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of Newport and Westerly, and when the Westerly branch, now the First S. D. B. Church, of Hopkinton, became independent, in 1708, he was one of its constituent members, and so continued until his death. In his will he bequeathed one hundred pounds in money to this church. Before 1690 he was captain of the local militia. Just before the second marriage of his mother he was ma 'e guardian in her place of his brothers, Elihu. Robert, Joseph and Oliver. He deeded lands to his brothers, in 1698 and 1699, and to his mother in 1704. In 1715 he sold two hundred acres of land for three hundred pounds, and on Oc- tober 10, of the same year he borrowed of the colony three hundred pounds for five years, giving as security a mortgage on part of his land. This was not occasioned by any lack of resources on his part, but to encourage the plan of the colony for loaning funds to its citizens, and establishing a system of bills of credit. By his will he bequeathed about two thousand acres of land to his children and grandchildren, consisting of several minutely described farms. He provided for a college education for his infant son, James, and in case his widow remarried, he provided that her three children should be reared by his executor, their half-brother, Joshua. He re- served the family burying ground from his farm for the benefit of his family and rela- tives, and it has been said of him that he was as good as he was rich ; that he was philan- thropic and upright to the highest degree. For several years he was treasurer of the town; was a member of the town council in 1690-93- 95 : was often moderator; was justice of the peace in 1717, and represented the town in the legislature in 1701-06-07-08-09-16.
He married (first) about 1687. Elizabeth Saunders, or Babcock, tradition giving both names. She was born about 1662, died March 3, 1731. in her sixty-ninth year. He married (second) in Westerly, July 7, 1731, Content. eldest child of Jonathan and Content (Rog- ers) Maxson, born January 28, 1709, in West- erly. Fifteen days previous to this marriage he made a contract requiring his heirs to pay her one hundred pounds in current funds. in lieu of her one-third interest in his estate, should she survive him. She married (sec- ond) December 27, 1742, William Hiscox, a widower, and bore him four children. Chil- dren of James Babcock's first marriage : James, Elizabeth. Samuel, Daniel, Anna,
Sarah and Joshua. Of second marriage : Ann, James and Jonathan.
(11]) Oliver, youngest child of John and Mary (Lawton ) Babcock, was born about 1083, in Westerly, died in 1773, at the age of about ninety years. lle was a minor in 1698, when he chose his brother as his guardian. In 1715 he owned one hundred and thirty acres of land in Westerly, which he mort- gaged for a loan of one hundred pounds grant- ed by the colony without interest. He also owned land in Voluntown, which he inherited from his father and sold in 1749. He was made a freeman. May 1, 1716, and was dep- uty to the general court in 1730-34-37-38-52. lle is frequently referred to in the records as Colonel Oliver. He was captain in 1735, when he was a member of a commission to create a new harbor in Westerly by turning the river into the largest salt water pond. This was probably found impracticable as the work was never done.
(1\') James (3), eldest child of James (2) and Elizabeth Babcock. was born December 23. 1688, in Westerly, died April 9. 1731, in what is now North Stonington, in his forty- third year. He resided on a farm at Pendle- ton Hill in North Stonington, where he was buried, and where his widow, children and grandchildren were also interred. In 1900 his body was with that of two of his sons and their wives removed to the cemetery near Pendleton Hill Meeting House, and at this time many of these bodies were quite well pre- served. His farm was formerly owned by his father, part of it in what is now Voluntown, and continued in the family for about one hun- dred and fifty years. With his wife he joined the Stonington ( Congregational ) church, Au- gust 8, 1708, and with others they withdrew in 1727 to form the church at North Stonington. He married, in Milton, Massachusetts, June 12, 1706, Sarah Vose, born August 30, 1684, in that town. died in North Stonington, De- cember 25. 1758. She was a daughter of Ed- ward Vose, born in 1636, in England, died in Milton, January 20, 1715. son of Robert Vose. born 1599. in Lancashire. England, and bought land in Milton, July 13, 1654. Sarah Vose's mother, Abigail, born 1646-47, died in Milton, May 18. 1712, aged sixty-five years. Children of James and Sarah Babcock : James, Nathaniel. Elias, Sarah, Elizabeth, Martha, Isaiah, Oliver, Grace and Timothy.
