Francis
Holmes
Born in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Josiah Holmes
and Ruth (Cooke) Holmes
Brother of
Simeon Holmes, Josiah Holmes, Jonathan Holmes, Ruth Holmes, Susannah (Holmes) Cushman, Gershom Holmes, John Holmes, Sylvester Holmes, Eleazer Holmes, Grace Holmes, Eleazer Holmes and Elizabeth Holmes
Husband of
Lydia (Sampson) Holmes
— married
3 Dec 1767 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Peleg Holmes, Francis Holmes, Peleg Holmes, Eleazer Holmes, Nuland Holmes, Lydia (Holmes) Alden, Sarah (Holmes) Ripley, Sampson Holmes and Ruth Cook (Holmes) Bradford
Died
at age 68
in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Sep 2010
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Biography
Descendant of Pilgrim Francis Cooke (1583-1663) via mother Ruth (Cooke) Holmes.
Sources
- Vital Records of Kingston Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), p. 92 (birth)
- Vital Records of Plympton Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1923), p. 332 (marriage); 486 (death and cemetery)
- Find A Grave, Memorial #43491889
- Ralph V. Wood, Jr., comp., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Francis Cooke, Volume 12, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2015), p. 452.
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- Richard Holmes
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup I-L160, FTDNA kit #171630
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~0.78%
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Janis (Paulding) Swanson
Holmes-4283 and Holmes-298 appear to represent the same person because: same person
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