John HOLMES

Male Abt 1674 - 1703  (29 years)


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  • Name John HOLMES  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    • "Connecticut Ancestry": Young John Holmes died 6 July 1703 when he was helping to raise a new bell for the Stamford meetinghouse into place. When the bell was almost into its final position, the rope that was holding it gave way and the bell crashed to the floor, killing him instantly. His only child Jonathan Holmes, born on 21 May 1703 only 6 weeks before his father's death, was renamed John in his honor. [1]
    Birth Abt 1674  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    Gender Male 
    Death 06 Jul 1703  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6
    Person ID I29419  Main Tree
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2021 

    Father Stephen HOLMES,   b. Abt 1633, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1710, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Martha ?,   b. Abt 1645   d. 13 Mar 1727/8, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage Bef 1665  Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F05996  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mercy BELL,   b. 05 Nov 1678, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1747, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jan 1701/02  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6
    Children 
    +1. John HOLMES,   b. 21 May 1703, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1748 and 1785, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F09017  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2021 

  • Sources 
    1. [S4918] Connecticut Ancestry 2008 May Vol. 50 No. 4.

    2. [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;).

    3. [S00001] David W. Hoyt, "A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families", (Name: Name: Providence: Printed for the Author by the Providence Press Co. Boston: Henry Hoyt - 1871;;).

    4. [S1813] Connecticut Ancestry 2021 August Vol. 64 No. 1.

    5. [S12780] Connecticut Ancestry 2021 November Vol. 64 No. 2.

    6. [S03428] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stamford.