Content (Sylvester) Holmes (abt.1705-aft.1780)

Content Holmes formerly Sylvester

Born about 1705 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Daughter of Joseph Sylvester II and Hannah (Bartlett) Sylvester

Sister of Solomon Sylvester, Hannah (Silvester) Holmes, Joseph Sylvester, Marsey (Silvester) Rider, Thankfull (Sylvester) Rider and Ebenezer Sylvester

Wife of James Holmes — married 30 Jan 1729 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Mother of Zaccheus Holmes, Solomon Holmes, James Holmes, Unnamed Holmes, Seth Holmes, Unnamed Holmes, Nathaniel Holmes, Lathrop Holmes, Barnabas Holmes, Caleb Holmes and Ezra Holmes

Died after 28 Oct 1780 after about age 75 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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1 Biography
- 1.1 Land Records
2 Children
3 Sources

Biography

Content was born about 1705. She is the daughter of Joseph Sylvester and Hannah Bartlett.

Baptized on 13 Apr 1718 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Land Records

On 18 March 1766, Content bought land in Plymouth that her father had once owned, from Eleazer Stephens.^[1]

On 26 October 1780, Content sold to Seth Holmes 3 acres of land in Plymouth that had belonged to her late husband James Holmes.^[2]

Children

Content Sylvester and James Holmes had the following (11) children:^[3]

Zaccheus, 1729
Solomon, 1731
James, 1733
(daughter), died young
Seth, 1735
(daughter), died young
Nathaniel, 1738
Lathrop, 1740
Barnabas, 1743
Caleb, 1745
Ezra, 1747/8

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z7-RC2R : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1765-1767 vol 52-53 > image 223 of 582; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-GSYJ : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1779-1783 vol 60-61 > image 108-109 of 558; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
↑ Warren Silver Book, Richard Warren of the Mayflower, Fifth Generation, Volume Eighteen, Part 2, Second Edition, Published by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2011, Page 61

Named in Parent's WILL

Will of: Joseph and Hannah Silvester of Plimouth in the County of Plimouth

Will Written: November 1st, 1734

Will probated: March 4, 1754

Son: Soloman Silvester

Son: Joseph Silvester deceased

Daughter: Hannah Holmes

Daughter: Mary Rider

Daughter: Thankfull Rider

Daughter: Content Holmes

Executors: Solomon Silvester and Ebenezer Holmes

WILL - Massachusetts, Plymouth Probate Records (found on page 116/298)

Inventory of Estate - Massachusetts, Plymouth Probate Records (found on page 137/298)

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Mayflower Families Through Five Generations published by General Society Of Mayflower Descendants Richard Warren #314
"Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 31 January 2019, 04:53), entry for Content Silvester(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZJR-783); contributed by various users.
"Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 26 January 2019, 20:43), entry for Content Sylvester(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GMBM-L16); contributed by various users.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Content 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 Content: