Charity (Bryant) Holmes (1737 - 1825)

Born 1737 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Holmes — married 22 Dec 1757 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine

Descendants

Died May 1825 at about age 88 in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States

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Biography

Charity Bryant was the daughter of John Bryant and Elizabeth (Davis) Bryant, and was baptized in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine's First Congregational Church on August 25, 1737.^[1][2] She married Samuel Holmes in Scarborough's Second Congregational Church on December 22, 1757.^[3] Samuel and Charity moved to Machias, Washington, Maine between May 12, 1764 and July 26, 1766.^[4] Samuel died in 1802, and the widowed Charity remarried Nathaniel Phinney, Sr. in Machias in December 1803.^[5] She died at the age of 90, shortly before her obituary was published in the May 28, 1825 edition of the Eastport Sentinel.^[6]

Children of Samuel Holmes and Charity (Bryant) Cates:^[7][8][9]

1. John Holmes - b. 1758, probably Scarborough; m. Keziah Nash; d. 1841 or 1842 probably Machiasport.
2. Anna Holmes - m. abt 1774-75 Benajah Ackley; d. in Whiting 1830.
3. Mary Holmes - m. 1780 Robert Cates, moved to Cutler.
4. Martha Holmes - b. abt 1764, probably Scarborough; m. Timothy Libby.
5. Elizabeth Holmes - b. abt 1763; m. 1787 John Davis; d. in Cutler, 1836.
6. James Holmes - b. 1769, probably Machias; m. 1795 Sarah Berry; d. in Machiasport 1843.
7. Ephraim Holmes - b. abt 1770; m. 1791 Sally Richardson; d. Belfast 1856.
8. Abial Holmes - b. abt 1772; m. 1800 Betsey Phinney; d. Machiasport 1856.
9. Lurania Holmes - b. abt 1776; m. 1797 Joel Sevey; d. Cutler 1855.
10. Adonijah Holmes - b. Machias 1778; m. 1798 Ruth Richardson or Montgomery; d. Swanville 1861.

Sources

1. ↑ Maine Families in 1790.
2. ↑ Ridlon, p. 534.
3. ↑ Maine Families in 1790.
4. ↑ Maine Families in 1790.
5. ↑ Maine Families in 1790.
6. ↑ Maine Families in 1790.
7. ↑ Drisko, pp. 465-466.
8. ↑ Memorial, p. 166.
9. ↑ Maine Families in 1790.

See Also:

• Anderson, Joseph Crook II, CG, FASG (Ed.) Maine Families in 1790, Volume 7 (2001). Maine Genealogical Society Special Pub. No. 3, pp. 228-233. (ISBN: 0-89725-428-7)
• Gladys Hall Forslund, The History of Whiting, Maine (Advertiser Publishing Company, Calais, Maine, 1975), p. 83
• Drisko, George Washington. Narrative of the Town of Machias. Machias, ME: 1904.
• Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Machias. Machias, ME: Furbush, 1863.
• Ridlon, G. T. Saco Valley Settlements and Families. Portland, ME: 1895.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Judy Rolfe for creating WikiTree profile Bryant-2423 through the import of Batson Family Tree.ged on Jan 25, 2013.