Erasmus BABBITT

• Name	Erasmus BABBITT  [2]
  	There was one other Babbitt family in this country besides the one whose records are he subject of this book (The Babbitt Family). This is the family of Erasmus Bobet of Boston, styled in the old records "Governor of Burbuda" and merchant mariner of Boston. This family seems wholly extinct in the male line, as none have been discovered who descend from this family, while this work was in preparation. Erasmus Bobet married Nov. 18, 1700, Thamazine Harris, widow of David harris, and daughter of William Elsen. She was born in 1644 and died Nov. 27, 1721, being buried in the Granary Burying ground in Boston. He is supposed to have previously married at Westerley, R.I., Mary Lawton Babcock, widow of John Babcock, since in a deed dated March 11, 1699, James and John Babcock sold land of "father John Babcock" and mention "stepfather Erasmus Bobet." Who the first wife of Erasmus Bobet was we are unable to say, but his son John, born 1681, must have been a son of still an earlier marriage than the two mentioned, since he is recorded on Charlestown records as having been born in Plymouth, England. [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I71829	Main Tree
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family	Mary LAWTON   d. 8 Nov 1711, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
  Marriage	21 Apr 1698  [2]
  Family ID	F29111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S12960] William Bradford Browne, The BABBITT Family History. [S02711] New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. 1.