Hon. Obadiah Holmes

The 10 children of Katherine Hyde and Obadiah Holmes were:

8. Obadiah, baptised at Salem, Massachusetts, 9 June 1644;[5] married 1669 to Elizabeth Cooke; became a County Court Judge in Salem County, New Jersey. Rev Holmes was a Baptist minister & a judge in Salem Co

Biography

OBADIAH HOLMES: Obadiah Holmes, son of Obadiah and Katherine Hyde Holmes, was born in America and was baptized at Salem on June 9, 1644. He married Elizabeth Cooke, daughter of John and Sarah Cooke of Gravesend, Long Island, and first settled on Staten Island, New York. He later settled at Salem in the colony of West or East Jersey, a little south of Philadelphia across the Delaware River. He was a judge in Salem County for about 12 years. He was active in establishing the Baptist Church at Cohaney (or Cohancy), near his residence. Many of his descendants were still living on Staten Island around 1915. He died and was buried at Cohaney (or Cohancy), West Jersey, in 1722/23 or 1732. To his son Obadiah, Obadiah Holmes, in his letter to his children, wrote: "My son Obadiah consider that Obadiah was a servant to the Lord and tender in spirit and in a troublesome time hid the prophets by fifty in a cave."

Obadiah Holmes (son of Obadiah Holmes and Catherine Hyde) was born Jun 1644 in Salem, Mass, and died Abt. 1723 in Cohansey, NJ.He married Hannah Cole.

Notes for Obadiah Holmes:

Was one of the organizers of the Baptist Church in Salem County, NJ and was a Judge of the Salem County Court for 12 years.

From NJ Historical Society: The Holmes family of Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey is descended from two brothers, Jonathan (1633-1713) and Obadiah Holmes (b. 1644).The Holmes brothers along with their brother-in-law, JOHN BOWNE (ca. 1630-1684), settled on land given to them by their father, Reverend Obadiah Holmes (1606-1682).This land was part of the 1666 Nicoll’s patent and was named Middletown.The Holmes tract was later known as Freehold and then Baptistown and is now called Holmdel after the family that first settled there. 6/10/1723 Obadiah Holmes of Cohansey, Salem Co., NJ, yeoman. Inventory of the personal estate of: 76.12.7 1/2 pounds, includes books with other things 5.4.9 pounds, made by John Ogden and Thomas Paruin. 7/10/1723 Hannah, his widow, refuses to act as executrix and Job Shepherd gives bond as administrator.Jno Pledger fellowbondsman.

10/19/1723.Accounting of estate by administrator Job Shepherd showing payments to widow, to Ebenezer Ashbury Smith, Seth Brooks, John Fitch Randolph and Samuel Hedge.

More About Obadiah Holmes:

• Elected: 1689, Justice.
• Residence 1: after marriage removed to Staten Island.
• Residence 2: removed to Cohansey, NJ.

Obadiah Holmes "of Cohansey, Salem Co., yeoman" died intestate or his will was lost. The inventory of his estate was conducted on 10 June 1723.[7]

"Inventory of the personal estate of, £76.12.7 1/2, incl. books with other things £5.4.9; made by John Ogden and Thomas Paruin. 1723 July 10. Hannah, his widow, refuses to act as executrix and Job Shepherd gives bond as administrator Jno. Pledger fellow bondsman. 1723 Oct. 19. Account of the estate by the administrator Job Shepherd, showing payments to the widow, to Ebenezer Ashbury Smith, Seth Brooks, John Fitch Randolph and Samuel Hedge.

Links

• http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/k/i/n/Joyce-A-Kintzel/WEBSITE-0001/UHP...
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogyd...
• The Holmes Family: The Reverend Obadiah Holmes to Susannah Holmes, Wife of Joseph Masters and Mother of Margaret Masters of Harrison County, Ohio. Compilation of Stephen Allen Leeper as of December 2016. <PDF>
• http://homepages.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy2/ps01/ps01_324.htm
• Obadiah Holmes discovered in U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 <AncestryImage> HOLMES, Obadiah (1644 - ) & Elizabeth [Cooke?] / [Cole?]; b 1668/9?; Gravesend, LI/ Middletown, NJ
• Obadiah Holmes discovered in New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 <AncestryImage>