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John Holmes (1678 - 1756)
John Holmes
Born 28 May 1678 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
Son of Josiah Holmes and Hannah (Samson) Holmes
Brother of Hannah (Holmes) Lambert, Dorcas Holmes, Josiah Holmes, Mary Holmes and William Holmes
Husband of Joanna (Sprague) Holmes — married 11 May 1710 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Husband of Susannah (Randall) Holmes — married 25 Nov 1714 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Father of Mary Holmes, Josiah Holmes, Mary (Holmes) Samson, Deborah (Holmes) Delano, Ruth (Holmes) Cushman, Abigail Holmes, Lemuel Holmes, Jacob Holmes and Nathaniel Holmes
Died 28 Mar 1756 at age 77 in Hanover, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified 9 Jun 2021 | Created 9 Nov 2014
John Holmes was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.
Biography
John, the 5th child and 2nd son of Josiah Holmes and Hannah (Samson) Holmes, was born in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony 28 May 1678. [1][2][3][4]
On 11 May 1710 in Marshfield, John married Joanna Sprague, [5] daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Chillingworth) Sprague. The couple resided in Pembroke and on 27 July 1713, they had a daughter, Mary [6]who lived just 3 days. 2 days after Mary's death, John's wife Joanna also died (1 August 1713).[6]
John's second marriage was to Susanna (Randall) Stetson, widow of Nathaniel Stetson and the daughter of Isaac and Susanna (Barstow) Randall. Susanna had 2 children with Nathaniel, Susanna and Nathaniel. John and Susanna were married in Pembroke on 25 November 1714.[6] where they resided until sometime after April 1717. The family relocated to Scituate before June 1719 (based on the birth place of their chilren) and resided there until about 1724 or 1725 when they returned to Pembroke. [1]
John had 9 children, born in Pemboke and Scituate. The first by his first wife, the others by Susanna.[1]
Mary Holmes, b. Pembroke 27 July 1713; died 30 July 1713[6]
Josiah, Pembroke 26 September 1715[6]
Mary, Pembroke 29 April 1717[6]
Deborah(twin), Scituate 22 June 1719[7]
Ruth(twin), Scituate 22 June 1719[7]
Abigail, Scituate 21 February 1720[7]
Lemuel, 24 November 1723
Jacob, Pembroke 13 April 1726 [6]
Nathaniel, Scituate 8 December 1729[3][7]
John died at Hanover, MA on March 29, 1756, burial unknown. (NOTE: Mayflower Families... Vol 20 Part 1 pp 16-17 gives the correct source document for John's death but the date is wrong.) The source document is History and Records of the First Congregational Church, Hanover, Mass., 1727-1865 p. 187. [8]The following is from that source:
1756 March 29: John HOLMES an aged man after a few weeks abode in and support by ye town, the town of Pembroke in which he once owned a very good estate, having no more manhood than to fling him upon the Town of Hanover because they might do it by the law of Province.
No probate records have been found for John.
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wakefield, Robert S. (editor). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Twenty. Part 1 Family of Henry Samson. Robert Moody Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sheman (compilers).(General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000) Pages 16,17
↑ Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston, Mass., 1911) Page 92 (https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofdu00duxb/page/92/mode/2up)
↑ 3.0 3.1 Vinton, John.The Giles Memorial, (Boston, 1864) Page 189 (https://archive.org/details/gilesmemorialgen00invint/page/189/mode/2up)
↑ Mayflower Descendants and Their Marriages for Two Generations After the Landing, (Bureau of Military and Civic Achievement, Washington, D.C., 1922) Page 32 (https://archive.org/details/mayflowerdescend00bure/page/32/mode/2up)
↑ Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, USA, database on-line, 2011), (marriage) [1]
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1911) births, page 108; marriages p. 291; deaths p. 414
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1909) Births page 184 (https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsc01scit_0/page/n367/mode...)
↑ L. Vernon Briggs, History and Records of the First Congregational Church, Hanover, Mass., 1727-1865, (Boston: Wallace, Spooner, Printer, 1895), Page 187 (https://archive.org/details/historyrecordsof00brigiala/page/186/mod...)
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Privacy Level: Open (White) John Holmes Born 28 May 1678 in Duxbury, Plymouth, British Colonial Americamap ANCESTORS ancestors Son of Josiah Holmes and Hannah (Samson) Holmes Brother of Hannah (Holmes) Lambert, Dorcas Holmes, Josiah Holmes, Mary Holmes and William Holmes Sr Husband of Joanna (Sprague) Holmes — married 11 May 1710 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial Americamap Husband of Susannah (Randall) Holmes — married 25 Nov 1714 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap DESCENDANTS descendants Father of Mary Holmes, Josiah Holmes, Mary (Holmes) Samson, Deborah (Holmes) Delano, Ruth (Holmes) Cushman, Abigail Holmes, Lemuel Holmes and Jacob Holmes Died 28 Mar 1756 in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial Americamap Profile manager: John Repinski private message [send private message] Profile last modified 27 Sep 2019 | Created 9 Nov 2014 This page has been accessed 527 times. Biography
John, son of Josiah and Hannah (Samson) Holmes, was born in Duxbury, MA on May 28, 1678. He married first in Marshfield, MA on May 11, 1710 Joanna Sprague, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Chillingworth) Sprague.
He married second Susanna (Randall) Stetson in Pembroke, MA on November 25, 1714. Susanna was born in Scituate, MA on November 15, 1687 to Isaac and Susanna (Barstow) Randall. She married first Nathaniel Stetson in Scituate, MA on July 28, 1710 and had two children: Susanna and Nathaniel.
John died at Hanover, MA on March 29, 1756, burial unknown. (NOTE: MF 20:1:16-17 gives the correct source document for John's death but the date is wrong. The source document is "Hanover First Ch, p. 187.) The following is from that source:
1756 March 29: John HOLMES an aged man after a few weeks abode in and support by ye town, the town of Pembroke in which he once owned a very good estate, having no more manhood than to fling him upon the Town of Hanover because they might do it by the law of Province.
No probate records have been found for John.
Sources
Robert Moody Sherman, Ruth Wilder Sherman, comps., Robert S. Wakefield, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Henry Samson, Volume 20, Part 1 of 3, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 4 John Adams Vinton, The Giles Memorial, (Boston: Henry W. Dutton & Son, Printers, 1864), pp. 186, 189 Susan E. Roser, comp., Mayflower Births & Deaths, two volumes, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992), 2:259 Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), p. 92 (birth) Duxbury, Mass., Vital Records, The Mayflower Descendant, (Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1907), vol. 9, p. 174 (birth) Marriages in Marshfield, Mass., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1852), v. 6, p. 350 (1st marriage) L. Vernon Briggs, History and Records of the First Congregational Church, Hanover, Mass., 1727-1865, (Boston: Wallace, Spooner, Printer, 1895), p. 187
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John Holmes's Timeline
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May 28, 1678
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Duxbury, Plymouth, British Colonial America
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1715
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June 22, 1719
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Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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1719
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| 1721 |
February 21, 1721
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Scituate, Plymouth County, MA, United States
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November 24, 1723
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1726
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1729
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| 1756 |
February 16, 1756
Age 77
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Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
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