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Benjamin-7 Babcock was born, probably at Stonington, Connecticut. Heis buried in the Babcock Family Cemetery on Babcock Hill. They resided atBridgewater, Suquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, until 1818, when they removedto what is now known as Babcock Hill.
Benjamin Babcock (2nd) settled on a tract of land, consisting ofseveral hundred acres (believed 640) on Babcock Hill. This was virginforest land at the time, 1818, covered with a heavy growth of pine,hemlock, and other trees. With the aid of his sons, Benjamin cleared thisland, or portions thereof, building a house and barn of logs. He laterconstructed a primitave saw mill, located on the creek at the foot ofBabcock Hill toward the village of Cadis. Water power was used to operatean old-fashioned "beam" saw, by means of which the heavy trees werefashioned into sills, joists, planking, and boards for the constructionof new and better buildings. The old Babcock homestead and at least oneof the old barns, constructed of timber of this primitive mill, are stillstanding.
Upon the death of Benjamin Babcock the land was apportioned amonghis children. William Dennison Babcock, the oldest son received a grantof land consisting of over 200 acres, located about one half mile northof the homestead farm. The latter, consisting of 306 acres, was left tothe other children who had remained at the home. Harriet N. Babcock hadmarried Alexander LaDow and had removed to Ohio. Hellen M. Babcock diedin 1843, while Caroline Joshan Babcock and Joanah Babcock died young. Sothe homestead farm was left to John Bannister Gibson Babcock (1st),Valeria Ann Babcock, and Andrew Jackson Babcock. The Babcock familyburying ground is the only portion of the original estate in which thetitle still remains in the Babcock family as a whole. The old estate andburying ground are located about 10 miles south of Owego, New York, andabout 1.5 miles north of Windham, Pennsylvania.

1850 CENSUS, WINDHAM TWP., BRADFORD CO., PENNSYLVANIA
BABCOCK, Benjamin, 68, M, Farmer, CT, 127 171
BABCOCK, Anna, 61, F, CT, 127 171
BABCOCK, Valerie, 27, F, PA, 127 171
BABCOCK, Deborah, 56, CT, 127 171

BABCOCK CEMETERY, WINDHAM TWP., BRADFORD CO., PENNSYLVANIA
Benjamin BABCOCK (Jr.), b. 22 Apr 1782, d. 25 Jan 1857

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1. William Dennison BABCOCK b. 20 Jan 1811, Susquahanna Co.,Pennsylvania; d. 25 Mar 1889, Windham,Bradford Co.,Pennsylvania.
2. John Bannister Gibson BABCOCK b. 29 Mar 1813, Susquahanna Co.,Pennsylvania.
3. Harriet Newell BABCOCK b. 8 May 1815, Rush,Susquahanna Co.,Pennsylvania; d. 21 Feb 1898, Marengo,Iowa.
4. Hellen Mary BABCOCK b. 1 Jun 1817, Susquahanna Co.,Pennsylvania; d. 9 Oct 1843, Susquahanna Co.,Pennsylvania.
5. Andrew Jackson BABCOCK b. 6 Aug 1819, Windham,Bradford Co.,Pennsylvania; d. 29 Mar 1870, Windham,Bradford Co.,Pennsylvania; bur. Babcock Hill Cemetery,Windham,Bradford Co.,Pennsylvania.
6. Valeria Ann BABCOCK b. 7 Sep 1821, Windham,Bradford Co.,Pennsylvania; d. 19 Jul 1896, Windham,Bradford Co.,Pennsylvania; bur. Babcock Hill Cemetery,Windham,Bradford Co.,Pennsylvania.
7. Caroline Joanah BABCOCK b. 29 Nov 1823, Windham,Bradford Co.,Pennsylvania; d. 15 Jun 1826, Windham,Bradford Co.,Pennsylvania; bur. Babcock Hill Cemetery,Windham,Bradford Co.,Pennsylvania.
8. Joanna BABCOCK b. 5 Sep 1826, Windham,Bradford Co.,Pennsylvania; d. 6 Sep 1826, Windham,Bradford Co.,Pennsylvania; bur. Babcock Hill Cemetery,Windham,Bradford Co.,Pennsylvania.

