Mary (Bartlett) Holmes (1787 - 1876)

Born 5 Aug 1787 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Holmes — married 1807 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 5 May 1876 at age 88 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Mary "Polly" Bartlett was born August 5, 1787, the daughter of Lemuel Bartlett and Hannah Tinkham of Yarmouth, NS^[1]

Circa 1807, she married Nathaniel Holmes 2nd, the son of Nathaniel Holmes and Abigail Kimball of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia^[1], and their children included:

1. Rebecca, born circa 1808, who married John Cann 3rd of Ohio, NS, son of Hugh Cann^{[2] [1]} (see Findagrave Memorial #97726567)
2. Nathaniel 3rd, born 1814, who married Zilpha Dennis, daughter of Captain Amos Dennis on Feb 28, 1838; and who married Martha (Killam) Porter, widow of Josiah Porter on Sept 20, 1872^{[3] [1]}
3. Samuel, born 1813, who married Margaret A Richards, daughter of John on July 19, 1844^[4], and who died February 20, 1888^[1]
4. Mary, born 1816, who died June 23, 1884, unmarried^[1]
5. Stephen, born 1820, who married Azubah Curtis of Brooklyn, Mass^[5]; and who died Feb 10, 1900^{[6] [1]}
6. Susan, born 1819, who married Wallace Crosby, son of Ebenezer on December 25, 1839, and who died November 25, 1866^{[7] [1]}
7. Hannah, born 1826, who married Deacon Chandler Robbins son of Joseph in 1843^{[8] [1]} (see Findagrave Memorial #109797281)
8. John, who married Ruth Hannah Haley, daughter of Comfort 3rd on August 11, 1847^{[9] [1]}
9. Abigail, September 20, 1829, who married Joseph Crosby, son of Knowles on December 12, 1850^[10], and who died April 7, 1893^[1]

Mary "Polly" Bartlett Holmes died May 5, 1876, in her 89th year^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; pages 402, 578-9
2. ↑ "Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMG6-11S : 8 December 2014), John Cann Jr. and Rebbeah Rebbecah Holmes, 1843, Marriage; citing p. 8197, volume 1800, , Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
3. ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Martha Porter and Nathaniel Holmes married 1872 in Yarmouth County can be found in Registration Year: 1872 - Book: 1839 - Page: 62 - Number: 105
4. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6T-45K : 30 June 2017), Samuel Holmes, Cheboque, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 42; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13171, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,807.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQCK-267 : 2 April 2016), Stephen Holmes, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 954,570.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7FR-4FR : 10 December 2014), Nathaniel Holmes in entry for Stephen Holmes, 10 Feb 1900; citing Newton, Massachusetts, v 505 p 636, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,727.
7. ↑ "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK99-2G8D : 23 April 2015), Susan Holmes in entry for Rosabella Meade Trefry, 23 Apr 1937; citing , , Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate 1117, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
8. ↑ "Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMG6-11W : 8 December 2014), Chandler Robbins and Hannah Holmes, 1843, Marriage; citing p. 8275, volume 1800, , Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
9. ↑ "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2VR-PHH : 5 December 2014), John Holmes and Ruth Hannah Healey, 11 Nov 1847; citing Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, reference p 177 cn 476; FHL microfilm 1,298,877.
10. ↑ "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2VR-DP6 : 5 December 2014), Joseph Crosby and Abigail Holmes, 18 Dec 1850; citing Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, reference p 46 cn 430; FHL microfilm 1,298,877.