↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HC-3BY : 6 December 2014), Joshua Babcock, 07 Dec 1728; citing Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 930,814.
↑ Babcock, Stephen. Babcock Genealogy New York, Eaton & Mains, 1903, P. 63.
↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649998_00323). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], Washington, Town Council and Probate Records, Vol 5-6, 1745-1787, image 323-324. Westerly, Book 4, page 542-543, Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joshua by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
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Babcock-2653 and Babcock-3907 appear to represent the same person because: Please re-examine this. This looks like a real match and the good sourcing on the one side will connect him into the larger Babcock family and eliminate the duplication.