Thomas BABB, Jr.

Abt 1697 - 1760  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Thomas BABB
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	Abt 1697
  Gender	Male
  AFN	VV76-X2
  History	Member of the "70 Families"
  Death	1760	Frederick County, VA
  Notes	(1) Kerns, Wilmer L., Frederick County, Virginia - Settlement and Some First Families of Back Creek Valley - 1730-1830, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD: 1995, pp. 94-98: Thomas Babb Jr. was born circa 1702, and died in Frederick County in 1760. Thomas Jr. married Sarah Foulke on June 26,1729 in Holy Trinity Church in Wilmington, Delaware. He and brother Philip were the first Babb residents in Frederick County, arriving circa 1734 to settle on their father's 600-acre grant, most of which was in the Back Creek watershed, "east of North Mountain." Between 1749 and 1762, Thomas Babb Jr. had surveyed 658 additional acres in three tracts, most of which adjoined his father's grant. All of these surveys resulted in grants from Lord Fairfax to Thomas Babb Jr. Brother Philip acquired additional land by patent in 1760. Children of Thomas and Sarah (Foulke) Babb Jr. were: a. Philip Babb was born in Pennsylvania on the 26th day, 8th month, 1731 and died Jan. 19, 1813. He first married Mary Perkins in 1752. Mary was born on the 13th day, 12th month, 1730. She and daughter Phebe Babb were disowned by Hopewell Monthly Meeting, on the 10th month, 4th day, 1779, for joining the Methodists and turning her backs against the Friends. His second marriage was to Nancy Hanna (Haines) Antrim in Greene County, Tennessee on Match 13, 1802. Some children of Philip and Mary (Perkins) Babb were: (1) Sarah Babb was born the 9th day, 2nd Month, 1754. (2) Joseph Babb was born on the 2nd day, 2nd month, 1756. (3) Thomas Babb was born on the 17th day, 3rd Month, 1758. (4) Seth Babb was born Feb. 1. 1760 (Oct. 2 per gravestone), and died Aug. 26, 1836 in Greene County, Tennessee. He served In the Revolutionary War, and applied for a pension in 1832. His wife, Mary McClellan, applied for a widow's pension after his death. He was disowned by the Quakers in 1779, and he joined the Society of Methodists. Mary was born Oct. 7, 1763. Seth Babb stated in his pension application that he moved to Tennessee In 1792. A record of their children may be found in the Daughters of the American Revolution Library In Washington, D.C. Hopewell Quaker Meeting in Frederick County show that Seth was disowned in 1779 for joining the Methodist Church. b. Peter Sabb was born circa 1734, and died in Frederick County in 1820. He married Mary Bowen, daughter of Henry and Anne (Moon) Bowen Jr. Mary was born on April 3, 1742, and died in 1825. Peter served in the Revolutionary War, attaining the rank of Captain. He bought land and lived along Little Timber Ridge on the north side of Cross Junction, Frederick County. He owned extensive acreages throughout Back Creek Valley. Peter and Mary Babb had at least ten children, among whose descendants were the last Babbs to remain in Back Creek Valley. Many of the later generations converted to the Methodist Episcopal Church, which is known today as the United Methodist Church. Children of Peter and Mary (Bowen) Babb were: (1) Rachel Babb was born in 1762 and died in 1790. She married, in 1781, Isaac Thornas Sr. (1754-1825). (2) Sampson Babb was born in 1764 and died about 1812. He married Nancy Fitzpatrick (1761-1835), who died in Clinton County, Ohio. They had four children. Nancy married second to William McDaniel, in Ohio. (3) Henry Babb (1766-1821) married Elizabeth Walker, Jan. 31, 1793, in Frederick County. The officiating minister was the Rev. Christian Streit, a Lutheran clergyman. They went to Clinton County, Ohio about 1806. Twelve children were born to their marriage. (4) Abner Babb Sr. was born in 1768 and died by Sept. 7, 1815. He married Susannah Robinson, daughter of James and Mary Robinson, May 28, 1793. They migrated to Clinton County, Ohio, but their nine children were born In Frederick County: (i) Robinson Babb, born May 4.1794, and died Feb. 8, 1863. He married Rachel Bailey, Nov. 29, 1817. They went to Clinton County, Ohio. Eight children. (ii) Peter Babb was born Feb. 13, 1796, and died Oct. 25, 1865 in Greene County, Ohio, where he migrated in 1822. Peter married Jane Scharff (1795-1889), daughter of James and Mary (Hollingshead) Scharff. Eight children were born to them. (iii) Archibald Babb was born May 2, 1797, and died in 1848. He married Margaret Stone. They first lived In Hampshire County before settling in Marion County, Missouri where they died. Eleven children. (iv) Harriett Babb was born in 1801 and died in 1883 in Greene County, Ohio. She married Benjamin Keiter, son of George and Esther (Buzzard) Keiter. Possibly, Harriet first married one Jacob Fries. (v) Bowen Babb marded Linda Horney, and moved to Montgomery County, Indiana. (vi) Abner Babb Jr.