Category: Unproven Lineages: Devon
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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 of them from the Church Office and received these two images. They hold a place of honor on the wall of the church and are […]
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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 the end of the road for the earliest records of Devon. But I’ll continue to comb for other books that will help show light on […]
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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 28), subtitled Crown Pleas of the Devon Eyre of 1238. An Eyre was a traveling circuit court in the middle ages (aka medieval period). The […]
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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 1332. A record of Thomas Babbe in Highweek on the same page as John de Babbacombe in Ideford. From town limit to town limit these […]
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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 in the other. It’s essentially age-old question of “which came first, the chicken or the egg?” A link has finally been found between Cornwall and […]
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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. They looked like this: Year of Record Name Location Detail 1712 Thomas Babb St Nicholas Administration 1712 Geoffrey Babb St Nicholas Will 1735 Barbara Babb […]
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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 “All Hope is not Lost! #WhyDevonResearchIsSoHard – Babb Unabridged.” I gleefully opened the PDF and was disappointed to find typed pages that exactly mirrored the […]
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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 Archives or 2 Devon Registry offices. I wanted to find more out about where those might have come from. Additionally, I had come across a […]
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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 organized into Counties. We have some indications, but with 142 Binders and files to work through and something to the tune of almost 6K pages […]