Babcock, Elizabeth
1715 - 1774 (58 years)
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Name Babcock, Elizabeth [1, 2] Born 25 Aug 1715 Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA 
[2] Gender Female Baptism Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA [2] Died 26 May 1774 Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada Person ID I27146 Sullivan Burgess Family Tree Last Modified 1 Jan 2017
Family Davison, John, b. 23 May 1708, Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA , d. 26 Sep 1799, Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 91 years) Married 05 Feb 1736 North Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA [1, 2] Children 1. Davison, Elizabeth, b. 22 Jan 1737, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA [natural]2. Davison, Sarah, b. 1742, Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA , d. Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada [natural]3. Davison, Christopher, b. 25 Sep 1749, Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA , d. Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada [natural]+ 4. Davison, Timothy, b. 14 Aug 1740, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA , d. 14 Apr 1826, Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 85 years) [natural]5. Davison, Nathaniel, b. 22 Apr 1739, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA , d. 02 Dec 1811, Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 72 years) [natural]6. Davison, James, b. 1745, Connecticut, USA , d. Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada [natural]+ 7. Davison, Grace, b. 10 Jul 1754, Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA , d. 25 Sep 1829, Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 75 years) [natural]8. Davison, Lucy, b. 1755, Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA , d. Nova Scotia, Canada [natural]9. Davison, John, b. 1763, Wall, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA , d. 1834, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 71 years) [natural]Last Modified 1 Jan 2017 Family ID F9409 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 25 Aug 1715 - Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA 
Baptism - - Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA 
Married - 05 Feb 1736 - North Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA 
Died - 26 May 1774 - Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada = Link to Google Earth
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Family Crest Babcock Family Crest
This interesting surname is of early medieval English origin, and is a diminutive of the baptismal name "Babb". The medieval female given name "Babb" is a pet form of Barbara, deriving from the Greek term "barbaros" meaning "foreigner", which was borne by an enormously popular but almost certainly non-existent saint, who according to legend was imprisoned in a tower and later put to death by her own father for refusing to recant her Christian beliefs. Babb may also be a nickname from the Middle English "bab(e)", baby. However, a more probable source is from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Babba", of uncertain origin, found in several placenames, including Babbacombe in Devon, and Babington in Somerset. The suffix "-cock", applied to a young lad who strutted proudly like a cock, and soon became a generic term for a youth, and was attached with hypocoristic force to the short forms of many medieval given names. Alwinus Babb is noted in the 1198 Feet of Fines of Sussex. On July 26th 1649, the marriage of Elizabeth Babcock and Robert Holiday took place in Snaith, Yorkshire, and the marriage of Margaret Babcock and Thomas Thornley took place at Manchester Cathedral, Lancashire, on November 17th 1751. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Edward Babcock, which was dated November 16th 1578, marriage to Janet Spencer, at Halifax, Yorkshire, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1, known as "Good Queen Bess", 1558 - 1603. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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Notes - I have seen other dates for Elizabeth's birth (many have it as August 15, 1715), but the Stonington VR give it as "ye 25th day of August -- about one of ye Clock in ye morning, being Thursday" and Aug 25, !715 O. S. was, in fact a Thursday, so I am taking that as definitive.
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