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Elizabeth HALL (1673 Kingston, RI-5/8/1762 South Kingstown, Washington Co., RI) m. 11/28/1694 George BABCOCK (1673-1762) Vital Records of RI, 1636-1850 N Kingstown, Washington Co, RI, Marriages, by James N Arnold, Vol. 5 pg 8, Babcock, George & Elizabeth Hall, Nov 28 1694. Early Settlers of Westerly, RI, by J. D. Champlin, Jr., NEHGR, Vol 14 shows: LARKIN, Edward, free inhab. Westerly 1669. In Early Settlers of Westerly, RI, J.D. Champlin, Jr., NEHGR, Vol 14, Jan 1860, p. 23 states: BABCOCK, John, son of James, Sen., m. Mary. His will dated 1685, mentions eldest son James & "nine more", viz. Ann, Mary, John, Job, George, Elihu, Robert, Joseph, & Oliver. Elizabeth is found in the Boston Evening Post of May 24, 1762, and republished in the N. E. Genealogical and Historical Register" "Died. - South Kingston, May 8, 1762, Mrs. Elizabeth Babcock, widow of George Babcock, late of said town, in the 91st year of her age. She left eight children, sixty-one grand-children, and seventy-six great-grand-children. She also left four sisters, one of which is older than herself." George was the son of John Babcock and Mary Lawton. From: Swamp Yankee from Mystic, Family, Region & It's Roots, By James H Allyn, p 50: George Babcock, John's 4th son, did not inherit, so he went to work on farm of William Hall, Jr. at Kingston, RI. Like his father before him George married the boss' daughter Elizabeth in 1694. 11 years later they and 26 others bought Shannock Purchase around headwaters of Pawcatuck River in present town of Richmond. Babcocks built on south side of Shannock Hill, with their land running down to river along Beaver Riv. Like his father before him George was Deputy to General Court. He did well with the farm; for when he died in 1751 at age 78, he left 300 Pounds to the 7th-Day Baptist Church, and farmland and money to his 5 children. In Dec 1696, his mother deeded to him tract of land in Westerly, RI. He was living in Kingston on 31 Dec 1706 when he sold land to brother his James in Westerly, RI.
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