Hannah (Samson) Holmes (abt. 1642 - 1715)

Born about 1642 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Holmes — married 20 Mar 1666 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1715 at about age 73 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Hannah, the second daughter of Henry and Ann (Plummer) Samson, was born in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony about 1642. ^[1] Hannah grew up in Duxbury with eight siblings and on March 20, 1665/6, she married there Josiah Holmes, son of William and Elizabeth Holmes. ^{[1] [2]} Hannah and Josiah had 6 children, all born in Duxbury.

On May 20, 1675, Hannah was deeded land by her father, Henry^[1] The Duxbury land, about forty acres in a place called Robinson's Creek, had been given by grant to Henry by the town of Duxbury.^[3]

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.^[1] The family relocated to Pembroke sometime before 1713 as Josiah Holmes of Pembroke deeded land to his son William, also of Pembroke on May 13, 1713.^[1]

Hannah Holmes passed away on January 9, 1715, in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[4][5]

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

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

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Sherman, Robert M; Sherman, Ruth Ann Wilder, 1929-; Wakefield, Robert S., 1925-; Henry Samson of the Mayflower and his descendants for four generations (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), p. 5-6 (https://archive.org/details/henrysamsonofmay00sher/page/5/mode/2up) Please Note this sketch is identical to the sketch in the newer Mayflower Families for five generations published in 2000.
2. ↑ Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), (marriage) p. 264, 298 (https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofdu00duxb/page/264/mode/2up)
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (link : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1651-1681 vol 2-4 > image 541 of 677; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
4. ↑ Note: the Mayflower Society comments she is "probably the Hannah Holmes" who died on this date.
5. ↑ Vital Records of Pembroke Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), (deaths) p. 414 (https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofpe00newe?ref=ol#page/414/mode/2up?ref=ol)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), (births) p. 92-93 (https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofdu00duxb/page/92/mode/2up)

• Robert Moody Sherman, Ruth Wilder Sherman, comps., Robert S. Wakefield, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Henry Samson, Volume 20, Part 1 of 3, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 2, 4-5
• James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol. IV (S-Z) (Little, Brown & Co.; Boston; 1860-1862).
• Vinton, J. A. (1864). The Giles Memorial: Genealogical memoirs of the families bearing the names of Giles, Gould, Holmes, Jennison, Leonard, Lindall, Curwen, Marshall, Robinson, Sampson, and Webb; also genealogical sketches of the Pool, Very, Tarr and other families, with a history of Pemaquid, ancient and modern; some account of early settlements in Maine; and some details of Indian warfare. Boston: Printed for the author, by H.W. Dutton & Son.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-44YS?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DH-T3F%3A353350201%2C353419701%2C353423501: 20 May 2014), Plymouth > Duxbury > Town records 1645-1749 >; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
• Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
• Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967, images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-6S68?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-Q68%3A337797401).
• John T. Landis, Mayflower Descendants and Their Marriages for Two Generations After the Landing ( Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD; 1990).
• Susan E. Roser, Mayflower Marriages (Genealogical Publishing; Baltimore; 1990).
• Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. III P-W (New England Hist. Gen. Soc.; Boston; 1995).
• Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, A Descriptive List, Drawn from Record of the Colonies, Towns and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents (Charles H. Pope; Boston; 1900).

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