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==Status summary==
 
==Status summary==
 
===Completed as of March 13, 2021: ===
 
===Completed as of March 13, 2021: ===
* Recruiting direct male-line William Holmes descendants for SNP testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact Raymond T. Wing (email: wing.genealogist AT gmail DOT com)
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* Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) William Holmes descendants for SNP testing. Any male who believes they are such a descendant should [[Read me First|<big>'''Read me First'''</big>]]
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<big>'''IMPORTANT: [[Read me First|Read me First'''</big>]]
  
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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For additional information see Silver Books vol 11 (Doty) and vol 20 (Samson)
 
===First Generation===
 
===First Generation===
William Holmes was born in the vicinity of Sandwich, Kent, England circa 1592 and was died 8 Nov 1678 (buried at Marshfield 9 Nov "86 years old"). He emigrated as a servant to William Hatch aboard the ''Hercules'' (passenger list dated 17 Mar 1634/5). He married Scituate by 1638 married Elizabeth ____.<ref>Some sources give her maiden name as Madden, but no citation.</ref> Among their children were Josiah and Abraham Holmes.
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-636 William Holmes] was born in the vicinity of Sandwich, Kent, England circa 1592 and was died 8 Nov 1678 (buried at Marshfield 9 Nov "86 years old"). He emigrated as a servant to William Hatch aboard the ''Hercules'' (passenger list dated 17 Mar 1634/5). He married Scituate by 1638 married Elizabeth ____.<ref>Some sources give her maiden name as Madden, but no citation.</ref> Among their children were Josiah, John and Israel Holmes.
  
 
===Second Generation===
 
===Second Generation===
Josiah Holmes was born Scituate about 1638 and
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-329 Josiah Holmes] was born Scituate about 1638 and died Duxbury aft 8 May 1721. He married Duxbury 20 Mar 1665/6 [[Anne_Plummer_(mtDNA)#Second Generation |Hannah Samson]] and they had six children (born Duxbury): Hannah (1667), Dorcas (1669), [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-4957 Josiah] (1672, no further record), Mary (1674), John (1678) and William (1679/80).
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(poss.) (Rev.) John Holmes<ref>Not listed with family in WikiTree.</ref> was born about 1638 and died Duxbury 24 Dec 1675. He married Plymouth 11 Dec 1661 Mary Wood (alias Atwood)<ref>After John's death, the widow married second (Maj.) William Bradford.</ref> and they had three children (Duxburrow now Duxbury): Joseph (1665), Mary (c1667) and Isaac (1673).
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-639 Israel Holmes] was baptized Scituate 14 Apr 1661 and died Plymouth 24 Feb 1684. He married Marshfield 25 Nov 1681 [[Faith Clarke (mtDNA)#Second Generation |Desire DOTY Sherman]] and they had two children (born Marshfield): [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-7842 Israel] (1682) and John (1684).
  
