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Rebecca (Ellis) Holmes (abt. 1729 - abt. 1803)

Rebecca Holmes formerly Ellis
Born about in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap [uncertain]
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Daughter of and
Sister of , and
Wife of — married 5 Jun 1784 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
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Mother of , , , , , , , , and
Died about at about age 74 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Rebecca, daughter of Samuel and Mercy Gibbs Ellis, was born ca 1729 at Sandwich.[1] She married Ichabod Holmes at Plymouth in October of 1748[2] and they had eleven children together.[1]

Rebecca died at age 75;[3] Her headstone inscription reads::To the memory of Mrs REBEKAH HOLMES Consort of Capt ICHABOD HOLMES who died July 25th 1803 in the 75th year of her age.

Children

  1. Remember Holmes b 19 Jul 1750; m Samuel Harlow
  2. Rebecca Holmes b 5 Jul 1753; m Nathaniel Bradford
  3. Deborah Holmes b 19 Jun 1755; m Benjamin Barnes
  4. Ichabod Holmes 23 Aug 1757; Rebecca Harlow
  5. Samuel Holmes b 1759; stillborn
  6. Samuel Holmes b 29 Aug 1761
  7. Mary Holmes b 29 Sep 1763
  8. Ellis Holmes b 27 Mar 1767; m Grace Symmes
  9. Esther Holmes b 16 Mar 1769; m Ichabod Shaw
  10. Chandler Holmes b 05 Mar 1771; m Phebe Atwood
  11. Elizabeth Holmes b 10 May 1774; m Ichabod Shaw

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brownson, Lydia B. Phinney. "Lt. John1 and Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis of Sandwich Mass." New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Volume 120, January 1966. Page 36. (Online database: American Ancestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11703/36/23516480
  2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZN-92SS : 31 October 2019), Ichabod Holmes and Rebeckah Ellis, 1 Oct 1748; citing Marriage, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009308.
  3. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHYX-4NR : 17 January 2020), Rebecca Holmes, 1803.




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Pieterse-13 Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Ellis-9725 and Ellis-7241 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse and child

Refer to https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20644855/rebekah-holmes

posted by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen

Rejected matches › Rebeckah (Ellis) Tiffany (1755-1805)

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