Re: Barba - A Huguenot to Virginia

By genealogy.com user July 18, 1998 at 09:00:16

John,

"The Taylors of Tabernacle" published in 1957 by the Taylor Historical Committee states, on page 36:

"The Taylors of Tabernacle" published in 1957 by the Taylor Historical Committee states, on page 36:

"THE PROGENITOR of the Barbee family in America, from which Christopher Barbee of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is believed to have been a descendant, was "ONE CLAUD BARBY", a French Huegonot, who, according to an authentic ship log, arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, from London, England, and settled at Mannikintown, Virginia about 1634-35. By tradition."

"THE PROGENITOR of the Barbee family in America, from which Christopher Barbee of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is believed to have been a descendant, was "ONE CLAUD BARBY", a French Huegonot, who, according to an authentic ship log, arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, from London, England, and settled at Mannikintown, Virginia about 1634-35. By tradition."

As you can see, this does not claim to be authoritative.

As you can see, this does not claim to be authoritative."A Study of the Barbee Families of Chatham, Orange, and Wake Counties in North Carolina" by Ruth Herndon Shields states that the above named Christopher was the son of William Barbee b. 1711, who was the son of John Barbee, who was the son of William Barbee b. 1662. I have not seen a line that traces back to Claud.

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