 
===Third Generation===
 
===Third Generation===
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-4959 John Holmes] was born Duxbury 28 May 1678 and died Hanover 29 Mar 1756. He married twice, first Marshfield 11 May 1710 Joanna Sprague and second Pembroke 25 Nov 1714 Susannah RANDALL Stetson. By his first wife John had Mary (1713-1713). By his second wife he had: [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-6103 Josiah] (1715 m Sarah Rogers), Mary (1717), Deborah (twin 1719), Ruth (twin 1719), Abigail (1720/1), [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-8663 Lemuel] (1723 no further record), [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-8645 Jacob] (1726 died at sea, poss. unm.) and [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-15396 Nathaniel] (1729 no further record).
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-4960 William Holmes] was born Duxbury 17 Jan 1679/80 and died Halifax 13 May 1760. He married Pembroke 22 Nov 1715 Bathsheba Stetson and they had (first six born Pembroke): [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-7324 William] (1716 m Elizabeth Hamlin), Hannah (1717/8), [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-417 Simeon] (1721 m Abigail Sturtevant), Jane (1724), Lydia (1726), [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-7345 Hezekiah] (1727/8 m Mercy Bisbee), [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-7346 Zebulon] (1730-1756 unm.), Molly (1731) and Zilpha.
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-6112 John Holmes] was born Marshfield 15 Jun 1684 and died Plympton 6 Apr 1754. He married Plympton 7 Oct 1709 [[Church (Y-DNA)#Second Generation |Sarah Church]] and they had: Desire (1712), [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-7632 Israel] (c1713 m Anna Peet), Deborah (1717) and [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-7986 John] (1719 m Joanna Adams).
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Joseph Holmes was born Duxbury 3 Jun 1665 and died Kingston 26 Jun 1733. He married twice, first abt 1687 Sarah Sprague and second about 1697 [[Mary, wife of Wrestling Brewster (mtDNA)#Second Generation |Mary Brewster]]. By his first wife, he had one child: John (b1696). By his second wife he had ten more children: Joseph (1697 m Rebecca Waterman), Wrestling (1698/9 unk. if marr.), Ephraim (1699/1700 m Sarah Tilden), Mary (1701), Sarah (1703), Abigail (1705), Jonathan (1709 m Mary Waterman & Rebecca Tilden), Micah (1714 m Rebecca Bradford), Lydia (1717) and Keziah (1719).
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Israel Holmes (II) was born Marshfield 17 Feb 1682 and died there 8 Sep 1760. He married Elizabeth Turner and they had two children: Israel & Josiah (c1705)
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John Holmes was born Marshfield 15 Jun 1684 and died Plympton 6 Apr 1754. He married thrice, first Plymouth 7 Oct 1709 Sarah Church, second bef 1719 Jeanne Sprague, and third Marshfield 8 Sep 1720 Sarah Thomas. By his first wife John had: Desire (1712), Israel (1713), Deborah (1716/7) and John (1719). He had no children by his second wife, and by his third wife John had: Thomas (1720), Sarah (1722), Samuel (1724), Lydia (1729), Ruth (1735) and John (1738).
  
  
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* Sherman, Robert Moody & Ruth Wilder Sherman (ed. Robert S. Wakefield), ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Vol. 20 (Samson) Part 1 (first four generations)'', General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2000
 
* Sherman, Robert Moody & Ruth Wilder Sherman (ed. Robert S. Wakefield), ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Vol. 20 (Samson) Part 1 (first four generations)'', General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2000
 
* Fiske, Jane Fletcher, Robert Moody Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Vol. 20 (Samson) Part 2'', General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2005
 
* Fiske, Jane Fletcher, Robert Moody Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Vol. 20 (Samson) Part 2'', General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2005
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* Hill, Peter B., ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Vol. 11 (Doty) Part 2 (Thomas, Samuel, Desire and Elizabeth)'', General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 1996
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* [https://www.edwarddoty.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=P84&tree=DOTY Pilgrim Edward Doty Society Genealogy Database]

Revision as of 10:41, 1 November 2024

Status summary

Completed as of March 13, 2021:

  • Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) William Holmes descendants for SNP testing. Any male who believes they are such a descendant should Read me First

IMPORTANT: Read me First

Biography

For additional information see Silver Books vol 11 (Doty) and vol 20 (Samson)

First Generation

William Holmes was born in the vicinity of Sandwich, Kent, England circa 1592 and was died 8 Nov 1678 (buried at Marshfield 9 Nov "86 years old"). He emigrated as a servant to William Hatch aboard the Hercules (passenger list dated 17 Mar 1634/5). He married Scituate by 1638 married Elizabeth ____.[1] Among their children were Josiah, John and Israel Holmes.

Second Generation

Josiah Holmes was born Scituate about 1638 and died Duxbury aft 8 May 1721. He married Duxbury 20 Mar 1665/6 Hannah Samson and they had six children (born Duxbury): Hannah (1667), Dorcas (1669), Josiah (1672, no further record), Mary (1674), John (1678) and William (1679/80).

(poss.) (Rev.) John Holmes[2] was born about 1638 and died Duxbury 24 Dec 1675. He married Plymouth 11 Dec 1661 Mary Wood (alias Atwood)[3] and they had three children (Duxburrow now Duxbury): Joseph (1665), Mary (c1667) and Isaac (1673).

