Patience Holmes

PATIENCE, 3rd known child of John & Patience (Morton) Faunce, was born say 1641; m. Plymouth 20 November 1661 John Holmes.

On November 21, 1661, John Holmes married Patience Faunce, the daughter of John and Patience (Morton) Faunce of Plymouth[1] [3].

Their children included[2]:

1. John Holmes, b. 22 Mar 1662/63, who married Sarah Thomas in 1689
2. Nathaniel Holmes, b. about 1666; d. between 23 Jan 1735 and 18 May 1737. He m. Eleanor BAKER 13 Mar 1700 in Plymouth. They had children Mercy, Nathaniel, Joshua, Patience, Eleanor, Joseph, Benjamin, Richard, and Melatiah
3. Ebenezer Holmes, b. about 1670. He m. Phebe BLACKMER 26 Dec 1695 in Plymouth. They had children Ebenezer and Elizabeth.
4. Thomas Holmes, b. about 1673; d. before 12 Mar 1754. He m. Joanna MORTON 6 Jan 1696/97 in Plymouth. They had children Joanna, Jemima, Thomas, and Abner.
5. Joseph Holmes, b. about 1676. He m. Lydia (GRISWOLD) BARTLETT between 1703 and 1705. They had children Fear and Joseph.
6. Desire Holmes, b. about 1679. She m. John CHURCHILL, son of Joseph and Sarah (HICKS) CHURCHILL and brother of Margaret CHURCHILL, 19 Nov 1700 in Plymouth. They had children Priscilla, Samuel, Sarah, Phebe, and Rebecca.

Patience (Faunce) Holmes died about 1680.

John married second Patience (Bonum) Willis, the daughter of George and Sarah (Morton) Bonum and the widow of Richard Willis, about 1681 in Plymouth

References

• Anderson's Great Migration Begins
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54936320/patience-holmes
• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~smoore/3732.htm
• http://cybergata.com/roots/7935.htm
• Plymouth Colony, Its History & People, 1620-1691 By Eugene Aubrey Stratton. Page 306. GoogleBooks

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GEDCOM Note

PATIENCE, 3rd known child of John & Patience (Morton) Faunce, was born say 1641; m. Plymouth 20 November 1661 John Holmes. Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.