Elkanah Babbitt II (1690 - abt. 1754)

Born 22 Apr 1690 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hathaway) Babbitt — married 1714 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 1 Apr 1754 at about age 63 in Berkeley, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Called "Captain."

Elkanah was born on 22 April 1690 in Taunton.^[1]

• Elkanah Babbit (or Bobet) was born 22 Apr 1690^[2], the son of Elkhanah and Elizabeth Macomber (Briggs) Babbit of Taunton, Massachusetts.
• The genealogy noted here says in some deeds he is called "of Dighton" because his farm in Berkley extended into Dighton.
• He married Mary Hathaway^[3], born 1691, the daughter of Isaac and Mary (Pitts), and had children, including

1. Mary
2. Elkanah,
3. Jacob
4. Isaac, born Aug. 15, 1717
5. Hopestill, born Jan. 7, 1720
6. Phoebe, born June 6, 1722; married July 11, 1745, Caleb Eddy of Halifax, Mass. They removed to New Jersey.
7. Marcy, July 14, 1726. Died young
8. Deborah born circa 1728; married Robert Bostwick of Brooklyn, Conn., as his second wife. She died May 5, 1794

• Mary died Aug. 15, 1729, Elkanah remarried on April 2, 1730, Mehitable Crane, daughter of Stephen and Mary Crane, of Braintree, Massachusetts, and had children, including:

1. Marcy, born Dec. 31, 1730
2. Stephen, born Dec. 1732
3. Zephaniah, born Jan. 5, 1735
4. Samuel, born Sept. 30, 1737
5. Amariah, born May 16, 1743
6. Zerah, baptized 1748
7. Mehitable
8. John, born 1750

• Elkanah Babbitt was a leading figure in Berkley. When Berkely was formed from parts of Taunton and Dighton in 1735, the first town meeting took place in his house on May 12, 1735. His sons moved to various towns situated along the western bounds of Connecticut and Massachusetts, ranging from New Milford, Conn., to New Ashford, Mass.
• Elkanah Babbitt seems to have followed his sons. For example his son Isaac moved to New Jersey, and Elkanah and his wife were living in Mendham, N. J. in April, 1754. He finally returned to Berkley and died there April 1, 1754
• In 1773 his wife Mehitable was living in New Ashford, Mass. with her son Amariah

Elkanah II was born in 1690. He was the son of Elkanah Babbitt and Elizabeth Briggs. He passed away in 1754. Elkanah married 2nd spouse Mehitable Crane on 2 April 1730 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town Birth Records, 1620-1850"
   Ancestry Record 4094 #68217 (accessed 13 April 2023)
   Elkanah Babbitt born on 22 Apr 1690 in Taunton.
2. ↑ The Massachusetts Vital Records Project Early Vital Records of Massachusetts; From 1600 to 1850; Taunton - Births; Image of page 27; listing for Elkanah Babbit (Elkannah Bobit), son of Elkahanah, 22 Apr 1690
3. ↑ The Babbitt family history,1643-1900 by Browne, William Bradford, 1875; Published 1912; Topics Babbitt family (Edward Bobet, d. 1675), Babbitt Family Association, genealogy; Publisher Taunton, Mass. : C. A. Hack; Call number 31833012003262; Digitizing sponsor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
4. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Marriage, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009769.
   FamilySearch Record: QPZY-6MMQ (accessed 25 April 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-9979-44TF Image number 00591
   Elkanah Babbitt marriage to Mehitable Crane on 2 Apr 1730 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Father: Elkanah Babbitt

• Family History Or Pedigree: "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000"
  Book Title: The Babbitt family history : 1643-1900
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61157 #491368 (accessed 13 April 2023)
  Name: Elkanah Bobet; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 22 Apr 1690; Birth Place: Berkley, Mass; Second Marriage Date: 2 Apr 1730; Father: Elkanah Bobet; Mother: Elizabeth Briggs; Spouse: Mary Hathaway Mehitable Crane; Child: Mary Babbitt Elkanah Babbitt Jacob Babbitt Isaac Babbitt Hopestill Babbitt Phoebe Babbitt Marcy Babbitt Deborah Babbitt Marcy Babbitt Stephen Babbitt Zephaniah Babbitt Samuel Babbitt Amariah Babbitt Zerah Babbitt Mehitable Babbitt John Babbitt.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #177372116
• Browne, William Bradford. The Babbitt Family History, 1643-1900, Taunton, MA, 1912 On Archive.org
• http://www.mundia.com/us/Tree/Family/9504363/-790753520#
• Babbitt Family History - #21 p.47
• Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 1; Serial: 12978; Volume: 2; Author: Hatcher, Patricia Law; Ancestry.com Operations Inc;
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This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Babbit-39 was created by JoAnn Miller through the import of Pitts Family Wiki.ged on Oct 10, 2014.