SLADE - BABCOCK GENEALOGY ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN AND ANGELINE (BABCOCK) SLADE OF RENSSELAER AND SARATOGA COUNTIES, NEW YORK by CARL BOYER, 3rd PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR NEWHALL, CALIFORNIA 1970 COPYRIGHT© 1970 BY CARL BOYER, 3RD , FOR CHRIS, MICHELE, DENISE AND DANY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 78-137861 CARL BOYER, 3RD 24355 WEST LA GLORITA CIRCLE • NEWHALL CALIFORNIA 91321 PRICE FIFTEEN DOLLARS POSTPAID SLADE - BABCOCK GENEALOGY CONTENTS Preface 5 Part I· The Ancestry (list of families overleaf) 7 Part I • Addenda et Corrigenda 101 Part II • The Descendants 103 Illustration• The Slade-Babcock Family Reunion, 1893 105 Illustration• Joseph and Alice (Sherman) Slade 106 Sixth Generation 107 Seventh Generation 108 Eighth Generation 112 Ninth Generation 118 Tenth Generation 127 Eleventh Generation 142 Part II· Addenda et Corrigenda 148 Appendices and Bibliography 149 Appendix A· Slade-Babcock Ancestors and the Founding of Rhode Island 151 Appendix B • Slade-Babcock Ancestors and the Misquamakuck Purchase 152 Appendix C • Slade-Babcock Ancestors in the Rhode Island Government 154 Appendix D • Descendants of Benjamin7 Babcock 155 Appendix E • Brownell Marriages in Rotherham, Yorkshire 162 Appendix F • Ancestry of Peter 7 Vandenburgh 162 Appendix G • Ancestry of Pardon Tripp7 Kirby 164 Appendix H • Descent from Thomas 1 Fisher to.Patricia Mae (Alward) Marshall 166 Bibliography 169 Indices 181 Index of Persons in Part I • The Ancestry 183 Index of Place Names in Parts I & II 201 Index of Surnames in Part II and Appendices 207 THE FIFTY-FOUR ANCESTRAL FAMILIES Anthony Lawton Babcock Luther Ballard Paine Baulstone Peabody Borden Pearce Brownell Perry Butter Pitts Carr Potter Chase Read Coggeshall Reynolds Dell Rown Durfee Segar Eames Sheever Feller Sheldon Fish Sherman Fowle Slade Freeborn Sprague Fulwater Strange Gardner Tallman Harper Tefft Hazard Timberlake Hearne Tripp Holbrook Waeger Holmes Webb Hull Wilbore Jenckes Wodell Lawrence Wright PREFACE A few words about the reasons for, and the uses of, this book, as well as :my qualifications and methods, are in order. When I was about twelve my father showed me his copy of American Boyers and a letter written by my greatgreatgrandfather from a Union Army camp in Virginia during the Civil War. Thus I became somewhat familiar with my own origins, and at the same time developed an interest in history which resulted in my profession. Years of taking notes on the family, in the meantime, led to the publication of a genealogy of the Boyer and Dodge families in 1965. Shortly after our marriage in 1962, my wife, Chris, and I were talking to her mother, Esther (Marshall) Kruse, about the origins of some of the heir­ looms in the house. Thus I heard fascinating stories about the Slades and the Babcocks. With these details I had a little to go on when I began to do research in the Los Angeles Public Library. Inquiries led to my contacting Frances D. Broderick, a professional genealogist in Lansingburgh, North Troy, New York, who most generously did some research at very reasonable rates and put me in touch with Jim Breslin, whose mother is, at the age of ninety-five, the oldest living descendant of Benjamin and Angeline (Babcock) Slade. For about two years Jim Breslin sent data gathered from his own papers, his mother's memories, and talks with relatives and friends in Rensselaer and Saratoga Counties in New York. Without his travels, research and encourage­ ment it would not have been possible for me to have contacted all of the branches of descendants. Indeed, Part II constitutes one of the most complete records of its kind ever published, as only the descendants, if there are any, of those numbered 60, 90, 125 and 126 are missing. In 1966 the work of tracing the outlines of the ancestry was finished. Nonetheless I had gained a great deal of experience in genealogical research and critical analysis, which, with my experience in historical research help­ ing considerably, led to my concern over a number of nagging questions. Thus queries, along with copies of edited notes, were sent to a number of profes­ sional and amateur genealogists known to be experts on particular families. These resulted in numerous corrections, additions and clues leading to further research. Where professional work was indicated it was commissioned, but the sources are largely secondary. In the meantime I continued to trace descendants, making it clear that my work was not commercial, and enclosing a self-addressed, stamped envelope with each query addressed to a member of the family. In a number of cases correspondence continued over months and years as I discovered items which might help to joggle one's memory to a lead