Graduated Yale Collage in the class of 1724, and was the first from R.I.to graduate this Collage.

JOSHUA BABCOCK was born in Westerly, Rhode Island, May 17, 1707, and died there April 1, 1783. He was graduated from Yale College in the class of 1724, and was the earliest graduate who held a commission for services during the Revolution. In May, 1776, he was elected Major-General of the Colony Brigade, which consisted of ten regiments for the Colony of Rhode Island. He was also a member of the State Counsel of War and appointed one of the committee of those who proceeded to New York to consult with General Washington respecting the defense of Rhode Island. (Source: REGISTER OF THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION; http://www.calarchives4u.com/organizations/sar/index.htm)

She is buried in what is now The First Hopkington Cementery. Her grave is a few rods Northwest of the Ministers Monument.