Daily AncestorBabbie
Babbie is an old nickname for Barbara, found in American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Babbie is a pet form of Barbara. Babbie appears as a pet form of Barbara on the Connecticut State Library's list of 18th and 19th century nicknames.
The same woman can be Barbara in one record and Babbie in the next, for example a birth under one name and a marriage under the other. Match age, place and relatives before you join the two.
As seen in a recordGravestone, 1827; her husband's will calls her Barbara
Babbie, wife of Ezra Hesketh, died Aug. 13, 1827, aged 47 years
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Daily Ancestor. "Babbie." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/nicknames/babbie. Last checked 2026-10-15.