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Ephraim Holmes, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Death: March 11, 1769 (50)
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Immediate Family:

Son of Nathaniel Holmes, Jr. and Joanna Holmes
Husband of Sarah Holmes
Father of Elizabeth Hill; Ephraim Holmes, Jr.; Joanna Harlow; Nathaniel Holmes; Holmes and 2 others
Brother of James Holmes; Joannah Cooke and Zephaniah Holmes

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About Ephraim Holmes, Sr.

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Ephraim Holmes (1718 - 1769)

Ephraim Holmes
Born 14 Feb 1718 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Nathaniel Holmes and Johanna (Clark) Holmes
Brother of James Holmes, Bathsheba (Holmes) Delano, Zephaniah Holmes and Joanna (Holmes) Cooke
Husband of Sarah (Finney) Holmes — married 19 May 1742 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Elizabeth (Holmes) Hill and Joanna (Holmes) Harlow
Died 11 Mar 1769 at age 51 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap
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Profile last modified 25 Oct 2020 | Created 30 Mar 2019
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Biography

Ephraim Holmes was born at Plymouth, MA, 14 Feb 1717/18, the son of Nathaniel Holmes and Joanna Clark, d at Plymouth, 11 Mar 1769; m at Plymouth, 19 May 1742, Sarah Finney, b at Plymouth, 19 Nov 1722, the daughter of John Finney and Sarah Bartlett, d at Plymouth, 9 Oct 1804.[1] [2] [3]

Ephraim and his wife Sarah had the following known children, born at Plymouth, Massachusetts.[4]

Elizabeth, born June 20, 1743
Ephraim, born September 16, 1745
Joanna, born August 18, 1748
Nathaniel, born April 14, 1754
unnamed son, born August, 1754, lived 6 hours
Sarah, born May 3, 1756
Bathshebe, born September 19, 1758 [likely died young]
Bathsheba, born November 28, 1763
Sources

↑ Howard Finney, Sr, Finney-Phinney Families in America: John, Massachusetts and Rhode Island; Samuel and Robert, Pennsylvania (Richmond, Virgina; William Byrd Press, 1957, 298 pages), p. 7
↑ Joseph Crook Anderson II, CG, FASG, editor, Maine Families in 1790, Volume 8 (Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, June 2003, 652 pages)), p. 215
↑ Leana Randall, Flink-Hanson Family Genealogy Sarah Finney. Cit. Date: 30 Mar 2019
↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch : 25 October 2020), Joanna/Holmes, 19 Aug 1748; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934186. FamilySearch Link

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Ephraim Holmes, Sr.'s Timeline

1719
February 14, 1719
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
June 14, 1719
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
June 14, 1719
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1743
June 20, 1743
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1745
September 16, 1745
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1748
August 19, 1748
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts
1751
April 14, 1751
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1754
August 1754
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1756
May 3, 1756
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA