Jonas Babcock, youngest son and last born of Isaiah Babcock, Sr., and Elizabeth (Plumb) Babcock, was b. in Stonington, Conn., May 14, 1764. He removed with his parents and brothers to Partridgefield, Mass., in 1772. The town records of Partridgefield has the following:
"Mar. 3, 1783. Town Meeting Voted to relinquish Jonas Babcock's rates in his brother George's bill, he being under age to pay rates. At same time voted to reimburse his brother George."
He was also in the War of the Revolution. In Record of Massachusetts Soldiers, War of Revolution, he is recorded as follows:
"Jonas Private. Capt. Thayers Co. Col. Barnes Regt marched on an alarm to Stillwater. Service ten days. Roll dated Partridgefield."
Jonas Babcock was very methodical in his business and daily life. He kept a daily record of all his transactions in a book, and also jotted down from time to time daily happenings of events. The writer has seen this book and frankly states if it had not been for Jonas' book, the full history of his father which has been gathered would probably have never been gathered, all previous efforts of genealogists having met with failure in tracing Isaiah, Sr., further than Partridgefield. Mass. Jonas makes the following entry on the cover of his book:
"partridgefield, Oct. 24th, 1792. "This day Jonas Babcock, of Partridgefield, and Elizabeth Chester of Washington, was married till Death parts us. What God hath joined together, Lett no man put a Sunder. So Let it be. Jonas Babcock.
Elizabeth Chester." Children:
Amanda, b. June 6, 1793; d. in infancy.
Betsey, b. July 24, 1795.
Hiram, b. Nov. 3, 1796.
Almira, b. July 5, 1798.
Lester, b. Mar. 14, 1800.
Pamelia, b. Apr. 6, 1802; m. Francis Reed.
Enoch, b. Mar. 7, 1804.
Samantha, b. Aug. 30, 1806; d. Aug. 30, 1826.
Olive, b. May 5, 1809.
No name, b. Oct. 9, 1812; d. in infancy.
Jonas Babcock's wife, Elizabeth (Chester) Babcock, d. in Westford, Otsego County, N. Y., Mar. 26, 1846. The following appears in Jonas's book:
"May peace forever remain between the United States and all other powers if possible. If not, may America subdue them and bring them to peace again. Amen."
The above sentiment was the spirit of the Patriots of 1776, and Jonas Babcock evidently entered the above sentiment when war again threatened the United States by England in 1812.
Jonas entered the Patriot army when but fifteen years of age in the War of the Revolution, and remained in the army until the close of the war. He has stated he was never aware of having killed anybody with the exception of one man. In passing through a piece of woods, he was fired upon by the enemy and returned his fire, and the enemy ceased firing. He had frequently seen Gen. Washington in Newburgh and vicinity. He was fond of telling stories and of good living, and complained of poor fare in the army, bean porridge being common, made in cauldron kettles, and all the meat seasoning consisted of a large bone which they would boil a few moments in one kettle and then remove to another and another, and so allowing only a few minutes to each kettle, and using the same bone day after day. He applied for a pension in Oct., 1832, and d. in Westford, Otsego County, N. Y., Dec . 27, 1847, a£ecl 83 years. He was for forty-two years a Deacon in the Congregational Church in Westford, N. Y. This church was organized by Jeddediah Bushnell, in Sept., 1800, and Jonas Babcock joined this church Nov. 16, 1800. After six months' trial, he was admitted Deacon, Nov. 5, 1801. "Deacons were to be upon trial according to Timothy 3rd Chap. 6th Verse." Jan. 4, 1801, he had six of his children baptized. The writer has been to the site of the Babcock settlement between Elk Creek and the town of Westford, has been in Jonas's house where he lived and died, and in the old Congregational Church at Westford where Isaiah, Sr., and his wife and children and