THE BABCOCK GENEALOGY, by Stephen Babcock, page 60.
Benjamin-6 Babcock, son of Colonel Nathan Babcock and Deborah)Stafford) Babcock, was born at Westerly, RI. He married Desire Billingsof Stonington, Connecticut, Feb. 4, 1779. In 1801 they emigrated toPennsylvania. They settled at or near Bridgewater, Susquahanna County,Pennsylvania, for it was here that one of their sons, Benjamin (2nd)resided. Susquehanna County, Penn., which was then a part of LuzerneCounty, was claimed by Connecticut for many years. References toLegistation affecting the "Connecticut claimants" are found in thelegislative manuals of the Pennsylvania legislature during years between1780 and 1810.
Inasmuch as Benjamin Babcock (1st) married Desire Billings ofStonington, Conn., there seems a possibility that he became a resident ofConnecticut following his marriage. If this is true then it seemscreditable that he may have been given a grant of this land by thatstate. In any event it is known that he emigrated to Pennsylvania. Hisson, Benjamin Babcock (2nd) resided at Bridgewater, Susquahanna County,Penn. until 1818. During that year he removed to what is now known asBabcock Hill, near the village of Windham, Penn. (Bradford County). Therecords of his other children have not been obtained to date of thiswriting.
Benjamin Babcock, Sr., served as a private in Captain SquireMillard's company of Colonel Waterman's regiment from Jan. 9, 1777 toFeb. 8, 1777; later served in the Pawtuxet Rangers. His father, ColonelNathan Babcock, was commander of the Kings County regiment of militia in1761 and probably commanded a sort of home guard during the Revolution,as the records show that artillery was stateioned on his land by order ofthe colonial officials.
Records show that Benjamin Babcock, Sr. purchased land in ForestLake (Bridgewater) Township in Susquehanna County, Penn. in 1810 fromRobert H. Rose, et al. And that Benjamin Babcock, Jr. purchased land inWindham Township (Bradford County, Penn.) in 1828 from Robert H. Rose; in1841 and 1847 from Charles S. Gorse, in 1847 from Caleb Carmalt; and in1854 from Uriah Wright.

HISTORY OF SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY., PENNSYLVANIA, by Emily C. Blackman,Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 624, 626 & 628 MarketStreet, 1878. Chapter XXIV, Forest Lake, page 371.
In 1801, Benjamin Babcock came, and was the original settler of whathas since been known as "the Brock farm". In the spring of 1832, whileattending to his cattle, he was injured in the head by one of them, anddied from the effects. He had been a Revolationary soldier, and waseighty-two years old.
Page 378.
Not far from this time Frederick Brock, a German, located at"Brockville," five miles from Montrose, on the farm cleared by BenjaminBabcock.

From an e-mail from Gordon Clark at clark626@epix.net
Benjamin Babcock has no stone at all and we have found a rundown,vandalized, neglected former Cemetery on the property, but only thestones of several of the Brock Family are evident. The Brock familypurchased the Babcock property after the demise of Benjamin Babcock.
This cemetery and the Babcock property used to be on a road that ranthrough that area, but the road was abandoned by the township about1960-65 and you would not know that there ever was a road there.
My plan is to try to get another active cemetery in the area toplace the stone as a memorial site, since his remains are not identifedand the present site is unmaintainable, being approximantly a mile or sofrom the nearest road.

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After reading what you have on your web page about Benjamin I can addnothing except his date of death 6 Mar 1832, my records say atBridgewater. We appear to have the same source for the other data. I donot have a date of death for his wife, Desire, but it is said that shealso died at Bridgewater.

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GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH OF BOSTON, REHOBOTH,MASS., by Anna Chesebrough Wildey, New York, Press of T. A. Wright, 1903.
Page 557.
(Mentioned in father,) Joseph Billings, Jr. (103S), of Preston,Conn--Will proved Dec. 11, 1797; recorded in Norwich, Conn.; mentions ...my daughters ... Desire Babcock...

