Eldest son of Maj. Jacob Babbitt.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY, 625
Married Ernest Coleman. Mr. Coleman is in the real estate business.
Children: —
Olive, Dec. 23, 1887; married James Highbarger, Court Bailiflf of
Appanoose County, Iowa.
Clellie, May 14, 1890.
Ada, July 12, 1892.
Lawrence, July 24, 1895.
Carroll, June 1, 1904.
1063
William Babbitt (Stephen-Job-Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born 1833.
Went to California, 1853, for twelve years. Came back to Illinois,
and married and now lives in Beloit, Kansas.
Married Kate Effland.
Children:—
Maggie, married Asa Holway.
Children:—
Millie.
William.
Lester.
Viola.
Jennie, married Harry Mehl.
Children:—
Mabel.
Hazel.
Ida.
Catherine.
Stephen, married (1st) Grace Guptile; (2nd) Jennie Seacord.
James.
1064
James Babbitt (Stephen- Job- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom 1836.
Belonged to Co. G, 50th Illinois.
Lives on his farm, near St. Augustine, 111.
Married Adaline Davis. She died 1909.
626 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
Marion, died young.
Grant, married (1st) Mamie Smith; (2nd) May Jones , in Bush-
nell, Illinois.
Child — Marion (by first wife).
Sherman, married Belle Babbitt. See 1094.
Guy, married Cora Jennings
Children: —
Ray, in Lawton, Okla.
Fay.
Morton, married Eva Rowe. Resides in Abingdon, 111.
Graduate of Moody Institute of Chicago. Is a singing
evangelist.
* Children:—
Lola.
Stacey, died young.
Clarice, died young.
Garnet.
Nannie, married Robert Morgan.
Children:—
Carl.
Merle.
1065
Stephen Babbitt (Stephen- Job- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born August 1843.
A farmer near St. Augustine, 111.
Served three years in 72nd Illinois Volimteer Infantry.
Married Leona Thomas.
Children: —
Hubert, a real estate man in Galesburg, 111., married Mary
Cutler. Child — Marjory.
Neva, married Albert Poiset, in Aron, 111.
Children: —
Ruth.
Alexis, died young.
PhylUs;
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 627
Edith, married Peter Clark, in St. Augustine, III.
Children: —
Louise, died young.
Leona.
Madge.
1066
Hugh Babbitt (Stephen- Job- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Aug. 1843.
Resides near Malvern, la.
He and his twin brother, Stephen, are remarkably alike.
Married Azuba Babbitt. See No. 738.
Children:—
Lena, married Miller Weeks.
Pearl.
Minnie, married Ed. Cardiff.
Glenn, married Clara Kermedy.
Luella.
1067
Job Babbitt ( Jonathan- Job- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Oct. 20, 1839, in St. Augustine, 111.
Civil War veteran; four years service, Co. C, 17th Illinois; also sergeant
Co. A, 7th U. S. Vet., April 4, 1865-April 3, 1866.
Mr. Babbitt was wounded at battle of Fort Donelson, Tenn. Served
through siege of Vicksburg. His regiment was most conspicuous in
service — serving in every battle from Belmont to Vicksburg. In all these
battles Mr. Babbitt took active part.
Mr. Babbitt has been a great worker in the compilation of his family
record for this book. A RepubUcan in politics. Resides in Gretna, Neb.
Married Esther Adeha Albro, June 15, 1874, daughter of Captain
Alexander W. and Emily Albro of Galva, 111. She was born in 1850.
Children:—
Cora, June 13, 1875; married Axel F. Johnson, in St. Louis, Mo.
628 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Josephine E., Aug. 11, 1879; married Willis Strickline, in Gretna,
Nebraska.
Children:—
Howard, 1907.
Taylor, 1909.
Harriet, April 3, 1884; Oelrichs, S. D.
Agnes L., April 30, 1886; married John Leroy Nye.
1068
Ira T. Babbitt ( Jonathan- Job- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Bom Feb. 24, 1849.
Mr. Babbitt invented the Babbitt chum and his business is in the in-
terests of his invention.
Married (1st) AHce Wallace. Died 1904.; (2nd) Mrs. Smith, 1905.
Children: —
Mary Elnora, 1871 ; married Charles Shiplett.
Child— John.
Minnie, 1873; d. 1904.
Euphema Evaline, 1875; married John Anderson, of Spokane.
Child— Wallace.
Myrtle L., 1877; married (1st) Wilbur Shoop; (2nd) WiUiam
Mogridge, of Spokane.
Elizabeth E., 1880; married John Raymond, of Hillyard, Wash.
Etna, 1883. Resides with her sister, Mrs. Anderson, in Spokane.
Orlena W., 1885, in OUahoma.
Jonathan Oscar, 1888, in Abingdon, 111.
1069
Jonathan Babbitt ( James- Job- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Nov. 21, 1838. Died Dec. 19, 1895.
A farmer near St. Augustine, 111.
Mr. Babbitt had a service in Union Army in Civil War.
Married Rebecca Martz.
Children:—
Dell, married George Slater.
Children: —
June, of Avon, 111.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 629
Myrtle.
Luella, d. 1909; married Peter Asquith.
Child — Corinne.
Arm, married Benjamin Steach.
Children: —
Robert, of Abingdon, 111.
Emma.
James.
James, married Pearl Frizelle.
Flora, died unmarried.
Emma, d. 1908; married William EUener.
Child— Charles.
Fannie, married Challender.
Children: —
Arthur.
Hazel.
Ila.
Harl.
John.
1070
James Babbitt ( James- Job- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-EIkanah-Edward). Bom
Dec. 22, 1842.
Member of Co. G, 50th Illinois.
A retired farmer. Resides in Galesburg, 111.
Married Martha Cafferty.
Children:—
Edwin, married Nellie Perry, deceased.
Children: —
Lawrence.
Laura.
Bessie.
Harry.
1071
Edwin Babbitt ( James- Job- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed ward).
Bom June 3, 1851.
630 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
A farmer near St. Augustine, 111.
Married Clara Johnson.
Children: —
Ira.
Lavinia, married Glenn Aiken. Resides in Galesburg, 111.
Child— Gladys.
Mary, married Bert Barnes. Resides in Monmouth, 111.
Child— Hurl.
Emory, married Daun Spencer. Resides in Galesburg, 111.
Child— Garnet.
Homer, married Nora Anthony. Resides in St. Augustine, 111.
Child — Clara Naomi.
Jesse.
Dale.
Fiorina.
Albert.
Hobart.
1072
Phoebe Babbitt (Hugh- Job- Job'-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born
1839.
Married Robert Gathers, in Valley, Okla.
Children: —
Mary.
Fanny.
Otto.
Benjamin.
Charles.
Mamie.
William.
1073
John Babbitt (Job- Job- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Resides in Westborough, Mo.
Member of 50th Illinois, C. V.
Married Elizabeth Abel.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 631
Children:—
Bemice.
Opal.
Irene, married Buckles.
Elmer.
1074
Jane Babbitt (Job-Job-Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Resides in Rulo, Nebraska.
Married Charles Jones (her cousin).
Children:—
Ida.
Dallas.
Lily.
1075
Anne Babbitt ( Job- Job- Job-Isaac- Elkanah-Elkanah- Edward).
Resides in Albany, Mo.
Married Alfred Smith, deceased.
Children: —
Ernest.
Minnie, married Henry Davis.
Hattie.
Frank.
1076
Lucinda Babbitt (Job-Job-Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Resides in MinneapoUs, Minn.
Married Miller Boosenberry.
Children: —
WilHam.
Hattie.
Herbert.
Melvin.
Clara.
632 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Jennie.
Kate.
John.
1077
Rose Babbitt ( Job- Job- Job-Isaac- Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Died
about 1880, in Pulo, Neb.
Married John Manning.
Children: —
John.
Kate.
Ernest.
1078
Harriet Babbitt (Job- Job- Job-Isaac- Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Married Thomas Jennings.
Children: —
Rufus, died in infancy.
Delora, married Brooks.
Cornelia, married Brooks.
Kate, married John Quinn.
Denver,
May, married Alta Brown.
Margaret, married Clyde Andrews.
Dolly.
1079
Job Babbitt (Job-Job-Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Died
1908. Killed by train while moving household goods to New Mexico.
Resided in Iowa City, la.
Married Nancy Hill, his cousin.
Children: —
Pearl.
Rose.
Elmer,
CHARLES JACOB BABBITT
Counsellor at Law. Eldest son of Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Babbitt.
First President or the Babbitt Family Association.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 633
1080
Evaline Babbitt (Job-Job-Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Resides in Avon, 111.
Married Henry Butler.
Children: —
Ida, married William Schultz. Resides near Avon, 111.
Julia, married George Hoover. Resides in Mobile, Ala.
Harry, married Leila Clayton.
Nellie, married George Allen. Resides in Iowa.
Viola.
1081
Ida Babbitt (Job-Job-Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Died
about 1895.
Lived in Iowa City, Iowa.
Married Levy Hill.
Children:—
Evaline.
Harriet.
1082
Elias Babbitt (Isaac-Stephen- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah- Edward).
Married (1st) Elizabeth Long.
Married (2nd) Carrie Carpenter.
Children:—
William, married Ella Sharp. Daughter Silva, married Roy Mitchell.
Charles.
Samantha, married Sam Richardson.
May.
June.
Lawson.
1083
George Babbitt (Isaac-Stephen- Job-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward)
Married Caroline Mitchell.
634 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
Howard, died young.
Maude, married Reece Young. Resides in London Mills, 111.
Daisy, married Jesse Smith, in St. Augustine, 111.
Children: —
Barnard.
Fern,
Kenneth.
Lena, married Ernest Swartz, in Abingdon, 111.
Jessie.
Flossie.
1084
Margaret Babbitt (Jesse-Daniel-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Bom Oct. 13, 1848.
Married April 6, 1871, Charles W. Copeman.
Mrs. Copeman resides in Hilton, N. J.
Children:—
Edith L., Feb. 19, 1872; married Edmund R. Halsy, 1903.
Charlotte May, Jan. 20, 1874; married John L. Hurlburt, 1898.
Harriet Ward, March 9, 1882.
1085
David Babbitt (Jesse-Daniel-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Sept. 13, 1850. Died Nov. 30, 1901.
Married Annie Stone, deceased.
Children: —
Jesse, July 1882.
Wilbur.
Waher.
1086
Lemuel Babbitt (John-Seth-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Born 1848.
Children:—
F. E. Babbitt, Roselle Plains, N. J.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 635
1087
Francis E. Babbitt (Amzi-Silas-EIkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Oct. 5, 1849.
Resides in Florence, Neb.
In 1866 enlisted in Co. G, 1st Nebraska Cavalry. Served 1 year,
7 months, guarding U. S. Mail Service from Indians on the Great Desert.
Children:—
Myrtle, married Silas R. Brewster, in 1895. Live in Florence,
Neb., and have two children.
Percy, resides Benson, Neb.
DeWitt, resides Lincoln, Neb.
Emma, resides Florence, Neb.
1088
Sidney Babbitt (Stephen-Silas-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born 1835. Died Aug. 15, 1889. Buried in Rockaway.
Served in Co. G, 40th N. J. Regiment, Civil War.
Resided in Rockaway, N. J.
Enlisted Feb. 14, 1865, and served till close of war. Discharged
July 13, 1865.
Married (1st) Aug. 15, 1857, Lucy Dougherty. Born Oct. 1, 1840.
Died Oct. 19, 1867, daughter of Anthony and Mary (Beach) Dougherty.
Children:—
George, died young.
CorneUa, married Herman Yawzer.
Mary, married Francisco.
Newton, died young.
Married (2nd) Catherine Davenport, Oct. 2, 1870. Now resides in
Dover, N. J.
Children: —
Sidney, Dec, 1874; d. March 14, 1882.
Anne, May 30, 1875.
Elizabeth, Oct. 27, 1883.
1089
James Harvey (Harvey-David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born March 21, 1845.
636 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married June 25, 1863, Lucy Hughes. Born AprH 5, 1843. Died
June 19, 1910.
Children: —
Albert Lee, July 2, 1864; married Millie McKean.
One son — James.
William H., 1868; married Mattie lams.
One daughter — Blanche Mae.
John Henry, June 2, 1876. A photographer in Waynesburg, Pa.
Married Lena May Shaffer, Nov. 27, 1901.
Two children: —
Larry Harold, March 9, 1903.
Florence LuciUe, Aug. 3, 1905.
1090
Sarah Ellen Babbitt (Isaac-David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born 1855.
Married Nicodemus Mart.
Mr. and Mrs. Mart have lived for about thirty-seven years in different
parts of Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. They recently removed to Big
Cabin, Okla., where they and all their children reside except Oscar,
Children:—
Oscar, married NelKe Taggart, resides in Hendley, Neb.
Nora.
Charles, married Stella Odell.
Edna, married Frank Mitchell. She died 1902.
Effie, married Walter Hagen.
1091
James Austin Babbitt (Isaac-David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born 1857. Died 1905.
Lived on a farm near St. Augustine, 111. After his death his family
moved to Huron, S. D., in 1907.
Married Telva Cushman, 1884.
Children:—
Hortense.
Isaac.
OLD BABBITT SPRING HOUSE, MENDHAM, N. J.
BUILT BY DANIEL BABBITT.
BABBITT HOUSE NEAR MENDHAM, N. J.
PRESENT RESIDENCE OF HUGH BABBITT.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 637
Blanche.
Boyd.
Ross.
Lucile.
Adell.
1092
David Melvin Babbitt (Isaac-David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanali-Elkanah-
Edward). Lives on his father's homestead farm, near St. Augustine, 111.
Married Cora Barnes.
Children: —
Lilhan Moron.
Melvin.
1093
Lewis Addison Babbitt (Isaac-David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward).
A real estate man in Abingdon, 111.
Married (1st) Ruth Austin, in 1887. She died shortly after.
Married (2nd) Pearl Perdue.
Children:—
Forrest Addison.
1094
Belle Babbitt (Isaac-David- Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward).
Married Sherman Babbitt. Son of 1064.
They live on a farm near St. Augustine, 111. Mr. Babbitt is a cattle
breeder.
1095
Pauline Babbitt (Isaac-David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward).
Reside in Abingdon, 111.
Married Albert Clemens.
Mr. Clemens is a traveling salesman.
638 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
Russel Rembrance, 1896.
Julian.
1096
Milton Babbitt (Isaac-David-Elkanah-Isaac-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed.)
Lives with his brother David on homestead farm.
Married Adaline Singleton, 1909.
1097
Eugene Howard Babbitt (Isaac-Asher-Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born May 8, 1859. Worked on his father's farm as a
boy and worked with his father a great deal carpentering. He received
his impulse to secure a good education from Exeter students, who taught
in the local district school.
Mr. Babbitt received his early education at Newton Academy, Conn.,
graduating from the Connecticut State Normal in 1880. In 1883 he grad-
uated from Phillips Andover Academy and in 1886 from Harvard. The
years 1886-1887 and 1889-1890 were spent at the Universities of Berlm,
Paris and Copenhagen. As teacher and professor he has held the fol-
lowing positions: — Principal at Greenwood Public School, New Hart-
ford, Conn., 1880-1881; instructor at Harvard, 1885-1889; instructor
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1887-1888; instructor at
Columbia University, 1891-1900; professor at University of South, 1900-
1903; professor at Rutgus College, 1903-1905, and at present is professor
at Dartmouth College. Is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Amer-
ican Dialect Societies. Is author of "College Words and Phrases" and
of many monographs.
Mr. Babbitt married Sept. 16, 1891, in Concord, Mass., Mary Brig-
ham King, a descendant of Wilham Brewster.
He has always been interested in his Babbitt ancestry and his collection,
of notes and records was an immense value in the compilation of this work
to which Mr, Babbitt has ever added his personal interest and help.
Children:—
Margaret, Nov. 10, 1892.
George, Oct. 24, 1893.
Charles, Feb. 11, 1895; d. 1900.
Mrs. Mary K. Babbitt died Jan. 15, 1912, in New York City.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 639
1098
Frank Cole Babbitt (Isaac -Asher-Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born June 4, 1867, in Bridgewater, Conn.
Mr. Babbitt prepared for Harvard at Phillips Andover Academy,
graduating from the former in 1890 with Degree of B. A. In 1892 he
received Degree of A. M. from same institution and in 1895 Degree of
P. H. D. In the year 1895-96 he was a student at the American School
of Classical Studies, in Athens.
From 1885-1887, Mr. Babbitt taught in the Connecticul Schools and
at a private school in Boston from 1890-1895. From 1896 to 1898 he was
instructor of Greek at Harvard and is at present instructor of Greek at
Trinity College. Is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, American
Archaelogical Institute and American Philol. Society. Is author of
Greek Grammar published in 1902 and many articles published in Amer-
ican Journal of Archaelogy.
Mr. Babbitt married in Newton, Mass., June 28, 1900, Ethel Hall,
daughter of Lewis A. and Emma Freeman (Himt) Hall.
Children: —
Lewis Hall, Oct. 29, 1902.
Sarah France, Oct. 9, 1906.
1099
Sara A. Babbitt (Herbert-John-Isaac-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Bom July 28, 1873.
Resides in Litchfield, Conn.
Married June 23, 1897, Dr. Frederick W. Peck, of Litchfield, Conn.
Children:—
James Frederick, Dec. 15, 1899; d. July, 1900.
Brainerd Tracy, Nov. 19, 1907.
IIOO
Jennie Babbitt (David S.-David-William-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born July 4, 1857.
Married May 20, 1885, Oliver Owen of Elgin, 111.
Children: —
Ethel B., April 15, 1886.
640 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
1101
Don Carlos Babbitt (Almon-Ira William-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Aug. 15, 1843, in Webster, 111.
Traveled with his parents in their wanderings until they settled in
Salt Lake City.
Mr. Babbitt writes: —
"My life has been principally spent on the frontier, building bridges,
killing snakes and wolves and preparing for the advance of civilization
until now we find ourselves in the Salt River Valley in Mesa City, Arizona,
with our children and grandchildren close around us; on the retired list,
with the younger ones to take our place on the advance guard as home
makers."
Married Jan. 24, 1864, Mehssa A. Johnson, daughter of Benjamin
and Melissa (Bloomfield) LeBaron Johnson.
Children: —
Grace Melissa, Feb. 27, 1866, in Spring Lake, Utah.
Clara Adelia, Jan. 22, 1868, in Spring Lake, Utah.
Don Carlos, Feb. 6, 1870, m Spring Lake, Utah.
Julia Elise, April 6, 1872, in Spring Lake, Utah.
Caroline, May 4, 1874, in Spring Lake, Utah.
Esther Delemia, April 25, 1876, in Spring Lake, Utah.
Ahnon Whiting, Jan. 11, 1878, in Spring Lake, Utah.
Ruth Anne, June 27, 1880, in Spring Lake, Utah.
Benjamin Franklin, April 7, 1883, in St. Johns, Arizona.
Rose Mary, April 19, 1886, in St. Johns, Arizona.
1102
Almon Whiting (Almon-Ira- William-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Jan. 25, 1847, in Nauvoo, Illinois. Resides in Mesa,
Illinois.
Married Delcina Elvira Johnson, bom Nov. 11, 1849, in Salt Lake
City, daughter of Benjamin and Melissa (Bloomfield) Le Barron Johnson.
Children: —
Ahnon Whiting, March 19, 1871; d. April 16, 1871, in Salt
Lake City.
JuUa Melissa, April 4, 1872, in Spring Lake, Utah.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 641
Florence Amelia, July 25, 1874, in Spring Lake, Utah.
Don Carlos, Nov. 30, 1876, in Spring Lake, Utah.
Benjamin Franklin, Nov. 25, 1878, in Spring Lake, Utah; d. Jan.
27, 1879.
Esther Vilate, Dec. 3, 1879, in Spring Lake, Utah; d. Dec. 26, 1879.
Homer Samuel, Dec. 21, 1880, in Spring Lake, Utah.
Nancy Delcina, Dec. 15, 1883, in Tempe, Arizona; d. Dec. 31, 1883.
Zina Theresa, Aug. 29, 1885, in Tempe, Arizona; d. Aug. 20, 1886
Zehna Rosamond, July 10, 1887, in Tempe, Arizona.
Albion Milton, Aug. 8, 1890, in Mesa, Arizona; d. Sept. 5, 1890.
Francis Burns, July 29, 1891, in Mesa, Arizona.
William, Feb. 21, 1894, in Mesa, Arizona; d. March 7, 1894.
1103
Nancy Maria Babbitt (Almon W.-Ira-William-Zephaniah-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Born Sept. 7, 1854.
Resides in Snowflake, Arizona.
Married Nov. 29, 1875, in Salt Lake, Charles Hamlin Riggs, son of
John Ensign and Adeline A. (Hamlin) Riggs.
Children: —
Charles Wallace, Sept. 7, 1876.
Adeline Ameha, May 19, 1879.
Almon Isaiah, July 10, 1881.
Don Frederick, July 10, 1883.
Julia Ann, Sept. 1, 1886.
Mary Amalie, Oct. 17, 1889.
Agnes Viola, April 2, 1892; d. Aug. 1, 1900.
All but Agnes living, and not married in 1902.
1104
Arlouine G. Babbitt (Edwin-Amos-Lemuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-*--Ed-
ward). Bom Oct. 3, 1846.
Married J. Evans Jones, April 20, 1868, son of John P. Jones.
He was born March 18, 1842. Reside in Chautauqua, N. Y.
Children: — ■
Paul, Sept. 18, 1869.
642 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Stacy, June 18, 1871. Married Anna Mary McCray, Jan. 3, 1900,
daughter of William J. McCray. She was born Oct., 1878.
Children: —
Leal Evans, Sept. 19, 1901.
William Theodore, Sept. 28, 1904.
Stacy CUfiford, Aug. 5, 1907.
Howard Jay, Nov. 28, 1910.
Isadora, March 30, 1873.
Arlouine Hannah, Feb. 3, 1875.
1105
Joseph Leshe Babbitt (Edwin L.-Amos-Lemuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Born July 26, 1858, in Grand Valley, Pa.
Killed in a sawmill accident Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1889.
Married in January, 1882, Mary AUce Davis, daughter of W. J. Davis.
Born Jan. 18, 1861. Still living.
Children:—
1167 Starr C, Jan. 3, 1883, in Grand Valley, Pa.
Leslie Rex, April 15, 1887. Unmarried.
1106
Franklin Thayer Babbitt (Charles O.-Amos-Lemuel-Zephaniah-Elka-
nah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Feb. 27, 1863.
Resides in Corry, Pa., a druggist.
Married June 30, 1886, Lillian Skidmore, who was bom Aug. 27, 1862.
Children: —
Marion Skidmore, July 4, 1894; d. Oct. 8, 1894.
Franklin Skidmore, Jan. 20, 1896.
1107
Ralph L. Babbitt (Amos-John-Lemuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Dec. 24, 1871.
Married May 7, 1893, Mary, daughter of Charies Ducoty and Ellen.
Born 1872.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 643
Children:—
Florence.
Nona S.
1108
Lillian Babbitt (Myron-Zenas-Samuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Jan. 9, 1858, in Henderson, N. Y.
Married (1st) Oct. 3, 1875, Myron D. Gregg, who died May 28, 1895.
ChUd:—
Lona May.
Married (2nd) Albert Crandall, Dec. 12, 1903.
1109
Luella Babbitt (Myron-Zenas-Samuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born July 8, 1867, in Rodman, N. Y.
Married Nov. 2, 1890, Edgar J. Hoke.
Children:—
Vera.
Clarence.
Carl.
1110
Hadley S. Babbitt (Myron-Zenas-Samuel-Zephaniah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Edward). Born July 2, 1872.
Married Oct. 16, 1893, Addie N. Monroe.
Children: —
Myron.
Reta.
Bertha.
Ruth.
1111
Francis Lovell Babbit (C yrus-Lovell- John-Reuben- Josiah-Josiah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Bom Nov. 15, 1864,
Married (1st) Jan., 1886, Minnie L. Strait.
644 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
Gerald D., Feb. 9, 1888.
Married (2nd) April 12, 1894, Sarah L. Day.
ChUdren:—
Byron L., May 31, 1895.
Robert Day, June 10, 1897.
Ruth Jane, June 7, 1901.
1112
Althea Mariah Babbitt (Benjamin-Curtis-William-Jonathan-Benjamin-
Elkanah-Edward). Bom Oct. 18, 1844.
Married Feb. 16, 1863, Daniel "UHiitney of Belvedere, 111., son of John
and Mariah (Blood) Whitney. Born Jan. 3, 1840.
Children: —
Martelle, Oct. 16, 1865; married Frank Webb.
Merrill, Jan. 18, 1867; married Josiah Murphy.
Meritt, May 24, 1872.
1113
Don Babbitt (Nelson-Dyer-Dyer- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Edward).
Born Dec. 1, 1854.
Married in 1884, Kate Sheward, of Michigan.
Children:—
Jean, May 2, 1885, in Clinton, Iowa.
1114
Frank Babbitt (Nelson-Dyer-Dyer- Jonathan-Ben jamin-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Nov. 29, 1857. Died Feb. 17, 1907.
Married Inez Root, of Benson, Vt.
Children: —
1168 Jessie, July 21, 1880.
Ernest, Sept. 19, 1883.
Nelson, Dec. 28, 1890.
Don, Dec. 26, 1892.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 645
1115
Mary Adelle Babbitt (Amos-Dyer-Dyer- Jonathan-Benjamin-Elkanah-
Edward). Born Nov. 20, 1851.
Married Oct. 1, 1873, Chapin Wilcox.
Children: —
Emma, Jan. 20, 1875; married July 30, 1902, Alanson Fish. He
was born June 21, 1872.
Children:—
Mary L., Dec. 9, 1904.
Richard A., Oct. 23, 1909.
1116
Watson V. Babbitt (Amos-Dyer-Dyer- Jonathan-Ben jamin-ELkanah-
Edward). Born Aug. 1, 1859.
Married (1st) in December, 1878, Lavinia Johnson.
Vernard H., Jan. 4, 1880; married April 6, 1904, Jessie Piott.
Resides in Fort Collins, Col.
Daughter— Jessie, Dec. 16, 1905.
Married (2nd) Rose ( ).
One child.
1117
Frank A. Babbitt (Amos-Dyer-Dyer- Jonathan-Benjamin-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Sept. 25, 1865.
Lives in Chicago, 111.
Married in June, 1894, Ehzabeth Smith.
Children: —
Helen, March, 1894.
1118
Charles W. Babbitt, (William L. Wilham L.-Dyer-Jonathan-Benjamin-
Elkanah-Edward). Born 1861. Died Oct. 16, 1894, in Manchester, N. H.
Married July 24, 1889, Minnie Chapman, daughter of Caldwell and
Sarah Chapman.
Children: —
ChUd, Aug. 4, 1889; d. Aug. 8, 1889.
646 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
1119
Otis L. Babbitt (Charles-Elkanah-Samuel-Elkanah-Benjamin-Edward-
Edward). Bom Nov. 12, 1843, in Ware, Mass.
Resided in Worcester, Mass.
Married (1st) Julia A. ( ).
Married (2nd) Jan. 6, 1870, Hattie J. Davis, daughter of John and
Luther a Davis.
Children:—
Charles Lyons, Aug. 3, 1870, in Worcester, Mass.
William H., 1875; married Maude L. Brown, April 8, 1897.
1120
Benjamin Franklin Babbitt (Charles-Elkanah-Samuel-Elkanah-Ben-
jamin-Elkanah-Edward). Bom 1846.
Married (1st) Feb. 1, 1867, Anna Orr.
Children: —
Franklin Ellsworth, Aug. 22, 1870, in Millbury, Mass.
George Russell, May 1, 1874, in Holden, Mass.
Margarette Estella, 1869, in Clinton, Ohio; married in Worcester,
Mass., April 26, 1900, Frank C. Wilson, son of George H. and
Annie Wilson.
Married (2nd) Margaret J. Armstrong of Cambridge, Mass., Nov.
29, 1877.
1121
Hiram Adelbert Babbitt (Charles-Elkanah-Samuel-Elkanah-Benjamin-
Elkanah-Edward). Bom in 1864, in Hardwick, Mass.
Married Aug. 29, 1888, Minnie L. E. Bryant, daughter of Matthew
and Sarah Bryant. Bom in 1868, in Bowdoinham, Me.
1122
Lucinda Ella Babbitt (Maro-Elkanah-Samuel-Elkanah-Benjamin-Elka-
nah-Edward). Bom Sept. 30, 1853, in Ware, Mass.
Married April 22, 1874, in Worcester, Mass., Theodore W. Arnold, son
of Samuel and Susan (Reed) Arnold. Born Aug. 11, 1846, in Leo-
minster, Mass.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 647
Children:—
Clifton Maro, May 23, 1875, in Gardner, Mass.
Foster Elzie, Feb. 14, 1877, in Athol, Mass.
Frederick Hiram, April 13, 1883, in Fitchburg, Mass.
Stella Louise, Sept. 28, 1889, in Minneapolis, Minn.
Irene Marie, Jan. 2, 1893, in Minneapolis, Minn.
All living at South Seattle, Wash.
1123
Elbridge Foster Babbitt (Maro F.-Elkanah-Samuel-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Born Sept. 8, 1859, in Montague, Mass. Died
Sept. 3, 1900.
Resided in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Married in Brooklyn, N. Y., Abbie A. Fuller, of Louisville, Ky.,
Nov., 1881. She was born March 13, 1861, in Louisville, Ky.
Children: —
Maro F., Oct. 3, 1882; d. 1883.
Ada Blanche, Oct. 7, 1883, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Elizabeth Ella, Jan. 1, 1886, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
E. Foster, Aug. 25, 1888, in New Haven, Conn. Member of
Babbitt Association.
Mrs. Babbitt and her children live in Brooklyn, N. Y.
1124
WilHam Henry Babbitt (Hathaway-Benjamin-Abel-Abel-Benjamin-
Elkanah-Edward). Bom Jan. 27, 1855, in Cincinnati, O. Died April
24, 1910, in Cincinnati, O.
Manager of advertising department, Williams Directory Co.
Married Sept. 9, 1880, Katie Vincent Williams, daughter of Peter
Thomas and Catherine E. (Vincent) Williams.
Children: —
Katherine Williams, 1881 ; d. 1906.
Margaretta, 1883; d. 1891.
Peter T. Williams, 1888.
Helen Taylor, 1891.
648 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
1125
Dean Richmond Babbitt (Hathaway-Benjamin-Abel-Abel-Benjamin-
Edward-Edward.) Bom in Warren County, Ohio, Feb. 28, 1850. His
father, Hathaway B. Babbitt, was a nephew of Dean Richmond, president
and builder of the New York Central railroad. His mother, Margaretta
Babbitt, was a sister of Dr. Gamaliel Bailey, editor of the abolitionist
paper "The National Era" of Washington, in which "Uncle Tom's
Cabin" first appeared.
Dr. Babbitt studied two years at Harvard College and then entered
the law school of the University of Cincinnati, from which he received
the Degree of LL.B. During his attendance at law school he also studied
law in the office of Stanley Matthews. He was admitted to the bar and
practiced for three years in Cincinnati, being at one time connected with
Alphonso Taft, father of the present Secretary of War. (Dr. Babbitt
always firmly maintained that the latter was the logical candidate of the
Republican party for 1908)! At the end of this time he removed to New
York, intending to practice there.
Soon after settling in New York, however, he yielded to a temptation
of long standing and decided to enter the ministry of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church. He entered the Cambridge Episcopal Theological Semi-
nary determined both to graduate from it and meantime to make up his
remaining two years at Harvard. In addition to this double college work
Dr. Babbitt during that time had charge of a church at Newton High-
lands, Mass., where he officiated regularly, thus supporting his family
while pursuing his double college course. This will give some idea of
his capacity for work. In 1886 he was graduated from Cambridge with
the Degree of B. D. and from Harvard with the A. B.
After his ordination by Bishop Henry C. Potter he became rector of
St. John's Church, Milwaukee, where he remained four years. He had
not lost his interest in the legal profession and always believed in the
highest possible preparation and preUminary education for the future
practitioner. Being appointed to the Board of Regents of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, he devoted himseK to reconstructing the law depart-
ment. He found this little better than a lecture lyceum, addressed mostly
by practicing lawyers and with no real university faculty giving its entire
time to teaching. As a result of his labors the department was thoroughly
reorganized and placed on its present basis, in common with all other
great law schools in our country, having a resident faculty employed
REV. DEAN RICHMOND BABBITT
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 649
solely in instruction. In recognition of this service the University of
Wisconsin conferred on him the honorary degree of LL.D.
In 1890, Dr. Babbitt became rector of St. John's Church, Saginaw,
Mich. Removing later to the Pacific Coast, he was successfully rector
of Trinity Church, Tacoma, Wash., and dean of All Saints' Cathedral,
Spokane. In 1898, Christ Church, Newark, found itself deep in debt.
Dr. Babbitt was summoned east to free the church. He accepted the
call, went to work with his usual vigor and in less than a year had raised
the debt. In October, 1899, while at work in his rescued Newark parish,
the Church of the Epiphany in Brooklyn called him to extricate it from
financial peril. Dr. Babbitt immediately went to its aid.
He found the Epiphany burdened with a mortgage of $34,000. The
church had cost $100,000 in the first place, and a part of this cost of con-
struction remained unpaid. With his usual zeal he plunged into the
task, and by January 1, 1903, had wiped out the mortgage. This was
a herculean labor, in the midst of which he was prostrated, but continued
even from the hospital cot sending letters and messages directed toward
the relief of the church. Contributions were received from all denomi-
nations; some from Hebrews. While the Epiphany was in its great need,
Dr. Babbitt advanced money for the payment of its bills, at the same
time supporting a deaconess, a parish visitor and later a curate out of
his own pocket. Amid great rejoicings, the $34,000 mortgage was burned
in the presence of the congregation, January 1, 1903.
But a floating debt of $15,000 still embarrassed the Epiphany, and to
the extinction of this debt he finally gave his life blood. After long and
colossal labor in attempting to raise the funds for payment of this claim,
he arranged for its obliteration by a merger of the Church of the
Epiphany with the Church of St. Matthews, also of Brooklyn. The
latter church had ample funds in its treasury, and by the terms of the
consohdation paid off the Epiphany debt in consideration of being given
the parish name and the valuable Epiphany structure and site. Dr. Bab-
bitt "putting himself under the wheels" and resigning the rectorship.
This Bishop of Long Island approved the plan, the papers evidencing
the merger were filed in the county clerk's office, and on July 23, 1905,
Dr. Babbitt was to preach his farewell sermon in the church that was
for the last time to be called the Epiphany. On July 21, 1905, a
prolonged jaundice and malaria from which he had for some time been
suffering, aggravated by the strenuous labors required of him in com-
650 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
pleting this plan, culminated and struck him down. He was seized with
a fainting spell and never revived.
Dr. Babbitt was all his life a man of ardent public spirit and liveliest
interest in questions of economics, politics and sociology. He con-
fessed to an admiration of the 'fighting parson' type, and impressed most
observers as belonging in that category himself. He had no sympathy
with the cant that a clergyman should confine himself to the "simple
gospel," but maintained it to be the duty of the pulpit to speak and act
in no imcertain manner upon all events and movements in which the prin-
ciples of justice and morahty are involved. In every parish over which
he ministered he did his best to train his flock to active interest in public
affairs, organizing miniature republics among the boys, debating clubs
where capitalists and laborer met and spoke in common, and the like.
