Rachel (Adams) Babcock (1732 - 1813)

Born 18 Feb 1732 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of John Babcock — married 6 Jan 1753 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Apr 1813 at age 81 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Rachel (Adams) Babcock is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 81126
Rank: Private

Reachel was born in 1732. Rachel was the daughter of John Adams and Sarah Swift.^[1][2]

She married John Babcock.^[3] Their children were^[4]:

1. Samuel Babcock^[5] 1760-1813
2. Elisha Babcock 1753 - 1821
3. John Babcock m. Sydney Rogers
4. Andrew Babcock d. Mar 29 1789 or 30 Mar 1790. He was buried at the Ancient Burying Ground in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
5. Lucretia Babcock Brewer 1755–1829 m. Gaius
6. Mary Babcock Bliss 1757 - 1824
7. Abigail d. 1790
8. Abigail Babcock Gardner Clark 1762–1832
9. Sarah Babcock Grant m. Ephraim
10. Rachel Babcock Hooker 1771–1801
11. Reuhama Babcock never married

They lived in Quincy (now Milton?) , Massachusetts before coming to Hartford. Rachel died in 1825 at the age of 81 years old. ^[6][7] and is buried in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ A Teele AK. The History of Milton Mass. 1640 to 1887. p.555
2. ↑ Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, pg 1007.
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2/11/24), "Record of John Babcock", Ancestor # A004252.
4. ↑ Barbour, Families of Early Hartford
5. ↑ Dissertation about Samuel Babcock the musician who is John and Rachel's Son
6. ↑ Death Notices -- Boston Semi-Weekly Advertiser (Boston, MA),
7. ↑ Dec. 21,1825, pg 1 and New-Hampshire, Patriot (Concord, NH), Dec.26,1825, pg 3.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78647624/rachel-babcock: accessed February 11, 2024), memorial page for Rachel Adams Babcock (–), Find A Grave: Memorial #78647624, citing Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Robert Michael Field (contributor 47323027).

See also:

• “The Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and his Descendants, also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass, 1632-1897” complied and edited by Andrew N. Adams, published by the author 1898: The Tuttle Company, Printers, Rutland, VT.