Category: DNA-02: Green Men of Maryland
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Is Hertfordshire the Ancestral Homeland of the White Stags or the Green Men?
In my new quest to research the Babb(s) of Hertfordshire, I have so far ingested about 150-years’ worth of records. The peculiar thing that draws my attention is the manifold way that our surname is spelled. In other areas you see a distinct pattern of moving from Babbe to Bab and then to Babb. But…
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Joseph Babb – 1st Maryland Regiment
This record, from the Maryland State Archives shows that a Joseph Babb served in the 1st Maryland Regiment during the American Revolution. He was granted leave to heal from a “sore leg”. We do not know how this Joseph connects into the tree, but he is presumed to be a Green Men of Maryland Babb…
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The DNA Waiting Game Yields Results
It’s time to jump back into the Green Men of Maryland Babb(s) lineage and realize the results of the tests we placed orders for late last year. Below you will find the results of 2 new Y-DNA tests we conducted on the Green Men of Maryland lineage. We have a total of 6 Y-DNA test…
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The Inventory of the Estate of James Babbs of Anne Arundel, MD
An additional document has been located that sheds light on the life of James Babbs (3-3) (1735-1803) top-level member of the Green Men of Maryland Babbs. It is the Inventory and Sale of his property after his death. It was a bear to find! It is also of interest to me that the Newspaper Accounts…
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London’s Lady Day Hearth Tax of 1666
Lady Day, also known as the Feast of the Annunciation, is celebrated on March 25th. It commemorates the announcement by the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and bear Jesus Christ1. This event is significant in Christianity and is observed in various denominations, including Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, Catholicism, and Lutheranism1. In England,…
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A New Babbs Patriarch in Town!
I received a record today from the Maryland State Archives that I placed an order for last week. It contains a record of a previously unidentified John Babbs who is potentially the father of one of our top-level Green Men of MD tree members. At least that is what I thought it was, until I…
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A Self-Healing Tree
Imagine the majestic lineage of the “Green Men” with its tree, standing tall and proud in a serene forest. One day, a powerful storm arrives, and high winds split the tree into three separate parts. The tree still lives, though clearly damaged by recent events. Despite the separation, the tree’s roots remain deeply intertwined, sharing…
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The DNA Waiting Game Gets Focused
As discussed in recent posts, I had taken steps to upgrade the test results of our latest participant and added a new test from a brand-new volunteer. The first of those results is in and they confirm a close relationship between William Babb (3-1) and John Babbs (3-2). The results came back with a 109…
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Searching for Descendants of James Babbs (3-3) & Delila Porter
There is just one remaining branch of the Green Men of Maryland Babbs tree left to explore. That is of the top level family of James Babbs (3-3) b. 1735 in Anne Arundel, MD and d. about 1802, also in Anne Arundel. I am looking for a Babb(s) descendant of this line to conduct a…
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The Maryland Blood Thickens!
On the heels of my last post regarding the Travis Theorem another volunteer from the Green Men of Maryland has come forward and offered to conduct a test to help us clear up some of the confusion we see in the blood line for line 3-1. That being the singular paper trail and two different…
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The “Travis Theorem” Yields a Result!
Y-DNA has rendered an answer to the Travis Theorem! The results are clear in some respects and not in others. So, before I go into detail, let’s step into the wayback machine to March 2024 when I first started researching this theory. My words as we started this journey were: Travis, my copilot for this…
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Putting the Travis Theorem to the Test!
In pursuit of his Theorem, our friend Travis has identified a descendant of the “other” Babbs family that crossed paths in Clay County, Indiana. After conducting extensive research to validate that their paper trail leads to the tree we know as the Green Men of Maryland we are now going to put his theory to…
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Greenbury v. Greenberry
I have a curiosity to report. This is one of those things that only I would notice because I’m spent so much time climbing these trees over more than 2 decades. As I was going through Jean A. Sargent’s notes on the Maryland Babbs the name Greenbury jumped out at me. Cover Photo: Greenbury Point,…
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Who is the Real Peter Babb?
The Chancery Court Records of 1821 yield a new perspective of Hampshire County, VA/WV. In addition to the Green Men of Maryland that we have been exploring we find a series of records that shed light on a new intersectionality between the Green Men of Maryland and someone named Peter Babb. The obvious answer wasn’t…
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The Deeds of Hampshire Co, VA/WV
Let’s review the deeds of Hampshire Co, VA/WV. Hampshire County was established in the year 1754 during the French and Indian War. It emerged as the western frontier of the Colony of Virginia. Because Virginia’s route to the upper Ohio River valley passed through Hampshire County, this area became a vital gateway to the developing west. So, it seems only logical that the Babbs of…
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Two William Babbs and a Sarsaparilla
This fun crossover of the Babb lineages happens in The Effingham Democrat (Effingham Co, IL) on 21 Oct 1887, page 5. Effingham County, IL is where William Lane Babbs of the Green Men of Maryland spent his final years. But the man being quoted is William Robert Babb (1-2-3-1-3-3-11) from the Lions of the Sea.…
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Lions, and Green Men, and White Stags???
