Descending chronological order.

This is a work in progress. There is information on the more recent family members which will be added soon. But for now I will mention: My grandfather, Alfred, my father, Alfred, my sister June and my children: Christina, Jason, Jill, and grandchildren Ashlee and Jordyn.

Many records from Belize need to be researched further.

Frederick Edward Gabb, M.D.

Born 1839 in Wales. He was educated as a doctor/surgeon and practiced in Belize where he afterwards received an appointment as Resident Magistrate and in which colony he died in 1890.

Children:
~Alfred Gabb
-Edward Austin married Edith Florence Veron July 17
-Alexandrina Ellen Gabb married Patrick A. Slattery 8/18/1896

a Will made by Frederick Edward Gabb in Honduras

> just before his death on 10th
> June 1890. He was a Magistrate and Surgeon and names
> his wife Innocentes Gabb as principal beneficiary and
> after her death the estate to go to their children
> Eliza, ? Hugh, Alexandrina, Alfred, Frederick, Charles
> and Henry in equal shares.

The Handbook of British Honduras ... Comprising Historical, Statistical, and General Information Concerning the Colony, Compiled from Official and Other Reliable Records By Lindsay William Bristowe, Philip B. Wright: "Medical practitioners Charles H Eyles Colonial Surgeon Belize FE Gabb FBCS Eng district surgeon Stann Creek E Lambkin district surgeon Orange Walk Frederick Gahne MD Glas Belize John M Moir MD Edin Belize John Jenkyns MBCM Edin Belize JLM Smith MBCM Edin Belize i David Gentle MD Edin Belize 0 WE Van Tuyl MD Un St Belize Francis Moore Pearce MD Un St Toledo John Thompson MD Un St Belize JS Owen MD Un St Belize "

Reverend James Frederick Secretan Gabb

James Frederick Secretan Gabb M.A., Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. Died 1893 at age 83.

Married to Eliza Sarah Balis died 1883.

Children:
-James William Gabb
~Frederick Edward Gabb

Reverend James Ashe Gabb

Married to Mary Ann, a daughter of Frederick Samuel Secretan. Brecknockshire, in the later 18th century. Frederick Samuel Secretan (who adopted the additional names James Woodhouse, d. c. 1836) owned Arcadia House, Llantilio Pertholey, and the manor of Triley, Monmouthshire. Captain Walker of the Royal Artillery died [c. 1865].

Children:
~James Frederick Secretan
-John Baker
-Fredrick Secretan Gabb b. 1815 d. 27 Feb 1901 (India) m. Elizabeth Ann Ewart - no issue
-Henry Wood Gabb b. 1817 d. 1851 Cape Town - no issue
-Alfred William b.1819
-David Hoadly Gabb b. 1821 d. 1890 m. Sophia Greaves -7 children

GABB THE EEV JAMES ASHE of Baily Baker Court со Monmouth Rector of Shire Newton and a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for that shire m Mary Anne dau of Frederick Secretan Esq of Arcadia House Monmouthshire and has issue i JAMES FREDERICK SECRETAN in holy orders married n John Baker married in Frcderick Si cretan married iv Henry Wood v David Hoadley I Annette m to William liollis Esq of Shire Newton îCineagr

James Gabb of Bailey Baker

James married Charlotte, daughter of Reverend Robert Ashe, Prebondary of Winchester, and niece of Right Reverend Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Winchester and some time Bishop of Bangor, Hereford and Salisbury.
James died in 1806.

Child
~James Ashe Gabb

Thomas Gabb of Bailey Baker

He married Alice, daughter of Henry Phenex or "Fenex, of Ramagate, he died in 1760.