(V) Oliver, fifth son of James (3) and
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Sarah (Vose ) Babcock, was born July 27. 1720, in Stonington, died in North Stoning- ton. July 25, 1771. His body was buried on the l'endleton Hill farm of his father, and re- moved, as previously noted, in 1900 to the cemetery at Pendleton Hill Meeting House. With his wife he was baptized March 3, 1741, at the North Stonington church, at which time they were admitted there to membership. He married, March 6, 1740, Anna, third chil 1 of Lieutenant William Avery and his first wife, Anna ( Richardson ) Avery, born in North Stonington, baptized April 5, 1724, died February 7, 1803, in her eightieth year. Her father, Lieutenant William Avery, born 1687, was a son of John (2) and Abigail (Cheese- brough) Avery, the former being a son of John (1) Avery, born 1654, a son of Captain James Avery, born 1620, in England, and came with his father, Christopher .Avery, to America, settling in Groton, Connecticut, where he owned a large tract of land, and was prominent in both civil and military life. Dur- ing King Philip's war he commanded a com- pany of friendly Indians. . \ monument to him stands near the railroad several miles east of New London. Nine brothers and half- brothers of his wife served in the colonial or revolutionary wars, some in both, and four of them died in such service. Children: Oliver, Joshua, Anne, William, Gershom, Altana, Christopher, Elizabeth and Daniel.
(VI) Gershom, fourth son of Oliver and Anna (Avery) Babcock, was born November 9. 1752, in North Stonington, died February 17, 1815. in Columbia county, New York, his body being buried in New Concord, same county. He was a soldier of the revolution, serving in Captain Hezekiah Baldwin's com- pany of the Second New York Regiment, commanded by Colonel Goose Van Schaick. He enlisted July 3, 1775, and his name appears in the list of men, dated at Fort George, Oc- tober 13, of that year. He was also a mem- ber of the Albany Company of Militia, Sev- enteenth Regiment, and had land bounty rights. It is a matter of family record that he was a sergeant in the colonial service at the capture of Burgoyne. He was a captain of militia, and was celebrated as a drill master. Captain Babcock was a member of the Ma- sonic order, affiliating with Unity Lodge, No. 9, Free and Accepted Masons, of Canaan Cor- ners, New York, which he joined in 1788. He married Chloe Davis, born September 9.
1761, in Sharon, Connecticut, died July 13, 1815. in Columbia county, New York, daugh- ter of Captain John and Sarah ( Beebe ) Davis. Iler father, John Davis, was a second lieuten- ant in the British militia, commissioned Sep- tember 25, 1761, and again received a similar commission from Governor Tryon, July 18, 1772. He was commissioned captain in the colonial service, June 18, 1778, "in the second year of our Independence." Chiklren: Dan- iel, Avery, Lucretia, Chloe, Sarah, John and Roswell.
(VHI) Roswell, youngest child of Captain Gershom and Chloe (Davis) Babcock, was lorn in June, 1799, in Canaan, New York, died in Franklin, Delaware county, same state, Oc- tober 24, 1852. He resided successively in Chatham. Hudson, Ghent, Columbia county, New York, New Britain, Connecticut, Stock- port, Columbia county, and Franklin, Dela- ware county, where he settled before 1843. He married, February 28, 1819, Christina Groat, born 1802, daughter of Jacob Groat, of Chatham, died in Franklin, 1888. She mar- ried ( second ) Henry Taylor, of Franklin. Children: Martha, married Jacob 1. Miller, and died in Avon, New York ; George L., re- sided in Deposit, New York: Sidney, settle.1 in Franklin; Emeline, married George Darl- ing; Aaron, died in Deposit, childless : Jacob, died in fifth year ; Edward A., a soldier of the civil war, died at San Diego, California, 1910, was a contractor and builder at Deposit, New York; Giles MI., mentioned below : Julia .1., married Stephen W. Millichamp, and reside:1 at Rochester, New York, and San Diego, Cali- fornia.
