Josiah Holmes (abt. 1638 - aft. 1721)

Born about 1638 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Husband of Hannah (Samson) Holmes — married 20 Mar 1666 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died after 8 May 1721 after about age 83 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Josiah Holmes, son of William and Elizabeth Holmes, was born in Scituate, Massachusetts around 1638 and baptized (as an adult) on 27 April 1661.^[1]

On 20 March 1666, Josiah married Hannah, daughter of Henry and Ann (Plummer) Samson in Duxbury, Massachusetts. ^{[2] [3]}The couple likely resided in Duxbury after their marriage as all of their six children were born there. In 1683, Josiah Holmes was the Constable for the Town of Duxbury.^[4]

The Holmes family may have lived in the Marshfield area around 1696 as Josiah was a member of the First Church of Marshfield at that time.^[2] Sometime before 1713 the family relocated to Pembroke, as on 13 May 1713, Josiah Holmes of Pembroke deeded land to his son, William ^[2][5] and to his son, John^[2][6] both of Pembroke.

The last record of Josiah is a deed of 25 January 1720/21 where he mentions his son John, late of Pembroke. The deed was acknowledged on 8 May 1721.^[2]

The children of Hannah and Josiah Holmes all born in Duxbury were:

1. Hannah, born October 11, 1667 ^[2][3]
2. Dorcas, born August 4, 1669 ^[2][3]
3. Josiah, born August 13, 1672 ^[2][3]
4. Mary, born November 5, 1674 ^[2][3]
5. John, born May 28, 1678 ^[2][3]
6. William, born January 18, 1679/80 ^[2] The printed Duxbury records list this as 1679.^[3] but because of the proximity of John's birth in May 1678, it can be determined to be 1679/80.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1909) Vol. 1, Births Page 184 (Note that entry is under the surname HOMES).(https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsc01scit_0/page/n367/mode/2up)
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Wakefield, Robert S. (editor). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Twenty. Part 1 Family of Henry Samson. Robert Moody Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sheman (compilers).(General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000) p 4
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass., 1911) pp 92-93, 264
4. ↑ Winsor, Justin. History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts (Crosby & Nichols, Boston, 1849) p 11
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z7-5W64?cc=2106411&wc=MCB2-2NL%3A361612701%2C361633401: 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1712-1714 vol 10 > image 75 of 651; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. vol 10 p 122
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z7-5WLW?cc=2106411&wc=MCB2-2NL%3A361612701%2C361633401: 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1712-1714 vol 10 > image 79 of 651; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Vol 10 p 131

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See also:

• Vinton, John. The Giles Memorial (Boston, 1864): (pp 185-186)
• Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995) vol. 3, p. 393

Acknowledgements

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