Born 28 Jul 1775 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of William Holmes — married 26 Mar 1795 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1872 at age 96 in Sutton, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA

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Biography

Lydia was the daughter of Ebenezer Adams and Lydia Cooke^[1]

Descendant of Pilgrim Francis Cooke (1583-1663) via mother Lydia (Cooke) Adams.

She married William Holmes on March 25, 1795 in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.^[2]

They were the parents of:

• Lydia Holmes^[3]
• William Holmes^[4]
• Nathaniel Holmes^[5]
• George Holmes^[6]
• Erastus Holmes^[7]
• Caleb Adams Holmes^[8]
• Charles Holmes^[9]
• Lewis Holmes^[10]
• Elias Holmes^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4PS-9Y3 : 4 November 2017), Lydia Adams, 28 Jul 1775; citing Birth, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 910,367.
2. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC6B-ZJL : 9 February 2018), William Holmes and Lydia Adams, 26 Mar 1795; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0873752 IT 2.
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69690476/lydia-walker
4. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:94ZD-QVD
5. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9W9L-Y7N
6. ↑ New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS2C-HX6 : 10 March 2018), George A Holmes, 02 Jan 1881; citing Monroe, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,083.
7. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:94ZD-Q2G
8. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107992539/caleb-adams-holmes
9. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123376542/charles-holmes
10. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28853042/lewis-holmes
11. ↑ Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW7D-8WR : 10 March 2018), Elias Holmes, 25 Feb 1895; citing Fitchburg, Massachusetts, v 456 p 590, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,517.

• United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFD9-B19 : 12 December 2017), Lydia Holmes in entry for Lewis Holmes, 1860.
• United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RQ-MTF : 12 April 2016), Lydia Holmes in household of Lewis Holmes, Vermont, United States; citing p. 7, family 67, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,115.
• Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFZP-L62 : 6 November 2017), Lydia Holmes, 15 Mar 1872, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 540,101.
• Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-C7Y2 : 11 July 2016), Lydia Adams Holmes, 1872; Burial, Sutton, Caledonia, Vermont, United States of America, Sutton Village Cemetery; citing record ID 28853044, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28853044/lydia-holmes

• Ralph V. Wood, Jr., comp., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Francis Cooke, Volume 12, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2015), p. 451.