(VIII) Giles M., sixth son of Roswell and Christina (Groat ) Babcock, was born July 20, 1843, in Franklin, New York. He attended the district schools and later the Delaware County Institute at Franklin. He left school when a boy of sixteen years, and took up a trade as harnessmaker with R. L. McGeorge, remaining there three years, and then opened a store of his own at Franklin, continuing for one year and a half. He then spent one year in Virginia, farming, and then went to Rochester, New York, and spent a few months in the harness business there. From Rochester he went to Deposit, Broome county, New York, and opened a harness store and remained there until the fall of 1889, when he went to Philadelphia and opened up a grocery store, remaining one year and a half.
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He returned to Deposit, and became interested in a printing establishment, continuing for about two and one-half years. He lett De- posit to work for the Port Jervis Daily Union, the Weekly Union and the New York Farmer. He made his home in Deposit for one year and a half. He resigned and left for India to sell books, and remained there about fifteen months. He returned to Port Jervis and con- tinued with the Port Jervis papers until the early part of 1908 (his home still being in Deposit until the latter part of 1901, and then came to New York). His home was in Bing- hamton for six years. He then went with the American Agriculturist and remained until 1911, and is now an organizer and speaker for the Farmers' League, travelling through- out the country. He affiliated with the Re- publican party, and served as county clerk for two years. He sang for many years in the choirs of Franklin and Deposit, was a member of the Deposit band, and also served in the capacity of sexton in Franklin. He married (first), January 6, 1865, Agnes M., daughter of Rev. D. F. and Levanthia Leach, born December 29, 1845, at Ten Mile River, New York, died July 6, 1875. at Deposit. He married (second), April 3, 1878, Eliza, born April 24, 1846, in Monticello. New York, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Carmon. Children of first marriage: I. Eva Beulah, born May 1, 1867, at Franklin ; married, July 21, 1897. Peter F. VanNoy, and now resides at Port Jervis, New York. 2. Arthur Leslie, January 12, 1871, in Mecklenburg county, Vir- ginia ; married, October 23. 1898, Susie A. Simpkins. 3. Frederick Wilbert, December 20, 1872, in Deposit, New York : married. De- cember 28, 1898, Anna E. Netherland. 4 and 5. Twins. July 2, 1875, died July 3 and 5, 1875. Children of second marriage: 4. Ho- mer Carmon, mentioned below. 5. Kenneth Reo. September 29, 1885, died January 16, 1886. 6. Darton Leo, mentioned below. 7. Rauldon Keith, mentioned below.
( IX) Homer Carmon, third son of Giles M. and Eliza J. (Carmon ) Babcock, was born June II. 1880, at Deposit, New York. He received his education in the public schools of his native town, graduating from the high school in 1899, at the age of nineteen years. He subsequently taught school two years at Deposit, and in 1901 removed to Binghamton, New York, and engaged in journalism. He was connected with the editorial staff of the
Binghamton Leader, and other local papers. Later he pursued the study of law in the office of District Attorney H. C. Perkins, and at the New York Law School in New York City. In July, 1906, Mr. Babcock received an ap- pointment under the lunacy commission of the state of New York, and is now special agent of this commission for the Long Island dis- trict, with offices at 44 Court street. Brooklyn. He resides in Flatbush, and is a member of the Flatbush Congregational Church. Politi- cally he is affiliated with the Republican party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having received his degrees in Binghamton Lodge, No. 177, Free and Accepted Masons, and while in Binghamton was a member of the City Club. Press Club and Binghamton Club. He is a member of the Knickerbocker Field Club of Brooklyn, and is secretary and treas- urer of the Broome County Association of New York City, besides being a director of that organization. He is a member of the Empire State Society, Sons of the American Revolution. He was formerly a member of the National Guard, State of New York, hav- ing enlisted in Company H. First Regiment, at Binghamton. After completing seven years' service with that organization he received an honorable discharge. He married, at Bing- hamton, October 19, 1904. Alice Edith Vin- cent, born February 6, 1881, at Maryland, Otsego county, New York, daughter of Ed- ward and Mary (Soule) Vincent. Edward Vincent was a bridge builder who erected many structures throughout the state of New York.