In 1903, Dr. Babbitt was invited to attend the Chautauqua Mob con-
ference and reply to the speech of John Temple Graves in defense of the
lynching mob, a subject of which, with its ramifications of race prejudice
and the negro problem generally. Dr. Babbitt had long been a student.
His reply to Dr. Graves attracted wide attention. From that time on
he delivered many addresses on the subject.
It was Dr. Babbitt's ambition to write the first book upon the
psychology of the lynching mob. For this he had done a vast amount
of reading and compiling, had decided upon and arranged the titles of
its chapters and intended to finish the book as soon as his labors at the
Epiphany were ended. But five of the chapters had been written, and
these are now put in book form as essays on the subject.
To these five have been added Mr. Graves' speech at Chautauqua,
with Dr. Babbitt's reply thereto; a separate essay on "The South's Treat-
ment of the Negro;" Dr. Babbitt's address before the National Sociologi-
cal Society on "The Psychology of Race Prejudice;" a Bibliography
and List of Editorials, which it is hoped may prove of value to the student.
There has also been prefixed the Table of Contents, from which will be
apparent the thoroughness with which the subject was to be treated. An
extract from the address is appended.
Perhaps it may be said in conclusion that Dr. Babbitt was a believer
in the principles of the Democratic party, though, of course, for the last
three campaigns he had voted the Republican ticket, finding in the Re-
pubUcan platform much more of Democratic principle than he was able
to discover in either the repudiation propaganda of Mr. Bryan or the
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 651
"interrogation-point attitude" of Judge Parker. He believed strongly
in limiting the power of the federal government and deplored the ten-
dency of the times which seemed to him to be making for the strengthen-
ing of the executive hand at Washington. This is stated that his writing
may not appear prejudiced against the South, the Gibraltar of Dem-
ocracy. It may be added that some of his ancestors on his father's side
were Southern, though he was a direct descendant of Thomas Rogers, the
eighteenth member aboard the "Mayflower" to sign the "compact." He
had while young been for over a year editor of a paper in Murray, Ken-
tucky, where he also conducted a boys' school; and in order to inform
himself by actual experience of the conditions in the South, he traveled
extensively through most of the Southern states while preparing his book.
Professor William James, Dr. Babbitt's former teacher at Harvard,
had already during Dr. Babbitt's lifetime written an introduction to the
proposed book, which is printed herein. The book had been dedicated,
with permission, to Theodore Roosevelt.
He died July 21, 1905.
He married Sept. 13, 1881, Adelaide Matilda Karrmann, daughter of
William Karrmann of Cincinnati, O. She was born Aug. 18, 1856, and
had two sons and four daughters, who are all living. Mrs. Babbitt now
resides in Cincinnati.
Children: —
Angelica Adelaide, Sept. 29, 1883.
Hildegarde Margaretta, Dec. 28, 1885.
Dean Richmond, July 10, 1888.
Gladys Richmond, Feb. 28, 1892.
Reginald Maurice, May 21, 1894.
Adelaide Marcella, April 28, 1899.
REMEDIES FOR RACE PREJUDICE.
The American student of any problem, by constitutional tendencies,
seeks the factors that may assist in solving it, and leaves his subject not
simply as a philosophical thesis, but as a practical counsel. Though
going beyond the strict subject of "The Psychology of Race Prejudice,"
I venture to intimate the conclusions to which this address gives rise, and
to suggest, not a panacea, but helpful agencies for the cure of race
prejudice:
1st. The great power of education should be evoked by a national
education bill, for the poor whites and blacks aHke, of the South, so that
OiiZ THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
this great and comparatively illiterate region of our country be made to
come under the broadening and at the same time humanizing, and con-
sequently fraternizing, uplift of education. Ignorance, if not the mother,
is the step-mother, of prejudice and intolerance.
2nd. The burden that rests with peculiar weight upon the South, be-
cause of the numerous communities congested with blacks, should be
partially lifted by persuasive, charitable and philanthropic efforts to dis-
tribute these populations throughout the country, and thus provide that
the Nation as a whole deal at shorter range with a problem which is a
national problem. The relief of the South from such numbers of illiter-
ate blacks as would make Negro dominance possible would have a ten-
dency to lessen the racial antipathy of the whites there to the blacks, and
to make more comfortable and progressive both the Negroes that would
remain there and the Negroes that would depart to the more socially and
pohtically wholesome regions of the North.
3rd. The putting of the emphasis, both North and South, in the en-
deavor to uplift the Negro race, on character rather than on intellectual
achievements, though not neglecting the latter. It is the moral and
spiritual viriHty of the race that must make for the true and lasting des-
truction of race antipathies, lessen crime and develop progress. Good-
ness shines by its own hght, even through a black skin.
4th. The just, equitable and unfaltering administration of the laws
to white and black ahke, the crushing out of the mobs and lynchings,
and consequently the cutting of a taproot whose poison runs rank and
pestilential through the whole body of the RepubHc. A prejudice that
runs to riot and lawlessness needs the law with an iron grip to curb and
control it, and the smiting of it by the high sanction of the law, when it
goes to violent excesses, is a speedy method of diminishing its destruc-
tiveness.
5th. The application of the humane principles of Christianity by the
Christian whites all over the country, and in a pronoimced and aggressive
way, in order to meet the propaganda of hatred so articulately arranged
and so effectively appHed by the Negro's enemies.
6th. The earnest effort on the part of the Negro race to bring its
offenders to speedy justice by their own co-operation with the whites,
and the development among themselves of a race pride that will protect
i tself by punishing the evil-doers of their own race.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 653
7th. The thorough, systematic organization on the part of the Negroes
for the advancement of their own race interests, the care of the race in
its struggle for existence and its rights, and the making of all political and
other considerations inferior to this subject. The word of the age is
"organization," "organization." Again I say to the Negroes, "Organize!'
1126
Frank Purdy Babbitt (Francis-Lucius-Abel-Abel-Benjamin-Elkanah-
Edward).
Married Laura C. Clemmons.
Children:—
John Francis, married Bessie Warwick.
One child — Daniel.
Clarence Edwin, married Clarissa Mitchell.
George Mason.
Harry Clemmons,
1127
John Wendall Babbitt (John-Isaac-Isaac-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Aug. 12, 1858.
Married Oct. 1, 1890, Amy L. Emerson, daughter of Orin and Char-
lotte (Houghton) Emerson, of Derry, N. H.
Children : —
Charlotte Bradford, Nov. 22, 1899.
1128
Elizabeth A. Babbitt (John-Isaac-Warren-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-
Edward). Born April 2, 1862, in Fairhaven, Mass.
Resides in Fairhaven, Mass.
Married Oct. 30, 1884, Philander H. Brightman. Born June 20, 1839,
in Westport, Mass. Died May 9, 1906.
Children: — Born in Westport, Mass.
Ralph H., Aug. 4, 1885; married Florence Francis of New Bedford,
Mass., Dec. 29, 1909.
Guy Livingstone, June 13, 1887.
654 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
1139
Ellen M. Babbitt (John-Isaac-Warren-Elkanah-Joseph-Elkanah-Ed-
ward). Born Aug, 22, 1868.
Lives in New Bedford, Mass.
Married Feb. 7, 1888, Walter N. Caswell, son of George F. and Betsey.
Born July 17, 1867.
Children: —
Warren, June 19, 1892.
Leonard N., April 10, 1898.
1130
Arthur Leon (Eugene-Winslow-David-Daniel-Nathaniel-Seth-Edward-
Edward). Born Nov. 29, 1884.
Married July 15, 1905, Lillian Frances Ludexer.
Live in Somerville, Mass.
Children:—
Frederick EUwood, Nov. 29, 1908.
1131
Albert Lyman Babbitt (Lyman-George W.-Levi-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-
Edward-Edward). Born July 13, 1876, in Athol, Mass.
Is chemist at U. S. Navy Yard Laboratory, Boston, Mass.
Resides in Somerville, Mass.
Married June 19, 1900, Margaret Mackay Eraser, daughter of Thomas
Mackay and Alice Allan Fraser.
Children: —
Lyman D wight, June 6, 1901.
Ahce, March 3, 1907.
Elvina.
1132
Herman Babbitt (Nathan-Isaac-Isaac-Levi-Nathan-Nathan-Edward-
Edward). Born May 7, 1864, in Fitchburg, Mass.
Married (1st) Sept. 8, 1887, Lilla Estelle Carlton, in Fitchburg, Mass.,
She died Jan. 19, 1900.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 655
Children: —
Leon Carlton, Aug. 9, 1888, in Fitchburg, Mass,
Leslie Warner, Aug. 17, 1889, in Fitchburg, Mass.
Lucy Luella, Aug. 12, 1893, in Gardner, Mass.
Married (2nd) Aug. 8, 1900, Lizzie Sweet Proctor, daughter of Isaac D.
and Carrie Proctor, in Gardner, Mass.
They live at East Oakland, Cal.
1133
Leroy Nathan Babbitt (Charles-Nathan-Edward-Snellem-Nathan-Na-
than-Edward-Edward). Born Feb. 7, 1875, in SpringjSeld, Mass.
Mr. Babbitt has been for several years connected with Hazen &
Whipple, contractors and constructors of water and sewer systems. He
resides in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
Mr. Babbitt was one of the first to become interested in the work of
compiling his family history and has been an active worker in that con-
nection.
Married June 20, 1905, Mary Edith Tarbox, daughter of Frank and
Elizabeth Tarbox of Fredonia, N. Y.
Children: —
Nathan Clark, May 2, 1906, in New York City.
Elizabeth Esther, Oct. 25, 1907, in New York City.
Charles Adams, Dec. 24, 1909, in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
1134
Laura Babbitt (Benajah F.-WilKam-Benajah-Erasmus-John-Benajah •
Edward-Edward). Born 1873.
Married George M. Vickers in 1895.
Children: —
George, 1896.
Beatrice, 1897.
Elizabeth, 1900.
Kathryn, 1906.
656 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
1135
Annie E. Babbitt (John-William- Joy- Joy-Simeon-Nathaniel-Edward-
Edward). Born May 25, 1884.
Resides in Grayson Co., Ky.
Married March 15, 1904, C. E. Overton.
Children: —
Child died in infancy.
Flora May, Oct. 24, 1906.
(Child unnamed) July 13, 1910. Died same day.
1136
Charles W. Babbitt (John-Wilham- Joy-Joy- Simeon-Nathaniel-Ed-
ward-Edward). Born Jan. 5, 1887.
Married Dec. 18, 1907, Nettie Arbuckle.
Child:—
Roy W., Oct. 18, 1908.
1137
Benjamin Franklin Babbitt (Horace-David-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Sept. 27, 1854.
Mr. Babbitt is a prosperous farmer in Houghton, N. Y. He has been
greatly interested in the Babbitt Genealogy and has given great aid to
the compilers. Mr. Babbitt is also a clever writer in verse or prose.
Married Mary Fairolia Stephens, daughter of Leman L. and Christiana
(Burleson) Stephens. Born March 17, 1857, in Caneada, N. Y.
Children: —
Herbert Stephen, June 8, 1884. Ensign in U. S. N.
Grover Clair, May 21, 1886. Student at Syracuse University.
Shirley Dare, Feb. 2, 1888.
Fairolia Christiana, March 15, 1890.
Leman Lee, May 26, 1892. Midshipman U. S. N.
Bethel Jay, June 24, 1894. Student at Houghton Seminary
Kenneth Confort, Dec. 7, 1896.
i;^
OLD BLACKSMITH SHOP
BUILT AND USED BY EDWARD BABBTTT^ AND USED BY FOUR
GENERATIONS OF HIS FAMILY, KILLINGLY, CONN.
BLOCK IN TAUNTON, MASS.
Built by Chas. Babbitt 1840. House of Geo. H. Babbitt, 1840—1860.
Birthplace of Geo. H. Babbitt, Jr. and Francis S. Babbitt.
The house on the left side of the block was the
residence of Chas. L. Babbitt.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 657
1138
Herman Albert Babbitt (Reuben-Josiah-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Dec. 15, 1859.
Married Eva Jane Bailey, Dec. 25, 1888. Born April 3, 1864.
Children: —
Chester Harvey, Nov. 6, 1889.
Grace May, Aug. 29, 1892.
Orlin Holmes, Aug. 8, 1896.
1139
Amber Melinda Babbitt (Reuben- Josiah-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Sept. 14, 1861.
Married Erumett Nash, March 18, 1887. Born April 12, 1853.
Children:—
WilUam Penn, May 10, 1890.
Josephine, Dec. 23, 1898.
1140
Clayton Babbitt (Reuben-Josiah-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Born July 1, 1866.
Married Mrs. Jennie E. Van Pelt, 1905.
Children:—
Marjorie, May 21, 1906.
Reuben E., Aug. 30, 1907.
Ivan Lee, March 3, 1909.
1141
Orson Chester Babbitt (Reuben-Josiah-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Oct. 6, 1870.
Mr. Babbitt is at present principal of the Oriskany, N. Y., high school.
He received his education in the public schools and is a Normal College
graduate. Mr. Babbitt is deeply interested in all educational work.
Married (1st) Minerva Elizabeth Steere, Dec. 3, 1898. Born July 22,
1870. Died Aug. 3, 1901.
658 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children: —
Sara Emogene, Oct. 17, 1899.
Hanford Steere, Aug. 3, 1901.
Married (2nd) Daisy L. Shaw, Nov. 28, 1902. Bom May 30, 1882.
Children: —
Dorothy Henrietta, April 8, 1904.
Robert Orson, Jan. 27, 1911.
1142
Grace Amorett Babbitt (Reuben-Josiah-Stephen-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Feb. 6, 1875.
Married George Almirland Abbott, Jan. 28, 1897. He was born June
28, 1875.
Children: — '
Margaret EHzabeth, May 3, 1899.
Irene, Feb. 27, 1901.
1143
Emory Monroe Babbitt (Stephen-Stephen-Elkanah-"Elkanah-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Born April 23, 1868, in Williamson, Mich.
In early years a farmer — then clerk in general store — finally proprietor
of store in Haslett.
Resides in Haslett, Mich., where he deals in general merchandise and
a prominent citizen.
Married Nov. 20, 1890, Lillian Megiveron, daughter of William and
Loretta Megiveron of Pine Lake, Mich. Born Aug. 23, 1872.
Children: —
Raymond C, May 13, 1893.
Mildred E., Nov. 27, 1908.
1144
Hattie Babbitt (Warren-Daniel-Warren-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Born Sept. 30, 1858, in Clayville, O.
Married Truman Burt.
Children: —
Clarence, Aug. 12, 1883.
George, June 6, 1888.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 659
1145
William Babbitt (Warren-Daniel- Warren-Elkanah-Elkanah-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Born Oct. 11, 1865, in Painesville, O.
Married Myrtle Tuttle.
Children:—
Pearl.
Raymond.
1146
Mariam Amelia Babbitt (Horatio-Richard-David-Daniel-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Elkanah-Edward). Born May 25, 1878.
Married July 15, 1903, Walter William Coulthard. Born May 27, 1866.
Mr. Coulthard is a member of the firm of Coulthard-Scott Co., manu-
facturer of agricultural implements in Oshawa, Ont. Resides in Peter-
borough, Ont.
Children: —
Walter Harold, July 16, 1905.
1147
Everett F. Babbitt (Emerson-Ziba-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Bom in 1847, in Taunton, Mass.
Married May 5, 1870, Carrie W. Phillips, daughter of James M. and
Martha Phillips.
Children:—
Charles Everett, March 1871- June 10, 1871.
Ruth Barney, 1875; married June 15, 1898, Charles Ray Blake
of Taunton, Mass.
1148
Rev. James Howard Babbitt (James-Charles-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-
Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Was born in Taunton, Mass., January
13, 1839, being the son of James Howard and Elizabeth C. (Sweet)
Babbitt.
Plis early education was in the public schools of Taunton and in Pierce
Academy, Middleboro, Mass. He graduated from Amherst College in
1865; then studied Theology in Andover, Mass., graduating from the
Theological University there in the class of 1868.
660 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
He was ordained in Waitsfield, Vt., Sept. 10, 1868, where he continued
pastor of the Congregational Church until December, 1876. Going from
there to Swanton, Vt., he was pastor of the Congregational Church eleven
years, and after the first year he had also charge of the Congregational
Church in Highgate. He went from Swanton directly to West Brattle-
boro, Vt., where he was installed Feb. 3, 1888. This last pastorate he
resigned because of failing health, Sept. 10, 1900, after thirty-two years
of continuous pastoral work in Vermont in three parishes which became
and remained inexpressibly dear to him. He removed to Andover, Mass.,
where he died three years later from apoplexy, Sept. 14, 1903.
Mr. Babbitt married in Andover, Mass., Aug. 12, 1868, Mary French
Abbott, daughter of Rev. Sereno T. and Sarah French Abbott. They
had six children — four sons and two daughters.
Mr. Babbitt's ministry of thirty-two years in Vermont was wholly in
three parishes, beginning first in the geographical center of the state, going
then to the extreme northwest and from there to the extreme southwest.
He gave himself loyally to the state of his adoption and in the group of
churches about each parish he was a leading figure. He was constant
in attendance at Conference Councils and Associations and this with
his never failing attendance at the larger State Convention made him
well known throughout the state.
He was for eighteen years Secretary of the State Sunday School Asso-
ciation and for many years represented Vermont upon the Executive
Committee of the International Sunday School Association. For a time
he furnished a column of Sunday School news for the Vermont Chron-
icle and later became one of the Vermont editors of the Congregationalist.
An associate wrote of him: "Of good executive ability, large-hearted,
sympathetic, and ever ready for service outside as well as in his parish
he will be remembered as a man whose parish reached out to all who
needed his ministrations. He was interested and helpful in civic afifairs
and as School Superintendent and Trustee of various institutions did
efiicient work. He held no ofl&ce that he did not fill, and was on no com-
mittee that he did not serve. His appointments were met with scrupu-
lous fidelity and he will be held in loving remembrance by the churches
of Vermont."
Children: —
1169 James Addison, Oct. 22, 1869, in Waitsfield, Vt.
1170 Winifred Howard, Aug. 4, 1871, in Waitsfield, Vt.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 661
Mary Elizabeth, April 15, 1875; d. Aug. 4, 1875, in
Waitsfield, Vt.
1171 Harold French, Sept. 21, 1876, in Andover, Mass.
1172 Theodore Perley, June 27, 1880, in Swanton, Vt.
Ahce Evelyn, April 19, 1882, d. May 20, 1899, in Swanton, Vt.
1149
George Henry Babbitt (George-Charles-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Born Sept. 7, 1841.
GEORGE H. BABBITT, JR.
"Coroner, Deputy Sherifif, Constable, Real Estate Agent, Appraiser,
Auctioneer and Justice of the Peace for Bristol Comity. Collections made.
Office 17 City Square, Taunton, Mass."
(So runs the business card of the subject of this sketch.)
Young George, as he was familiarly called, was the eldest child of
George H. and Seraphine S. Babbitt. He was born in Taunton,
September 7, 1841, and died December 9, 1877, aged 36 years and
3 months. Was married in 1868 to Rebecca E.Hamilton, daughter of
Benjamin and Hannah, who bore him two children, George Arthur and
Frank Henry, the latter dying December 10, 1877, at the age of six
years, was buried with his father the following day. Mrs. Babbitt,
always in dehcate health, had died nearly two years before, on February
27, 1876.
Early in life young George developed a taste for practical joking and
was regarded by his teachers as a boy that needed watching, but he found
time to give some attention to study and at the age of seventeen success-
fully passed the examinations and became a student at Brown Univer-
sity in Providence, R. I. Here his talent for "hazing" developed rap-
idly and by the time he had reached the middle of his sophomore year,
he had become so proficient in that line, that the dignified faculty of the
institution deemed it best to give the boy a rest. So he was "suspended"
for a time. Finding that college life was not giving the boy the benefit
he needed for his future welfare, his father took him under his own wing
and gave him a few lessons in auctioneering and here the yovmg man
struck his forte. The college course was never completed. So proficient
did he become in his new line that many a man has left his sales, loaded
662 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
down with goods hie did not want, but for which he had paid good money.
I suppose that is what constitutes a good auctioneer. At any rate the
demand for his services grew, and in June, 1861, his father took him on,
as a partner, under the firm name of Babbitt & Son.
August 5, 1862, young George responded to the call for Volunteers
to prosecute the War of the RebelHon. Enlisted in Company F, 39th
Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, and was made a Sergeant of his
company, and soon went to the "front," faithfully performing the duties
assigned to him until the novelty wore off. Then the strict discipline and
monotony of camp life became irksome. His love for fun overcame his
ambition for promotion, and so, one day, anticipating complaint against
him.self for some harmless but indiscreet act, which might be regarded as
"unbecoming an officer," he voluntarily removed and surrendered his
"chevrons" and became a private soldier. But, notwithstanding his
spirit of mischief, he was very popular throughout his regiment, with
both officers and men, was a reUable man in time of need and was hon-
orably discharged at the close of the war, having served thirty-four
months of a three years' enlistment.
Returning after the war he at once took up the business of Auction
and Commission merchant on his own account, and soon became in-
terested in political affairs. And here again he fovmd a place for which
he was particularly well qualified. Big bodied, big hearted, broad-
minded, jovial and with a personal magnetism that made acquaintances
and permanent friends for him everywhere, he soon became a leader.
Never a "boss", but a leader in its best sense, with a following that ren-
dered him valuable assistance in his later undertakings. He was also
interested in Grand Army matters, one of the first, if not a charter mem-
ber, of Post 3 Department of Massachusetts, at one time Commander
of his Post, and a delegate to most all conventions. He liked to assist
old and disabled soldiers or their widows or dependants in securing back
pay, bounties, pensions or rehef in any form, and always without pecu-
niary reward. As a pohtician he was frequently for the "under dog in
the fight," and delighted in upsetting the plans of the older and more
dignified citizens, but to his credit it should be said that he was never in
politics for "revenue." But, for the love of it, he freely gave such aid
as he could to the candidates he chose to support, and they were usually
selected with a view to their good character and fitness for the positions
they were to hold. I have in mind one of his candidates who is now en-
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 663
tering upon his thirty-eighth year of service, in an office of trust in this
county, and still enjoys the unimpaired confidence of the people he serves.
In 1871 and 1872 Mr. Babbitt was a Representative from his district
in Massachusetts Legislature, serving on committees on prisons and pub-
lic charitable institutions. I think this vs^as the only elective office he
ever sought for himself, but the list of positions by appointment v^^hich
he held w^ould fill a book, so to speak. Following is a list of some of them ;
August 9, 1865, Special Coroner, by Gov. John A. Andrew.
January 3, 1866, Deputy Sheriff, by Sheriff C. B. H. Fessenden.
April 17, 1866, Justice of the Peace, by Gov. Alexander H. Bullock.
February 7, 1868, Constable of Taunton, by Mayor Stephen H. Rhodes,
and by successive appointments till he died.
May 20, 1869, Deputy Sheriff, by Sheriff William S. Cobb, and by suc-
cessive appointments till he died.
May 5, 1870, Assistant U. S. Marshal, by U. S. Marshal, George L.
Andrews.
May 8, 1871, Assistant U. S. Assessor, by George S. Boutwell, Secretary
of the Treasury.
Aug. 13, 1872, Special Coroner (second term) by Gov. Wm. B. Washburn.
May 1, 1875, Enumerator, by Carroll D. Wright, Chief of Bureau of
Statistics.
April 1, 1877, Agent of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty, etc., by
George T. Angell, President.
Mr. Babbitt had the happy faculty of discharging the frequently un-
pleasant duties of his various offices without leaving permanent sting.
It was said of him that he could serve a writ in a way that would leave the
victim of the process under the impression that he had received a favor
at the hands of the officer. And so he played his part on the stage of
life until he was regarded by many as the best known man in Southern
Massachusetts.
But Mr. Babbitt was doomed to a comparatively short career. Late
in the year 1877, at the height of his popularity, and after a political cam-
paign of unusual activity, he was stricken with diphtheria, which, aggra-
vated by his anxiety for his little boy, also ill with that dread disease,
got beyond the control of the best medical skill, and he died. Young
in years, but with an experience and knowledge of humanity seldom
acquired by those of far longer lease of life.
664 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married July 21, 1868, Rebecca Hamilton. She died Feb. 27, 1876,
in Boston, Mass., aged 27 years.
Children: —
*George Arthur, Jan., 1869; married Nov. 4, 1895, Anna L.
McCormack.
Frank H., Oct., 1871, d. Dec. 10, 1877.
*GEORGE ARTHUR BABBITT.
Surviving son of George H., Jr., and Rebecca E. Babbitt, born Jan-
uary 13, 1869. After the death of his father, he became the ward of his
grandparents. Early in life he developed the taste for mechanics, which
had lain dormant through the lives of his father and grandfather. After
his school days he became a machinist and electrician. He, with his
wife, Annie W. Babbitt, still live, in a home of their own, in Taimton, and
he is employed in a responsible position, in one of the largest manufac-
turing concerns of the city.
1150
Francis Sanford Babbitt (George-Charles-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elka-
nah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Dec. 22, 1843.
FRANCIS SANFORD BABBITT.
Francis Sanford Babbitt, son of George H. and Seraphine S. Babbitt.
Bom in Taunton, December 22, 1843. Educated in the schools of
Taunton and at Comer's Commercial College in Boston. Enhsted in
the 39th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, Aug. 25, 1862,
was transferred to the U. S. Signal Corps in 1863, and served in the
War of the Rebellion until June, 1865, and was then honorably dis-
charged by reason of the close of the war. In September, 1865, he
engaged in the business of manufacturing and repairing machinery with
two partners, under the firm name of Ellis, Babbitt & Co., and after three
years bought out his partners and continued the business himself until
1889, when he sold out and retired from the machinery business and gave
his entire time to pubUc service. While in the machinery business he
developed some inventive talent and produced a number of articles which
found a ready market, the most notable of which were Babbitt's Patent
Hose Pipe, and Babbitt's Combination Lathe, which is still being made by
his successors and sold not only in this country but in Europe, Asia and
GEORGE HENRY BABBITT JR. FRANCIS SANFORD BABBITT SARAH (bABBITt) GROSSMAN
GEORGE HENRY BABBITT SERAPHINE (SANFORD) BABBITT
GEORGE ARTHUR BABBITT LOUISE (BABBITT) LAWRENCE RUTH ALICE GROSSMAN
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 665
South America. In 1882 and again in 1883 he represented his district
in the Massachusetts Legislature, serving on Committee on Street Rail-
ways both terms. In 1887 he was a member of the Board of Aldermen of
Taunton. In 1888 he was elected Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners for the County of Bristol, and, as such, supervised the
building of a number of public buildings, notably the County Court House
at Fall River, the Coggeshall Street Bridge between New Bedford and
Fairhaven, and the County Court House at Taunton, holding the office
for two terms (six years).
In 1891, 1892 and 1893, he was Mayor of Taunton, holding this office
at the same time that he was County Commissioner. This proved to
be more than the public would stand for, and in January, 1894, he was
retired from both offices. The following three years he devoted to the
management and settling of various estates, and he is still engaged in this
line of work to some extent. In 1897 he was appointed Chief of Police
of Taimton and reappointed in 1898, 1899 and 1900, retiring January
6, 1901. February 4, 1901, he was appointed by the Justices of the
Superior Court, Probation Officer for the said court in the Southern Dis-
trict of Massachusetts, comprising the counties of Barnstable, Bristol,
Dukes and Nantucket. His duties were to test the question of greater
leniency in dealing with criminal cases of minor importance, and results
were so good that the Probation system has become a fixed adjunct to
the courts of the Commonwealth, and Mr. Babbitt still holds the office
in this district. In 1911 Mr. Babbitt accepted the management of the
publishing of this book and under his careful guidance it was success-
fully accomplished.
June 9, 1870, Mr. Babbitt was married to Abbie Louisa Hitch, daugh-
ter of Charles Hitch, a prominent sail maker and ship owner of New
Bedford. Mrs. Babbit , after many years of ill-health, died December
7, 1892, leaving one child, Abbie Louise, born June 30, 1876, and mar-
ried June 9, 1905, to William Martin Lawrence of Providence. Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence now live in Taunton and make a home for Mr. Bab-
bitt. Mrs. Lawrence is a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church and
gives much of her time to church and charity work, being especially in-
terested in entertaining the yoimg people, not only of her own parish,
but of the non-sectarian boys club of this city.
Married June 9, 1871, Abby Louise Hitch, daughter of Charles and
Abbie (Bosworth) Hitch, of New Bedford, Mass. She died Dec. 7, 1892.
OW) THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Children:—
Abby Louise, June 30, 1876; married June 9, 1905, William Mar-
tin Lawrence of Taunton.
1151
Sarah Sumner Babbitt (George-Charles-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward.) Youngest child and only daughter of George H.
and Seraphine S. Babbitt, was born in Taunton, June 18, 1862, and
was married November 24, 1885, to Edgar Leonard Grossman, an
accountant by profession, but an office holder by inclination, and a
descendant by at least two lines from the pioneer settlers of the Old
Colony. Mrs. Grossman enjoys the unique distinction of being the wife,
the daughter and the sister of men who have repeatedly filled the
position of "Ghief Magistrate" of her native city.
Mr. and Mrs. Grossman have one daughter, an only child, Ruth Alice,
born October 23, 1886, a recent graduate of Wellesley GoUege and an
embryo authoress of much promise.
1152
Helen Isabel Babbitt (Seth Gooper-Seth Gooper-Ebenezer-Ebenezer-
Jacob-Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born May 31, 1843, in Dorches-
ter, Mass.
Lives in Meriden, Gonn.
Married Aug. 11, 1862, John H. Ghapman. He was a musician in
the Givil War.
Children :—
Nellie Marinda, married William H. Powell in 1891. Has five
children.
Sarah Mabel.
1153
George Franklin Babbitt (Seth-Seth-Ebenezer-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elka-
nah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Jan. 4, 1851, in Albany, N. Y.
Married EUie Florence Poste.
Is a Universalist minister.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 667
Children:—
Royden Poste, May 24, 1878, in Key West, Fla. Civil engineer.
Walker Edmunds, Feb. 26, 1889.
George Richard, March 29, 1891.
Elizabeth, June 2, 1882, in Provincetown. Died young.
Paul E., May 14, 1884, in Maiden, Mass.;d. July 31, 1884, in
Provincetown, Mass.
1154
Albert F. Babbitt (Ebenezer - Ebenezer - Ebenezer - Ebenezer - Jacob-
Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born July 1, 1846-7.
Foreman of American Supply House, in Seekonk, R. I.
Married Aug. 27, 1866, Christina Jane Abbott, daughter of Benjamin
and Lydia Abbott. Born July 12, 1845.
Children: —
Sarah Ehzabeth, Feb. 7, 1869. Married June 11, 1887, William
Bowers, son of James and Mary Bowers.
Arthur Bradford, Dec. 15, 1873; married Jan. 16, 1895, Lillie P.
Vaughn, daughter of Washington and Elizabeth Cady (Bassett)
Vaughn. Born March 9, 1873.
ChHdren:—
Ethel Hortense, July 7, 1897.
Arthur B., Jr., March 30, 1900.
Albert Vaughn, March 11, 1903.
1155
Charles Jacob Babbitt (Benjamin- Jacob- Jacob-Ebehezer-Jacob-Elka-
nah-Elkanah-Edward). Born m Providence, R. I., March 28, 1856.
Graduated from University of South Carolina, 1875, with the degree of
Ph. B. Graduated from the Law School of the same University, 1876,
with the degree of LL.B. Admitted to the Bar in South Carolina, in 1877.
Private Secretary to D. H. Chamberlain, Governor of South Carolina,
1876-1877.
Removed to New York, 1879, and admitted to the Bar of that state.
Practiced law in New York City. Admitted to practice in the Supreme
Court of the United States, Nov. 9, 1885. Removed to Boston and ad-
mitted to the Bar of Massachusetts, (Suffolk) Sept. 25, 1908. Now re-
siding in Boston.
668 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, New York Com-
mandery, by heredity from his grandfather, (eldest son of the eldest son).
Associate member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Babbitt Post,
G. A. R., Bristol, R. I., Sons of American Revolution or descendants
of Ebenezer Babbitt. F.(ree) and A.(ccepted) M.(ason) and K, (night)
T.(emplar). First President of the Babbitt Family Association and a
life member thereof.
Practicing lawyer and writer on legal subjects. Author of "The Law
apphed to Motor Vehicles," 1911.
Married CorneUa Jules Snow of Bristol, R. I., July 30, 1879.
Children: —
Corneha, 1881; d. Nov. 5, 1882, in New York City.
And three others who died in infancy.
Harold Eaton Babbitt, January 7, 1888, in East Orange, N. J.
A Graduate in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
class of 1911.
1173 Mary Babbitt, August 21, 1884, in Bristol, R. I.
1156
Edward Miles Babbitt (Benjamin- Jacob- Jacob-Ebenezer- Jacob-Elka-
nah-Elkanah-Edward) .
Married Sophia Harris, daughter of George J. and Sarah (Hopkins)
Harris.
Lives in Providence, R. I.
Children: —
Sarah, Jan. 24, 1882.
George Harris, July 15, 1883.
1157
Sarah Millen Babbitt (Robert-Elias-Stephen-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elka*
nah-Edward). Born Nov. 18, 1845.
Married April 6, 1864, George P. Marsh. Died AprU, 1907.
Children: —
Georgiana Babbitt, Feb. 5, 1865; m. (1st) Peter Larison.
Child: — Georgiana F.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 669
Married (2nd) Pierson Allen. He died 1908.
Henrietta Elizabeth, March 3, 1867; m. William Larison.
Children:—
Kenneth.
Mabel.
Freeman Oliver, Aug. 26, 1869; d. 1897.
Edith Louise, Jan. 3, 1871; d. May 1, 1911.
Harold Oscar, Nov. 6, 1885.
Robert Price, 1888.
One died young.
1158
Robert Oscar Babbitt (Robert-Ehas-Stephen-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Nov. 5, 1847. Died Dec. 31, 1903.
A successful lawyer, with office in Jersey City, N. Y. He was a master
of Spanish language and law and held a monopoly of business calling for
such knowledge in New Jersey.
He was also Attorney of a Mexican Improvement Co., and after giving
up his law practice became its manager.
Robert Oscar Babbitt died in Laredo, Texas, while on his way home
from the City of Mexico. He was a man of great strength of character
and personahty, of a deep appreciation of everything beautiful in art and
Hterature. Quick in sympathy, full of generosity and kindness, he was
a masterful man, and filled with the desire for great activities.
Married June 9, 1875, Mary Ehz. McCrea, daughter of James McCrea.
Born Jan. 19, 1847.
Children: —
Robert Millen, March 21, 1876; m. Blanche Conklin.
Helen, May 25, 1881 ; m. Clark Miller, Nov. 14, 1906.
Mary, Nov. 13, 1884; m. Herbert Adams, April 29, 1908.
