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Richard Holmes 1755 – 1831 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jun 1755

Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England

Death Date: Nov 1831

Death Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England

Father: John Holmes

Mother: Sarah None

Spouse(s): Grace Parsons

Children(s): Elizabeth Holmes, Sarah Holmes, John Holmes, Richard Holmes, Jane Holmes, John Holmes, William Holmes, Ann Holmes, Anna Holmes, Mary Holmes, Thomas Holmes, Frances Holmes, Frances Holmes, Tryphena Holmes

In 1755, Richard Holmes entered the world in Heathfield, Sussex, England, born to John Holmes and Sarah. Richard Holmes married Grace Parsons, and had children including Elizabeth Holmes, Sarah Holmes, John Holmes, Richard Holmes, Jane Holmes, John Holmes, William Holmes, Ann Holmes, Anna Holmes, Mary Holmes, Thomas Holmes, Frances Holmes, Frances Holmes, Tryphena Holmes. Richard Holmes passed away in 1831 in Heathfield, Sussex, England.

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Biography

  • In 1755, Richard Holmes entered the world in Heathfield, Sussex, England, born to John Holmes and Sarah.
  • Richard Holmes married Grace Parsons, and had children including Elizabeth Holmes, Sarah Holmes, John Holmes, Richard Holmes, Jane Holmes, John Holmes, William Holmes, Ann Holmes, Anna Holmes, Mary Holmes, Thomas Holmes, Frances Holmes, Frances Holmes, Tryphena Holmes.
  • Richard Holmes passed away in 1831 in Heathfield, Sussex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Holmes
Birth Location: –
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Sarah None
– 1758
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Grace Parsons
1761 – 1845
Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Holmes
1779 –
Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England
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Sarah Holmes
1781 – 1855
Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England
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John Holmes
1783 –
Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England
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Richard Holmes
1784 –
Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England
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Jane Holmes
1786 –
Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England
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John Holmes
1788 –
Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England
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William Holmes
1790 –
Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England
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Ann Holmes
1793 –
Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England
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Anna Holmes
1795 –
Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England
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Mary Holmes
1797 –
Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England
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Thomas Holmes
1799 –
Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England
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Frances Holmes
1801 –
Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England
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Frances Holmes
1803 –
Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England
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Tryphena Holmes
1807 –
Birth Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England
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Richard Holmes's Ancestors

Self
Richard Holmes
1755 – 1831
Birth Place: Heathfield, Sussex, England
Parents
John Holmes
Sarah
– 1758
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Holmes's Descendants

