Erasmus BABBITT

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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.

Erasmus married Mary LAWTON on 21 Apr 1698. Mary died on 8 Nov 1711 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]