1159
Mary AUce Babbitt (Robert-Elias-Stephen-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward). Born Dec. 7, 1849, in Mendham, N. Y.
Went to Washington Territory, 1874.
Mr. Bucklin has just completed a fifty year's residence on the Pacific
Coast, having been one of the earliest pioneers.
670 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Married Feb. 17, 1877, Nathan BuckUn», Eben^-Nathan«-^-Ebenezer*-
Isaac^-Joseplr-Wm. Buckling at Port Orchard, Wash. Born June 6,
1839, in South Warren, Me.
Children: —
Robert Eben, Dec. 3, 1879, in Port Madison, Wash; married Hattie
Peake, in 1901. She was born in Wakefield, Kas., Jan. 7, 1882.
Mayor of Port Orchard, Wash., 1909-10.
Served in Co. K, 1st Regiment Washington Infantry. Was
wounded during the Philippine Insurrection, 1899.
Children: —
Robert Willis, April 8, 1902.
Nathan Erwin, March 22, 1905.
Ronald Eben, March 15, 1909.
Frances Lydia, Aug. 6, 1881; married Feb., 1901, George A. Oliver.
Children: —
Paul A., April 30, 1902.
Natalie, Nov. 9, 1904.
Dorothy, April 16, 1906.
Alice, May 13, 1885; married 1907, Benjamin Elofson.
Child:—
Alice v., Jan. 26, 1909.
Clara, Jan. 10, 1887.
Henrietta, Dec. 3, 1889.
Emma Louise, Nov. 18, 1892.
1160
Jane Elizabeth Babbitt (Robert-Elias-Stephen-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Born Nov. 11, 1860.
Married Feb. 4, 1890, Archibald Price.
Children: —
Harold Archibald, July 13, 1893.
Helen Babbitt, July 13, 1893.
1161
Moses Frederick Babbitt (Amzi-Moses-Stephen-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Born July 21, 1859.
THE BABBITT FAinLY HISTORY. 671
Married Anna OUver, April 2, 1896.
Children: —
Elizabeth OUver, Jan. 1, 1899.
Marion Oliver, June 29, 1900.
1162
Hugh Menagh Babbitt (Amzi-Moses-Stephen-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward) . Born July 21 , 1870.
Resides in Mendham, N. J.
Married Katherine Hoffman, March 18, 1896.
Children: —
Dmght Millen, July 16, 1897.
Hugh Menagh, July 5, 1903.
Katherine Hoffman, Dec. 23, 1908.
1163
Elizabeth Babbitt (Stephen-Moses-Stephen-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-Elka-
nah-Edward).
Married V. V. Losey.
Children: —
Margaret.
Benjamin.
1164
Mary Elizabeth Babbitt (Edward-Moses-Stephen-Seth-Isaac-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward) . Born Nov. 28, 187 1 .
Married Jan. 27, 1900, Alfred Unger, in Yokohama, Japan.
Children: —
Hugh, July 27, 1901.
1163
Albert Condit Babbitt (Frank-WilUam-Daniel-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Bom Aug. 9, 1875.
Married July 5, 1899, Florence H. McCotter.
672 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY,
Children:—
Katherine Northrup, March 23, 1900.
Albert Condit, Oct. 29, 1901.
Margaret Chichester, Jan. 14, 1907.
Florence McCotter, July 26, 1908.
1166
Grace Louise Babbitt (Frank-WUliam-Daniel-Daniel-Isaac-Elkanah-
Elkanah-Edward). Bom Sept. 5, 1880.
Married Nov. 29, 1899, Robert Rutherford.
Children: —
Grace E., April 15, 1903.
Claire T., June 13, 1905.
Marion, May 26, 1907.
1167
Starr C. Babbitt (Joseph L.-Edwin L.-Amos-Samuel-Zephaniah-Elka-
nah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Jan. 3, 1883, in Grand Valley, Pa.
Married July 2, 1902, at Warren, Pa., Grace A. Bush, born, July 16,
1882, in Corry, Pa., daughter of O. P. Bush.
Children:—
Donald Oscar, July 29, 1903, in Warren, Pa.
Bernice AUce, June 18, 1905, in Warren, Pa.
1168
Jessie Babbitt (Frank-Nelson-Dyer-Dyer- Jonathan-Benjamin-Elkanah-
Edward). Born July 21, 1880.
Married (1st) Bernard WTiite, who died in 1902.
Children: —
Hattie.
Minerva.
Married (2nd) Orville McGinnis.
Children: — One daughter.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 673
1169
James Addison Babbitt (James- James-Charles-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-
Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born in Waitsfield, Vt., Oct. 22, 1869.
Prepared for college at the Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.
Studied at Yale College, 1889-1893; then studied medicine at the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, 1894-1898; also instructor in physical education
and in mathematics, Haverford College, 1893-1899.
Admitted to practice of medicine, December, 1898.
1902: Secretary of Society of College Gymnasium Directors and
President of Pennsylvania Branch American Association for the Advance-
ment of Physical Education.
1903: Associate Professor of Physiology, Haverford College.
1905: Assistant Larngologist, Childrens' Hospital, Philadelphia; also
Clinical Assistant, Ear Department, Pennsylvania Hospital, and in the
Nose and Throat Department, Polyclinic Hospital.
Married Sept. 11, 1895, Mary A., daughter of Hon. E. Payson Adams of
Swanton, Vt. Born Sept. 24, 1869. Died March 31, 1911. Sketch below.
Children: —
Mary Evelyn, June 21, 1896.
Helen Adams, Aug. 15, 1899.
Dixie Ehzabeth, Nov. 22, 1906, lived only a few days.
Mary Adams, March 30, 1911, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Babbitt was a woman of rare and sweet personality, and had
endeared herself to every one with whom she came in contact. Her early
death was a crushing blow to her family and friends.
Her early life was spent in Vermont in her native town of Sheldon.
She graduated from Swanton, Vt., High School, from Bradford, Mass.,
Academy. From 1890-1895 she was preceptress of Swanton High School.
1170
Winifred H. Babbitt (James- James-Charles-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elk-
anah-Elkanah-Edward). Born Aug. 4, 1871, in Waitsfield, Vt.
Graduated from Williams College.
Married in Honolulu, Hawaii, Sarah Mitchell Carter, Nov. 28, 1901.
Children: —
Elizabeth Carter, Sept. 21, 1902, in Honolulu.
Howard Carter, Sept. 5, 1904, in Honolulu.
674 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
1171
Harold French Babbitt (James-James-Charles-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-
Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward) Born Sept. 21, 1876, in Andover, Mass.
Married in Washington, D. C, Sept. 21, 1904, Katherine Maude Dexter.
Children: —
Alice Dexter, March 27, 1907, in Cleveland, O.
1172
Theodore Parley Babbitt (James- James-Charles-Ziba-Ebenezer-Jacob-
Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom June 27, 1880, in Swanton, Vt.
Married July 10, 1907, in Cleveland, O., Cora May James.
Children: —
James Theodore, Nov. 16, 1909.
Dorothy French, March 20, 1912.
1173
Mary Babbitt (Charles-Benjamin-Jacob-Jacob-Ebenezer-Jacob-Elka-
nah-Elkanah-Edward). Bom August 21, 1884, in Bristol, R. I.
Married Louis Simpson Bailey of New York City.
Children: —
Charles Louis Bailey, Jan. 21, 1904, New York City.
ADDENDA.
Since the compilation of the book the following additional
record has been received :
"Obedience Babbitt, born March 24, 1756, and died 1825 or
1826. Married Oct. 7, 1781, Maurice, son of Abel and Ruth
Jackson Smith of Hempstead, L. I.
Maurice and Obedience Smith lived in Fishkill, N. Y., where
their children were born."
There seems no record at hand to connect this family, but
considering her name, date of birth and residence she undoubtedly
was another child of Elkanah and Obedience Prindle Babbitt.
See No. 59.
Benj. Burt— son of Abigail Burt (No. 107.) Born May 14,
1809, married Dec. 9, 1830, Ann daughter of Cornelius White of
Taunton.
Their son Benj. Leonard Burt, born Sept. 2, 1834, married
Dec. 31, 1856, Deborah Phillips
Their daughter Dora Isabel, born July 14, 1859, married
Oct. 3, 1893, Albert H. Tetlow of Taunton.
Mrs. Tetlow is a member of the Babbitt Association.
The following extracts are the result of a search made in the
Prerogative Court in London, in the hope of discovering some
clew to the ancestry of Edward Bobbet. Although they com-
pletely fail in giving that hoped for information — they are here
given as a possible aid in some future search.
Will of Robert Babbet of Totnes Co., Devon Merchant,
mentions "Wife Margery — daughter Marie — brother
William — brother Matthew — brother Thomas — sister
Marie — brother John — sister Agnes."
He also bequeaths to the town of Totnes 20;^ toward
bringing water to the town conduits, and to the poor
in the almshouse. He also bequeathed 4:£ to the poor
of Abbots He "where I was born."
"I do appoint my brother-in-law, Richard Lee — my
cousin, Wm, Duck — my cousin, John Ackland — my
brother-in-law, Thos. Pointington, and my brother
Matthew overseers of this will."
Dated 6 July, 1602.
Proved 30 March, 1604, by Margery relict of said de-
ceased.
676 THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY.
Chancery Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series II, Volume
321, No. 133.
Inquisition taken at the church house in the parish of
St. Clement's Danes, without the Bars of the New Tem-
[1611] pie, London Co., Middleses, 15 December 9 James I,
to inquire after the death of Roger Bobett, gentleman,
lately deceased.
Held messuages in the parish of St. Clement's Danes
Myllford Lane.
Will dated 17 July, 1609, mentions daughter Elizabeth,
wife of William Wotton, barber, to have tenements
after the death of Margaret, his wife. Daughters Jane
Bobett, Mary Bobett, wife of Roger Southcott, Mar-
garet Bobett.
Bequeathes to wife Margaret his dwelling house, being
the corner house of Myllford Lane opposite St. Clement's
Danes church.
Said messuages, etc. held of King in socage, and worth
by the year 4:£.
Heir. Roger Bobett, junior, son and next heir of Roger
Bobett, the father, aged 22 years.
WILL OF MARGERY BOBBETT.
Dated 23 April, 1591.
"I Margery Bobbett of Levington, SufTolk." She be-
queaths tenement to Wm. Wardesman and Elizabeth,
his wife, and Elizabeth, their daughter, "my grandchild."
She mentions son William, and Wm. Bobbett and
Humphrey Bobbett, sons of Wm.
Proved 20 July, 1591, by Wm. Bobbett.
25 Oct., 1638, a commission was issued to Joan Bobbett
relict of Wm. Bobbett of Michell Creech, Somerset, to
administer his estate.
WILL OF WILLIAM BOBBETT.
22 Sept., 1582.
"I, William Bobbett of St. Saviours, Southwark." He
mentions "Thomasine Bobbett, sister-in-law, cousin John
Bobbett, cousin Roger Bobbett."
Proved 12 Jan., 1583, by John Bobbett.
THE BABBITT FAMILY HISTORY. 677
Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 429 Aylett.
NUNCUPATIVE WILL OF ROBERT BOBBET.
Memorandum, that on or about 28 August, Robert
Bobbet of Axminster, Co. Devon, weaver, lying sick
of body, but of good and perfect memory, having an
intent to make his will, did in the presence of us whose
names are underwritten, declare his last will in form
following: — First, he did commend his soul to God and
his body to the earth.
Item, he did give to Mary Bobbett his daughter, his
purse, which he then delivered to her and the key therein
with the coffer therunto belonging, and the bed whereon
he lay, his two best coverlets, the best chest in the inner
house, and a new piece of white cloth [other household
implements, as the best brass post, the best brass cauld-
ron] and 3;^, 12s., 6d. due to him from Roger Newton
of Axminster. Also 4 sheep, in the said Roger's keeping,
the house where Goody Hoving lives. He gave to Robert
Bobbett his son, his best table board, and to Mary Bob-
bett, his wife, the house where he then lived, providing
she pay Robert, his son, 8;^ within 6 years after his de-
cease. After her death Robert, his son, should enjoy
the said house. If his wife Mary, son Robert, and daugh-
ter Mary should die before his term in the houses were
expired, they should remain to his brother, John Bobbett.
All the residue of his goods he left to his wife, son, and
daughter, and desired his friends, John Bobbett, his
brother, Roger Robbins, and George Barber, all of Ax-
minster to be overseers of this his last will.
Proved, 24 November, 1655, by Mary, widow and relict
of testator.
WILL OF JOHN BOBBETT OF BLASCSALL, SUFFOLK.
Dated 16 Dec, 1576.
Mentions godsons, Wm. Durance, John Wiseman, sister
Joyce Jones, sister Anne Smythe, god daughter, Joan
Woodrowe, nephews, Robert and William Bobbett.
Wife Cecily.
Proved 2 Feb., 1576.
INDEX
Life Members of Babbitt Family Association.
Albright, Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles Albright) Columbus, O.
Allen, Miss Martha Mansfield, Mass.
Babbitt, Miss Emma Dayton, N. J.
Babbitt, Miss Elizabeth Mendham, N. J.
Babbitt, Miss Emily Jenny Washington, D. C.
Babbitt, Miss Emma L Morristown, N. J.
Babbitt, Florence S. (Mrs. J. Willard Babbitt). .Ypsilanti, Mich.
Babbitt, Mary P. (Mrs. Geo. Rodney Babbitt). .Providence, R. I.
Babbitt, Miss Marion Providence, R. I.
Babbitt, Miss Emma Dayton, N. J.
Babbitt, Miss Hazel M Albany, N. Y.
Babbitt, Miss Alice Barre, Mass.
Babbitt, Miss Helen E St. John, N. B.
Babbitt, George Hutchinson Albany, N. Y.
Babbitt, John Henry Albany, N. Y.
Babbitt, Louie A Northville, Mich.
Babbitt, E. Foster Brooklyn, N. Y.
Babbitt, Harold E Boston, Mass.
Babbitt, Elwood Yokahama, Japan .
Babbitt, J. Woodman Newark, N. J.
Babbitt, Sanford Pittsburg, Pa.
Babbitt, Edwin B Fort Hancock, N. J.
Babbitt, George L Providence, R. L
Babbitt, Benjamin F Houghton, N. Y.
Babbitt, Edmund H Newark, N. J.
Babbitt, Don Carlos Mesa, Ariz.
Babbitt, Richard C Toronto, Ont.
Babbitt, Milton P Leominster, Mass.
Babbitt, Charles A Fitchburg, Mass.
Babbitt, Samuel B Worthington, Ohio
Babbitt Charles F New York City.
Babbitt, Edward N West Campton, N. H.
Babbitt, Benjamin T Whitesboro, N. Y.
Babbitt, Charles O. (Memorial Life Member) Corry, Pa.
Babbitt, Rinaldo Orange, Mass.
Babbitt, George Hermon, N. Y.
Babbitt, William P Denver, Col.
Babbitt, James B Dighton, Mass.
INDEX. 679
Babbitt Allen Thompson, Conn.
Babbitt, Charles Cincinnati, Ohio
Babbitt, Francis Taunton, Mass.
Babbitt, George D Albany, N. Y.
Babbitt, Charles J , . . Bristol, Conn.
Babbitt, George R Providence, R, I.
Babbitt, Seward Buflfalo, N. Y.
Babbitt, Rollin H Berkley, Mass.
Babbitt, Artemas DIghton, Mass.
Babbitt, Charles H Washington, D. C.
Babbitt, Richard Christobal, Canal Zone, Panama
Babbitt, William D New York City
Babbitt. Charles W Rochester, N. Y.
Babbitt, Samuel F Providence, R. I
Babbitt, Leroy N New York City
Babbitt, Kurnal New York City
Babbitt, Webster L Niles, Mich.
Babbitt, James A Philadelphia, Pa.
Babbitt, Henry A Montpelier, Vt.
Babbitt, Harry L Jacksonville, Fla.
Babbitt, Irving Cambridge, Mass.
Babbitt, George H Bellows Falls, Vt.
Babbitt, George H Chicopee Falls, Mass.
Babbitt, Oliver Miller Portland, Ore.
Babbitt, Stephen J Avon, 111.
Babbott, Frank L New York City
Babbott, William M New York City
Browne, William B No. Adams, Mass.
Browne, Adeline Babbitt (Mrs. Albert G. Browne)
(Memorial Life Member) No. Adams, Mass.
Burrill, Sarah A. (Mrs. Geo. P. Burrill) Putnam, Conn.
Blackie, Winifred (Mrs. Wm. R. Blackie) Ardsley, N. Y.
Bailey Bertha (Mrs. John E.) Brooklyn, N. Y.
Campbell, Katherine (Mrs. James Campbell) Venice, Cal.
Coldren, Fred G Washington, D. C.
Dary, Harriet Sanford (Mrs. Edwin A. Day)... .Taunton, Mass.
Davis, Emma Babbitt (Mrs. Henry L. Davis). . .Taunton, Mass.
Dodd, Lydia Babbitt (Mrs. Edward M. Dodd). .Montclair, N. J.
Dreher, Susan Babbitt (Mrs. Wm. H. Dreher) Oregon, Wis.
Darst, Anna Babbitt (Mrs. Charles W. Darst) San Diego, Cal.
Darst Miss Catherine Babbitt San Diego, Cal.
Darst, Thomas Babbitt * San Diego, Cal.
680 INDEX.
French, Lena K. (Mrs. Harry I. French) Montello, Mass.
Gardener, Nellie A. (Mrs. Wm. Gardener) Pittsfield, Mass.
Higgins, Grace (Mrs. J. H. Higgins) Marstons Mills, Mass.
Holcomb, Frank L Southern Pines, N. C.
Holcomb, Miss Kate M Southern Pines, N. C.
Hale, Anna Babbitt (Mrs. Chas. H. Hale) St. Albans, Vt.
Harsh, Nora Babbitt (Mrs. Francis D. Harsh). . .Des Moines, la.
Hatch, Adeline (Miss) New York City
Hyde, Benj. T. Babbitt New York City
Hyde, Lillian Babbitt (Mrs. Clarence M. Hyde). . .New York City
Hughes, Elizabeth Babbitt (Mrs. John S. Hughes). .Chipley, Fla
Huntington, Harriet (Mrs. Wilder Huntington) . Montpelier, Vt
Jones, Arlouine G. (Mrs. J. Evans Jones) Chautauqua, N. Y.
Lawrence, Abbie L. (Mrs. Wm. M. Lawrence) Taunton, Mass.
Leonard, Lizzie Standish (Mrs. Clarence E. Leonard)
Yonkers, N. Y.
MacFarlane, W. G Toronto, Ont.
McKinlay, Addie L. (Mrs. James McKinlay) New York City
Matteson, Frank W Providence, R. I.
Matteson, Kent F
Matteson, Richmond
Newell, Herbert Matteson Mansfield, Mass.
Newhall, Ella A Taunton, Mass.
Pierce, Ida W. (Mrs. Andrew J. Pierce) Taunton, Mass.
Pottenger, Adelaide Babbitt (Mrs. Francis M Pot-
tenger) Monrovia, Cal.
Parker, Abbie E. (Mrs. Alexander Parker) Albany, N. Y.
Prosens, Elizabeth (Mrs. Ira Prosens) Sodus, N. Y.
Quever, Jynne B. (Mrs. John L. Quever) Tacoma, Wash.
Sammis, Miss Helen U Bridgeport, Conn.
Tetlow, Dora Burt (Mrs. Albert H) Taunton, Mass.
Tripp, Sarah E. (Mrs. Wm. C. Tripp) Taunton, Mass.
Thomson, Leonard Newark, N. J.
Williams, Bertha (Mrs. John C. Williams) Taunton, Mass.
Whittier, Fanny P. (Mrs. Daniel Whittier) Boston, Mass.
Weller, Frank B New York City
Wells, Mary E. (Mrs, Daniel Wells) No. Adams, Mass.
Waterman, Miss Mary Taunton, Mass.
INDEX
Index of Heads of Babbitt Families and their number.
Abel 75,177
Abiathar 33,83
Abiel 80,192
Abijah 51,273,286
Abner 49
Adam 502
Adoniram 275
Albert, 462, 602, 681, 785, 1131, 1154,
1165
Albion 536
Alden 484,492
Alfred 886
Allen 580,958
Almon 772,1102
Alonzc 458
Alva 359
Alvin 295
Amariah 65
Amos 368, 449, 781, 806
Amzi 333, 339, 722, 750, 1049
Ancil 698
Andrew 989
Angell 935
Annis 894
Archelaus 666
Arthur 929,1130
Asa 87,158
Asher 356,645
Avery 415,551
Benajah 17, 112, 248, 912
Benjamin, 26, 72, 183, 186, 210, 317,
398, 405, 421, 671, 804,
1030, 1120, 1137
Bidwell 523
Bradford 961
Byron 461,639
Caleb 887,944
Calvin 204, 343, 727
Carlisle 409
Carlos 475
Charles, 218, 221, 241, 257, 378, 482,
490, 503, 531, 537, 539, 554,
569, 573, 618, 622, 686, 720,
780, 788, 799, 819, 847, 849,
866, 873, 881, 888, 893, 926,
948, 1017, 1118, 1136, 1155
Chester 980
Clarence 895
Clayton 1140
Clifton 946
Clinton 509
Corydon 524
Crocker 246
Curtis 390,648
Cyrus 199, 456, 795
Daniel, 85, 144, 150, 308, 338, 345,
350, 656, 668, 733
Darius 336,469
Darwin 374
David, 56, 142, 198, 278, 284, 307, 310,
354, 365, 399, 454, 601, 611,
650, 662, 745, 771, 1085, 1092
Dean. 117, 247, 1125
Dennis 914
Deodatus 165
Don Carlos 1101
Dunning 358
Dwight 402,890
Dyer 171,393
Eben 283
Ebenezer, 129, 146, 253, 279, 320, 604,
693,1027
Edmond 917
Edward, 1, 2, 19, 43, 50, 105, 124, 132,
219, 233, 237, 268, 288, 535,
540, 584, 586, 605, 748, 800,
927, 1031, 1051, 1156
Edwin, 191, 437, 672, 776, 824, 869,
883,1071
Elbridge 631,1123
Elias 196, 709, 986, 1082
Elijah 55, 148, 290, 329, 619, 621
Elwood 901
Elisha 324
Elnathan 699
Elkanah, 6, 21, 59, 74, 77, 143, 152,
....313,401, 680, 685, 1011
Emerson 1010
Emily 629
Emory 1143
Enoch 119, 263
Enos 130, 285, 614
Ephesus 380
Erasmus, 10, 38, 84, 98, 110, 211, 520
Eric 643
682
INDEX.
Eugene 856, 1097
Everett 1147
Ezra 203, 375
Floyd 498
Francis, 556, 610, 826, 949, 1087, 1111,
1150
Frank, 407, 644, 802, 829, 851, 1098,
1114, 1117, 1126
Franklin 846, 872, 1106
Franklin 476
Fred 924,940
Frederick 855, 874
Gaius 588
George, 21, 116, 259, 382, 445, 451,
460, 465, 477, 486, 491, 505,
512, 571, 579, 600, 634, 762,
857, 875, 898, 947, 960, 999,
1002, 1019, 1045, 1083, 1149,
1153
Gideon 46, 109, 546, 906, 943
Hadley 1110
Hathaway 825
Hampton 447
Harrison 515
Harvey 217,464
Harold 1171
Henry, 128, 277, 281, 314, 330, 337,
533, 577, 595, 784, 896, 959,
1004, 1025, 1038, 1043
Herbert 768
Hermon 1132,1138
Hiram 206, 557, 625, 842, 1121
Horace 466, 525, 977
Horatio 1003
Hugh 739,1066,1162
Ira 91,366,1068
Irving 853
Isaac, 61, 88, 127, 166, 181, 202, 228,
370, 411, 414, 416, 420, 479,
513, 689. 741, 758, 766, 835,
840,854
Jacob, 60, 147, 321, 327, 340, 696, 731,
1060
James, 139, 180, 355, 417, 419, 450,
494, 553, 576, 598, 738, 742,
764, 837, 839, 844, 922, 942,
1001, 1018, 1053, 1064, 1070,
1089, 1091, 1148, 1169
Jefferson 706
Jerome 593
Jesse 743
Job 151, 346, 740, 1067, 1079
Joel 173
John, 47,66,114,167, 169, 197, 200,201,
207, 249, 251, 255, 289, 334, 341,
364, 369, 467, 473, 483, 489, 495,
506, 526, 564, 620, 649, 664, 697,
746, 779, 818, 834, 841, 957, 964,
976, 1000, 1033, 1046, 1073, 1127
Jonathan 71, 137, 297, 737, 1069
Joseph, 27, 225, 242, 282, 444, 542,
717, 752, 843, 969, 1105
Josiah 25,68,652
Joshua 700
Joy 133,291
Kurnal 918
Laban 238
Lawrence 440
Leander 302,984
Lemuel 156,1086
Leonard 480
Leroy 1133
Levi 101, 227, 240, 446
Lewis 391, 749, 786, 1041, 1093
Louie 918
Lovell 387
Lucien 991
Lucius 406
Luther 265, 342, 424, 726
Lyman 403, 879
Lysander 534, 704
Manfred 647
Marcus 363
Maro 821
Massena 300
Marshall 951
Merrick 612
Miller 389
Milton 753,1096
Moses 711,1161
Myron 373, 782, 950
Nathan, 13, 40, 100, 226, 303, 521,
528,880
Nathaniel 20, 37, 172, 548
Nelson 805,1047
Oliver 607,1007
Orlando 787
Orrin 907
Orrington 470
Orson 616,1141
Oscar 807,871
Osmond 252
Osman 637
Otis 993,1119
Peter 120
Philo 765
Pierre 216
Pilla 1014
Pliny 516
Ralph 1107
Ray 863
Reuben 69, 778, 803, 982
Richard 667, 828, 939, 952
683
Rinaldo 636
Robert 630, 676, 1048, 1158
Rollin 597
Roselle 298
Roswell 164, 212, 270, 468, 658
Rufus 563
Samuel, 64, 157, 163, 174, 190, 209,
245, 292, 311, 344, 376, 400,
455, 617, 532, 608, 626, 663,
679,783, 796, 920
Sanford 161
Sarah 195
Scuyler 587
Scott 941
Semi 659
Seth, 12, 31, 78, 82, 93, 149, 185, 269,
352, 692, 1023
Sewall 552
Seward 499
Sherman 962
Sidney 1088
Silas, 125, 160, 272, 353, 396, 496, 578
Simeon 35, 54, 135, 294
Snell 232
Snellem 102
Solomon 770
Stanley 865
Starr 1167
Stephen, 79, 162, 304, 331, 349, 379,
623, 653, 661, 735, 751, 763,
1050,1065
Sylvester 985
Theodore 1172
Thomas, 97, 280, 312, 436, 514, 585,
606,675,1005,1042
Truman 293
Uri 89
Valorus 808
Vernon 613
Wainwright 707
Wade 862
Walter 928
Warren 182, 305, 838, 990
Watson 1116
Welcome 429
Wilbur 488
Willis 609
Willard 231
William, 29, 121, 155, 170, 220, 250,
266, 328, 335, 388, 394, 430,
431, 435, 485, 493, 500, 507,
530, 549, 555, 561, 565, 566,
568, 575, 583, 603, 624, 660,
678, 703, 723, 724, 747, 755,
777, 798, 801, 811, 860, 870,
905, 909, 936, 955, 973, 978,
1029, 1063, 1124, 1145
Winifred 1170
Winslow 452
Winthrop 223
Zephaniah 63
Zenas 372
Zerah 367
Ziba 319, 684, 1013
INDEX.
Heads of Families other than Babbitts and their number.
Abbott, Christina 732
Abbott, Mary 432
Abbott, Grace 1142
Abbott, Lucy 767
Abercrombe, Elizabeth 299
Albee, A nna 224
Albright, Katherine 899
Allen, Esther 131
Ornacinda 425
Elizabeth 1020
Amsden, Hannah 141
Arnold, Lucinda 1122
Arnold, Zeruah 809
Ashby, Grace 975
Atwood, Hannah 42
James 106
Axtell, Waitstill 15
Avres, Sally 175
Bailey, Mary 1173
Baird, Lucy 830
Baker, Nancy 688
Ella 590
Ella 972
Phoebe 267
Baldwin, Electa 459
Barber, Sarah 439
Barker, Abigail 230
Barnes, Nancy 715
Phidelia 815
Barnum, Lavinia 362
Bates, Mary 983
Battles, Mary 971
Beach, Amey 705
Bellas, Lucy 979
Bielz, Emily 640
Bishop, Margaret 651
Blaisdel, Emmaline 208
Blanchard, Sarah 34
Blackmer, Eva 931
Blake, Jane 1040
Blaunet , Caroline 812
Blodgett, Mary 793
Blood, Mary 1024
Bradley, Mary 884
Bradshaw, Ellen 938
Bogle, Electa 459
Bosworth, Sarah 695
Sarah 1015
Briggs, Abigail 30
Miriam 274
Sarah 28
Tabatha 36
Brightman, Elizabeth 1128
Brooks, Mary 701
Brown, Ann 318
Hannah 820
Mary 599
Browne, Adaline 522
Charles A 891
Isaac 892
Bucklin, Mary 1159
Bullock, Eliza 690
Burgess, Captolia 921
Burr, Mary 360
Celia 426
Burrill, Sarah 589
Burt, Abagail 14, 107
Edward 54
Hattie 1144
Ruth 86
Butler, Evaline 1080
Campbell, Katherine 794
Carpenter, Eunice 657
Marcia 1035
Caswell, Ellen 1129
Ruth 8
Gathers, Phoebe 1072
Chamberlain, Amelia 1044
Fanny 239
Chapman, Helen 1152
Chatham, Carrie 570
Chidester, Lucy 792
Claflin, Harriet 463
Clemens, Pauline 1095
Colburn, Harriet 1022
Coldren, Betsey 560
Osmond 914
Fred 915
Burt 916
Cole, Mary... 453
Coleman, Aminda 1062
Janet 471
Collins, Amelia 956
Copeland, Sophia 518
Copeman, Margaret 1084
Cooper, Nellie 932
Delia 1052
Corey, Polly 371
Coulthard, Mariam 1146
Covell, Betsey 168
Cowperthwaite, Mary 995
Cox, Eleanor 736
Craig, Martha 966
INDEX.
685
Crandall, Rebecca 813
Crannage, Adelaide 596
Cromwell, Mahala 316
Grossman, Sarah 1151
Cudworth, Kate 885
Cummjngs, Sally 594
Cushman, Mary 222
Cuthbertson, Sarah 1039
Darst 852
Davis, Emma 567
Day, Ellen 271
Dean, Lydia 264
Sally 261
Dearden, Amanda 925
Devor, Mary 740
Dodd, Lydia 721
Phoebe 710
Dreher, Susan 638
Dunham, EHzabeth 234
Harriett 823
Dunn, Sarah 965
Eaton, CaroHne 545
Eaton, Lydia 92
Elliott, Lillian 953
Ellis, Caroline 998
Emmons, Marcy 138
Molly 140
Enos, Cordelia 923
Fairbanks, Mary 427
Jennie 867
Fairfield, Maria 714
Fay, Mary 510
Harriet 878
Fifield, Susan 408
Fiske, Delia 487
Fordham, Elizabeth 790
Forrest, Sabra 845
Forshay, Rhoda 683
Forward, Emmaline 381
Francis, Elizabeth 39
Freeman, Rosamond 410
French, Marion 646
Fuller, Mary 562
Gallond, Dorcas 122
Garvey, Ella 934
Gates, Eunice 384
Gerow, Phoebe 682
Gilbert, Rachel 44
Goddard, Lucina 457
Godsoe, Mary 670
Goff, Abigail 235
Bathsheba 687
Goodell, Sarah 1034
Goodrich, Adrian 797
Graves, Keziah 581
Tryphosa 428
Greene, Emily 933
Grega;, Lillian 1108
Haley, Abagail 520
Hanaway, Annie 979
Harlow, Hopestill 62
Harlow, Mary 1028
Harrell, Harriett 969
Louisa 968
Harris, Zeriah 814
Harsh, Nora 868
Haskins, Lydia 256
Hastings, Louisa 423
Mary 550
Hathaway, Abigail 73
Abijah 67
Anna 236
Bathsheba 178
Damaris 22
Elizabeth 53, 113, 547
Mary 41
Myra 244
Louisa 418
Haynes, Phoebe 712
Heath, Emily 937
Heivly, Sarah 508
Herrendeen, Mary 582
Higgins, Grace 900
Hildreth, Francis 988
Hill, Ida 1081
Hills, Eva 442
Hoben, Frances 996
Sarah 997
Hodges, Deborah 694
Hoke, Luella 1109
Holbrook, Lucretia 96
Holcomb, Clara 882
Holt, Carrie... 913
Holloway, Deliverance 9
Elizabeth 24
Horton, Maria 519
Houck, Jessie 904
Howard, Rebecca 397
Howard, Olive 81
Hoyt, Lydia 176
Hudson, Hannah 18
Huggans, Julina 757
Humphrey, Eliza 774
Hunt, Rebecca 673
Julia 1037
Huntley, Etta 858
Hurd, Anna 287
Hurley, Mary 432
Hyde, Ida 817
Inslee, Elizabeth 719
Jenkins, Sabia 702
Lizzie 889
Jennings, Harriet 1078
686
Johnson, Anna 654
Mary 759
Sarah 760
Leutheria 810
Jones, Arlouine G 1104
Kenney, Rebecca 665
King, Emmaline 831
Livonia 832
Kinney, Hannah 628
Mary 632
Klebes, Mary 859
Kratz, Alma 864
Lane, Mary 836
Leach, Anna 94
Leonard, Mary 1016
Lewis, Elmina 761
Lincoln, Lydia 558
Lincoln, Mary 104
Sarah 635
Losey, Elizabeth 1163
Lovell, Irene 514
Lundean, Minnie 954
Lurton, Alice 877
Lyon, Martha 153
Macomber, Hannah 4
MacFarlane, Elizabeth 674
Manning, Rose 1077
Makepeace, Elizabeth 229
Marsh, Florence 1061
Marsh, Sarah 1157
Mart, Sarah 1090
Martin, Mary 708
Sarah 1032
Mason, Adela 642
Mathewson, Amanda 981
Matteson, Martha 258
May, Martha 908
McClanathan, Martha 386
McGinnis, Jessie 1168
McKenney, Ellen 992
Merrill, Almira 481
Miner, Emily 438
Mockridge, Sarah 718
Morehouse, Mary 448
Nash, Amber 1139
Nevens, Sarah 669
Newcomb, Abigail 103
Newhall, Hannah 49
Mary 260
Mary 591
Newton, Clarinda 816
Nicholson, Rebecca 665
North, Sophia 377
Ogden, Sarah 734
Overdier, Mary 897
Overton, Annie 1135
Owen, Jennie 1100
Padelford, Annie 572
Parkhurst, Polly 347
Parkinson, Elizabeth 348
Paul, Esther 7
Fannie 691
Pay, Rhoda 213
Peck, Sara 1099
Perry, Lucy 930
Mehitable 52
Phillips, Hopestill 23
Mary 58
Pierce, Bathsheba 76
Pierson, Phoebe 351
Pitts, Sarah 3
Place, Orpha 474
Pope, MeHnda 205
Porter, Caroline 434
Pottenger, Adelaide 974
Potter, Rebecca 775
Pray, Sarah 70
Price, Jane 1160
Randall, Asenath 326
Sally 325
Read, Nancy 254
Rexford, Annis 306
Reynolds, Margaret 123
Rice, Jane 136
Richardson, Hannah 296
Richmond, Lydia 108
Polly 118
Riggs, Nancy 1103
Ringland, Sarah 769
Rutherford, Grace 1166
Sager, Carrie 903
Sammis, Sabra 497
Sanford, Hopestill 184
Sawyer, Emmaline 574
Sayre, Phoebe 332
Scott, Mary 791
Roena 413
Seaver, Sarah 102
Seymour, Ruby 773^
Sharpe, Sylvia ' . . 404
Sheldon, Zeruah 395
Sherman, Emily 627
Sherman, Polly 322
Silverthorne, Elizabeth 633
Simpson, Ida 1006
Smith, Damaris 5
Hannah 309
Lucia 617
Mahala 754
Lucinda 756
Martha 822
Julia..... 911
Spaulding, Fannie 538
Spooner, Mary 57
INDEX.
