Sarah Hawes

Not a known daughter of Samuel Deacon Thatcher

Biography

The Descendants of George Holmes of Roxbury: 1594-1908, p. 10
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John2 Holmes (George1) born in Roxbury, in 1643 (?), moved to Dorchester early in life, perhaps at the time of his marriage, but no record can be found of when, where or who he married. The administration of his estate was granted " unto Sara his Relict & Nathaniel Homes his Brother." The Suffolk Co. probate records tell that he "departed this life the 17th of May, 1676." The inventory amounted to £140, and among the items on the list we select a few

Sarah, his wife, was admitted member of the Church of Dorchester "y*^ 3 (9) 67." (Dorchester Church Records, p. 23.)

" John & Sarah ye Children of John Homes baptized ye 5 of ye 9th Mo 66 on a thanksgiving day ther mother being admitted ye Saboth before." (Ibid, p. 176.)

Children, all born in Dorchester :

• 12. I. John ,3 b. 1663 ? ; bapt. 5 dy, 9 mc, 1667 ; d. 1730 ?
• II. Sarah, b. 16 dy, 9 mo., 1665 ; bapt. 5 dy, 9 mo., 1667.
• III. Mart, b. 24 dy, 1 mc, 1668.
• IV. George, b. 26 dy, 11 mo., 1669; bapt. July 10, 1670. In 1690, in a company of soldiers raised in Dorchester for the expedition to Canada, against the French, George Holmes appears as a corporal. Forty-six of the company never returned, many of them having been lost at sea, and George Holmes was no doubt one of the missing, as not a shred of information can be obtained of him.
• 13. V. Samuel, b. 21 dy, 4 mo., 1675; d. Apr. 16, 1725.

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Obadiah Hawes was appointed the administrator of his brother's estate, 23 May 1676. Mary (Humphrey) Hawes was admitted to full communion in the church together with Sarah, her neighbor, who was the wife of John Holmes. Mary Hawes was the mother of seven children, the eldest of whom was not thirteen when she died. Sarah Holmes became Obadiah's second wife after the death of Mary, and the death of John Holmes. Obadiah died intestate. The inventory of his estate amounted to 384.03.07 pounds including a dwelling house and several parcels of land.

Either married in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts or in Dorchester,Norfolk, Massachusetts - 2 different sources have 2 different places.