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1. Desire BABCOCK b. 31 Mar 1780, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 12 Jan 1875, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut; bur. Wheeler Cemetery,No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
2. 1. Benjamin BABCOCK, Jr. b. 22 Apr 1782, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 25 Jan 1857, Windham,Bradford Co.,Pennsylvania; bur. Babcock Hill Cemetery,Windham,Bradford Co.,Pennsylvania.
3. Billings BABCOCK b. 11 May 1786, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 29 Oct 1844, Tippecanoe Co.,Indiana; bur. Feerer-Rural-Black-Pioneer Cemetery,Tippecanoe Co.,Indiana.
4. Roswell BABCOCK b. Abt 1788, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
5. Thomas Arnold BABCOCK b. Abt 1790, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
6. Deborah BABCOCK b. Abt 1794, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. Aft 1850, Pennsylvania,unmarried.
7. Avery BABCOCK b. Abt 1796, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.

BABCOCK GENEALOGY, by Stephen Babcock, pae 29.
Col. Nathan-5 Babcock, son of Samuel-4 and Ann (Pendleton) Babcock(James-3, John-2, James-1), b. Westerly, RI, Nov. 25, 1726; d. Westerly,Jan. 24, 1804 (date from gravestone in Babcock burying ground); m. (1)May 19, 1748, Deborah Stafford, of Warwick, b. 1718, d. Nov. 28, 1763; m.(2) Westerly, May 29, 1764, Elizabeth Brown, of Stonington; d. Apr. 23,1779, in her fifty-first year (record from gravestone); m. (3) Aug. 26,1779, Nancy (or Anne) Lewis, daughter of Nathaniel Lewis of Hopkinton; m.(4) Feb. 6, 1782, Dorcas Babcock, dau. of 41 Daniel and Dorcas (Brown)Babcock, of S. Kingston, RI, b. Mar. 14, 1745.
Col. Nathan Babcock represented Westerly in the Rhode Island GeneralAssembly 1760-1. He was appointed by the General Assembly in May 1761,Colonel of Kings County Regtment of Militia. (C.R. of RI, Vol. VI). Hewas Justice of the Peace in 1755.
The town of Westerly, Feb. 12, 1776, voted that 'the two fieldpieces ordered by the General Assembly to be deposited in this town bestationed near the sea on the land of Nathan Babcock, 2d Esq., and to beused on any sudden invasion as needed required."
June 3, 1777, Nathan Babcock was appointed one of a committeed ofthree to secure materials for an "Amunition Cart."
It is noticed that Oliver Babcock, youngest son of John and Mary(Lawton) Babcock had a son Nathan, b. Oct 12, 1715. It is possible thatsome of the records given apply to him.
Children all born in Westerly (See A.V.R.).

BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett HallPendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington,DC. Page 73.
i. Nathan-5 Babcock, b. 24 Jany 1726/7. He was a leading citizen ofWesterly for many years, representing it in the RI Assembly in 1760 and1761, and serving as Col. of the King's Co. Militia in the later year. Hem. (1), 19 May 1748, Deborah Stafford; (2), 20 May, 1764, ElizabethBrown; (3), 26 Aug. 1779, Nancy Lewis; (4), 6 Feby, 1782, Dorcas Babcock.He had issue by each marriage, sixteen ch. in all, and died at Westerly,24 Jany, 1804.

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Of Warwick, Rhode Island.

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1. Thomas BABCOCK b. 29 Jul 1749, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
2. 2. Benjamin BABCOCK, Sr. b. 7 Apr 1751, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 6 Mar 1832, Forest Lake Twp.,Susquehanna Co.,Pennsylvania; bur. Babcock Farm Cemetery,Forest Lake Twp.,Susquehanna Co.,Pennsylvania.
3. Nancy Anne BABCOCK b. 9 Nov 1752, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 26 May 1834, Norwich,New London,Connecticut.
4. Mercy BABCOCK b. 12 Oct 1754, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. her youth.
5. Samuel BABCOCK b. 22 Mar 1757, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
6. Nathan BABCOCK b. 19 Jun 1759, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.

