These sixth great grandparents got left behind somehow, therefore we are backing up here to include them in our ancestral history. James Babcock was born in 1641 at Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. He married Jane Brown in 1665 when he was twenty four years old. James and his family resided in Westerly, Kings County, Rhode Island. Here is the list of their nine children, all born in Westerly:
1665 Jane
1666 James, our ancestor
1669 Sarah
1670 Mary
1671 Hannah
1676 Elizabeth
1678 William
unk Peter
unk Job
James died in 1698 when he was only age 57. Jane lived to be age 75, outliving five of her children.
JAMES BABCOCK
BORN: 1641 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI
MARRIED: 1665
DIED: 1698 in Westerly, Kings, RI
JANE BROWN
BORN: 1644 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI
DIED: 4 Feb 1719 in Westerly, Kings, RI
SOURCES: Brøderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #17, Ed. 1, Birth Records: United States/Europe, Birth Records AAI Birth Records Extraction (Release date: December 23, 1993), Internal Ref. #1.17.1.1537.4.
John Greene was born and baptized on the 15th of August in 1620 at the Saint Thomas parish in Salisbury, England. He came to New England with his parents in 1635 and lived in Providence, Rhode Island until 1643. In 1643, he lived in Occupasuetuxet Farm, known as Greene's Hold. After 1643, he was a town clerk, surveyor, and a member of the Colonial Assemblies.
John married Anne Almy c. 1645 in Portsmouth, RI and they had the following twelve children, all born in Kent, Warwick, RI:
1649 Deborah
1651 John
1652 William
1654 Peter
1656 Job
1658 Phillippa, our ancestor
1661 Richard
1662 Anne
1665 Catherine
1667 Audrey
1669 Welthyan
1670 Samuel
Warwick is a city in Kent County, Rhode Island, the second largest city in the state with a population of 82,672 at the 2010 census. Warwick is located approximately 12 miles south of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, 63 miles southwest of Boston, Massachusetts, and 171 miles northeast of New York City. Wikipedia
Captain John Greene served in the militia and later became the "Major of the Main" between the years of 1683 to 1696. Between 1690 and 1700 he was the Deputy-Major Governor of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations. He retired at age 80! He died at age 88 and was buried on his farm property in Warwick.
DEP. GOV. MAJ. JOHN GREENE
BORN: 15 Aug 1620 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
MARRIED: abt 1645 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI
DIED: 1709 in Warwick, Kent, RI
ANNE ALMY
BORN: 26 Feb 1627 in South Kilworth, Leicestershire, Eng
DIED: 6 May 1709 in Warwick, Kent, RI
BURIED: On their farm property in Warwick, Kent, RI
SOURCES:Vital Records of John Greene on CD 16, Ped Res File;Brøderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #17, Ed. 1, Birth Records: Anne's birth information via Individual: United States/Europe, Birth Records AAI Birth Records Extraction (Release date: December 23, 1993), Internal Ref. #1.17.1.817.32; Almy, Ann Or Agnes,Birth date: 1627,Birth place: England CD# 10
Young John Howland enjoyed climbing the sails and masts and sat in the crow's nest with the lookout, often, on the ship Mayflower. He fell overboard one stormy day in a strong gale. But he managed to grab a trailing halyard and was pulled back with a boat hook. [Source: "The Story of the Old Colony" by Sam Morison]
John was the servant of John Carver, who was selected to be the first governor of Plymouth Colony. John Carver died soon after he did some sowing of corn in the hot sun on the plantation, in the spring of 1621.
Elizabeth had spent her childhood in Leiden, Holland. She spoke and read Dutch as well as English. Her future husband, John Howland, taught her how to read English on the Mayflower journey. She was 13 years old. After her parents died during the first Plymouth winter, she lived with Governor Bradford's family until her marriage, at age 16.
John was the pilgrims' first agent to Indians at Chusnoc, Augusta, Maine in 1621. Later, c. 1623, John and wife, Elizabeth, ran a trading post for trade between the Plymouth Colony and the Indians to pay off their debts to those who sponsored their trip to America. [Source: researcher Polly Shaw at genforum.com, see Dickinson family, genforum.]
Here is the long list of their children, all born in Massachusetts:
1623 Desire
1627 John
1627 Joseph
1629 Hope
1634 Elizabeth, our ancestor who married John Dickenson
1636 Lydia
1637 Ruth
1640 Hannah
1644 Jabez
1649 Isaac
unk Deborah
John Howland was in charge of the fur trading post at Kennebec, Maine in 1634. John's name was among the councillors in the March 1636 list of Plymouth Colony freemen and he was the deputy for the Plymouth General Court.
In 1638, John bought property in Kingston, Rhode Island, calling it "Rocky Nook Farm".
John was prominent in the church, so he "assisted in the imposition of hands" upon Rev. John Cotton, Jr., when he was ordained pastor, c. 1669. [I wonder what this means. Maybe you blog readers understand?]
John wrote his will on the 29th of May 1672; it was proved 6 Mar 1673. He died in February 1673, and I quote: in the "Towne of Plymouth; last man left of those on the Mayflower; age 80."
JOHN HOWLAND
BORN: 1592 in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England
MARRIED: 25 Mar 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
DIED: 23 Feb 1673 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
ELIZABETH TILLEY
BORN: abt 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
DIED: 22 Dec 1587 in Swansea, Bristol, MA
SOURCES:www.newenglandancestors.org, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633; www.gencircles.com, Researcher, paulamein 121301; Elizabeth's grave information: Find a grave #21561583.
