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I’ve been doing some more research about the Thomas Babb is came across in a Salem Courthouse. It was no surprise to find that Jean Sargent had discussed Thomas in her books. I’ve found the introductions to the 1 & 4 lines to be particularly interesting. It has been a long time since I reviewed […]
MoreBefore we get to the story let me give you some perspective. George Walton is the Father of Abishag who married Robert Taprill. Their daughter Grace was the 3rd wife of Sampson Babb (1-4). Sampson was Grace’s 2nd Husband. She had 6 young children from her first marriage to Isreal Hoyt. The only Babb’s who […]
MoreOK, this is by far the biggest discovery I’ve made. Previously historians have only guessed at the date of birth for Thomas Babb (1-2). But I found a record in the Essex County Quarterly Courts (Essex Co., MA) from 1684 where Thomas was deposed and gave his age as 28. The exact date of the […]
MoreOne of the hopes I had with my researching the families of the spouses was that I would run across a large number of people from Devon in England. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case. They seem to be from all over England but never from Devon. Such is the case with Lydia Bragdon who […]
MoreJoseph 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 […]
MoreI am still processing all the info from the NH State Archives and haven’t even begun on the stuff I accumulated on my trip. I was in the middle of it when I left and have been trying to complete it before moving on so I don’t lose my place and miss stuff. I’m up […]
MoreAs you know, I had lunch with Julia Older while in Portsmouth. It was the highlight of my trip! She is the author of a series of novels about the Isles of Shoals. The second installment of which features Phillip Babb & Family prominently and is named “This Desired Place.” The big news, is that […]
MoreI have discovered a family connection between Henry Green who held the indenture of Thomas Babb after the death of his father Phillip of the Isles of Shoals. Henry’s second wife was Mary Hussey, aunt of Bathsheba Hussey. Henry married her in 1690 just 4 years before Thomas & Bathsheba were married. This happened many […]
MoreI forgot to mention a major amount of records I found online. NH has posted some 30,000 pages of early records from the state online. It is even indexed! Here is the link: http://www.sos.nh.gov/archives/nhstatepapers.html Additionally, the University of New Hampshire has posted about 100 years of The Granite Monthly, a magazine devoted to literature, history […]
MoreWow, I was only in New England for 3.5 days and logged abour 300 miles and visited 6 Libraries (Ipswich, Greenland, Portsmouth Athenaeum, Rye, Salem & York) and had lunch with the author of “This Desired Place” Julia Older. I’m posting the remainder of my files today which include some of the most valuable finds […]
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