Category: Unproven Lineages: Doddiscombsleigh, Devon, England
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700 Years of Babb History in Devon, England
Having successfully culled through and imported roughly 8,000 Early Babb records from Devon we now have the most complete tree possible given the information available to me at this time. […]
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Doddiscombsleigh Continues to Blossom
I ran across another Doddiscombsleigh, Devon reference tonight. It was in the form of a “Consolidated Index to Devon Wills“. I wish I’d had this link months ago. But I […]
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The Vex of the Hext
I’ve often wondered where the Hext alias came from in the early Babbs of Doddiscombsleigh, Devon. There are at least 5 Babbs who also bear the alias Hext. The names […]
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William “Hexte” Babb & Elinor Quicke 1572
As I continue importing the records collected from the Family History Library of Salt Lake City, via a computer at the Dallas Public Library, I came across another puzzling document […]
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What we lost in Doddiscombsleigh
One of our greatest Babbs of Devon mysteries is who descends from the Babbs of Doddiscombsleigh. The known road leads us through the remote village that is almost impossible to […]
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Devon Migration Map: 1456-1750
In the time period of 1700-1750 we see a significant shift outside of their Babb Garden of Eden. The reach now extends to most of the modern area locations we […]
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Devon Migration Map: 1456-1700
The migration patterns of almost 250 years have now come into focus. Welcome to the Spaghetti Bowl! I could see this coming when I was inputting the church records late […]
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Devon Migration Map 1456-1650 (Phillip Babb)
Even though many of these lines haven’t come into being yet, I’ve placed the Arms for each of the known Y-DNA Lineages on the map, to help you visualize the proximity of the connections I’m referring to. Note that two lineages are just outside the borders of Devon and could be shedding descendants across the…
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Devon Migration Map 1456-1600
The map has been getting much more congested than I had anticipated, so I’ve made some changes and will be restating the progress to this point in this message. In […]
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Devon Migration Map 1456-1550
As we move fifty years forward in time, we find some surprising connections starting to happen. The foundation is already being laid for the locations we find most of the […]
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Devon Migration Map: 1456-1500
In addition to the Parish Registers that I’ve been going through these last 3.5 months there are a small number of early Court Records from early Devon. I’ve spent the […]
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Central West Devon: All Stops
The early Babb records of Central West Devon are contained in Ashwater, Bradstone, Brentor, Bridestowe, Chagford, Coryton, Dartmoor Forest, Hatherleigh, Holsworth, Marytavy, North Tawton, Okehampton, Shebbear, Sheepwash, South Tawton, Spreyton […]
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East Southeast Devon: All Roads Lead to Halberton! …well NOT ALL Roads.
I packed my virtual backpack and have moved to the areas to the North and East of Exeter. It’s not a big move, but a welcome shift in my mind. […]
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it’s Sunday, so this must be….
Today I am reviewing the remaining records in the areas that surround Newton Abbot, Exeter and Doddiscombsleigh. There are 8 stops which include Churston Ferrers, Brixham, Wolborough, Coffinswell, Stokeinteignhead, Teigngrace, […]
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The Last Will & Testament of John Babb (1697), Lord of Doddiscombsleigh
One of the records I’ve examined while conducting my detailed search of Doddiscombsleigh records is the Last Will & Testament of John Babb, Lord of the Manor. His will dated […]
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Today’s Stop: Doddiscombsleigh, et al
No trip to Devon is complete without a visit to Doddiscombsleigh. It is the one place in all of England that the Babbs were Lords of the Manor. The Manor […]
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Today’s Stop: Newton St Cyres
This was a short but intriguing trip. Newton St Cyres contains just two marriage records for a William “Babb or Hext” in 1587. When I saw the record I got […]
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The Arms Race is Over!
As quickly as it began our Arms Race has ended with the report from the Chester Herald of the College of Arms in London, England. The letter covers 4 different […]
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Recreating the Babb Family Arms in Doddiscombsleigh, Devon, England
For a wide variety of reasons, we may never know exactly to which lineage of Babbs this important family connects. The earliest records of the first 140 years of Doddiscombsleigh […]
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The Babbs of Devon, England
At long last I have completed my canvassing of the Babb families of Devon and thus of the Babbs of England. As expected the great county of Devon holds a […]
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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 […]