Category: Unproven Lineages: Devon
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Discovered: An Original Painting of Ernest Henry (Harry) Babb
An original painting by Ernest Henry (Harry) Babb has been discovered. The man, who discovered the unframed canvas in his grandmother’s attic, did a web search and found my 3-part […]
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Louisa Elizabeth Babb (aka Minnie Byron)
An interesting Wikipedia article has been written about Louisa Elizabeth Babb, who was known to the public as Minnie Byron. Louisa hails from the line we refer to as Devon […]
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Ernest Henry (Harry) Luther Babb: Master of the Arts
In addition to co-founding the Plymouth Argyle Football Club, Harry was a man of many talents! I went to Newspapers.com to see if there were any articles relating to the […]
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Ernest Henry (Harry) Babb
Today we discuss the son of Henry Richard Babb by the name of Ernest Henry (Harry) Luther Babb. It seems that Ernest was all about what the rest of the […]
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Henry Richard Babb & The Plunder of Greek Antiquities
In 1871 Henry Richard Babb, as professor of drawing/painting in Plymouth and Devonport, was living with his wife Mary H (from Sheerness, Kent) and son Ernest H (born in Devonport), […]
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Dinner and a Show with Stanley Nicholson Babb
The date is 15 February 1913 and Stanley Nicholson Babb, who had just celebrated his 39th birthday 21 days prior, was writing to a dear friend by the name of […]
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A “New” oldest record in London (1593)
While checking the burial registers of London I came across some records that pre-date the earliest record of a Babb we had previously by 27 years. A Joanne Babb was […]
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Meet Phillip’s (1) Great-Grandfather John Babbe (bef 1467-aft 1548): Founder of Newton Abbot & Bovey Tracey
It’s time to meet the new progenitor of the Lions of the Sea, John Babbe. Let’s talk more about him. History does not appear to have recorded the name of […]
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Meet Phillip’s (1) Grampa: Thomas Babb (bef 1544-aft 1584) of Newton Abbot, Newfoundland and Points Unknown
The time has come to reveal the next generation of the Lions of the Sea! Let me introduce you to Phillip Babb’s (1) Grampa, who in addition to Phillip’s father […]
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Breakthrough: Phillip Babb (1) of the Isles of Shoals, London Family Revealed
In case you missed it in my last post, we have finally resolved the mystery of Phillip Babb’s ancestry. He is the son of Thomas Babb, Mariner (1575) and brother […]
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The Babb-Plumbley Connection in London: A Tipping Point
Getting back to Elizabeth A.S. Babb’s work titled Babb Families Come to America this entry for Phillip Babb turned my head. Elizabeth would have had no way of knowing how […]
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A Different Joane?
While researching the Joana of Luton mentioned in my recent post Matterwell or Bust, I came across another Joane Babb who married a man by the surname Wichalse. I mentioned […]
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Doctor When? – Phillip’s ancestors in Newfoundland – 1584!
While reviewing Jean’s papers I’ve found a few references to Newfoundland Babbs that take the Newfoundland story back further than I ever imagined. There is a Thomas Babb (of Newton […]
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Thomas Babb of Newton Abbot – The Missing Link?
Proving Phillip Babb’s (1) connection to England may come about through something we call collateral relatives. The idea behind it is that when you can’t find proof of a connection […]
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What happened after the Babb Brig “Brothers” took the life of Lt. Samuel Babb
In July I penned an article about the sinking of a boat known as “Brothers” that was owned by Samuel Babb and his brother John. There was a loose end […]
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Thomas Babb (1791-1859) – Charged with Having Committed an Unnatural Crime
We pick up this scandal in 1818 in the town of Teignmouth. Before we begin, I should note that at that time this crime was punishable by death. I would […]
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Thomas Babb (1754-1810) – In His Own Words
This speech, by Thomas Babb, was quoted in The Exeter Flying Post or Trewman’s Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser, on 12 Jun 1806. 216 years have passed! But thanks to the diligent […]
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Stanley Nicholson Babb – Sculptor
Stanley Nicholson Babb was a sculptor, born in Plymouth, where he studied art, also at Royal Academy Schools. Won a gold medal and travelling scholarship, 1901-2, and studied and worked […]
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700 Years of Babb History in Devon, England
Having successfully culled through and imported roughly 8,000 Early Babb records from Devon we now have the most complete tree possible given the information available to me at this time. […]
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A Babb in Wales??
Amongst the Trinity House Petitions we find records for one George Babb who died while at sea. His widow is applying for assistance to support their 3 children. There has […]
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Thomas Babb of Ilfracombe & the Irish Coal & Coasting Trade
Today we review the Petition by Prudence Babb for Assistance from the Trinity House in 1804. The petition carries a detailed account of Thomas’ demise and the type of trade […]
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Peter Babb of Chudleigh Petitions for Assistance
There are only 4 Babbs that petitioned the Trinity House for special assistance. We have talked the last several days about Nicholas Babb, but moving on through the others we […]
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Nicholas Babb’s Pedigree Reveals Itself
But wait! There’s More! This article is the conclusion of Nicholas Babb’s story and is a continuation of Napoleon Was a Giant Jerk! (Part 2) – Babb Unabridged This story […]
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Napoleon Was a Giant Jerk! (Part 2)
This article is a continuation of Napoleon was a giant jerk! – Babb Unabridged. I was able to retrieve the Trinity House records relating to Catherine Babb’s request for assistance […]
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Napoleon was a giant jerk!
