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Person Details
 
Last NameBABCOCK
First NameCHRISTOPHER
Maiden 
RelationH/O MEHITABLE [CHALKER]; S/O WILLIAM & SARAH (DENISON)
Cemetery NumberHP022
Cemetery NameFIRST HOPKINTON CEMETERY
Birth Day12
Birth MonthSEP
Birth Year1734
Death Day15
Death MonthMAR
Death Year1815
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
SectionP
Lot 
Map00221
Stone Materialsandstone
Conditionfair
Shaperound top
Carvingurn/willow
Legibilityfair
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2020
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
NotesCIVIL 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
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