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Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
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| Last Name | BABCOCK |
| First Name | CHRISTOPHER |
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| Relation | H/O MEHITABLE [CHALKER]; S/O WILLIAM & SARAH (DENISON) |
| Cemetery Number | HP022 |
| Cemetery Name | FIRST HOPKINTON CEMETERY |
| Birth Day | 12 |
| Birth Month | SEP |
| Birth Year | 1734 |
| Death Day | 15 |
| Death Month | MAR |
| Death Year | 1815 |
| AGE nth Year |
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| AGE Years |
81
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| AGE Days |
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| War | REVOLUTION |
| Gravestone Details |
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| Section | P |
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| Map | 00221 |
| Stone Material | sandstone |
| Condition | fair |
| Shape | round top |
| Carving | urn/willow |
| Legibility | fair |
| Number of Graves on Stone | 1 |
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| Last Seen Date | 2020 |
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| Notes/Misc Details |
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| Notes | CIVIL SERVICE: JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, 1781, 1782, 1783 -- SMITH, CIVIL & MIL LISTS OF RI, 1647-1800, VOL 1, PP 384, 385, 397, 398, 411
Born in Westerly RI; married 1754 his stepsister; Christopher was buried in Smyrna; son Stephen had a gravestone placed for him beside the grave of his wife MehitableThe small Babcock burying ground containing Mehitable, Stephen & his wife Phebe, were removed from Avondale and placed in the First Hopkinton Cemetery in about 1884. Served 1762 as Captain in Kings County Regiment, Hopkinton 1st Co; 2nd Lt. Kings County
Regiment 1767 Westerly Company; Revolution-CS RI & member Westerly Alarm List. Died: SMYRNA NY |
| Transcribed By | GGT;JES;LTA |