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Richard Holmes (Jun 1755 – Nov 1831) m. Grace Parsons (Oct 1761 – Dec 1845)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Holmes (Feb 1779 – ) m. John Curtis
    1. 1. Reuben Curtis (Feb 1821 – ) m. Mary (abt 1825 – )
      1. 1. Harriett Curtis (abt 1844 – )
      2. 2. Frances Curtis (abt 1846 – )
      3. 3. Mary Curtis (abt 1847 – )
      4. 4. Julia (Ann) Curtis (Jan 1851 – Oct 1885) m. Henry (J) Saunders (abt 1848 – )
        1. 1. Henry (J) Saunders (abt 1874 – )
        2. 2. William (George) Saunders (20 Sep 1874 – ) m. Alice Barden
        3. 3. Thomas (R) Saunders (abt 1877 – )
        4. 4. Albert (E) Saunders (abt 1880 – )
  2. 2. Sarah Holmes (Jan 1781 – Apr 1855) m. Mark Haffenden (Abt. 1782 – Mar 1867)
    1. 1. Mary Haffenden (Nov 1815 – )
    2. 2. Hannah Haffenden (Mar 1818 – ) m. James Upfield (abt 1818 – )
      1. 1. Mary Upfield (1839 – ) m. Julius (Caesar) Sands (Dec 1836 – )
        1. 1. Jane Sands (1860 – )
        2. 2. William Sands (1860 – )
        3. 3. Julius (C) Sands (1867 – )
        4. 4. Charles Sands (1869 – )
        5. 5. Mary Sands (1873 – ) m. Esli (Joel) Avery (1872 – )
      2. 2. Sarah Upfield (abt 1842 – )
      3. 3. Tamar Upfield (abt 1844 – )
      4. 4. Elizabeth Upfield (abt 1846 – ) m. James Crouch (abt 1853 – )
        1. 1. James (E) Crouch (abt 1876 – )
        2. 2. Elizabeth Crouch (1880 – )
        3. 3. Clara (Grace) Crouch (1883 – ) m. Frederick Wootten (abt 1881 – )
        4. 4. Olive (Dora) Crouch (1890 – ) m. Edward (S) Farrow (abt 1892 – )
      5. 5. Grace Upfield (abt 1848 – )
      6. 6. Esther Upfield (abt 1850 – )
    3. 3. George Evenden (1820 – ) m. Philadelphia Collins (22 Dec 1825 – 1903)
      1. 1. Mary Haffenden (abt 1843 – )
      2. 2. Harriet (Elizabeth) Evenden (1844 – )
      3. 3. Ann (Thomasina) Haffenden (1848 – )
      4. 4. George (Mark) Haffenden (23 Aug 1850 – ) m. Sarah (Ann) Sharwood (abt 1853 – ) m. Elizabeth (Sophia) Funnell (9 Sep 1856 – )
        1. 1. Caroline Sherwood (1873 – )
        2. 2. George (H.) Sherwood (abt 1876 – )
        3. 3. William (H.) Sherwood (abt 1878 – )
        4. 4. John (Sharwood) Haffenden (1879 – 1945) m. Henrietta Elliott (abt 1883 – )
        5. 5. Alfred Haffenden (Abt. 1881 – 23 Oct 1914) m. Elizabeth (Agnes) Elliott (21 Apr 1884 – )
        6. 6. Thomas (William) Haffenden (abt 1898 – )
        7. 7. Lilian (Mary) Haffenden (abt 1900 – )
      5. 5. Daniel (G) Evenden (1853 – )
      6. 6. James (Enos) Haffenden (1857 – )
      7. 7. Ruth Evenden (1 Aug 1858 – 1940) m. Thomas Bird (Aug 1854 – 25 Jan 1930)
        1. 1. Alice (Ruth) Bird (1878 – ) m. Charles (Henry Edwin) Collis (abt 1879 – )
        2. 2. Emily (Sophia) Bird (26 Oct 1879 – 1962) m. William (George) Parker (20 Oct 1880 – )
        3. 3. Annie (Elizabeth) Bird (26 Nov 1888 – ) m. George Simmonds (13 Sep 1886 – )
        4. 4. James (Nelson) Bird (1891 – 1905)
        5. 5. Frederick Bird (14 Nov 1893 – 24 Feb 1970) m. Daisy Bryant (26 Aug 1890 – 12 Nov 1954) m. Lily Cottington (1 Mar 1905 – 31 Jul 1962)
        6. 6. John Bird (1895 – 16 Sep 1916)
      8. 8. David Havenden (1862 – )
      9. 9. Alfred Havenden (1865 – )
      10. 10. John Havenden (1869 – )
    4. 4. Harriet Haffenden (Apr 1824 – ) m. William (Whitbread) Bennett (abt 1825 – )
      1. 1. William (Henry) Bennett (1846 – )
      2. 2. George Bennett (1849 – )
      3. 3. Sally Bennett (1853 – )
      4. 4. Mark Bennett (1856 – ) m. Judy (Tucker) Geering (abt 1855 – )
        1. 1. Charles Bennett (abt 1882 – )
        2. 2. John Bennett (abt 1887 – )
        3. 3. Sarah (E) Bennett (abt 1889 – )
        4. 4. Lottie Bennett (abt 1891 – )
        5. 5. Florence (Tucker) Bennett (2 Nov 1892 – 1985) m. Charles Goodsell (19 May 1890 – 1975)
        6. 6. Martha (A) Bennett (abt 1895 – )
        7. 7. Frances (L) Bennett (abt 1898 – )
        8. 8. Judy (M) Bennett (abt 1900 – )
    5. 5. James Haffenden (1826 – ) m. Mary (Hannah) White (8 Nov 1824 – May 1872) m. Hannah Hoad (abt 1826 – )
      1. 1. Robert Haffenden (Apr 1844 – 21 Jun 1928) m. Lois Dann (abt 1845 – abt 1873) m. Mary Baker (abt 1859 – )
        1. 1. Daniel (Dann) Haffenden (1864 – ) m. Emily Baker (abt 1868 – )
        2. 2. Edith (Harriet) Haffenden (1865 – )
        3. 3. Robert (Henry) Haffenden (29 Jan 1866 – ) m. Alice Hide (8 Oct 1873 – )
        4. 4. George (Ernest) Haffenden (1868 – ) m. Amy Fears (abt 1870 – )
        5. 5. Rose Haffenden (1880 – )
        6. 6. Herbert Haffenden (1882 – )
        7. 7. Frederick Haffenden (1884 – )
        8. 8. Horace Haffenden (1886 – )
        9. 9. William Haffenden (1888 – )
        10. 10. Sidney Haffenden (1890 – )
        11. 11. Archibald Haffenden (abt 1893 – )
        12. 12. Beatrice (M) Haffenden (abt 1896 – )
        13. 13. Lilian (Winnifred) Haffenden (abt 1898 – )
