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The Fishing Master of Appledore - Page 3

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May 28, 1999

Not to discredit other parts of that tale, a check of Phillip's dates and the dates attributed to that incident will clearly show that Phillip could not have been Pedro.

Not to be disputed, however, are the numerous tales told by people who have been visited on Appledore Island by the ghost of my Phillip Babb.

There are other tales published of similar confrontations with Phillip's ghost, but they cannot cause any more wonder as to what manner of man my immigrant ancestor was - humanitarian, desperately wicked, magistrate, pirate or friend of pirates. What antithetical descriptions these are of the same man! Can there be only one Phillip Babb? Or, as it is said of beauty, the nature of a person's character is in the eye of the beholder.

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4. Jan 31, 2002 12:18 AM
In response to message posted by sidhe_devil:

Thanks for stopping by, Megan. My genealogy page at geocities has considerable Babb inf ...

-- posted by Dubh_Sidhe

3. Jan 30, 2002 11:27 PM
First, let me say that i love your article!

Second, I'm pretty sure we're related. :) Phillip shows up in our genealogies, and we still tell the story of his ghost-- even though I come from the Mis ...

-- posted by sidhe_devil

2. May 28, 1999 10:32 AM
It is a fascinating area, Christina. I would love to live in New Hampshire. I have deep roots there
as well as the other New England Colonies but I do love my South Carolina, too! ...

-- posted by Dubh_Sidhe

1. May 28, 1999 7:43 AM
I love this article! I am from NH and embarrassed to say that I was ignorant about the history and folklore of the Isles of Shoals. I don't know how I could have stood on that rocky shore gazing out a ...

-- posted by Tina_Coruth

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