Joseph
Holmes
Born about in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of George Holmes
and Deborah (Unknown) Holmes
Brother of
Lydia (Holmes) Elder, Nathaniel Holmes, Deborah Holmes, Infant Holmes, John Holmes, Sarah Holmes and Deborah Holmes
Husband of
Elizabeth (Clapp) Holmes
— married
about 1660 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Nathaniel Holmes and Aurelia (Holmes) Simpson
Died
at about age 76
in Boston, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Apr 2012
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Biography
Joseph was born to George and Deborah Holmes in 1637, apparently on their passage from Nazeing, England to Massachusetts Bay or shortly thereafter. His parents settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay.[1]
Joseph Holmes married Elizabeth Clapp, about 1660 in Dorchester.[2]
Joseph "Homes", and presumably Elizabeth, had, in Dorchester:[3]
- Elizabeth, b. 25 Dec 1662
- Nathaniel, b. 21 Jun 1664
- Elizabeth, b. 8 June 1666
- Peleg, b. 24 Feb 1668-9
- George, b. 26 Jan 1669-70
- Rely, b. 9 Aug 1672
Death
Joseph died in Boston on 27 Oct 1713
Sources
- ↑ See father's profile.
- ↑ Torrey, Clarence A., New England Marriages prior to 1700, viewed on ancestry,com($), p. 384
- ↑ A Report of the Record Commissioners of the city of Boston: containing Dorchester births, marriages, and deaths . . . ", viewed on ancestry.com($), pp. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Clap, Roger. Memoirs of Capt. Roger Clap (Phinehas Allen, Pittsfield, 1824) Page 37
Acknowledgement
- WikiTree profile Holmes-1960 created through the import of Westoversallover.GED on Apr 18, 2012 by Angela Westover.
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Halsey Bullen
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Holmes-2935 and Holmes-1960 appear to represent the same person because: same birth and death info and approx date, Same parents (albeit in separate profiles that also need merging), same spouse, clearly same person. Please merge. (His first name is Joseph, not Joeseph ).
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