Israel Holmes was baptized Scituate 14 Apr 1661 and died Plymouth 24 Feb 1684. He married Marshfield 25 Nov 1681 Desire DOTY Sherman and they had two children (born Marshfield): Israel (1682) and John (1684).

Third Generation

John Holmes was born Duxbury 28 May 1678 and died Hanover 29 Mar 1756. He married twice, first Marshfield 11 May 1710 Joanna Sprague and second Pembroke 25 Nov 1714 Susannah RANDALL Stetson. By his first wife John had Mary (1713-1713). By his second wife he had: Josiah (1715 m Sarah Rogers), Mary (1717), Deborah (twin 1719), Ruth (twin 1719), Abigail (1720/1), Lemuel (1723 no further record), Jacob (1726 died at sea, poss. unm.) and Nathaniel (1729 no further record).

William Holmes was born Duxbury 17 Jan 1679/80 and died Halifax 13 May 1760. He married Pembroke 22 Nov 1715 Bathsheba Stetson and they had (first six born Pembroke): William (1716 m Elizabeth Hamlin), Hannah (1717/8), Simeon (1721 m Abigail Sturtevant), Jane (1724), Lydia (1726), Hezekiah (1727/8 m Mercy Bisbee), Zebulon (1730-1756 unm.), Molly (1731) and Zilpha.


John Holmes was born Marshfield 15 Jun 1684 and died Plympton 6 Apr 1754. He married Plympton 7 Oct 1709 Sarah Church and they had: Desire (1712), Israel (c1713 m Anna Peet), Deborah (1717) and John (1719 m Joanna Adams).


Joseph Holmes was born Duxbury 3 Jun 1665 and died Kingston 26 Jun 1733. He married twice, first abt 1687 Sarah Sprague and second about 1697 Mary Brewster. By his first wife, he had one child: John (b1696). By his second wife he had ten more children: Joseph (1697 m Rebecca Waterman), Wrestling (1698/9 unk. if marr.), Ephraim (1699/1700 m Sarah Tilden), Mary (1701), Sarah (1703), Abigail (1705), Jonathan (1709 m Mary Waterman & Rebecca Tilden), Micah (1714 m Rebecca Bradford), Lydia (1717) and Keziah (1719).


Israel Holmes (II) was born Marshfield 17 Feb 1682 and died there 8 Sep 1760. He married Elizabeth Turner and they had two children: Israel & Josiah (c1705)

John Holmes was born Marshfield 15 Jun 1684 and died Plympton 6 Apr 1754. He married thrice, first Plymouth 7 Oct 1709 Sarah Church, second bef 1719 Jeanne Sprague, and third Marshfield 8 Sep 1720 Sarah Thomas. By his first wife John had: Desire (1712), Israel (1713), Deborah (1716/7) and John (1719). He had no children by his second wife, and by his third wife John had: Thomas (1720), Sarah (1722), Samuel (1724), Lydia (1729), Ruth (1735) and John (1738).


  1. Some sources give her maiden name as Madden, but no citation.
  2. Not listed with family in WikiTree.
  3. After John's death, the widow married second (Maj.) William Bradford.

DNA results TBD

As of 13 Mar 2021 the Holmes DNA Project does not have any Y-DNA descendants of William Holmes.

Anyone who believes they are a Y-DNA descendant of William Holmes is encouraged to contact Raymond Wing: email wing (DOT) genealogist (AT) gmail (DOT) com.

External links and References

  • Sherman, Robert Moody & Ruth Wilder Sherman (ed. Robert S. Wakefield), Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Vol. 20 (Samson) Part 1 (first four generations), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2000
  • Fiske, Jane Fletcher, Robert Moody Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Vol. 20 (Samson) Part 2, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2005
  • Hill, Peter B., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Vol. 11 (Doty) Part 2 (Thomas, Samuel, Desire and Elizabeth), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 1996
  • Pilgrim Edward Doty Society Genealogy Database