James Babcock

Abt 1641 - 1698  (~ 57 years)

• Name	James Babcock  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	Abt 1641	Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	1698	Woodville, Washington, Rhode Island   [12, 13]
  Died	1698	Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island   [5, 6, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  Siblings	3 siblings
  + 1. James Babcock ,   b. Abt 1641, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island ,   d. 1698, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island  (Age ~ 57 years) + 2. John Badcock ,   b. Abt 1644, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island ,   d. Bef 6 Jan 1685, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island  (Age ~ 41 years)   3. Job Badcock ,   b. Abt 1646, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island ,   d. Between 26 Mar 1715 and 7 Apr 1718, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island  (Age ~ 69 years)   4. Mary Badcock ,   b. Abt 1655, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island ,   d. 1747, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island  (Age ~ 92 years)
  Person ID	I7731	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	James Badcock,   b. Abt 1612,   d. 12 Jun 1679, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Mother	Sarah,   d. Aft 1664
  Married	Abt 1640	England   [18]
  Family ID	F2001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Brown,   d. Between 30 Apr 1718 and 4 Feb 1719, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island
  Married	Abt 1665	Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island   [19]
  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] Constable of Providence Plantation in 1671. Westerly grand jury, 13 Dec 1687; Selectman, May 1688 and May 1689; Town Councilman 2 Jul 1693 and again in 1696. James and his wife Jane are recorded in 1692 as members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Newport and Westerly. 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

  [S3837] This Old Monmouth of Ours by William S. Hornor. Freehold, New Jersey: Moreau Brothers, 1932. [S376] Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy. [S2089] M. S. Lewis, "Book XIV.: John Lewis, Westerly, Rhode Island." Lewis Letter v. 1, nos. 1-12, p. 47. [S488] The Babcock Genealogy by Stephen Babcock. New York: Eaton & Mains, 1903., year only. [S679] The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John Osborne Austin. Albany, New York; 1887., 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. [S756] Early New England Families Study Project: Accounts of New England Families from 1641 to 1700 by Alicia Crane Williams. Online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society., says "probably born at Portsmouth". [S993] Genealogical Record of Nathaniel Babcock, Simeon Main, Isaac Miner, Ezekiel Main by Cyrus H. Brown. Boston: The Everett Press, 1909., year only. [S2203] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015., year only. [S3763] Babcock and Allied Families by Louis Effingham De Forest. New Haven, Connecticut: De Forest Publishing Co., 1928., year only. [S5881] Ancestral Lines, Fourth Edition: 232 Families in England, Wales, the Netherlands, Germany, New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania by Carl Boyer III. Santa Clarita, California, 2015., year only. [S488] The Babcock Genealogy by Stephen Babcock. New York: Eaton & Mains, 1903. [S993] Genealogical Record of Nathaniel Babcock, Simeon Main, Isaac Miner, Ezekiel Main by Cyrus H. Brown. Boston: The Everett Press, 1909. [S1113] Life History of Elisha Hurt Groves and Lucy Simmons by Murland R. Packer. 1997. [S3763] Babcock and Allied Families by Louis Effingham De Forest. New Haven, Connecticut: De Forest Publishing Co., 1928. [S756] Early New England Families Study Project: Accounts of New England Families from 1641 to 1700 by Alicia Crane Williams. Online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society. [S5881] Ancestral Lines, Fourth Edition: 232 Families in England, Wales, the Netherlands, Germany, New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania by Carl Boyer III. Santa Clarita, California, 2015. [S756] Early New England Families Study Project: Accounts of New England Families from 1641 to 1700 by Alicia Crane Williams. Online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society., says "Probably in England". [S2203] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.