(IX) Darton Leo, fifth son of Giles MI. and Eliza J. (Carmon) Babcock, was born Oc- tober 25, 1886, at Deposit. He attended the public schools there until fourteen years of age, when the family removed to Binghamton. He completed the high school course in that city, graduating in the class of 1905, and later graduating from Lowell College of Business. He subsequently entered the employ of the Binghamton Trust Company, where he was paying teller. This connection continued un- til January, 1907, when he removed to New York City, and entered the Chase National Bank, auditing department, and there contin- ued until March 1, 1908. He resigned this position to accept a more remunerative one as general auditor of Meikleham & Dinsmore, consulting engineers and bankers, at No. 25 Broad street, and of numerous electric com-
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panies which are operated by this firm, now occupying the position as general manager for the firm, and secretary and treasurer of many electric power properties throughout Pennsyl- vania and New York state in which he is finan- cially interested. Mr. Babcock attends the Protestant Episcopal church, and is a Repub- lican in politican principles. Mr. Babcock is a member of the Lambda Chapter ( Bingham- ton, New York), of Pi Phi fraternity, the Broome County Association of New York City, the Empire State Society, Sons of the American Revolution. While in Binghamton Mr. Babcock was a member of the City Club and other social organizations. Mr. Babcock resides in the Washington Heights section of New York City.
He married, at Syracuse, New York, May 12, 1909, Laura Elizabeth Mott, born Novem- ber 26, 1886, in Massena, St. Lawrence county, New York, daughter of Asa P. and Ann (Smaith ) Mott, of Syracuse. Asa P. Mott was engaged in the manufacture of inks and is now in the stationery and commission busi- ness at Syracuse. Mrs. Babcock was gradu- ated from Syracuse University with high honors and subsequently taught mathematics at the Canton (New York ) high school, and later at the Madalin (New York) high school. She is a member of Grace Protestant Episco- pal Church of Syracuse. Child of Darton L. and Laura E. (Mott) Babcock, William Mott Babcock, born July 10, 19II.
(IX) Rauldon Keith, son of Giles M. and Eliza J. (Carmon ) Babcock, was born in Phil- adelphia, April 13, 1890. He attended public schools in Deposit, New York, and later Bing- hamton high school. After completing his course of study he entered the employ of the City National Bank of Binghamton, hold- ing a responsible position until his parents re- moved to New York City, when he resigned and came with them. He then went with the Hanover National Bank, New York, remain- ing with that institution for about one year. He then entered the employ of the American Tobacco Company and at present occupies a position as manager in a branch of one of their companies. He is a Republican in prin- ciples, a member of the Presbyterian church, and now resides with his parents in New York City. While in Binghamton he was a mem- ber of several social organizations, and is a member of the Empire State Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
Thomas Murphy, grandfather MURPHY of Herbert S. Murphy, was born about 1810, and died in Perry City, New York, about 1885, aged seventy-five. He was a carpenter by trade and spent his life in Perry City. Tompkins county, New York. He married - , who died in Perry City, 1885 or 1887, aged about seventy. Children: Charles; Mary, married Sloan, Chauncey Pratt, mentioned below.
