When Mary Ann Babb was born on 28 March 1806, in Frederick, Virginia, United States, her father, Abner Babb, was 38 and her mother, Susanna Robinson, was 37. She married George Yeakley on 13 March 1826, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 25 July 1865, at the age of 59, and was buried in Yeakley Cemetery, Frederick, Virginia, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
English (Devon, Somerset, and Cornwall): from the Middle English personal name Babb(e), usually no doubt a pet form of the female personal name Barbara (see Barbara ), but possibly in some cases a survival of the Old English personal name Babba, which is found in several placenames, including Babbacombe in Devon and Babington in Somerset.
English (Devon, Somerset, and Cornwall): from Middle English babe ‘infant, young child’, applied as a nickname.
Americanized form of German Bobb or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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