Born in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Gershom Holmes
and Deborah (Delano) Holmes
Wife of
Joseph Barney
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Julia Ann (Barney) Luther
Died about
at about age 78
in Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Jul 2010
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Biography
Sarah “Sally” Holmes was born in Massachusetts in 1768, the daughter of Gershom Holmes II and Deborah Delano. Sarah Holmes married Joseph Barney on 30 December 1790 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts. They had thirteen children, including Otis H. Barney, 1805-1885. [1] [2] [3]
Sources
- ↑ FamilySearch Person: LZGB-NB2
- ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z1-D3F : 29 December 2022), Sally Holmes in entry for Joseph Barney, 1790.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-QR5B : 18 October 2022), Sarah Barney in entry for Otis H Barney, 11 Aug 1885; citing Death, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
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