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Peter Babb

Generation #4

Peter Babb b: 1735, Winchester, Frederick Co., Virginia; d: February 21, 1817, Frederick Co., Virginia; son of Thomas and Sarah (Foulk) Babbs ; m: Mary Bowen November 2, 1761, Frederick Co., Virginia; b: April 3, 1742, Frederick Co., Virginia; d: 1835, Frederick Co., Virginia; dau of Henry and Anna (Moon) Bowen


Rachel Babb

b:1762, Winchester, Frederick Co. Virginia, d: Sept 12, 1790, Frederick Co. Virginia; m: Isaac Thomas 1781; b: 1754; d: 1825

Sampson Babb

b: 1764, Winchester, Frederick Co. Virginia; d: July 6, 1812, Winchester, Frederick Co. Virginia; m: Nancy Fitzpatrick b: 1761, d: September 6, 1835, Clinton Co., Ohio; she m: #2) William McDaniel November 15, 1821

Henry Babb

b: Feb 4, 1766, Winchester, Frederick Co. Virginia,; d: May 2, 1835,April 30, 1820, Winchester, Frederick Co. Virginia; m: Elizabeth Walker January 31, 1793, Winchester, Frederick Co. Virginia; b: February 17, 1771, Hopewell, Frederick Co., Virginia; d: July 25, 1850, Clinton Co., Ohio

Abner Babb

b: 1768, Winchester, Frederick Co. Virginia; d: Sept 7, 1815, Winchester, Frederick Co. Virginia; m: 1) Susannah Robinson May 27, 1793; b: 1772, Frederick Co., Virginia; dau of James and Mary Robinson (see below)

Peter Babb

B: January 18, 1769, Winchester, Frederick Co. Virginia, d: February 28, 1837, Belmont, Ohio; m: Jane Bell November 2, 1797, Frederick Co., Virginia; b: 1774; d: 1817; m:#2) Elizabeth Norris October 30, 1817, Belmont Co., Ohio; b: 1784; d: 1850 (see below)

Ann Babb

b: April 26, 1771, Winchester, Frederick Co. Virginia; d: June 21, 1853, Belmont, Ohio; m: John Mercer September 12, 1792, Frederick Co., Virginia; b: 1768; d: 1865; son of Robert and Elizabeth (Brown) Mercer

Mary Babb

b: 1774, Winchester, Frederick Co. Virginia; d: 1817, Virginia; m: Richard Hollinshed March 23, 1816

Hannah Babb

b: 1775, Winchester, Frederick Co. Virginia, d: 1817, Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio; m: Thomas Smith October 20, 1796, Frederick Co., Virginia; b: 1770, Virginia; d: 1846, Fairfield, Highland Co., Ohio; son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Rees) Smith

Sarah Babb

b: January 6, 1777, Winchester, Frederick Co. Virginia; d: March 22, 1866, Clinton Co., Ohio; m: Christopher Stevens October 31, 1805, Washington Co., Maryland; b: January 5, 1781, Virginia; d: June 9, 1860, Clinton Co., Ohio; son of Peter and Mary Stevens

David Babb

b: March 21, 1778, Winchester, Frederick Co. Virginia; d: February 17, 1851, Union City, Delaware Co., Indiana; m: Mary Hensell January 10, 1805, Frederick Co, Virginia; b: 1781; d: 1863

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 acreage 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.

1810 United States Federal Census about Peter Babb

Name:  Peter Babb

Home in 1810 (City, County, State):  Frederick, Virginia

Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:  1

Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :  1

Numbers of Slaves:  1

Number of Household Members Over 25:  2

Number of Household Members:  3


1820 United States Federal Census about Peter Babb

Name:  Peter Babb

Home in 1820 (City, County, State):  Stephensburg, Frederick, Virginia

Enumeration Date:  August 7, 1820

Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:  1

Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:  1

Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :  1

Slaves - Males - Under 14:  1

Free White Persons - Under 16:  1

Free White Persons - Over 25:  2

Total Free White Persons:  3

Total Slaves:  1

Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:  4

(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. (idea Harriett Babb was born in 1801 and died in 1883 in Greene County, Ohio. She married Benjamin Kelter, son of George and Esther (Buzzard) Keiter. Possibly, Harriett first married one Jacob Fries.

(v) Bowen Babb married Linda Homey, 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.



Babb Families of New England has Peter b. 1772, d. 1837 ; mar. Jane Bell 2 Nov 1797 (Frederick Co. Marriages, Surety William Williasms)


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 Rev. Alexander Balmain, and 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.