grandchildren attended church. I personally examined the church records of this church which are carelessly cared for. The church, at one time thrifty with a large congregation, has now dwindled down to less than a dozen members. The church records are full of the prominent parts taken in its history by the family of Isaiah Babcock, Sr. The date of his decease appears upon these records, many of which have been lost. In the rear of the church and close to it are buried the remains of Jonas Babcock and his family. A handsome marble monument marks Jonas's resting place. All his family were baptized in the church, and his forty-two years of service in active church work probably led to his being interred so near to his large portion of his lifework. The country at the site of the Babcock settlement strongly resembles the Berkshire Hills around Partridgefield, now Hinsdale, Mass., and probably influenced these pioneers to settle here and name the place Partridgefield in honor of the place they came from. The writer, in conversation with one of his great aunts, Mrs. Phebe (Babcock) Cornell, then 97 years of age, was told the following story: When she was a little girl, living in Albany County, there came a great fall of snow. Some persons driving by their house became stalled in the snow, and her father and brothers shoveled them out and brought them into the house when they found they were among relatives, the stranger being Jonas Babcock and his wife. They made an extended visit. Jonas Babcock was my great aunt's father's own uncle. A granddaughter of Jonas Babcock, Mrs. Mary Boardman, of Schenevus, states her mother told her the above story corroborating Mrs. Cornell's story. My great aunt could remember nothing further about this circumstance except that Jonas Babcock was a fine looking and appearing
"Mar. 3, 1783. Town Meeting Voted to relinquish Jonas Babcock's rates in his brother George's bill, he being under age to pay rates. At same time voted to reimburse his brother George."
He was also in the War of the Revolution. In Record of Massachusetts Soldiers, War of Revolution, he is recorded as follows:
"Jonas Private. Capt. Thayers Co. Col. Barnes Regt marched on an alarm to Stillwater. Service ten days. Roll dated Partridgefield."
Jonas Babcock was very methodical in his business and daily life. He kept a daily record of all his transactions in a book, and also jotted down from time to time daily happenings of events. The writer has seen this book and frankly states if it had not been for Jonas' book, the full history of his father which has been gathered would probably have never been gathered, all previous efforts of genealogists having met with failure in tracing Isaiah, Sr., further than Partridgefield. Mass. Jonas makes the following entry on the cover of his book:
"partridgefield, Oct. 24th, 1792. "This day Jonas Babcock, of Partridgefield, and Elizabeth Chester of Washington, was married till Death parts us. What God hath joined together, Lett no man put a Sunder. So Let it be. Jonas Babcock.
Elizabeth Chester." Children:
Amanda, b. June 6, 1793; d. in infancy.
Betsey, b. July 24, 1795.
Hiram, b. Nov. 3, 1796.
Almira, b. July 5, 1798.
Lester, b. Mar. 14, 1800.
Pamelia, b. Apr. 6, 1802; m. Francis Reed.
Enoch, b. Mar. 7, 1804.
Samantha, b. Aug. 30, 1806; d. Aug. 30, 1826.
Olive, b. May 5, 1809.
No name, b. Oct. 9, 1812; d. in infancy.
Jonas Babcock's wife, Elizabeth (Chester) Babcock, d. in Westford, Otsego County, N. Y., Mar. 26, 1846. The following appears in Jonas's book:
"May peace forever remain between the United States and all other powers if possible. If not, may America subdue them and bring them to peace again. Amen."
The above sentiment was the spirit of the Patriots of 1776, and Jonas Babcock evidently entered the above sentiment when war again threatened the United States by England in 1812.
