Ancestry of
Gretchen Mol

TV and Movie Actress

John Prentice Babcock

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Gretchen Mol — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 428 
  • Father:
  • Isaac Babcock 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Worden   
  • Birth Date:
  • 4 Oct 1750 
  • Birth Location:
  • Westerly, Kings (now Washington), Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Sep 1781 
  • Death Location:
  • Battle of Groton Heights, Fort Griswold, Groton, New London, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Anna Gavitt
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Mar 1778 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Westerly, Kings (now Washington), Rhode Island 
  • Child:

  Stanton Prentice Babcock (Ahnentafel No:214 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

    Killed at the Battle of Groton Heights

    Old Ground at Burnett's Corners, Groton, Connecticut

    “In Memory of John P Babcock who together with a small party of Americans in Fort Griswold withstood an Assault made by a Detachment of British Troops until being overcome by superior numbers he was Massacred Sept 6th 1781 AE 30 years.”

• Sources for John Prentice Babcock

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Groton, p. 19, Death record for John Prentice Babcock.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A004255.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1923, Vol. 77, p. 42.
  • ⁴ Allyn, Charles, The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports, Records, etc of the Storming of Fort Griswold, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press (1882), 135, 205.
  • ⁵ Babcock, Stephen, Babcock Genealogy, New York: Eaton and Mains (1903), 62, 120-121.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Battle of Groton Heights", (accessed 02/28/2021).

Gretchen Mol photo by U.S. National Archives