Son of Rev. Obadiah Holmes and Katherine Hyde.John Reynolds Totten, "Anneke Jans (1607-8?-1663) and Her Two Husbands", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record Vol. 56, pages 202-243 (1925): pp.211-212.
Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913).
John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88.
Baptized on 20 March 1642 at Salem, Massachusetts.
J. Henry Lea and J.R. Hutchinson, The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909), p.97.
Married Alice Stillwell, daughter of Lieut. Nicholas Stillwell and Ann Van Dyke, at Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 26 October 1665.
Tunis G. Bergen, "Marriage Records, Gravesend, L. I.", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 4, no. 4, p. 199 (1873): 4:199. Samuel Holmes to Ales Stillwell both of Gravesend.
Samuel Holmes was in Gravesend, Long Island by Oct 1677 when he was appointed to the committee to divide Guisbert's Island into 39, 2 acre lots. Samuel received lots nos. 2, 13, and 37.
Henry Reed Stiles, The Civil, Political, Professional and Ecclesiastical History and Commercial and Industrial Record of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, NY from 1683 to 1884 (New York: Munsell, abt 1884), p.191.
He bought, on 3 May 1665, from John Ruckman, plantation lot no.22 in Gravesend. He owned 1 1/2 lots on Gysbert's Island in 1670. Samuel Holmes was a Lieut. in the militia in 1673 and a magistrate in 1674.
Teunis G. Bergen, Register in Alphabetical Order of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island (New York: S.W. Green's Sons, 1881), p.145.
Will dated 28 April 1679 proved 25 Jun 1679, "Samuel Holmes of Gravesend upon Long Island in the West Riding of Yorkshire, being in perfect memory..." Makes his wife Alice Holmes sole executrix. Names two sons, Samuel and Joseph Holmes; daughter Anne Holmes; daughter Katherine Holmes. Names "loving brothers and friends," Richard Stillwell, Jonathan Holmes, Obadiah Holmes, John Bonne, and Samuel Spicer as guardians.
New York Co. Surrogate's Court, Record of Wills, v.1-2, 1665-1699; FHL film #0874513 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 1982-83), Microfilm of original records in the Surrogate's Court, New York Co., New York, 1:206. Hereinafter cited as New York Co. Wills, v.1-2.
John E. Stillwell Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Early Settlers of New Jersey and their Descendants, Vol. 3 (New York: n.pub., 1914), pages 308-309. Witnesses were John Tilton, Sr., town clerk, John Emans and Samuel Spicer (Lib. 1, p. 341, New York Wills). John Emans and John Tilton, Sr., declined to swear, being Quakers, and their declarations were finally taken by the Governor to whom he matter had been referred by the Court.
His father's will:
Will dated Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913)9 April 1681 He calls himself, "obadiah Holme of Newport on Rhode Island," mentions his "daughter Mary Brown, daughter Martha odlin, daughter Liddiah bownd, two grand Children ye Children of my daughter Hopestill Taylor, sonn John Holme, sonn obadiah Holme, grand Children ye Children of my Sonn Samuel Holme, grand Child Martha brown, wife Katherine holme." Names his son Jonathan as executor. Mentions his friends James Barker, Sr., Joseph Clarke, Philip Smith, all of Newport. Witnessed by Edward Thurston, and Weston Clarke.
Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913).
His children settled in Monmouth County, New Jersey where they had many descendants. He signed his name as Samuel Hulms.
Teunis G. Bergen, Register in Alphabetical Order of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island (New York: S.W. Green's Sons, 1881), p.145.
Children by Alice:
Samuel Holmes b. 12 Feb 1668, d. Sep 1674
Ann Holmes b. 20 Dec 1670, d. before 9 Jan 1702
Joseph Holmes b. 17 Mar 1672, d. betweeen 31 Dec 1702 and 12 May 1704
Katherine Holmes b. 15 Jun 1675
Mary Holmes b. before 1679
Hon. Elijah Hayward, "Plymouth Colony Records", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 9, p.313 (1855).
Arthur S. Cole, The Scott Family of Shrewsbury, N.J.: Being the Descendants of William Scott and Abigail Tilton Warner, with sketches of related families (Red Bank, NJ: Register Press, 1908), p.44.
Samuel Holmes died in 1679 at Staten Island, New York.
Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913).
