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Mary (Holmes) English (abt. 1704 - 1789)

Mary English formerly Holmes
Born about in Bolart, Kings County, Irelandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 15 Mar 1726 in Lismoyney, Moate, County Westmeath, Irelandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 85 in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USAmap
Profile last modified | Created 1 Feb 2011
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Contents

Biography

Mary was a Friend (Quaker)

1704 -- Mary Holmes was born at Boleart, Kings county, Ireland. [1]

January 15, 1725 -- Mary Holmes and Joshua English married at Lismoymey, Moate, Westmeath, Ireland. [2][3]

August 1753 -- Joshua English, Mary Holmes English, Thomas English (age 22), and Elizabeth English (age 18) arrived from Ireland on the ship "Hitchcock" at Charles Town Harbor (now called Charleston), South Carolina (Captain Peter Gibson of Whitehaven, England). The English family were Quakers. [4]

1789 -- Mary Holmes English died at Cravens County, (now Camden, Kershaw County), South Carolina, USA. [5]

Research Notes

No Quaker birth record located.

Currently conducting further research to verify "Descendants of Thomas English" since it is from Rootsweb.

Sources

  1. Descendants of Thomas English
  2. Descendants of Thomas English
  3. “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F3273G : accessed 05 February 2021), marriage of Joshua English and Mary Holmes of Boleart, Kings in Moategranogue, Westmeath on 15d 1mo (Mar) 1725 (1726); citing Moate MM family lists 1660-1782 with testimonies and minutes, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
  4. Descendants of Thomas English
  5. Descendants of Thomas English

See also:

  • Descendants of Thomas English. Accessed by Michael Boynton on August 23, 2009. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shipleyharrison/English.htm. Page 2 of 9.
  • S-2138701053. Repository: #R-2141108662. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Yates Publishing. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived. APID: 7836::00 http://www.Ancestry.com
  • S-2141108661. Repository: #R-2141108662. Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of Sheppard_Duncan_Bickham_Stroud.ged on 01 February 2011.
  • WikiTree profile Holmes-2202 created through the import of Thompson Family Tree.ged on Sep 1, 2012 by Wilson Thompson.
  • WikiTree profile Holmes-1067 created through the import of Wells Family2_2011-05-26.ged on May 27, 2011 by Doug Wells. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Doug and others.






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Mary wasn't the daughter of Anne Crosbie. In 1704 Anne was unmarried and Peter Holmes was married to Lucy Sprigg and living in Ballysheil.
posted by John Falvey
Holmes-6396 and Holmes-597 appear to represent the same person because: Same person but for some reason existing profile was not an option so I had to create new profile
posted by [Living Boynton]
Could someone approve the merge, please?
posted by Robin Lee
Holmes-2202 and Holmes-597 appear to represent the same person because: same dates and husband
posted by Robin Lee

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