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Note: y and his dwelling house, long since known as the Tucker place, and their graves are covered with large freestone tablets fully inscribed.' Elizabeth's obituary appeared in The Boston Evening Post on Monday, 24 May, 1762. It reads as follows: 'South Kingston, May 10, 1762. On the 8th Instant died here Mrs. Elizabeth Babcock, Widow and Relick of Mr. George Babcock, late of said Town, in the 91st Year of her Age: She was a Woman of great Piety and unblemished Character; has left behind her 8 Children, 61 Grand Children, and 76 Great Grand Children, in all 145, which whole Number lives in this Colony, except one Grand Daughter and her Children; she has also left four Sisters, one of which is older than herself.' Wheeler in his 'History of Stonington' and Babcock in his 'Babcock Genealogy' state that Elizabeth's father was Henry Hall and her mother's given name was Content. Babcock states that they were of Kingston. Arnold in 'The Narragansett Historical Register' states that her mother's name was Constant, not Content. 'The History of Rhode Island' does not list the parents of Elizabeth, which is unusual, since it customarily does so. This appears to be inaccurate. Arnold's Henry and Constant did have a daughter Elizabeth, but her married name was Britten at the time of her father's death in 1705. Further, Elizabeth's date of birth is about 1672. Henry and Constant were not married until about 1680, and their Elizabeth was not born until about 1695. Rev. David Hall states, in his 'Halls of New England: 'Henry Hall, Jr., m. Constant. He made his will Nov. 1, 1716, in which he mentioned sons William, Elisha, Henry, James, John, Edward, and daughters Susanna, Lydia, Elizabeth Butler, Cherry Cottrel and Mary and Martha not of age. Elizabeth Butler is the interesting entry. Is it possible that the 'Butler' is really 'Babcock?' Elizabeth (Hall) Babcock's obituary (reproduced later) states that she was survived by three sisters, one of whom was older than she. This could fit the above circumstances. There is another Elizabeth Hall, the sister of this Henry, who would be of an appropriate age, since she was born about 1676. However, she married Edward Larkin. It appears that Elizabeth's parents were not the Henry and Constant described by Arnold. Therefore the clouded links of Elizabeth to an appropriate Hall family remain to be clarified. However, it is probable that Elizabeth is of the Hall family of Rhode Island.
Note: She and her husband George 'were buried on their own farm near the highwa
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