Elkanah Babbitt

Berkley, Bristol, MA

Elkanah Bobet

Elizabeth Macomber Briggs

Edward Erasmus Bobet

Sarah Tarne

William Briggs

Sarah Macomber

Berkley, Bristol, MA

General Notes

Elkanah was for years a leading figure in old Berkley. The first town meeting was at his house. He apparently moved to New Jersey where he also owned land, but returned to Berkley by his death.

He married:
(1) MARY HATHAWAY 1709 in Taunton, Bristol County, MA, daughter of ISAAC HATHAWAY and MARY PITTS.
(2) MEHITABLE CRANE April 02, 1730 in Braintree, Suffolk County, MA, daughter of STEPHEN CRANE and MARY DENISON.

Children of ELKANAH BABBITT and MARY HATHAWAY are:

i. MARY BABBITT, b. 1708, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; d. Bef. 1750; m. JACOB PHILLIPS, October 30, 1732, Dighton, Bristol County, MA.

ii. ELKANAH BABBITT, b. 1710, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; d. 1816, Cooperstown, Otsego County, NY; m. OBEDIENCE PRINDLE, January 20, 1736/37, New Mildord, Litchfield County, CT.

iii. JACOB BABBITT, b. 1715, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; d. September 10, 1811, Bristol, Bristol County, RI; m. MARY HARVEY, March 31, 1737, Taunton, Bristol County, MA.

iv. ISAAC BABBITT, b. August 15, 1717; d. May 08, 1777; m. ELIZABETH BABBITT, February 12, 1738/39, Berkley, Bristol County, MA.

v. HOPESTILL BABBITT, b. January 07, 1719/20, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; d. Bef. 1756; m. ELIPHAZ HARLOW, January 18, 1737/38.

vi. PHOEBE BABBITT, b. June 06, 1722, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; m. CALEB EDDY, July 11, 1745, Halifax, Plymouth County, MA.

vii. MARCY BABBITT, b. July 14, 1726, Dighton, Bristol County, MA.

viii. DEBORAH BABBITT, b. 1728, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; d. May 05, 1794; m. ROBERT BOSTWICK, 1749, New Milford, Litchfield County, CT.

Children of ELKANAH BABBITT and MEHITABLE CRANE are:

ix. MARCY BABBITT, b. December 31, 1730, Dighton, Bristol County, MA.

x. STEPHEN BABBITT, b. December 12, 1732, Dighton, Bristol County, MA.

xi. ZEPHANIAH BABBITT, b. January 05, 1734/35, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; m. ABIGAIL HAMLIN, 1765, Lanesboro, Berkshire County, MA.

xii. SAMUEL BABBITT, b. September 30, 1737, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; d. June 14, 1807, Wadesboro, Windham County, VT; m. (1) ABIGAIL GOODSPEED, December 03, 1761, Leicester, Worcester County, MA; m. (2) BATHSHEBA CONVERSE, November 15, 1763.

xiii. AMARIAH BABBITT, b. May 16, 1743, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; d. March 06, 1798, New Ashford, Berkshire County, MA; m. MARY BURGESS, Bet. 1760-1788.

xiv. ZERAH BABBITT, b. 1748, Berkley, Bristol County, MA.

xv. MEHITABLE BABBITT, b. 1749, Berkley, Bristol County, MA.

xvi. JOHN BABBITT, b. April 1750, Berkley, Bristol County, MA; d. August 30, 1825, Vienna, Oneida County, NY; m. MERCY BRIGGS.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Edward Erasmus Bobet
  - b.  1626 in Wales, England d.25 Jun 1675 in Taunton, Bristol, MA
  
  Elkanah Bobet
  - b.15 Dec 1665 in Taunton, Bristol, MA d.22 Dec 1735 in Berkley, Bristol, MA
  
  Miles Tarne
  - b.<  1598 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.14 Jul 1676 in Boston, Suffolk, MA
  
  Sarah Tarne
  - b.19 Jan 1632 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.  1675 in Taunton, Bristol, MA
  
  Sarah Faukner
  - b.  1612 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.
  
  Elkanah Babbitt
  - b.22 Apr 1690 in Berkley, Bristol, MA d.01 Apr 1754 in Berkley, Bristol, MA
  
  John Briggs
  - b.  1614 in England d.  1686 in Taunton, Bristol, MA
  
  William Briggs
  - b.02 Apr 1646 in Taunton, Bristol, MA d.03 Jan 1727 in Taunton, Bristol, MA
  
  Hannah Fisher
  - b.  1624 in England
  
  Elizabeth Macomber Briggs
  - b.15 Dec 1665 in Taunton, Bristol, MA d.22 Dec 1735 in Dighton, Bristol, MA
  
  John Macomber
  - b.  1585 in Bridport, Dorsetshire, England d.06 Jul 1650 in Bridport, Dorsetshire, England
  
  William Macomber
  - b.  1610 in Dorchester, Devon, England d.27 May 1670 in Marshfield, Barnstable, MA
  
  William Locke ^*
  - b.  1559 in Dorset, England d.  1611 in Cerne Abbas, Dorset, England
  
  Edith Locke
  - b.  1587 in Bridport, Dorsetshire, England d.10 May 1636 in Bridport, Dorsetshire, England
  
  Elizabeth ?
  - b.  1563
  
  Sarah Macomber
  - b.  1645 in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA d.20 Mar 1679 in Taunton, Bristol, MA
  
  Priscilla Ursula Thomas
  - b.  1617 in England d.>  1675
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Elkanah Babbitt

Ancestor Pedigree Chart