John Babbitt (1733 - 1816)

Born 2 Aug 1733 in Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1816 at age 82 in Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

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. Died March 8, 1816, in Berkley, Bristol, MA.^[1]

Name

John Babbitt^[2][3]

Birth

John Babbitt was born ca. AUG 02, 1733, at Berkley, Bristol, MA^[4][5]

Marriage

John Babbitt married^[6]

1) Elizabeth Dean, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Burt) Dean (Jos. Dean, Walter). Born May 26, 1736; died Nov. 3, 1769. Marriage occurred on April 3, 1755,

Children, born in Berkley^[7]:

1. Erasmus, July 6, 1755.
2. Dorcas, Sept. 6, 1756.
3. Benajah, Jan. 17, 1758.
4. Elizabeth, April 8, 1760.
5. John, Feb. 28, 1761.
6. Esther, July 3, 1763.
7. Ebenezer, Dec. 8, 1764.
8. George, Sept. 21, 1766.
9. Dean, Feb. 15, 1768.

2) Lydia Myrick, daughter of Nathan and Lydia (Jones) Myrick. Born March 8, 1750; died Oct. 8, 1828. Marriage occurred on Jan. 1, 1779,

Children^[8]

1. Polly, 1779. Twin sister of Polly died in infancy.
2. Enoch, March 8, 1783.
3. Peter, March 2, 1784.
4. William.

Occupations

Representative to General Court at Boston, 1787^[9]

Military Service^[10]:

• 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. Edward Pope's (Bristol Co.) Regt.; service five days at Rhode Island on the alarm of Dec. 16, 1776; stationed at Warren, R. I.

Death

John Babbitt died ca. MAR 08, 1816 at Berkley, Bristol, MA<^[11][12]

Sources

1. ↑ Browne, William Bradford The Babbitt Family History, 1643-1900 (C.A. Hack & Son, Taunton, Massachusetts, 1912)--John Babbitt #47, p. 68
2. ↑ Source: #S83 Record for Benajah Babbitt Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.), The Generations Network, Inc.)
3. ↑ Browne
4. ↑ Browne
5. ↑ Source: #S83
6. ↑ Browne
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-3HL8?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-2NY%3A353350701%2C353571801%2C353572501 : 20 May 2014), Bristol > Berkley > Births, marriages 1735-1768 vol 1 > image 108 of 145; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
8. ↑ Browne
9. ↑ Browne
10. ↑ Browne
11. ↑ Browne
12. ↑ Source: #S83

• Source: The Babbitt family history,1643-1900; by Browne, William Bradford, 1875- Published 1912 .
• Source: S83 Author: Ancestry.com Title: OneWorldTree Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA

Acknowledgments

• Babbitt-176 was created by Terry Kraft through the import of Missing As and Bs from Kraft-Banks Family_2013-02-08.ged on Feb 8, 2013.
• Babbitt-237 was created by Terry Kraft through the import of Remaining Families from Kraft-Banks Family_2013-02-07.ged on Feb 7, 2013.