BABCOCK AND ALLIED FAMILIES, by M.M. Lewis, Brooklyn, New York. page 22.
Was born in Westerly RI, in 1669, and died there March 28, 1746. He and his wife lived about two miles east of Pawcatuck Bridge, Westerly, on what in 1903, was the Post Road, and in the house which was later a hotel kept by Sylvester Gavitt. He was prominent both in local affairs and in the General Assembly from 1691, when he assisted in the survey of the town lands, to within nine years of his death, serving as tax assessor,1697-99; town councilman, 1699; town clerk, April 26, 1700; probate clerk, 1700; rate maker, March 22, 1703; Captain of Militia for the years 1709, 11, 15, 18, 20, 21, 23; town clerk from 1706-1732, when he was succeeded by his son William; deputy for the town of Westerly in the General Assembly in the years 1695, 1702, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26; justice of the peace for Westerly from 1730 to 1737. On May 19, 1710, John Babcock and Robert Babcock with ten others bought from the colony a tract of land containing 2,684 acres known as the "Maxson purchase." John and his wife Mary, "quit claim January 18,1715-16, unto William Champlain all maner of action, suits, bills, bonds, depts, etc, on account of any legacy, sum or sums of maney due us out of our deceased father, William Chaplain's estate." He married, in 1700, his cousin, Mary Chaplin, second child of William and Mary (Babcock) Champlin.

"Babcock Genealogy", by Stephen Babcock, M. A., Eaton & Mains,New York, 1903, p 18.

"Babcock Genealogy", by Stephen Babcock, M. A., Eaton & Mains,New York, 1903, p 13, 18.
Married her cousin John Babcock.