Category: Unproven Lineages: London
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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 […]
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Thomas Babb & the Archbishop of Canterbury
This article popped up on Christmas Day in the New York Times. It is ostensibly about the Archbishop of Canterbury. In the photo he stands in his private chapel at […]
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John Staines & Charlotte Elizabeth Babb – Southwark Heritage Art Collection (1891 & 1896)
John Staines Babb and his sister, Charlotte Elizabeth, worked as china decorators at the famous potteries of Doulton’s, Lambeth. Basing Yard no longer exists but was on the south side […]
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A “New” oldest record in London (1593)
While checking the burial registers of London I came across some records that pre-date the earliest record of a Babb we had previously by 27 years. A Joanne Babb was […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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A Different Joane?
While researching the Joana of Luton mentioned in my recent post Matterwell or Bust, I came across another Joane Babb who married a man by the surname Wichalse. I mentioned […]
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A Gift Born out of Frustration
Being frustrated with my lack of progress on the lineage of Thomas Babb of the Hopewell in London, I turned to something else in a recent post about a family […]
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A Watershed Moment!
I’ve been reviewing a self-published work by an Elizabeth A. S. Babb. She was in contact with Ian Henry Babb, my predecessor in the UK. He had several drafts of […]
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Thomas Babb of the Hopewell (1620) in 1635
This collection captures a number of the travels of Captain Thomas Babb, Master of the Hopewell of London, England. While the book covers a 100-year period, the mentions of him […]
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Thomas Babb & The beheaded Archbishop of Canterbury
While researching Thomas Babb of Limehouse, on the East side of London, I came across a record for a Thomas Babb, Painter, who conducted work in the Lambeth neighborhood of […]
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3 New Pedigrees: London-Essex 01A, 01B & 01C
I was contacted by a a new member about adding his information to the Master Tree. His Surname is Babbs, the plural variation of our name. We have no idea […]
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The Babbs of London, England
London is an ancient city, founded almost 2,000 years ago by the Romans. It is the Capital and most populous city in England. It has grown continually over the years […]
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The Document Dump
I’ve been busily at work since my return from England and am nearing the home stretch on the digitization of the collected papers of Ian Babb (pictured). There is a […]