Colonel Nathan Babcock

A Patriot of the American Revolution for RHODE ISLAND. DAR Ancestor # A004271

Col. Nathan Babcock represented Westerly in the Rhode Island General Assembly 1760-1. He was appointed by the General Assembly in May 1761, Colonel of Kings County Regiment of Militia. (C.R. of RI, Vol. VI). He was Justice of the Peace in 1755. The town of Westerly, Feb. 12, 1776, voted that 'the two field pieces ordered by the General Assembly to be deposited in this town be stationed near the sea on the land of Nathan Babcock, 2d Esq., and to be used on any sudden invasion as needed required.' June 3, 1777, Nathan Babcock was appointed one of a committee of three to secure materials for an 'Ammunition Cart.'

On Oct. 2, 1777, three boats, each containing seven men, were fitted out in Westerly to join Sullivan's expedition on the Island of Rhode Island. In passing Point Judith in the night, when the sea was very rough, two of the three boats were capsized, and of the fourteen men thrown into the sea eight were drowned. So far as known, their names were William Babcock, Nathan Babcock, Nathan Babcock, Joseph Hall, Zebulon Pendleton, Isaac Pendleton, and _____ Bigelow. The first two, William and Nathan Babcock, were the eldest sons of Samuel, Jr., and Mary Smith Babcock. Their third son, Paul, was among the number thrown into the sea but was rescued. The second Nathan drowned was son of Col. Nathan (Babcock).

'Westerly and Its Witnesses, by Dennison, contains an interesting account of the accident.

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