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John Holmes 1500 – 1585 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Colyton, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1585

Death Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Father: Thomas Holmes

Mother: Dinah Sedington

Spouse(s): Lady Holmes, Elizabeth Warburton

Children(s): Agnes Holmes, Thomas Holmes

The story of John Holmes began in 1500 in Colyton, Devon, England, United Kingdom. John Holmes married Lady Holmes, Elizabeth Gates Warburton, and had children including Agnes Holmes, Thomas Lane Holmes. John Holmes passed away in 1585 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of John Holmes began in 1500 in Colyton, Devon, England, United Kingdom.
  • John Holmes married Lady Holmes, Elizabeth Gates Warburton, and had children including Agnes Holmes, Thomas Lane Holmes.
  • John Holmes passed away in 1585 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Holmes
1480 – 1565
Birth Location: Suffolk, England
TH
Dinah Sedington
1482 –
Birth Location: –
DS

Spouses(s)

Lady Holmes
1500 –
Birth Location: Suffolk, England
LH
Elizabeth Warburton
1500 – 1583
Birth Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
EW

Children(s)

Agnes Holmes
1523 – 1583
Birth Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
AH
Thomas Holmes
1522 – 1586
Birth Location: Uplyme, Devon, England, United Kingdom
TH

John Holmes's Ancestors

Self
John Holmes
1500 – 1585
Birth Place: Colyton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas Holmes
1480 – 1565
Suffolk, England
Dinah Sedington
1482 –
Grandparents
Robert Holmes
1439 – 1503
Holme, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret (Marion) Constable
1463 – 1510
Halsham, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom
Sedington
1455 –
Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
John Holmes
1419 – 1450
Jane Ellerher
1422 – 1450
John Constable
1418 – 1477
Lora Fitzhugh
1432 – 1472
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Holmes
1398 – 1438
Elizabeth Wastney
1393 – 1429
John Ellerher
1385 –
Elizabeth Hotham
1389 –
William FitzHugh
1389 – 1452
Margaret Ravensworth
1398 – 1450

John Holmes's Descendants

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John Holmes (1500 – 1585) m. Lady Holmes (1500 – ) m. Elizabeth (Gates) Warburton (1500 – 22 JAN 1583)
  1. 1. Agnes Holmes (1 JAN 1523 – 22 JAN 1583) m. John Lawrence (1 JAN 1519 – 27 APR 1590)
    1. 1. Henry Lawrence (1527 – 1596)
    2. 2. Susan (Renee) Lawrence (1532 – 1577) m. Lancelot Ward (4 FEB 1550 – ABT 1610)
    3. 3. Richard Lawrence (1532 – 1596) m. Joan Garould
    4. 4. Katherine Lawrence (1535 – AFT 12 APR 1580) m. Roger Frost (1520 – 31 MAR 1580)
    5. 5. Joanna Lawrence (ABT 1543 – ) m. Bartholomei Tassell (ABT 1540 – )
      1. 1. Joan Tassell (3 OCT 1572 – )
      2. 2. Alice Tassell (1586 – JAN 1639) m. Robert Shelly (1586 – 1636) m. Robert Shelley (4 MAR 1566 – 20 NOV 1642)
        1. 1. Margaret Shelley (1604 – )
        2. 2. Margaret Shelley (ABT 1604 – 1634)
        3. 3. Anne Shelley (1612 – 1660)
        4. 4. Anne Shelley (17 AUG 1612 – 9 DEC 1668) m. Richard Foxwell (1610 – 7 APR 1668)
        5. 5. Anne Shelley (1633 – 1647)
        6. 6. Ann Foxwell (1635 – 1635)
        7. 7. Hannah Shelley (2 JUL 1637 – 5 APR 1709) m. David Linnell (1627 – 30 JUN 1667) m. John Davis (15 MAR 1628 – JAN 1703) m. Nicolas Linnel (1647 – )
        8. 8. Ann (Shelly) Shirley (1603 – )
        9. 9. Robert Shelley (1612 – 6 SEP 1692) m. Judith Garnett (1608 – 1668) m. Susanna Dimmick (1635 – 6 SEP 1692)
    6. 6. John Lawrence (1 JAN 1545 – 2 JAN 1609) m. Johanna Frustenden (1549 – 2 JUN 1606)
    7. 7. Elizabeth Lawrence (1551 – ) m. Simon Sheldrake (1550 – )
    8. 8. Thomas Lawrence (21 MAY 1551 – )
    9. 9. Elizabeth Lawrence (1552 – 1620) m. Thomas (Rhys) Davis (1550 – 1601)
    10. 10. George Lawrence (ABT 1552 – )
    11. 11. Margaret Lawrence (1555 – 1655) m. John Proger (1565 – 2 MAR 1618) m. William Pricke (ABT 1549 – ) m. William Pricke (1549 – ) m. Isaac Lawrence (ABT 1551 – ) m. Richard Lewys
    12. 12. John Lawrence (ABT 1555 – AFT 1573)
    13. 13. Thomas Lawrence (1557 – )
    14. 14. James Lawrence (ABT 1559 – )
    15. 15. Nathaniel Lawrence (1563 – ) m. Lawrence Mrs. (ABT 1567 – )
    16. 16. Anne Lawrence (ABT 1564 – ) m. Christopher Eachard (ABT 1560 – )
    17. 17. William Lawrence
    18. 18. Joan Lawrence
    19. 19. Thomasine Lawrence
  2. 2. Thomas (Lane) Holmes (1522 – 9 DEC 1586) m. Jane Richardson (1525 – 10 OCT 1551)
    1. 1. George (Lane) Holmes (ABT 1544 – 6 NOV 1627) m. Margery Broadhurste (1545 – 20 APR 1611) m. George Holmes (1568 – )
      1. 1. George Holmes (1568 – ) m. George Holmes (1568 – )
        1. 1. George Holmes (1594 – 18 DEC 1645) m. Deborah (1596 – 5 FEB 1641)

John Holmes's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of John Holmes in Colyton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Colyton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1585
1585
Age 85
Death of John Holmes in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Colyton, Devon, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1585
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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