This has got to be one of those, “You’ve got to be kidding me” moments. I’ve previously established that there were indeed Green Men of MD and White Stags of VA/NC in Clay County, IL. However, I’ve run across an unexpected record that muddies the water greatly! Enter, The Lions of the Sea The following…
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Lions and Panthers & Green Men! Oh My!
Additional research has revealed something I never expected. I first started this quest trying to find out if it was possible for 2 of the 4 key genetic lineages of Babbs in the US to come together in the same county. The place in question was Clay County, IL. I’m several weeks into researching what…
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William Lane Babbs – This Changes Everything
Having examined the life of Noah L Babbs (3-2-4) we move to his brother William Lane Babbs (3-2-6) who is also the father of the man we are currently tracking, “Alexander #2”. What we already knew The story as we understand it is that William’s father John Babbs (3-2) volunteered with the military in 1776.…
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William’s brother Noah
Before we continue tracking Alexander #2’s parents, we need to first tell the story of his uncle Noah L Babbs. This is because Noah left a family history that I’ve been able to locate (archive.org). Noah L Babbs, lived to the age of 95 and told his story in a local genealogical book for Dearborn…
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Alexander #2?
Now, we move on to the prodigal son we know as the 2nd Alexander, who is the alleged son of James Babbs & Rhoda Dixon. He was born in 1827 and is covered in Jean A. Sargent’s work Babb Families of America, pp 460-1. I’ve highlighted key portions from an excerpt of the book that…
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The Tale of Two Alexanders
Listen my children and you shall hear the epic tale of two Alexanders. At issue is an Alexander Babbs who is found in the 1860 Census for Clay County. There is not one, but two claims to Alexander’s ancestral lineage. The struggle is real, and both have their pros and cons. He could be the…
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Babbs v Babbs
The epic struggle continues today as we discuss the remaining Babbs of Clay County, IL. We start with Noah and his father William Lane Babbs. Are they Green Men or White Stags? Who will prevail? This answer appears to be simple on the surface, but a dark element underlies this story that could throw the…
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Crossroads or Coincidence: Clay County, IL
The Travis Theorem suggests that because two lineages of Babbs (plural) appear to have resided in Clay County, IL that it demonstrates a connection between the two lines. This is a gross oversimplification of the theorem, but it is the essence of the idea. Today we start to put that theorem to the test. We…
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The Travis Theorem
Travis, my copilot for this journey, has a theorem. He believes that he has swiftly found substantive evidence that will link the Maryland Babbs to the VA/NC Babbs. I think this is his picture above, but I’m not exactly certain. We are going to put that theory to the test and see where it leads.…
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James Babbs – Estate Administration (1807)
While working on a Babbs line today, I inadvertently crossed into the lineage of the Maryland Babbs, which we refer to as the Green Men of Maryland. James lived a long and, by the looks of it, a prosperous life. James is the likely progenitor of the Maryland Babb lineage and is likely the Immigrant…
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Kenneth Alvin Babb: Extreme Gallantry – Vietnam War Casualty
Having now told the story of one of the two Babb’s who died in Service to their country during the Vietnam War, I found it fitting to do some additional research and tell the second story. This brings us to Kenneth Alvin Babb. Kenneth hails from the Lineage we refer to as the Green Men…
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A new DNA line…sort of
I always get excited when the results from a new DNA test come in. There is always the potential to shake things up. That is certainly the case with the latest results I received from a member who has a strong paper trail inside the Green Men of Maryland Babb lineage. DNA has a way…
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Announcement: Ian Babb & Jean A. Sargent- Papers now available online
I’m so pleased to present to you the collected papers of Ian Babb. Which are now available online. The 5683 page collection represents the lifetime of research conducted by Ian on the Babb Families of England. For those of you who aren’t familiar with his work, he is the English equivalent of Jean A. Sargent,…
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Book Announcement: Vol 8: Drunk, Insolent, Disobedient & Babb: The Babbs of Maryland (3)
As I prepared for this volume on the Maryland Babbs, I was struck by a document for Charles Babb (3-1-4) who was court martialed 3 times during his short military career. The first time for being Drunk, the next for being insolent with this commander and the 3rd time for being disobedient. Though the DNA…
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Drunk, Insolent, Disobedient & Babb
It isn’t the first time that these words were used to describe a member of the Babb Family. We have a long line of resisting authority figures and it turns out Charles Babb (3-1-4) of Anne Arundel, Maryland was no different. While proofing the tree for an upcoming book release on the Babbs of Anne…