John Holmes

1649 - 1712  (63 years)

• Name	John Holmes  [1, 2]
  Birth	1649  [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Oct 1712	Newport, Newport, Rhode Island   [4, 6, 7]
  Alternate death	Between 4 Oct 1712 and 12 Nov 1712	Newport, Newport, Rhode Island   [8, 9]
  Person ID	I39902	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LD
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. Obadiah Holmes,   b. Bef 18 Mar 1610   d. 15 Oct 1682, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island (Age > 72 years)
  Mother	Catherine Hyde,   b. Abt 1608   d. Abt 1684 (Age ~ 76 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1630	Collegiate Church of Manchester, Lancashire, England   [5]
  Family ID	F23434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Sayles,   b. 11 Jul 1652, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 1717 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1680	Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island   [3, 7, 10, 11, 12]
  Children	+ 1. Susannah Holmes,   b. Abt 1682   d. Between 7 Apr 1726 and 1728, Groton, New London, Connecticut (Age ~ 44 years)
  Family ID	F23431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  "He was twice married; was a Lieutenant in the militia, many years -- sixteen -- the general treasurer of the colony of Rhode Island, a member of the House of Deputuies, at different times, often employed and trusted, otherwise, in the public service." [J. T. Holmes, citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

  [S6074] George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and Descendants: Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman by Mary Ross Whitman. Chicago, 1939. [S7186] G. Andrews Moriarty, "John Sayles of Providence." The American Genealogist 15:228, 1938. [S2203] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. [S679] The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John Osborne Austin. Albany, New York; 1887. [S708] James Cox Brady and His Ancestry by Louis Effingham De Forest. New York: 1933. [S7184] The American Family of Rev. Obadiah Holmes by J. T. Holmes. Columbus, Ohio, 1915. [S708] James Cox Brady and His Ancestry by Louis Effingham De Forest. New York: 1933., date only. [S7183] Gleanings from Newport Court Files 1659-1783 by Jane Fletcher Fiske. Boxford, Massachusetts, 1998. [S2203] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015., year only. [S1819] Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England by Ernest Flagg. Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1926., date only. [S7186] G. Andrews Moriarty, "John Sayles of Providence." The American Genealogist 15:228, 1938., date only. [S679] The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John Osborne Austin. Albany, New York; 1887., date only.