Category: Devon
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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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This Week’s Stops: Totnes & Newton Abbot Greater Metropolitan Area
Today we have a cluster of 11 nearby towns including Ashburton, Berry Pomeroy, Buckfastleigh, Diptford, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, Paignton, South Brent, Stoke Gabriel, Teignmouth and Totnes. The lion’s share of the 183 records for these towns belong to Newton Abbot, but the close proximity of these other’s makes them worth considering as a group. Coincidentally, […]
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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 very excited. The name Hext has only been seen in a single Pedigree for the Manor Lords of Doddiscombsleigh, Devon, England. I immediately did a […]
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Today’s Stop: Yarcombe
As I continue my canvas of the early records of Devon, I come next to Yarcombe which has 35 Records dating back to 1586. Yarcombe is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon, England, situated in the East Devon administrative district on the A30 road near the towns of Honiton and Chard. It is sited in the steep rolling meadows and ancient woods of the Yarty […]
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The Babb Garden of Eden 2.0 – Babb Unabridged
Some of you may recall a post I made back in July 2020 which was similarly titled as The Babb Garden of Eden – Babb Unabridged. I had the best intentions of pushing through several thousand records in an attempt to solve the great riddle of how the Babbs of Devon are connected to each […]
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The Mug of John Phillip Babb (1830)
One of our members spotted this ceramic mug in the completed auctions on eBay and sent it to me. The item has since rolled off in the 5 months since she collected it and this writing. The answer as to the owner isn’t exactly straightforward and seeing this I kept delaying my research for a […]
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The Babb Garden of Eden
I’m moving on to Devon for a while. I had intended to search through the Babb Baptism, Marriage and Burial records for the cities in Western Devon County to see if there was a correlation that could be found with the Babb Families in Eastern Cornwall. I downloaded the index for over 4000 records from […]
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A Sailors Widow (1847)
While perusing the papers left by my English predecessor Ian Babb I came across this poem which was written upon the passing of George Babb of Bideford, Devon, England and wanted to share it with everyone. George was a returning from the West Indies and drowned on the return home. He is off the line […]
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Larceny!
I came across this record tonight and it stood out to me. Ann Babb was convicted of Larceny in May of 1852 in Yorkshire “West Riding”. In my travails over the last few years I’ve discovered that there were three destinations in Yorkshire (not including the pudding). You either lived inside York, or you lived […]
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Book Announcement: Vol 13: Babb Families of Devonshire
Volume 13 of the Babb Unabridged Series is now available! This installment is all about the many fold lines of Babbs in Devonshire. The book is available for sale using these links to Create Space and via Amazon. In this volume we begin to explore the lineages that are NOT yet associated with the 7 known Y-DNA lineages […]