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Josiah Holmes 1640–1721 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1640

Birth Location: Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 8 May 1721

Death Location: Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: WILLIAM HOLMES

Mother: Elizabeth Madden

Spouse(s): Hannah Sampson

Children(s): Anna Holmes

Josiah Holmes was born in 1640 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA, the child of William Holmes And Elizabeth Madden. Josiah Holmes married Hannah Sampson, and had children including Anna Hannah Holmes. Josiah Holmes passed away in 1721 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Josiah Holmes was born in 1640 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA, the child of William Holmes And Elizabeth Madden.
  • Josiah Holmes married Hannah Sampson, and had children including Anna Hannah Holmes.
  • Josiah Holmes passed away in 1721 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

WILLIAM HOLMES
1592–1678
Birth Location: Sandwich, Kent, Holmes, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
WH
Elizabeth Madden
1595–1698
Birth Location: East Riding, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
EM

Spouses(s)

Hannah Sampson
1641–1715
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Anna Holmes
1667–1708
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
AH

Josiah Holmes's Ancestors

Self
Josiah Holmes
1640–1721
Birth Place: Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
WILLIAM HOLMES
1592–1678
Sandwich, Kent, Holmes, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth Madden
1595–1698
East Riding, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Stephen Holmes
1557–1657
Paul Holm, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Richardson
1565–1668
York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
William Holmes
1527–1619
Margaret Warwick
1528–1631
Israel Richardson
1535–1560
Isreal Richardson
1535–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Holmes
1504–1554
Katherine Holmes
1507–1551
Stephen Warwick
1509–1655
Margaret Warwick
1509–1580

Josiah Holmes's Descendants

1.
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Josiah Holmes (1640–8 May 1721) m. Hannah Sampson (1641–1715)
  1. 1. Anna ((Hannah)) Holmes 1667–1708 m. John Lambert 1667–1752
    1. 1. James Lambert 1701–1752
      1. 1. Sarah Lambert 1728–1800 m. John (Dunning) ll 1725–1799
        1. 1. Shadrick Dunning 1755–1838 m. Mary Barnes 1758–1829

Josiah Holmes's Timeline

2 Records

1640
1640
Birth of Josiah Holmes in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
1721
8 May 1721
Age 81
Death of Josiah Holmes in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1640
    Event Place: Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 May 1721
    Event Place: Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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