Babbitt, Ebernezer

Notes:

The Babbitt Family History:

Jacob Babbitt (Elkanah-Elkanah-Edward). Born . In 1757 served in the Taunton Train Band, under Capt. Samuel White.
Removed from Berkley to Rehoboth and later to Colchester, Conn.
Called in deeds "Bricklayer" and "Blacksmith."
In 1752 called "of Rehoboth."
1756-1761 called "of Taunton."
After 1773 called "of Colchester, Conn."

Died Sept. 10,1811. at Bristol, R. I. Married March 31, 1737-8, Mary Harvey, daughter of Thomas Harvey of Taunton. Born 1701.

Jacob married Harvey, Mary on 31 Mar 1737. Mary (daughter of Harvey, Thomas and Huckins, Mary) was born in 1701 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Abstracts of Bristol County Massachusetts Probate Records, 1745-1762, Volume 11, page 53

Appt. of Mrs. Mary Harvey of Taun. & Josiah Harvey of Nort. to be Adms. Est. of THOMAS HARVEY of Taun., Yeoman, dcd. intest., dtd 7 feb 1748 [11:630/1]

Abstracts of Bristol County Massachusetts Probate Records, 1745-1762, Volume XII, page 64

Inv. of Est. of THOMAS HARVEY of Taun., dtd. 17 May 1749, pres. by Mary Harvey & Josiah Harvey, Adms. Pers. est. 289-5-4; real est. 2265-0-0/ Apprs: William Hodges, Nehemiah Walker & William Stone [12:10/1/2]

Abstracts of Bristol County Massachusetts Probate Records, 1745-1762, Volume XII, page 92

Acct. of Mary Harvey & Josiah Harvey, adms. of Est. of THOMAS HARVEY of Taun., dtd. 18 Sept. 1750. Incl. rcpt. for use of 2/3 of the house and land, the other 1/3 being the widow's [12:399/400].

Notes:

Abstracts of Bristol County Massachusetts Probate Records, 1745-1762, Volume 11, page 53

Appt. of Mrs. Mary Harvey of Taun. & Josiah Harvey of Nort. to be Adms. Est. of THOMAS HARVEY of Taun., Yeoman, dcd. intest., dtd 7 feb 1748 [11:630/1]

Abstracts of Bristol County Massachusetts Probate Records, 1745-1762, Volume XII, page 64

Inv. of Est. of THOMAS HARVEY of Taun., dtd. 17 May 1749, pres. by Mary Harvey & Josiah Harvey, Adms. Pers. est. 289-5-4; real est. 2265-0-0/ Apprs: William Hodges, Nehemiah Walker & William Stone [12:10/1/2]

Abstracts of Bristol County Massachusetts Probate Records, 1745-1762, Volume XII, page 92

Acct. of Mary Harvey & Josiah Harvey, adms. of Est. of THOMAS HARVEY of Taun., dtd. 18 Sept. 1750. Incl. rcpt. for use of 2/3 of the house and land, the other 1/3 being the widow's [12:399/400].

Died:
intest. 7 Feb 1748

Thomas married Huckins, Mary in 1694. Mary was born in 1671 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1756 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bristol County Deed Book 51, Page 217 (Written 3 Mar 1749, recorded 26 May 1768) "To all People to whom these presents........I, MARY Harvey of Taunton .....widow and daughter of John WOODWARD Late of Taunton, deceased........my late husband THOMAS Harvey.........."

Bristol County Deed Book 41, Page 547 (Written 26 Mar 1756, recorded 29 Mar 1756) "...Know all Men, That we Josiah Harvey of Norton and Amos Ball of Taunton & Experience his wife, ......said Josiah and Experience are two of ye children & legal representatives of MARY HUTCHINS (deceased) but was known by ye name of MARY Harvey, Widow relict of our father, known as Thomas Harvey, Late of Taunton, Deceased......."

Notes:

Resturant Owner.
Thomas and Experience were first cousins Her father was William Harvey b 1614 brother of Thomas Harvey b 1617. Owned one of the first recorded "ordinary" or eating house in Taunton MA. Was Sgt. in Taunton Military Co.
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Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Harvey, was born in Taunton, in 1643. He married, in 1668, Experience, daughter of William Harvey (2), his uncle. Her brother Thomas married Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon John Willis, of Bridgewater. Thomas Harvey was proprietor of the ordinary in Taunton. He was an original owner of lot 77 in Taunton South Purchase; was sergeant in the military company in 1673, raised to march against the Dutch in New York and New Jersey; was grantee in the Bradford deed of Taunton in 1689. He was impressed for service in King William's war. He deeded to his son Ebenezer the homestead of four hundred acres, adjoining the farms of his sons Thomas and Ebenezer, on the highway leading to Brown's Brook, in consideration of love, etc., and with the obligation to care for his sisters Experience and Mary, as well as his parents, while they lived. Thomas died in 1726; his wife in 1720. Children, born at Taunton: 1. Thomas, born 1669; died 1748. 2. John, born 1671; died 1739. 3. Nathaniel, born 1673; mentioned below. 4. Ebenezer, born 1675; died 1757. 5. Experience, born about 1677; married, January 20, 1709, Elisha Hayward, of Bridgewater. 6. Mary, born 1679; married, June 21, 1716, Nathaniel Hayward, of Bridgewater.

Source:
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, vol. 4
By George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
Published by Lewis historical publishing company, 1909
Beginning Page 2149

Thomas married Harvey, Experience in 1668 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Experience (daughter of Harvey, William and Hucker, Joane) was born on 4 Mar 1644 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was christened on 10 Mar 1644 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA; died in 1719 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in 1720 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Experience the daughtr of William & Joane Harvie borne 4 (1) 1644"

Source: "The Early Records of Boston "; The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 8, page 38; New England Historical and Genealocial Society, 1854

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Marriage note:

Torrey, Clarence Almon, Harvey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 ( Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Md., 198), page 350.

Harvey, Thomas & Experiance [Harvey] (1644-); 1668; Taunton.

"When the bride's surname is within brackets, Torrey had found a reliable source that identified the bride's maiden surname with a good deal of confidence. These
sources are often based on indirect evidence such as a deed or a will. "Introduction to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Birth:
Possibly 4 Apr 1644