Saturday, September 24, 2016

Surname Saturday - HOLMES (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  



I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1467, who is Mary HOLMES (1632-1690) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this HOLMES family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)


10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia E. White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

44.  Jonathan White (1805-1850)
45.  Miranda Wade (1804-1850)

90.  Simon Wade (1767-1857)
91.  Phebe Horton (1772-1820)

182.  Nathaniel Horton (1730-1819)
183.  Sarah Pray (1734-1820)

366.  Richard Pray (1683-1755)
367.  Rachel LNU (1685-1755)

732.  John Pray (1653-1733)
733.  Sarah Brown (1662-1733)

1466.  John Brown, born about 1628 in England; died about 1706 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 2932. Chad Brown and 2933. Elizabeth Sharparowe.  He married about 1658 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
1467.  Mary Holmes, born about 1632 in Lancashire, England; died after 1690 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

Children of John Brown and Mary Holmes are:
*  Mary Brown (1659-1678), married Arthur Aylesworth (1653-1726).
*  Sarah Brown (1662-1733), married 1678 John Pray (1653-1733).
*  Martha Brown (1664-1727), married 1682 Joseph Jenckes (1656-1740).
*  Obadiah Brown (1668-1746).
*  Deborah Brown (1670-????).

2934.  Obadiah Holmes, born before 18 March 1610 in Didsbury, Lancashire, England; died 15 October 1682 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 5868. Robert Hulme and 5869. Katherine Johnson.  He married  20 November 1630 in Manchester, Lancashire, England.
2935.  Katharine Hyde, born 1608 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; died 15 October 1682 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

Children of Obadiah Holmes and Katharine Hyde are:
*  Mary Holmes (1632-1690), married 1658 John Brown (1628-1706).
*  Jonathan Holmes (1633-1712), married 1664 Sarah Borden (1644-1713).
*  Lydia Holmes (1634-1693), married 1663 John Bowne (1627-1695).
*  Hopestill Holmes (1638-????).
*  Martha Holmes (1640-1711), married 1660 John Audley (1642-1711).
*  Samuel Holmes (1642-1679), married 1665 Alice Stillwell (1645-1709).
*  Obadiah Holmes (1644-1728), married 1679 Elizabeth Cooke (1641-1715).
*  Joseph Holmes (1646-????).
*  Sarah Holmes (1651-????).
*  John Holmes (1654-1712), married (1) 1671 Frances Holden; (2) 1680 Mary Sayles (1652-1717).

Information about the Holmes family was obtained from:

Carl Boyer 3rd, Ancestral Lines, Third Edition (Santa Clarita, Calif.: the author, 1998).

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