Jonas entered the Patriot army when but fifteen years of age in the War of the Revolution, and remained in the army until the close of the war. He has stated he was never aware of having killed anybody with the exception of one man. In passing through a piece of woods, he was fired upon by the enemy and returned his fire, and the enemy ceased firing. He had frequently seen Gen. Washington in Newburgh and vicinity. He was fond of telling stories and of good living, and complained of poor fare in the army, bean porridge being common, made in cauldron kettles, and all the meat seasoning consisted of a large bone which they would boil a few moments in one kettle and then remove to another and another, and so allowing only a few minutes to each kettle, and using the same bone day after day. He applied for a pension in Oct., 1832, and d. in Westford, Otsego County, N. Y., Dec . 27, 1847, a£ecl 83 years. He was for forty-two years a Deacon in the Congregational Church in Westford, N. Y. This church was organized by Jeddediah Bushnell, in Sept., 1800, and Jonas Babcock joined this church Nov. 16, 1800. After six months' trial, he was admitted Deacon, Nov. 5, 1801. "Deacons were to be upon trial according to Timothy 3rd Chap. 6th Verse." Jan. 4, 1801, he had six of his children baptized. The writer has been to the site of the Babcock settlement between Elk Creek and the town of Westford, has been in Jonas's house where he lived and died, and in the old Congregational Church at Westford where Isaiah, Sr., and his wife and children and grandchildren attended church. I personally examined the church records of this church which are carelessly cared for. The church, at one time thrifty with a large congregation, has now dwindled down to less than a dozen members. The church records are full of the prominent parts taken in its history by the family of Isaiah Babcock, Sr. The date of his decease appears upon these records, many of which have been lost. In the rear of the church and close to it are buried the remains of Jonas Babcock and his family. A handsome marble monument marks Jonas's resting place. All his family were baptized in the church, and his forty-two years of service in active church work probably led to his being interred so near to his large portion of his lifework. The country at the site of the Babcock settlement strongly resembles the Berkshire Hills around Partridgefield, now Hinsdale, Mass., and probably influenced these pioneers to settle here and name the place Partridgefield in honor of the place they came from. The writer, in conversation with one of his great aunts, Mrs. Phebe (Babcock) Cornell, then 97 years of age, was told the following story: When she was a little girl, living in Albany County, there came a great fall of snow. Some persons driving by their house became stalled in the snow, and her father and brothers shoveled them out and brought them into the house when they found they were among relatives, the stranger being Jonas Babcock and his wife. They made an extended visit. Jonas Babcock was my great aunt's father's own uncle. A granddaughter of Jonas Babcock, Mrs. Mary Boardman, of Schenevus, states her mother told her the above story corroborating Mrs. Cornell's story. My great aunt could remember nothing further about this circumstance except that Jonas Babcock was a fine looking and appearing
Jonas Babcock, youngest son and last born of Isaiah Babcock, Sr., and Elizabeth (Plumb) Babcock, was b. in Stonington, Conn., May 14, 1764. He removed with his parents and brothers to Partridgefield, Mass., in 1772. The town records of Partridgefield has the following:
"Mar. 3, 1783. Town Meeting Voted to relinquish Jonas Babcock's rates in his brother George's bill, he being under age to pay rates. At same time voted to reimburse his brother George."
He was also in the War of the Revolution. In Record of Massachusetts Soldiers, War of Revolution, he is recorded as follows:
"Jonas Private. Capt. Thayers Co. Col. Barnes Regt marched on an alarm to Stillwater. Service ten days. Roll dated Partridgefield."
Jonas Babcock was very methodical in his business and daily life. He kept a daily record of all his transactions in a book, and also jotted down from time to time daily happenings of events. The writer has seen this book and frankly states if it had not been for Jonas' book, the full history of his father which has been gathered would probably have never been gathered, all previous efforts of genealogists having met with failure in tracing Isaiah, Sr., further than Partridgefield. Mass. Jonas makes the following entry on the cover of his book:
"partridgefield, Oct. 24th, 1792. "This day Jonas Babcock, of Partridgefield, and Elizabeth Chester of Washington, was married till Death parts us. What God hath joined together, Lett no man put a Sunder. So Let it be. Jonas Babcock.
Elizabeth Chester." Children:
Amanda, b. June 6, 1793; d. in infancy.
Betsey, b. July 24, 1795.
Hiram, b. Nov. 3, 1796.
Almira, b. July 5, 1798.
Lester, b. Mar. 14, 1800.
Pamelia, b. Apr. 6, 1802; m. Francis Reed.
Enoch, b. Mar. 7, 1804.
Samantha, b. Aug. 30, 1806; d. Aug. 30, 1826.
Olive, b. May 5, 1809.
No name, b. Oct. 9, 1812; d. in infancy.