Thomas and Alice's children:
-Mary died a spinster at age 82 at the Monk Street House in 1823
-Sarah married Thomas Staco
-Alice - died young
-Elizabeth - died young
-John - Clerk in holy orders died 1774 no issue
-Thomas - died in early youth without children
-Henry - son - son had no issue d. West Indies
-Edward - Major East India. Died in Bombay - no issue
~James of Bailey Baker b. 1748
-Baker

Thomas Gabb founded a solicitor's practicein Abergavenny in 1760. The firm of Gabb & Co. still practices out of the same offices in Abergavenny. Thomas Gabb practised on his own until 1781, when he was joined by Baker Gabb the elder (d. 1821), and in 1808 by his son, Baker Gabb the younger (d. 1858). There was a member of the Gabb family in the firm from 1760 until 1921.
From the 1850s, most family members seem to have either used Baker as a last christian name, or used a hyphonated Baker-Gabb surname. -Source.-

Henry Gabb, of the Goytre

Married Mary, daughter of Henry Springett of Great Marlborough House Grosmont.

He died 4/23/1708

Children:
-Anne
-Mary
-Rachel
-Jane
-John Gabb - died 1750 unmarried no issue
-Henry Gabb - married daughter of James Parry, had 3 sons all died unmarried and a daughter Jane. Died 1740.
-Thomas Gabb - died young
-Henry Gabb - 3 sons all died w/o issue
~Thomas Gabb of Bailey Baker.

John Gabb of Goytre

John and Elizabeth Baker Gabb had three children:
~Henry Gabb
-Richard Gabb
-John Gabb

The John Gabb family owned property in the Abergavenny area. The earliest Gabb deed (of Grosmont, Monmouthshire) appears to be that dated 1660. (A MORTGAGE of lands in the parish of Llantilio, co. Monmouth.)

Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry By John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke:

"JOHN GABB Esq of Monmouthshire who d in 1690 m Elizabeth dau of Henry Baker Esq of Abergavenny representative of the ancient family of Baker which possessed large estates lu Monmouthshire Herefordshire and Gloucestershire temp HBÜRY VII HENRY VIII EDWARD VI MAKY ELIZABETH JAMES I CIIAKLES I CHARLES II and JAMES II Mr Baker was lineally descended from Sir lioger Vaughau of Uredwardine со Hereford Knt and lus wife Gladdys dau of Sir Daviil Gam Knt and also from Itliys ap Twdwr Mawr King of South Wales Mr Gabb's son and successor
HENRY GABB Esq m Mary dau of Henry Springett Esq of Marlborough House со Moumouth and was father of
THOMAS GABB Esq who m Alice dau of Henry Feueux Esq of Kent and had with four daus and four elder sons who all d unm
JAMES of whom presently and ВЛКЕК who m twice by his first wife he hud two sons i JOHN who left with a dau a son UAKEH in herilor of the Goytre estates and n BAKER now resident at Abcrgavenny by his second wife he had seven children viz Surah GEOR E Jr for Monmouthshire who in into the highly respectable Irish family of Stackpole Thomas who m in 1814 Maria dau of Sir Christopher AVilloughby Itart of lialdon House со Oxford Frances Hubert Ellen and Emma Thomas Gabb's fifth son JAJIKS"

Registrum Antiquum De GROSMONT In Comitatu Monumethensi 1589-1812
Charles Williams was the proprietor of the Goitre on the banks of the river Monnor. His will at Llandaff, which is much damaged, was proven in 1636. He leave to …torn Gabbe, son and heir of Charles Gabb his nephew, the Goitre and Keaven y stayre farm on condition that he should marry one of the daughters of Henry Baker of Aberbavvenny, who was uncle to Joan, wife of Charles Williams. Videp 58. C Williams wife was Joan, daughter of William Baker of Abergavenny.

A carved stone at the church remain, in which he is called Charles William, and described as mayor of Grossmont and deputy steward unto the Kings majesties of the three castles.

