dau of David Manley & Tilly (__) Manley
according to the Babbitt genealogy, Polly was of Easton, Mass.
m. Dyer Babbitt 2 Dec 1819
at Castleton, Vermont
On 17 Sept 1840 four of Polly's seven children perished in a fire that burnt the home to the ground.
children:
Amos Phillips b. Nov 1823 d. 1 Nov 1882
William D 1826 - 1840
Mary Jane 1828 - 1840
Lyman J 1830 - 1840
Luthera M 1833 - 1840
Dyer W b. 7 Jan 1836 d. 3 July 1851
Oscar L b. 3 June 1838
Valorus M b. 7 Mar 1839/40 d. 29 Dec 1915 m. Maria Smith
Zeruah Jane b. 10 Jan 1843 m. Weston B Arnold
Luthera b. 1 June 1846 d. 6 Nov 1831 m. Seneca Field Jr. & Daniel T Johnson & Manly Johnson
FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE
The house of Mr Dyer Babbitt of Castleton, was burnt on the night of the 17th inst. The wife of Mr Babbitt and 7 children were in the house at the time, but the fire had made such progress before they were awaked, that only Mrs Babbitt and 3 children were able to make their escape from the house, and the remaining four children perished in the flames - two girls 6 and 12 years of age and two boys 9 and 14 years of age. How the fire originated we are not informed. Mr Babbitt had left home the day before the accident for Illinois.-The Rutland Herald
[published Tuesday, October 6, 1840, Caledonian, St.Johnsbury, Vt. - the story was carried in newspapers in New York, NY, Philadeliphia PA, Baltimore MD, Boston MA, Newark NJ and perhaps other locales]
[Babbitt family history by William Bradford Browne, Taunton, Ms, 1912, pg 296-298]
dau of David Manley & Tilly (__) Manley
according to the Babbitt genealogy, Polly was of Easton, Mass.
m. Dyer Babbitt 2 Dec 1819
at Castleton, Vermont
On 17 Sept 1840 four of Polly's seven children perished in a fire that burnt the home to the ground.
children:
Amos Phillips b. Nov 1823 d. 1 Nov 1882
William D 1826 - 1840
Mary Jane 1828 - 1840
Lyman J 1830 - 1840
Luthera M 1833 - 1840
Dyer W b. 7 Jan 1836 d. 3 July 1851
Oscar L b. 3 June 1838
Valorus M b. 7 Mar 1839/40 d. 29 Dec 1915 m. Maria Smith
Zeruah Jane b. 10 Jan 1843 m. Weston B Arnold
Luthera b. 1 June 1846 d. 6 Nov 1831 m. Seneca Field Jr. & Daniel T Johnson & Manly Johnson
FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE
The house of Mr Dyer Babbitt of Castleton, was burnt on the night of the 17th inst. The wife of Mr Babbitt and 7 children were in the house at the time, but the fire had made such progress before they were awaked, that only Mrs Babbitt and 3 children were able to make their escape from the house, and the remaining four children perished in the flames - two girls 6 and 12 years of age and two boys 9 and 14 years of age. How the fire originated we are not informed. Mr Babbitt had left home the day before the accident for Illinois.-The Rutland Herald
[published Tuesday, October 6, 1840, Caledonian, St.Johnsbury, Vt. - the story was carried in newspapers in New York, NY, Philadeliphia PA, Baltimore MD, Boston MA, Newark NJ and perhaps other locales]
[Babbitt family history by William Bradford Browne, Taunton, Ms, 1912, pg 296-298]
Family Members
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Nelson M Babbitt
1822–1897
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Amos Phillips Babbitt
1823–1882
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William D Babbitt
1826–1840
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Mary Jane Babbitt
1828–1840
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Lyman J Babbitt
1830–1840
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Luthera M Babbitt
1833–1840
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Dyer W Babbitt
1836–1851
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Oscar L. Babbitt
1838–1894
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Valorus M Babbitt
1839–1915
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Zeruah J. Babbitt Arnold
1843–1918
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Luthera Manley Babbitt Johnson
1846–1931
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