Elkanah BABBITT b. 15 Dec 1665 Taunton, , Plymouth, d. Abt 1735: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

1665 - Abt 1735 (69 years)

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Name	Elkanah BABBITT [1, 2]
Birth	15 Dec 1665	Taunton, , Plymouth, [2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
_UID	F977420CC76343DC9E49C1544B58F28C246D
Property	Between 1685 and 1735	Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, [3]
"Lands in Berkley and partly in Dighton" mentioned in will of neighbor Joseph French (see his record)
Death	Abt 1735 [2, 3]
Religion	1737	Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, [5]
Founding member of Congregational Church. [Noted as founding members of the Congregational Church in Berkley, Mass. on 2 Nov 1737] " Samuel Tobey, Elkanah Babbitt, Ebenezer Hathaway, Gershom Crane, John French, Ebenezer Phillips, John Briggs, Ephraim Allen, Benjamin Leonard, John Hudson, Josiah Babbitt, Benjamin Babbitt, George Babbitt, Daniel Axtell, of males, number fourteen. Abigail Burt, Mary Phillips, Mary Jones, Hopestill Harvey [or Hervey], Hannah French, Experience Myrick, Hopestill Woods, Elizabeth Holloway, Mary [or Mercy] Babbitt, Sarah Briggs, Abigail Babbitt, Dorcas Jones, Hopestill Phillips, Zipporah Allen, Elizabeth Paul, Dorcas Babbitt, Wistill [Waitstill] Axtell, Phebe Reed, Jemima Hathaway, Abigail Burt 2d, of females, number, twenty, in all thirty-four, and all these belonging before to ye churches of Dighton and Taunton." ..." Received into ye church ye same day and gathered with ye before mentioned ones, ye following persons: Edward Paull, Adam Jones, Benjamin Paull, Joseph Burt, Samuel Myrick, John Paull, James Phillips, Seth Briggs, Benjamin Babbitt[2], Samuel Jones, Isaac Babbitt, being in number eleven males. Ann Briggs, Mary Phillips [2d], Mehetable Babbitt, Sarah Darling, being in number four females--in all fifteen--which added to the thirty-four from adjoining chruches, make forty-nine foundation members of the Berkley church. The Lord bless them all." [Note the first 34 founding members were previously members of the churches of Dighton or Taunton. The last 15 were new church members. These are listed again on p. 39 in the Catalogue of members, but include one other member: Mary Hathaway who must have joined between Nov 2 and Dec 31, 1837]
Alt Name	Elkanah Bobet [6]
Person ID	I3275	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	3 Oct 2023

Father	Edward BOBBET (BABBIT), b. Abt 1627, , , , England d. 25 Jun 1675, Taunton, , Plymouth, (Age ~ 48 years)
Mother	Sarah TARNE, b. Abt 1636, , , , England d. Yes, date unknown
Marriage	7 Sep 1654	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts,
Family ID	F469	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth BRIGGS, b. Abt 1666, Taunton, , Plymouth, d. Yes, date unknown

Marriage 25 Jun 1689 Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, [1, 7, 8, 9]

Children

	1. Elkanah BABBITT, Jr., b. 22 Apr 1690, Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, d. Yes, date unknown
+	2. Damaris BABBITT, b. 18 Jun 1691, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Dorcas BABBITT, b. 12 Aug 1693, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, d. Yes, date unknown
	4. Hopestill BABBITT, b. 11 Sep 1695, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, d. Aft 1756 (Age 61 years)
	5. Elizabeth BABBITT, b. 6 Mar 1697/98, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, d. Yes, date unknown
	6. Mercy BABBITT, b. 30 Dec 1699 d. Young
	7. Josiah BABBITT, b. Abt 1701, Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, d. , , New York,
	8. Benjamin BABBITT, b. Abt 1706, Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, d. Bef Mar 1753, , , Massachusetts, (Age ~ 47 years)
	9. Sarah BABBITT, b. Abt 1709, Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, d. 23 Mar 1798 (Age ~ 89 years)
	10. Joseph BABBITT, b. Abt 1712, Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, d. 18 Dec 1760 (Age ~ 48 years)

Family ID F559 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 3 Oct 2023

Event Map

	Birth - 15 Dec 1665 - Taunton, , Plymouth,
	Property - Between 1685 and 1735 - Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts,
	Marriage - 25 Jun 1689 - Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts,
	Religion - 1737 - Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts,

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I3275&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Elkanah BABBITT."

Sources

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[S1576] Lester Carlisle Gustin, The Ancestry of Herbert Ervin Gustin and that of his wife Julia Livingston Carlisle and their Descendants together with some account of the Gustin Family in America. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Digital images. 2 Vols. (Newton, Mass.: Gustin, 1954), (https://catalog.hathitrust.org: 2013), 1: 399-409. accessed 19 Aug 2016.
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[S298] Lester Carlisle Gustin, The Gustin Family: The Story of the Thomas Gustin Branch, (Winchester, Mass.: Lester Gustin, 1947.), p. 75-76.
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