Ancil Chapman Babbitt

• Born: 20 Nov 1809, Greensboro VT
• Marriage: Sarah Parkhurst Willson on 4 May 1837
• Died: 27 Mar 1896, Waterbury VT

  General notes:

Merchant

  Events in his life were:

• He worked as a traveling merchant from circa 1830 to 1837
  ". . . he traveled for five years selling silver spoons and other merchandise, engraving the spoons as he sold them, some of which are still to be found in many homes through the state. For five years he sold his merchandise from tin trunks, which were suspended over his shoulders by a strap. Two years later he procured a team and sold from what we now term, a peddler's cart. His reliability gave him a reputation that brought him a good business."
  
  Babbitt Family History, 1643-1900
  William Bradford Browne, Taunton MA 1912

• He worked from circa 1849 to 1874 as a merchant in Greensboro VT

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Greensboro VT, listed as a merchant.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Greensboro VT, listed as a dry goods merchant.

• He was a partner from 1874 to 1881 with Henry Ancil Babbitt in Saint Johnsbury VT as A. C. BABBITT & SON. As well as general hardware and dry goods, the firm stocked a full selection of silverwares.

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Saint Johnsbury VT, listed as a dry goods merchant.

Ancil married Sarah Parkhurst Willson on 4 May 1837. (Sarah Parkhurst Willson was born on 13 Nov 1809 in Stockbridge VT and died on 5 Feb 1901.)