J. Henry Lea and J.R. Hutchinson, The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909), p.97.
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913).
John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88.
Baptized on 20 March 1642 at Salem, Massachusetts.
J. Henry Lea and J.R. Hutchinson, The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909), p.97.
Married Alice Stillwell, daughter of Lieut. Nicholas Stillwell and Ann Van Dyke, at Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 26 October 1665.
Tunis G. Bergen, "Marriage Records, Gravesend, L. I.", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 4, no. 4, p. 199 (1873): 4:199. Samuel Holmes to Ales Stillwell both of Gravesend.
Samuel Holmes was in Gravesend, Long Island by Oct 1677 when he was appointed to the committee to divide Guisbert's Island into 39, 2 acre lots. Samuel received lots nos. 2, 13, and 37.
Henry Reed Stiles, The Civil, Political, Professional and Ecclesiastical History and Commercial and Industrial Record of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, NY from 1683 to 1884 (New York: Munsell, abt 1884), p.191.
He bought, on 3 May 1665, from John Ruckman, plantation lot no.22 in Gravesend. He owned 1 1/2 lots on Gysbert's Island in 1670. Samuel Holmes was a Lieut. in the militia in 1673 and a magistrate in 1674.
Teunis G. Bergen, Register in Alphabetical Order of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island (New York: S.W. Green's Sons, 1881), p.145.
Will dated 28 April 1679 proved 25 Jun 1679, "Samuel Holmes of Gravesend upon Long Island in the West Riding of Yorkshire, being in perfect memory..." Makes his wife Alice Holmes sole executrix. Names two sons, Samuel and Joseph Holmes; daughter Anne Holmes; daughter Katherine Holmes. Names "loving brothers and friends," Richard Stillwell, Jonathan Holmes, Obadiah Holmes, John Bonne, and Samuel Spicer as guardians.
New York Co. Surrogate's Court, Record of Wills, v.1-2, 1665-1699; FHL film #0874513 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 1982-83), Microfilm of original records in the Surrogate's Court, New York Co., New York, 1:206. Hereinafter cited as New York Co. Wills, v.1-2.
John E. Stillwell Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Early Settlers of New Jersey and their Descendants, Vol. 3 (New York: n.pub., 1914), pages 308-309. Witnesses were John Tilton, Sr., town clerk, John Emans and Samuel Spicer (Lib. 1, p. 341, New York Wills). John Emans and John Tilton, Sr., declined to swear, being Quakers, and their declarations were finally taken by the Governor to whom he matter had been referred by the Court.
His father's will:
Will dated Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913)9 April 1681 He calls himself, "obadiah Holme of Newport on Rhode Island," mentions his "daughter Mary Brown, daughter Martha odlin, daughter Liddiah bownd, two grand Children ye Children of my daughter Hopestill Taylor, sonn John Holme, sonn obadiah Holme, grand Children ye Children of my Sonn Samuel Holme, grand Child Martha brown, wife Katherine holme." Names his son Jonathan as executor. Mentions his friends James Barker, Sr., Joseph Clarke, Philip Smith, all of Newport. Witnessed by Edward Thurston, and Weston Clarke.
Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913).
His children settled in Monmouth County, New Jersey where they had many descendants. He signed his name as Samuel Hulms.
Teunis G. Bergen, Register in Alphabetical Order of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island (New York: S.W. Green's Sons, 1881), p.145.
Children by Alice:
Samuel Holmes b. 12 Feb 1668, d. Sep 1674
Ann Holmes b. 20 Dec 1670, d. before 9 Jan 1702
Joseph Holmes b. 17 Mar 1672, d. betweeen 31 Dec 1702 and 12 May 1704
Katherine Holmes b. 15 Jun 1675
Mary Holmes b. before 1679
Hon. Elijah Hayward, "Plymouth Colony Records", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 9, p.313 (1855).
Arthur S. Cole, The Scott Family of Shrewsbury, N.J.: Being the Descendants of William Scott and Abigail Tilton Warner, with sketches of related families (Red Bank, NJ: Register Press, 1908), p.44.
Samuel Holmes died in 1679 at Staten Island, New York.
Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913).