687
Spruill, Mary 827
Squire, Julia 716
Steury, Anna 641
Stevens, Betsey 357
Abby 850
Storey, Julia 433
Strange, Esther 115
Lydia 559
Wealthy 1008
Surbridge, Almena 861
Sweegle, Cynthia 730
Sweet, Ardelia 1009
Taylor, Marie A 527
Tennant, Dimmis 323
Thayer, Sarah 11
Thompson, Irene 392
Clarissa 655
Thorpe, Clarissa 655
Tilley, Mary 315
Tilson, Ruth 187
Tobey, Abigail 159
Todd, Phoebe 383
Trafton, Molly 145
Tubbs, Dorcas Ill
Tucker, Rachel 126
Cerena 422
Turk, Ada 541
Underwood, Siisanna 215
linger, Mary 1164
Upton, Phoebe 276
Van Orman, Margaret 615
Vermilye, Phoebe 725
Vickers, Laura 1134
Waldron, Ruth 16
Walker, Anna Maria 501
Walker, Bathsheba 544
Wampfler, Harriet 789
Ward, Marinda 478
Warner, Francis 361
Waterman, Hannah 243
Webb, Susan 412
Weeks, Laura 441
Weller, Anna 848
Wells, Eliza 987
Wentworth, Mary 504
Wheeler, Lucretia 833
White, Deborah 301
Jessie 1168
Sarah 677
White, Mary. 963
Whitelaw, Fannie 876
Whitmarsh, Anna 945
Whitney, Althea 1112
Wilcox, Mary 1115
Wild, Sarah 99
Willard, Caroline 713
Williams, Amanda 1059
Welthea 262
Wilmarth, Elizabeth 1012
Winchell, Ruby 385
Winslow, Mehitable 52
Wisely, Dorothy 994
Witherell, Betsey 1026
Woodward, Welthea 179
Worcester, Leonora 1036
Wright, Ann 543
Roxanna 214
Jenny 1054
Zimmerman, Julia 193
Francis 194
INDEX
Index to persons whose surname is Babbitt.
PAGE
Aaron 159, 266, 272, 474, 619
AbbieE 452
Abbie L 316, 537, 666
Abel 51, 89, 179
Abiah 35
Abiathar 37, 42, 56, 57, 94, 109
Abiel 36,55,93,172
AbielA •. 93,187
Abigail, 26, 36, 42, 50, 51, 55, 56, 57,
61, 81, 82, 87, 88, 109, 110,
111, 113, 128, 164, 171, 186,
210, 212, 213, 364
Abigail H 160
Abigail M 93
Abijah, 45, 70, 71, 131, 134, 235, 240,
241
Abilena 70
Abner 44,69
Abraham L 458
AbrillaA 346
Achsah 133
Ada 507
AdaB 647
AdaC 611
Ada J 307
Ada M 218,320,393
AdaS 250
AdamB 205,346
Addie 326,499
AddieE 389,565
Addie L 325
Addison S 186
Adelaide 236,580
Adelaide G 417
Adelaide M 651
Adelaide? 315
Adelaide W 397
Adelbert 579
AdeleC 249,416
Adelia 495
Adeline 201, 211. 306, 307, 488.
Adeline E 566,569
Adeline L 361
Adell 637
AdellasD 458
Adrian A 294. 513
PAGE
Agnes 561
Agnes L 514,628
Alanson 301
Albert, 191, 238, 252, 287 ,328, 400,
423,424,507,630
Albert A 321
Albert C 222, 570, 621, 671, 672
Albert E 257,438
Albert F 667
Albert G 182
Albert K 533
Albert L 547,636, 654
Albert T 186
Albert V 667
Albert W 408
AlbertusZ 564
Albion M 641
Albion P 216,368
Alden 509
AldenA 193,336
Alden D 197,342
Aleathea 232
Alfarata 504
Alfred 128,418
Alfred B 440
Alfred D 395
Alfred L 357,550
Alfred W 529,611
Alice 362, 407, 492, 654
Alice A 303,526
Alice C 368,468
Alice D 674
Alice E 573,661
Alice H 353,546
Alice J 599
Alice L 339,370
Alice M 389, 547, 550, 621
Alices 362
Alice W 532
Allen 121, 233, 406, 575
Allen D 419
Allen F 391
Alma 326,335
AlmaS 332,542
Almena 541
Almena J 330
INDEX
689
PAGE
Imira, 166, 184, 193, 216, 218, 240,
276, 335
Almira G 406
Almond T 234
Almon, W 283, 499, 502, 640
Alonson J 417
Alonzo, 142, 188, 190, 193, 315, 327,
495
Alpheus 181,306
Alta 419
Althea M 516,644
Alton H 505
Alvah 161,281
Alvin 141,539
Alvin W 247
Alwilda 479
Alzi 338
Amanda, 294, 343, 424, 435, 473, 479,
586,622
Amanda L 390, 565
Amariah 47,82
Amasa 272
Amber M 586,657
Amelia, 218, 240. 275, 287, 402, 404,
479, 575
Amelia A 480
Amelia F 192
Amelia M 458, 565, 617 .
Amey A 264, 458
Aminda B 473,624
Amos 162, 272, 284.
AmosL 285,506
Amos M 574
Amos P 296,517
Amos W 190, 323, 505
Amy 157
Amy C 516
Amy E 539
Amv L 590
Amzi, 95, 158, 159, 267, 270, 271, 277,
466, 486, 619
Amzi M 460
Ancil C 262,452
Andiron 131, 236, 237
Andrea B 353
Andrew 394, 589
Andrew J 212, 426
Andrew S 93, 185, 186
Angelica A 651
Angeline M 284
Angell B 568
Ann 246, 254, 256, 432, 440, 629
Ann A 266
AnnC 502
AnnH 153.258
PAGE
Ann E 355
Anna, 59, 103, 108, 113, 130, 132, 134,
163, 207, 214, 233, 241, 249, 252
288, 406, 416, 424, 507, 589,
619
Anna A 518
Anna C 312, 396, 535, 538, 571
Anna D 344
Anna E 318, 400, 403, 537,
Anna M. .105, 203, 218, 346, 529, 574
Anna V 539
Anne 58, 71, 478, 631, 635
Anne E 470
Annie, 272, 401, 415, 429, 493, 579 596,
656
Annie B 437,566
Annie E 577
Annie J 231,388
Annie M .' 547
Annis 76, 146, 252
Annis A 365, 555
Anselm M 377
Archer C 516
Archelous 195
Archelous P 254, 430
Archibald 594
Ardelia 440,598
Arlouine 641
ArlouineG 503,641
Arminta 163
Arnold 99
Arnold S 431
Arnon 140
Arselia M 612
Artemas B 225
Arthur 353,399,401
Arthur B 667
Arthur C 570
Arthur D 283
Arthur E 564
Arthur H 566
Arthur J 498
Arthur L 390, 518, 540, 566, 654
Arthurs 401
Arthura M 437
Asa 59,81,97, 163
Asenath 104, 156, 263
Asher 161,279
AsherS 250,417
Ashley 135,243
Atkins 88
AtleeW 332
Augusta 191,448
Augusta L 464
Augustus 391
690
PAGE
Austin 193
Austin B 283
Avery 181,306
Avery B 222,375
Azuba 627
Azubin 477
Barbara H 379
Barton D 295
Bathsheba, 51, 85, 89, 90, 180, 259,
372, 440, 443
Bathsheba M 374
Bathsheba T 222
Beatrice 555
Belle 493,626, 637
Belle H 559
Benajah, 26, 44, 68, 117, 118, 222, 377
Benajah F 561
Benjamin, 31, 50, 51, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92,
153, 172, 176, 182, 184, 258,
287, 302,478, 588
Benjamin B .450, 611
Benjamin C 181
Benjamin D 434
Benjamin F., 99, 179, 183, 197, 311,
312, 523, 581, 640, 641,
646,656
Benjamin H 596
Benjamin M 295, 516
Benjamin S 255, 433
Benjamin T 173, 298, 523
Benton H 480
Bernice 542, 576, 631
Bernice A 672
Bertha. . .265, 305, 400, 427, 559, 643
Bertha B 365
Bertha F 372
Bertha G 459
Bertha L 353
Bertha M 526,555
Bessie 401, 433, 595, 596, 629
Bessie C 616
Bessie L 594
Bethel J 656
Bethia L 600
Bethnia 273
Betsey, 71, 73, 84, 95, 119, 141, 161,
166, 168, 184, 210, 239, 273,
280, 287, 448, 610
Betsey C 225
Betsey J 399
Betsey M 221
Betsey P 224,379
Betty 110
Betty G 166
PAGE
Beulah 55
Beulah 1 370
Bidwell 211,362
Bird E 332
Blanche 427, 438, 555, 637
Blanche E 434, 570, 573
Blanche M 636
Boyd 637
Bradford B 406, 576
Brunson 618
Burdette W 370
Burton . .518
Byron 211, 248, 362, 415
Byron C 190, 328
Byron F 506
Byron L 644
Byron N 185
Caleb 46,236
Caleb D 395,571
Caleb H 358,550
Calista 219
Callie 400
Calvin 95, 159, 272, 469, 470
Calvin W 98,194
Captolia 390, 564
CarlC 394
CarlE 326
Carlisle 179, 303, 527
Carlos 245,333
Carlos C 193
Carolina 145
Caroline, 221, 267, 295, 429, 455, 462,
477, 487, 593, 640
Caroline A 373, 486
Caroline C 241,318
Caroline E 289
Caroline F 375
Caroline H 380
Caroline J 297,519
Caroline M 186,317
Carrie, 368, 383, 419, 470, 558, 571, 599
Carrie A 251
Carrie E 265, 594
Carrie F 332,560
Carrie J 226
Carrie M 316,531
Carrie P 379
Carries 321
Catherine 135, 242, 375
Catherine A 215
Catherine F 560
Catherine M 535
Celestina 163
Celestine 167
INDEX
691
PAGE
Celia 175, 184, 223, 314
CeliaM 496,560
CereneA 183,312
C. Jeanette 428
Chandler 614
Channing E 587
Charles, 113, 197, 201, 216, 218, 232,
241, 247, 256, 259, 270, 272,
273, 289, 304, 335, 337, 400,
405, 426, 438, 441, 474, 510,
519, 572, 594, 607, 633, 638,
Charles A., 190, 209, 294, 355, 358,
375, 388, 400, 459, 468,
514, 539, 547, 550, 575, 655
Charles B 288, 409, 604
Charles C 104, 201, 400, 465
Charles D 348, 398, 544, 545
Charles E., 219, 271, 312, 333, 350,
383, 441, 471, 523, 534,
535,604,599,659
Charles P., 218, 304, 369, 370, 477, 554
Charles G 208
Charles H., 235, 300, 318, 321, 323,
333, 390, 399, 428, 455,
523, 544, 565, 566, 572,
590,604
Charles J . . . .245, 407, 453, 612, 667
Charles K 226,382
Charles L., 222, 377, 443, 469, 603, 646
Charles M., 166, 193, 212, 290, 335,
365,388,604
Charles N 491
Charles O., 202, 285, 379, 505, 529, 573
Charles P 245,346
Charles R 167,436
Charles S 258, 281, 433, 585
Charles T 365
Charles W., 106, 121, 196, 204, 205,
216, 226, 254, 315, 326,
341, 347, 368, 407, 497,
...503, 536, 577,645, 656
Charlotte 105,286
Charlotte A 231
Charlotte B 653
Charlotte M 596
Chauncy 234
Chester 424, 572, 585
Chester E 540,542
Chester H 657
Chloe 161
Christina .130, 234, 273, 472
Christopher 50
Christopher W 390
Claire A 616
Clara 548
PAGE
Clara A 640
Clara B 408,438
Clara C 231
Clara E 486,599
Clara F 349,357
Clara 1 364
Clara M 554
Clara N 630
Clarabel 618
Clarence 570
Clarence E 653
Clarence H 378
Clarence M 365, 555
Clarence R 574
Clarence S 568
Claria 409
Clarice 626
Clarinda A 297,520
Clarissa 252, 278, 378, 425
Clark M 617
Clayton 587,657
Clement B 271
Clifford 394
Clifton P 397,571
Clinton 208,351,353
Clinton H 368
Clyde S 576
Comer 60
Cora 252, 392, 627
CoraE 394,416
CoraL 332
Cora M 524, 543, 545
Cordelia 343, 390, 564
Cornelia 294, 600, 635, 668
Cornelius E 403
Cornelius L 526
Corydon 211,362
Crocker 117,221
Curtis 104, 170, 295, 544
Curtis H 250,419
Curtis M 504
Cutler A 617
Cynthia 273,471
Cyrene 82
Cyrus 95, 190, 191, 326
Cyrus B 294,512
Daisy 362,634
Dale 630
Damaris 26, 31, 45, 48
Daniel, 59, 76, 77, 95, 146, 152, 159, 160,
163, 252, 253, 258, 269, 270,
273, 276, 426, 472, 589, 653
Daniel C 271, 321, 373
Daniel P 254,432
692
PAGE
Daniel S 190, 283, 429
Darius 158, 159, 269
Darius S 192,331
Darwin 288
Darwin H 197
Darwin M 163,287
David, 46, 74, 75, 95, 133, 145, 146,
148, 159, 160, 162, 173, 190,
238, 251, 252, 253, 254, 275,
276, 277, 278, 283, 299, 325,
399, 420, 480, 481, 634
David D 600
David E 169
David H 134, 240, 428, 501
David K 219
David L 153, 254, 399, 429, 572
David M 493,637
David O 240,403
David S 498
David T 399
Dawn 434
Dean 69, 117, 121, 222, 225, 239
Dean R 648,651
Debbia P 409
Deborah. . . .47, 51, 142, 249, 260, 448
Deborah P 358
Delia 194,337,407
Delia E 465,620
Delila 476
Deliverance 26, 35
Dell 628
Delia W 437
Delos A 302
Dennis 376,560
Dennison A 201
Deodatus 82, 167
Devillo 294
DeWitt 635
Dexter 92
Diantha 287
Dimmis 156, 262
Dixie E 673
DollieE 577
Dolly 130
Don 517,644
DonC 501, 640, 641
Donald 541, 575, 596
Donald G 546
Donald O 672
Dora C 576
Dora N 467
Dora P 533
Dorcas, 26, 31, 50, 68,69,76,118,128,129
Doris 557
Dorothy 429
PAGE
Dorothy A 591
Dorothy F 674
Dorothy H 544,658
Drucilla 284
Dunning 161, 280
Dwight 175,301,427
Dwight H 301
Dwight M 671
Dwight S 360, 551
Dyer 87, 172,296
Dyer W 296
E. F 647
Earl 541
Earl F 566
Earl O 568
EarlS 559
Eben W 134,240
Ebenezer, 68, 71, 76, 95, 110, 121, 133,
153, 154, 155, 224, 238, 260,
401, 448, 464, 610
Edgar 496,497
Edgar A 390,418
Edgar M 190
Edgar P 388
Edgar W 250
Edison 428
Edith 551,627
Edith C 353
Edmond H 380, 562
Edmond P 437
Edmond S 390, 450
Edmund 69
Edna B 543
Edward, 10, 11, 26, 42, 45, 62, 67, 70,
71, 106, 110, 112, 113, 119,
129, 130, 134, 171, 202, 212,
215, 216, 233, 234, 280, 367,
373, 392, 393, 484, 580, 620
Edward A 218, 370
Edward B 514
Edward C 294, 514, 558
Edward E 363, 560, 565
Edward F 238, 368, 401, 558
Edward H 135, 242, 255
Edward 1 484
Edward J 566
Edward L 570
Edward M 612, 668
Edward N 364
Edward P 329, 448, 461, 619
Edward S 538, 566, 612
Edward T 277, 347, 485
Edwin. . . .189, 246, 272, 288, 477, 629
Edwin A 400
693
PAGE
Edwin B 93, 186, 317, 320
Edwin C 357,548
Edwin D 186, 318, 342, 543
Edwin G 604
Edwin H 432,433
Edwin L 285, 302, 503, 525
Edwin N 251
Edwin R 185
Edwin S 187
Edwin V 434
Elbridge 300
Elbridge F 510, 524, 647
Elbridge H 247, 412
Eldora 376
Eleanor 75, 274, 474, 563
Electa. . . .190, 253, 276, 278, 327, 428
Elias, 95, 189, 266, 424, 459, 460, 479,
588
Elias M... '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 588
Elias N 245,322
Elidah 50
Elijah. 46, 73, 76, 135, 142, 156, 157,
243,244,264,406,479
Elijah C 245,407
Eliphalet D 251
Elisha 76, 156, 262
Elizabeth, 31, 37, 42, 46, 49, 57, 61,
68, 72, 76, 77, 85, 87, 89,
94, 109, 110, 119, 121, 135,
152, 159, 160, 171, 173, 209,
212, 239, 246, 249, 258, 259,
272, 274, 277, 279, 289, 295,
343, 400, 438, 440, 444, 467,
472, 473, 480, 484, 491, 497,
509, 527, 559, 599, 607, 619,
635,667,671
Elizabeth A., 247, 255, 269, 399, 412,
413, 434, 438, 464, 532, 653
Elizabeths 450
Elizabeth C. . .186, 319, 399, 659, 673
Elizabeth E 628, 647, 655
Elizabeth F 616
Elizabeth J 297
Elizabeth M 373
Elizabeth O 671
Elizabeth R 467
Eliza, 113, 114, 128, 181, 182, 191, 212,
218, 260, 390, 424, 430, 448, 471,
. . . .477, 486, 491, 502, 510, 588
Eliza A 216, 233, 259, 445
Eliza E 185,486
Eliza G 336
Eliza J 588
Eliza M * 93, 284, 365, 488
Eliza V 493
PAGE
Elkanah, 26, 31, 47, 51, 54, 75, 77, 82,
88, 91, 143, 153, 154, 160, 175
255, 256, 257, 259, 300, 438,
440
Elkanah A 440, 599
Elkins 104
Ella, 249, 288, 295, 392, 400, 409, 484,
486, 527, 567, 589, 596
Ella A 322
Ella D 321
EIlaF 498
Ella J 613
Ella M 330
Ella P 235, 395, 437
EllaS 265,417, 580
Ellen 188,246,517,527
Ellen A 304
Ellen B 303
Ellen C 243, 380, 406, 464
Ellen J 326,484
Ellen L 427,590
Ellen M., 130, 234, 336, 393, 451, 532,
569,654
Ellery 327
EUie 624
Elmer 329, 631, 632
Elmer C 374
Elmina 494
Elmira 278
Elnathan G 262, 453
Elnora 294, 401
Elsia 327,337
Elsie 272
ElthaC 334
Elvira 193,654
Elvira A 393
Elwin J 326
Elwood G 367, 557
Emerson 440, 598
Emerson L 281
Emery C 517
Emily. . . .181, 248, 319, 391, 416, 567
Emily A 186, 194, 319
Emily C 246,409
Emily E 288
Emily J 247, 255, 282, 411
Emily L 234
Emily M 412
Emily W 237
Emily Z 393,568
Emma, 197, 265, 286, 327, 382, 417,
. .482, 516, 570, 609, 629, 635
Emma A 226, 382, 402, 426
Emma B 591
Emma C 427
694
PAGE
Emma F 315, 537
Emma G 498
EmmaH 541,595
Emma J 435, 517
Emma L 619
Emma V 408
Emmeline, 98, 128, 167, 196, 209, 232,
. . . .291, 306, 388, 389, 528
Emmeline B 398
Emmons W 397
Emory 630
Emory M 658, 588
Enoch 69, 117, 125, 127
Enoch B 127,230
Enos 71, 133, 134, 241
EnosL 241,404
Ephesus 166,291
Erasmus,. 11, 26, 36, 37, 58, 60, 68, 94,
95, 98, 99, 105, 106, 117, 118,
197,211,360
Erasmus D 360
Erasmus F 551
Erastus 135
ErastusF 245
Eric 249,416
Ernest 231,418,644
Ernest L 382,570
Ernestine 618
Estelle 369
Esther, 26, 34, 68, 71, 85, 120, 134, 135,
428, 538
Esther D 640
Esther J 245,438
Esthers 237
Esther V 641
Ethel 370,558,560
Ethel A 568
Ethel D 595
Ethel H 667
Ethel V 570
Etna 628
Etta 280,325
Etta A 327,540
EttaF 560
Etta M... 516
Eugene 306,325, 539
Eugene C 537
Eugene H 497,638
Eugene L 529
Eugene M 516
Eugene S 241
Eunice 167, 252, 253, 292, 426
Eunice A 487
Eunice 1 353
Eunice J 283
PAGE
Eunice P 171
Euphemia E 628
Eva 474
EvaB 188,320
EvaC 485
EvaE 391,567
EvaL 495
EvaS 419
Evaline 240, 478, 633
Evaline A 145
Evaline B 189
Evaline H 196
Evelyn 391
Everett F 599,659
Experience 92, 185
Ezra 165,288
Ezra M 98, 194
F. E 634
FairoliaC 656
Fannie, .113, 182, 216, 208, 260, 446,
493,622,629
Fannie A 242
Fannie B 480
Fannie C 610
Fannie F 420
Fannie M 353, 546
Fay 626
Felix W 544
Fitz Henry 105, 106, 205
Forest A 637
Frances 161, 281, 432, 516
Frances A 592
Frances E 300, 464, 526
Frances L 93
Frances M 517
Frances O ". 589
Francis 194, 246, 428
Francis A 107, 429
Francis B 240, 403, 545, 641
Francis C 303, 526
Francis D 401,572
Francis E 403, 486, 635
Francis F 357
Francis H 453,619
Francis L 188, 512, 643
Francis N 348
Francis O 424
Francis P 223, 377, 378
Francis R 546
Francis S 607, 664
Frank, 218, 249, 322, 325, 417, 491,
509, 517, 573, 644
Frank A 357. 517, 592, 645
Frank B 318, 537
695
PAGE
Frank C 179, 303, 304, 497, 527, 639
Frank E 290,366
Frank G 326
Frank H 375,610,664
Frank J 396
Frank L 295, 330, 515
Frank M 454,468,621
Frank O 560
Frank P 323, 516, 526, 653
Frank W 508
Franklin, 104, 193, 222, 278, 333, 344,
534,544
Franklin E 555, 646
Franklin H 427
Franklin L 428
Franklin P 357
Franklins 642
Franklin T 506,642
Fred.. 399,431,432
Fred A 329, 394, 569
FredC 544
Fred D 328
Fred E 539
Fred 1 487
Fred J 565
FredL 397
Fred P 390, 565
FredS , 613
Fred T 514
Fred W 454,517
Frederick 329,430
Frederick D 590
Frederick E 295, 321, 539, 654
Frederick G 402
Frederick H 349, 366, 545, 560
Frederick R 599
Freeman A 365
Freeman W. 145, 212
G. H. F 217
Gabriella 474
Gains 130
Gains A 235,394
Garnet 626
Garnet M 438
Geneva 328
Genevieve C 563
George, 26, 46, 68, 72, 91, 121, 127, 167,
190, 194, 222, 227, 229, 249,
273, 292, 305, 328, 330, 331,
455, 479, 480, 485, 496, 516,
594, 633, 635, 638
George A., 167,247,377,379,413,508,664
George D 190, 324, 360, 469
George E., 189, 223, 233, 321, 322, 337,
391, 418, 430, 486, 540, 577, 595
PAGE
George F., 357, 438, 565, 570, 609, 666
George G 312,599
George H., 208, 324, 328, 330, 349, 367,
369, 377, 378, 406, 443, 467,
509, 545, 556, 576, 605, 607,
661,666,668
George 1 609
George L 373,563
George M., 191, 193, 329, 334, 414, 458,
486, 617, 653
George N 140, 429, 594
George R., 173, 229, 291, 383, 540, 646,
667
Georges 238,398,409
George V 587
George W., 194, 196, 209, 234, 279,
304, 315, 337, 341, 354,
399, 400, 429, 495, 531, 572
Georgianna 266, 570
Gerald D 644
Gertrude, 368
Gertrude C 468
Gertrude D 321
Gertrude E 579
Gertrude F 564
Gertrude S 390
Gideon, 44, 68, 84, 116, 117,127,221,373
Gideon A 373, 559
Gideon H 395,570
GillisH 437
Gladys 539
Gladys R 651
Glenn 622,627
Glover 163
Godfrey 108
Grace, 305, 467, 507, 527, 533, 557, 624
Grace A 419, 539, 581, 587, 658
Grace B 438
Grace E 380,393
Grace G ...367
Grace L 374, 621, 672
Grace M 427, 622, 640, 657
Grace P 526
Grace Q 537
Graces 569,596
Grace W 540
Grant 626
Grover C 656
Guy 626
Hadley 506
HadleyS 643
Hadley W 332
Hallie J 544
Hampton M 189, 322
HanfordS 658
696
PAGE
Hannah, 26, 30, 42, 44, 45, 57, 65, 69
73, 141, 144, 152, 193, 237,
242, 248, 253, 254, 258, 266,
286,472
Hannah B 145
Hannah J 247,410
Hannah M 301,523
Hannah N 300
Hannah R 441
Harding E 550
Harlow 163
Harmenia 97
Harold 469,594
Harold A 393
Harold B 513
Harold E 668
Harold F 573, 661, 674
Harold W 558
Harriet, 105, 222. 224, 275, 287, 291,
306, 440, 478, 484, 510, 517,
527,628,632
Harriet A., 289, 330, 354, 498, 546, 590
Harriet B 321
Harriet E 222, 236, 408, 578
Harriet F 300
Harriet M 284
Harriet N 191,302,328,354,444,525,608
Harriets 310
Harriet W 454
Harrison 451, 487, 491
Harrison W 209,356
Harry 175, 418, 539, 629
Harry C 653
Harry D 427
Harry E 375
Harry L 516,525
Harry P 620
Harvey 104, 201, 269, 478
Harvey A 191,329
Hathaway B 303, 525
Hattie 428, 507, 589, 658
HattieC 599
Hattie J 381
Hattie L 406
Hattie S 380
Hattie W 270
Hazel 394
Hazel M 324
Helen, 194, 218, 341, 363, 383, 428, 669
Helen A 513, 515, 645, 673
Helen E 595
Helen G 556
Helen 1 350,609,666
Helen J 394
Helen K 563
PAGE
Helen L 537
Helen M 547,566,622
Helens 226,531
Helen T 647
Helena 192
Helena J 458
Henrietta 400
Henrietta C 526, 531
Henrietta D 621
Henry,. 60, 71, 99, 132, 133, 134, 153,
159, 163, 211, 233, 237, 239,
240, 256, 269, 270, 273, 287,
390, 392, 396,448, 507
Henry A., 308, 406, 453, 575, 614
Henry B 187, 343, 435, 531, 595
Henry C, 283, 366, 399, 419, 555
Henry E 429,541
Henry F 212, 472, 621, 594, 610
Henry H 266,609
Henry J 458,617
Henry L 236,376,396
Henry P 150
Henry S 215, 216, 366
Henry W 265
Herbert 325,572
Herbert A 571,657
Herbert D 292
Herbert J 394
Herbert L 547
Herbert M 334
Herbert S 283, 497, 656
Herman 547, 654
Herman A 586
Herman T 495
Hezekiah 234
Hildegarde M 651
Hiram, 98, 163, 175, 182, 195, 239, 301,
311,409,532
Hiram A 245, 408, 523, 646
Hiram F 223,378
Hiram L 409
Hiram M 407
Hobart 630
Hoit A 327
Hollis 394
Homer 630
Homer C 574
Homer F 480
Homer M 516
Homer S 641
Hope 181,182
Hopestill 31, 47, 49, 81, 91, 183
Horace 211, 362, 423, 581
Horace A 322
Horace B 231
697
PAGE
Horace C 620
Horace G 480
Horace W 192,330
Horatio L 145
Horatio N 431,595
Hortense 637
Howard 634
Howard C 673
Howard R 331
Howard S 556
Howard W 393
Howell 541
Hubert 626
Hugh 274, 474, 477, 627
HughM 331, 619, 671
Huldah 201,474
Hyland V 326
Ichabod M 170
Ida 347, 478, 633
IdaB 400
IdaE 368,596
Ida 1 436,596
Ida J 299,520
IdaM 433,549,564
IdelleM 401
Imogene 238
Imogene F 401
InaF 551
Ina M 571
InaT 537
InezS 617
Ira 59, 100, 101, 135, 162, 279, 283, 630
Ira A 192
Ira D 551
IraE 458
IraT 476,628
Ira W 284
Iraney 70
Irene 130, 165, 170, 295, 631
Irene A 209,355
Irving 319,538
Isaac,. 37, 45, 47, 56, 59, 71, 76, 77, 81,
82, 85, 91, 97, 109, 131, 154, 159,
161, 163, 167, 181, 193, 209, 223,
236,259, 278,280,285,307,311,
395, 441, 444, 474, 475, 492, 497,
538,594,637
Isaac F 272, 275, 479
Isaac T 527
Isaac N.','l82,' 308, 310, 491," 529," 532,
533
Isaac S 193,335
Isaac T 209,355
Isaac W 180. 304. 306
PAGE
Isabel 344, 429, 594
Isabella 201
Israel 474
Ivan L 657
Izora E.: 412
J. V 464
J. W 196,545
Jacob, 47, 76, 154, 156, 159, 260, 261,
263, 271, 273, 449, 472
Jacob R 473,624
Jacob W 450
James, 73, 76, 91, 141, 142, 160, 181,
201, 222, 224, 246, 257, 274,
279, 308, 311, 389, 430, 474,
476, 477, 484, 488, 533, 595,
625, 629, 636
James A 184, 493, 636, 660, 673
James B 308, 530, 562
James E 266, 279, 376, 469, 496
James F 190, 323, 590
James G 395,570
James H., 237, 310, 344, 398, 443, 465,
476, 488, 531, 604, 620, 635
659
James L 189, 223, 320
James M 182, 233, 275, 278, 310, 390,
469,480,564
James P 198,343
James R 201,545
James S 246,348,577
James T 674
James W 256, 306, 448
Jane. .72, 139, 140, 161, 222, 245, 267,
274, 478, 619, 631
Jane A 431
JaneE 484, 619, 670
Jane F 330
Jane J 453,615
Jane M 237, 277,375
Janet 192,332
Janet L 537
Janette 306
Jaspar 344
Jean 644
Jeanette 161
JeanetteS 284
Jefferson T 264, 458
Jemina 266,272
Jennie 245, 499, 596, 625, 639
Jennie E 465,620
Jennie J 407
Jennie M 335, 380, 543
Jennie G 526
Jeptha 474
698
INDEX
PAGE
Jeremiah G 165
Jerome 145, 188, 236, 396
Jerusha 60
Jesse 276, 480, 482, 630, 634
Jesse C 460
Jessie, 233, 351, 404, 513, 558, 634, 644,
645,672
Jessie A 487
Jessie B 368
Jessie E 417
Jessie F 367
Joanna 266
Job, 77, 159, 160, 273, 274, 476, 478,
627,632
Jocelyn 557
Joel 88,173
JoelC 415
Johannah 37
John, 11, 12, 44, 47, 58, 60, 68, 83, 95,
97, 105, 117, 119, 159, 161, 165,
169, 170, 172, 192, 223, 225, 232,
272, 279, 282, 285, 375, 404, 429
430, 455, 472, 473, 478, 484, 486,
507, 517, 532, 575, 594, 595, 629,
630
John A 157
JohnB 84,168
John C, 135, 162, 242, 254, 284, 334,
341, 343, 458, 480, 618
John D., 121, 193, 225, 251, 284, 285,
336,383,419,505
John E., 192, 193, 208, 243, 330, 332,
349,406
JohnF 295,653
JohnG 491
John H..169, 190, 262, 324, 409, 438,
451,616,636
John J 420, 451, 581, 613
JohnL 300,508,521
John M., 97, 100, 104, 159, 191, 267,
331,344
JohnN 205
JohnO 308,529
JohnQ 211,363
John R. ... 95, 189, 198, 323, 343, 409
Johns 429,576
JohnT 506
John W., 98, 196, 208, 224, 225, 277,
311, 348, 350, 380, 407, 408,
482, 529, 532, 577, 653
Jona V 594
Jonathan, 46, 50, 73, 86, 140, 141, 248,
274, 475, 476, 628
Jonathan M 488
Jonathan O 628
PAGE
Jonathan P 476
Joseph, 12, 31, 36, 46, 54, 179, 189,277,
476,527
Joseph A 600
Joseph E 574
Joseph F 113,219,377
Joseph H 108, 207, 278, 370, 487
Joseph L., 134, 239, 402, 487, 503, 642
Joseph M 311,533
Joseph R 226
Joseph S 269, 321, 408, 464, 519
Joseph VV., 219, 321, 338, 375, 533, 539
Josephine 367, 527
Josephine E 628
Joshua C 263,454
Josiah. . . .31, 50, 54, 85, 167, 251, 424
Joy 72, 135, 136, 137, 245
Juanita 597
Judah 165
Judith 73, 108, 141
Julia 267,268,585
Julia A., 93, 186, 188, 222, 317, 377,
390, 409, 463, 482, 502, 560
Julia E. . . .162, 450, 453, 523, 614, 640
Julia H 237
Julia M 167,415
Julian 527
Julianna 278
JuHna 492
Julius G 564
JuHus M 640
June 633
Jynne 404
Kate M 357,549
Katherine, 195, 257, 294, 318, 319, 342,
512
Katherine H 671, 672
Katherine N 672
Katherine S 367, 556
Katherine W 647
Kathryn E 537
Kenneth 346, 634
Kenneth C 656
Kenneth E 566
Kenneth G 544
Keziah 222,233,391
Kitty L 464
KurnalH 563
Kurnal R 380
Laban 216
LabanS 113,216
Lamotte 516
LansfordO 241
PAGE
Lansy H 636
Larry H 636
Laura, .306, 391, 561, 629, 655
Laura A 428
Laura E 226
Laura L 403
Laura M 283,285
Laura W 187,320
Lauriston 256
Lavinia 161, 243, 282, 630
Lavinia P 307
Lawrence 571, 629
Lawrence S 187, 322
Lawrence W 331
Lawson 633
Lazelle 622
Leander. . .142, 250, 418, 424, 544, 587
Lee 542
Leila H 464
Lelia A 543
Lelia P 616
Lemuel 81,162
Lemuel G 484, 634
Lemyra 423
Lena 595,627,634
Lena M 555,636
Lena V 322
Lenora W 453,613
Leona 488
Leona V 245
Leon E 541
Leonard H 193,335
Leroy 554
Leroy N 394,655
Leslie V 566
Leutheria 518
Levi, 57, 61, 109, 113, 208, 218, 219, 322
Levi D 189,321
Levi R 331
Lewis, 277, 288, 295, 315, 453, 486, 508,
616
Lewis A 493, 637
Lewis B 516
Lewis E 547
Lewis W 237
Lloyd B 370
Lloyd C 42,622
Lloyd H 622
Loera 516
Lois 76
LoisE 523
Lola 626
Lora A 436
Lora F 495
Lorena 568, 590
PAGE
Lothi 572
Louella 618
Louie A 562
Louis A 380, 568
Louis S 351
Louis W 570
Louisa, 180, 183, 218, 288, 310, 313,
342, 527
Louisa A 327
Louisa C 408, 578
Louisa E 414,508
Louisa M 135, 560
Louise 170, 181, 539, 545
Louise E 322
Louise S 189
Louise V 468
Lovell W 169, 170, 293
Lovina J 582
Lucetta 295,308
Lucia A 241,405,455
Lucia S 588
Lucien E 427, 488, 491, 589
Lucille 637
Lucina 190,327
Lucinda 190, 278, 478, 631
LucindaE 524,646
Lucinda W 301
Lucius 319,394
Lucius B 179,303
Lucretia 60, 97, 104, 105, 464
Lucretia 464
Lucretia A 529
Lucy, .92, 162, 218, 286, 287, 390, 404
Lucy A. . . .304, 423, 527, 564, 574, 585
Lucy C 283,570
Lucy L 281,497,655
Lucy M 231, 290, 511
Luella 327, 506, 627, 629, 643
Luella M 523
Lula 404,567
Lulu 419,499,527,573
Lulu M 334
Lunette 506
Lura 376
Lurana 222
Luther, 128, 158, 159, 183, 232, 272,
313,469,477
Luther R 440
LutheriaM 296,297
Lydia, 37, 44, 59, 68, 69, 88, 102, 115,
117, 121, 127, 179, 223, 224,
225, 270, 378, 431, 588
Lydia A 431
Lydia C 127.231
Lydia H 465
700
INDEX
PAGE
Lydia J 540
LydiaP 515
Lydia M 412,488
Lyman 175
Lyman H 301,407
Lyman J 296
Lysander C 215, 367
Lysander D 354, 547, 654
Lysander W 264, 326, 455
Mabel 484, 543, 572
Mabel E 368
Mabel G 618
Mabel L 358,550
Mabel M 587
Mabel N 374
Mabels 417
Mabel W 359
Madeline B 545
Madge 622
Madison 479
Maggie 625
Mahala 153, 162, 258, 278, 488
Malora A 393
Manfred P 250, 418
Marcia 624
MarciaE 451,613
Marcus 161,282
Marcy 45,47,73,141
Margaret, 50, 70, 129, 251, 276, 423,
480, 488, 580, 594, 634, 638
Margaret C 672
Margaret K 279
Margaret L 241, 405, 619
Margaretta 246, 646, 647
Margera 618
Maria, 97, 128, 181, 195, 284, 306, 376,
429 544
Maria A.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. !21l| 367
Maria B 268,462
Maria C 210,359
Marian A 595, 659
Marian E 590
Marianna 399
Marica 344
Marinda 192, 193, 253, 334
Marion 388, 418, 473, 626
Marion L 250
Marion O 671
Marion S 250, 417, 617, 642
Marola 409
MaroF 301,524,647
Mariory 626, 657
PAGE
Marshall 0 402, 573
Martha, 77, 95, 128, 130, 151, 160, 161,
193
Martha A. . . . . ...... ........... .190
Martha D 559
Martha E 334, 564, 574
Martha F 419
Martha H 565,577
Martha I 374, 559, 581
Martha J., 168, 293, 301, 398, 408, 578
Martha L 328, 563
Martha M 269, 277, 344, 408
Martha? 269
Martin 272
Mary, 12, 42, 46, 47, 49, 50, 54, 58, 60,
62, 65, 66, 72, 74, 75, 77, 82, 85,
88, 106, 112, 113, 132, 133, 135,
139, 153, 160, 163, 168, 173,
175, 177, 218, 222, 224, 229,
236, 238, 251, 255, 256, 257,
275, 276, 278, 287, 294, 295,
304, 325, 329, 352, 375, 378,
380, 424, 443, 459, 480, 485,
487, 493, 498, 507, 523, 526,
527, 540, 585, 587, 592, 624,
630,669,635,668,674
Mary A, 161, 167, 183, 184, 190, 193.
