Thomas Babb

  General Notes:

Thomas Babb was born in 1664 on the Isles of Shoals, what was then part of Massachusetts and died 17 Aug 1748, Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware about age 84 . Thomas was about 7 years old when his father died. In April 1675 he was indentured until the age of 18 to Henry Green of Hampton, New Hampshire. It was there he probably met the Perkins and Hussey families, but the date of his marriage is unknown.
His first wife was Bathsheba Hussey, daughter of John and Rebecca (Perkins) Hussey of Hampton, New Hampshire. Bathsheba was born Sept. 21, 1671 and died by Oct 1713 at New Castle Co., Delaware. She was the mother of Thomas' children. Her father and Uncle Stephen became Quakers and found it desirable to leave the New Hampshire area because of persecution of Quakers there. John and his wife relocated to New Castle Co., Delaware.
Apparently Thomas followed the migratory path of his father-in-law. On Dec. 17, 1695 he was conveyed 100 acres of land and 20 acres of "mash" in Rocklands by Timothy Atkinson. (Records of the Court of New Castle, DE, Vol. II, 1681-1699)
Thomas has sizeable land holding. In 1735 he obtained a Patent to 600 acres of land in Frederick Co., Virginia. He sent two of his sons, Thomas, Jr., and Philip to occupy the acreage and to carry out the provision of the Patent. The other sons are believed to have relocated to Chester Co., Pennsylvania
On Aug. 13, 1751 his will (dated Aug 17, 1748) was proved in New Castle Co., Delaware. He bequeathed the home place in Delaware to his oldest son Peter and left the Virginia lands to Thomas, Jr. and Philip. He made other bequests to his daughters Mary, Rebecca and Lydia, as well as to three children of his deceased daughter Hulda--John, Rebecca and Lydia Gregory
On March 25, 1720, Thomas married a second time to Elizabeth (Conway) Booth. She was born July 9, 1687 to Thomas and Mary (Hollingworth) Conway. She was a widow of Charles Booth.

  Research Notes:

Born at Isle of Shoals, Appledore, York . Indentured servitudeApr 1675 Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH.
Resided Salem Massachusetts 1683
Resided New Castle Co, Delaware 1695
Deed 12 Nov 1735 Frederick County, Virginia
Died at Brandywine 100, New Castle, Delaware.
From Genealogical Background of Wilson Family, from the Catherine Bushman Collection at the State Library of Virginia, Richmond: Both of Thomas' parents died when he was young, and Thomas Babb was raised by a Henry Green of Hampton, NewHampshire. His first wife was Bathsheba Hussey who lived in Hampton, NH. In the course of their marriage, they moved toBrandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. They had seven children, Peter, Thomas, Philip, Mary, Rebecca, Lydia and Hulda.Bathsheba died in 1713 and Thomas remained single until 1720 at which time he married Elizabeth Conway Booth. There were no children. In addition to a considerable amount of land owned in New Castle County, Thomas was given a grant ot 600 acres in Frederick County, Virginia by King George the Second. In his will he left his Delaware holdings to his son, Peter, and divided his Virginia land betwen Thomas and Philip who had moved to Virginia to occupy and manage the land grants. Thomas died in 1748. In a will dated August 17, 1748 at the Archives Building in Dover, Delaware, Thomas Babb left to his son Peter (father of Mary Babb who married Samuel Wilson) "all of my land and plantation in the county (New Castle) and hundred above mentioned with all the appurtenances thereto belonging forever."

Thomas married Bathsheba Hussey, daughter of John Hussey and Rebecca Perkins, about 1695 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. (Bathsheba Hussey was born on 21 Sep 1671 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA and died about 1713 in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle, Delaware.)

Thomas next married Elizabeth Conoway, daughter of Thomas Connaway and Mary Hollingsworth, on 25 Mar 1720 in New Castle Hundred, New Castle, Delaware. (Elizabeth Conoway was born on 9 Jul 1687 in New Castle Hundred, New Castle, Delaware.)