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Deborah 'Debby' Holmes 1775–1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1775

Birth Location: New York, USA

Death Date: 1837

Death Location: Lorneville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Samuel Holmes

Mother: Elizabeth Seaman

Spouse(s): John Boss

Children(s): Rufus Boss

Deborah 'Debby' Holmes was born in 1775 in New York, USA, the child of Samuel Holmes And Elizabeth Betty Fountain Holmes Seaman. Deborah 'Debby' Holmes married John W Boss, and had children including Rufus Smith Boss. Deborah 'Debby' Holmes passed away in 1837 in Lorneville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • Deborah 'Debby' Holmes was born in 1775 in New York, USA, the child of Samuel Holmes And Elizabeth Betty Fountain Holmes Seaman.
  • Deborah 'Debby' Holmes married John W Boss, and had children including Rufus Smith Boss.
  • Deborah 'Debby' Holmes passed away in 1837 in Lorneville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Holmes
1744–1796
Birth Location: Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States
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Elizabeth Seaman
1755–1813
Birth Location: Bedford, Westchester, British Colonial America, New York, USA
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Spouses(s)

John Boss
1771–1837
Birth Location: Slingsby, Yorkshire, England
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Children(s)

Rufus Boss
1809–1842
Birth Location: Amherst Shore, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
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Deborah Holmes's Ancestors

Self
Deborah Holmes
1775–1837
Birth Place: New York, USA
Parents
Samuel Holmes
1744–1796
Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States
Elizabeth ("Betty" Fountain Holmes) Seaman
1755–1813
Bedford, Westchester, British Colonial America, New York, USA
Grandparents
Nathaniel Holmes
1723–1828
Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States
Anna Rand
1725–1810
New York, USA
Matthew Fountain
1730–1784
Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Elizabeth ("Eliza") Hoyt
1735–1789
New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Great-Grandparents
Isaac I
1694–1741
Deborah Holmes
1695–1742
Elizabeth Gregory
1681–1738
Moses Fountain
1698–1757
ZERUBBABEL Hoyt
1699–1790
Dorothy (1702)
1702–1748
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Sr
1671–1708
Mary Miller
1670–1738
JOSEPH KETCHUM
1654–1730
MERCY LINDALL
1658–1697
Aaron Fountain
1663–1760
Susannah Beebe
1661–1715
Joseph Hoyt
1676–1731
Mary Pickett
1678–1730
Jonathan Holmes
1674–1742
Dorothy Roberts
1681–1710

Deborah Holmes's Descendants

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Deborah ('Debby') Holmes (Abt. 1775–1837) m. John (W) Boss (29 Dec 1771–1837)
  1. 1. Rufus (Smith) Boss 1809–1842 m. Sarah King 1811–1868
    1. 1. Robert Boss 1829–1915 m. Elizabeth Simonds 1840–1924
      1. 1. Ada Beharrell 1857–1924 m. James Beharrell 1854–1934
        1. 1. Hattie Beharrell 1883–1947 m. Charles (F) Crawford 1882–1971
        2. 2. Marry Beharrell 1896–1937
        3. 3. Florence Beharrell 1880–1971 m. Joshua Chapman –1951
        4. 4. Helen Beharrell 1894–1989
        5. 5. Harold Beharrell 1882–1963
        6. 6. Lulu Beharrell 1890–1909 m. Smith Parsons 1866–1932
        7. 7. Laura (May) Beharrell 1878–1972 m. Timothy Brownell 1865–
        8. 8. Charles (L) Shay 1880–
        9. 9. Herald Beharrell 1882–1963 m. Myrtle (Violet) Tower 1887–1968 m. Milton Tawer 1916–
        10. 10. Harriet (Elizabeth) Beharrell 1883–1947
        11. 11. Hattie (Elizabeth) Crawford 1884–1947
        12. 12. Albert (W) Beharrell 1886–1889
        13. 13. Wilfred (E) Beharrell 1892–1898
        14. 14. Mary Beharrell 1896–1937
        15. 15. Ada (Dorothy) Beharrell 1897–1897
      2. 2. Mary (Jane) Boss 1862–1905
    2. 2. Olive (Jane) Boss 1833–1882
    3. 3. Lucy (Ann) Boss 1834–1935
    4. 4. Charles Boss 1835–
    5. 5. William (Boss) WIP 1836–1865
    6. 6. Alfred (Boss) WIP 1838–1847
    7. 7. John (W) Boss 1841–1926
    8. 8. Smith (Boss) WIP 1842–1869

Deborah Holmes's Timeline

2 Records

1775
Abt. 1775
Birth of Deborah 'Debby' Holmes in New York, USA
New York, USA
1837
1837
Age 62
Death of Deborah 'Debby' Holmes in Amherst Shore, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Amherst Shore, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1775
    Event Place: New York, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States
    Record Source: New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1837
    Event Place: Amherst Shore, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lorneville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
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