1850 CENSUS, TIPPECANOE COUNTY, INDIANA, page 215, 1596
BABCOCK, Sarah, 2, F, Indiana

Researching this line is Mary Page at mgpage@unlimited.net
Children of Billings Babcock and Sarah Ann Sherman
Mortimore Oscar/Orville b. 10 Oct 1818, Pennsylvania
married Caroline Kenney (buried in Kenny Cemetery, Pippecanoe Co.,Indiana)
married Eleanor Wheeler Brady, 9 Oct 1845, daughter of William Brady andJane Davis.

INFORMATION FROM HOLLY SCHRANK'S FILES OF 24 Mar 2000
Mortimer Orville Babcock, son of Billings Babcock (estimate Billingswas born May 11, 1786) died Oct. 19, 1844.
Mortimer was married on Oct. 9, 1845 in Tippecanoe County, Indianato Eleanor Wheeler Brandy, daughter of William Brandy.
Mortimer moved to California around 1851-1852.

1850 CENSUS, TIPPECANOE COUNTY, INDIANA, page 215, 1596
BABCOCK, Mortimur, 32, M, Farmer, Pennsylvania
BABCOCK, Eleanor, 24, F, Virginia
BABCOCK, Benjamin O., 4, M, Indiana
BABCOCK, Sarah, 2, F, Indiana
BURRIS, John, 10, M, Indiana
BURRIS, Michael, 25, M, Laborer, Ireland

1850 CENSUS, TIPPECANOE COUNTY, INDIANA, page 215, 1596
BABCOCK, Eleanor, 24, F, Virginia

1. Benjamin Oscar BABCOCK b. Abt 1846, Indiana.
2. 1. Sarah BABCOCK b. Abt 1848, Indiana.

Name from Val Van Zee at VaVZ@aol.com
I lifted these names off scraps of paper and backs of envelopes leftby my grandmother.
Researching this line is Mary-Gene Page at mgpage@unlimited.net

INFORMATION FROM HOLLY SCHRANK'S FILES OF 24 Mar 2000.
PRECEEDINGS AND COLLECTIONS OF WYOMING HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY,Vol. XVI, page 271. (Wyoming refers to the Wyoming Valley of PA) URL:http://www.familytreemaker.com/_glc_/1088/1088/267.html
Billings Babcock married Sarah Ann Sherman on August 18, 1812 inBridgewater Twp., Susquehannah Co., Pennsylvania. Married by Elder DavisDimock as recorded in his diaries. He was sole pastor of the Bridgewaterchurch from 1808 to June 1835.

1820 CENSUS, DELAWARE CO., INDIANA, page 26.
Billings Babcock 100010 20010 0100

TIPPECANOE COUNTY, INDIANA, INDEX TO TRACT BOOK 1,
23 Dec 1824 - Babcock, Billings, 80 acres, TWP. T22N-R4W, W 1/2 NWq, Sec.14
4 Nov 1828 - Babcock, Billings, 80 acres, TWP. T22N-R4W, W 1/2 NEq, Sec.11

1830 CENSUS, TIPPECANOE CO., INDIANA, Vol. 19, pages 82-83.
Data Possible interpretation
1 male, 40-50 years, Billings, b. 1780-80
1 female, 30-40 years, Sarah Ann, b. 1790-1800
1 female, 15-20 years, daughter (Fanny Desire), b. 1810-1815
1 male, 10-15 years, son (Ezra), b. 1815-1820
1 female, 10-15 years, daughter (Jane Evalina), b. 1850-1820
1 male, 5-10 years, son (Nelson Sherman), b. 1820-1830
1 female, 5-10, daughter (daughter may have died young), b. 1820-1820
Total of 7 people

1833 TIPPECANOE COUNTY, INDIANA TAX LIST, does not show Billings Babcock

TIPPECANOE COUNTY, INDIANA, INDEX TO TRACT BOOK 1,
23 Jun 1832 - Babcock, Billings, 40 acres, TWP. T22N-R4W, SWq SEq, Sec. 2

1840 CENSUS INDEX, TIPPECANOE CO., INDIANA, page 388.
Billings Babcock is listed in Fai (Fairfield Twp.) aged 50--60.

TIPPECANOE COUNTY, INDIANA, INDEX TO TRACT BOOK 2.
10 Jun 1840 - page 116 - Babcock, Billings, grantee, 58 acres deed, PtLot #8 in Sec. 16, TWP 22, R4; Evans, Jesse school commissioner, grantor
15 Sep 1840 - page 74, mortgage, Babcock, Billings, grantor, Pt. Lot #8in Sec. 16, TWP22 R4; Evans, Jesse school administrator, grantee.