Burial,
Apr. 7 1636 Charles Williams
1690 John Gabb

Elizabeth Baker Gabb

Elizabeth Baker, the daughter of Henry Baker of Bailey Baker, Abergavenny marries John Gabb of the Goytre in the 1600's. Both Baker and Gabb were old Catholic families from Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Elizabeth Baker has a rich family history including Owen Glyndwr, Father Augustine Baker, Dr. David Lewis, Saint David Lewis and Sir Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine, Herefordshire, and had held large estates in Monmouthshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. The earliest deed relating to a member of the Baker family of Abergavenny is dated 1590.

The Genealogical Table of the Baker Family


HENRY BAKER
(DIED 1681)
Steward of the of Abergavenny. Chief Bailiff of the Borough of Abergavenny. Married Ann, daughter of Humphrey Baskerville, of Pontrilas, by his wife Ann, another daughter of Henry Vaughan of Moccas. Brother to Dilliam Baker (died 1648) who was the Steward of the Brony of Abergavenny. Recorder and Deputy Stweard of the Borough of Abergavenny. High Sheriff, County of Monmouth, 1680. Married Joan, a daughter of Henry Vughan of Moccas; a descendant of Sir Roger Vaughan Porthaml; who was a gandon of Sir Roger Vaughan of Bredwarline Castle. Had no issue.
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RICHARD BAKER
(died) 1598)
Married Elizabeth, a daughter of Thomas Edward John Philip Gwilym ap Jenkin, of Wernddu, by his wife Jane, a daughter of Thomas ap Richard Herbert, "ddu" of Ewyas, a don of Sir Richard Herbert, of Ewyas. Brother to DAVID BAKER O.S.B. (FATHER AUGUSTINE) and JOAN, married Charles William Mayor of Grosmont, Deputy Steward of the Three Castles of Grosmont, Skenfrith and Whitecastle.
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WILLIAM BAKER (died 1606)
Receiver General of the Barony of Abergavenny. Recorder of the Borough of Abergavenny. Married Maud, sister of Dr. David Lewis, Judge of the Admiralty, and a daughter of the Reverend Lewis Wallis, great-grandson of Sir William ap Thomas.
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RICHARD BAKER
(died 1551)
Married Gwenllian, daughter of Thomas Rhys ap Sir Rober Wallis, of Gwern-y-cwn
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THOMAS AP ROGERSYLT "dictus" BAKER (died 1520)
Married Joan daughter of Jevan ap Rhys, of Elvel.
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Roger Sitsylt
(or "CECIL") A descendant of Robert Sitayit of Allt-yr-ynys married ANNE, a daughter of Sir John Scudamore of Kentchurchy by his wife Elizabeth, a daughter of Owen Glyndwr.

The Baker Family of Abergavenny

Archaeologia Cambrensis By John Skinner, Cambrian Archaeological Association: ""BAKER OF ABERGAVENNY SIR The following notes on the pedigree of this family in connection with the town of Abergavenny and the Herbert Chapel were compiled at the suggestion of your Local Secretary in view of the Annual Meeting of the Association in 1876 and are now placed at your service Without going back to the time of Owen Glyndwr and others through whom we claim descent I will begin with my ancestor Richard Baker after whom I am named He was born in the year 1497 and died in the year 1551 and is commemorated by a curious brass in the Herbert Chapel erected by his son William Baker and in the same brass and same inscription is also commemorated a son of William Baker
Archaeologia Cambrensis By John Skinner, Cambrian Archaeological Association: ""departed this life in peace the former aged 54 on the 7th January 1551 the latter 7 Oct aged 41 and in the year of our salvation 1598 To both To the father of a numerous family who deserved well of his country William Baker with the respect due from a son to his father and with the greatest affection for his son hoping to be partaker of the same happiness in the resurrection of the just among the eternal spirits in the kingdom of Heaven intending for himself a tomb between them being full of years and wearied of anxiety Because of his grief for a renowned father and his son he has placed and dedicated this such as it is sacred to their memory Then follows a Latin verse The William Baker who erected the above was steward to Lord Abergav
Archaeologia Cambrensis By John Skinner, Cambrian Archaeological Association: "his life is given in Wood"
Archaeologia Cambrensis By John Skinner, Cambrian Archaeological Association: "family for eighty years and hopes to have the lease renewed on reasonable tearmes by reason of the cheapnes of corne and scarcitie of money Heury Baker had amongst other children a son named Charles Charles Baker who was also a student of the law was born in 1617 and when nineteen years of age became a Roman Catholic whereupon he was sent to the English College at Rome and became a priest 1642 He came back to England in 1648 and carried on his duties as priest for thirty one years in times of bitter persecution He took the name of David Lewis in order to conceal his own and was commonly called the father of the poor He was apprehended on the 17 Nov 1678 in the parish of St Michael Llan tarnam and committed to Monmouth Gaol He was tr"





