William Homes

1717 - 1785  (68 years)

• Name	William Homes  [1, 2]
  Alternate birth	10 Jan 1716	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1, 3, 4]
  Birth	10 Jan 1717	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [5, 6]
  Baptism	13 Jan 1717	Old North Church, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Jul 1785	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [3, 4, 7, 8]
  Burial	Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Person ID	I20490	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Capt. Robert Homes,   b. 23 Jul 1694, Stragolan, Fermanagh, Ireland d. Bef 22 Oct 1727 (Age < 33 years)
  Mother	Mary Franklin,   b. 26 Sep 1694, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 1731, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	3 Apr 1716	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [5, 9, 10]
  Notes	"My son Robert was Marryed in Boston to mrs Mary Franklin April 3rd at 9 at night by the Revd mr Eben Pemberton." ["Diary of Reverend William Homes", citation details below]
  Family ID	F12318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Dawes,   b. 9 Mar 1718, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. Jul 1786, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	24 Apr 1740	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1, 4, 11, 12]
  Notes	Married by the Rev. Dr. Sewall.
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Holmes,   b. 2 Jan 1748, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 21 Mar 1826, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F12319	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2020

  
  

• Notes

  His grandfather William Homes wrote in his diary: "My Grand Son William Homes was born on Jany 10 1716/17 at 2 afternoon. He was baptized in the old north church by Dr Increase Mather the 13th day of the same month." He was a gold and silver smith. Described (by an unattributed source quoted in Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut, citation details below, as "a man of tender conscience, good-tempered, and inclined to jocoseness," "thin, [with] large joints, [and] round-shouldered," and was "thought to bear a striking resemblance to his uncle, Benjamin Franklin." Also according to Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut, he was born in the same house where his famous uncle is said to have been born.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2651] Memoir of Mrs. Sarah Tappan: Taken in Part from the Home Missionary Magazine, of November, 1828, and Printed for Distribution Among Her Descendants by Sarah Homes Tappan. New York: West & Trow, 1834. [S2662] Tappan-Toppan Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Abraham Toppan of Newbury, Massachusetts, 1606-1672 by Daniel Langdon Tappan. Arlington, Massachusetts, 1915. [S2740] Find a Grave page for William Homes. [S4303] Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut by Edward Augustus Bowen. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1897. [S2647] Charles Edward Banks, "Diary of Reverend William Homes." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 48:446, 1894; 49:413, 1895; 50:155, 1896. [S2130] The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts by Charles Edward Banks. Boston: George H. Dean, 1911. [S2738] Boston Evening Transcript, 22 Apr 1931., year only. [S2651] Memoir of Mrs. Sarah Tappan: Taken in Part from the Home Missionary Magazine, of November, 1828, and Printed for Distribution Among Her Descendants by Sarah Homes Tappan. New York: West & Trow, 1834., month, year, and place only. [S2646] Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), on americanancestors.org. Database built from the card index used by Annie Haven Thwing (1851-1940) to write The Crooked and Narrow Streets of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (1920). [S4425] Benjamin Franklin's Family: Volume I, English Ancestors by Michael J. Leclerc. 2019. [S2741] History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, Now Called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1637-1888 by Oliver Ayer Roberts. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1895-1901. [S647] Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines by Mary Walton Ferris. Volume 1, 1943; volume 2, 1931.