Lydia Ann Babb

Brief Life History of Lydia Ann

When Lydia Ann Babb was born on 6 November 1796, in Epsom, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, John Babb, was 29 and her mother, Anna Holmes, was 20. She married David Loche Lang on 26 February 1823, in Epsom, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 12 April 1836, in Ohio, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Old Huntington Cemetery, Huntington, Huntington Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Loche Lang
1799–1883
Lydia Ann Babb
1796–1836
Marriage: 26 February 1823
James Albert Lang
1824–
Lydia Ann Lang
1826–1894
John B. Lang
1828–1904
Lucinda Holmes Lang
1830–1866
Mary Elizabeth Lang
1833–1871
David Locke Lang
1836–1839

Sources (4)

  • Lydia Babb, "New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
  • Lydia Lang, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Lydia Babb, "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1803

Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

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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