Jonas Babcock's wife, Elizabeth (Chester) Babcock, d. in Westford, Otsego County, N. Y., Mar. 26, 1846. The following appears in Jonas's book:
"May peace forever remain between the United States and all other powers if possible. If not, may America subdue them and bring them to peace again. Amen."
The above sentiment was the spirit of the Patriots of 1776, and Jonas Babcock evidently entered the above sentiment when war again threatened the United States by England in 1812.
Jonas entered the Patriot army when but fifteen years of age in the War of the Revolution, and remained in the army until the close of the war. He has stated he was never aware of having killed anybody with the exception of one man. In passing through a piece of woods, he was fired upon by the enemy and returned his fire, and the enemy ceased firing. He had frequently seen Gen. Washington in Newburgh and vicinity. He was fond of telling stories and of good living, and complained of poor fare in the army, bean porridge being common, made in cauldron kettles, and all the meat seasoning consisted of a large bone which they would boil a few moments in one kettle and then remove to another and another, and so allowing only a few minutes to each kettle, and using the same bone day after day. He applied for a pension in Oct., 1832, and d. in Westford, Otsego County, N. Y., Dec . 27, 1847, a£ecl 83 years. He was for forty-two years a Deacon in the Congregational Church in Westford, N. Y. This church was organized by Jeddediah Bushnell, in Sept., 1800, and Jonas Babcock joined this church Nov. 16, 1800. After six months' trial, he was admitted Deacon, Nov. 5, 1801. "Deacons were to be upon trial according to Timothy 3rd Chap. 6th Verse." Jan. 4, 1801, he had six of his children baptized. The writer has been to the site of the Babcock settlement between Elk Creek and the town of Westford, has been in Jonas's house where he lived and died, and in the old Congregational Church at Westford where Isaiah, Sr., and his wife and children and grandchildren attended church. I personally examined the church records of this church which are carelessly cared for. The church, at one time thrifty with a large congregation, has now dwindled down to less than a dozen members. The church records are full of the prominent parts taken in its history by the family of Isaiah Babcock, Sr. The date of his decease appears upon these records, many of which have been lost. In the rear of the church and close to it are buried the remains of Jonas Babcock and his family. A handsome marble monument marks Jonas's resting place. All his family were baptized in the church, and his forty-two years of service in active church work probably led to his being interred so near to his large portion of his lifework. The country at the site of the Babcock settlement strongly resembles the Berkshire Hills around Partridgefield, now Hinsdale, Mass., and probably influenced these pioneers to settle here and name the place Partridgefield in honor of the place they came from. The writer, in conversation with one of his great aunts, Mrs. Phebe (Babcock) Cornell, then 97 years of age, was told the following story: When she was a little girl, living in Albany County, there came a great fall of snow. Some persons driving by their house became stalled in the snow, and her father and brothers shoveled them out and brought them into the house when they found they were among relatives, the stranger being Jonas Babcock and his wife. They made an extended visit. Jonas Babcock was my great aunt's father's own uncle. A granddaughter of Jonas Babcock, Mrs. Mary Boardman, of Schenevus, states her mother told her the above story corroborating Mrs. Cornell's story. My great aunt could remember nothing further about this circumstance except that Jonas Babcock was a fine looking and appearing
"Mar. 3, 1783. Town Meeting Voted to relinquish Jonas Babcock's rates in his brother George's bill, he being under age to pay rates. At same time voted to reimburse his brother George."
He was also in the War of the Revolution. In Record of Massachusetts Soldiers, War of Revolution, he is recorded as follows:
"Jonas Private. Capt. Thayers Co. Col. Barnes Regt marched on an alarm to Stillwater. Service ten days. Roll dated Partridgefield."
Jonas Babcock was very methodical in his business and daily life. He kept a daily record of all his transactions in a book, and also jotted down from time to time daily happenings of events. The writer has seen this book and frankly states if it had not been for Jonas' book, the full history of his father which has been gathered would probably have never been gathered, all previous efforts of genealogists having met with failure in tracing Isaiah, Sr., further than Partridgefield. Mass. Jonas makes the following entry on the cover of his book:
"partridgefield, Oct. 24th, 1792. "This day Jonas Babcock, of Partridgefield, and Elizabeth Chester of Washington, was married till Death parts us. What God hath joined together, Lett no man put a Sunder. So Let it be. Jonas Babcock.
