Josiah Babcock (1773 - 1851)

Born 30 Aug 1773 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Elizabeth (Wheeler) Babcock — married 2 Jan 1800 in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Died 17 Mar 1851 at age 77 in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Name is variously spelled Badcock or Babcock.

Josiah Babcock was born Aug 30, 1773 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, son of Nathan and Jerusha. ^[1] [Find A Grave says he was born in Bolton but this is an error. ]

Elizabeth Wheeler, (daughter of Jonathan and Mary) and Josiah Badcock married in Bolton, Massachusetts on January 2, 1800. ^[2]

Josiah established a tannery on the south side of Bolton on the Old Marlborough Road on the east branch of Wataquadock Brook in 1802 , a few rods west of the Garrison house. He bought 12 1/4 acres of land from Levi and Betsey Moore in 1802 along with 1/2 the house on that land. In the deed at that time there was no tan yard mentioned. ^[3]

In 1806, he purchased a partly finished currying shop from Ebenezer Bridge of Harvard with "the privilege of removing the same or improving upon it where it now stands." Josiah moved it to his own land and used it as a tan house for many years . ^[3]

He passed away in 1851 in Bolton, Massachusetts ^[4] and is buried in Bolton. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX6-XHL : 15 January 2020), Josiah Badcock, 1773.
2. ↑ Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. by Bolton (Mass. : Town); NEHGS; 1910, Worcester, Mass., F.P.Rice. (P.180)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} History of Bolton 1738-1938, Page 206-207)
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7VL-LQ1 : 22 May 2019), Josiah Babcock, 17 Mar 1851; citing Bolton, Mass, v 59 p 109, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 959,814.
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed APR 2020), memorial page for Josiah Babcock, Find A Grave: Memorial #14483992.