(1803-1870), married Anna DeHaven. After living in Greene and Clinton Counties, Ohio, they moved to Cass County, Indiana. (vii) Mary A. Babb (1806-1865) married George Yeakley (1801-1867), son of John and Mary Ann (Fries) Yeakley. They had nine children and lived in Frederick County. (viii) Rees Babb was born in 1807, married Elizabeth Anderson, and went to Ohio Illinois. (ix) James H, Babb was born Jan. 17, 1811 and died in 1849. He married Rosanna Douglas. An 1828 orphan bond in Frederick County shows that James was orphaned and apprenticed to Henry Baker to learn the occupation of "house joiner." James later went to Burlington, Iowa. They had five children. (5) Peter Babb Jr. (1769-1837) married Jane Bell, daughter of James and Eleanor Bell, Nov. 9, 1797, in Frederick County. Va. The officiating minister was the Rev. Alexander Balmain, an Episcopal clergyman. After her death, he married second Elizabeth Norris, Oct. 30, 1817, in Belmont County, Ohio. Seven children were born to the first marriage, and six by the second. (6) Ann Babb was born circa 1771. She married John Mercer, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Brown) Mercer, Sept. 12, 1792. (7) Mary Babb was born circa 1774. She married Richard Hollingshead, Dec. 13, 1796, in Berkeley County, Va. (8) Hannah Babb was born circa 1775. She married Thomas Smith, Oct. 20, 1796, in Frederick County. The officiating minister was the Rev. Alexander Balmain, Episcopal rector in Winchester. (9) Sareh Babb, born circa 1777, married Christian Stevens, Oct. 31,1808. (10) David Babb, born in March 1778, married Mary Hartsell, Jan. 10, 1805, in Frederick County. The officiating minister was the Rev. James Walls, a Methodist clergyman. David and Mary moved to Clinton County, Ohio and later to Indiana. c. Elizabeth Babb, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Foulke) Babb Jr., was born circa 1740. She married David Rees on Jan. 5, 1761, and they went to Grayson County, Virginia. d. Joseph Babb was born circa 1740 and died in South Carolina about 1780. He married Mary McCool, daughter of James and Am (Wright) McCool, on Sept. 17,1761. Joseph sold his Frederick County land to his brother Peter Babb in 1768. Joseph moved to Berkeley County, South Carolina about 1767. e. Stephen Babb, in his will of Oct. 7, 1760, named his father as executor for his estate, but his father died after Stephen's will was written and before it was probated. Harrington believes that Stephen Babb was married to Mary Malin who later married Mercer Beeson. f. Thomas Babb III, was on the Frederick County voter list in 1758, but not named In his father's will in 1760. g. Sampson Babb was born circa 1744 and died by 1784, without known children. Sampson inherited the ancestral homeplace in Frederick County and, after his death in 1784, it passed to his brother Philip Babb, who sold to Joseph Lupton III (1718-1701). (2) O'Dell, Cecil, Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia, Marceline, MO: Walsworth Publishing Company, 1995, pp. 190-191: BABB Thomas (b. 1671) married Bathsheba Hussey Babb, the daughter of John and Rebecca Perkins Hussey. Thomas and Bathsheba's children were; Peter, Mary, Hulda, Thomas Jr., Lydia, Philip and Rebecca.His will was proved on 13 August 1751 in New Castle Delaware. Thomas Babb (b. 1700 c.) married Sarah Faulk, daughter of William and Elizabeth Cope Faulk, on the 6th day, 6th month, 1729 at Old Swedes Church. On 12 November 1735, Thomas received a 600-acre patent from the Colony (surveyed on 10 October 1734); it was located west of Frederick County Highway 739 (Apple Pie Ridge Road) and south of Highway 672 with 673 crossing the south part on Babbs Run. . . . James Wood surveyed a 179-acre tract for him (where he lived) in 1735/36, and he received a Fairfax grant for it on 21 October 1754. . . . Thomas received one other tract from Lord Fairfax on 21 October 1754; this