Richard1 Holmes, "mill-wright," not of the first company, but a very early settler, bought, with Richard Bailey, the estate of Thomas Harris, 1644. He married 23 : 6 mo. 1647 [August 23, 1647], Alice Northend, sister of Ezekiel Northend. He died in Bradford, probably at the house of his daughter, Elizabeth Pearl. His will, dated 15 July, 1695, proved 13 Jan., 1696, mentions himself as of Rowley; daughter Elizabeth Parl; "having payd for my son John Pearl, by his order & desire ye sum of Fifty pounds in Mony vnto Mr Jno Knight of Ketle Cove (deceased) wch he owed before he married to my daughter Elizabeth; & Eighte one pounds & ten shillings mony to Mr Francis Wainwright deceased yt he owed him for Corne &c. where I delivered my said son out of prison : & also …"; grandchildren Alice, Ellen, Timothy, Mary and John Pearl; "My Lands housing & Mill at Bradford" (Essex Probate). In the division of his real estate at Rowley, 27 July, 1710, mention is made of Ellen, Alice and Timothy Pearl, also "their mother Elizabeth Pearl, widow" (Essex Probate).