Month: January 2022
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Devon Migration Map 1456-1800
A dramatic expansion happens between 1750 and 1800 as the map flourishes with new connections. The Babbs have cemented themselves throughout Devon, but a few things have not changed. The appearance that these are all descendants of the same tree. It may have been splintered into new genetic combinations over time as closely held family […]
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Why is Devon Research so hard?
“Exeter is the jewel of the west; we have destroyed that jewel, and we will return to finish the job” –German Declaration following the bombing.
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Devon Migration Map: 1456-1750
In the time period of 1700-1750 we see a significant shift outside of their Babb Garden of Eden. The reach now extends to most of the modern area locations we find significant clusters of Babbs. Locations surrounding the known Genetic Lineages are starting to abound, indicating that they are likely relatives of those nearby houses. […]
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Devon Migration Map: 1456-1700
The migration patterns of almost 250 years have now come into focus. Welcome to the Spaghetti Bowl! I could see this coming when I was inputting the church records late last year. There are so many connections that it is very hard to follow. In preparation for today, I’ve enhanced the resolution of the map […]
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Devon Migration Map 1456-1650 (Phillip Babb)
Even though many of these lines haven’t come into being yet, I’ve placed the Arms for each of the known Y-DNA Lineages on the map, to help you visualize the proximity of the connections I’m referring to. Note that two lineages are just outside the borders of Devon and could be shedding descendants across the county lines.
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Devon Migration Map 1456-1600
The map has been getting much more congested than I had anticipated, so I’ve made some changes and will be restating the progress to this point in this message. In the process I’ve colorized the traffic patterns on the map to match the half of the Century they go with. I will likely have to […]
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Old English is not just a Furniture Polish
I’ve begun to locate some of the original Babb documents on file through the Court of Chancery in England. I was immediately struck by how much harder to read they were than the will I recently translated. In some the penmanship is so poor that some words are barely a scribble. These records are significantly […]
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Babb: Est 1456/circa 1272-1307
The day before yesterday I wasn’t able to locate the Excel file I am using to process the various Court Records. It’s a collection of records from 3 different repositories. The file was nowhere to be found and I’ve had to recreate it from scratch. #1StarNotRecommended Oldest Record in Devon: 1456 While recreating the index […]
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Devon Migration Map 1456-1550
As we move fifty years forward in time, we find some surprising connections starting to happen. The foundation is already being laid for the locations we find most of the Babbs in Devon. Highweek comes up in a large number of property records and, in addition to Plymouth, has connections to Newton Abbot, Teigngrace, Moreleigh, […]
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Devon Migration Map: 1456-1500
In addition to the Parish Registers that I’ve been going through these last 3.5 months there are a small number of early Court Records from early Devon. I’ve spent the last few days perusing them and have found them to be quite revelatory. Many of these records have yet to be scanned but extracts of […]