Biographical Sketch of Thomas BABB (1881); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Candace Roth . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881); pg. 467 BABB, Thomas, married Bathsheba Hussey, daughter of John Hussey, near New Castle, prior to 1700, and lived in Brandywine Hundred. In 1713 his wife died, leaving several children, and he married again, 3,25,1720, Elizabeth (Conway) Booth, a widow, of Middletown township. Thomas Babb, Jr., married Sarah ___, about 1729, and removed to Virginia. Peter Babb, son of Thomas, settled in West Caln about 1725, and married 11,22,1728, Mary Lewis, daughter of Evan and Ann, of that township. His sister Lydia married John Morgan, of Caln, 10,17,1735. Peter Babb had several children, of whom Bathsheba married Jeremiah Piersol and Benjamin Trego; Elizabeth married a Bishop, and Samson married Ann Way, daughter of John and Ann Way, of Kennet. Other children were John, Thomas, Content, Peter and Susanna. Samson Babb was disowned by Friends in 1767 for "keeping and using a fiddle," etc. On the removal of the county-seat to West Chester he became a tavern- keeper there for some years, subsequently removing to the interior of the State. He was the father of Samson Babb, at one time sheriff of the county; of John Babb, the proprietor of the "Black Bear" tavern in West Chester, and others.