Category: Unproven Lineages: Devon
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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 Pedigree (Barnstaple 1711) 04, 15, 34. The line has yet to be Y-DNA tested, so we don’t yet know how they connect. Please let us…
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From Newton Abbot to Phillip (1)
I’ve had some requests to fully explain the direct line of descent from the recently recovered ancestry of Phillip Babb (1) of the Isles of Shoals. In this post, I’ll identify the exact connection, but I will not discuss the siblings that were not pertinent to this exact journey. I will cover them at a…
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Peterwell v. Petronell
Today I revisit a family that was instrumental in helping unlock the distant secrets of the Lions of the Sea. In Elizabeth A.S. Babb’s treatise titles Babbs Come to America she struggled to understand the difficult to read writing that involved a Babb by the name of Matterwell. We still don’t have the correct spelling…
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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 founding of the club and found far more than I had bargained for. His name came up in 376 articles with only one about 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 world calls “Football”. For the Yanks in the group, this is similar to American Football, but the ball is round instead of pointy. There is…
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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), in the Saltash, Cornwall parish at 6 Tamar Terrace. He was the Headmaster of the School of Art, Princess Square, Plymouth, and of the Municipal…
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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 Percy Edsall regarding some business they had to conduct. Percy Edsall (who is the great-grandfather of the owner of the following letter) was secretary to…
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Meet Phillip’s (1) Ancestors in Highweek, Devon
Welcome to Feudal England! Feudalism was introduced in England in 1066 following the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest12. It changed the way of life for the English people1. Cover Image: By Smalljim – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14246000 The date is 1332 and the King’s aids were making the rounds collecting taxes from the layman…
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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 the mother of John’s children, which was common in that timeframe. Let me start by saying that the documentary evidence is scant this far back.…
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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 Thomas (1577-1620), is also named Thomas Babb (1544-1608). It turns out that Gramps was also a mariner and a landowner in Newton Abbot, Devon. He…