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Kate Hudson

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    Electa Rich

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    • 5th Great-grandmother of Kate Hudson — 8th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 145 
    • Birth Date:
    • 23 Oct 1770 
    • Birth Location:
    • Chatham (now East Hampton), Middlesex, Connecticut 
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    • BY 1850 
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    • ABT 1788 
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    • Barnis Babcock

      Rowlin Babcock

      Pardon Babcock (Ahnentafel No:72 )

    • Notes: 
    • Electa Rich's given name is also seen as Delecta.

      Electa is said to have died in 1849 and is buried alongside her husband. Evidence is needed to confirm this.

      The parentage of Electa Rich is circumstantial. Electa was probably the unnamed daughter born to James Rich at Chatham, Connecticut, on 23 OCT 1770. Electa married Sherman Babcock, it is said, at Westfield, New York, about 1788. A 1794 Vermont birth record for son Bernice (Barnis) confirms that Electa Rich was the wife of Sherman Babcock. The household of Sherman Babcock is found in the 1800 U.S. Federal Census for Westfield on the page immediately following the page containing Electa's father James Rich, The adults in Sherman's household consists of one male and one female aged 26 to 45, Sherman was 38 and Electa would have been 30 if she was the daughter of James Rich born in 1770. More evidence is needed to confirm her parents' identities.

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  • Sources for Electa Rich

    • 2 Early Records of Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, and Membership of the Congregational Church, East Hampton, (Chatham), Conn., Middletown, Connecticut: Pelton and King, Printers and Bookbinders (1900), 90, Birth record for unnamed daughter of James and Phillis Rich.
    • 3 New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1920, Vol. 51, p. 228, Birth of unnamed daughter for James and Phillis Rich.
    • 5 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Marriage of Sherman Babcock and Electa Rich.

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