ELKANAH BABBITT

• Birth Notes
  • BIRTH: 22 APR 1690, Berkley, MA
    was born on 22 Apr 1690 in Taunton, Bristol, Ma. 

• Death Notes
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    DEATH: AFT. 1758,  He died about Apr 1754 in Berkeley, Bristol, Ma.
    
    

• General Notes
  • Elkanah Babbitt, Isaac's father, was born April 22, 1690. He resided on a farm near Berkley, Massachussetts. He married first Mary Hathaway (1691-1729), the daughter of Isaac and Mary Pitts Hathaway. Elkanah was for years a leading figure in old Berkley. The first town meeting was at his house. He apparently moved to New Jersey where he also owned land, but returned to Berkley by his death. He married a second time to Mehitable Crane the daughter of Stephen and Mary Crane of Braintree. Of his 16 children, 8 were born to each wife.
    
    
    
    
    SHOWN AS FIRST MARRIAGE MARY HATHAWAY (BET. 1691 - 1692 - 15 AUG 1729
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    Married (1st) Mary Hathaway, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Pitts) Hathaway.  She died 15 Aug, 1729, age 38. 
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    Children of ELKANAH BABBITT and MARY HATHAWAY are:
    
    i. MARY BABBITT, b. 1708, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; d. Bef. 1750; m. JACOB PHILLIPS, October 30, 1732, Dighton, Bristol County, MA.
    
    ii. ELKANAH BABBITT, b. 1710, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; d. 1816, Cooperstown, Otsego County, NY; m. OBEDIENCE PRINDLE, January 20, 1736/37, New Mildord, Litchfield County, CT.
    
    iii. JACOB BABBITT, b. 1715, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; d. September 10, 1811, Bristol, Bristol County, RI; m. MARY HARVEY, March 31, 1737, Taunton, Bristol County, MA.
    
    iv. ISAAC BABBITT, b. August 15, 1717; d. May 08, 1777; m. ELIZABETH BABBITT, February 12, 1738/39, Berkley, Bristol County, MA.
    
    v. HOPESTILL BABBITT, b. January 07, 1719/20, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; d. Bef. 1756; m. ELIPHAZ HARLOW, January 18, 1737/38.
    
    vi. PHOEBE BABBITT, b. June 06, 1722, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; m. CALEB EDDY, July 11, 1745, Halifax, Plymouth County, MA.
    
    vii. MARCY BABBITT, b. July 14, 1726, Dighton, Bristol County, MA.
    
    viii. DEBORAH BABBITT, b. 1728, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; d. May 05, 1794; m. ROBERT BOSTWICK, 1749, New Milford, Litchfield County, CT.
    
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    Elkanah Babbitt "Centinel" Capt. Oulton's Co. at Richmond, Mass., Step 14 to Oct 3, 1747; also at Richmond, April 1 to Sept 23, 1747. 
    
    
    
    Styled "Captain"
    He resided in Berkley on a farm set off by his father from his own lands. In some deeds called "Pf Dighton" into which town his land extanded.
    A leading figure in the town life of old Berkley. In public and military life he took full lead. When Berkley commenced its separate town government, the first town meeting took place in his house, May 12 1735. His sons early removed to Western, towns situated along almost exactly the western bounds of Connecticut and Massachusetts, ranging from New Milford, Conn., to New Ashford, Mass.
    In 1743 Elkanah Babbitt seems to have disposed of all his land holdings at Berkley and he appears thereafter for brief periods in some of the towns where his sons had settled. He perhaps accompanied his son Issac to New Jersey; at any event he owned lands there and in April 1854 was living at Mendham, NJ. at which date he and wife Mehitabel deeded lands in Mendham situated near Malachi Holloways. It is presumed that he finally returned to Berkley and died there after an adventurous and active life.
    
    Deed Extracts:
    
    1 Jun 1738:  Elkanah Babbit of Berkley, Gent. deeds son Isaac Bobbet of Berkely, laborer, one-half of my homestead, being the south half thereof, bounded on east by land of Daniel Axtell".
    
    31 Mar 1743:  Elkanah Babbit, Gent. and Isaac Bobbett, laborer, deeded Benj. Chase, boatman, 5 acres, it being the north half of said Bobbet's homestead farm."  Signed by Elkanah, Isaac and Mehitabel Bobbet.  This would seem to be the date upon which they moved to New Jersey
    
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    The children of Elkanah and Mary Babbitt were:
    ??? SHOULD THIS BE 1ST WIFE INSTEAD??
    
    Mary
    
    Elkanah Jacob
    
    Isaac b. 1717 m. Elizabeth Babbitt d. 1738
    
    Hopestill b. 1720  #######  CHECK NAME HOPESTILL EDDY IN THIS TREE
    
    Phoebe b. 1722 m. Caleb Eddy   ##############
    
    Marcy b. 1726 d. young
    
    Deborah b. 1728 m. R. Bostwick
    
    The children of Elkanah and Mehitable Babbitt were:
    
    Marcy b. 1730
    
    Stephen b. 1732
    
    Zephaniah b. 1735
    
    Samuel b. 1737
    
    Amariah b. 1743
    
    Zerah b. 1748
    
    Mehitable
    
    John b. 1750
    
    

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