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)

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

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

Researching this line is Mary Page at mgpage@unlimited.net
Children of Billings Babcock and Sarah Ann Sherman
Julian married 13 nov 1835 Samuel Clark, d. 28 Jan 1841

Researching this line is Mary Page at mgpage@unlimited.net
Children of Billings Babcock and Sarah Ann Sherman
Fanny, married 24 Aug 1841, Daniel Crouse

Researching this line is Mary Page at mgpage@unlimited.net

1850 CENSUS, TIPPECANOE COUNTY, INDIANA, page 215, 1596
BABCOCK, Benjamin O., 4, M, Indiana

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