        14. 14. Violet (Bessie) Haffenden (abt 1900 – )
      2. 2. Mark Haffenden (abt 1846 – )
      3. 3. Samuel Haffenden (abt 1847 – Nov 1925) m. Victoria White (1844 – 22 Mar 1877) m. Sarah (Ann) Curtis (abt 1850 – )
        1. 1. Anne Haffenden (1865 – )
        2. 2. John Haffenden (1867 – )
        3. 3. Victoria (Rebecca) Haffenden (Apr 1872 – )
      4. 4. George Haffenden (abt 1848 – ) m. Annie Booth (abt 1852 – Dec 1934)
        1. 1. Mary (Jane) Haffenden (abt 1876 – )
        2. 2. Charles (T) Haffenden (abt 1878 – )
        3. 3. Lily (Clifford) Haffenden (20 Jan 1880 – Nov 1961) m. Mabel Rose (1 Apr 1896 – )
        4. 4. Jesse Haffenden (1884 – )
        5. 5. Sadie (Victoria Kate) Haffenden (Apr 1886 – Aug 1903)
        6. 6. Edgar Haffenden (1889 – )
        7. 7. Amelia (M) Haffenden (1891 – )
        8. 8. George (M) Haffenden (abt 1893 – )
      5. 5. Fanny Haffenden (abt 1851 – )
    6. 6. Elizabeth Holmes (Abt. 1803 – )
  3. 3. John Holmes (Jan 1783 – )
  4. 4. Richard Holmes (May 1784 – )
  5. 5. Jane Holmes (Sep 1786 – )
  6. 6. John Holmes (Jul 1788 – )
  7. 7. William Holmes (Oct 1790 – )
  8. 8. Ann Holmes (Jun 1793 – )
  9. 9. Anna Holmes (Mar 1795 – )
  10. 10. Mary Holmes (Feb 1797 – )
  11. 11. Thomas Holmes (Mar 1799 – ) m. Frances Barton (abt 1808 – )
    1. 1. James Holmes (abt 1826 – )
    2. 2. Frances Holmes (Nov 1828 – ) m. Alfred Mepham (abt 1819 – )
      1. 1. Albert Mepham (1848 – )
      2. 2. Henry Mepham (1849 – )
      3. 3. Elizabeth Mepham (1853 – )
      4. 4. Sarah Mepham (Apr 1856 – ) m. Richard Head (abt 1850 – )
        1. 1. Frank Head (abt 1886 – )
        2. 2. Hubert Head (abt 1887 – )
        3. 3. Charlie Head (abt 1889 – )
        4. 4. Bessie (Kate) Head (7 Jan 1892 – 1957) m. Frederick (James) Thompson (12 Sep 1881 – 1961)
        5. 5. Fanny Head (abt 1894 – )
        6. 6. James Head (abt 1896 – )
        7. 7. Robert Head (abt 1899 – )
      5. 5. Frances Mepham (1860 – )
    3. 3. Winifred Holmes (abt 1832 – )
  12. 12. Frances Holmes (Apr 1801 – )
  13. 13. Frances Holmes (Feb 1803 – ) m. George Eastwood
    1. 1. James (Eastwood) Holmes (Mar 1823 – ) m. Lavinia Upfield (Oct 1828 – ) m. Mary (abt 1823 – )
      1. 1. Fanny (Miranda) Eastwood (abt 1844 – ) m. William Hill (abt 1838 – ) m. Keenan
        1. 1. William (James) Hill (17 Mar 1870 – )
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Frances) Hill (30 Jun 1872 – )
        3. 3. James (Thomas) Hill (24 Jul 1874 – )
        4. 4. James (Henry) Hill (5 Aug 1875 – )
        5. 5. Percival (Arthur John) Hill (23 Jul 1878 – 14 Sep 1951) m. Julia Parkins (15 May 1880 – )
        6. 6. Fannie (Mary) Keenan (20 Aug 1867 – )
        7. 7. Blanche (E) Keenan (7 Sep 1868 – )
      2. 2. Christina (Mary) Eastwood (abt 1846 – )
      3. 3. Helen (Angelina) Eastwood (abt 1850 – )
  14. 14. Tryphena Holmes (Nov 1807 – )

Richard Holmes's Timeline

4 Records

1755
Jun 1755
Birth of Richard Holmes in Heathfield, Sussex, England
Heathfield, Sussex, England
1755
15 Jun 1755
Richard Holmes was baptized in Heathfield, Sussex, England
Heathfield, Sussex, England
1831
Nov 1831
Age 76
Death of Richard Holmes in Heathfield, Sussex, England
Heathfield, Sussex, England
1831
19 Nov 1831
Age 76
Burial of Richard Holmes in Heathfield, Sussex, England
Heathfield, Sussex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jun 1755
    Event Place: Heathfield, Sussex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
    [2] East Sussex, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1995, East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office; Brighton, England, UK; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference Number: Par 372/1/5/1

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 15 Jun 1755
    Event Place: Heathfield, Sussex, England
    Record Source: East Sussex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office; Brighton, England, UK; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference: Par 372/1/1/3

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Nov 1831
    Event Place: Heathfield, Sussex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
    [2] East Sussex, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1995, East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office; Brighton, England, UK; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference Number: Par 372/1/5/1

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 19 Nov 1831
    Event Place: Heathfield, Sussex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
    [2] East Sussex, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1995, East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office; Brighton, England, UK; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference Number: Par 372/1/5/1
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