Owen Glyndwr, (born about 1359)
a Welsh nationalist leader. He led a rebellion against Henry IV of England, taking the title ‘Prince of Wales’ in 1400, and successfully led the Welsh defence against English invasions in 1400-02, though Wales was reconquered by the English in 1405-13. He gained control of most of the country and established an independent Welsh parliament, but from 1405 onwards suffered repeated defeats at the hands of Prince Henry, later Henry V.

ST DAVID LEWIS, (1616-1679),
is remembered as one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

Career as a priest
In 1647 he returned home and, for over thirty years, worked in South Wales, with his base at the Cwm, a hamlet located in Herefordshire, which is sheltered between the high ridges of the Welsh Black Mountains to the west and Malvern Hills to the east. At the Cwm, the Jesuits maintained two remote farmhouses, which also functioned as shelters for hunted Recusant Catholic priests. Lewis used the name Charles Baker.

The priest and martyr was born in Abergavenny, the son of the headmaster of Henry VIII Grammar School. David Lewis was brought up as a Protestant and became a Catholic in Paris as a young man. He studied in Rome where he was ordained as a priest and then became a Jesuit. In 1647, he returned home and, for more than 30 years worked on the Hereford-Monmouthshire border. His great uncle was the noted Catholic monk, Father (David) Augustine Baker, (1575-1641).

Due to anti-Catholic feeling because of Titus Oates' 'Popish plot', David Lewis was arrested at Llantarnam, brought to Abergavenny and imprisoned at Monmouth. He was hanged, drawn and quartered at Usk on August 27, 1679.
He was beatified in 1929 and canonised in 1970 by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. There is a memorial to St David Lewis in Our Lady and St Michael's RC Church. A plaque marks Gunter House in Cross Street where a secret RC chapel was discovered in 1907 during alterations in an attic room in the right hand gable. The chapel's reredos mural is now on display at Abergavenny Museum.

Dr David Lewis,
lived at Llandewi Rhydderch, and was the vicar's son of St Mary's Priory Church in Abergavenny. He achieved fame by becoming an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I. He held the position of Judge of the High Court of Admiralty and was the first principal of Jesus College, Oxford. His tomb which he designed himself was placed before his death in what is now the Lewis Chapel at the Priory Church. Its decoration refers to the different facets of his life. He is depicted as being dressed in his full robes, and the front panels of the tomb are filled with oak leaves referring to the 'Hearts of Oak' of which ships are built.

Augustine Baker -source-

Born David Baker at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, December 9, 1575, his father was William Baker, Steward to Baron Abergavenny, and his mother was a daughter of Lewis ap John (alias Wallis), vicar of Abergavenny. His parents were church papists, meaning that although outwardly they conformed, they remained Catholic by conviction.

He was educated at Christ's Hospital and at Broadgate's Hall, now Pembroke College, Oxford, afterwards becoming a member of Clifford's Inn, and later of the Middle Temple. In 1598 he was made Recorder of Abergavenny.



The Life and Spirit of Father Augustine Baker Monk and Priest of the English Benedictine Congregation By James Norbert Sweeney: "
LIFE OF FATHEB AUGUSTINE BAKEE "


National Library of Wales
Baker-Gabb family, papers
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