Person:Josiah Holmes (3)

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Josiah Holmes
b.Est 1638
d.Aft 8 May 1721
m. Bef 1638
  1. Josiah HolmesEst 1638 - Aft 1721
  2. Abraham HolmesEst 1640 -
  3. Elizabeth HolmesEst 1642 - Aft 1677/78
  4. Mary HolmesEst 1644 -
  5. Sarah HolmesEst 1646 - Aft 1677/78
  6. Rebecca HolmesEst 1648 - Aft 1677/78
  7. Israel HolmesEst 1650 - 1684/85
  8. Captain Isaac HolmesEst 1653 - Bet 1723 & 1724
  • HJosiah HolmesEst 1638 - Aft 1721
  • WHannah SamsonAft 1635 - Bet 1650 & 1684
m. 20 Mar 1665/66
  1. Hannah Holmes1667 -
  2. Dorcas Holmes1669 -
  3. Josiah Holmes1672 -
  4. Mary Holmes1674 -
  5. John Holmes1678 -
  6. William Holmes1679/80 - 1760
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Josiah Holmes
Gender Male
Birth? Est 1638
Christening[2] 27 Apr 1661 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 20 Mar 1665/66 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hannah Samson
Death[4] Aft 8 May 1721
References
  1. Davis, William T. Ancient landmarks of Plymouth: part 1, historical sketch and titles of estates; part 2, genealogical register of Plymouth families. (Boston, Massachusetts: A. Williams, c1883)
    Genealogies, p. 141.

    HOLMES
    Josiah, Duxbury, probably son of 1st John [sic, documents show he was son of William], m. 1666, Hannah, d. of Henry Sampson, and had Hannah, 1667; Deborah, 1669; Josiah, 1672; Mary, 1674; John, 1678; William, 1680.

  2. 2.0 2.1 William Holmes, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    III:393.

    Children of William Holmes and Elizabeth ---:
    1) Josiah Holmes, b. say 1638 [see comments: based on order named in father's will and date of marriage], bp. Scituate 27 April 1661 [NEHGR 57:178], m. Duxbury 20 March 1665[/6?] Hannah Samson, daughter of Henry Samson [GMB 3:1623; PCLR 4:188].

  3. General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620. (New England - United States: General Society of Mayflower Descendants., Various)
    Vol. 20 (Henry Samson), Part 1, p. 4.

    28 Oct 1684: Humphrey Johnson of Hingham for himself and as assignee of Mr. Resolved White of Marshfield, and Josiah Holmes of Duxbury as assignee of his father William Holmes deceased lodge complaint against township of Scituate.

  4. Plymouth County (Massachusetts). Register of Deeds. Deed records, 1664-1900. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968)
    Vol. 22, folio 76.

    5 Jan 1720/21, acknowledged 8 May 1721: Deed of Josiah Holmes of Scittuate having in 1713 sold for £100 to Thomas Lambert jun'r late of Pembroke now of Scittuate, parcels of land in Pembroke, and he having sold in 1717 to my Son John Holmes late of Pembroke now of Scittuate, does confirm title to my Son John Holmes.