In Genealogy most records are run of the mill, birth or death records. The modern equivalent of “Move along people, nothing to see here”. That mundaneness of the records allows […]
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The Final Journey of the Babb Brig “Brothers”
Thanks to one of our eagle-eyed members, we now know more about the final journey of the ship aptly named “Brothers”. This is a continuation of my recent post Thomas […]
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Thomas Babb: Feoffee of St. Mary’s of Wolborough, Devon (1754-1810)
I came across a reference to two memorial plaques at St. Mary’s Church in Wolborough, which happens to be in the Parish of Newton Abbot. I sent off for photos […]
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John de Babb in Exeter – circa 1150
With this find we extend deep into the Dark Ages and can now demonstrate that Babbs have been in Devon for at least 872 Years! I believe this to be […]
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John de Babecumbe of Exeter in 1238
John de Babecumbe (an early variation of the modern spelling of Babbacombe) shows up in one of the entries in a book published by the Devon & Cornwall Society (Vol […]
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What the Devonshire Lay Subsidy of 1332 Reveals about the early Babbs of Devon
Today I sat down to continue reviewing the documents I collected at the Dallas Public Library about 2 months back. I found something unexpected in the Devonshire Lay Subsidy of […]
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The Cornwall-Devon Connection
There have been a variety of discussions over the years that pondered whether the Cornwall Babbs relate to the Devon Babbs. The idea causes joy in one direction and consternation […]
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Old St Nick Makes some Lemonade
While matching the list of now extinct Wills from Devon, I ran across a cluster of 3 records that helped prove a connection that was previously unknown in our tree. […]
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#WhyDevonResearchIsSoHard – Epilogue
Today I received an email from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It contained scans of the pages from the book I mentioned in my last post titled […]
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All Hope is not Lost! #WhyDevonResearchIsSoHard
I went to the Dallas Public Library to see what they had on Devon. I’ve seen notes in Ian’s papers that point to records that aren’t contained in the National […]
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Family Feud in Exeter!!
There will be a good for nothing fellow make application for some of my property named John Babb Tailor bit I hope and trust that not one of my Executors will give him of any of family the worth of a pit as he has robed me of enough.
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James Babb – Tea Dealer of Devonport
I’ve been starting to import Ian Babbs Papers into the tree. This is a monumental task and it will take months or years to accomplish. Moreover, the papers aren’t fully […]
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the Untimely Demise of George Babb – Monkleigh (1847)
George was born to Thomas & Ann (Heywood) Babb about 16 Mar 1823. He was the 6th of 7 children (all boys). He was sailing by the time he was […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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…
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Southwest Devon: All Stops
As I move on to Southwest Devon, the next 3 locations, Devonport, Stonehouse and Plympton together only account for 9 records of the 156 remaining. So, this will go very […]
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Central West Devon: All Stops
The early Babb records of Central West Devon are contained in Ashwater, Bradstone, Brentor, Bridestowe, Chagford, Coryton, Dartmoor Forest, Hatherleigh, Holsworth, Marytavy, North Tawton, Okehampton, Shebbear, Sheepwash, South Tawton, Spreyton […]
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Northwest Devon: Barnstaple
Today we conclude our research in Northwest Devon with the big city of Barnstaple. Here we find that the bulk of the residents from the DNA-06 Good Shepherds of Hatherleigh […]
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Northwest Devon: Bideford & Arlington
The residents of Bideford also come from either the DNA-06 Good Shepherds of Hatherleigh or DNA-05 Falcons of Fremington. There is a sizeable collection of Babbs in this city with […]
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Northwest Devon: HomeTown of the Falcons of Fremington
Happy New Years from a cloudy 54° day in Fremington. I’ve traveled there through the Internet for this first day of the year! This line is, of course, the hometown […]
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Northwest Devon: Closing the Loop in Bishops Tawton
I’m heading to Bishops Tawton today to look further into the line of Thomas Babb born 1785, who is an apparent match with Thomas of the line Devon Pedigree (Monkleigh […]
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Northwest Devon: The Crossroads that is Monkleigh
In Monkleigh we first come across records for the William Babb & Mary Blake family, which are members of DNA-06 Good Shepherds of Hatherleigh. Additionally, we find the family of […]
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Northwest Devon: The Burbs
Today we will make a sweep through all of the remaining Suburbs of the significant Babb encampments. Batch #1 We start our visit in the lower right quadrant of this […]
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Northwest Devon: Brendon, Lynton & Ilfracombe
The locations on this map contain 254 of the remaining 523 records. That is an aweful lot to take in at one time. So, I’ll be breaking it up into […]
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East Southeast Devon: All Roads Lead to Halberton! …well NOT ALL Roads.