J. Henry Lea and J.R. Hutchinson, The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909), p.97.
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
Son of Rev. Obadiah Holmes and Katherine Hyde.John Reynolds Totten, "Anneke Jans (1607-8?-1663) and Her Two Husbands", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record Vol. 56, pages 202-243 (1925): pp.211-212.
Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913).
John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88.
Baptized on 20 March 1642 at Salem, Massachusetts.
J. Henry Lea and J.R. Hutchinson, The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909), p.97.
Married Alice Stillwell, daughter of Lieut. Nicholas Stillwell and Ann Van Dyke, at Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 26 October 1665.
Tunis G. Bergen, "Marriage Records, Gravesend, L. I.", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 4, no. 4, p. 199 (1873): 4:199. Samuel Holmes to Ales Stillwell both of Gravesend.
Samuel Holmes was in Gravesend, Long Island by Oct 1677 when he was appointed to the committee to divide Guisbert's Island into 39, 2 acre lots. Samuel received lots nos. 2, 13, and 37.
Henry Reed Stiles, The Civil, Political, Professional and Ecclesiastical History and Commercial and Industrial Record of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, NY from 1683 to 1884 (New York: Munsell, abt 1884), p.191.
He bought, on 3 May 1665, from John Ruckman, plantation lot no.22 in Gravesend. He owned 1 1/2 lots on Gysbert's Island in 1670. Samuel Holmes was a Lieut. in the militia in 1673 and a magistrate in 1674.
Teunis G. Bergen, Register in Alphabetical Order of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island (New York: S.W. Green's Sons, 1881), p.145.
Will dated 28 April 1679 proved 25 Jun 1679, "Samuel Holmes of Gravesend upon Long Island in the West Riding of Yorkshire, being in perfect memory..." Makes his wife Alice Holmes sole executrix. Names two sons, Samuel and Joseph Holmes; daughter Anne Holmes; daughter Katherine Holmes. Names "loving brothers and friends," Richard Stillwell, Jonathan Holmes, Obadiah Holmes, John Bonne, and Samuel Spicer as guardians.
New York Co. Surrogate's Court, Record of Wills, v.1-2, 1665-1699; FHL film #0874513 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 1982-83), Microfilm of original records in the Surrogate's Court, New York Co., New York, 1:206. Hereinafter cited as New York Co. Wills, v.1-2.
John E. Stillwell Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Early Settlers of New Jersey and their Descendants, Vol. 3 (New York: n.pub., 1914), pages 308-309. Witnesses were John Tilton, Sr., town clerk, John Emans and Samuel Spicer (Lib. 1, p. 341, New York Wills). John Emans and John Tilton, Sr., declined to swear, being Quakers, and their declarations were finally taken by the Governor to whom he matter had been referred by the Court.
His father's will:
Will dated Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913)9 April 1681 He calls himself, "obadiah Holme of Newport on Rhode Island," mentions his "daughter Mary Brown, daughter Martha odlin, daughter Liddiah bownd, two grand Children ye Children of my daughter Hopestill Taylor, sonn John Holme, sonn obadiah Holme, grand Children ye Children of my Sonn Samuel Holme, grand Child Martha brown, wife Katherine holme." Names his son Jonathan as executor. Mentions his friends James Barker, Sr., Joseph Clarke, Philip Smith, all of Newport. Witnessed by Edward Thurston, and Weston Clarke.
Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913).
His children settled in Monmouth County, New Jersey where they had many descendants. He signed his name as Samuel Hulms.
Teunis G. Bergen, Register in Alphabetical Order of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island (New York: S.W. Green's Sons, 1881), p.145.
Children by Alice:
Samuel Holmes b. 12 Feb 1668, d. Sep 1674
Ann Holmes b. 20 Dec 1670, d. before 9 Jan 1702
Joseph Holmes b. 17 Mar 1672, d. betweeen 31 Dec 1702 and 12 May 1704
Katherine Holmes b. 15 Jun 1675
Mary Holmes b. before 1679
Hon. Elijah Hayward, "Plymouth Colony Records", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 9, p.313 (1855).
Arthur S. Cole, The Scott Family of Shrewsbury, N.J.: Being the Descendants of William Scott and Abigail Tilton Warner, with sketches of related families (Red Bank, NJ: Register Press, 1908), p.44.
Samuel Holmes died in 1679 at Staten Island, New York.
Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913).
J. Henry Lea and J.R. Hutchinson, The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909), p.97.
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913).
