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Abiel Holmes, D.D., LL.D.
- H. Abiel Holmes, D.D., LL.D.1763 - 1837
- W. Mary Stiles1767 - 1795
m. 1790
Facts and Events
| Name |
Abiel Holmes, D.D., LL.D. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[2][3] |
24 Dec 1763 |
Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States |
| Marriage |
1790 |
to Mary Stiles |
| Marriage |
14 Feb 1801 |
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Wendell |
| Death[1][3] |
4 Jun 1837 |
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Reference Number? |
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Q4667626? |
References
- ↑ Abiel Holmes, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Abiel Holmes (December 24, 1763 – June 4, 1837) was an American Congregational clergyman and historian. He was the father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. and grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
- ↑ Barbour, Lucius Barnes, and Newton Case Brainard. Vital Records of Woodstock, 1686-1854. (Hartford, Connecticut: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1914)
123.
"Abiel Holmes son of David Holmes by Temperance his Wife born Decr 24th: 1763
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ammidown, Holmes. Historical collections: containing the reformation in France; the rise, progress and destruction of the Huguenot Church : the histoires of seven towns: six of which are in the south part of Worcester County, Mass., namely: Oxford, Dudley, Webster, Sturbridge, Charlton, Southbridge, and the town of Woodstock, now in Connecticut. (New York, New York: H. Ammidown, 1877)
390 - 392.
ABIEL HOLMES, D.D., LL.D.
"Dr. Holmes was the son of Dr. David Holmes, a surgeon in the French war, and on the breaking out of the war of the Revolution was again engaged in that capacity, and served four years.
He was born in Woodstock, December 24, 1763. Died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 4, 1837. He was at the age of sixteen when his father died, in 1779, a graduate of Yale college in 1783, and for a time tutor in that institution, while prosecuting his studies in theology.
Having closed his studies at New Haven, he became the minister for a religious society in the parish of Midway, in Georgia, in the year 1785, where he remained till compelled by ill-health to resign his pastorate in 1791.
In the preceding year he had married Mary, daughter of President Stiles, of Yale college, who died, August 29, 1795. He was installed as pastor of the first religious society at Cambridge, January 25, 1792, which charge he held till September 26, 1832. On the death of President Stiles he received his large collection of manuscripts, containing researches upon many subjects. From the careful examination of these papers Dr. Holmes wrote and published the life of Dr. Stiles, in 1798.
The examination of these manuscripts led his mind in the way of gathering up historical facts relating to America.
The continuation of these researches enabled him to publish “The Annals of America" the first edition in two Volumes, at Cambridge, in 1905, which has since maintained its place as the leading authority in American history. This was published in England in 1813, and republished in an enlarged edition in this country in 1829.
He was an active member of the Massachusetts Historical society, and among the valuable researches in this behalf are his “Memoirs of the Huguenot Settlement at Oxford,” published in the third volume of the second series of the “Collections” of that society in 1830.
He married, for his second wife, in 1800, Sarah, daughter of the Hon. Oliver Wendell, of Boston; and among the three children by this marriage is Oliver Wendell Holmes, M.D., a physician and poet, born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 29, 1809; a graduate of Harvard college in 1829; visited Europe, traveling extensively there in 1832 and some years following; and gave attendance at various hospitals at Paris and other cities.
He received the degree of M.D. in 1836, and in 1838 was chosen professor of anatomy and physiology in Dartmouth college. On the resignation of Dr. J.0. Warren in 1847, he was elected to fill the same office in the medical department of Harvard college. As a poet and humorous writer he is scarcely equaled; while his writings upon medical science have been numerous and of much value. Dr. 0.W. Holmes married the daughter of Charles Jackson, Esq., late of Boston, where he makes it his home. Here is again exhibited the succession of intellectual ability, through three successive generations, of superior quality."
- TRUSTEES. 1778-1830, in Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy Andover 1778-1830. (Andover, Massachusetts: The Andover Press, 1903)
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1809 Abiel Holmes 1837
Son of Dr. David Holmes and Mrs. Temperance Bishop;
born, Woodstock, Conn., Dec. 24, 1763;
Yale College, 1783, and tutor;
pastor, Midway, Ga., 1785-91;
of First Church, Cambridge, 1792-1832;
author of Annals of America, and many valuable historical discourses and papers ;
died June 4, 1837.
A.M., Harvard, 1792;
D.D., Edinburgh, 1805;
LL.D., Allegheny, 1822;
Fellow of American Academy ;
member and secretary of Massachusetts Historical Society;
member of American Antiquarian Society and American Philosophical Society ;
one of founders of Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and of American Education Society.
Father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Phillips Academy, 1824.
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