John Holmes IV (1729 - aft. 1783)

Born 1729 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Fellows) Holmes — married 21 Jan 1750 in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died after 1783 after age 54 in Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Captain John Holmes IV served with 17th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

John Holmes IV is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A057027.

John Holmes commanded a company of minutemen in Col. Joh Fellows's 17th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

John was born about 1729. He is the son of John Holmes and Mary Harris.

Birth

1729 Colchester, New London, Connecticut

Death

AFT 1783 Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Source

1. ↑ DAR
2. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
3. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2022-01-11), "Record of John Holmes", Ancestor # A057027.

• Harris, Gale Ion. James and Sarah (Eliot?) Harris of Boston and New London, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2000) Vol. 154, Page 24.

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 2, No. 3, p. 153

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG26-XPX1 : 19 February 2021), John Holms Or Holmes, 21 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-78R5 : 17 March 2018), John Holmes, 07 Nov 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,056,796.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-S9M2 : 10 November 2020), John in entry for Elizabeth Homes, 14 Aug 1751; citing Birth, Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009232.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-S991 : 10 November 2020), John in entry for Rachel Homes, 31 Dec 1758; citing Birth, Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009232.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-S93X : 10 November 2020), John in entry for John Homes, 31 Dec 1760; citing Birth, Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009232.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-S9QV : 10 November 2020), John in entry for Lucy Homes, 2 Jul 1763; citing Birth, Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009232.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-S9WM : 10 November 2020), John in entry for Roswell Holmes, 27 May 1768; citing Birth, Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009232.

• Gray, George Arthur. The Descendants of George Holmes of Roxbury (David Clapp & Son, Boston, 1908); p. 67