Born in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Babcock
and Elizabeth (Saunders) Babcock
Sister of
James Babcock Jr., Elizabeth (Babcock) Clarke, Samuel Babcock, Daniel Babcock, Sarah Babcock, Joshua Babcock, Ann (Babcock) Rhodes [half], James Babcock Jr. [half], Joseph Babcock [half] and Jonathan Babcock [half]
Wife of
Silas Greenman
— married
23 Mar 1731 (to 13 May 1731) in Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island
[children unknown]
Died
at age 29
in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island
Profile last modified
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Biography
DorAnna was born in 1701. She passed away in 1731. [1]
Note: This "DorAnna" and the other duplicates of her appear to be the same person as Anna Babcock (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Babcock-312) who married Joseph Clark and had a son Elisha with him. Joseph Clark had first married to Dorothy Maxson. Since "DorAnna" was not a name in use at this time, it is likely that "DorAnna" was just shorthand for "Dorothy OR Anna" as in one of them was Elisha's mother, but the writer had not quite figured out it was Anna, not Dorothy.
Stephen Babcock writes of this group on page 30 of "The Babcock Genealogy" [2]:
- Anna Babcock, dau. of Capt. James and Elizabeth Babcock (John, James 1st), b. Westerly, Nov. 29, 1701 ; d. May 13, 1731; m. (1) about 1717, to Elder Joseph Clark, Jr., son of Joseph and Bethiah (Hubbard) Clark (and brother of Elder Thomas Clark, who m. Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Capt. James Babcock). Elder Joseph Clark was b. at Westerly, R. I., Apr. 14, 1670, d. Westerly, 1719. He was an assistant elder in Westerly S. D. B. Church.
- His burial, the removal of his grave, and the inscription of his name upon "The Ministers' Monument" was the same as that of his brother Thomas, and is fully described in the records of Thomas.
- Joseph's first wife was Dorothy Maxson. Anna (Babcock) Clark m. (2) Mar. 23, 1731 (two months before her death), Silas Greenman. By her first husband she had one son, Elisha Clark, b. Nov. 17, 1718, m. Mary Potter (?).
Note: So based on this it makes sense to merge all three "DorAnna" profiles with Anna (Babcock) Clark. (Please remove this note if everything gets ironed out!}
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 16 October 2021), memorial page for Anna Babcock Greenman (29 Nov 1701–13 May 1731), Find A Grave: Memorial #27037782, citing Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA; maintained by John Beckstein (contributor 46939506), headstone photo.
- ↑ The Babcock Genealogy, page 30
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Categories: Rhode Island, Babcock Name Study
Ann Babcock married Silas Greenman at South Kingstown Mar. 23, 1730/1731 per James Arnold’s Vital Records (surname Babcock). Had she been the widow of Joseph Clarke Jr. (1670-1719), her surname when marrying in 1731 would have been Clarke, not Babcock. The will of Joseph Clarke Jr. (1670-1719) mentioned brother-in-law Oliver Babcock who became Executor of Joseph’s will. Oliver’s sister Ann was not the profiled Ann/Anna Babcock, she was approximately the same age as Joseph Clarke and a generation older than the wife of Silas Greenman.
The Babcock Genealogy by Stephen Babcock (1903) identified the wrong Ann Babcock as Joseph Clarke’s second wife. Joseph’s second marriage at age 46 was not to a 16-year old but to his contemporary Ann Babcock whose birth year author Babcock estimated at 1665 but more likely was 1670 or later since she bore Joseph a son Elisha in 1718. Also, since the Babcock genealogy erred entirely in connecting the profiled Babcock to joseph Clarke, it should not be quoted at length in this profile.