Peter Holman (1803 - 1876)

Born 22 Feb 1803 in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Parks (Newton) Holman — married 20 Nov 1827 in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1876 at age 73 in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States

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Biography

Peter Holman was born in Dixfield, Maine in 1803, the son of Peter Holman and Mercy Knight. He married Martha "Patty" Parks Newton at Dixfield on 20 Nov 1827, They were the parents of nine known children.

Peter moved from Dixfield, Maine to Massachusetts in 1842 but moved back to Dixfield in 1864, according to the book "The Holmans in America; concerning the descendants of Solamon Holman, an early settler of West Newbury, Massachusetts".

Peter died at Dixfield in 1876 and is buried in the Holman Cemetery, Dixfield Commons, Dixfield just down the road from the original home built by his father.

Sources

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F43K-W41 : 14 January 2020), Peter Holman, 1803

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28Q-SM8H : 28 November 2018), Peter Holman and Martha P Newton, 20 Nov 1827; citing Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGD-Z5J8 : 8 August 2020), Peter Holman, ; Burial, Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States of America, Holman Cemetery; citing record ID 121989195, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "The Holmans in America: concerning the descendants of Solamon Holman, an early settler of West Newbury, Massachusetts"