Martha (Holmes) Audley (bef. 1640 - 1711)

Born before 3 May 1640 in Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of John Audley — married 1660 in Newport, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 30 Dec 1711 after age 71 in Newport, Rhode Island

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Biography

Christening 3 May 1640. ^[1]

Martha married John Audley in about 1660. (Spelled Odlin in some places)

"My daughter Martha remember Martha although she was cumbered with many things yet she loved the Lord and was beloved of him for he loved Mary and Martha." -^[2]

"Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha Odlin tenn pounds in ye like pay." ^[3]

Buried in Common Burying Ground, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. ^[4]

Research Notes

• This is NOT the same Martha Holmes who married Samuel Wilbore.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD3-Q8M : 15 January 2020), Martha Holme, 1640.
2. ↑ from Obadiah Holmes' letter to his children, quoted in "The American Family of Obadiah Holmes", J.T. Holmes, pg. 53
3. ↑ Obadiah Holmes will, "The American Family of Obadiah Holmes", J.T. Holmes, pg. 61
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23397241/martha-odlin: accessed March 12, 2024), memorial page for Martha Holmes Odlin (3 May 1640–30 Dec 1711), Find A Grave: Memorial #23397241, citing Common Burying Ground, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642).

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: 9MM7-639
• Genealogies of RI Families, Vol I Title: Genealogies of Rhode Island Families 1600s-1800s,, Vol I (Family Tree Maker CD ROM #180)
• Register Report - Holmes by Sam Behling
• The American Family of Obadiah Holmes by Col. J.T. Holmes, 1915.
• The Chad Browne Memorial Title: Abby Isabel Brown Bulkley, The Chad Browne Memorial: Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne with an Appendix Containing Sketches of Other Early Rhode Island Settlers 1638-1888 (300 Copies Printed for the Family; Brookln NY 1888. Reprinted by Heritage Books, Inc. 2001.)
• Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island; Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1982.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Holmes-1346 created through the import of Comstock for Wiki.ged on Jul 27, 2011 by Kay Haden.
• WikiTree profile Holmes-2114 created through the import of Alexander Family Tree.ged on Jul 16, 2012 by Rod Alexander.
• Thank you to Nicole Mosher for creating WikiTree profile Holmes-3389 through the import of Mosher Family Tree.ged on Sep 3, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Nicole and others.