Joshua Babcock

Joshua Babcock
portrait by Joseph Blackburn
2nd and 10th Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
In office
January 1749 – May 1751
Preceded byGideon Cornell
Succeeded byStephen Hopkins
In office
August 1763 – October 1763
Preceded byJoseph Russell
Succeeded byJohn Banister
Personal details
Born1707
Westerly, Rhode Island
Died1783
Spouse(s)(1) Hannah Stanton
(2) Anna Maxson
ChildrenHenry, Luke, Adam, Hannah, Frances, Paul, Amelia, Sally, Harriet
Parent(s)James Babcock and Elizabeth Saunders
Alma materYale College, 1724
OccupationPhysician, postmaster, chief justice
Hannah Stanton Babcock
Babcock-Smith House in Westerly

Joshua Babcock (1707–1783) was a physician, American Revolution general, Rhode Island Supreme Court justice, and postmaster from Westerly, Rhode Island.