Anna (Shurtleff) Holmes (1756 - 1841)

Born 20 Jan 1756 in Southborough, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Stetson Holmes — married 1778 in Hartland, Windsor, Republic of Vermont

Descendants

Died 20 Nov 1841 at age 85 in Homeville, Cape Breton, Colony of Nova Scotia

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Biography

Anna Shurtleff, daughter of Benoni Shurtleff & Submit Pike was born 20 January 1756 in Southborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[1]

In 1778, Anna married Stetson Holmes, the son of William Holmes and Elizabeth Hamlin ^[2] who were living in Winchester, New Hampshire. Stetson and Anna were likely living in Winchester until 1785 as the first 5 children were all born there. The family then relocated to Hartland, Vermont where 6 more children were born. According to Stetson's biography, he relocated to Vermont as he was a staunch loyalist and Vermont had declared itself an independent British republic. When Vermont became part of the United States in 1791, as a Loyalist and Tory, Stetson was likely discriminated against. About 1800, Stetson and Anna along with 5 of their children relocated to Bridgeport, Cape Breton in the Colony of Nova Scotia.

Stetson and Anna remained in Cape Breton, founding the community of Homeville. Anna passed away in Homeville, Cape Breton 20 November 1841.^[3]

The children of Stetson Holmes and Anna Shurtleff were:^[4]

1. Galen born 21 May 1779 in Winchester, New Hampshire.
2. Betsey born 17 December 1780 in Winchester.
3. Sophia born 13 May 1782 in Winchester.
4. Lawrence born 12 February 1784 in Winchester.
5. Anna born 12 March 1785 in Winchester, died in infancy.
6. Lucinda born 7 March 1786 in Hartland, Vermont.
7. Clorinda born 30 September 1787 in Hartland.
8. Visa born 30 October 1789 in Hartland.
9. Ruth born 27 July 1791 in Hartland.
10. Arnold born 7 April 1793 in Hartland.
11. Prentiss born 9 March 1794 in Hartland, died in infancy.
12. Anna born 9 March 1794 in Hartland.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital records of Southborough, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordssou00ricegoog/page/n78/mode/2up)
2. ↑ Shurtleff, Benjamin, 1866- comp; Shurtleff, N.B., Descendants of William Shurtleff of Plymouth and Marshfield, Massachusetts (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofwil01shur/page/n163/mode/2up)
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #138419083
4. ↑ MacKay Family and Connections in the Maritimes (http://www.magma.ca/~mmackay/wc01/wc01_266.html)

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-YMBX : 3 November 2017), Anna Shurtliff, 20 Jan 1756; citing Birth, Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 861,127.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 11 November 2018, 22:06), entry for Anna Shurtleff(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCTH-ZZN); contributed by various users.