Person:Francis Holmes (7)

Francis Holmes

b.Bef 1610

d.Bef 14 Feb 1675/76

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m. Bef 1635

Facts and Events

Name^[1]	Francis Holmes
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Bef 1610	Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage	Bef 1635	Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child. to Ann _____
Residence^[1]	Bef 1658	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Will^[1]	6 Sep 1671
Death^[1]	Bef 14 Feb 1675/76
Estate Inventory^[1]	14 Feb 1675/76
Estate Settlement^[1]	3 Mar 1675/76

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Francis Holmes, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
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Holmes, Francis. He was of Stamford by 1658, when he and Richard witnessed a deed. The surname was first spelled Homes. Will 6 Sept. 1671; wife; sons John, Stephen; dau. Ann Dean; son Richard; servant Cornelius; son John's eldest son. Inv. 14 Feb. 1675/6. Agreement of heirs, 3 Mar. 1675/6; widow Ann; children, John, Richard, and Stephen Holmes, and Samuel and Ann Dean. In the Clawson witchcraft trial, Oct. 1692, Richard Holmes, ae. abt. 55, testified that his mother had been midwife in Stamford.