Josiah Holmes, of Duxbury

Josiah Holmes

• Birth: circa 1638 - Scituate, Plymouth, Mass.
• Death: After May 8 1721
• Parents: William Holmes, Elizabeth (unknown)
• Wife: Hannah Samson, daughter of Henry Samson

3. Hannah Samson  m. Josiah Holmes2 of Duxbury, March 20. 1665-6. For all account of her descendants, see p. 185, and sequel, of this volume.

Sources

1. The Giles Memorial. Genealogical Memoirs of the Families Bearing the Names of Giles, Gould, Holmes ... Also Genealogical Sketches of the Pool, Very ... and Other Families, with a History of Pemaquid, Ancient and Modern; Some Account of Early Settlements in Maine, and Some Details of Indian Warfare (Google eBook) John Adams VINTON 1864.  Page 374-5

Links

• http://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org/genealogy_children_samson_...

Josiah Holmes, son of William and Elizabeth Holmes, was born in Scituate, Massachusetts around 1638 and baptized (as an adult) on April 27, 1661.[citation needed]

On March 20, 1666 in Duxbury, Massachusetts, he married Hannah, daughter of Henry and Ann (Plummer) Samson. They resided in Duxbury where their six children were born. They removed to Pembroke, Massachusetts before 1713. Josiah died after May 8, 1721 (ack. deed).[citation needed]

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Biography

Josiah Holmes, son of William and Elizabeth Holmes, was born in Scituate, Massachusetts around 1638 and baptized (as an adult) on 27 April 1661.[1]

On 20 March 1666, Josiah married Hannah, daughter of Henry and Ann (Plummer) Samson in Duxbury, Massachusetts. [2] [3]The couple likely resided in Duxbury after their marriage as all of their six children were born there. In 1683, Josiah Holmes was the Constable for the Town of Duxbury.[4]

The Holmes family may have lived in the Marshfield area around 1696 as Josiah was a member of the First Church of Marshfield at that time.[2] Sometime before 1713 the family relocated to Pembroke, as on 13 May 1713, Josiah Holmes of Pembroke deeded land to his son, William [2][5] and to his son, John[2][6] both of Pembroke.

The last record of Josiah is a deed of 25 January 1720/21 where he mentions his son John, late of Pembroke. The deed was acknowledged on 8 May 1721.[2]

The children of Hannah and Josiah Holmes all born in Duxbury were:

Hannah, born October 11, 1667 [2][3]
Dorcas, born August 4, 1669 [2][3]
Josiah, born August 13, 1672 [2][3]
Mary, born November 5, 1674 [2][3]
John, born May 28, 1678 [2][3]
William, born January 18, 1679/80 [2] The printed Duxbury records list this as 1679.[3] but because of the proximity of John's birth in May 1678, it can be determined to be 1679/80.

Josiah Holmes (abt. 1638 - aft. 1721)

Josiah Holmes

Born about 1638 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Son of William Holmes and Elizabeth (Unknown) Holmes

Brother of Abraham Holmes, Mary (Holmes) Tilden, Elizabeth (Holmes) Bourne, Isaac Holmes Sr., Sarah (Holmes) Arnold, Rebecca (Homes) Holmes and Israel Holmes

Husband of Hannah (Samson) Holmes — married 20 Mar 1666 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Father of Hannah (Holmes) Lambert, Dorcas Holmes, Josiah Holmes, Mary Holmes, John Holmes and William Holmes

Died after 8 May 1721 after about age 83 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]
Sources

↑ Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1909) Vol. 1, Births Page 184 (Note that entry is under the surname HOMES).(https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsc01scit_0/page/n367/mode...)
↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 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) p 4
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass., 1911) pp 92-93, 264
↑ Winsor, Justin. History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts (Crosby & Nichols, Boston, 1849) p 11
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See also:

Vinton, John. The Giles Memorial (Boston, 1864): (pp 185-186)
Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995) vol. 3, p. 393
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