DENISON GENEALOGY, by E. Glenn Denison, Josephine Middleton Peck, Donald L. Jacobus, The Pequot Press, Inc. Stonington, CT, 1963. Page 17.GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH OF BOSTON, REHOBOTH, MASS., by Anna Chesebrough Wildey, New York, Press of T. A. Wright, 1903. Page 557.(Listed in grandfather) Joseph Billings, Jr. (103S), of Preston, Conn--Will proved Dec. 11, 1797; recorded in Norwich, Conn.; mentions...-my daughters, Sarah Edwards...

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1. Comfort BILLINGS b. 24 Sep 1740, Preston , New London , Connecticut.
2. Child BILLINGS
3. Sarah BILLINGS b. 15 Jan 1745/1746, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 1821, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
4. Nathan BILLINGS b. 9 Jun 1748, Preston , New London , Connecticut.
5. 3. Desire BILLINGS b. 15 Aug 1757, Preston , New London , Connecticut; d. Susquehanna , Pennsylvania; bur. Babcock Farm Cemetery , Forest Lake , Susquehanna , Pennsylvania.

BABCOCK GENEALOGY, by Stephen Babcock, pae 29.
Samuel-4 Babcock, son of Capt. James-3 and Elizabeth Babcock(John-2, James-1), b. Wessterly, Feb. 15, 1697; m. May 15, 1723, Ann,dau. of Caleb Pendleton, bap. Aug. 22, 1703. (Mass. Genealogical andHistorical Society, Vol. XV.)
Samuel was admitted freeman in Westerly, Oct. 1721. By his father'swill he received two hundred acres of land, being a part of the homesteadfarm in Westerly.
Children, all born and recorded in Westerly, RI.

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BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett HallPendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington,DC. Page 73.
33. Anne-4 Pendleton (Caleb-3), was baptized 22 August 1703, at theFirst Church, Stonington, Conn. She married at Westerly, RI, 21 May 1724,Samuel Babcock, son of Capt. james and Elizabeth Babcock. He was born atWesterly, RI, 15 FEb 1797, and died there in 1772.
On the 22d July 1747, Samuel Babcock gave receipt to Benoni Smithfor the legacies in the will of his father-in-law, Caleb Pendleton, made"To my wife Anne, son Nathan, daughter Elizabeth, and daughter Anne"(West. C & P Rec., iii, 329). His won will, dated 13 Mar 1768, names wifeAnna, sons Nathan and Samuel, Jr., daughter Thankful Babcock, andgrandchildren, Joseph Smith, William Smith and Joshua Smith (West. C & P.Rec., iv, 197).

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1. 4. Nathan BABCOCK b. 25 Nov 1726, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 24 Jan 1804, Hopkinton,Washington Co.,Rhode Island; bur. Babcock Burying Ground,Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island.
2. Elizabeth BABCOCK b. 6 May 1729, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
3. Samuel BABCOCK, Jr. b. 16 May 1731, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 23 Mar 1813, Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island.
4. Andrew BABCOCK b. 12 Apr 1733, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. his youth.
5. Silas BABCOCK b. 31 Dec 1734/1735, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. 1760.
6. Thankful BABCOCK b. 1736, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island.
7. Anne BABCOCK b. Abt 1738, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island; d. her youth.

1. Samuel BILLINGS b. Abt 1712.
2. Amy BILLINGS b. 18 Dec 1712, Preston, New London, Connecticut; d. Abt Jan 1787.
3. Sarah BILLINGS b. 27 Dec 1714, Preston, New London, Connecticut; d. 25 Feb 1794, Petersburg, Rensselaer, Ny.
4. 6. Joseph BILLINGS b. 17 Dec 1716, Preston, New London, Connecticut; d. Abt Dec 1797.

1. 7. Thankful DENISON b. 1714, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut; c. 29 Jan 1727, Preston , New London , Connecticut.