for further research. In a few cases it was necessary to write two or three times before a reply came, but when it did it was invariably warm and helpful. Numerous local and state officials, and librarians, were equally kind. This book will be quite easy to use for those who are familiar with gene­ alogy. Part I gives the ancestry, and all of the families are in alphabetical order, with addenda on page 101, and names and places indexed in the back of the book. Part II lists the descendants and is indexed by surname and place. Novices will note that parents are related to children by numbers, and that the parents of a descendant may be quickly found by looking for the number of the descendant in the margin of previous pages, without referral to the index. Perhaps it should be explained for those not familiar with the problem that the Julian calendar was used in Great Britain and America until 1752, so that George Washington's birth, for example, is recorded in the original records as having occurred 11 February 1731, when we all know that the date is remembered 6 PREFACE as 22 February 1732. This is because the new year, before 1752, began on 25 March, and the calendar now used was ten or eleven days ahead of the old · Julian calendar. Thus before 1752 the first month was March, and February was the twelfth month, with various problems attending the interpretation of dates. Dates in this book are repeated as given in the sources, some of which follow the old style and some the new. Where definitely known, the years given for dates earlier than March 25th are given for both old and new styles, so that the year of George Washington's birth would have been given as 1731/32. All readers should be aware that it is inevitable that errors creep into a book of this sort. Every effort has been made to insure that they are kept to a minimum. The text has been proof read six times, with references back to sources. However, two errors were found in the sixth reading. It would be appreciated if readers detecting any errors, no matter how slight, would bring them to my attention so tt~t an errata sheet may be published. On the other hand, where this book disagrees with another printed work, consultation with the original source is definitely indicated, although in most instances the reader will find the information in this book reflecting corrections of other printed sources. As this was being prepared for the press word was received of the acci­ dental death of Virginia Babcock Lance in Troy, New York, 14 August 1970, Mrs. Lance was very kind in sharing her knowledge of Rensselaer County fami­ lies although not a member of the subject branch of the Babcock family. I would like to extend special thanks to my friends Jimmy Elia, Porfirio Dlaz, Leo La Plante, David Karp and John Hollinhurst of the Herbert Herz Co,, Inc., Los Angeles, who have given generously of their knowledge of the print­ ing trade and have assisted with typesetting on their own time. Carl Boyer, 3rd 24355 West La Glorita Circle Newhall, California 91321 30 December 1970 PART I THE ANCESTORS PART I • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following have given freely of their knowledge of the ancestral fami­ lies listed in this volume. They are due much credit, while the imperfections must be the responsibility of the author. Wendall A. R. Babcock Mrs. Warner T. Ball Mrs. John E. (Florence) Barclay Howard I. Becker Howard Granville Borden James H. Breslin, II Mrs. Warren J. (Frances D.) Broderick Clifford M. Buck Carl C. Burdick Mrs. C. C. Callarman Mrs. Virginia Chace Meredith B. Colket, Jr. Thomas E. Collins Mrs. Clyde L. Davis John Dennis Mrs. William R. (Sarah M.) Dewey, 3rd Mrs. Ernest A. (Dr. Dorothy Wood) Ewers Lilian M. Fish Mrs. Edwin (Celia M.) Freiberg Charles L. Greenwood Clara Hansen George Hescox Mrs. Marjorie Jensen Mrs. Hazel Alice Kennedy P.A. Kennedy Frank Cecil King Miss Helen H. Lane Mrs. J.M. (Maryellen) Leachman Leslie L. Luther Richmond G. Luther Patricia Mae Marshall Arthur H. Noble A. Ruth Odegard Mrs. Franklin J. (Constance M.) O'Neill Mrs. G. Parrish Paul W. Prindle Mrs. H. (Edith) Redman Francis Richmond Sears Leland L. Sheldon Dr. Roy V. Sherman George D. Straight Mrs. William J. (Bertha) Stratton Stephen F. Tillman Mrs. Thomas 0. Treharne Howard Carlyle Wager Robert S. Wakefield Frank A. Ward, II THE SLADE-BABCOCK ANCESTRY 9 ANTHONY The major Question in this line is the parentage of Francis 3 Anthony of London. The compiler has followed Dillon, whose work is undocumented and sometimes unreliable, but is supported by the Visitation of London, 1568, rather than Charles Lawton Anthony's genealogy of the family, which is an earlier work. Some of the data is from Mrs. Hazel Alice Kennedy, who also cites the Rhode Island Mercury.