Category: DNA-01: Lions of the Sea (Descendants of Phillip Babb of the Isles of Shoals)
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There’s something about Mary Baylie
Mary Bailie has somehow found her way into the common vernacular as the surviving wife/mistress of Phillip Babb (1) of the Isles of Shoals. While uncovering Phillip’s London based family, I discovered something that made me want to rethink her place and to see what we actually know about Mary Bailey. Much effort has been…
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The Isles of Shoals Collection by Julia Older is now available in the Babb Archives
Back in 2020 Julia and I talked about preserving her legacy. We agreed that the Babb Family Association would carry her work forward by making it available in perpetuity through the Babb Family Association on Babb Unabridged. She was quite the proliferate author, but we were able to digitize 3 of her books that relate…
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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) 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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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…
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Meet Phillip’s (1) Father: Thomas Babb, Mariner
Thomas Babb, Mariner (1675) is a man of few documents. His life in the Limehouse/Stepney area is virtually unknown to us. Yet, his will survives and provides some great information for us. The lack of documents could in part be a result of the Great London fire. The Great Fire of London in 1666 destroyed…
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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 of Thomas Babb of the Hopewell. I’ve completely updated the notes associated with Phillip and his children to reflect our current understanding of this family…
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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 important this testimony of Mary Babbe would prove to be. That is because the record of our Phillip who married Marie Plumlie wasn’t discovered for…