Lydia (Bradford) Holmes (1749 - abt. 1818)

Born 7 Jun 1749 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Levi Holmes — married 19 Apr 1770 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 11 Jan 1818 at about age 68 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Lydia Bradford, b. June 7, 1749 dau. of [Bradford-2200 |Benjamin Bradford] and [Stetson-304|Zeresh (Stetson) Bradford] of Kingston. Benjamin was son of [Bradford-55|Israel Bradford], and gr. son of [Bradford-24|William Bradford] (Governor Bradford).

Lydia Bradford was the youngest and only survivor of eight children, six of whom died of the terrible "throat distempter" in 1748, and one had already died in 1745.

Marriage

19 Apr 1770 Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Husband: Levi Holmes

Children

Lydia Bradford and Levi Holmes had the following (9) children: ^[1]

1. Zeresh Holmes, b. 23 Jan 1772
2. Sarah Holmes, b. 13 Dec. 1773; died May 1843; unmarried
3. Bradford Holmes, b. 1 March 1776
4. Lydia Holmes, b. 26 April 1779
5. Mercy Holmes, b. 10 Sept. 1781
6. Levi Holmes, b. 8 Feb. 1784
7. Lucy Holmes, b. 12 May 1787
8. Sylvester (female) Holmes, b. 19 Nov. 1789
9. Charlotte Holmes, b. 30 Oct. 1792

RESEARCH

Her death date is difficult to determine. She is listed in her husband's will in 1795. There is a Lydia Holmes in a 1810 census, age over 45, living with a female between 26-44. Lydia's youngest daughter, Charlotte, would have been alive and 18 at the time, though she might have been married. Sylvester, at 21, and Lucy, at 23, would have been too young but also could have been married. Sally, age 31, was married. Mercy, abt 28 was married. It most likely was daughter Sally, abt. 34 and never married.

Sources

1. ↑ Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 22, The Descendants of William Bradford, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004. "The Silver Book" Page 479

• Vinton, John. [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:The_Giles_Memorial"] (Boston, 1864) Page ?
• Fessenden, G.M. A Genealogy of the Bradford Family, New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1850) Vol. 4., Page 235
• The Genealogical Advertiser (Lucy Hall Greenlaw, Cambridge, Mass., 1899) Vol. 2, Page 4.
• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Sixteen, Part 2, The Descendants of John Alden Through His Daughter Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, 2002 Edition, Published 2002, Page 171