According to the Babcock Genealogy by Stephen Babcock, there are two other Elizabeths who have been named as the spouse of John Burdick. Because their births are close together and no other marriages for "Elizabeth Babcock" there is no way to differentiate between the two women. Therefore, it seems best to link both Elizabeth Babcocks to John Burdick. Here are links to both references for Elizabeths:
Samuel Babcock and Anne Pendleton
Babcock, Stephen. Babcock genealogy New York, Eaton & Mains, 1903, P. 61.
2. Daughter of George Babcock and Susanna Potter
Babcock, Stephen. Babcock genealogy New York, Eaton & Mains, 1903, P. 85.
↑ Brown, Cyrus Henry. Brown Genealogy, Many of the Descendants of Thomas, John, & Eleazer Brown. Boston, The Everett Press Company. Volume II; Part 1; 1915, page 175.
↑ Year: 1782; Census Place: Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island. Name: Elizabeth Widow Burdick. Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1740-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
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Significant revision now done to the John Burdick profile. You were correct not to merge the two Elizabeths. Only this one was the spouse of John Burdick. The Babcock-4567 bio should be revised to delete the children. She and her husband Beriah Brown didn't have any.
Babcock-4567 and Babcock-3013 do not represent the same person because: These are two distinct people. Unless their is clear proof of who her father is, They should NOT be merged. If you read each bio, it explains why.
Yes, I had read both biographies before I proposed the merge. It seems that we should move forward on the presumption that neither set of parents is certain at this point, which perhaps means that she should be detached from both sets of parents. You could put statements into the biography of the merged profile for Elizabeth pointing to the possibility of either set being her parents. The main thing, though, is that certainly Elizabeth, the wife of John Burdick, was not 2 different people.