Born in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jonathan Holmes
and Sarah (Seeley) Holmes
Sister of
Solomon Holmes, Sarah (Holmes) Husted, Martha (Holmes) Weed, Elizabeth Holmes, Jonathan Holmes, Epenetus Holmes, Elizabeth (Holmes) Worden, Susannah Holmes and Ichabod Holmes [half]
Wife of
Nathan Smith Jr.
— married
1739 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Wife of
Josiah Hollister
— married
26 Jun 1761 in Sharon,Litchfield,CT
Descendants 
Mother of
Nathan Smith, Rachel (Smith) Thompson, Stephen Smith, Sarah (Smith) Hollister, Eli Smith, Amos Smith, Smith Hollister and Samuel Hollister
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Jan 2013
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Biography
Rachel Holmes was born 24 Feb 1719/20 in Greenwich, Connecticut, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Holmes.[1][2]
She married Nathan Smith about 1739 in Greenwich. She had six children with Nathan before he died in 1759 . Their youngest child was Amos.
Rachel then married Josiah Hollister on June 26, 1761 in Sharon, Connecticut where he farmed.They had two known children:[3].
- Smith Hollister, born 27 May 1762, Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut Death: 11 Mar 1851 Exeter, Otsego, New York; Married Anna Torrey 28 Dec 1788 Ballston Center, Saratoga, New York
- Samuel Hollister born 24 Mar 1764 Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut
Sources
- ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch, Rachel Holmes, 1719. FamilySearch Link
- ↑ Mead, Spencer Percival, Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut: With Genealogical Notes, published 1911. Reference page 566
- ↑ Case, Lafayette Wallace, Hollister Family of America, published 1886 Reference person 173, pages 60 and 81-2
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
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~0.78%
~6.25%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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