When Adam Babcock was born on 27 September 1740, in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, Dr. Joshua Babcock, was 33 and his mother, Hannah Stanton, was 26. He married Abigail Smith on 11 October 1763, in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1790 and Boston Ward 7, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1810. He died on 10 October 1817, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 77.
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English (Lancashire): although the first element of this name would suggest it is derived from the Middle English personal name Babb (see Babb ), apparently it is a post-medieval form of Badcock, from the Middle English personal name Badecok, a pet form of Bade (see Bade ) + the diminutive suffix -cok. There is no reason why a Middle English Babbecok, a pet form of Babb (itself a pet form of Barbara ), should not have existed, but evidence has yet to be found.
History: James Babcock settled in Portsmouth, RI, in 1642.
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