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Reverend & Dr. (dd) Abiel Holmes 1763–1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 December 1763

Birth Location: Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 1 June 1837

Death Location: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Captain Holmes

Mother: Temperance Bishop

Spouse(s): Sarah Holmes, Mary Holmes

Children(s): Dr. Holmes, Ann Upham, John Holmes, Mary Parsons, Sarah Holmes

Reverend & Dr. (dd) Abiel Holmes was born in 1763 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA, the child of Captain Dr Md David Holmes And Temperance Bishop. Reverend & Dr. (dd) Abiel Holmes married Mary Holmes, Sarah Holmes, and had children including Ann Susan Upham, Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Holmes, Mary Jackson Parsons, Sarah Lathrop Holmes. Reverend & Dr. (dd) Abiel Holmes passed away in 1837 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Reverend & Dr. (dd) Abiel Holmes was born in 1763 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA, the child of Captain Dr Md David Holmes And Temperance Bishop.
  • Reverend & Dr. (dd) Abiel Holmes married Mary Holmes, Sarah Holmes, and had children including Ann Susan Upham, Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Holmes, Mary Jackson Parsons, Sarah Lathrop Holmes.
  • Reverend & Dr. (dd) Abiel Holmes passed away in 1837 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Spouses(s)

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Reverend Holmes's Ancestors

Self
Reverend Holmes
1763–1837
Birth Place: Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Parents
Captain & Dr. (MD) David Holmes
1721–1799
Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Temperance Bishop
1733–1803
Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Rev (John) Bishop
1685–1755
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Temperance Lathrop
1704–1755
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Lothrop
1622–1700
Elizabeth Scudder
1622–1700
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Rev. Lothropp
1584–1653
Hannah Howse
1594–1633
John Scudder
1588–1625
Elizabeth Stoughton
1591–1647

Reverend Holmes's Descendants

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Reverend (& Dr. (dd) Abiel) Holmes (24 December 1763–1 June 1837) m. Sarah Holmes (30 October 1768–19 August 1862) m. Mary Holmes (25 August 1767–29 August 1795)
  1. 1. Dr. (Oliver Wendell) Holmes 1809–1894 m. Amelia (Lee) Jackson 1818–1888
    1. 1. The (Honorable Oliver Wendell Holmes) Jr 1841–1935 m. Fanny (Bowditch) Dixwell 1840–1929
    2. 2. Amelia (Jackson) Holmes 1843–1889 m. John (Turner Welles) Sargent 1814–1877
  2. 2. Ann (Susan) Upham 1802–1877
  3. 3. John Holmes 1812–1899
  4. 4. Mary (Jackson) Parsons 1802–1825
  5. 5. Sarah (Lathrop) Holmes 1805–1812

Reverend Holmes's Timeline

2 Records

1763
24 December 1763
Birth of Reverend & Dr. (dd) Abiel Holmes in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA
1837
1 June 1837
Age 74
Death of Reverend & Dr. (dd) Abiel Holmes in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 December 1763
    Event Place: Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 June 1837
    Event Place: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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