Person:Daniel Babcock (4)

Census: 1850 Johnstown, Rock Co., Wisconsin

Note: When a boy he removed with his parents to Brookfield, N. Y., where later he was baptized and united with the S. D. B. Church of that town. Soon after his marriage he settled in Batavia, N.Y. In 1815 he removed to Alfred, N. Y. In 1816 he was ordained a Deacon of the S. D. B. Church, a year later licensed to preach, and Sept. 16, 1824, was ordained a S. D. B. minister. He preached in Alfred and surrounding towns far and near. About 1840 he removed to Milton, Wis., where he spent the remainder of his life, having no pastoral charge after 1838.

Admitted 31 Mar 1815 - Alfred, New York. Ordained 1824.

There is a 40 acre "D. C. Babcock Estate" farm on the NE corner of sec 33 in Milton Township in 1928.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Sanford, Ilou M; New York) Seventh Day Baptist Church (Alfred; and Frank L Greene. First Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church membership records, Alfred, New York, 1816-1886. (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c1995)
   4.

   Eld. Daniel Babcock s/o Daniel & Hannah Burdick
   b Westerly Nov 17, 1786, ad Mar 31 '15, d Milton Oct 26 '68
   m New Berlin NY Jan 21 '09 Lois Potter d/o Clark
   m 2nd Almond NY May 13 '47 Deborah Tefft d/o Jesse & Susanna Saunders
   Ordained 1824, Letters of Recomendation Mar 5 '29 & Aug 6 '27
   He was here on Oct 4 '40.

2. ↑ Westerly Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
   77.

   BABCOCK, Daniel, of Daniel and Hannah, [born] Nov. 17, 1787.

3. ↑ The Sabbath Recorder . (New York City, New York; later Plainfield, N. J.)
   25:166, 14 Oct 1869.

   Eld. Daniel Babcock, who finished his work on earth in October last, at Milton, Wis., was a native of Westerly, R. I., and one of the descendants of an Elder Babcock who for many years was an efficient minister of the gospel in that country.
   Having grown up to manhood, and the spirit of emigration prevailing among the young in the vicinity where he resided, he left the Unadilla country, where he had married, and with others removed to what was then known as the Canisteo country, now Alfred, N. Y. He took up his abode in a log house, and engaged in clearing his land of the heavy timber, and providing scantily for the wants of his young and growing family.
   Meetings were established there by the few settlers, and he soon became an active and efficient worker in the cause of God. In a few years a church was organized, and our brother was called to fill the office of deacon, and authorized to administer the ordinance of baptism, and to preach the gospel among his people.
   In a few years, the increase of the church demanded additional laborers, and he and Richard Hull were called to ordination. A council, consisting of W. B. Maxson, E. S. Bailey, and John Green, met, and by them they were ordained to the work of the ministry in 1823, or near that time.
   He was an active business man. He labored hard when at home, and often traveled night and day over the hills, in the storm and sunshine, exposing himself to untold hardships, to visit the sick and the dying, bury the dead, and preach the gospel to the destitute. He was a faithful sower, and he scattered the seed broadcast, and the laborers on that field now have entered into his labors, and are gathering the ripening sheaves, and ere long they will rejoice together.
   About 1840, he with his family emigrated to Wisconsin, then new and undeveloped, and again began in a new country. Through his industry and prudence, he had been successful in accumulating some property, that placed him not only above want, but in circumstances to aid his children and others, and likewise the cause that he loved.
   After his settlement in Wisconsin, he preached only occasionally, as duty seemed to demand, having no particular charge. He was an old man, full of years, when he was gathered to his people, in October, 1868.