198, 215, 237, 239, 281, 288,
301, 308, 314, 325, 344, 357,
367, 398, 400, 402, 450, 459,
460, 468, 477, 488, 495, 511,
517, 530, 549, 619, 645, 669,
673
Marv B, 205,375
Mar^ C, 127, 185, 201, 263, 316, 448,
454, 611
Mary F., 107, 190, 205, 206, 207, 226,
254, 271, 300, 315, 321, 322,
381, 408, 429, 576, 471, 476,
486, 570, 576, 577, 620, 628,
661,671,673
Mary F 301, 480, 535, 621
MaryG.... 401,513,555
Mary J., 192, 233, 296, 302, 392, 448,
524,609,464
Mary L., 208, 247, 290, 354, 413, 419,
511,602
Mary M 416, 574, 579
Mary N 621
Mary P 346
Mary Q 534
Mary R 281, 515, 532
Mary S 255, 343,432
701
PAGE
Mary T 205, 256, 377, 395
Mary W 265
Massena 141, 249
Mattie E 545
Matilda 496
Maude, . . .251, 433, 434, 507, 527, 634
Maude L 242
Maude 419,486
May 404,633
Mehitable 45, 47, 70, 71, 82, 172
Melancey F 229
Melia A 287
Melinda 474
MelindaC 98,195
Melissa 193
Melissa A 610
Melva 517
Melvin 448,637
Melvin W 403
Mendena B 288
Mercy 31
Merrick P 241 404
Metta M 419
Mettie P 408
Milan 249
Mildred 315, 401, 477
Mildred A 622
Mildred E 658
Mildred F 334
Mildred M 514
Miles 286
Miles E 523
Miles T 163
Millard F 408
Miller 294
Millicent 158
Milo 239,423
Milton 278, 488, 493, 638
Milton H 482
Milton P 357
Minerva 192, 287
Minetta 531
Minette 306
Minnie, 318, 381, 392, 405, 433, 504,
574,627,628
Minnie B 503
Minnie E 404
Minnie V 403
Miriam 131, 236
Miriam F 398
Molly 73,76, 144, 153
Morgan L 170
Morton 626
PAGE
Morton L 590
Mortimer C 428
Moses 60, 266, 460
Moses F 619,670
Musa A 555
Myra 1 397
Myron 163, 287, 506, 618, 643
Myron E 402, 533, 573
Myrtle 418, 574, 628, 635
Myrtle 1 618
Nabby 183
Nahum 517
Nancy, 95, 121, 170, 225, 259, 432, 443,
474,476,478,544
Nancy C 221
Nancy D 268, 463, 641
Nancy F 344
Nancy M 252, 520, 641
Nancy P 339,334
Nannie 626
Nathan, .26, 41, 42, 61, 107, 108, 111,
211
Nathan B 145,251
Nathan C 655
Nathan E 212,363
Nathan G 108, 208, 353
Nathan L 208
Nathan M 360
Nathan S 167,360
Nathan W 355, 547
Nathaniel, 26, 37, 45, 58, 59, 72, 87,
100,138,173
Nathaniel M 222, 374
Nathaniel W 374
Nellie. . . .303, 359, 391, 493, 567, 622
Nellie A 366,570
Nellie E 334
Nellie P 610
Nelson 507, 516, 644
Nelson C 458,618
Nelson M 296
Neva 626
Newton 635
Niles 437
Nina 588
Nine 477
Noah M 60,271
Nonas 643
NoraC 339,543
Norton A 244
NoyesR 586,587
702
INDEX
PAGE
Obedience 153
Obidiah • 157
Olive, ... .56, 93, 97, 141, 240, 318, 448
Olive T 316
Oliver 239,402
Oliver M 438,597
Ollie 407
Opal 542,631
Orange 135
OrlandW 576
Orlando 216, 249, 289, 508
Orlena W 628
OrlinH 657
Orloff 474
Orpha 171, 193,333
Ornacinda 184, 313
Orrin 252
OrrinL 374,559
Orrin R 524
Orrington 192, 331
Orson 240,573
Orson C 587,657
Orson L 241,405
Oscar 343,344,544
Oscar H 467,621
Oscar L 296,517
Osman 248,414
Osman A 555
Osmond 121,224
OswellB 533
OtisE 590
OtisH 427,590
OtisL 523,646
Pamelia 291,507
Paris 618
Parkhurst M 275
Parmelia A 476
Pascall 184
Patience 133
Pattie 388
PaulE 667
Paul M 414
Paul Y 322
Pauline 163,493
Payson M 246
Peace 87
Pearl 256, 627, 632, 659
Pearl T 566
Percy 635
Percys 321
Percy W 539
Perry W 331
Persena L 264
Peter 44, 68, 69, 128
Peter T 647
PAGE
Phidelia A 297,520
Philena 330
Philo 280,496
Phoebe, 47, 128, 133, 153, 158, 160,
167, 232, 237, 254, 257, 266,
267, 275, 276, 292, 429, 439,
460, 467, 477, 480, 486, 630,
637
Phoebe A 279
Phoebe C 267, 461
Phoebe E 255,431
Phoebe L 271,468
Phoebe M 609
Pierre T 103, 200, 201
Pilla 440,601
Piatt D 428
Plina 109
Pliny 56,117
Pliny H 209,357
Polly, 60, 69, 110, 116, 121, 130, 141,
154, 160, 163, 170, 171, 261, 274,
286
Pollv A 284
Polly E 448
Prudence 130
Prudence L 594
Putnam P 195
Rachael, 42, 50, 67, 70, 130, 131, 156,
478,487
Rachel A 254
Rachel C 555
Rachel E 570
Ralph 353,493
Ralph E 622
Ralph H 516
Ralph L 642,506
Ralph O 342
Ralphs 596
Ralph V 555
Ray 478,626
Ray H 544
Ray M 617
RayT 332,542
Raymond 401, 495, 659
Raymond C 658
Reason W 488
Rebecca, 92, 152, 156, 173, 183, 221,
254, 255, 297, 503
Rebecca D 297,519
Rebecca J 255,399,434
Rebecca M 284, 502
Rebecca Y 430
Reginald M 651
Reta 643
703
PAGE
Reuben, 50, 85, 86, 169, 251, 424, 504,
586
Reuben B 419
Reuben E 657
Reuben H 285,504
Reubens 295,515,516
Rhoda 101, 145, 171, 175, 257, 439
RhodaA 153
Richard 304, 473, 527
Richard A , 506
Richard C A, 431
Richard E 484
Richard R 516
Richard W 393, 403, 569, 573
Richard Y 254, 431
Rinaldo 248,414
Robert. . .257, 285, 418, 431, 485, 587
Robert A 247,412
Robert B 403
Robert D 644
Robert E 537
Robert G 427
Robert M 459, 461, 618, 669
Robert O 618, 658, 669
Robert T 256,436
Robert W 348
Rodman M 468
Rollin H 237, 397, 398
Rolussa 306
Romanzo 326
Rosamund 179, 304
Rose 478,632
RoseE 486
Rose M 640
Rosella A 315
Ross 637
Rosselle 141
Rosselle B 415
Rosselle M 198, 248
Roswell, 82, 101, 130, 166, 167, 198,
234, 252, 343, 427
Roswell C 234
Roswell J 290
Roswell L 192,331
Rowena... 181,305
RowenaC 238
Rowena M 399
Roxana 101,198
Roy S 414
RoyT 420,581
RoyW 656
Rovden P 669
Ruby 162, 168, 287, 292
Rudolph 527
Rufus 224,380
PAGE
Rufus E 389
Rufus W 285
Russell 474,542
Ruth, 26, 35, 43, 46, 59, 92, 95, 96, 184,
541,580,624,643
Ruth A 219, 241, 640, 643
Ruth B 659
Ruth E 192, 415
Ruth J 350,644
Rutledge 201
Sabra 311,455
Sabra A 264, 454, 533
Sabrina 327
Sadie 288
Sally, 59, 88, 121, 156, 178, 236, 239,
263, 396, 423
Sally A 283
Sally C 127, 131, 162, 229
Sally L 224
Samantha 181, 479, 633
Sampson - 344
Samuel, 46, 47, 81, 82, 88, 139, 159,
163, 165, 174, 175, 190, 245,
246, 254, 256, 257, 273, 278,
287, 300, 325, 429, 438, 459,
487, 507, 594
Samuel A 99,197
Samuel B 166, 294, 512
Samuel E 239, 402
Samuel F, 215, 255, 387, 300, 366, 563
Samuel J 166, 171, 288
Samuel H 464,596
Samuel L 246,409
Samuel M 210,359
Samuel P 153, 255
Samuel T . 93, 117, 119, 186, 221, 224
Samuel W 258,532
Sanford .82, 165, 383, 474
Sara A 498
SaraB 427
Sarah, 26, 30, 31, 36, 37, 42, 50, 54, 56,
57, 58, 61, 77, 86, 87, 94, 95,
107, 108, 132, 133, 181, 189,
208, 212, 241, 260, 269, 274,
278, 285, 291, 359, 443, 449,
464, 473, 476, 477, 486, 487,
491,493,601,668
Sarah A., 185, 208, 219, 235, 275, 351,
355, 394, 453, 612, 615, 620,
630
Sarah B 93
Sarah C 290, 419, 424
Sarah E., 248, 256, 310, 399, 414, 437,
461, 493, 636, 658, 667
704
PAGE
Sarah F., 187, 247, 319, 408, 484, 577,
594,639
Sarah H 343, 451, 613
Sarah J 429, 593, 609
Sarah L 444,608
Sarah M 431, 618, 668
Sarah P 210, 279, 344
Sarah R 254, 432, 454
Sarah S 450, 460, 607, 612, 666
Sarah T 224
Schuyler 393
Schuyler D 234
Scott 394,455, 570
Sealie 54
Searles 437
Selinda 362
Semi 253,427
Seraphine 666
Serin S 433
Seth, 26, 36, 37, 45, 54, 55, 57, 59, 70,
77, 92, 94, 103, 110, 130, 158,
....160,183,233,234,277,393
Seth C 260, 447, 448, 608, 609
SethW 201,609
Sewall 222,376
Seward 202,345
Sherman 409, 626, 637
Sherman S 576
Shirley D 656
Sibbell 55
Sidney 487,635
Silas, 46, 70, 82, 130, 131, 160, 165,
172, 235, 273, 277, 286, 297, 472
Silas L 233,391
Silas M 198,344
Silas N 391
Silva 474,633
Simeon 37, 46, 57, 58, 72, 139
Simeon A 140, 247
Simeon N 247
Snell 110,211
Snellem 61, 110, 111
Solomon M 283, 498
Sophia 98, 166, 210, 222, 289, 359
Sophia A 255
Sophia F 301
Stacey 626
Stanley 332,542
Starr C 642,672
Stella 402
Stella M 544
Stephen, 47, 55, 82, 92, 93, 146, 158,
160, 165, 166, 167, 179, 251,
253, 266, 274, 275, 278, 290,
291. 424, 428, 431, 473, 474,
495, 577, 619, 625, 626, 627
PAGE
Stephen B 245, 407
Stephen C 461
Stephen D 194, 277, 487
Stephen E 619
Stephen F 409
Stephen 1 279
Susan, 181, 216, 223, 240, 248, 257,
. . .295, 305, 311, 378, 415, 426
Susan C 222, 231
Susan E 179, 303
Susan L 389
Susan M 245, 375
Susanna 101, 153, 154, 199, 256
Susanna E 141, 198
Sylvester 424,588
Sylvester C 245
Sylvesters 408
Sylvia 169
Sylvia D 179, 182, 302
Syria 131
Tabatha 37,58
Tanny 347
Theodore 239, 478, 563, 596
Theodore P 661, 674
Theodosia 170
Theresa 467
Therese 621
Thomas, 36, 37, 60, 105, 106, 121, 133,
153, 185, 209, 233, 239, 255,
287, 354, 430, 448, 478
Thomas B 362
Thomas D 319, 402, 435, 596
Thomas E 255, 435, 596
Thomas G 359
Thomas H 234, 392, 480
Thomas J 476
Thomas M 267
Thomas S 186, 318, 454, 616
Thomas W 254
Timothy 170
Timothy H 245
Truman 139, 246, 251
Tryphena 158, 266, 275
Tryphosa 184,315
UnaG 414
Uri 59, 98, 99, 100
UriUaM 330
Valona 289
Valorus M 296, 218
Velma 249
VeraE 555
Vera M 564
VernardH 645
INDEX
705
PAGE
Vernon 404,622
Vernon M 241
Vilata 131
Viola 418,477
Virginia 546
Virginia L 304
Virney 579
WadeE 330,541
Wainwright 264, 459
Waitstill 26,43
Walcott 313
Walker E 667
Wallace F 250
Walter 351, 431, 485, 634
Walter A 390 566
Walter H 516,568
Walter J 564
Walter L 486,498
Walter W 545
Warner 404
Warren, 76, 91, 135, 142, 146, 182, 243,
249, 252, 375, 426, 589
Warren M 308,531
Washington 182
Watson V 517,645
Wealthy A 194
Wealthy E 440, 597
Webster L 33
Welcome 184,315
Welcome H 564
Wellington 437
Wellman 527
Welthia 91,180
WelthiaG 127,230
Wilbur 634
Wilbur F 195,338
Wilford 477
Wilfred M 568
Wilhelmia 488
Willard 92, 109, 210, 211, 359
William, 36, 46, 55, 69, 81, 87, 93, 117,
128, 142, 152, 153, 159, 162,
170, 171, 224, 232, 233, 240,
243, 246, 251, 253, 256, 257,
265, 268, 269, 273, 281, 284,
294, 295, 316, 322, 381, 392,
404, 423, 428, 432, 437, 448,
473, 474, 488, 495, 504, 516,
544, 555, 574, 580, 584, 589,
625,633,641,659
PAGE
William A., 234, 245, 285, 343, 408,
417, 468, 504, 541, 543,
570,580
William B 245,599
William C, 222, 238, 245, 318, 374,
375, 400, 433, 477, 559, 560
William D., 106, 128, 193, 202, 203,
224, 226, 296, 322, 337,
. . .379, 382, 389, 562, 619
William E 203, 239, 346, 381, 564
William F 382, 389, 485, 572
William G 400, 497
William H., 208, 269, 278, 281, 329,
351, 377, 378, 379, 409,
428, 469, 476, 486, 490,
541,636,646,647
William J 157, 184, 264, 316, 459
William L., 172, 250, 294, 297, 448,
. . . .464, 513, 519, 596, 611
William M., 225, 271, 344, 393, 468,
514,568
William N 373,558
William P 470,471
Williams., 186, 212, 270, 277, 318,
364, 396, 455, 467, 485, 568
William T 377, 402, 523
William W., 185, 198, 223, 316, 342,
377, 532
Willis 478
Willis C 240,402
Winifred 467
Winifred H 660, 673
Winnie 507
Winslow W 190, 324
Winthrop G 107, 206
Winthrop S 206, 212, 264
ZebinaT 140
Zebular V 388
Zehna R 641
Zenas 163,286,287
Zeno B 327
Zephaniah 47,81
Zerah 47, 162, 284
Zeruah 172,297
Zeruah A 297, 520
Zeruah J 296, 518
Ziba, 154, 180, 258, 259, 439, 440, 600
Zina L 326
ZinaT 641
Zulette A 458
INDEX
Index to persons having surnames other than Babbitt.
PAGE
Abbott, ( ) 60
Alice R 317
Arietta M 497
Benjamin 667
Christina L 667
Cornelia E 497
Daniel 472
Edwin A 316
Ella 472
George A 658
Irene 658
Jacob 472
Jeremiah 472
John 472
JohnC 316
Larmon W 497
Lydia 667
Margaret E 658
Nellie F 316
Wesley 472
Abel, Elizabeth 630
Abercrombie, Hiram 141, 249
James 249
Margery 249
Adams, Aaron 461
Annie 568
Belinda 284
E. P 673
Georgianna 554
Herbert 669
Ida 568
JohnQ 568
Johns 619
Lydia 619
Mary 619
Mary A 673
Warren 284
William H 284
ZebediahT 284
Aiken, Gladys S 630
Glenn 630
Ainsworth, Francis 319
J .C 319
Albee, Allen G 207
E. W 613
Eunice B 207
PAGE
Godfrey 207
Henry N 207
Humphrey 207
Joseph A 207
Joseph J 207
Judith D 207
Lucretia 207
Mariah 207
Nancy 207
Peter 207
Prescott B 207
Rhoda 207
Sarah 207
Senira 207
Ziba 207
Albright, Alan R 557
Charles E 557
Harriet 557
Henry B 557
Lois 557
Albro, Alexander W 627
Emily 627
Esther A 627
Alcorn, Lucy 507
Alderman, Harvey 423
Alger, Charles 448
Allen, Andrew 607
Ann 134
Betsey A 134
Caroline 134
Charles 400
Chester 314
Davis 134
Elijah 314
Elizabeth 408, 508, 607
Enos 134
Esther 134
Eunice H 358
Frederick 134
George 633
James 134
Jane 134
JohnH 449
Joseph 134
Kate 257
Lorinda 400
707
PAGE
Martha 134
Mary 134
Mehitable 508
Moses 508
Octavia 400
Pierson 669
Robert 400
Rhoda 67
Samuel 134
Walter 105
W. G 134
W. H 134
William A 607
William C 400
Allender, Jennie 476
Amsden, Anna 144
Bezalel 144
Harriet 144
Philina 144
Warren 144
Anderson, Albertine 410
John 628
Wallace 628
Andress, Anne 470
Samuel 470
Andros, Abigail 128
Mary 128
Thomas 128
Andrus, Clarissa 197
Elton 197
Nancy 197
Andrews, Clyde 632
Angleman, ( ) 495
Harry 594
Isabel 495
Anthony, James 401
Nora 630
Russell A 401
Arbuckle, Nettie 656
Armitage, Betsey 245
Armstrong, Margaret J 646
Mary 412
Arnold, Alson B 518
Blanche M 518
Clara E 518
Clifton M 647
Edward B 549
Ford W 518
Foster C 549
Foster E 647
Frederick 647
Henry 276
Irene M 647
Samuel 646
Stella 647
Ashby,
Ashley,
Asquith,
Atwater,
Atwood,
Austin,
Avery,
Axtell,
Ayres,
Babcock,
Babson,
Badger,
Bagnall,
PAGE
S. P 549
Susan 646
Theodore W 646
Weston B 518
Adelph M 581
Chester E 581
Fannie F 581
H. K 581
Ruth G 581
Stanley E 581
William 581
W. K 581
Edward G 540
Mary 72
Peter 629
Corinne 629
Richard 145
Abiel 65,115
Abigail 65
Almon 530
Caroline 530
Charles H 346
Elsie G 516
George 530
Hannah B 219
James 66,115
John 65,115
Joseph 66,115
Hannah 66,115
Lucy 304
Mary 65,115
Nathan 66
Samuel 66
Ruth 637
Allen 284
Daniel 43
Elizabeth 43
Thankful.. 43
Asenath 377
Baxter 305
Celia 178
Elias 377
Jude 178,184
Lucinda 178
Mary J 510
Nancy C 377
Persis 178,184
Sally 184
Barbary 222
Enoch 222
Lurana 222
Mary 11,376
James 105
( ) 90
Amelia 506
708
PAGE
Nellie 506
Thomas 506
Bailey, Alfreds 526
Alice M 526
Amanda 473
Annie 289
C. H 289
Charles F 398
Charles L 674
Dean R 526
Elizabeth 95
Emma 289
Emma W 461
Erasmus 95
Eva J 657
Fannie 286
Floretta 398
Frank. 289
Gamaliel 526
Gertrude E 293
Harry 289
JohnE 459
Louis S 674
Margaretta 526
Mary 356
Samuel 526
Sarah 398
William 171,296
William H 526
William W 580
Bair, Jonah 322
Baird, Carlisle 528
Edmund 528
Frank 528
Helen 528
Mary 528
Minnie 594
Newell 528
Sabines 528
Baker, Abiathar 443
Abigail 444
AdaE 395
Andrew 571
Andrew J 232
Archelous 232
Arfa 207
Betsey 444
Charles W 395
Clarissa 444
Dorothy 580
Eliza A 310
Elizabeth 580
Eunice 444
Frederick H 580
Hiram 134
Leonard 443
PAGE
Marshall 443
Melinda 424
Moses M 580
Patience 598
Phoebe 233,571
Phoebe A 406
Rhoda 232
Ruth.... 580
Sophronia 164
Sylvanus 443
Walker 443
William 571
William A 232
Zadock 443
Balch, Lucinda 498
Matilda 499
Polly 498,499
Stephen 498,499
Baldwin, Cyrus 482
Emma 327
Mary 482
Bale, EttaE 562
Balkan, Sarah 58
Balksome, Helen 566
Ball, Abner 460
Fred 555
Bangs, Cecil W 622
IrmaG 622
Banks, Annie 489
Charlotte 435
Charles 255
David 489
Electa 489
Harvey 489
Henry 489
John W 489
Mabel 598
Myra 489
Ralph 489
Willis 489
Barber, Chester 164
George C 319
Barbour, F. W 435
Noel 435
Roydon 435
Shirley 435
Barker, Benjamin 310
Francis M 377
George F 377
James H 210
Mary A 377
Prescott 210
TilestonA 207
Barnes, A J 520
AnnaM 463
Bert 630
INDEX
709
PAGE
Charles 520
Cora 637
Ella 353
George A 463
Guiseppe 520
Hurl 630
Jessie P 520
Barker, Joseph A 353
Julia F ....463
Louise C 328
Lura 353
Mabel 1 520
Silas G 520
Susan F 463
Susan H 463
Barney, Caroline 599
( ) 36
Eliza 444
Helen 440
Isaac 444
Kate 440
Oliver 440
Rossell 251
Sally 444
Barnum, Arabella 282
Elizabeth 282
Franklin 282
Isaac 282
Llewellyn 282
Barrow, Edwin 342
Lelia 342
Mary 342
Barrows, Sally 43
Barr, Jane 589
Barstow, Rebecca 116
Bartlett, Christopher 471
Sylvia 215
Barton, Edward 602
Sadie 602
Bartz Edward 415
Bascom, Elisha H 294
Bascomb, ( ) 454
Basham, Goldie 409
011a 409
Ollie 409
VizellaE 409
Bassett, Adella 337
Betsey 134
Horace 310
Ichabod 134
Joshua 48
Roxana 310
Sarah 310
Bates, Abbie 214
Charles 287
Fannie 587
PAGE
Fred 587
Harriet 394
Mary 214
Shubael 214
Willard 214
Battles, Emma 215
Gladys 579
L. G 579
Lillian J 579
Marjorie 579
Bauer, Clara 469
Baughman, Sarah 561
Baxter, Robert 609
Bayer, ( ) 585
Beach, Allen E 513
Elisha 159,459
Harlon 458
Martha 458
Mary 266
Mary J 458
OrrinD 458
Persena 458
Sarah 159
Theron 458
Beals, ( ) 162
Beard, Sylvia 169
Beatty Cora 622
Johnson 370
Mary 370
Sarah A 370
Bebout, Emma 493
Beckwith, Sylvester 162
Bedore, Fred 393
Beeman, ( ) • 405
Belcher, Elizabeth 486
Bell, Bessie A 535
Bessie B 535
Bellard, Prudence. . : 131
Belles, Gertrude 585
Ida 585
Samuel 585
Bemis, Theodore 358
Benedict, ( ) 93
David J 532
David M 532
Julia 532
Benham, ( ) 77
Bennet, Eugene 339
Willis 291
Winifred 291
Rebecca 273
Benoit, Harvey 406
Benton, Charles 246
Walton 246
Beresford, Abigail 11
Berry, Edward 255
710
INDEX
PAGE
FifieldH 561
Mary C 496
Bickersdale, Harry 503
Bidwell, Eliza 134
Bielz, Adolph 416
Albert 416
Nettie V 415
Biemer, Avery 474
Estel 474
James 474
Malinda 474
Opal 474
Pearl 474
Bigelow, Asa E 362
Eliza 362
Gertrude 418
Maria 362
Billings, Lena 618
Bills, Clarence 620
George 245
Bird, William H 609
Bishop, Amasa 424
Dorcas 423
Ira D 423
John 424
Lydia 162
Margaret 423
Myanda 429
Palmyra 423
Reuben 423
Romelia 424
Sarah 424
Black, Lucy 351
Blackie, William R 467
Oscar M 467
Blackman, Eunice 280
Blackmar, Frank 567
Blackmer, Ellen 197
Frank 392
Blackmore, Eliza 345
Matilda 345
Samuel 345
Blaisdell, Frank 197
Helen 196
Jov 197
S. G 196
Soloman 196
Blake, Charles R 659
Edna A 616
George W 615
Henry 615
Joyce 615
Blake, Levi 1 616
Piny W 616
Rube 616
Samuel 30
PAGE
Willis A 616
Blakesly, Hattie 291
Blanchard, Abigail 55, 57, 110
Adeline 129
Angennette M 388
Betty 94
Elizabeth 57,110
Hannah 57
Isaac 57
Jemina 57
Joseph 57, 94
Josiah 110
Olive 57
Sarah 55, 57, 94
Seth 57
Stephen 57
Steven 55
Blanding, Emma 417
Blauvelt, George 519
IdaG 519
Blenis, R. A 219
Bliss, Carrie 424
Clarissa 424
Eleazor 424
Fannie 424
Blodgett, Charles E 511
Charles S 511
Evelyn V 511
Howards 511
Jane 511
Leroy 511
Lillian C 511
Ray E 511
Blood, Augusta M 609
Clara J 609
Cora 609
EllaL 609
Flora 609
Blood, George 609
George H 609
Harvey 492
Ida M 609
Mary L 609
Blundell, Edith 357
James 357
Bogle, George 327
Boiler, Mattie D 562
Bolton, Aquilla 275
Charles H 275
Damon R 275
Boosenbury, Clara 631
Hattie 631
Herbert 631
Jennie 631
John 632
711
PAGE
Kate 632
Melvin 632
Miller 631
William 631
Booth, William 121
Border, Hannah 145
Bosman, Eliza 495
Ethel E 495
Boss, Amy 393
Angell 393
MaryS 393
Stephen 393
Bostwick, Helen A 461
Robert 47
Bosworth, Abby 602
Abigail.^ 601
Benjamin 449
Charles O 601
Ichabod 601,602
Sarah 601
Bourne, Elisha 182
Bowen, Alvira E 533
AlvaK 533
Amey D 227
Betsey 398
Clara 428
Clara A 533
Cynthia 533
Elizabeth 285
Esther M 285
John 238
Maria 504
Mary 60,238
Nancy 145
Nathan 145
Rhoda 145
Bowerman, Amos 258
Bowers, George 133
James 667
Mary 667
William 667
Bowman, Mary 431
Boyce, Mary E 412
Boyd, Marie C 279
Bradbier, James H 432
Bradford, Betsey 220
David 220
Mary B 220
Bradley, Eleanor 549
Erastus 318
Lillian 549
Lucinda 318
Mary 549
Milton 549
William 549
William C 549
PAGE
William E 549
Bradshaw, ( ) 485
Clarence E 569
Frederick J 569
Bradshaw, Howard B 569
Lena E 569
Bragg, Betsey 85
Brainard, ( ) 166
Ira 413
Martha E 413
Bramble, Agnes A 246
Frank 246
Ida 1 246
Lillian M 246
Mary E 246
Branson, Roswell H 554
Brayton, Judith 82
Brennan, Ellen 599
Merrill 484
Breslow, James 532
Rose 532
Rose A 532
Brewer, George D 624
Maude 549
Brewster, Eunice 208
Silas R 635
Bridges, Lydia 214
Bridgman, Ruth 103
Briggs, ( ) 49
Abbie A 449
Abigail 56
Abner 55
Alma 336
Anna 55
Bathsheba 183
B. J 336
Caroline 225
Crawford 236
David 54,55
Elizabeth 31, 55, 399
Ezra 128
George 54
Gideon 54, 55
Hannah 58,88
Helena J 571
Herbert A 399
Isaac B 236
Isabella 396
Jabez 58
John 43, 50, 58
Lucinda 571
Mary 58,225
Matthew 399
Miriam 128
Nathan 54,55
Nathaniel 225
712
INDEX
PAGE
Otis E 236
Rachel 58
Ruth 55
Samuel 55,449
Sarah.... 31, 54, 55, 58, 236
Sela 68
Seth 88
Silence 43
Simeon 55, 122, 396
Tabatha 58
Thomas 571
Timothy 58
William 31
Bright, George 397
Mary 397
Sophia H 397
Brightman, Guy L 653
Philander H 653
Ralph H 653
Britton, Kate 545
Brodje, Elizabeth 404
Brooks, Bertha E 454
( ) 632
Cordelia 454
Isabella 465
Eleazer 454
Elmer D 454
Gehial 454
George 454
Kate M 454
Mary P 454
Mattie O 454
Olive 454
Sarah E 454
William 454
Brow, Benjamin 399
George A 399
Sarah 399
Brown, Ada J 306
Alta 632
AnnE 427
Birdie 475
Blanche 475
Bridget 531
Clara J 524
Clara M 524
Ellen A 531
Elmer 475
Flora 602
Francis 531
Frederick A 524
Hiram L 524
Jackson 276
James C 524
James N 524
PAGE
James? 258
John 601
Joseph N 398
Leafey D 337
Lizzie 533
Lucien 398
Luella 601
Maude L 646
Sarah 179
Walter 602
William H 599
Browne, Agnes F 553
Albert G 361
AnnE 361
Charles A 361, 552, 553
Edson B 553
Frances 361
Frances E 553
Harry C 553
Helen A 553
Browne, Isaac 361
Isaacs 361,553
Margaret A 553
Mary C 553
Sarah A 553
Susanna 361
William 361
William B 553
Brownley, Robert 392
Bruce, Adaline 304
Lucy 304
Robert 304
Bryant, Matthew 646
Minnie L 646
Sarah 646
Bryon, Eva 511
Bucholz, Augusta 551
Buck, Charles 304
Dwight 304
Henry 304
Sarah 304
Buckles, ( ) 631
Buckley, Sarah 271
Bucklin, Alice 670
Andrew L 235
ArdeliaR 235
Clara 670
Emma L 670
Francis L 670
Henrietta 670
Nathan 670
Nathan E 670
Patience 235
Robert 670
Robert W 670
713
PAGE
Ronald E 670
Bullock, Almira F 446
Charles S 446
Chauncy K 445
Elizabeth A 445
HattieB 446
Helen A 446
Luther 445,446
Mary 445
Mary L 445
Stephen 445
Bulyea, G. H 437
James A 437
Jennie 437
Bunnell, Julia 268
Burbank Charles 308
Burch, Ollie 294
Burchell, Jones 279
Burgess, Charles 564
Jacob. 82
Jeremiah 564
Maria 564
Mary 82
Mary P 388
Ruth 82
Winslow 406
Burghardt, Norman R 463
Lillian 463
Burns, Phoebe 258
Burr, Anna 281
Edwin 93
Eliza 314
Ephraim 314
Francis 93
George W 314
Henry 281
Isaac 281
James 281
Martha 281
Philo 93
Mary 281
Sarah B 93
Welthea W 314
Burrett, Dexter 420
Ralph 420
Burrill, Cora E 394
Ella 394
InezH 394
Irving C 394
George M 394
George P 394
Matilda 129
Burroughs, Jane 588
Burt, Aaron 96
Abel 32
Abigail 36, 43,67,115
PAGE
Alfred 96
Arunah 96
Asahel 96
Bathsheba 236
Benjamiii 115
Clarence 658
Edward 43, 67, 115
Elijah 43
Erasmus 96
Fanny 43
George 658
Hannah 115
Jane 617
Joseph 42,43
Lora 617
Lucy M 232
Mary 115,232
Mary D 232
Miles 617
Myra 115,220
Nathaniel 115
Otis 115
Priscilla 232
Riverus 96
Ruth 96
Samuel 96
Sarah 115
Serena 183
Sible 43
Burt, Silvanus 96
Susanna 96
Syble 115
Thomas 36
Truman 658
Uri 96
William F 232
Burton, William J 535
Bush, Clarissa. 290
Grace A 672
Harry 290
Lucy 290
O. P 672
Butler, ( ) 485
Elizabeth 392
Fanny 477
Florence 502
Harry 633
Henry 633
Ida 633
Isaac 279
Julia 633
Keith 477
Kenneth 477
Minnie 477
Nellie 633
714
INDEX
PAGE
Nora 477
Thomas 477
Viola 633
William O 491
Butterfield, George 197
Cady, Anson 380
EllaL 380
Jane 380
Cafiferty, Martha 629
Cain, Almira F 447
Reuben 447
Calam, Elise 468
Caldwell, Chloe 291
Joseph 291
Mary A 291
Calhoun, Arthur C 594
Callison, Alph 476
Clayton 476
Emery 476
James 476
Nellie 476
Wilford 476
Woods 476
Calvert, James 399
Lena 399
Martha 399
Mary E 399,572
Cameron, Christina 363
Camp, Annie 475
George 497
Harriet A 497
Polly 281
Campbell, Anna D 486
Celia 531
James 512
Maud 512
Nellie 512
Silvia 162
Victor A 512
William 531
Caniff, William E 415
Cardiff, Ed 617
Carey, Caroline 318
Carlisle, Mary 87
Carlton, Lilla R 654
Carmichael, Elizabeth 273
Carpenter, Abbie 613
Ada 427
Carrie 633
Charles 547
Clarence 427
Ervin 427
Daniel 427
Frank L 613
Hannah 613
Harriet 547
PAGE
Isaac 379
Lewis R 613
Maria 427
Nicholas 613
Carr, Sarah 473
Carroll, Luther 410
Carter, Adic 577
ClarinaN 362
Harve 578
Henry W 577
Mary L 466
Sarah M 673
Thomas 466
Case, Johiel 495
Mary E 495
Castle, Mary 112
Cassaw, Elizabeth 509
Caswell, Betsey 654
George F 654
Leonard N 654
Mary 35
Sally 70
Samuel 35
Thomas 35
Walter N 654
Warren 654
Gathers, Benjamin 630
Charles 630
Fanny 630
Mamie 630
Mary 630
Otto 630
Robert 630
Williams 630
Cifeven, Charles A 621
George B 621
Milton 621
Otha 621
Chace, Albert D 447
Calvin 447
Fanny K 447
George E 447
Jane P 447
Marcus 447
Sabra 447
SephaT 447
Chadwick, Sarah 277
Chafiee, Nancy M 403
Challender, Arthur 629
Had 629
Hazel 629
Ila 629
Chamberlain, Ada 21
Ann 217
Barbara 215
Bronson 617
INDEX
715
PAGE
Byron 617
Catherine 215
Clara 217
Daniel 217
Edna R 617
Edward T 217
Fannie 217,368
Harry 617
Joshua 217
Laura 217
Leander 217
Leanna 217
Chamberlain, Lurenza 217
Maria 218
Mary 217
Maude E 217
Samuel 215
Winifred C 217
Champlin, Carrie 506
Frank 506
Chapman, Adin E 394
Caldwell 645
Conklin 669
Dwight 426
John H 666
Louisa 539
Minnie 645
Nellie M 426,666
Sarah 645
Sarah M 666
W. H 499
Charlton, John 334
Mercy 334
Chase, Adella 419
Albert 221
Benjamin 231
Edwin 226
Elizabeth 238
Frederick 229
James M 221
Jane F 400
Lizzie T 231
Lurania 400
LydiaT 231
Mary 65
Olive 120
Rowena 238
Seth 400
SethL 305
Simeon 238
Susan 327
Chatham, Benjamin 383
Benjamin T 383
Helen 383
Mary 383
Cheney, Deborah 325
PAGE
Harry 183
Cheslie, Jerome 335
Chesley, Aaron 334
Ann 334
Eleazer 334
Lucinda M 334
Ruth 334
Chesron, Leslie 527
Mervin 527
Chester, Carrie 367
Chidester, Charles C 511
Simmons E 511
Chisholm, John 258
Choat, Ann 333
Benjamin 333
Olive 332
Christian, ( ) 160
Church, Jane 215
John H 397
Nathan 94
Claflin, Alfred 328
Allerton 328
Calvin 191
Charles H 329
EmmaT 329
Frederick H 329
Harriet A 329
Marinda 191
Polly 191
Clapp, Samuel 1 120
Clark, Annie 349
Asahel 503
BertL 543
EfifieC 543
Eliza 266
Clark, Elizabeth 319, 503
Julia A 415
Leona 627
Lewis H 461
Louise 627
Madge 627
Marinda 609
Mary G 306
Oliver 192
Peter 627
Sarah 315
Clarke, Samantha 479
Clayton, Lilla 633
Clemens, Albert 637
Julian 638
Russell R 638
Clemmens, Lillie M 391
Clemmons, Laura C 653
Cline, Lulu 495
Clothier, Samuel T 166
Clough, John 193
716
PAGE
Louisa P 193
Cloutier, Amelia 565
Cobb, Abagail. 61
Benjamin 61
Lemuel P 354
Louisa 241
Mary 61
Nancy W 354
Polly 354
Coburn, George H 592
Hayward 592
Coffey, Bridget 566
Colburn, Alice 608
Francis 608
Mary B 608
Nellie 608
Orin 608
Coldren, Burt 379, 562
Carrie G 379,561
Elijah 379
Fannie J 561
FredG 379, 561, 562
George 379
Harry A 562
Hattie M 561
Howard B 561
LethaS 561
LidaC 561
Osmond 379,561
Peter 224
Ruth 562
Cole, Alison 325
Almorette 325
Alphonzo 325
Ebenezer 166
Henry 277
Sarah 497
Coleman, Ada 625
Carroll 625
Clellie 625
Ernest 625
Lawrence 625
Nathaniel H 332
Olive 625
William H 332
William R 332
Collins, Charles 489
Clyde W 575
Fanny 489
Fred 489
Fred A 454
Gamaliel 364
George 120
Howard 489
John 489
PAGE
JohnC 575
JohnE 575
Seth C 454
Conant, Benjamin W 607
Concklin, Anna 494
Condit, Angeline 267
Francis 468
Zenas 267
Condra, Margaret E 550
Cone, Josiah 31
Concklin, Blanchard 669
Conley, James 523
Mary 523
William 528
Converse, Abigail 357
Bathsheba 82
Joel 357
MarillaT 357
Mary 82-
Pain 82
Cook, Anna 135
Esther 135
George 446
Henry F 609
John 135
Maude 575
Miranda 368
Barah M 368 .