grant was for 400 acres on Babbs Mountain and a branch of Hoggs Creek. On 17 February 1742/43, Thomas sold 215 acres of the 600-acre patent land to his brother Phillip Babb . . . . Thomas Babb's will was proved on 4 November 1760, leaving his home plantation (179 acres) to his son Sampson Babb and listing sons Philip, Joseph and Peter, also daughter Elizabeth. Philip and Peter were named executors. On 2 July 1767, Joseph (son of Thomas, deceased) and his wife Mary (of South Carolina, Bush River Quaker Monthly Meeting, Newberry County) sold 140 acres which had been left him in his father's will to Joseph Lupton for 200 pounds. On 18 October 1768, Joseph and Mary also sold his inherited one-fourth share of the 400-acre Fairfax grant land to Peter Babb for 15 pounds. Philip Babb (son of Thomas) and his wife Mary sold 140 acres (devised by Thomas Babb's will to Philip) to Joseph Lupton for 280 pounds on 26 November 1773. Philip was born on the 26th day, 8th month, 1731 to Thomas and Sarah Babb. Philip Babb married Mary Perkins (b. 13th day, 12th month, 1730); they were the parents of Sarah (b. 9th day, 2nd month 1754), Joseph (b. 2nd day, 2nd month 1756) and Thomas (b. 17th day, 3rd month 1758). (3) Frederick County, Virginia, Hopewell Friends History [database online], Orem, UT: Ancestry.com, 1997: In the State Land Office at Richmond are to be found recorded in Book 16, pages 315-415, inclusive, the patents issued to the settlers who came to the Shenandoah Valley under authority of the Orders in Council made to Alexander Ross and Morgan Bryan. All bear date of November 12, 1735, and recite that the grantee is one of the seventy families brought in by them, and excepting location and acreage, are alike in wording and conditions, and are signed by William Gooch, Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony at that time. . . . These patents were issued under the seal of the colony and were grants from the Crown, free of any obligation of feudal services to the Fairfax family, who claimed the land as lords proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia. The sixth Lord Fairfax, who later established his home at Greenway Court near Winchester, instituted many suits against early settlers in the Shenandoah Valley, but it does not appear that any Friend who claimed under Ross and Bryan was ever ejected from his land. Although it is specifically stated that seventy families have been "by them brought in to our said Colony and settled upon the Lands in the said Order mentioned," only thirty-six patents issued to thirty-four grantees have been found. The names of these grantees are here given, together with sundry information gathered from the minutes of various Friends' meetings, from the records of the counties of Orange and Frederick in Virginia, and Chester County, Pennsylvania. . . . Thomas Babb, 600 acres on Babb's Run, in Frederick County, Va. His will was probated November 4, 1760, and left his home plantation to his son Sampson Babb. He made bequests to his sons Philip, Joseph, and Peter, and to his daughter Elizabeth. Witnesses were James Steward and Janet Steward. Thomas Babb owned property, and was taxed in Bethel Township, Chester County, Pa., in 1730.
  Person ID	I4250	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas BABB, Sr.,   b. Abt 1664, Hog [now Appledore] Island, Isles of Shoals, York County, ME d. Bef 13 Aug 1751, New Castle County, DE (Age ~ 87 years)
  Mother	Bathsheba HUSSEY,   b. 21 Sep 1671, Hampton, Rockingham County, NH d. 1713, New Castle County, DE (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1694	Hampton, Rockingham County, NH   [1]
  Family ID	F2514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah FOULKE
  Marriage	26 Jun 1729	Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE
  Children	1. Philip BABB,   b. 26 Oct 1731, PA d. 19 Jan 1813 (Age 81 years)   2. Peter BABB,   b. Abt 1734   d. 1820, Frederick County, VA (Age ~ 86 years)   3. Thomas BABB, III,   b. Bef 1739   4. Elizabeth BABB,   b. Abt 1740   5. Joseph BABB,   b. Abt 1740   d. Abt 1780, SC (Age ~ 40 years)   6. Stephen BABB   d. Aft 7 Oct 1760   7. Sampson BABB,   b. Abt 1744   d. Bef 1784 (Age ~ 39 years)
  Family ID	F4758	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) Source: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database online]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012, p. 28.