John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88.
Baptized on 20 March 1642 at Salem, Massachusetts.
J. Henry Lea and J.R. Hutchinson, The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909), p.97.
Married Alice Stillwell, daughter of Lieut. Nicholas Stillwell and Ann Van Dyke, at Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 26 October 1665.
Tunis G. Bergen, "Marriage Records, Gravesend, L. I.", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 4, no. 4, p. 199 (1873): 4:199. Samuel Holmes to Ales Stillwell both of Gravesend.
Samuel Holmes was in Gravesend, Long Island by Oct 1677 when he was appointed to the committee to divide Guisbert's Island into 39, 2 acre lots. Samuel received lots nos. 2, 13, and 37.
Henry Reed Stiles, The Civil, Political, Professional and Ecclesiastical History and Commercial and Industrial Record of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, NY from 1683 to 1884 (New York: Munsell, abt 1884), p.191.
He bought, on 3 May 1665, from John Ruckman, plantation lot no.22 in Gravesend. He owned 1 1/2 lots on Gysbert's Island in 1670. Samuel Holmes was a Lieut. in the militia in 1673 and a magistrate in 1674.
Teunis G. Bergen, Register in Alphabetical Order of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island (New York: S.W. Green's Sons, 1881), p.145.
Will dated 28 April 1679 proved 25 Jun 1679, "Samuel Holmes of Gravesend upon Long Island in the West Riding of Yorkshire, being in perfect memory..." Makes his wife Alice Holmes sole executrix. Names two sons, Samuel and Joseph Holmes; daughter Anne Holmes; daughter Katherine Holmes. Names "loving brothers and friends," Richard Stillwell, Jonathan Holmes, Obadiah Holmes, John Bonne, and Samuel Spicer as guardians.
New York Co. Surrogate's Court, Record of Wills, v.1-2, 1665-1699; FHL film #0874513 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 1982-83), Microfilm of original records in the Surrogate's Court, New York Co., New York, 1:206. Hereinafter cited as New York Co. Wills, v.1-2.
John E. Stillwell Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Early Settlers of New Jersey and their Descendants, Vol. 3 (New York: n.pub., 1914), pages 308-309. Witnesses were John Tilton, Sr., town clerk, John Emans and Samuel Spicer (Lib. 1, p. 341, New York Wills). John Emans and John Tilton, Sr., declined to swear, being Quakers, and their declarations were finally taken by the Governor to whom he matter had been referred by the Court.
His father's will:
Will dated Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913)9 April 1681 He calls himself, "obadiah Holme of Newport on Rhode Island," mentions his "daughter Mary Brown, daughter Martha odlin, daughter Liddiah bownd, two grand Children ye Children of my daughter Hopestill Taylor, sonn John Holme, sonn obadiah Holme, grand Children ye Children of my Sonn Samuel Holme, grand Child Martha brown, wife Katherine holme." Names his son Jonathan as executor. Mentions his friends James Barker, Sr., Joseph Clarke, Philip Smith, all of Newport. Witnessed by Edward Thurston, and Weston Clarke.
Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913).
His children settled in Monmouth County, New Jersey where they had many descendants. He signed his name as Samuel Hulms.
Teunis G. Bergen, Register in Alphabetical Order of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island (New York: S.W. Green's Sons, 1881), p.145.
Children by Alice:
Samuel Holmes b. 12 Feb 1668, d. Sep 1674
Ann Holmes b. 20 Dec 1670, d. before 9 Jan 1702
Joseph Holmes b. 17 Mar 1672, d. betweeen 31 Dec 1702 and 12 May 1704
Katherine Holmes b. 15 Jun 1675
Mary Holmes b. before 1679
Hon. Elijah Hayward, "Plymouth Colony Records", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 9, p.313 (1855).
Arthur S. Cole, The Scott Family of Shrewsbury, N.J.: Being the Descendants of William Scott and Abigail Tilton Warner, with sketches of related families (Red Bank, NJ: Register Press, 1908), p.44.
Samuel Holmes died in 1679 at Staten Island, New York.
Edith May Tilley, "The Will of Rev. Obadiah Holmes with a Few Extractions From His Manuscripts", New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 67, pp.21-23 (1913).
J. Henry Lea and J.R. Hutchinson, The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909), p.97.
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
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