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Birth |
11 May 1786 |
Stonington,New London,Connecticut |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
29 Oct 1844 |
Tippecanoe Co.,Indiana |
Buried |
Feerer-Rural-Black-Pioneer Cemetery,Tippecanoe Co.,Indiana |
Person ID |
I43144 |
Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish |
Last Modified |
09 May 2005 00:00:00 |
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Father |
Benjamin BABCOCK, Sr., b. 7 Apr 1751, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island |
Mother |
Desire BILLINGS, b. 15 Aug 1757, Preston , New London , Connecticut |
Family ID |
F14922 |
Group Sheet |
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Family |
Sarah Ann SHERMAN, b. Abt 1797 |
Married |
18 Aug 1812 |
Bridgewater Twp.,Susquehanna Co.,Pennsylvania,by Elder Davis Dimock as recorded in his diaries. |
Children |
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Family ID |
F18904 |
Group Sheet |
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Notes |
- 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)
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