The BADCOCK Family of Dorchester in Suffolk co., Massachusetts, Sherborn in Middlesex co., Massachusetts and Milton in Norfolk co., Massachusetts

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UNKNOWN BADCOCK

Generation 1

UNKNOWN BADCOCK

Children of Unknown Badcock:

1. Robert Badcock was born about 1625. He died in 1694. He married Joanna Unknown.
2. Margaret Badcock was born about 1630. She died on 21 May 1705 in Sherborn. She married Henry Leland.

Generation 2

SGT. ROBERT BADCOCK (c. 1625 - 1694) of Dorchester and Milton

Parents: Appleton [Ref, p.] asserts that David Badcock, who was a member of the Dorchestor church in 1640, was probably a father of Robert, George Badcock and Margaret Badcock.

Robert Badcock was born about 1625. [Ref] He died in 1694. [Ref][Ref, p. 21] He married Joanna Unknown. [Ref, p. 21][Ref says Isana? or Joanna?] She was born about 1629. [Ref] She died in 1700, age 71. [Ref][Ref, p. 21]

Robert was an assessor in Dorchester in 1657. [Ref, p. 21]

Robert Badcock was one of the first land owners in Milton. [Ref, p. 12] He had a track of 107 acres between the brook bearing his name and the Neponset river. [Ref, p. 14] In 1670 he purchased land west of his own from Teague Crehore; in 1671 he purchased land from Nathaniel Duncan. [Ref, p. 16]

On 22 Feb 1666, Robert was one of the inhabitants of Milton signing an agreement saying they were willing to move the meeting house. [Ref, p. 4] On 6 Aug 1669, the town minster, Mr. Emerson, said that he was leaving. Sgt. Badcock was one of the men chosen to get some help for the sabbath.[Ref, p. 4] On 19 Nov 1669 Sgt. Badcock was one of the men chosen to set a rate to pay for the purchase of land and a house for the ministry and to pay Mr. Emerson. [Ref, p. 5] On 10 Dec 1669 Sgt. Babcock was one of the men chosen to check on the payment of Mr. Emerson. [Ref, p. 8] On 16 Feb 1669/70, Mrs. Emerson said that everyone but George Badcock had paid. [Ref, p. 8] On the last day of Sep 1670, Sgt. Badcock was one of the men chosen to arrange for a new meetinghouse to be built. [Ref, p. 8-9] On 10 (1) 70/71 Robert Badcock was one of the men chosen to oversee the building of the meetinghouse. [Ref, p. 11] Robert Badcock was chosen selectman on 8 Dec 1673. [Ref, p. 16] On 13 Sep 1676 Sgt. Robert Babcock was one of the men chosen to receive payment for Mr. Mighell. On 12 (1) 76/77 Robert was selectman. [Ref, p. 23] On 10 Dec 1677 Robert Badcock was chosen selectman. [Ref, p. 25] On 13 (12) 1678 Robert Badcock was taxed. [Ref, p. 27] Sgt. Robert Badcock was chosen a rate setter on 15 (10) 1685. [Ref, p. 41] Robert Badcock was commissioner in Milton in 1687. [Ref, p. 48] On 8 Jun 1691 Robert Badcock was chosen selectman. [Ref, p. 87]

Samuel Badcock was constable in Milton in 1662 and 1685 [Ref, p. 19]

Children of Robert Badcock and Joanna Unknown: [The secondary sources conflict.]

