Isaac Holmes

Isaac Holmes

• Son of William Holmes (3 Jan 1591/2-9 Nov 1678) & Elizabeth [Holmes]. Born in Scituate, MA. Isaac died bef. 1 May 1724 in Rochester, MA.
  • Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records @Ancestry.com – "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", FamilySearch.
• Isaac was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, in Apr 1661.
  • The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 10 (1909) @Google Books.
• Isaac married Hannah Chapman on 4 May 1716 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay,
  • Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records @Ancestry.com. Incorrectly digitized in "Massachusetts State Vital Records" @database with images, FamilySearch.

Children

1. Abigail – (b. 21 Oct 1680; d. 31 Mar 1683 in Marshfield
   1. Massachusetts Births and Christenings @FamilySearch.
   2. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records @Ancestry.com.
2. Ebenezer b. (25 Apr 1683 in Marshfield; d. btw. 4 Feb–Mar 1746 in Onslow County, NC
   1. Massachusetts Births and Christenings @FamilySearch.
   2. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records @Ancestry.com.
   3. North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records @Ancestry.com.
   4. Grimes, John Bryan.1910. Abstracts of North Carolina Wills. Raleigh, NC. @Archive.org.
3. Cornelius b. 10 Nov 1688 in Marshfield. See FamilySearch.
   1. Note: Uncertain if he married. There's a source showing a Cornelius Holmes having a daughter with an Elizabeth (no maiden name given). The daughter's name was Patience (b. 30 Oct 1722 in Rochester, MA). Some online guessers think Patience was the daughter of another Cornelius who married Lydia Bennet.
4. Mercy b. 10 Jan 1690 in Marshfield. See Ancestry.com and FamliySearch.
5. Isaac b. 15 Apr 1693 in Marshfield. See Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.
   1. He married Sarah ——, with whom he had children. See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-14832 for starters. See his person-profile page: FamilySearch if you have login privilege to access the website.
6. Josiah b. 23 Jul 1696 in Marshfield. His death date is unknown (as of 19 Feb 2024). He m. Hannah Sherman in Marshfield on 29 Mar 1721. They had a son named Hasadiah.
   1. See his person-profile page on FamilySearch if you have login privilege to access the website, and review: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holmes-19747 .

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Origins

From Anderson, Robert Charles, (1995) "William Holmes," Featured name. Great Migration 1634-1635, G-H. AmericanAncestors.org. NEHGS, (Volume III, G-H, Page 392). < AmericanAncestors >; (document attached)

The children of William Holmes (d. 1678) and his wife Elizabeth were:

Josiah b.c. 1638 married Hannah Samson
Abraham b.c. 1640 married Elizabeth Arnold and then Abigail Nichols
Elizabeth b.c. 1642 apparently married
Mary b.c. 1644 married Thomas Tilden
Sarah b.c, 1646 apparently married
Rebecca b.c. 1648 apparently married
Israel b.c, 1650 married Desire (Doty) Sherman widow of William Sherman
Isaac b.c. 1653 married Anne Rowse

Links to Further Sourcing

• Wikitree Isaac Holmes Sr. (abt. 1644–bef. 1724)
• FamilySearch Children: Query Results.
• Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 2. Ancestry.com.
• "Descendants of Ralph Chapman" @Ancestry.com.