Peleg Babcock (1748 - 1834)

Born 4 Oct 1748 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Maxson) Babcock — married 14 Dec 1769 (to 5 Jul 1775) in Rhode Island

Husband of Ruth (Maxson) Babcock — married 18 Jan 1776 (to 3 May 1813) in Rhode Island

Husband of Phebe (Briggs) Babcock — married 16 Mar 1824 in Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 12 Nov 1834 at age 86 in Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Babcock Name Study.

Peleg Babcock was a Civil Servant in the American Revolution.

Peleg Babcock was born 4 October 1748 to Oliver Babcock Jr. and Patience Pendleton in Hopkinton, Rhode Island.^[1]

He married Lucy Maxson, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Rogers) Maxson, on 14 December 1769 in Hopkinton.^[2] And they had the following children

1. Maxson Babcock, b. 20 October 1770^[3]
2. Peleg Babcock Jr., b. 29 May 1772^[3]
3. Polly Babcock, b. 1774 ^[4]

Peleg and his family appeared on the Rhode Island census of 1774, pg 149 showing 1 white male over 16, 2 white males under 16, 1 white female over 16 and 1 white female under 16

Lucy died on 5 July 1775.^[3]

Peleg married, second, Ruth Maxson, Lucy's sister, on 18 January 1776, also in Hopkinton.^[5] After the birth of their first child, Peleg and Ruth removed to Leyden District (aka Bernardston Gore), Bernardston, Massachusetts with his father and some siblings. Children of Peleg and Ruth (Maxson) Babcock:^[6][7]

1. Solomon Babcock, b. 2 September 1776^[3] in Rhode Island^[8] m. Amy Morgan
2. Lucy Babcock, b. 8 August 1778 in Leyden District^[3]
3. John Babcock, b. 21 July 1780 m. Phebe Wilbur^[4]
4. Luke Babcock, b. 22 May 1782, d. 11 December 1783^[9]
5. Tabor Babcock, b. 30 April 1784^[3]
6. Jared Babcock, b. 27 February 1786 m. Anna Stedman^[4]
7. Benjamin Babcock, b. 7 February 1788 m. Susan Clapp^[4]
8. Polly Babcock, b. 3 August 1790, d. 16 March 1806^[10] d. 1806 m. George Denison

Ruth died in July 1823.^[11]

Peleg married, third, Phebe (Briggs) Denison, the widow of his former son-in-law by daughter Lucy, on 16 March 1824.^[12]

Peleg died 12 November 1834 in Leyden.^[13]

He had executed his last will on 31 January 1825 in front of Asa Hebard, Hezekiah Newcomb and George W. Hebart, who proved it on 10 February 1835. In it, he made bequets to:^[14]

• wife Phebe [(Briggs) (Denison) Babcock]
• four sons Maxson Babcock, Solomon Babcock, John Babcock, Jared Babcock
• son Peleg Babcock Jr.
• sons Tabor Babcock (executor) and Benjamin Babcock
• grand daughter Anna Denison
• grand daughter Olive Babcock
• grand son Arad Denison
• my wife's son Jabez Denison

The Denison grandchildren were children of Lucy (Babcock) Denison (and also step-children of his third wife.

Research Notes

• Care should be observed not to conflate this Peleg Babcock with Peleg Babcock, son of Hezekiah and Mary (Peckham) Babcock, whose wife was Lucy (Babcock) Babcock. Both same-named couples were contemporaneous within proximate geography.

• The Babcock Genealogy had some trouble with Polly and Lucy Babcock -- it gives the wrong birth date and mother for Polly, and assigns her as the wife of George Denison, when it was actually Lucy who was his wife. Lucy did not die on the date given in this book, and she was not unmarried when she died.

Sources

1. ↑ Arnold, 5:7:30, citing Hopkinton 1:101.
2. ↑ Arnold, 5:7:5, citing Hopkinton 1:55.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Babcock, Stephen. Babcock Genealogy. New York: Eaton & Mains, 1900, pp. 97-8.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Brown, Walter LeRoy and Brown, Theta Hakes. Ancestors of Florence Julia Brown and some of their Descendants. Albion NY: The Eddy Printing Company, 1940 pg. 71
5. ↑ Arnold, 5:7:5, citing Hopkinton 1:108.
6. ↑ Children of Peleg and Ruth Babcock, recorded in Leyden (1st set). Leyden. Births, marriages, deaths, town records 1776-1834 vol 25, image 126 of 148.
7. ↑ Children of Peleg and Ruth Babcock, recorded in Leyden (2nd set). Leyden. Town records, not including vital records, 1748-1878, image 161 of 636; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (12 April 2016), Solomon Babcock, Scott, Cortland, New York, United States; citing family 133, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ Leyden. Town records, not including vital records, 1748-1878, image 199 of 636.
10. ↑ Leyden. Town records, including some vital records, 1776-1832, image 111 of 148.
11. ↑ Leyden. Births, deaths 1777-1848, image 114 of 121.
12. ↑ Leyden. Town records, not including vital records, 1748-1878, image 228 of 636.
13. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 June 2018), memorial page for Peleg Babcock (1748–12 Nov 1834), Find A Grave Memorial no. 6824304, citing West Leyden Cemetery, Leyden, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Thomas A Hawkins (contributor 46513232).
14. ↑ Case No. 195. Estate of Peleg Babcock, 1835. Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts. Franklin Probate Files, 172-208, images 719-737; Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed January 23, 2022), "Record of Peleg Babcock", Ancestor # A004279.
• Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island: 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People. Providence, R.I: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co, 1891.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Franklin > Leyden; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
  • Births, deaths 1777-1848.
  • Births, marriages, deaths, town records 1776-1834 vol 25.
  • Town records, not including vital records, 1748-1878. Despite the name of this film, it contains plenty of vital records.