John Babcock b. 1747 seeking parents

[sword]

I am looking for the parents of John Babcock, born 1747 in England. John went to the Ramapo region of NJ and NY, USA, located at various times in Bergen Co., NJ and in Orange Co., NY. John's children's names were Catherine, Mary, William, John, Phoebe and Margaret, born in the 1770s. The Loyalist family fled to Canada and the Canadian, Loyalist and North American records have been thoroughly examined as well as those of related known families.
Cheers,
sword

[DORAN54]

john babcock 1747 potton bedfordshire England.
died 14 December 1814  prince Edward Ontario Canada

according to L.D.S family search site they have on there a family tree showing john's parents as Josiah babcock .b,1724 --d,1770
and Elizabeth merrough  .b,1725-- .d,1819
 his father ,grandfather john, his great grandfather Johnathon, all born Massachusetts??? then his ,g,g,grandfather Robert born 1610 Essex England theres more family to see on it but what i don't understand is how was john 1747 born in England ,  see if you can take a look ,hope this info hasn't confused  things !!!!

[sword]

@DORAN54,
Thank you. The family of suspected ancestors was active in Sailing and some died at sea. Most families were related to the one that went to RI, USA and descend from James Babcock b. 1612. 1680 to 1730 saw descendants go to NJ, NY, MA, CT. Joseph was used interchangeably with Josiah and some early records are known to be wrong. It was not unusual for some family members to return to England for months. Often cousins of established families recruited other relatives. Merrough is news and I will check out Robert b. 1610.
Regards.

[DORAN54]

hope  its the one  good luck