MA Family Group Sheet for the Elijah Babbitt =============================================================== SUBMITTED BY: Mary Miller e-mail: marykell@aol.com =============================================================== HUSBAND: BABBITT, Elijah Birthdate: Sep 05, 1741 Place: Dighton, Bristol, MA. date and place of marriage: May 22, 1766, Berkeley, Bristol, MA. other marriages: military service: Revolutionary War / See Notes Death date: Mar 11, 1814 Place: Dana, Worcester, MA. father: BABBITT, Nathaniel mother: LONG, Jane ........................................................................... WIFE: FULLER, Hannah Birthdate: Jul 28, 1742 Place: Greenwich, of Hampshire, MA. other marriages: date and place of marriage: May 22, 1766, Berkeley, Bristol, MA. Death date: Aug 28, 1820 Place: Dana, Worcester, MA. father: FULLER, Unknown mother: Unknown ........................................................................... CHILD 1: BABBITT, James Birthdate: Oct 24, 1769, Dighton, Bristol, MA. married: FAY, Betsey (Betty) date and place of marriage: Nov 27, 1800, Hardwick, Worcester, MA. other marriages: Death date: Apr 14, 1849, AuSable Forks, Essex, NY. ........................................................................... CHILD 2: BABBITT, Jonathan Birthdate: Feb 22, 1767, Freetown, Bristol, MA. married: HASKINS, Elizabeth date and place of marriage: 1791, Greenwich, Hampshire, MA. other marriages: Death date: May 07, 1843, Pelham, Hampshire, MA. ........................................................................... CHILD 3: BABBITT, Marcy Birthdate: Mar 03, 1768, married: date and place of marriage: other marriages: Death date: Jul 19, 1829 ........................................................................... CHILD 4: BABBITT, Molly Birthdate: Nov 07, 1771 married: date and place of marriage: other marriages: Death date: ........................................................................... CHILD 5: BABBITT, Judith Birthdate: Oct 09, 1773 married: date and place of marriage: other marriages: Death date: Jun 24, 1866 ........................................................................... CHILD 6: BABBITT, Betsey Birthdate: Jan 14, 1779 married: date and place of marriage: other marriages: Death date: Jan 07, 1858: Buried Quabbin Park Cemetery, Ware, MA. ........................................................................... CHILD 7: BABBITT, Hannah Birthdate: Feb 09, 1783 married: AMSDEN, Bezalel date and place of marriage: other marriages: Death date: Aug 09, 1872 ........................................................................... SOURCES: "The BABBITT Family History," by William Bradford Browne, Vital Records of Dana, MA. to the end of the year 1850, compiled by Thomas W. Baldwin, Elijah and Hannah "could" have been married in Fremont, MA., Letter from Metropolitan Water Commission, dated October 1, 1999, from Terry Ann Campbell, Visitor Center Staff, verifies that Elijah and Hannah were buried in Dana and then moved to Quabbin Park Cemetery, FHC - IGI (for clues only.) ........................................................................... NOTES: Elijah BABBITT was a Sergeant in Lieutenant Nathaniel Morton's Company, Colonel Edward Pope's Regiment; marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of December 8, 1776. Greenwich, MA. was one of the 4 "Lost Towns" which was evacuated and flooded by the construction of Quabbin Reservoir in 1938. Dana, MA. is now extinct, as it was one of the "Lost Towns" which was evacuated and flooded by the construction of Quabbin Reservoir in 1938. Dana's highest population was 876 in 1860. The bodies in the cemeteries were moved to Quabbin Park Cemetery, Ware, MA. Elijah and Hannah BABBITT are in Lot #'s 1562 and 1563. There was a Hannah FULLER born about 1742 in Barnstable, MA to Nathaniel FULLER and Abigail Hickley FULLER, but I cannot connect her to the Hannah FULLER that married Elijah BABBITT