(Il) Chauncey Pratt, son of Thomas Mur- phy. was born in Perry City, New York, about 1840, died there, in 1874, aged about thirty- five. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and the Cortland State Normal School, from which he graduated. He became principal of an academy at Middle- town, New York. He and his wife were Methodists in religion. He married Esther Elizabeth, daughter of Ornan and Mary Anne (Robinson ) Baldwin, born in Cortland county, died there, March, 1887, aged about thirty- five.
Her father was a farmer by occupation, and lived first in Delaware county, New York; thence he removed to Cortland county, New York. He died in Cortland county, in 1877- 80. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin : Eben R., living in Cortland, New York ; Sanford, living in Cortland; Sarah Miles. living in Cortland county : Charles, died in 1910, Cort- land county, a farmer ; Mary Anne, married H. C. Gazley, died 1888-89, Cortland ; Esther Elizabeth, above mentioned. Children of Chauncey Pratt Murphy: Herbert Spencer, mentioned below; George Chauncey.
(III) Herbert Spencer, son of Chauncey Pratt Murphy, was born in New York. He spent his early life in Cortland. He was edu- cated at the Cortland Normal School, and studied for his profession at the New York Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1903, and has since practiced in New York City. He is a Republican in politics. He married, January 1, 1901. Eva Hoffman, born in 1885. in New York City, Her father was Charles Hoffman, and both parents died when she was young. Children: Herbert Spencer and George Baldwin.
The earliest home of the Kel-
KELLOGG loggs, so far as at present traced, was in Essex county, England. Its position in the southeastern cor- ner and its nearness to London have given it
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no small prominence in the general history of England.
Essex was rich in its monastic foundations, and was a storm center for the religious activ- ity of the Puritans, many of whom emigrated from within its borders to the shores of the newer and broader England. Among these was the famous minister of Chelmsford, Rev. Thomas Hooker, who had been silenced for non-conformity and who afterward became the first minister of Hartford. Connecticut. Some of his party of two hundred were near neigh- bors of the Kelloggs of Braintree, who were undoubtedly of good Puritan stock. The Kel- loggs are also found in Bocking, Great Leighs and Debden. the same county. Debden, where the records first show the name, lies about forty miles north of London and sixteen miles south of Cambridge. By referring to a copy of an old eighteenth century map, it will be seen that it is but a short distance from Deb- den and vicinity to Bocking. Great Leighs and Braintree : in fact, a radius of less than thirty miles would include all the early Essex homes of the Kelloggs, and it would not seem im- probable that they were all of the same family.
The ancestors of the Kelloggs in America were three brothers, Joseph, Daniel and Sam- uel. sons of Martin of Great Leighs and Braintree, England. They made their first appearance in America in the settlements of Connecticut and Massachusetts, but we have no record of their sailing from England. They were attracted, perhaps, by the stories of the New World, which they had heard from their friends in New England, and from explorers of the new continent, who sent back enthusi- astic accounts of the richness of both its land and sea. The oldest brother, Joseph, was the ancestor of the Central New York Kelloggs.
( II) Lieutenant Joseph Kellogg, son of Martin Kellogg, was baptized at Great Leighs, Essex county, England, April 1. 1627, died about 1707. probably in Hadley, Massachu- setts. As before stated the year he came from England is not known ; but he was living in Farmington, Connecticut, in 1651, where he was an early settler and served several terms as selectman. He and his wife "were joined" to the church, October 9, 1653. In February, 1655. he sold his property in Farmington and removed to Boston about 1657, where "Joseph Kelog, weaver, late of Farmington, in the col- ony of Connecticut, now of Boston," bought from Peter Oliver and his wife, October 16,
1659. "their dwelling-house, fronting to the street leading to Roxbury, for one hundred and forty pounds." They sold the same prem- sises to John Witherdon, June 13, 1661. This land (now covered in part by the Advertiser building on Washington street ), which Joseph Kellogg bought for less than seven hundred dollars in 1659, is one of the most valuable parcels of land in Boston, being worth more than one hundred dollars per square foot.