1. Samuel Badcock was born in 1650 in Dorchester. [Ref, p. 2] He died on 17 Sep 1690. [Ref, p. 3] He married Hannah Emes on 1 Jul 1674. [Ref, p. 3] She died on 12 Nov 1723. [Ref, p. 3]
2. Jonathan Badcock was born in 1655 [Ref, p. 21] in Dorchester [Ref, p. 2 says 1652] [Ref, p. 20] says that he was the eldest son. He died on 5 Jan 1732 in Coventry, CT. [Ref, p. 4] He married first Mary Curtis on 1 Aug 1676. [Ref, p. 4] She died on 28 Mar 1719. [Ref, p. 4] He married second Mary Heberd on 19 Oct 1719. [Ref, p. 4]
3. James Badcock was born in 1654 in Dorchester. [Ref, p. 2]
4. Abigail Badcock was born in 1656 in Dorchester. [Ref, p. 2] She was baptised on 27 Apr 1656 in Dorchester [Ref, d. Robert and Joanna of Dorchester] She died on 15 Dec 1693. [Ref] She married John Barbour of Medfield on 17 Dec 1674. [Ref, p. 2]
5. Nathaniel Badcock was born on 14 Mar 1658 [Ref, p. 21, says 1657] in Dorchester. [Ref, p. 2] He died on 7 Jan 1719. [Ref, p. 4] He married Hannah Unknown. [Ref, p. 4]
6. Caleb Badcock was born on 14 Aug 1660 [Ref, p. 21 gives the year] in Dorchester. [Ref, p. 2]
7. Ebenezer Badcock was born on 2 Oct 1662 in Milton. He died on 15 Dec 1717 in Sherborn. He married Hannah Barbour.
8. Hopestill Badcock was born in 1663 in Milton. [Ref, p. 2]
9. Hannah Badcock was born on 8 Feb 1664/5 [Ref, p. 21] in Milton. [Ref][Ref, p. 2] She died on 9 Nov 1711. [Ref, p. 2] She married Joseph Morse of Sherborn on 11 Apr 1683. [Ref, p. 2] Joseph was the son of Joseph Morse. He died on 19 Feb 1718. [Ref, p. 2]
10. Elizabeth Badcock was born on 24 Dec 1666 [Ref, p. 21] in Milton. [Ref][Ref, p. 2] She died on 18 Oct 1732. [Ref, p. 2] She married Henry Vose of Milton. [Ref, p. 21] Henry was the son of Capt. Thomas and Waitstill (Wyatt) Vose [Ref, p. 17-19] and probably the grandson of Robert Vose. He was born on 9 Apr 1663. [Ref, p. 19] He died on 17 Mar 1752. [Ref, p. 2] He married second Mrs. Jemima Tucker. [Ref, p. 19]
11. Thankful Badcock was born on 18 Feb 1668 [Ref, p. 21] in Milton. [Ref]

MARGARET BADCOCK (c. 1630 - 1705)

Parents: Appleton [Ref, p. ] asserts that David Badcock, who was a member of the Dorchestor church in 1640, was probably a father of Robert, George Badcock and Margaret Badcock.

Margaret Badcock was the sister of Robert Badcock of Milton. [Ref, p. 72] She was born about 1630. She died on 21 May 1705 [Ref, p. 72, aged about 75 years] in Sherborn. [Ref, w. Henry] She married Henry Leland.

Generation 3

EBENEZER BADCOCK (1662 - 1717) of Sherborn

Parents: Sgt. Robert Badcock and Joanna Unknown [Ref, p. 2]

Ebenezer Badcock was born on 2 Oct 1662 [Refand Ref, p. 21, give only the year] in Milton. [Ref][Ref, p. 2] He died on 15 Dec 1717 in Sherborn. [Ref] He married Hannah Barbour. [Ref][Ref]

Children of Ebenezer Badcock and Hannah Barbour:

1. Abigail Badcock was born on 5 Mar 1686 in Sherborn. She married John Leland.
2. Hannah Badcock was born on 28 Sep 1690 in Sherborn. [Ref] She died young. [Ref, p. 5]
3. Hannah Badcock was born on 25 Mar 1694 in Sherborn. [Ref] She married first Benjamin Learned on 13 Feb 1710 [Ref, p. 5] in Sherborn. [Ref] He died in 1712. [Ref, p. 5] Benjamin was the son of Benoni Learned and grandson of Isaac Learned and Mary Stearns. She married second Eleazer Rider of Sherborn. [Ref, p. 5]
4. Ebenezer Badcock was born on 4 Sep 1697 [Ref, p. 5] in Sherborn. [Ref] He died on 27 Mar 1730 in Sherborn. [Ref]

Generation 4

ABIGAIL BADCOCK (1686 - 1740)

Parents: Ebenezer Badcock and Hannah Barbour [Ref, p. 5]

Abigail Badcock was born on 5 Mar 1686/[7?] [Ref, p. 5] in Sherborn. [Ref] She died on 28 Jun 1740 [Ref, p. 4] in Holliston. [Ref, w. John] She married John Leland on 10 May 1710 in Sherborn. [Ref]

References

Appleton, William S., The Family of Badcock of Massachusetts, Boston, D. Clapp & Son, 1881.

Bartlett, Gardner, John Hill of Dorchester, Mass., 1633, and Five Generations of His Descendants, Boston, Lew C. Hill, 1904.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.

No Author, The History of Milton, Mass.: 1640 to 1887, Boston, Press of Rockwell & Churchill, 1887.

No author, Milton Town Records, 1662-1729, Milton, The town, 1992.

Tingley, Ramon Meyers, Some Ancestral Lines: being a record of some of the ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and his wife, Martha Pamelia [sic] Meyers, Rutland, VT, Tuttle Pub. Co., 1935.

Torrey, Clarence A, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.

Vose, Ellen F., Robert Vose and his Descendants, Boston, privately printed, 1932.