Catherine (Gibbs) Holmes (1771 - 1857)

Born 17 Jan 1771 in Orange, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of John Holmes — married 17 Oct 1791 in Orange County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 17 Jan 1857 at age 86 in Orange, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Catherine Gibbs, born 17 January 1771, was the daughter of Mary Efland and John Nicholas Gibbs. Nicholas's will, dated 1810, probated 1817, lists his children as: seven daughters, Mary, Sarah, Catherine, Silphenia, Elizabeth, "Sophia's' heirs," and Barbara; sons, John, David, Jacob, George, Nicholas, and Daniel. ^[1][2]

She married John Holmes in 1791,^[3] and they had at least nine children: Mary (1793), Hannah (1794), Sarah (1797), William (1799), Henry (1804), Ann (1806), Joseph (1808), Nicholas Gibbs (1810), and Jane (1812). One of their sons (not stated which one), had a son George W Holmes that married Mary Ann Elizabeth Foust b.abt 1845. ^[1]

Catherine died on her 86th birthday, 17th of Jan in 1857, at the age of 86, and is buried in Stoner's Churchyard in Orange Co, NC. ^[4]

DNA Confirmation^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Descendants of Nickolas Gibbs, The Gibbs Magazine; The Nicholas Gibbs Historical Society
2. ↑ Catherine Gibbs Pedigree Resource File
3. ↑ Ancestry Record 7836 #462361 Marriage Record; Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images memorial page for Catherine Gibbs Holmes (17 Jan 1771–18 Jan 1857), Find A Grave: Memorial #38558630 citing Stoner's Cemetery, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA.
5. ↑ * Paternal and Maternal relationships are confirmed by 8 member group on GEDmatch consisting of Jason Schnatterle, Don Wiss, William Holmes, Steve Straits, Sheri (Stumpfel) Michaels, Linda (Cazzell) Schmitt, and Veronica Hutchcraft. 2 members remain private. Share a segments on chromosome 1 from 77,017 to 247,185,615 (13) matching segments, chromosome 2 from 139,250 to 15,801,2247 (12) matching segments, chromosome 7 from 139,250 to 15,801,2247 (12) matching segments, chromosome 22 from 14,494,244 to 49,558,258, (4) matching segments and chromosome 23 from 2,321 to 154,889,941 (20) matching segments. This was done on the one to one compare on Gedmatch all kits mentioned above were tested against one another on cm setting to 4.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B3-RPT : accessed 13 February 2016), Catharine Holmes, Alamance county, Alamance, North Carolina, United States; citing family 284, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
• [https:/www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/catherine-gibbs_13307800 Ancestry.com] for Catherine Gibbs 13307800 (Record not found)
• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=27284681&pid=848 (Private Family Tree) Repository: R-1926755204 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com