After selling his property in Boston, he re- moved to Hadley, Massachusetts, and the town made an agreement with him to keep the ferry between Hadley and Northampton and he built his house on a smail lot reserved by the town for a "Ferry lot." The records show that the court, on June 1, 1677. ordered that "Joseph Kellogg, ferryman of Hadley be paid forty pounds for loss of his team impressed for the country's service and with reference to his ferriage of souldjers." He and his son John and grandson, James Kellogg, kept this ferry until 1758, almost a century and Stephen Goodman, who married a daughter of James Kellogg, kept it still later, and from him it received its last name "Goodman's Ferry." He was selectman in Hadley for seven years, and in 1686 he was on the committee "to consider the method that may be best for laying out of the common land." In the division which followed. he and his sons, John, Edward and Nathaniel, received certain grants of land. He was also on the committee for the purchase from the Indians of Swampfield. The price paid was twenty-six pounds. From this tract of land have been formed in whole or in part the towns of Sunderland, Montague and Lev- erett.
Early in the history of New England mili- tary companies or "train bands" were formed to protect the settlers. As early as May 16, 1661, Hadley voted there should be a training. The county court approved the choice of Jo- seph Kellogg as sergeant of the company, March, 1663. The general court of Massa- chusetts appointed him, May 9. 1678. ensign in the foot company in Hadley, and October 7 of the same year, lieutenant in the same company. He served in that office until 1692, his military service thus extending over twen- ty-nine years. That he received no further promotion may be accounted for by the fact that Aaron Cook Jr., who was appointed cap- tain when Lieutenant Joseph Kellogg was made ensign, held that office thirty-five years,
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or until 1713. He sustained his part in the struggle of the settlers against the Indians, and was in command, as sergeant, of the Hadley troops at the famous "Turner's Falls" fight, May 18, 1676, which broke the power of the river tribes. When he settled in Had- ley in 1661 his estate was assessed one hun- dred pounds, and at the time of his death his personal estate alone was inventoried at about four hundred pounds and he had previously given various sums to his children.
He married (first ) in England -- , who died in Hadley, September 14, 1666; married (second) Abigal, daughter of Stephen l'erry, of Windsor, Connecticut. He seems to have been energetic, of a strong, sturdy character, an affectionate husband and father, and to have borne a creditable part in the struggles of the early settlers. It is interesting to read that his wife, Abigal, in 1673 was among those presented by the jury at the March court of Hampshire, as persons of small estate who "use to wear silk contrary to law." She was acquitted, but this attempt to enforce the sump- tuary laws against her showed that her hus- band's estate was at the time below the two hundred pounds needed to allow her to wear "gold or silver lace, gold or silver buttons, bone lace above 2s. per yard, or silk hoods or scarfs," which the good men of that period looked upon as extravagance in dress. Chil- dren of first wife: Elizabeth, born in Farm- ington, March 5, 1651, died young ; Joseplı, August 11, 1653; Nathaniel, baptized October 29, 1654, died young ; John, baptized Decem- ber 29, 1656; Martin, in Boston, November 22, 1658: Edward, Boston, October 1, 1660; Samuel, in Hadley, September 28, 1662; Jo- anna, Hadley. December 8, 1664: Sarah, Had- ley, August 27, 1666; children of second wife, born in Hadley: Stephen, mentioned below ; Nathaniel, October 8, 1669; Abigail, October 9, 1671 ; Elizabeth, October 9, 1673 : Prudence, October 14, 1675; Ebenezer, November 22, 1677; Jonathan, December 25, 1679: Daniel, March 22, 1682. died 1684: Joseph, May 12. 1684; Daniel, June 10. 1686. died young ; Ephraim, January 2, 1687, died young.
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