| FAMOUS DESCENDANTS OF THE BABCOCK'S ANCESTORS From: SATURDAY'S CHILDREN, by C. Merton Babcock |
| The persons listed below share a common ancestor with members of the Babcock family. In some cases, the distinguished person's lineage can be traced to more than one of the immigrant ancestors, as indicated. |
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| ANCESTOR(S) Robert Williams Thomas Thayer Joseph Clarke George Lawton George Denison Thomas Thayer Robert Williams Robert Williams Joseph Clarke Robert Williams Thomas Hazard George Denison Robert Williams Walter Palmer Henry Miner James Avery Robert Williams Walter Palmer Henry Miner Thomas Forster James Badcock Thomas Thayer John Fuller Thomas Holbrook William Hayward Robert Williams Simon Fiske Robert Allyn Edward Wilcox John Warner Robert Park Robert Blott Nathaniel Foote |
| DISTINGUISHED PERSON Louisa M. Alcott Daniel H. Burnham William E. Channing George Dewey (Admiral) Elbert H. Gary Mark Hopkins Elias Howe Oliver LaFarge Amy Lowell Ulysseus S. Grant Nelson Rockerfeller Eli Whitney George H. Babcock Stephen Moulton Babcock Eli Thayer Whitney Eugene Thayer John Milton Thayer William Howard Taft William Williams Col. Ephraim Williams John Locke Capt. Francis Allyn Stephen Wilcox Seth Warner Cyrus Hall McCormick Archibald MacLeish Humphrey Bogart George H. Gallop Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Charles Seymour Ethan Allen Henry Ward Beecher |
| ATTAINMENT Little Women Architect Unitarian Minister Capture of Manila Industrialist Educator Inventor (sewing machine) U. S. Hall of Fame Writer; Collector of Indian Lore Poetess President of U. S. Financier, Governor of NY, Vice President of U. S. Inventor (cotton gin) Inventor Chemist (Babcock Milk Test) American abolitionist, inventor (hydraulic elevator) Organist-composer Governor of Wyoming Territory (1875-1878) Governor of Nebraska (1887-) 26th President of U.S. Delegate to Congress of U. S. Signer of the Declaration of Independence Founder of Williams College (Williamstown, MA) British philospher, voice of Enligfhtment His Treatise on Government was the blue print for American Political System. Commander of a packet between New York and Le Havre, which brought Lafayette to America (1824) Inventor and philanthropist Colonel of a regiment with Ethan Allen's "Green Mountain Boys," in Vermont. He took part in the capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point (1775) Farm Machinery Poet, dramatisit, critic, Librarian, Library of Congress Motion-picture actor The Gallop Poll Founder of the Parke, Davis Co. (pharmaceuticals) President of Yale University (1937-) Col. of the "Green Mountain Boys" who defended Vermont's land claims against New York speculators. Also he took an active part in the War of the Revolution. Preacher and editor. |