James Babcock

1641 - 1698  (57 years)

• Name	James Babcock
  Born	1641	Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	1698	Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island   [7, 8]
  Died	1698	Woodville, Washington, Rhode Island   [2, 3, 4, 5, 9]
  Person ID	I7731	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	James Badcock,   b. Abt 1612, Essex, England ,   d. 12 Jun 1679, Stonington, New London, Connecticut  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Mother	Sarah,   d. 1665
  Married	Abt 1641	Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island   [10]
  Family ID	F2001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Brown,   d. Aft 30 Apr 1718
  Married	Abt 1665	Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island   [11]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Babcock,   b. Abt 1669, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island ,   d. 1740, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2016
  Family ID	F4232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Blacksmith and farmer. "[H]e manufactured iron from bog ore and from black sand gathered upon the seashore." [The Babcock Genealogy] James and his wife Jane are recorded in 1692 as members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Newport and Westerly. Westerly grand jury, 13 Dec 1687; Selectman, May 1688 and May 1689; Town Councilman 2 Jul 1693 and again in 1696. James Babcock (1641-1698) = Jane Brown (d. 1718) James Babcock (~1665-~1721) = ? Jonathan Babcock (b. 1703) = Elizabeth Larkin (~1702-1784) Mary Babcock (b. 1724) = John Casey (1724-1794) Sarah Casey (1755-1813) = John Rathbun (1750-1810) Phoebe Rathbun (1797-1848) = Jeremiah Phillips (1800-1848) Whipple Van Buren Phillips (1833-1904) = Rhoby Alzada Place (1827-1896) Sarah Susan Phillips (1857-1921) = Winfield Scott Lovecraft (1853-1898) Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) James Babcock (1641-1698) = Jane Brown (d. 1718) James Babcock (~1665-~1721) = ? Jonathan Babcock (b. 1703) = Elizabeth Larkin (~1702-1784) Mary Babcock (b. 1724) = John Casey (1724-1794) Sarah Casey (1755-1813) = John Rathbun (1750-1810) Sarah Rathbun (1787-1868) = Stephen Place (1783-1849) Rhoby Alzada Place (1827-1896) = Whipple Van Buren Phillips (1833-1904) Sarah Susan Phillips (1857-1921) = Winfield Scott Lovecraft (1853-1898) Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937)

  
  

• Sources

  [S488] The Babcock Genealogy by Stephen Babcock. New York: Eaton & Mains, 1903., year only. [S715] History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900,, by Richard Anson Wheeler. New London, Connecticut: Press of the Day Publishing Company, 1900., year only. [S993] Genealogical Record of Nathaniel Babcock, Simeon Main, Isaac Miner, Ezekiel Main by Cyrus H. Brown. Boston: The Everett Press, 1909. [S679] The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, by John Osborne Austin. Albany, New York; 1887., year only. [S2203] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015., year only. [S1139] Ancestral Lines, Third Edition: 206 Families in England, Wales, the Netherlands, Germany, New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania by Carl Boyer III. Santa Clarita, California: 1998., year only. [S1113] Life History of Elisha Hurt Groves and Lucy Simmons by Murland R. Packer. 1997. [S1139] Ancestral Lines, Third Edition: 206 Families in England, Wales, the Netherlands, Germany, New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania by Carl Boyer III. Santa Clarita, California: 1998. [S488] The Babcock Genealogy by Stephen Babcock. New York: Eaton & Mains, 1903. [S498] Van Zee, Babcock, Brooks, Valentine and related families, by Valentine Van Zee. [S2203] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.