Powderham Castle is a fortified manor house situated within the parish and former manor of Powderham. Powderhamįrom Kenton we can clearly see Powderham Castle a 1⁄4 mile to the north-east. John’s children are Jone & John and it is there that this line currently ends. It is here they have their 4 children, one of whom is known to have born children, John Babb. Not seeing any close matches we establish a new tree called Devon Pedigree (Kenton 1698). In Kenton we find Babbs dating back to 1698 when George Babb & Margaret Cummin made their lives. George is #7 in the report below.ĭescendants-of-Devon-Pedigree-Monkleigh-1785-03 Download KentonĪ couple of miles/km inland we arrive at Kenton & Powderham on our Port side. At this time they appear not to have merged with the other area Babbs and lived several miles away from the others in this excursion. It does not appear that any of the children came with them. George Henry & Sarah Ann (Handcock) Babb seems to have moved frequently, with destinations including Bideford, Instow, Westleigh before settling in Littleham sometime after the birth of their children in the 1880s.

In Littleham we find an offshoot of Devon Pedigree (Monkleigh 1785) which we used to refer to as Devon Pedigree 03. The River Exe – Detail LittlehamĪs we enter the mouth of the River Exe we see our first stop at Littleham, which adjoins Exmouth to form the Eastern mouth of The River. So, we will examine that in our next excursion. Exeter is a large city and has more than 100 records of its own. We are intentionally stopping at the outskirts of Exeter which serves as the County Seat of Devon, Exeter. As we travel up The River we come across the communities of Littleham, Kenton, Powderham, Exton, Woodbury, Clyst St George, Topsham, Exminster and Alphington which together comprise 67 Records. Dawlish lies on the Western Shore of the River Exe and was just covered in my last post. Today, we’ve moved along the Southern Coast of Devon from the town of Dawlish and up the mouth of the River Exe.

Across the river babb