O.T. Babcock has a note: "Gr H.C. 1750 or and in Jun. 8, 1752 atHampstead, NH." I have no idea what this refers to. -- Bryce Babcock
Note says, "of Haverhill, MA."
Note: "Resided Hampstead, NH, 1803 (?)."
Note: "Gr H.C. 1780." Meaning unclear.
My father's records contain the note, "Revolutionary War. Two years."and another record in the handwriting of his mother, Jessie TrueBabcock, states: "Entered patriot army, 1780, served 2 years."Handwritten notes, obtained from Patricia Babcock Wharton, which alsoappear to be in our grandmother's (Jessie True Babcock's) handwriting,state: "He went from Augusta, ME, to Farmington, ME, in 1791, butsold his farm in a few years and moved to Temple, ME, where he made apermanent residence." -- Bryce Babcock
It is uncertain whether Martha Kennedy was of Irish or Scottishancestry. There is a family tradition that indicates that the familywas Scots in origin but had spent a period of time in Northern Irelandbefore coming to the US. Some records indicate Martha's birthplacewas Ireland and others that she was born in Scotland. I think Irelandis more likely, as Kennedy is an Irish, not a Scottish, name. Thereis family tradition indicating that some Scots ancestors lived inNorthern Ireland for a number of years, perhaps as much as severalgenerations, before coming to the US. If there is basis to thattradition, it's possible that Martha's family was descended from thoseScots Lowlanders who were enouraged by the English King, James I, (whohad been James VI of Scotland before ascending to the English thronein 1603 upon the death of the childless Queen Elizabeth I.) to move toUlster and were given land there. The intent was to set up aprotestant "plantation" in Northern Ireland and, of course, it wasthis that led to the ongoing "troubles" between catholics andprotestants in this province that have plagued Ulster up to thepresent time. The main period of this emigration from Scotland toNorthern Ireland was between 1606 and the ending of the Stuart dynastywith the ascent to the British throne of William of Orange in 1689.Many of these Scots immigrants intermarried with the native Irish andcame to think of themselves as Irish. It's possible that the (Irish)Kennedy name was aquired through intermarriage, and that MarthaKennedy's family had both Irish and Scottish ancestors. Althoughthe Scots emigrants prospered for a time, by the early 1700sconditions in Ulster were becoming very difficult. Four years ofdrought led in 1717 to another migration of these Ulster Scots, thistime to the United States. Five great waves of migration to the UStook place between 1717 and 1775. In this country, history has cometo speak of these immigrants of Scottish decent from Ireland, as the"Scotch-Irish". The records compiled by my father, Oscar TrueBabcock, refer to Martha Kennedy as having been born in Ireland. Ifthis is true, the date of her birth in 1770, would place her family ascoming to this country probably as part of the last wave of immigrantsfrom Ulster in the period 1771-1775. The family name was apparentlysometimes spelled "Kannady." The year of Martha Kennedy's death isshown in an old handwritten record of the family as 1858, rather than1838. These crumbling sheets of family records were given to me byPatricia Babcock Wharton, and appear to be in the handwriting of ourgrandmother, Jessie TrueBabcock, grand-daughter-in-law of MarthaKennedy, although I may be in error about this. -- Bryce Babcock
Handwritten notes in (I think) Jessie True Babcock's handwriting statethat he "died in Bangor, ME. (or Frankfort, Mass.) He was twicemarried. 7 children."