Dorcas
"Dorkous, Dorbous"
Holmes
Born in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Josiah Holmes
and Hannah (Samson) Holmes
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Dorcas (also Dorkous), daughter of Josiah Holmes and Hannah (Samson) Holmes, was born 4 August 1669 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony. [1][2][3][4]
Research Notes
Although a number of sources document the birth of Dorcas Holmes, none of these provide any additional information following her birth. To date, no marriage or death records have been found in Duxbury or any of the other nearby communities. The search continues.
Sources
- ↑ 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) pp 4,
- ↑ Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston, Mass., 1911) page 92 (https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofdu00duxb/page/92/mode/2up)
- ↑ Vinton, John.The Giles Memorial, (Boston, 1864) pp 185-186 (https://archive.org/details/gilesmemorialgen00invint/page/186/mode/2up) spells it Dorbous
- ↑ Mayflower Descendants and Their Marriages for Two Generations After the Landing, (Bureau of Military and Civic Achievement, Washington, D.C., 1922) Page 32 (https://archive.org/details/mayflowerdescend00bure/page/32/mode/2up)
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Rejected matches › Dorcas (Unknown) Freeman (abt.1659-1701)
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