Simon 141
William 129, 368, 488
Cooke, Helena S .463
Cooper, Betsey 260
Carrie 542
David 542
Earl 567
George 567
Gussie P 399,572
Harriet W 440
James H 440
JohnC 399,572
Laura H 620
Louretta 620
Martha 399,572
Mary 621
Minerva 164
Nancy 542
Nathan A 621 ,
Sarah B7 ^
William F 620
William H 440
Cookson, Hazel 434
Ina 434
May 434
Willard 343
INDEX
717
PAGE
Cope, David 492
Copeland, Clinton 359
Dorothea 572
George 359
Ithamar 359
Mary 572
William 359,572
Copeman, Charles W 634
Charlotte M 634
Edith L 634
Harriet W 634
Corey, Albert 286
Corey, Benjamin 286
Bryant A 286
Dennis 286
Harriet 286
Lucinda 286
Lucy A 286
Mary 327
Mary A 286
Parley 286
Philo 286
Rachel 286
Samuel B 286
Corkins, Sally Ill
Cornelius, Gabriel 403
Ida 403
Cornell, Charles B 368
Elizabeth 273
Corps, Marcy 44
Corwin, Jonas D 188
Couch, Rufus 161
Coultard, Walter H 659
Walter W 659
Courser, Daniel 254
Cousins, Anna L 509
Emma 544
Emma B 544
Covel, Hannah 70
Covell, Anna 168
Betsey 168
Elija 168
Ezra 168
George 168
George W 168
Hiram 168
JaneE 168
JohnB 168
Jonah R 168
Mercy 168
Stephen 168
Covil, Abigail 131
Ebenezer 130
Elizabeth 141
Keziah 130
Lucy 288
PAGE
Molly 130
Cowperthwaite, Annie 592
Charles 592
Frank 592
Julia 592
Scott 592
Cox, Ailcy 474
Eliza 475
Eleanor 492
James ...474,492
Lavinia 475
Lemon 475
Nancy 475,492
Nathan 475
Sarah 475
Crabbe, C. E 496
Craft, Alice 271
John 271
Craig, Annie E 578
Charles S 578
Helen A 478
J. H 57a
John A 578
Mary A 578
W. Erwin 578
Cramer, Sarah M 322
Crandall, Albert 643
Alfred N 519
Elmer E 519
IraB 519
IraC 519
Mortimer L 519
Susan G 519
MaryE 294
Crane, Abi 181
Abiah 50
Achsah 262
Benjamin 116,127,181
Celia.. 383
Daisy 580
Daphne A 396
Elisha 43
Elizabeth 484
George 131
Gershom 50
Luther 127
Lydia 117
Mary 59,47
Mehitabel 47
Sally 127
Seth 49
Stephen 47
Susanna 50
Tryphena 85, 127, 181
Williams 396
Crannage, Edward T 397
718
INDEX
PAGE
Mabel H 397
Miriam 397
Thomas 397
Crawford, Lucinda W 301
Thomas 317
Craycroft, Experience 274
Creighton, Dorothy 256
Phoebe 255
Croman, Abraham 112
Cromwell, George W 258
Henry 258
Rhoda A 258
Crook, Bloomie P 608
Matilda 608
Rodney 608
Crosby, ( ) 424
Cornelia 209
Crosier, John 283
Joseph 162
Nancy... 283
Crossman, Catherine T 598
Edgar L 666
Edward 600
Florence 600
Henry H 600
Johannah 37
John 37
Nathaniel 600
Ruth A 666
Sarah 37
William 600
Crowell, Alice 349
Elizabeth 473
Frederick 349
Timothy 349
Cudworth, Ameia 440
Daniel 133
David 133
Hiram N 550
Joseph 440
Marie 550
MarillaC 550
Phoebe 133
Sally 133
Sally S 440
Shadwick 550
Sybil 54
Cullyford, Caroline 563
James 563
Lucie M. 563
Cummings, Abigail 396
Charles 396
Charles H 396
Chester 396
Emma 396
PAGE
Howard 396
Curran, Eva 320
Currie, Amelia 256
Currie, Laura 591
Curry, Ella L 436
John 436
Curtis, Emma 494
Eunice 283
Gilbert 262
Peter 283
Phoebe 283
Cushman, Augusta 205
Charles A 205
Charlottes 205
Elkanah 205
Hannah 205
Mary 205
Susan W 205
Gushing, Fannie E 533
Jeremiah 533
Cushman, Telva 636
Cuthbertson, Archibald B 615
Henry B 615
Hugh M 615
Cutler, Edgar 476
Edward P 235
Elijah 300
Harrison 476
Inez 476
Joshua O 616
LeliaE 616
Mary 626
Mercy 130
Sophia E 616
Vella 476
William E 476
Cutting, Susan A 354
Cutts, Otis 335
Dakin, Ed 588
Thelma 588
Daggett, Nelson 423
Daggett, Mary 423
Dalton, Hattie M 357
Isaac 357
Laura 357
Samuel 609
Timothy 74
Daly, Edna 539
Daniels, ( ) 108
Washington 492
Darling, Augusta 319
Ella 507
Darrow, Mary 470
Darst, AlmaG 348
Catherine B 538
INDEX
719
PAGE
Charles W 537,538
Susanna W 538
Thomas B 538
Dary, B. E 529
Caroline B 600
Edwin A 600
Harriet S 600
Henry A 600
Davenport, Catherine 635
Delilah 487
Davis, Aaron 182
Adaline 625
Charles 179
David 331
Harriet B 331
Hattie J 646
Henry 631
Henry L 382
John 646
Julia 523
Luke 182
Luthera 646
Lydia 182
Mary A 642
Davis, Mary D 382
Milton 279
Sarah 390
Thankful 331
W. J 642
Daws, Dana 277
Day, Albert 235
Benjamin 130
Calvin 130
Deborah 130
EmmaF 235
George 235
Kate 509
Lillie 235
Louisa 235
Mary 516
Sarah L 644
Dean, Albert 230
Charles 599
David 231
Ebenezer 230
Eliza 214
Elizabeth 68
Joseph 68
Lawrence 397
Lillian C 230
Merral 397
Paul 397
Sarah 68
Sylvia 179
Thomas F 231
Tryphosa 231
Dearden, Arthur H 565
PAGE
Charles T 565
Elsie A 565
George M 565
Robert M 565
Walter C ...565
William 565
Debolt, Susan 185
Deeds, Floyd 317
DeGroat, Peter 95
Robert 95
Delano, Ann 179
Benjamin 252
Beulah 116
Delano, Sally 252
Sarah 252
De Lieu, Emily 534
Denham, George 591
Denio, Carlton 426
El 426
Lettie 426
Dennis, Janet 217
Devarel, Arthur 409
Mary A 409
Samuel 409
Deveaux, Maria D 290
Devon, Caroline 481
Catherine 481
Elizabeth 481
Frank P 481
George S 481
Harriet 481
James 481
Phoebe R 481
Thomas 481
William E 481
Dewey, Anna M 575
Harriet 286
Dewing, Jonathan 92
Rebecca. 92
Ruth 92
Solomon 92
De Witt, Phoebe 460
Dexter, Alma Ill
Bernice 588
Catherine M 674
Dibble, ( ) 280
Dick, Clinton 415
Collie 415
Daisy E 415
Marion 415
Dickerson, Daniel 538
Elizabeth 538
Harriet 480
NancvC 538
Silas H 279
Dickinson, Martha 486
Dillingham, John 35
720
INDEX
PAGE
Dixon, Susan 535
Dodd, Amzi 460
Angelina 460
Edward 460
Edward M 466
Elias 460
Emmeline 460
George 460
Hetty M 466
Isaac N 460
Isabel 466
Jane 466
Jeanette 466
Jemina 460
Jesse 460
John 460
Josephus 460, 466
Julia 460
Oliver 460
Parmenius 460
Phoebe 460
Sarah 460
Stephen 460
Williams 466
Zopher 466
Dodge, Francis 449
Dolan Katherine F 331
Dolph, Louise 215
Sally 215
Dondeswell, Albert 382
Annie 382
Richard 382
Donovan, Nettie 212
Dorian, Elizabeth 226
Mary 409
Patrick 409
Dorman, Jacob 473
James 479
Mary 472
Dotey, Lucy A 528
Doty, Alice 589
George E 589
Katherine 589
Doubleday, ( ) 144
Dougherty, Anthony 635
Lucy 635
Mary 635
Dow, Harry 423
Downs, Edgar 382
Doyle, Arthur 623
Fred 623
Mildred 623
Drake, Grace P 331
Sarah 159
Draper, Edwin 315
James 128
PAGE
Nancy 315
Newell 315
Dreher, Isaac W 415
Velma 415
William H 415
Dresser, Minerva 90
Drew, Anna 311, 538
Annie 311
Dora 538
Edward B 538
Eunice A 266
William 311
Ducoty, Charles 642
Ellen 642
Mary 642
Duckworth, George 469
Mary 469
Sarah 469
Dudley, Sukey 117
Dunbar, Mattie L 544
Dunham, Abigail 213
Alfred 61
Alonzo 525
Alvin 111,213
AlvinF 213
Betsey 213,214
Cephas 184
George F 525
Hannah 184
Herbert 525
IraB 481
Jabez 184
John 170
Julia 525
Keziah 170
Lois A 170
Mary B 213
Mary J 525
Simeon 525
Dunlap, Sarah 77
Dunn, Ada W 433
Benjamin R 433
David 433
Evan R 577
Frank D 433
Grace A 578
G. Arthur 577
Hattiel 577
Jennie B 577
John R 433
RatieA 577
Sarah E 578
Thomas R 578
William 487
Dunn, William B 577
INDEX
721
PAGE
Dunning, Ezra 162
Jane 226
Jeremiah 161
Lucy 162
Mary 161
Mercy 161
Ruby 162
Dunsive, Abbie J 560
Dunton, Anna 336
Durfee, George W 559
Grace D 559
Martha 559
Wilda 474
Dutton, Caroline 576
Carrie 406
Mary 406,576
William 406,576
Dye, Harvey 192
Martin 192
Walter 192
William 192
Eames, Thomas E 325
Earle, Clara 234
Eaton, Annie 373
Charlotte 209
Charles F 612
David 103
DormanB 103
Elmore 373
Harvey 103
Isaac 103
Jacob 103
Jason 103
Joel 373
Lydia 103
Mary A 103
Mary C 612
Nathaniel 103
Oliver 373
RuthB 103
Silvester 103
Eddy, Benjamin 600
Caleb 47
( ) 601
Elizabeth A 600
Roxcy 119
Edgecomb, George 554
Edgerly, William 103
Edmonds, John 280
Lucy 280
Mary 280
Edson, Abiezer 211
Jael 211
Rhoda 211
Edwards, W.J 504
EfBand, Augustus 479
PAGE
Earl 479
Inez ." 479
Kate 625
Maude 429
Pearl 479
Eldred, Celia 326
Eldon 326
Emmet 326
Erving 326
Frank 326
Eldredge, Deborah 448
Polly 448
Eldredge, Eliza 310
Reubens 310
Voranus 310
Waity 425
Elery, Samuel 403
Ellener, Charles 629
William 629
Ellingsworth, Cora 623
Elliot, Alex 179
CallaC 574
Elizabeth 494
Lloyd 574
Ora 574
William 403,574
Ellinwood, Mamie 425
Truman ' ..425
Ellis, Frank B 593
George 593
JohnV 593
Joseph N 593
Margaret 593
MaryT 604
Nan 593
William L 593
Elmer, George N 528
Elofson, Benjamin 670
Ely, Isabel 278
Emerson, Amy L 653
Charlotte 653
Orrin 653
Emery, Wayne 484
Emmons, ( ) 86
AlonzoB 144
Emmons, Betsey 144
Elijah 144
Eliza 144
Louise 354
Lucy 144
Mary 144
Melinda 144
Molly 141
Robert 144
English, Elizabeth H 496
Enkleman, Elizabeth 523
722
INDEX
PAGE
Enos, Claude M 564
Frederick H 565
George E 565
George M 564
Laura M 564
Raymond G 564
Ensign, William 90
Epley, Edward 494
Estabrook, Maretta 595
Maria 375
Sally 375
Taylor 375
Estens, Sally 233
Evans, Abigail 402
Almira 402
Charles H 226
John 568
Noah 402
Evart, Nancy 493
Evarts, Wiliam 171
Everitt, Flora 434
Everts, Dudley 305
Helen M 305
Fairbanks, Arthur S 608
Asahel 96
Caroline 608
Chester 335
Fairbanks, Elizabeth F 314
Emily R 315
Ethel W 543
George H 335,543
James 608
Jennie M 543
John A 314
Julia A 314
Loring H 314
Lucinda 315
Mary 335
Ruth B 96
Sally 96
Samuel 314
Sarah 96
Sewall 608
Fairbrother, Elizabeth 223
Fairchild, Arthur B 462
Charlie G 462
Edward H 268,462
Eugene 462
Julia M 462
Merriet 281
Fales, Emily 313
Farmer, Mary E 455
Farnham, Laura 326
Sally 244
Sarah 327
Thomas 326
Farnsworth, Julius M 353
PAGE
Farnum, Benjamin 162
LillieE 566
Farr, Jude.... 325
Laurian 325
Melinda 325
Farrar, Isaac 338
Farrin, Edgar F 609
Farrows, John 130
Faulkner, Mary 132
Fausler, William 527
Fay, Abigail A 354
Alton 547
Arthur 547
Betsey 142
Carrie J 546
Celestina M 354
Edith 547
Emerson 354, 546
FarwellF 546
Frank 614
Gertrude 614
John 547
Jonathan W 354
Joseph F 354
Josiah 354
Lawrence 547
LeviB 354
Martha C 354
Rebecca L 354
Rodney 547
William E 547
Winifred H 547
Fease, Otto 610
Fellows, Diana 451
Felton, Louisa 144
Fenn, Emily 320
Elizabeth 320
Henry 320
Fenton, Aaron 465
Annie M 401
Addison T 465
Elizabeth A 401
Henry L 465
Lewis T 465
Lydia 465
Thomas 401
Ferguson, Sarah 164
Ferris, Earl 418
Ernest 418
Watson 418
Field, Amorett 586
Ellen M 586
Emogene 586
Mary 586
Seneca 518
William 586
Fifield, Bessie 213
INDEX
723
PAGE
Robert 303
Susan 303
Finch, MaryT 617
Fingar, Martha 404
Fish, Alanson 645
Mary L 645
Richard A 645
Fisher, ( ) 165
Eliphalet 211
Ellen. 211
Fusebia 610
Inez 316
Susan 211
William 316
William H 316
Fiske, Bessie F 337
Carrie L 337
Eleana 337
James 337
Joseph D 337
Walter J 337
Fitch, Abigail 303
Fitzpatrick, ( ) 430
Flagg, Alonzo 300
Joseph 300
Fleming, Addison 245
Bert. 245
Jennie 245
Mary W 227
Fletcher, Amy 381
Emma 381
Fletcher, John 381
Flindall, George 438
Stephen 257
FHnt Arria E 547
Carrie 353
Clarissa G 547
David 547
Edith 353
John 376
Julius 353
Flynn, Kate 507
Foley, Joanna 392
Foote, Charles L 401
Elmira E 323
Lester 401
Myra 401
Fordham, Maitland 510
Nellie 510
Theodore 510
Watson 510
Forest, Arthur 576
Forrest, Edwin W 533
Jesse 533
Martha 533
Walters 533
PAGE
Forstray, Charles 439
David S 439
Elkanah 439
George B 439
James A 439
Mary E 439
Phillips 439
William H 439
Foster, Angelica 549
Annetta A 595
Charles 549
Edith A 549
William 595
Forward, Cornelia E 291
George F 291
Hudson S 291
OrvilleH 291
Fowler, Gabriel 153
( ) 430
Fox, Walter F 550
France, Ross 489
Saunders 489
Francis, Chloe 61
Elizabeth 61
Ellen J 416
Florence 653
Isaac 61
Levi 61
Sally 61
Tisdale 61
Francisco, ( ) 635
Hannah 406
Henry 218
Eraser, Alice A 654
Margaret M 654
Thomas 654
Freeman, Annie 304
John 170
Lois 168
Margaret 304
Maria 304
Parker 304
Freligh, Amanda M 346
French,' Abigail 107
Achsah 236
Alan D 418
Celiac 229
Clara 417
Clark K 417
David 49,107
Elijah 49
Emma L 417
Emmeline 236
Frank 417
Frank A 417
724
INDEX
Page
French, Fred L 418
Frederick 363
George 418
Gertrude 418
Harold 418
Harry 1 418
Henry A 418
Herbert 418
IdaM 365
Leah 61
Luman 417
Mary J 328
Melancey C 229
Philip 49,107
Phoebe 365
Raymond 417
Roger 236,417
Samuel 229
Samuel M 417
Thomas 61
Wallace 418
William L 417
Frink, Louisa A 212
Rowena 285
Frizelle, Pearl 629
Fuller, AbbieA 647
Clara V 555
Emily 393
Hannah 73
Lewis 555
Sarah 380
Stephen P 380
Wheaton M 380
Fulton, Thomas H 561
Gaddis, ( ) 527
Gaither, Cordelia A 185
Galbreath, Mary F 561
Gale, Samson 156
Gallond, Almira 129
Clarissa 129
George B 129
Harriet 129
Jeremiah 129
Joseph 129
Louisa 129
Sarah 129,165
Gardiner, Emma W 536
Nicholas 536
Gardener, Ann E 485
Charles R 366
Emma W 312
Hannah E 366
Samuel B 529
Sarah 529
William R 366
Garriot, Aletha 462
Garvey, Frank 568
Page
James 568
Sarah 568
William 568
Gates, Abby 376
AbbyC 374
EvaT 402
Harriet 517
Jeannette 366
Lawrence A 402
Luther 366
Luther M 292
Mary 156,374
Nellie 292
Peoney 366
Polly 190
Samuel 374
Seth 376
Simon 292
Sybil 374
Gay, Charles O 529
Ebenezer B 528
Lillian 529
Louise 529
Geddis, John J 433
Gehrig, Eliza 321
Genung, William E 217
Gerow, Alice 439
Anise • 439
Elizabeth 438,439
Emma 439
Henry 439
Isaac 439
James 439
John 438,439
Mary 439
Seth 439
William 439
Gerry, Eliza 321
Gibbs, Lois 44
Gibson, Abner 257
John J 540
Gilbert, Charlotte 185
Elizabeth 61
Fanny 185
Hannah 185
L H 381
Ira 67,185
Jarvis 185
John 67
Josiah 67
Louisa 185
Lucy 158
Marcy 67
Martha 185
Nathan 67
Parley 185
INDEX
725
Page
Philip 185
Polly 185
Simeon 185
Thomas 185
Tilly 185
Gilkinson, Mary 496
Gillette, Harriet 600
Goss 194
Glassco, H. M 527
Gleason, Albert 503
Ann M 145
CallisterG 207
Charlotte 145
Charles G 145
Gleason, Edwin 145
EllaL 145
Mary A ...145
Mary E 503
Lucius A 145
Glines, Keziah 453
Obidiah 453
Phinette 453
Glover, Lucy 163
Matilda 496
Goddard, Henry 327
Ira 327
Martin 327
Percy 327
Samuel 95
Godfrey, Frank 128
JohnE 128
W. Hedges 128
Godsoe, Charles P 432
Ermance G 432
Frank A 432
Fred A 432
William C 432
Goff, Abigail 214
Cromwell 213
Eliza 213
Elizabeth 214
Henry 213
Mary 213
Miriam 214
Nathan E 214
Robert 443
SnellemM 213,214
Willard 214
William 213
Golland, Edward 58
Goodell, Albert 613
George B 613
Homer 613
William 613
Gooding, ( ) 444
Cyrus 119
Page
Leonard 310
Goodnow, Lloyd 207
Goodrich, Carl W 513
Fanny 513
Francis E 513
John W 513
NoraL 513
Orson 330
Phoebe 330
William M 330
Goodsoe, W.. C 255
Goodspeed, Abigail 82
Goodwin, Elbridge 414
Gordon, Elizabeth 370
Florence M 370
George W 370
Gorham, Anna Ill
Benjamin D 539
Francis G 539
Jason Ill
Mary 527
Mary A 539
Goss, Verna 416
Gould, Clarence 490
Essie M 490
Otis 490
Wilford 490
William 243
William J 490
Grafton, Benjamin 230
Grandon, Clara 488
David 488
Isaac 488
Granger, James L 164
Miles T 164
Grant, Annie 389
David 389
John 261
Mary 389
Graves, Charles H 315
Cora A 519
Eugene 391
E. A 519
Henry 315
Herman A 519
Mary E 519
Mary L 344
Royal A 519
William A 315
Gray, George 233
Josie 479
LuellaC 233
Rhoda 233
Greaves, Mary 436
Green, Annie 397
Samuel 255
726
Page
Sarah 234
Greene, Charles 321
Clifford 567
Lester F 567
Rowland 449
Samuel D 450
Sarah 426
Scott 449
Susanna 449
Greenleaf, Bethnia 613
Harriet A 613
Stephen 613
S 197
Greenslade, J. E 416
Greenwalt, George R 547
Gregg, Lona M 643
Myron D 643
Gregory, Betty 165
Elijah 484
Elizabeth 400
Elnathan 165
Ernest 484
Gregory, Ruth 484
Gridley, Laurott 171
Mortimer 171
Norman 170
Griffith, David H 167
Griggs, Fannie J 547
Frank K 614
Grimmer, Allan 594
Grinnel, ( ) 120
Guertner, Nancy H 573
Gulick, Amelia E 495
Margaret V 464
Gunn, Charles S 412
Guptile, Grace 625
Gurney, Lysander C 533
Mabel F 533
Gurnsey, Hannah 364
Guthrie, Alida 622
Andrew 622
Isabel 622
John 622
Joseph R 622
Mary 622
Hadley, William H 407
Hagen, Walter 636
Hagins Ann 382
Bernard 382
Hannah 382
Hague, George 480
Haines, Louisa 596
Matthias 262
Moses K 156
Page
Sally 262
Hale, Anna 202
Bernard 141
Charles H 346
Haley, James 364
Patrick 364
Hall, ( ) 486
Abigail 532
Adaline 575
Carrie 531
Charles H 462
Deborah 399
Dora 551
Eleanor 480
Elizabeth 532
EmmaF 639
Ethel 639
George 399
Isaac S 551
James 532
Lewis A 639
Mary 399
Hallet, Clarissa 254
Halliday, Susan 132
Halsey, Edmund R 634
Hamilton, Arthur 468
Clarence B 246
Rebecca 664
Hamln, Abigail 81
Cornelius 81
Mary 81
Hancock. Eliza F 616
Ellen S 616
JohnM 616
Hand, Lucretia 197
Haner, Emma 494
Hanford, Elaine E 461
Hannaway, Fielding 579
Iva 579
Ruth 579
Hannum, Maria 301
Hanover, Sarah 30
Hardman, George H 400
James 400
Mary 400
Hare, Olive 473
Hargrave, Donald P 471
Helen H 470
Joseph C 470
Julius B 470
Newell H 470
Hargraves, EHzabeth 533
Isabel 533
Robert 533
727
Page
Ruth 471
Harmon, Helen 424
Harlow, Clarissa 223
Eliphaz 81
IdaL 611
Isaac W 611
Maria 611
Mary 611
Walter N 611
Harper, Mary W 474
Harrel, Ardne A 578
Chester L 578
C. Everett 578
Daniel W 578
Elsie M 579
Esther 1 579
James R 578
James W 578
John W 579
L. F... 578
Maude E 578
Sarah T 579
W. L 579
William T 578
Harrington, Inez R 394
Harris, Alphonso 520
Archie B 520
Beriah 398
Ernest A 520
George J 668
Cordis D 207
H. B 520
Irene 398
Jacob 406
KateL 520
LaroeL 520
Lydia 98
Newton A 520
Melissa J 403
Sarah 668
Sophia 668
Thamazine 11
Tryphena 237
Tryphena G 398
William 97
Harrison, Catherine B 529
Maggie A 566
Ruth 97
Harrod, Allen H 477
Annie 475
Cecil 475
Clifford 475
Eleanor 475
Elizabeth 475
Estie 477
Ethel 475
Hallock 475
Page
Hamilton 474
Jeptha 475
Lawson 475
LeeF 477
Lily 475
Lola 475
Malinda 473
Nathan 475
Regina E 475
Harrod, Samuel G 475
Sharon 475
Silva 477
Sterling 477
Warren 475
Harsh, Belle 543
Francis D 543
Nancy B 543
Philip 543
Hart, ( ) 92
Harter, L. W 503
Hartman, Alice 365
Mary 365
Harvey, Ebenezer 31
Edmund 49
Franklin 506
Mary 76
Phoebe S 506
Thomas 76
Harwood, Stillman R 313
Haskins, Amy 395
Clifford C 553
Elizabeth 140
Frances A 553
Gideon 395
Hannah 31
Harvey 31
Hiram 225
Hiram E. 226
Lilla 555
Lydia 226
Maria 226
Phoebe 395
Seraphine 226
Stuart C 553
Susan M 553
Hasson, Chloe 183
Hastings, Abigail Ill
Caroline S 375
Charles W 313
Charlotte 313
Fannie R 313
Henry A 313
John Ill
Lucretia 313
Mary A 111,313
Mary M 375
728
INDEX
Page
Neveson 313
Ruth Ill
Samuel 313
Sarah Ill
Walter 375
Hatch, Adeline 356
Horace 356
Horace W 356
Isaac 194
Hathaway, Abiel 89
Abigail 88, 90, 119, 215
Abijah....49,84,85,119,131
180,235
Abner 88
Abraham 44
Allan H 571
Alice 599
Alma 215
Ann 49,72
AnnM 221,370
Annas 215
Bathsheba 119,180
Benanuel 85
Benjamin 89,119
Benjamin B 221
Benjamin F 374
Betsey 225
Betsey M 374
Clarissa J 231
Cora 215
Damaris 49, 65, 72-
Dorcas 49
Hathaway, Douglas 215
Edith R 571
Edmond 182
Edward A 374
Edward T 215
Edwin 215
Elizabeth, 72, 89, 119, 121,
...134,221,374.
Elkanah 447
Elvira 447
Emily 447
Eunis 231
Enoch 72
Enoch B 315
Ethel W 571
Ezra 65
Francis H 571
George 599
George E 221
George R 571
George W 599
Gertrude 215
Page
Hanna 182
Henry 571
Howard 599
Isaac, 47, 48, 65, 72, 85, 119,
134, 221, 374.
