Category: DNA-01: Subcategory: 1-5 Peter Babb
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Babb hosts first-ever Christmas Parade
This headline was confusing to me when I first saw it too. The Town of Babb, Montana, which is named for Cyrus Cates Babb (1867-1937). Cyrus’ number in the Babb Tree is 1-5-3-2-3-1-5-2, which means his trail back up the tree reads as follows: Cyrus Cates, Cyrus Knapp, Henry Cates, Joseph, Peter, James, Peter, Phillip […]
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Will Janan Babb-Vaughn please stand up?
This is another of my eBay finds and although it is much more modern than the work I typically do, something about it caught my eye and a week later it was at my house. It’s a post card sent to Janan Babb from her friend Del in 1949 while he was visiting the Maine […]
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Peter Babb – 1831 Militia Record
This document came to me during one of my late night eBay hunts. It is 189 Years old and has clearly had a storied life. The document is extremely fragile and was difficult to scan. I did my best to line it up for readability but some words are simply missing. It is an Order […]
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Harriet N. Babb & The Ladies Repository (1869)
Harriet N. Babb wrote an article that was published in 1869 in The Ladies Repository. I believe her to be Harriet Newhall Babb (1824-1905), wife of Harrison Patterson Babb 1-5-4-4-2-2-1, who lived in Boothbay and South Thomaston, Maine. Fortunately, the issue of the magazine was preserved and I purchased it on Ebay sometime ago. I had trouble getting it to […]
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The connection between Joseph Hall & Peter Babb (1-5)
Joseph Hall of Greenland, NH lived in a new home on his father’s farm. His wife was ‘Elizabeth Smith who came from England upon the desire of her uncle, the original Mar. Richard Waldron of Dover,’ (Brewster’s Rambles ii. 66). He was taxed in Portsmouth in 1673 as a member of No. Church, which was […]