Elizabeth Chester." Children:
Amanda, b. June 6, 1793; d. in infancy.
Betsey, b. July 24, 1795.
Hiram, b. Nov. 3, 1796.
Almira, b. July 5, 1798.
Lester, b. Mar. 14, 1800.
Pamelia, b. Apr. 6, 1802; m. Francis Reed.
Enoch, b. Mar. 7, 1804.
Samantha, b. Aug. 30, 1806; d. Aug. 30, 1826.
Olive, b. May 5, 1809.
No name, b. Oct. 9, 1812; d. in infancy.
Jonas Babcock's wife, Elizabeth (Chester) Babcock, d. in Westford, Otsego County, N. Y., Mar. 26, 1846. The following appears in Jonas's book:
"May peace forever remain between the United States and all other powers if possible. If not, may America subdue them and bring them to peace again. Amen."
The above sentiment was the spirit of the Patriots of 1776, and Jonas Babcock evidently entered the above sentiment when war again threatened the United States by England in 1812.
Jonas entered the Patriot army when but fifteen years of age in the War of the Revolution, and remained in the army until the close of the war. He has stated he was never aware of having killed anybody with the exception of one man. In passing through a piece of woods, he was fired upon by the enemy and returned his fire, and the enemy ceased firing. He had frequently seen Gen. Washington in Newburgh and vicinity. He was fond of telling stories and of good living, and complained of poor fare in the army, bean porridge being common, made in cauldron kettles, and all the meat seasoning consisted of a large bone which they would boil a few moments in one kettle and then remove to another and another, and so allowing only a few minutes to each kettle, and using the same bone day after day. He applied for a pension in Oct., 1832, and d. in Westford, Otsego County, N. Y., Dec . 27, 1847, a£ecl 83 years. He was for forty-two years a Deacon in the Congregational Church in Westford, N. Y. This church was organized by Jeddediah Bushnell, in Sept., 1800, and Jonas Babcock joined this church Nov. 16, 1800. After six months' trial, he was admitted Deacon, Nov. 5, 1801. "Deacons were to be upon trial according to Timothy 3rd Chap. 6th Verse." Jan. 4, 1801, he had six of his children baptized. The writer has been to the site of the Babcock settlement between Elk Creek and the town of Westford, has been in Jonas's house where he lived and died, and in the old Congregational Church at Westford where Isaiah, Sr., and his wife and children and grandchildren attended church. I personally examined the church records of this church which are carelessly cared for. The church, at one time thrifty with a large congregation, has now dwindled down to less than a dozen members. The church records are full of the prominent parts taken in its history by the family of Isaiah Babcock, Sr. The date of his decease appears upon these records, many of which have been lost. In the rear of the church and close to it are buried the remains of Jonas Babcock and his family. A handsome marble monument marks Jonas's resting place. All his family were baptized in the church, and his forty-two years of service in active church work probably led to his being interred so near to his large portion of his lifework. The country at the site of the Babcock settlement strongly resembles the Berkshire Hills around Partridgefield, now Hinsdale, Mass., and probably influenced these pioneers to settle here and name the place Partridgefield in honor of the place they came from. The writer, in conversation with one of his great aunts, Mrs. Phebe (Babcock) Cornell, then 97 years of age, was told the following story: When she was a little girl, living in Albany County, there came a great fall of snow. Some persons driving by their house became stalled in the snow, and her father and brothers shoveled them out and brought them into the house when they found they were among relatives, the stranger being Jonas Babcock and his wife. They made an extended visit. Jonas Babcock was my great aunt's father's own uncle. A granddaughter of Jonas Babcock, Mrs. Mary Boardman, of Schenevus, states her mother told her the above story corroborating Mrs. Cornell's story. My great aunt could remember nothing further about this circumstance except that Jonas Babcock was a fine looking and appearing
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