Person:Richard Holmes (1)

Richard Holmes

b.Cal 1604

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m. 23 Jun 1647

Facts and Events

Name^[1]	Richard Holmes
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Cal 1604
Marriage	23 Jun 1647	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Alice Northend
Will^[1]	15 Jul 1695
Death^[1]	Bet 15 Jul 1695 and 13 Jan 1696	Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesBetween date of will and date of probate
Probate^[1]	13 Jan 1696	Will proved.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 90. Richard¹ Holmes, in Jewett, Amos Everett, [Editor], and George Brainard [Compiler] Blodgette. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts: A Genealogical Record of the Families who Settled in Rowley before 1700 with Several Generations of their Descendants. (Rowley, Mass.: Amos Everett Jewett (Newcomb & Gauss Co., Printers, Salem, Mass.), 1933)
160-61.

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 y^e sum of Fifty pounds in Mony vnto M^r Jn^o Knight of Ketle Cove (deceased) w^ch he owed before he married to my daughter Elizabeth; & Eighte one pounds & ten shillings mony to M^r Francis Wainwright deceased y^t 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).