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Elkanah Babbitt

Also Known As: "Elkanah Bobet", "Elkannah Babbitt", "Elkanah Bobit"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: December 22, 1735 (70)
Berkley, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Son of Edward Bobet and Sarah Bobet
Husband of Elizabeth Babbitt
Father of Capt. Elkanah Babbitt; Damaris (Mary) Hathaway; Dorcas Harvey; Hopestill Phillips; Josiah Babbitt and 12 others
Brother of Edward Babbitt, of Dighton; Sarah Blake (Bobet); Hannah Macomber; Damaris Smith; Dorcas Bobet and 7 others

Managed by: Jasmine Lealynn Crews
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About Elkanah Babbitt

Elkanah Babbitt was born December 15, 1665, in Taunton, Massachusetts. He is the son of Edward Bobet and Sarah Tarne.[1]

Elkanah married Elizabeth Macomber Briggs June 25, 1689.[2]

Elkanah Babbitt died December 22, 1735 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts.[3]

Children of Elkanah and Elizabeth

  1. Elkanah, April 22, 1690, who married Mary Hathaway
  2. Damaris, June 18, 1691
  3. Dorcas, Aug. 12, 1693. Married Ebenezer Harvey and had no children.
  4. Hopestill, Sept. 11, 1695, who married Jacob Phillips
  5. Elizabeth, b. March 6, 1698, who married Malachi Holloway
  6. Mercy, born Dec. 30, 1699, died young
  7. Josiah
  8. Benjamin
  9. Joseph
  10. Sarah, who married David Briggs Jr.

Barclay, Mrs. John (Florence), Briggs Families of Taunton, Massachusetts, The American Genealogist, Volume 33 (1957), page 83-86

The above source has been used to prove that Elizabeth Briggs that married Elkanah Bobet was the daughter of Jonathan and Experience Briggs. A review of the document indicates that while the 8 sons were all named in the settlement of the will, the 5 daughters are not named. The names provided for the 5 daughters in this article show no basis in records.

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Elkanah Babbitt's Timeline

1665
December 15, 1665
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States

Pg. 57 of The Pioneers of Massachusetts

1690
April 22, 1690
Berkley, Bristol County, New Plymouth Colony
1691
June 18, 1691
Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
1693
March 16, 1693
Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
August 12, 1693
Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
1695
September 11, 1695
Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
1697
March 16, 1697
Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1697
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
1698
March 6, 1698
Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States