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
  Last Modified	29 Oct 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 Deputies, 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. Corrected edition, including corrections by John Osborne Austin and material by G. Andrews Moriarty from The American Genealogist. Baltimore: Genealogicical Publishing Co., 1969, 1978. [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. Corrected edition, including corrections by John Osborne Austin and material by G. Andrews Moriarty from The American Genealogist. Baltimore: Genealogicical Publishing Co., 1969, 1978., date only.