Edward Babbitt Jr.1

#10390, (15 July 1655 - )
Relationship6th great-granduncle of William David Lewis
Father*Edward Bobit1 (s 1620 - 1676)
Mother*Sarah Tarne1 (s 1634 - )

Family 1

Abigail Tisdale
Children 1.Seth Babbitt+3 (1692 - )
 2.Nathan Babbitt7 (1695 - )

Family 2

Elizabeth Thayer b. s 1677
Children 1.Abigail Babbitt7 (1700 - )
 2.Waitstill Babbitt7 (1701 - )
 3.Ruth Babbitt7 (1703 - )
 4.Beniiah Babbitt7 (1705 - )
 5.Hannah Babbitt7 (1707 - )
 6.Edward Babbitt III7 (1709 - )
 7.Nathaniel Babbitt7 (1712 - )
 8.George Babbitt7 (1715 - )
Birth*15 July 1655He was born on 15 July 1655 at Taunton, New Plymouth Colony (now Bristol Co.), MassachusettsG.1 
Marriage*1 February 1683/84He married Abigail Tisdale, daughter of John Tisdale and Sarah Walker, on 1 February 1683/84 at Taunton, Massachusetts.2,3 
Probate4 June 1684He was named the administrator of Edward Bobit's estate on 4 June 1684 at New Plymouth Colony (now Bristol Co.), MassachusettsG.4 
Marriage*22 December 1698He married Elizabeth Thayer on 22 December 1698 at Massachusetts.5 
5 February 1727He left a will on 5 February 1727 at Dighton, Bristol Co., MassachusettsG.6 

Citations

  1. [S962] Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and David Pulsifer, editors, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England (Boston, New York: Press of William White, 1855–1861), reprinted by AMS Press (1968), 7:40, all as Bobbitt.
  2. [S958] Edgar H. Reed, "Marriages, Births and Deaths in Taunton, Mass.", New England Historical and Genealogical Register 16, 17 (Oct. 1862, Jan. 1863): 17:37, as Bobit and Tisdill.
  3. [S984] Edith Francena Tisdale, compiler, Genealogy of Col. Israel Tisdale and his Descendants (Boston: Metcalf Press, 1909), 28: "Abigail, daughter of John and Sarah (Walker) Tisdale, was born in Taunton, date unknown, and married February 1, 1686, Edward Bobit [or Babbitt]. Only two sons have been found, though there may be other children: Seth, date of birth unknown; m. Sarah Cooper. Nathan, b. 1694; removed to Norton; m. Mary Snell [or Snellum]; d. February 25, 1759. Eight children.". Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of Israel Tisdale.
  4. [S962] Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and David Pulsifer, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, 7:132-33, son Edward named administrator.
  5. [S963] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, Vital Records of Taunton Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Haverhill, Mass.: Record Publishing Co., 1928–1929), II:31, "Babbitt, Edward (Bobbot) and Elizabeth Thayer, Dec. 22, 1698."
  6. [S961] William Bradford Browne, The Babbitt Family History (Taunton, Mass.: C. A. Race & Son, Printer, 1912), 27–30, naming wife Elizabeth; sons Erasmus, Seth, Nathan, Benaiah, Edward, Nathaniel and George; daus. Sarah, Abigail Burt, Waitstill, Ruth and Hannah; executors wife and son Benaiah. Witnesses Edward Shove, Isaac Hathaway and Abraham Waldron.
  7. [S266] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Holbrook). Original data Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).