James 90, 119, 310
Jemina 69
Joel 214,215
Joseph H 571
Josiah 70,85
Julia 215
Leroy 215
LoisW 571
Louisa 119,134,310
Margaret 45,70
Mary, 47, 48, 72, 89, 119, 225,
Hathaway, Mary A 251
Mehitabel 48
Mercy 47, 48, 72
Meroe 119
Miriam 85,131
Nancy 374
Nathaniel 172
Nathaniel B 374
Olive 215
Peter 85
Rachel 54
Rebecca 85,571
Rhoda 72
Sally 119,214,221
Sarah, . .85, 88, 119, 131, 180
Sarah A 599
Seth 35,85
Stephen. .49, 65, 72, 116, 121
Susanna 182
Thomas 44, 70, 88
Wealthy 115
William, 85, 119, 180, 310,
374
Hatton, Charles 374
Hawkes, Nancy 165
Hawkins, ( ) 585
Duty 424
Gertrude 544
Henry 254
Hayde, ( ) 523
Hayden, Joseph 365
Hayes, CM 335
Anna 365
Sarah 487
Haynes, Angelina R 461
Arthur M 462
INDEX
729
Page
Caroline 462
Charles M 461
Cora 462
Haynes, Delos G 462
Delos R 462
Florence M 379
Louis C 462
Mabel 462
Manley B 462
Mildred 462
Milton B 461
Phoebe M 461
Reuben 461
Hayward, A 326
Catherine 210
Luther 210
Haywood, A 526
James 175
Martha 175
Mary 175
Hazen, Regina 217
Hazlehurst, Harriet 271
Head, Sally 251
Heald, Christia 195
Ida M 195
John 195
Mary C 560
Healey, Eva F 533
Phoebe 533
Valentine 533
Heath, Augustus A 193
Charlotte 569
Clarence 569
Frank 569
Leslie 569
Russell D 569
Hebard, Alpheus 104
Hedge, Lucinda 487
Hedges, Elvira 162
Henry 262
Livia 284
Rebecca 284
Reuben 162
Reuben A 162
Robert 284
Heivly, Eunice E 351
John 351
Hendrick, Bertha 217
Cora 217
Fannie 217
Harriet 217
Melissa 217
Sarah 217
William 217
Hendry, Joseph 258
Herman, Katherine 318
Page
Herrenden, Edgar 392
Minnie 392, 567
Heston, Harriet 477
Hett, Mary 11
Hewes, Ozno F 540
Higgins, Donald 557
Henry 382
J. H 557
Katherine 557
Marjorie 557
Priscilla 557
Roger 557
Sally 263
Highbarger, James 625
Higinbotham, Augusta D 490
Elizabeth 490
Uriah 490
Hildreth, George A 589
Herbert 589
HughF 589
Hill, Evaline 633
Harriet 633
Levy 633
Nancy 632
Hillocks, Grace 596
Hills, Charles S 320
Louis B 320
Walter B 320
Hinchman, George 543
Hines, Lavinia 425
Hitch, Abbie 665
AbbieL 665
Charles 665
Hoag, Satie 618
Hobart, Anna 470
Elizabeth 470
Everett W 470
James C 470
Lowell F 470
William N 470
Hobbs, Emma C 338
John W 342
Hoben, Alice M 592, 593
Annie C 593
Arthur L 592
Dorothy 253
EdnaL 593
Edward 593
Eliza 595
Frances 593
Frances M 593
Harry G 593
Helen F 592
Henry 593
John 593
Lindsay 593
730
INDEX
Page
Margaret M 592
Ralph D 593
Rebecca 592
Reuben 592
Thomas 592
Thomas A 592
Hockenberg, Robert 460
Hockman, Lydia 294
Hodge, AHce 587
Hodges, EHzabeth J 449
Frank H 449
Hiram 449
John H 449
Loretta 286
Lucy 209,449
Lucy A 449
Sarah L 449
Seth 209,449
Simeon 209,449
Hodgson, Margaret 297
Hoffman, Katherine 671
Lizzie 527
Hoig, Mayme 431
Meredith 431
Hoke, Carl 643
Clarence 643
Edgar J 643
Vera 643
Holbrook, John 104
Mary 104
Moses 104
Patience 104
Silvester 104
Holcomb, Betsey 588
Frank L 548
Helen 588
Kate M 548
Lanman 548
Meriam 548
Samuel 588
Holden, Sarah 304
Holloway, Abiah 50
Benjamin 49
David 49
Deliverance 35
Elizabeth 49
Elkanah 49
Jane 35
Jonathan 49
Josiah 35
Malachi 49
Marcy 35
Margaret 35
Nathan 35
Nathaniel 35,50
Samuel 35,49
Page
Sarah 35
Seth 49
Sophronia 251
Holman, Betsey 173
David 173,560
Lucy 560
Walter D 560
Holmes, Caroline 396
Frank 396
George 314
Oliver W 624
Mary B 613
Mary C 468
Samuel 488
Sarah 624
Shirley 396
Holt, Annabel 561
Arthur F 561
Elizabeth 379
Elizabeth C 561
Fifield 379
Frank H 561
Frederick C 561
Genevieve 561
Gracia 379
Katherine B 561
Stephen 375
Holton, Hannah 333
Jehiel 333
Martha J 333
Holway, Asa 625
Lester 625
Millie 625
Viola 625
William 625
Hoover, George 633
Hopper, Harry M 592
Richard 367
Thomas 592
Horner, Emmaline 195
Horton, Ellis 359
Horace B 402
John 359
Mary 359
Hotchkiss, Charlotte 306
Houck, Albion 558
JohnP 558
Ruth 558
Howard, Albert M 298
Betsey A 298
Benjamin B 94
Edward L 550
Eunice C 298
Frank 181
Gamaliel 93
INDEX
731
Page
Freeman 298
George 344
George B 298
Henry C 298
Jane 93
Lucy 94
Martha J 298
Mary E 298
Nathan 93
OHve 94
Ozel 94
Rhoda 297
Stephen 207
Smith 297
William 297
Howe, Eliphalet 222
John 175
Mary E 222
Warren 196
Howland, Amy 362
Betsey 116
Deborah 238
George 238
Hannah 238
John 362
Selinda 362
Howell, Katurah 424
Hoyt, Calvin 179
Caroline 486
Evelina 179
George W 486
JaneH 179
Julia A 486
Louisa 179
Lucy 179
Nancy 179
Robert 179
Shalah 179
Wyman 179
Hubbard, Beatrice 468
Hubbell, Russel 170
Huddlestone, Alice 74
Eliza 74
Seth 74
Hudson, Elizabeth 44
Hannah 44, 45
John 44,45
Molly 44
Phoebe 44,45
Ruth 44
Sarah 44
Huggans, Catherine 492
Clarissa 492
David B 492
Frank 492
Harrison 492
Page
John 492
Lewis 492
Lucinda 492
Maria 492
Sarah 492
Hughes, Augusta 491
Charles B 491
George 465
Jay L 491
Joanna 465
JohnS 491
Julia W 464
Lucy 636
Rex M 491
Shirley 491
Shirley 1 491
Hughey, Jonathan 274
Hulburt, Adda 586
JohnL 634
Hulett, Abraham 343
Chester 326
Susan 343
Humphrey, Charles 502
Edward J 405
Humphrey, Frederick G 502
James 405
John D 405
Hunt, Alonzo 614
Ancil 614
Edgar 614
EvaL 614
Harold 614
Julia 614
Lucille 614
Hunter, Roy 503
Huntington, Betsey 291
Emma L 291
Joseph.. 291
Wilder 454
Huntley, Frederick 598
George 598
Jeneona 540
Lilla 540
Martin C 540
Huntoon, ( ) 92
Hurd, Elijah 242
Enos 242
Israel 277
Laura 242
Louvica 242
Lucy 242
Margaret 242
Sabra 242
Sarah 242
S. E 242
Hurley, Anna E 317
732
INDEX
Page
George D 317
Maud A 317
Tina 317
Hutchins, Effie 330
Lucia L 346
Nancy 346
Solomon 346
Hutchinson, Belle 324
Henry 467
Maude 331
Hyde, Benjamin T 521
Clara 521
Clarence M 299
Edwin H 521
Elizabeth 521
Frederick E 521
lams, Mattie 636
Ingell, Jonathan 153
Mary 153
Ingells, ( ) 504
Ingraham, Cora 190
Emma 491
Joseph B 213
Mary E 213
Obidiah 213
Susan 487
Vesta E 214
Inkeep, Richard 488
Inman, Lily 478
Inslee, Adaline W 465
Catherine 464
Catherine S 465
Edward H 465
Edward P 465
John 464
William H 464
William R 464
Irish, Cora 586
Harriet 455
Irons, Albert 478
Bertha 478
Daniel 478
Leonard 478
Lola 478
Nancy 478
Nella 478
Jacklin, Edith 554
Jackson, Asahel 82
Clarissa 453
Elizabeth 561
Elvira 201
Israel 453
Lewis A 453
Mary B 105
Jacobs, Bela 44
Jacquith, Amos S 301
Page
James, Arlouine H 642
Cora M 674
Jaynes, George 314
Jenkins, Charles 455
Coddie 455
Elmer 455
George A 614
George H 551
Hannah 376
Harding 551
Jason 222
Joseph 86
Mary 455
RuthL 551
Samuel 454
Sophia 86
William 455
Jennes, Frank B 349
Jenney, Elvira W 336
Jennings, Charles 539
Cornelia 632
Cora 626
Delora 632
Denver ..632
Dolly 632
Henry 192
James 539
Kate 632
Lucy 475
Margaret 632
Jennings, Mary 632
Parmelia 475
Rufus 632
Thomas 632
Jillson, Osborn 173
Johnson, ( ) 485
Albert 425
Andrew J 493
Ann 267
Anna ..493
AxelF 627
Benjamin 640
Benjamin L 493
Betsey R 182
Charles 425
Clara 475,630
Clara A 494
Daniel 425
Daniel T 518
David 502
Delcina 640
Dexter B 301
Edward 425
Eliza A 425
Elizabeth A 513
ErastusH 425
INDEX
733
Page
Francis A 349
Harmon 70
Harvey 493
HoIlisS 518
Huston 493
Isabel 494
James 425
James H 425
James M 493
Jane 172
Jennie 623
John 172,548
Julia H 501
Johnson, Lucius 548
Johnson, Lydia 645
Mamie 498
Mary 182, 425, 548
Melissa 640
Melissa A .640
Milton 493
Rosa 493
Russell A 425
Samuel 493
Sarah F 494
Sarah L 564
Stephen 349
Welcome 182
William 493
Johnston, Sarah J 512
Jolley, Henrietta M 618
Jones, ( ) 92,293
Annie 430
Benjamin 46
Benjamin P 374
Charles 631
Dallas 631
Dorcas 44
Emeline W 417
Hannah 46
Horace K Ill
Howard G 642
Ida 631
J. E 641
JohnP 641
Isadora 642
Lamson 417
Leal 642
Lily 631
Margaret 163,477
Mary 44
May 626
Paul 641
Stacy 642
Stacy C 642
Thomas 44
William T 642
Page
Jordan, George 609
Lucy A 600
Judd, Charles J ...525
Frances J 525
Jane A 525
Kanfield, Clarinda 286
Karrman, Adelaide M 651
William 651
Kaufman, ( ) 472
Kauffman, Helen 406
Keach, Cinderella 129
Roxanna 233
Kellog, Mary L 581
Kelso, Caroline E 265
John 265
Sarah W 265
Keniston, Francis W 97
Marinda 97
Kennedy, Clara 627
Emma 581
Emma A 420
Mary 581
Nora 419
Thomas 581
Kenney, ( ) 430
Abigail 90
Mark 430
Kent, Emily R 227
Stuben 526
Wellington 227
Kibby, Marcia 252
Nancy 252
Kilbourn, Asa 171
Kilbourne, William 406
Kimball, Calista 219
Charlotte 418
David 418
Morton 508
King, AddieF 528
Alice A 536
George H 536
Hazel 528
Jerome 528
Joseph W 528
Leland W 528
Louisa 528
Mabel A 528
Mary B 638
Raymond 528
Sarah L 528
Kingsbury, Susan 368
Kinney, Hugh S 413
John J 411
JohnK 413
Mary K 413
Kinsey, Ruth 542
734
Page
Kiper, Naomi 577
Klaven, Esther 415
Klebes, Alice A 540
Jacob 329
Jacob E 540
Jacobs 540
Kloeckner, Frank D 555
Knapp, Henry 164
Knight, Floyd L 345
Francis S 345
Lucy 601
Sabra 235
Knowles, Jonathan 116
Knowlton, Lydia 88
Kratz, Charles A 542
John 542
Kromer, George 467
Kruger, ( ) 480
La Bam, Alice 322
Lacey, Elizabeth 573
Hannah 573
Lacock, C. B 219
Laing, Augustus M 485
EstelleE 485
Susie W 485
Lake, Isaac 164
Jonathan 532
Mary 532
Mary F 532
Lamb, Edwin H 295
Lambeau, Louis 574
Lamport, ( ) 157
Electa 157
Hiram 157
William 157
Landman, Sinthia 328
Landress, Ephraim A 310
Lane, Anna 530
Daniel 530
Ellery 530
Harrison 530
Julia 490
Julia A 530
Richard 530
Langston, Edmund 460
Lampher, Jennie G 396
Larison, Georgianna F 668
Kenneth 669
Mabel 669
Peter 668
William 669
Larson, Martha 416
Larzilear, George 218
Laughlin, John 194
Mary 194
Page
Lawrence, William 666
Lawson, James 178
Samuel 156
Lawton, Job G 120
Leach, ( ) 528
Arunah 103,104
Christina 103
Dunbar M 104
Franklins 104
Helen E 104
Henry C 103
Jonathan 103
Rhoda 103
Williams 574
Leavens, Paul 431
Ledyard, Lucy 246
Samuel 246
Lee, Ann 302
Annie 392
George 359
Lehman, Mary E 576
Leland, Electa 90
Lemmon, Salem 487
Lemon, Samuel 300
Leonard, Abbie J 603
Abigail 134
Amelia E 603
Austin 425
Clarence A 371
Clarence E 371
Clarence T 371
Edwin 599
Eleanor C 208
Faye A 371
Jonathan 208
Lola L 371
Lydia 119
Martha M 374
Mary M 603
Nathaniel 374
Nathaniel E 222
Nina 371
Pearl M 371
Polly 208
Ralph, M 371
Sally 444
Samuel 603
William F 603
Le Page, George 344
Lewis, Alvaretta 494
David C 495
Evaline 494
Freeman H 494
Henry L 494
James F 495
INDEX
735
Page
John M 494
Nathan 266
Nettie 495
Simon 278,494
William N 494
Lillie, Aaron 162
Charles 214
Edmund 1 214
Helen 214
Lincoln, ( ) 444
Abiathar 112
Anna 112
Bethia 600
Carrie 414
Charles O 378
Daniel 112
David 600
Florence 414
Gilbert 315
John 378
Joseph D 414
Lucy 414
Lydia A 378
Mary 112
Maude 227
Susanna 112
Thomas 414
Wealthy 600
Limbacher, John 192
Mabel 192
Martin 192
Orrin 192
Lindsay, Jessie E 593
Lindsley, Ebenezer 464
Jemina 158
Mary P 464
Phoebe 464
Liston, John 197
Little, Elizabeth 489
Ernest 489
Frank 489
George 489
Harry 489
Howard 489
James L 489
James R 488
John 489
John A 489
Katherine 489
Leona 489
Mary E 489
Oscar 489
Sarah 489
William 489
Littleton, Bessie 494
Lloyd, Cora 409
Page
Locke, Eunice 407
Melissa E 407
Myron 407
Long, Elizabeth 633
Jane 45
Lord, Betsey 11
Loring, Elizabeth A 376
Losey, Benjamin 671
Eunice 264
Margaret 671
V. V 671
Lounsbury, Evaline B 189
Lovejoy, Isaac ^. . . 193
Wealthy 193
Wealthy W 193
Lovell, Cyrus 209, 355
Sarah A 355
William H 355
Lowe, Eli 262
Loweary, Sim 198
Lowell, Mary 67
Lowry, Sarah 280
Lucas, Sarah 609
Luce, Emma W 591
Ludgate, John 611
Ludexer, Lillian F 654
Lundeau, David 574
Lulu M 574
Theodore 574
Lundeau, Theodore 404
Lurton, Adelia 546
Ellsworth D 546
Freeman E 546
Malcolm B 546
Thomas L 546
Luscomb, Bathsheba 259
Richard 259
Luther, Nancy 428
Lyman, Abigail 90
Lynch, Margaret 540
Lyon, Aaron 161
Amzi 267
Elizabeth 161
Harvey 267
John 77, 160, 161
Lewis 161
Loanna 291
Maria 267
Rhoda 267
Sally 161
Stephens 161
Lyons, Martha 207
Macdonald, Elizabeth 509
Mace, James 401
Moses 276
Macker, Lottie 602
736
INDEX
Page
Macomber, Abiell 31
Damaris. 31
Esther 31
Hannah 31
John 30,31
Philip 31
Priscilla 30
Ruth 31
Sabra 182
Sarah 31
William 30,31
Macor, Benjamin 37
Madden, ( ) 480
Fannie 480
Maguire, Edith 571
James 236
Maillard, Zenaide 476
Makepeace, Abigail 209
Alfred 209
Allen 209
Amasa 209,210
Bradley 210
Elizabeth 209
George 210
Harriet 210
Hayden 210
Julia 209
Laura 210
Lysander 107
Nancy 107
Peter 209
Ranson 209
Makepiece, Nancy 49
Makomson, Bessie 512
Malcolm, Charles 510
Frederick 510
Malcolm, Hattie 510
Nellie 510
Norman 510
Kallock, Ruth 322
Manchester, Herbert A 400
Margaret 400
Samuel 400
Manley, Polly 296
Manning, Ernest 632
John 632
Kate.... 632
Manthorne, Carrie E 351
Kenneth A 351
William L 351
Marable, Annie 467
Bettie 467
Marcy, Moses 60
Prudence 60
Marden, Fannie 193
John 193
Page
Salome.... 193
Margarum, Barthenia 513
Marr, ( ) 486
Marsh, Amelia 523
Daniel 302
Edith L 669
Emily 240
Erastus 302
Frank 302
Freeman O 669
Georgianna B 668
George P 668
Harlan 624
Harold O 669
Harry 624
Henry F 410
Henrietta E 669
Joel 523
Joseph 302
Lester 624
Marcus 523
Marion 624
Mildred 624
Robert 669
Royal 302
Walter 302
William 302
Marshall, Annie W 572
Harold M 572
John 222
Marston, Sarah A 321
Mart, Charles 636
Edna 636
Effie 636
Nicodemus 636
Nora 630
Olive 197
Oscar 636
Martin, Abby 612
Chauncy E 612
Ella 376
Luther 612
Mary E 376
Mary N 612
Samuel 459
Thomas 376
Martz, Rebecca 628
Marvel, Alice 389
Betsey 70
Dexter 389,396
Sarahs 396
Mason, Abbie B 602
Ashley 350
Clyde 416
George 416
Hattie 350
INDEX
737
Page
Hiram 133
Ida A 602
Ira 133
Jane 326
N. E 602
Rhoda 360
Roxana 350
S. L..... 416
Sophronia 327
T. Y 317
Matson, Bernice 415
Helena 415
Henry 415
Morris 415
Robert 415
Mathewson, Alice 586
Amos 586
Cassius 586
Frank 586
Quincy 586
Matteson, Andrew R 227
Gory 227
Ella R 227
Etta 227
Frank W 227
George 227
KentF 227
Martha M 227
Mary 227
Mary E 227
Robert 227
Matthews, A. F 535
Amanda 498
Charles F 535
Claude J 535
Gladys 535
Phoebe 271
Matthewson, James R 229
Maxion, Bert 520
May, Alton E 559
Arabella P 373
Clinton B 559
Ezra 98
John 373
JohnF 559
Margaret 98
Mary 373
May, Mary A 559
Prudence 98
William 559
Maynard, Charlotte 358, 550
McAfee Abner J 494
Alice E 494
David H 494
Emma V 494
Jacob H 494
Page
Jessie B 494
Margaret L 494
William D 494
McAllister, Joseph 304
McBride, Arthur W 624
McCall, Rebecca 156
McCallum, Miller 552
Sarah 552
Susan 552
McCarthy, Annie 286
Mary 559
Thomas 559
McClanathan, Betsey M 293
Caroline M 293
Elmer E 293
Francis L 293
Lester 293
Myrtle L 293
Viola A 293
William 293
William H 293
McCloskey, Hollis 518
Samuel 518
McConnell, Mary 400
Watts... 400
McCormick, Annie L 664
McCotter, Florence H 671
McClumphy, Elizabeth 487
McCray, Anna M 462
Jennie 342
William J 642
McCrea, James 669
Mary E 669
McCullough, Anna E 96
James 96
Marvin 96
Sarah K 96
Susan E 96
McCutcheon, Ellen 391
McDougal, Alexander 192
( ) 279
Francis 320
McElvaney, Albert 591
Arthur.. 591
McElvaney, Bessie 591
Douglas 591
Earl 591
Edward 591
Robert 591
McFadden, John 592
Ralph 592
Richard 591
McFarland, John 392
McFarlane, Bessie F 435
Edna K 435
Florence M 435
738
INDEX
Page
Foster 434
Sadie W 435
William G 435
McGinnis, Orville 672
McGuire, Annie 591
McHue, James R 415
Mclnnes, Archie 594
Mcintosh, Hazel 351
John 351
McKearn, Millie 636
McKenney, Albert 590
Burton A 590
Myrtle B 590
McKinlay, Adeline 356
James B 356
James M 355
Lulu M 356
Minnehaha 355
Robert E 356
William B 356
William E 356
McKinney, Harriet 207
McKinstrey, Abigail 308
Alexander 303
Alvin 247
Emily 247,303
Hannah 247
Sophronia 303
William 170
McLaughlin, Annie 594
Mae 429
McLees, Charles 232
Martha 232
McLellan, Mabel M 587
McMillan, Ellen 401
James 401
Mary 401
McNeil, E. M 292
Harriet A 292
McVey, Isaac 275, 278
Mary 275,278
Phoebe 275,278
Sarah 275,278
McWhorton, Lesley 412
Meacham, Harvey 376
Mead, Charles 252
Elizabeth J 321
Isaac 321
Megiveron, Lillian 658
Loretta 658
William 658
Mehl, Catherine 625
Harry 625
Hazel 625
Ida 625
Mabel 625
Page
Melville, Minnie E 414
Menaugh, Elizabeth 619
Nancy 274
Mendall, Mary 58
Merriam, Albert 548
Anna 548
William 548
Merrill, Algie 335
Ella 335
Ellen 425
Emma 335
Ernest 335
Frederick 335
Nathaniel 335
Nellie 335
Rachel 335
Merriman, Edwin C 205
Nelson M 205
Miles, AdaE 289
Edna 593
Edwin 593
Edwin J 598
George 598
Henry 593
Lafe 343
Lee 593
Millard, Edgar J .■.■.■.'■. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.365
Louisa E 617
Millen, Elizabeth 460
Nancy 459
Robert 459,460
Sarah 460
Miller, ( ) 465
Bud 344
Clark 669
David 494
Elizabeth 170
Henry 555
Ichabod 170
James 344
Juliet 438
Oliver 438
Rhoda 170
Ruth ...555
Mills, Abbie 444
Abby 444
Betsey 399
Ellen 399
Elizabeth 343
Emily M 391
Gertrude 479
Glenn 479
James 444
Joseph W 399
Lillian 399
Maria M 502
INDEX
739
Page
Thomas 399
William 479
Miner, Edith H 319
Elizabeth L 319
Emily M 319
James 186,319
James A 319
Nellie 319
Minor, Sarah 240
Mitchell, ( ) 175
( ) 558
Caroline 633
Celia 175
Clarissa 653
Claude 479
Frank 636
Harold 435
"^ Lawson 479
Ross 479
Rov 633
Mobridge, Wm 628
Mockridge, Abbey 467
Elihu 464,467
Joseph 464
Lavinia 467
Mariah 464
Moffatt, Annie M 359
Josephine C 387
Samuel 359
Moley, Ellen 611
Peter H 611
James 611
Monroe, Nancy 221
Nathaniel 221
Moore, Charles F 561
Chesley 435
Edith 521
James 521
Joseph 129
Morden, Ellen 438
James 438
Morgan, Carl 626
Celia 462
Merle 626
Robert 626
Morehouse, Edgar P 323
Elmer E 323
Mary A 323
Morey, Calvin 164
Samuel 210
Sophia 210
Morgan, Andrew 315
Benjamin 60
Eldora 315
Eunice 315
MahalaR 451
Page
Morice, Arselia 612
Daniel 612
Sarah 612
Morrill, George H 381
Morris, Mark 497
Morse, ( ) 585
Elizabeth 376
George W 184
Harriet A 376
Jaspar 376
John 310
Samuel 188
Susan 310
Susan A 310
Morton, Daniel 152
Sarah E 397
Soloman 451
Mosher, Frank S 588
Margaret 133
Moss, Flick 198
Moulton, Ann M 446
Charles G 446
Elihu 446
Henry D 446
Munroe, Addie N 643
Charles P 587
Francis L 321
Maude P 570
Munson, Louise 484
Murdock, Betsey 458
Murphy, Horton 163
Josiah 644
Murray, Laura E 188
Muspratt, James 205
Muzzey, Betsey 330
Elma J 332
Samuel 332
Myers, Carrie A 382
Myrick, Eliza 460
Lydia 68
Nathan 68
Nash, Erumet 657
Josephine , 657
William P 657
Naylor, Abraham 599
Charlotte 599
Nealon, Maria 429
Nearing, Archie 1 494
Freda V 494
Mary E 494
William 494
Wilson E 494
Negles, Anna M 495
George C 495
Henry 495
740
INDEX
Page
Roy L 495
Neilly, Annie 591
Hilda 591
Merrill 591
Roberta 591
Nevens, Ann 432
David 432
Ernest 432
Mary 432,433
Sarah 433
William 432,433
Newcomb, Abigail Ill, 212, 213
Amos Ill, 212, 213
Anna 108, 111
Betsey G 300
Charles A 369
Everett 108
Hannah 300
Hiram A 369
Joseph 108,111
Judith 61, 108, 111
Louise 369
Mary Ill, 213
Nathan B Ill
Nehemiah 300
Ruth 111,300
Sarah Ill
Newell, Abigail 395
C. H 227
Charles H 395
Christopher 395
Frank P 395
Herbert M 227
JohnP 395
Mary 372
Mary F 395
Richmond M 227
Newhall, Charlotte 70
Christopher 183
Damaris 70
Darius 69,229
Darius E 229
Esther 70,237
Hannah 70
Jacob 70
Nehemiah 69, 70, 237
Tryphena 85
Tryphene 70
Newkirk, Frank 341
Newland, Israel 55
Joseph 55
Newman, PoUy 205
Francis B 205
Joseph 205
Newton, Adeline 314
Marshall 520
Page
Nelson C 520
Prudence 520
Ralph B 520
Nichols, Frank M 602
James 43,286
Jesse 175
Joanna 71
John 170
Marion 602
Phoebe 116
Martha M 408
Nicholson, Charles 430
Daniel 430
James 430
Jesse 430
John 430
Rebecca 430
Samuel 430
Thomas 430
William 430
Nido, Jerome 540
Niles, ( ) 437
Mariam 431
Matilda 431
Stephen 431
Norman, Harriet 163, 287
Norris, John 460
North, Albert 289
Annie 289
EmmaE 289
George J 289
Howard M 289
Milo 289
Norton, G. W 511
Lottie E 511
Noyes, Arthur 393
Marion E 393
Nye, JohnL 628
Oatly, Edith 568
Over, Vernon B ; 410
Obrien, Schuyler 427
Odell, George A 506
Stella 636
Ogden, Cyrus 473
James 473
James H 473
Job 473
Joseph 473,479
Mary 473
Oliver 473
Sarah 473
Stephen 473
William H 473
Oliver, Anna 671
Dorothy 670
INDEX
741
Page
George A 670
J. Clark 321
Natalie 670
Paul A 670
Ollinghouse, Eli 192
Olmstead, Millicent S 285
Olson, Louisa 569
O'Neill, Bedelia 517
Orman, Pierson 405
Orr, Anna 646
Osterhaut, Asenath Ill
Overdier, Henry B 556
Henry D 556
Overton, C. E 656
Florence M 656
Oviatt, Frank 278
Grace 278
Vvilliam 278
Owen, Ethel B 639
Oliver 639
Timothy 60
Owens, Edwin 498
William R 216
Packard, Addie 551
AnnP 355
Ebenezer 355
Josiah 551
Zeruah 355
Paddock, Griffin 112
Padelford, Albert 231, 388
Ebenezer 388
Mabel E 388
Silence 388
Susie W 388
Paine, Amy 265
ElbridgeB 266
Florence 265
Howard 265
JohnE 265
Lucy 197
Sarah 67
Susan 609
Palmer, Abiel 195
Abigail 91
Byron 512
Catherine 431
Charles H 374
Clara 262
Emily 374
Hiram O 374
John 374
JohnS 527
Maria 203
Sarah 203
Steven 203
Parish, ( ) 444
Page
Parker, Alexander 452
Catherine 599
Charles 179
Emma R 599
George 599
Mary E 452
Nancy 198
Parkhurst, Amos 274
Charlotte 274
Eletha 274
Elizabeth A 210
Eunice 274
Hannah 274
Isaac 274
Joel 274
Mary A 274
Sarah 159
Susan 274
Parkinson, Abel 274
Eliza 488
Elizabeth 274
John 274
Jonathan 274
Mary 274
Minerva 274
Sarah 274
William. 274
Parks, Lillian M 555
Marie 555
Mary 281
Samuel A 555
Parlee, W. M 596
Parmelee, Grace M 561
Parmenter, Blanch 1 525
Charles H 524
Emma 300
Hiram L 616
Lawrence 616
Partridge, John W: 112
Samuel 207
Paterson, Charles W 503
Ernest D 503
H. D 503
Lena M 503
Nellie L 503
Paul, ( ) 49
Abigail 35
Anna 221
Benjamin 70
Cornelius 601
Damaris 35
Ebenezer 30
Edward 34
Esther 35
Frederick 134
John 35,70
742
Page
Marcy 35
Mary 34,35
Maomi 69
William 34
Paull, AlmiraF 447
Ann 446
Catherine C 447
Dean 446
Fannie W 446
Isaac 446
Isaac D 447
Mary J 447
Mercy A 446
Olive 448
Pay, Oscar 198
William 198
William E 198
Pead, Elizabeth 119
Peake, Hattie 670
Pearce, Isaac 609
Penelope 609
Sarah E 609
Pearson, Emmeline G 529
James A 529
Mary E 529
Peasley, Howard 590
Peck, Brainerd T 639
Frederick W 639
James F 639
Julia O 588
Katharine 463
Keziah C 235
Pendleton, Harriet 122
Samuel 122
Perdue, Pearl 637
Perduyn, Peter A 246
Perkins, Bessie 434
Lillian 434
Thomas 434
Perrine, Babbitt 340
Milton 1 340
Perry, Ada M 231
Doris 567
Edward D 231
Lewis 567
Louise 231
LucindaL 329
Mary 329
Nellie 629
Pearl 567
Russell 72
Simeon 329
Sylvester 181
William 71
Peterson, Carl 613
EarlW 613
Page
Mae 415
Mary 541
Pettis, Isaac 609
Pettit, Alida 621
Petty, Lillie 409
Peva, Ethel M 323
Pfaff, Lewis 587
Phelps, Elsie 479
William E 284
Philpot, William 192
Phillips, ( ) 35
Abigail 49
Agnes 519
Carrie W 659
DoraE 231
Ebenezer 49
Edward 75
Elizabeth 49
Elkanah 75
Elvira 600
Florence 600
George H 231
Gilbert 227
Helen M 373
Hopestill 49
Jacob 74,75
James 49
James M 659
John 75
John W 600
Josiah 180
Martha 659
Lizzie 381
Mary 19,75
Meriam 75
Phoebe 72
Russell A 231
Samuel... 381
Sarah 49
Phinney, John 209
Sarah 209
Piatte, Ocia 494
Picard, Charlotte 576
Harriet 576,406
Isaac 576
Picot, Sarah J 433
Pierce, ( ) 35
Abigail 49
Abner 90
Andrew J 600
Ann 90
Benjamin 90
Betsey 90
Daniel 90
David E 399
EliS 90
INDEX
743
Page
Eliza 598
Elizabeth 400
George 90
Isaac 90
Levi 90
Liberty 90
Mary A 206,323
Sarah 90
Shadrack 90
Sibel 49
William 600
Pierson, Charles 276
Harriet 276
Mariella 276
Samuel 276
Pike, Florence 351
George H 351
Pine, Gertrude 417
Pinkham, Lydia A 210
Piott, Jessie 645
Pitts, Abigail 30
Ebenezer 30
Henry 30
Mary 30
Peter 30
Samuel 30
Sarah 30
Pixley, Adele 202
Charles 202
Martha 202
Place, Eva 333
Ida 333
Martin 233
Stephen 333
Plank, Abi 234
Dudley 234
Zerviah 234
Piatt, Abiel 428
Hannah 428
Rhoda 428
Plimpton, Emily E 314
George L 314
James H 314
Jephtah 105
Plunkett, Charles T 363
Poiset, Albert 626
Alexis 626
Phylis 626
Ruth 626
Pool, Benjamin 44
Pope, Caiista L 195
Frances M 195
Israel P 195
JohnD 195
Joseph , 195
Page
Sophia J 195
Susanna 195
Popple, Catherine 426
Porter, Elizabeth A 317
Ella 507
Mary A 317
Olive T 317
Robert L 318
Roberts 317
Post, ( ) 486
Lydia 90
Poste, Ellie F 666
Pottinger, Adelaide 580
Frances M 580
Robert T 580
Potter, ( )G 523
Ellen R 503
Esther E 415
Jane E 465
Jared 503
Lorinda L 523
Lydia 523
Potts, Amanda K 620
Powell, Charlotte A 367
Ellen 473
Florence L 537
Idaho 473
Jesse 473
John 537
Penuel 473
Sadie 473
William 473
William H 666
Pratt, Andrew C 226
Ella J 332
Lydia R 515
Sarah L 541
Pray, Abigail 86
Ebenezer 86
Ephraim 86
Filena 86
George 234
Grace 86
Lura 234
Phoebe 234
Ruth 86
Prescott, Abraham 191
Albert E 191
Charles O 191
Edward 191
Price, Archibald 670
Emily 406
Harold A 670
744
INDEX
PAGE
Helen B 670
Priest. Bessie E 359
Prindle, Dorothy 75
Hannah 207
Obedience 75
Samuel 75
Prior, Daniel 171
Pritchard, Arda V 496
John 496
John A 496
Lola M 496
William P 496
Proctor, Carrie 655
Isaac D 655
Lizzie S 655
Prosens, Ira 246
Pugh, W. N 232
Puntoon, John 527
Purdy, Henrietta C 526
Mary A.... 254
Putnam, Mary .. 252
Sophronia 623
Quever, Johh L 404
Quinn, John 632
Quinton, Amelia 257
Charles 257
Francis 257
George E 257
Ida 257
J Harry 257
James 257
JohnB 257
Susan 257
Susan E 257
William A 257
Rainnie, Gerald 435
Williams 435
Randall, Abram 263
Alfred 263
Anna 265
Charlotte 475
Chauncy 263
Cyrus C 609
Damaris 263
Delia 263
Elijah 263
Elisha 263
James L 494
J. M 494
Jonathan 263
Mary 263
Mary A 476
Peter 263
Rebecca 276