TIPPECANOE COUNTY, INDIANA, COUNTY WILL BOOK
No listing for Billings Babcock

HEADSTONE, (Feerer-Rural-Black-Pioneer Cemetery) The cemetery card at theTippecanoe County Historical Society (TCHS) confirms this information.
Billings Babcock, died Oct. 29, 1844, aged 57 years, 5 months, 18 days.

FEERER-RURAL-BLACK-PIONEER CEMETERY (Also called Ziegler)
"Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set". Proverbs23:28
430S & 250E NW 1/4 Sec. 15 T 22 R 4 W T 22 N
Go out 18th Street to High Ridge Subdivision. On north side of roadin woods to west of residence at 2408 E. 430S (1 mile West of 250W).**The burials extend about 350 feet to the north of the center of 430S,which is deeper than the original cemetery boundaries noted on countymaps as of October 1999.
The following list is based on burials reported on a list availableat the Tippecanoe County Historical Society (presumably WPA list), plusthe TCHS cemetery cards, plus what was found or not found in 1999 by agroup of volunteers restoring the cemetery. We have added a littlehistorical information when it was useful for interpreting stones andgravesites we found.
This list is based on research by Janet Walton, Deb Fisher and HollySchrank, and a search for stones by neighbors of the cemetery using theTCHS list burials (original List) at the cemetery.
BABCOCK, BILLINGS, d. 10-29-1844
Came to Wea Twp. in 1824, was a prominent citizen. Son Nelson S. Babcockwas subject of a guardianship dated 11/25/1844. Samuel Clark wasappointed guardian. Billings Babcock appears on the Fairfield Twp. 1840Tippecanoe County census on page 388, age 50-60. Son Mortimore O. Babcockmarried Caroline Kenny. According to descendant Mary-Gene Page, Billingsand Sarah Babcock had the following children: Mortimore, Julian (d.1841), Fanny (who m. Daniel Crouse), Ezra (d. 1821), Jane Evalina (m.Andrew Long), Nelson Sherman (m. Martha Seaman), and Billings (d. 1832)

HEADSTONE, (FEERER-RURAL-BLACK-PIONEER CEMETERY (Also called Ziegler) Thecemetery card at the Tippecanoe County Historical Society (TCHS) confirmsthis information. Headstone of same style as that of Billings.
Sarah Ann Babcock, wife of Billings Babcock, died Aug. 20, 1843, at age46 y, 2 mo.

FEERER-RURAL-BLACK-PIONEER CEMETERY (Also called Ziegler)
BABCOCK, SARAH ANN (Sherman), Wife of Billings Babcock. d. Aug 1, 1843.
Obit notice in the Tippecanoe Co. Courier, Vol. #3, No. 6, page 3, col.1.
Reportedly consort of Billings Babcock, however, reference to a marriageof Aug. 18, 1812 in Bridgewater Twp., Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania hasbeen found in records of a Wyoming Co., Pennsylvania pastor. Top of stonewas broken off and located adjacent to Billings Babcock headstone. Sarahwas 46 y and 2 mo. old when she died.

1. 2. Mortimore Orville BABCOCK b. 10 Oct 1818, Susquehanna Co.,Pennslyvania.
2. Julian BABCOCK b. New York; d. 28 Jan 1841.
3. Fanny Desire BABCOCK b. Abt 1810/1815; d. 1841, Tippecanoe Co.,Indiana; bur. Feerer-Rural-Black-Pioneer Cemetery,Tippecanoe Co.,Indiana.
4. Ezra BABCOCK b. Abt 1815/1820; d. 8 Nov 1821, Indiana.
5. Jane Evalina BABCOCK b. Abt 1815/1820.
6. Nelson Sherman BABCOCK b. Abt 1820/1830.
7. Daughter BABCOCK b. Abt 1820.
8. Billings BABCOCK, Jr. d. 19 Aug 1832, Tippecanoe Co.,Indiana; bur. Feerer-Rural-Black-Pioneer Cemetery,Tippecanoe Co.,Indiana.

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.

Death date from Val Van Zee at VaVZ@aol.com
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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Mary Rogness's - Spouse of second cousin 7 times removed

Mary Rogness's - Second cousin 7 times removed

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. 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. 4. 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.