CENSUS: 1870 Jerome Township, Midland County, Michigan. Babcock,WIlliam 52, b. NY Hotel Keeper - - - -, Angelina, 45 b. NY - - --,WIlliam A., 20 b. Mich. Railroad Laborer - - - -, Leslie F., 16, b.Wis. at home - - - -,Alice, 11, b. Mich
The Babcock Genealogy lists Joseph Babcock's birth as being Feb. 3,1735-6, and his death as "Mar. or Apr. , 1804 (?)." On Mar.31,1765 he married Hannah Champlin, dau. of Samuel and Hannah ClarkChamplin. Hannah was born in South Kingston, Dec. 9, 1747, and diedin 1767, just two years after the marriage, in Westerly RI. They hadone daughter, Hannah, b.Jan 2, 1767, at Westerly. This Hannah married[ Nov. 17, 1796] Arnold West [born Sept. 11, 1762] son of James andSusanna West. Joseph married Hannah Ross in 1771. They had 11children. Thankfully, none were named Hannah! SOURCE: Babcock,Stephen, THE BABCOCK GENEALOGY, Eaton & Mains, N.Y., 1903, p. 75