A Little Babcock History

Thank you Joan and Whitey Lange for researching this!

Babcock Surname Origin:

English: Little Bab, or Bartholomew; from Bab, a nickname for Bartholomew, and cock, small, little, a son; cic, cock, el, and et are diminutives, and include the ideas of kindness and tenderness, associated with smallness of size. It may be from Bob, the nickname for Robert; Bobcock, the son of Robert, Robertson.

BENJAMIN BABCOCK (Sr) married AMA and had:

Ethan Babcock, about 1814
Benjamin Babcock, about 1829



BENJAMIN BABCOCK (Jr) married LAURA and had:

Charles Henry Babcock, about 1862
William Babcock, about 1865
Edwin Babcock, about 1871
Frank Babcock, about 1873

CHARLES HENRY BABCOCK married MARTHA and had:

Leon Amos Babcock**, about 1885
Buel L. Babcock, about 1889
Ethel B. Babcock, about 1894

LEON AMOS BABCOCK married ALICE FLETCHER and had:

Jean Babcock, about March 1919
Vance Fletcher Babcock**, February 2, 1922
*Richard Babcock August 17, 1966
+*David Richard Babcock, July 10, 2004
+*Sophia Victoria Babcock May 27, 2007
Douglas Craig Babcock, September 8, 1923
*Susan Babcock, 1966
+*Cassandra Jeanette Cox, November 10, 1995
+*William Douglas Cox, September 10, 2000
Theron Babcock, about 1926
*Chris Babcock
*Jody Babcock
+*Erik Hartung
+*Elisa Hartung



VANCE FLETCHER BABCOCK married MARY TORREY and had:

Daniel Leon Babcock, February 18, 1949
*Christina Marie Babcock, March 9, 1990
Michael Babcock, November 15, 1951
*Amy Babcock, 1990
Joy Babcock, August 9, 1954
*Jason Juna, Arpil 18982
*Andrea Luna, April 1983
Douglas Stephen Babcock**, December 9, 1956
Robin Babcock, April 15, 1961
*Shannon Ellison, July 2, 1980
+*Sophia, August 17, 2007
*Kyle Ellison, 1983
+*Jace Michael Ellison
+*Jeremiah Pierce Ellison
+*Jaxson Ellison
+*Arheney Lexine Ellison, August 20, 2008
*Mary Jane Higgins, 1985



DOUGLAS STEPHEN BABCOCK married BONNIE POTTS and had:

Arley Marie Babcock, April 21, 1983
*Ian Fredrick Lange, February 16, 2004
*Otto Douglas Lange, January 3, 2006
Tara Jean Babcock, August 20, 1984
Douglas Steven Babcock, August 8, 1991

How cool is that??

According to information passed along to Uncle Dan, the Babcock's started with five brothers that immigrated here from England. Two of the five stayed on the East coast (presumably Virginia) and then the other three went to Michigan where they had a prosperous Babcock farm. Unfortunately the farm also came with a lot of drama I guess because one of them left to travel farther westwards to Washington.

According to the census from the Lange's research , Ethan and Benjamin Jr. were born in New York but moved to Van Buren County, Michigan to farm. Charles Henry Babcock, son of Benjamin Babcock Jr., was born in Michigan, as were his children. Leon Amos Babcock (of Charles Babcock, of Benjamin Jr, of Benjamin Sr.) moved to Bellevue, WA where his kids were born.