Rachel (Hollister) Holmes (1738 - 1811)

Born 1738 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Holden — married 25 Nov 1762 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1811 at about age 73 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Jonathan Holden's record originally had spouse as Rachel Hollister, but it was subsequently determined she married a different Jonathan Holden.^[1]

• Rachel Hollister Holden gave birth to eleven children when she was between the ages of 25-51 years old. All of these births are recorded in "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"^[2]
• 1811 Rachel Hollister Holden Holmes died November 6, 1811, in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, age 73 years.^[3]

Timeline

• 1762: Rachel Hollister married Jonathan Holden on November 25, 1762, in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut.^[4]
• 1790 U.S. Census: Johathan Holden lived in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut with one male over age 16 (Jonathan, 52), two males under age 16 (Silas, 1, David, 11, Josiah, 14, likely one of these sons did not survive to this census), two females (wife Rachel, 52, and daughters, Elizabeth, 5, and Rebecca, 8. Both these daughters lived to adulthood)^[5]
• 1794: Husband Jonathan Holden died.

Research Notes

• Remarried a Mr. Holmes after death of husband, Jonathan Holden. Need source, Mr. Holmes first name, date of marriage.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Jim Steffens.
2. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WJ-XFQ : 11 February 2018), Rachel in entry for Rebecca Holden, 26 Mar 1782; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
3. ↑ http://www.eorlingas.org/ancestry/getperson.php?personID=I1186&tree=main
4. ↑ Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP34-MVFQ : 20 February 2019), Rachel Hollister, 25 Nov 1762; citing Marriage, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272233.
5. ↑ United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKK-JRQ : accessed 26 October 2018), John Holden, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 441, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 568,141.

• No. 182, pg 88 - Hollister Family of America compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, MD 1886 - https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA1

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Jim Steffens for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Jim and others.