I packed my virtual backpack and have moved to the areas to the North and East of Exeter. It’s not a big move, but a welcome shift in my mind. […]
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it’s Sunday, so this must be….
Today I am reviewing the remaining records in the areas that surround Newton Abbot, Exeter and Doddiscombsleigh. There are 8 stops which include Churston Ferrers, Brixham, Wolborough, Coffinswell, Stokeinteignhead, Teigngrace, […]
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What Remains?
I’ve been growing weary of revisiting areas that I’ve already visited. So, tonight I sat down and entered all of the remaining locations into Bing Maps to see where everything […]
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The Last Will & Testament of John Babb (1697), Lord of Doddiscombsleigh
One of the records I’ve examined while conducting my detailed search of Doddiscombsleigh records is the Last Will & Testament of John Babb, Lord of the Manor. His will dated […]
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Today’s Stop: Doddiscombsleigh, et al
No trip to Devon is complete without a visit to Doddiscombsleigh. It is the one place in all of England that the Babbs were Lords of the Manor. The Manor […]
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Standing in Phillip’s Shadow
I have some parting thoughts I wanted to share as I take my leave from Teignmouth. I’ve had an eerie feeling that I’ve been working in the shadow of Phillip […]
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Today’s Stops: Teignmouth & Combeinteignhead
Once again, I find myself back tracking to the outskirts of Newton Abbot. This time we are working our way up the River Teign, to cover the records contained in […]
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Devon Pedigree (Combeinteignhead – 1788) is no more!
I’ve settled into researching the apparent connections of the Combeinteignhead line and have come across a record that changes my understanding of several Pedigrees. There is still more work to […]
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Today’s Stop: Exeter
Exeter is the County Seat of Devon, England and today is home to about 130,000 people making it the 2nd Largest city in Devon. Only Plymouth is larger. As with […]
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Today’s Stop: Traveling up the River Exe
Today, we’ve moved along the Southern Coast of Devon from the town of Dawlish and up the mouth of the River Exe. Dawlish lies on the Western Shore of the […]
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This Week’s Stops: Highweek and the greater Metropolitan Area
Once again, I fell I must apologize for using the term Metropolitan for these often tiny hamlets are are journeying through. We have stumbled upon yet another large Babb encampment. […]
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Today’s Stops: Colyton, Beer & a connection back to Seaton
Today I (virtually) toured the earliest records of the town of Colyton. I noticed a random record on the to do list for the town that travels alongside Colyton’s southwestern […]
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This Week’s Stops: Totnes & Newton Abbot Greater Metropolitan Area
Today we have a cluster of 11 nearby towns including Ashburton, Berry Pomeroy, Buckfastleigh, Diptford, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, Paignton, South Brent, Stoke Gabriel, Teignmouth and Totnes. The lion’s share of […]
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Today’s Stop: Plymouth
Today’s stop is a big one! It includes 2.5 cities in one. You find records under Stoke Damerel, Devonport or Plymouth. The two combined contain 87 Records dating back to […]
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Today’s Stop: Newton St Cyres
This was a short but intriguing trip. Newton St Cyres contains just two marriage records for a William “Babb or Hext” in 1587. When I saw the record I got […]
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Today’s Stop: Yarcombe
As I continue my canvas of the early records of Devon, I come next to Yarcombe which has 35 Records dating back to 1586. Yarcombe is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon, […]
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The Babb Garden of Eden 2.0 – Babb Unabridged
Some of you may recall a post I made back in July 2020 which was similarly titled as The Babb Garden of Eden – Babb Unabridged. I had the best […]
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The Mug of John Phillip Babb (1830)
One of our members spotted this ceramic mug in the completed auctions on eBay and sent it to me. The item has since rolled off in the 5 months since […]
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The Babb Garden of Eden
I’m moving on to Devon for a while. I had intended to search through the Babb Baptism, Marriage and Burial records for the cities in Western Devon County to see […]
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A Sailors Widow (1847)
While perusing the papers left by my English predecessor Ian Babb I came across this poem which was written upon the passing of George Babb of Bideford, Devon, England and […]
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Larceny!
I came across this record tonight and it stood out to me. Ann Babb was convicted of Larceny in May of 1852 in Yorkshire “West Riding”. In my travails over […]
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Book Announcement: Vol 13: Babb Families of Devonshire
Volume 13 of the Babb Unabridged Series is now available! This installment is all about the many fold lines of Babbs in Devonshire. The book is available for sale using these links to […]
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Recreating the Babb Family Arms in Doddiscombsleigh, Devon, England
For a wide variety of reasons, we may never know exactly to which lineage of Babbs this important family connects. The earliest records of the first 140 years of Doddiscombsleigh […]
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The Babbs of Devon, England
At long last I have completed my canvassing of the Babb families of Devon and thus of the Babbs of England. As expected the great county of Devon holds a […]
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The Document Dump
I’ve been busily at work since my return from England and am nearing the home stretch on the digitization of the collected papers of Ian Babb (pictured). There is a […]