James Babson
- Born: 5 Mar 1749, Wenham, MA
- Married: 23 May 1771, Beverly, MA
- Died: 13 Jul 1777, died at sea of smallpox on vessel out of Liverpool, England
General Notes:
James Babson (18) was a mariner. In 1777 after sailing from Salem to Wilmington, North Carolina, James took on board a load of naval stores bound for the West Indies. When six days out, he was taken by an English privateer and carried to Liverpool. It was while on his passage home from there that he died of smallpox. His father had died of the same disease 17 years earlier
Marriage Information:
James married Eleanor Conant, daughter of Daniel Conant and Elizabeth Dodge, on 23 May 1771 in Beverly, MA.
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