Rosa 494
Samantha 263
PAGE
Sophia 263
Rankin, Frederick 446
George H 446
Hattie 474
Herbert E 446
Homer 474
Jay 474
Jno 474
JohnL. 446
Laughlin 446
Ollie 474
Walter 474
William 474
William H 446
Ranslow, George 616
Ransom, Anson A 463
Mary M 463
Rasor, Cecil J 330
George 330
George W 330
Rathay, R. J 265
Rawson, Chandler 325
Ray, Agnes L 597
Chauncy 597
Raymond, Alzina 376
John 628
Rea, Helen 307
Read, Charles F 400
Fortnan 400
Susan 400
Reading, Hannah 440
Redding, Appolos 184
Hannah 184
Reed, Ebenezer. 224, 225
ElmiraB 225
Isaac 225
Isaac A 225
John 212
Jonathan C 226
Leonard 223
Lorenzo 212
Lydia 224,225
Mercy 225
Rebecca 212,223
Rhoda 223
Reese, Izora E 412
Reeves, Eliza 391
Rachel 160
Reger, Mary A 484
Remington, Mary 60
Renches, Elmer 398
Henry 398
Jane 398
Reynolds, Augustus 393
David 129
Emily 393
INDEX
745
PAGE
Grace 503
Harriet 393
Henry 129
Jacob 129
Lucinda 129
Martha 129
Mehitable 129
Samuel 129
Rexford, Electa 252
Ensign 252
Rhodes, Merritt 513
William H 96
Rice, Charles 140
Hannah 173
Jane 140
Simeon 140
Rich, Frank 301
Richards, Charles R 529
Richardson, Asenath 104
Enos S 248
Marsena 248
Mary A 641
Olivia 248
Rinaldo 248
Sam 633
Wyatt 248
Richmond, Benajah 116
Betsey 184
Caleb 116
Clarissa 122
Frindey 302,303
Gideon 116,122
Hannah 122
Hathaway 302
Henry 116
Homer 262
Joseph 116
Josiah 116,121
Lydia 72,121
Lydia B 116
Martha 122,226
Mary 34
Mary A 122
Peter 116,121
Polly 72,116
Rachel 302
Ruth 116
Seth 116
Thankful 69
Richmond, Wealthy 72, 116
William 31,116
Rickets, Amos 555
Charles L 555
Clara 555
Constance 555
Rickey, Paul 544
PAGE
Raymond 544
Theodore 544
Viola 544
Riggs, Adeline A 641
Agnes V 641
Almon 1 641
Charles H 641
Charles W 641
DonF 641
John E 641
Julia A 641
Mary A 641
Ringland, Antoinette 498
Augusta 498
Ella 498
William D 498
William F 498
Risley, Sylvester 510
Ristine, Dorothy 623
Ethel 623
Frances 623
Hiram 623
Ruth 623
Roan, Beatrice F 543
Patrick 543
Robert, Elizabeth 226
Roberts, Caroline 287
Mary 212
Robertson, Jennie M 545
John 645
Nancy 545
Robinson, Ann E 361
Charles 171,390
G. C 325
Robinson, Margaret 593
Nancy 361
Sabra 404
Sarah 409
ThoNas 361,593
William R 593
Rogers, Ariel 141
Hannah 240
Rollins, Rhoda 198
Susan 195
Root, Inez 644
Olive 239
Rose, Isaac 163
Ross, Homer 97
Roundsville, John 35
Rowe, Eva 626
Rowland, Thomas 276
Rowley, Erastus 516
Esther 516
Lucy A 516
Millicent 215
746
INDEX
PAGE
Rudd, Eleanor M 400
Rule, ( ) 428
Rundell, Franc M 589
Rush, Elizabeth 272
Michael 272
Rutherford. Claire T 672
Grace E 672
Marion 672
Robert 672
Ryan, Julia S 214
Mary 460
Sarah 460
Sabin, James W 404
Sacket, Cornelius 370
Irene 163
Sager, Edward L 558
EldonH 558
Flavia J 558
Gertrude A 558
Johns 558
LelandL 558
Salisbury, ( ) 153
Elizabeth 288
Frank 463
Mariette 394
Nathaniel 288
Sammis, Amanda 344
Arthur V 345
Charles 344
Frank R 345
Franklin 344
Helen U 345
Herbert F 345
James U 345
Robert D 345
Sanborn, Dorothy 198
Joseph 338
Sarah S 338
Sanders, Alice H 485
John 132
Lucy 107
Mary 107
Minnie 490
Thomas 107
Sanderson, Eliza 207
John 35
Mary 35
Sandford, George 30, 34
Sanford, Abigail 183
Alvin 183
Ann M 283
Benjamin 183
Daniel 183
Eben 184
Elijah 605
George 183
PAGE
Isaac 183
Lavinia 183
Mercy 183
Osias 283
Sarah.. 71,605
Seraphine 605
Sargent, Julianna 202
Saunders, Cynthia 487
Julia B 458
Savage, Julia 138
Sawtelle, Reuben 298
Sawyer, Claudia 389
Estelle 389
Walter 389
William 389
William H 389
Sayre, Benjamin 267
Daniel 267
Jedediah 267
Mary 267
Tryphena 267
William P 267
Schenck, Dennis 611
Edward 484
Harold 484
Kate 611
Lizzie 611
Scholan, Margaret 518
Schooler, Helena 455
Schulmeister, Anna E 617
Anna M 618
Schultz, Herman 332
William 633
Schwab, Frederick 616
Mary L 616
Scott, Alexander 491
Alice L 511
Avery L 511
Betsey 263
Cyrena J 511
Edward W... 511
Edwin 305
Edwin M 306
Frank L 511
Frederick E 306
George 511
Gertrude 511
Helen L 511
Helen R 305
Hiram W 305
Horatio R 306
James R 306
Jane 305
John 166, 263, 511
Julius 306
Katherine 491
INDEX
747
Page
Kinsley 306
Leonard 511
Mary E 570
Molly L 306
Phineus 305
Sarah 305
Thankful 305
Virgie 491
Walter 511
William D 306
Scovill, Abigail 139
Scudder, Alexander 375
Arthur A 375
Jane B 375
Seacord, Jennie 625
Searles, Abraham 437
Alice 437
Sears, Eugene 233
Polly 195
Seaver, Catherine 608
Dudley B 608
Margaret 608
William D 608
Sebra, Benjamin 419
Imogene 419
Mary A 419
Sedam, Elvira 370
Seward, Clarence 330
Sewell, Nelson 255
Seymour, Eliza 502
Ida 471
Isabelle 502
Jeanette 502
Truman H 502
Zerah 502
Shaffer, Ralph 564
Sharp, Ella 633
Henry S 122
Sharpe, Caroline A 302
Daniel 302
Daniel A 302
Ellen C 302
Orlando E 302
OssianE 302
Sylvia C 302
Shattuck, George C 525
Shaw, Chester B 620
Daisy L 658
Elizabeth 141
Harriet 207
Reuben 184
Shear, .Cornelia 460
Sheen, John 284
Sheleton, Bertha 394
Reuben 394
Robert 394
Page
Sheldon, Abiel 297
Calvin 297
Joseph 381
Mary 381
Patience 381
Shepard, Lucinda 460
Shepardson, George 610
Mary L 610
Sherman, Agnes M 410
Angelas 291
Charles W 610
David B 410
Elmer 531
Grace A 410
John J 410
Josephine E 410
Ora 410
Royer 410
Shadrach 261
Silas C 410
TillieE 410
William 410
Sherwin, Edward J 238
Johnson 238
Louisa 238
Sherwood, Isaac 82
Sheward, Kate 644
Shiplet, Charles 628
John 628
Shipmah, Lucy 423
Shively, Mary 473
Shiverick, Joseph 182
Shoop, Wilbur 628
Shurtleff, Anna L 563
Laura 563
Sylvanus 563
Sias, Maria 195
Sibley, Emory 375
Sigafoos, Lola M. L 371
OrvilleL 371
Pearl M 371
Silverthorne, Bessie 413
Elizabeth 413
Henry 413
JohnN 413
Simerson, Mattie 573
Simmons, Annie 401
Daniel 373
Elizabeth 373
Elizabeth M 373
George W 401
Louise H 397
Nathan 401
William 115
Simpson, Marjorie 1 596
N. K 596
748
INDEX
Page
Nathan 302
Singleton, Adeline 638
Sinsabaugh, Sarah E 306
Sisson, Clara 559
Rebecca '. . 559
Sanford 559
Skidmore, Lillian 506, 642
Skiff, Fannie 589
Skiles, C. C 344
R. C 344
Skinner, Ada 141
Slack, Joseph 165
Slade, Edward 238
Gideon 238
Phoebe 238
Slater, George. 628
June 628
Myrtle 628
Slayton, Addison 490
Charles 490
Frank 490
Gertrude 490
Minnie 490
Myrtle 490
Winnie 490
Smalley, Florence L 339
Smiley, William 477
Smith, Abner 186
( ) 628
Ada 507
Adeline 489
Alfred .631
America 408
Ann 660
Anna 113
Arthur B 412
Barnard 634
Bertha 560
Betsey 105,163
Carrie 405
Catherine 492
Charles 254
Charles W 355
Cynthia R 461
Daisy 490
Daniel 254,460
David 492
Donald G 355
Edith 490
Edward 405
Edward K 405
Eleanor M 355
Electa 489
Elizabeth 186, 645
Ellen L 568
Ernest 631
Page
Esther 186
Fern 634
Flora 558
Floyd 200
Francis 31
Frank 631
Frank H 524
Fred A 524
Frederick D 359
George 492
George W 376,524
Guy 489
Hannahs 433
Harold B 560
Harriet M 367
Hattie 631
Hiram 273
James 558,524
Jessie 634
Joanna W 234
John 31, 254, 488
Josina 338
Julia ..621
Julia A 390
Juliet M 200
Julina 488
Lawrence O 490
Smith, Lloyd 527
LovellF 419
Lucinda 558
Madison 492
Mamie 626
Margaret 619
Maria 518
Maria M 524
Martha 492
Mary 489,492
Mary A 300
Matilda 490
Maude 489
Molly 560
Minnie 631
Nancy 490
Nellie 405
Norman 490
Ollie 490
Orrin 524
Peter N 298
Samuel F 560
Samuel J 560
Samuel L 560
Sarah 488,492
Sidney 367
Silas 164
William P 489
Snallum, Mary 42
INDEX
749
Page
Sarah 42
William 42
Snare, Fannie 477
Flora 477
Mary 477
Otis 477
Sidney 473,477
Snow, Abigail 116
Cornelia J 668
Ellen A 536
Snyder, Frank 305
Sonderman, Augusta 405
Soule, ( ) 157
Andoniron 157
John 157
Sowers, ( ) 484
Frederick 539
May 484
Wilmot 484
Spaulding, Adolphus 173
Alfred 265
Alfred B 265
Charles F.. 217,368
Eunice 368
Fanny 556
Luella 217, 368
LuellaC 556
Phineus 217, 368, 556
William 368
Spear, Amelia B 377
Spears, A. A 616
Florence 616
Spencer, Daun 630
Francis 326
Garnet 630
Kron 589
Mary 326
Mary E 506
Virginia 326
Spooner, Barnabas 74
Betsey 74
Bigford 74
Clara B 513
Jonathan 74
Lazarus 74
Mary 74
Melinda J 508
Polly 74
Simeon 74
Thomas 74
Sprague, Henry D 576
Sprague, Ida F 576
James 129
Lawrence 187
Martha 314
Page
Mary A 576
Orinda E 120
Sarahs 187
Simpson 197
Spruill, Callie 527
Charles 527
Dwight 527
Jennie 527
Lena 527
Mary 527
Nancy 527
William 527
W. F 526
Squire, Helen 463
JohnB 463
Julia 463
Lydia 269
Mary 463
Nettie L 463
Phoebe 269
Stephen 269
Thomas 463
Thomas S 463
Walter 463
William J 463
Stacy, Bessie 613
St. Clair, Audrey 518
Joseph 518
StancliflF, Joseph 262
Stanhope, Harriet 332
Stanton, Clarence 622
Earl 622
Edwin M 622
Lester 622
Lethea 622
Louis 528
Marie 622
Nathan 622
Ruth 622
Vaughn 622
Stapleton, John 431
Staynor, Emma M 400
Stead, Daniel 575
Esther 575
Ray 575
Stearns, ( ) 163
Edward 414
EUaS 414
Stearnes, Lecretia 246
Steele, Annie 471
Eleazer 531
Eunice 531
Julia 531
Steere, Minerva E 657
Steinburg, Abbie 425
750
INDEX
Page
Stells, Salome.. 428
Steach, Benjamin 629
Emma 629
James 629
Robert 629
Stephens, Christina 656
Mary F 656
Simon L 656
Steury, Barbara 416
George 416
Peter 416
Stevens, Abbie 537, 614
Ada 250
Andrew 378
Angeline 280
Annie 378
Arthur 145
Asher 250
Stevens, Benjamin 537
Charles B 537
Clark 280
Dudley 335
Edna M 537
Elias 190
J. Nelson 614
Jane 335
Margaret 280
Mary 280
Maud M 378
Melissa A 335
Rosanna 614
Sarah 193,250
Stevenson, James 199
Stewart, Jesse 487
Stiles, Florence 619
Stillman, Julius 586
St. John, Charlotte 330
Stober, Olive 416
William 416
Stocking, Sidney 262
Stocker, Edward G 463
Stoddard, Allen 554
Bathsheba 260
Hart A 554
Louise 554
Samuel 286
Stone, Abigail P 223
Annie 634
Chauncy 376
Elizabeth 194
Elnathan 141
Grafton W 225
Jennie D 376
Rockwell 222
Sarah C 376
Stover, Jennie B 577
Page
Strait, Minnie L 643
Roselle 514
Strange, Adelaide F 379
Amittia 378
Annie M 598
Charles 120
Strange, Charles E 598
Daniel 120
Dorcas 120
Dorothy 120
Edwin 598
Elias 597
Elias W 598
Elizabeth 120
EllaG 598
Ellen 598
Ellen A 379
Emerson C 598
Emmeline G 598
Esther 120
Gardner 378
George 120
Joanna 120
John 120
Joseph 120,378
Marcus 120
Polly.. 120
Storey, Dudley M 317
Edwin 317
Henry J 317
LukeS 317
Scott S 317
Stout, Helen 322
Street, Lee 594
Strickline, Howard 628
Taylor 628
Willis 628
Strong, Charlotte 313
Eunice 167
Nathan 167
Phoebe 167
Struble, Wilmer 219
Stryker, Charlotte 271
Henry 271
Stuart, DeHna 409
Oscar 409
Sebert 409
Sturges, Abigail 93
Andrew 93
Sturgess, Charles H 452
Dorothy M 452
Helen M 452
Sulfridge, Verna 588
Surbridge, Barbara L 541
Charlotte 541
George 541
INDEX
751
Page
John 541
Sutton, Alwilda O 369
Caroline W 321
Carrol F 369
Elizabeth: 269
Martha L 369
Raymond C 369
Williams 369
Symonds, ( ) 141
Swan, Elizabeth 447
Harry W 447
William W 447
Swaine, Abigail 116
Swartwood, John 369
Swartz, Ernest 634
Miriam 476
Swathel, Josephine 502
Sweegle, Elizabeth 471
George 471
John 471
Lucinda 471
Nancy 472
Sarah 471
Sweet, Albert 598
Alberts 598
Caroline 547
Charles E 547
Charles H 598
Eleanor 569
Eliza A 598
Eliza C 604
Emily J 598
Emily W 598
Georgianna 547
Harry J 598
Lucia 241
Swift, Clarence F 461
CoraL 461
Donald 461
Dorothy 461
Frederick 461
George H 461
Helen 461
Henry O 461
Janet 461
Louis R 461
Tabor, Jessie 435
Thomas 145
Taggart, Jane 287
Nellie 636
Talbot, Chloe 235
Elizabeth 86
Josiah 68, 84
Liberus 235
Lucy 235
Ruth 68, 84
Page
Sarah 68,84
Tarbell, Emeline 584
Tarbox, Elizabeth 655
Frank 655
Mary E 655
Tarne, John 26
Miles 26
Sarah 26
Taylor, ( ) 280
Amory E 363
Edward 363
Elizabeth E 475
James 582
James S 498
ICate 504
Leila 363
Lydia A 333
Lynn J 582
Martha E 512
Martha H 582
Mary B 582
• MiloT 582
WillardH 582
Reed, Caroline 455
Tefft, Amy 157
Daniel 153,157
Martha 153, 157
Teller, Isabella 103
Margaret 103
Tobias 103
Tennant, Abram 262
Asenath 262
Avery 262
Chester 262
Electa 262
Laura 262
Lewis 262
Louisa, 262
Phoebe 262
Sarah 262
Wightman 262
Tenney, Arethusa L 186
Terry, Benjamin 35
Caroline 133
Charles 133
Joy 471
Mary A 473
William 471
Tew, Abigail 183
Anna 71
William H 399
Thayer, Abigail 26
Almon 582
Betsey 224
Elizabeth 26
KevelD 582
752
[NDEX
Page
Lovina 582
Lucy 517
Margaret 164
Mary 36,54
Milo 581
Nathaniel 26
Pamelia 224
Rufus 224
Samuel 36
Sarah 36,54
Susan 505
Thomas 36
William 36,54
Thomas, Annie C 418
C. A 481
Chloe 517
Leona 626
Susanna 255
Thompson, ( ) 480
AddieF 502
A. C 188
Angeline 249
Anna 248
Charles 222
Dolly 90
Eunice 426
Edward 289
Edwin 289
Eveline 365
Hattie 331
Ira 426
James 87
John 425
Lucy 248
Lydia 365
Marcia J 364
Margaret 474
Mary 90,269
Sarah 426
Schuyler 289
Timothy 218
( ) 230
William 365
Thomson, Angeline 296
James A 465
James S 465
Jesse 170,295,296.
La Mott 295
Leonard A 465
Lydia W 465
Milton 170
Milton H 295
Mortimer 296
Nellie F 465
Thomson, Polly 170
William 1 465
Page
Thorne, Elizabeth 256
George S 375
Mary F 375
Rhoda 430
Seth 153
Thornton, Mary 130
Thorpe, Betsey 401
Earl 425
Elmer 544
Roy 544
Samuel 401
Sarah 401
Thrasher, Elijah 378
Lucv A 378
Maria 469
Philinda 378
Thurber, Benjamin F 397
Gertrude 397
Helen 164
Mary 397
Tibbals, Henry 281
Tichard, Naomi 454
Tiffin, Henry 141
Tilden, Henry C 555
Mary L 555
Tilley, Charles 257
Elizabeth G 257
George 257
SethF 257
Tilson, Cephas 184
Charlotte 184
Edmond 184
Gilbert 184
Willard 184
Tinkham, Caleb 51
Polly 85
Tisdale, Abigail 26
John 26
Sally 448
Sarah 26
Tobey, Abigail 164
Bathsheba 116,221
Benjamin 164
Harriet 164
Mendana 163
Minerva 164
Miles 164
Nancy 164
Rebecca 164
Samuel 116
Zalmon 164
Tobin, Elizabeth 553
Todd, Arthur G 292
Betsey 292
Daniel N 292
Edward M 292
EmmaL 292
INDEX
753
Page
Eunice A 292
Herman S 292
Tolsom, Harry G 412
Tonge, Harry L 345
Mary F 345
Mary J 345
Samuel D 345
Toone, Maria A 455
Torrey, Erastus 391
Lillian E 536
Olive 391
Sybil 391
Totman, Samuel 54
Tower, Abel 223
Eleanor 223
Mary 223
Town, Abigail 141
Cyril 141
Celia 141
Elijah 141
Jacob 141
John 141,144
Judith 141
Maria 141
Mary 141
Mercy 141
Towne, Eliza 248
Townsend, ( ) 444, 192
Albert 180
Almond F 599
Elizabeth 180
Horace 180
Isabel 183
Mary E 374
Trafton, ( ) 153
Betsey 44,153
Charles 153
Cromwell 153
Lydia 44
Mary 153
Sally 44
Seth 44
Sylvia 44
Thomas 44, 153
Welthia 44
Trainor, James 444
Mary A 444
Travis, Caroline 239
Tribby, ( ) 498
Tripp, William C 602
Trowbridge, Delia 427
Gould 286
Horace 161
Troxell, Raymond 322
Tryon, Hattie 588
Tubbs, Damaris 118
Page
Isaac 43
Joel 118
John 118
Samuel 49, 51, 118
Tucker, George B 312
Irving 312
Jesse 131
Nathaniel 312, 313
Serena E 312
Walter 390,494
William 312
Tupp, Ebenezer 183
Tulley, Mary A 598
Turk, Edward 370
Mabel F 370
Maude H 370
Turnbull, Margaret 594
Turner, Lillie 542
Tuttle, ( ) 502
Catherine 425
Hobart 252
Myrtle 659
Tyler, Anna 166
Tyrrell, Caroline 285
Tyson, Rebecca 377
Underwood, Florence 200
Frances 200
Harry 200
Ira 199
James R 199
Joseph 200
Luther 199
Melvin 364
Sabra V 199,344
Sarah 200
Unger, Alfred 671
Hugh 671
Upton, Barney 237
Elias...... 70, 237
Emma D 237
Esther 237
Esther C 237
Fidelia E 237
Harriet N 237
Henry B 237
Martha A 237
Mary P 237
Nancy M 237
Nehemiah N 237
Susan S 237
Utley, Elijah 449
Vaille, Errol 325
Everett 325
Melvin 325
Valentine, Emerette 337
754
INDEX
Page
Esther A 337
Justus 337
Valkert, Emma 447
Vance, Mrs. J 256
Van Densen, Esther 587
Van Dyke, Charles A 588
Vanetta, Matilda 490
Van Horn, Anna 425
Charles A 425
James 425
James H 425
Van Houson, Anna M 364
Van Nance, Gilbert 304
Van Ness, Eva 619
Van Orman, Belle 405
Cairre 405
John 405
Pierson 405
Van Pelt, Jennie E 657
Vaughn, Elizabeth 667
Harry 484
Lillie 667
Washington 667
Van VIeet, Freelove 217
Van Why, Cornelia 321
Emma 322
Vedder, Grace 459
Vermillion, ( ) 585
Vermilye, Daniel B 468
Herbert N 468
Katherine H 468
William H 468
William M 468
Vernon, Florence E 325
Robert 325
Sarah 325
Verny, Sarah A 590
Vickers, Beatrice 655
Elizabeth 655
George 655
George M 655
Kathryn 655
Vincent, Anna 101
John 101
Sabra 100,101,102
Vinton, Abiathar 56
Elizabeth 56
Lydia 56
Vorsburgh, Ira 428
Wade, Florence S 563
Harriet 563
Henry O 563
Wait, John 85
Walden, Joseph 323
Waldron, Abraham 43
Benjamin 43
Page
David 44
Eliiah. 43
Gamaliel 44
Guilford 44
Hannah 43,44
Robert 43
Ruth 44
Samuel 43
Sarah 43
William 44
Walker, Abiathar 242, 372, 395
Abiathar F 372
Amy 372
Annie 557
Augustus E 346
Bathsheba 242,395
Bathsheba A 373
Bertha F 395
David 35
Edwin C 372
Elizabeth 346
Elizabeth H 346
George 229
Horace D 300
JohnB 346
Joseph 346
Joseph H 346
Maria 346
Mary 235
Molla 117
Philinda 196
Sally A 372
Samuel H 372, 395
William 346
Willie 346
Wallace, Alice 628
Elizabeth 542
James 156
James H 305
Joseph 542
Sarah 542
Walter, ( ) 585
Walton, John 214
Mabel 214
William 468
Wampfler, John 510
Wanamaker, William 214
Warburton, Frederick W 531
Ward, Chloe 334
Edward 334
Elizabeth G 532
Frank ..334
Isaac 334
Jane 282
Julia 334
Octavus 334
INDEX
755
Page
Wallace 334
William W 334
Wardlee, John 492
Warner, ( ) 487
Alvah 282
Edwin 511
Ellen 282
Gratia T 297
Harlan P 540
Isaac 282
Jane. 282
Lodicia 547
Lydia A 540
Mary M 540
Rachel 532
Susan 282
Susan L 532
Warr, Aaron 650
Ann 560
Edith L 560
Warren, Amy 254, 432
Ira 332
John 332
Steven D 332
Warwick, Bessie 653
Washburn, Rufus 313
Wasson, Hannah 430
Waterman, Anna 219
Asa... 219
Hannah C 219
James A 219
Mary B 220
Matthdw W 220
Nicholas C 219
Roberts 219
Rufus B 220
Stephen 195
Timothy 219
William W 220
Watldns, Jerome 218
Warson, Elizabeth 255
Watts, Ethel L 398
Webb, Bronson 305
Frank 644
Henry 305
Polly 90
Steven 305
William H 305
Webster, Hiram 424
Weeks, George H 320
George M 320
Joseph 197
Lyman C 314
Miller 627
Welch, Nathaniel 85
Weller, AnnaC 312
Page
Emma L 536
Franklin 536
Laura G 536
Wellman, Thankful 179
Wells, Daniel 213
Evelyn 213
Harry O 214
Mary G 213
Miles W 589
Orson 213
Williams 589
Wentworth, Charlotte 348
Frederick C 349
Henry A 348
Isaac 348
Lillian 349
Sarah 348
William 348
West, Joseph 275
Westcott, Ebson 157
William B 157
Westerfield, Lora B 579
Weston, James 418
Marion E 418
Olive 418
Wetmore, Annie L 594
Sarah 594
Stephen P 594
Whedbee, Jeremiah 388
Mary E 388
Sarah J 388
Wheeler, Deborah 307
Isaac N 529
John 171,307
Lucretia A 529
Submit 307
Wheelock, Caroline M 316
Whelan, Nora D. 214
Whipple, Homer 492
Polly 216
Whitaker, Edward E 231
Manley 259
Mary 231
Otis 231
Whitcomb, Louisa 192
Naomi 192
Robert 192
White, Abel 82
Abigail 443
Abitha 602
Abraham 196
Alonzo V 249
Amanda L 348
Arthur E 437
Beatrice 602
Bernard 672
756
INDEX
Page
White, Charles 602
Charles D 601
Charles H 437
Charles P 249
Cornelius 443
Deborah L 250
Elijah 142,249
Eliza F 249,554
Hattie 672
Helen 551
Helen M 250
Jacob 437
J. M 557
James 249,554
James R 196
John 437
Leander B 249
Maria 222
Marion 250
Marion C 250
Mary 237
Mary F 250
Minerva 672
Warren A 250
William 249,577
William C 250
William E 577
Whitelaw, James D 546
Margaret D 546
Mary R 546
Whitmarsh, Angie M 571
Edward F 233,571
Emmeline 571
Florence H 571
Frances 571
Helen 1 571
Irving 233
Irving T 571
Whitney, Daniel 644
Evelyn C 301
Henry 301
John 644
Joseph 225
Mariah 644
Martelle 644
Mary 301
Merrill 644
Merritt 644
Timothy 375
Whittier, D. B 195
Gertrude 195
Hattie S 195
Whytall, Jane B 359
Wightman, Eunice 90
Page
Wilbur, Abigail 43
Apollos 601
Barney 601
Elijah 601
Hannah 601
James L 446
Josiah D 601
Lieuphemia 601
Mary L 601
Sally 44
Sarah J 601
Zibean VV 601
Wilcox, Betsey 67
Chapin 645
Emma 645
Huldah 90
Wilcoxen, Fidelia E 290
Wild, Abigail 107
Anna 107
Benjamin 107
David 107
Elsie 107
John 107
Nathan 107
Sarah 107
Wilder, Emma 327
Wiles, Mabel 620
Thomas 495
Wilkinson, Eve 117
Willlard, ( ) 207
Frances E 462
Franklin B 462
Gustavus V 462
James 222
Julia A 462
Lillian 541
Lucretia C 462
Williams, ( ) 504
Albert F 610
Alice H 230
Benjamin 610
Byron 623
Catherine 647
Cecil 623
Charles 623
Charles L 230
Charles S 230
Clarence 623
Fay 623
Fidelia 610
Fred 623
Gladys A 373
Harry 623
Hazel 623
Helen 1 230
INDEX
757
Page
Herbert 623
Homer 623
Howard 623
John 623
JohnG 372
JohnH 395
John R 373, 425
Katie V 647
Lillian M 230
Lucius M 448
Margaret A 241
Marjorie W 373
Mary 623
Marv J 610
Myrtle 623
Nancy 129
Nellie 623
Nina 623
Williams, Peter 647
Rebecca 30
S. H 623
Sarah 373,610
Sidney 623
Susan 230
Welthea 230
Willis, Benjamin 30
Willitis, Dorothy 620
Merritt N 620
Willson, Mary 453
Otis 453
Sarah P 453
Wilmarth, Arthur 600
Ellen J 600
Harriets 600
Ida W 600
James E 600
John 598
Learned J 599
Mary A 329
Mary S 329
ParleymonC 329
Wilson, Annie 646
Edmund H 349
Elizabeth 349
Frank C 646
George H 646
Pauline 349
Susan 378
Thomas 378
Winchell, Ezra 292
Frank 292
Nelson 292
Winchester, Lucy 218
Winslow, Avery 181
Benjamin 71
Ebenezer 71
Esther 71,72
Page
Ezra 179
Mehitable 71
Mercy 181
Peter 71
Rosamund 179
Seth 71
Susan 179
Winsor, Lucia 532
Zenas 532
Winters, Catherine 460
Mary 460
Winthrop, Mary E 348
Wisely, Alexander 591
Alice L 591
Arthurs 591
David T 592
Fred W 591
HedleyF 591
James A 591
John A 592
Julia B 591
Margaret M 591
Robert F 591
Witherell, Cora E 610
Deborah 181
Frank 610
Susan 134
Theophilus 181
W. O 610
Witt, Adin 145
David 355
Elvira B 355
• Justus 145
Polly 355
Wood, Amanda 495
EliC 449
Ephraim 609
Jerusha 208
John 208
Joseph 375
Joshua 375
Jotham 112
Mabel 230
Mattie 493
Rebecca 375
Woodcock, Susanna 100
Woodman, Henry 178
Joseph 95
Thomas 471
Ward, Hiram 179
Woodruff, Carrie W 419
Maribah 419
William 419
Woodward, Abigail 180
Abijah 426
Alvin 180
758
INDEX
Page
Ann 70
Anna 426
Ardelia 180
Bethiah 180
Eliza 326
Elkanah 180
Ephraim 180,440
Martha 599
Mary H 308
Mercy A 599
Priscilla 315
Soloman 308
Warren 180
Welthia 180,440
William 108,599
William L 307
Wooster, Amos 189
Martha A 189
Zeriah 189
Worcester, Albert 613
Sarah E 613
Wordell, Hannah 401
Henry 401
Imogene 401
Worden, Louisa 611
Russell 611
Samantha 611
Wright, Ann 523
Anna M 620
Anne 198
Annie J 371
Charles H 371
Charles W 620
Ebenezer 198
Francis 508
George 315
Page
Harve'- 523
Hattie M 371
Ira 198
Joseph 371
Lizzies 371
Lorinda 201
Louisa 198
Louise M 417
Lucy A 523
Roxana 198
Sophia 198
Susanna 198
William 198
Wrightington, Wealthy 224
Wyman, Herrison 357
Yatman, Mary E 539
Yawger, Henrietta 538
Yawzer, Herman 635
Yoemans, Richard 152
Yondes, David 163
Young, Alpheus 179
Clara 471
Francis E 247
Henry 471
John 471
Reece 634
Warren 471
Zimmerman, Anna F 188
Augustus J 188
Bradley 188
James B 188
JohnB 188
JohnO 188
Mary A 188
Sarah E 188
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS
Babbitt, Abigail (White) 448
Abijah 264
Ancil Chapman 456
Rev. Benjamin Bosworth 624
Benjamin Talbot 296
Charles 448
Charles Jacob 632
Charles O 504
Charles Wesley 496
Charles Winthrop 576
Clinton 352
Dr. Daniel 272
Daniel 152, 256
Rev. Dean Richmond 648
Dyer 432
Edward Babbitt House 70
Edward B 200
Gen. Edwin B 432
Elias 464
Elijah 264
Eliza 114
Emily Jenny 3
Emily McKinstrey 248
Enoch and Lydia (Crane) 120
Francis Sanford 665
George 264, 512
George Arthur 665
George Dayton 328
George Henry 665
George Henry, Jr 665
George Rodney 384
Henry Smith 376
Isaac ; 424, 444, 496
Isaac Babbitt Homestead 424
Jael Edson 360
J. Willard 344
Mrs. J. Willard 336
James Bradford 544
Rev. James Howard 608
John L 528
Babbitt, John Ralston 185
John Winthrop 96
J Winthrop 196
Joshua Cutler 560
Lovell W 560
Maj. Jacob 480
Mary Barlow 248
Moses Babbitt House, Mendham, N. J 466
Dr. Nathan S 360
760 INDEX
Orlando 508
Philo 496
Philanda Walker 196
Pliny 416
Rev. Samuel Tillotson 432
Sarah Cole 496
Seraphine Sanford 665
Seth Cooper 560
Simeon 248
Simeon A 248
Dr. Snell 360
Snellem. 104
Squire Babbitt's House 466
Stephen 288
Sylvia 560
Thomas Sturges 320
William Babbitt House, Mendham, N. J 272
William Dean 576
Babbitt House East Norton 40
Babbitt House near Mendham, N. J 636
Block in Taunton, Mass 656
Browne, Adeline 360
Browne, William B 592
Coldren, Sarah (Babbitt) 576
Crossman, Ruth Alice 665
Crossman. Sarah (Babbitt) 665
Darst, Mrs. Anna B 536
Grave of Damaris Smith 26
Grave stone of Edward Bobit 26
Graves of Edward and Margaret Babbitt 70
Graves of Nathan and Mary Babbitt 40
Harris, Lydia 96
Home of Ancil Chapman Babbitt 616
House built by Ira Babbitt. 96
House Occupied by the Babbitts 88
John Hathaway House 14
Lawrence, Louise (Babbitt) 665
Leonard, Clarence E 400
Lovell, Irene Adeline 424
Newcomb House, East Norton. Mass 592
Old Babbitt Spring House, Mendham, N. J 636
Old Blacksmith Shop 656
Original Babbitt House 158
Pope, Melinda Babbitt 193
Pope, Israel Putnam 193
Residence of George R. Babbitt 225
Residence Rollin H. Babbitt 225
Shaker Settlement at Harvard, Mass 88
Signatures, Reproductions of 10
Site of Edward Bobit's Home 8
Spaulding, Mrs. Fannie 368
Spot where Edward Bobit was slain 8
Timothy Plain Cemetery 14
Valley near Mendham, N. J 76
View from the N. W. of the Old Babbitt House 158
Whittier, Daniel 193
Whittier, Fannie P 193
Ziba Babbitt Family Group 258
CORRECTIONS
Page 664, Anna L. should read Annie L., and Annie W. should read Annie L.
Page 665, Date of Francis S. Babbitt's marriage to Abbie Louise Hitch should
be June 9, 1870, instead of 1871.
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