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. There are a dozen or so books at the Family History Center Library in Salt Lake City that I hope to get at next month…
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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 don’t know that I would have been able to sort it out had I had it back then. As it is, I almost missed it…
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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 appeared to be used interchangeably as surnames. So, I decided to research it further to see what I could find. Two particular books aided in…
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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 that demonstrates a link that was previously unrealized. It begs a series of questions that play into the history of the Hext Surname and raises…
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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 find without a Satellite and a phone signal. It lies several km from Exeter. If not for some records that failed to make it 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 find significant clusters of Babbs. Locations surrounding the known Genetic Lineages are starting to abound, indicating that they are likely relatives of those nearby houses.…
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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 last year. There are so many connections that it is very hard to follow. In preparation for today, I’ve enhanced the resolution of the map…
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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 the process I’ve colorized the traffic patterns on the map to match the half of the Century they go with. I will likely have to…
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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 Babbs in Devon. Highweek comes up in a large number of property records and, in addition to Plymouth, has connections to Newton Abbot, Teigngrace, Moreleigh,…