John Holmes Sr. (1661 - 1713)

Born 10 Jul 1661 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Hannah (Newell) Holmes — married 9 Apr 1690 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1713 at age 51 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut

Biography

John Holmes b.abt 1664 Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Alt Birth10 Jul 1661 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

John Holmesmarried Hannah Newell on 9 Apr 1690. Children -

1. Hannah Holmes 1691 - 1756 2. Deacon David Holmes Abt 1692 - 1745 3. John Holmes 1695 - 4. Ebenezer Holmes, Sr. 1695/6 - 1721 5. Margaret Holmes 1698/99 - 1778 6. Elizabeth Holmes 1702 - 7. Experience Holmes 1706 - 8. Isaac Holmes 1708 -

Sources

• Gray, George Arthur. The descendants of George Holmes of Roxbury, 1594-1908. (Boston: Press of D. Clapp & Son, 1908), p. 349-350.

The author speculates that John, the original proprietor of Woodstock, and James Holmes, also at Woodstock prior to 1690, were sons of David Holmes who died in Dorchester. David's will mentions two sons, unnamed, and the timing and names of John's children fits David's family, but no other evidence is cited. "John Holmes, the Woodstock emigrant, was born about the year 1664, and propbably in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was married April 9, 1690, to Hannah, daughter of Isaac Newell, of Roxbury, and granddaughter of Abraham Newell, who came over in the Francis, from Ipswich, in 1634. She was baptized Feb. 19, 1671.... John Holmes was a p man in the new colony of Woodstock, and was elected to many important positions in the town. Frequent grants of land made to him for services rendered to the settlement. He died June 20, 1713; his wife died May 9, 1743."

• Genealogy of Woodstock Families.

• Barbour, Lucius Barnes, and Newton Case Brainard. Vital Records of Woodstock, 1686-1854. (Hartford, Connecticut: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1914), pa 18.

"John Holmes Dyed June 20th 1713"

• Not recorded in the Dorchester Vital Records in the Commissioner's Report.

• Bailey, Frederic William. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Bureau of American Ancestry, New Haven, Connecticut, 1896) Book 1, Page 104

• FindAGrave Memorial #67644460

• Vital Records of Woodstock, 1686-1854 (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, 1914) Page 1: "April 9: 1690 John Holmes and Hannah Newel Maryed"