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Stephen HOLMES

Male Abt 1633 - 1710  (77 years)


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  1. 1.  Stephen HOLMES was born about 1633 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 15 May 1710 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: 1640

    Notes:

    Name:
    "Connecticut Ancestry": Stephen Holmes was born about 1633 and died at Stamford on 15 May 1710. His widow Martha ?, whose maiden name is still unknown, died at Stamford on 13 March 1727/28.

    Stephen Holmes and his brother John were on the list of 21 Stamford residents nominated and approved as freemen of the State of Connecticut at the General Assembly of 14 October 1669 at Hartford.

    As the single recipient of his father's farmland in Stamford, Stephen Holmes acquired additional property in newly-divided sections of Stamford over the years through those original property rights. Paul Prindle found that Stephen received specific properties from the town directly in 1667, 1674, 1685 and 1687, and commonage from the town in 6 other layouts; was the grantee of other properties in 4 other deeds from individuals; and was the grantor in 25 deeds and one exchange.

    As often happened in colonial times and even today, stephen Holmes disposed of most of his property by deed to his children and their spouses over a period from 1702-1704. Some of these properties were in later settlements away from Stamford center - for example, his gift to his son Samuel in 1706 was of 10 1/2 acres east of the Noroton River, therefore in what is now the town of Darien.

    He provided for a homestead for his eldest son Samuel Holmes during his lifetime, but for some reason never transferred the title to Samuel. His widow Martha Holmes who was also the executor of his estate, rectified this on 10 December 1711, when she gave "all that lot of land whereon ye said Samuel Holmes now dwelleth" to Samuel on behalf of herself and her husband's estate.

    The sons-in-law Elisha Holly, John Slason and John Hait also received property from Stephen Holmes, either during his lifetime or from his estate. Because of our particular interest in John Slason and the daughter Mary Holmes, we may note that on 8 October 1703, Stephen Holmes gave his daughter "Mary the wife of John Slason one acre of meadow in part of her portion." the deed was witnessed by Steven Holmes Jr. and Sarah Holmes, her H mark, and acknowledged as a deed of gift by David Waterbury, J.P.

    Stephen married Martha ? before 1665 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. Martha was born about 1645; died on 13 Mar 1727/8 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Martha HOLMES  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1666 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 04 Aug 1724 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    2. 3. Samuel HOLMES  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1669 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 16 Jun 1734.
    3. 4. Mary HOLMES  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1672 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 20 Aug 1745 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    4. 5. John HOLMES  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1674 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 06 Jul 1703 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    5. 6. Stephen HOLMES  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1676 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    6. 7. Rebecca HOLMES  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1680 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 01 Apr 1749 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    7. 8. Abigail HOLMES  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1682 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died after 1746 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    8. 9. Sarah HOLMES  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1684 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 01 Aug 1709 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Martha HOLMES Descendancy chart to this point (1.Stephen1) was born about 1666 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 04 Aug 1724 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: 04 Aug 1721, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

    Martha married Elisha HOLLY on 02 Dec 1686 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Elisha (son of John HOLLY and Mary WAITSTILL) was born on 06 Mar 1659/60 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 28 Oct 1719 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Elisha HOLLY, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Nov 1687 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 14 May 1752 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    2. 11. Eliphalet HOLLY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Mar 1690 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 28 Oct 1744 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    3. 12. Martha HOLLY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Dec 1691 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    4. 13. Elizabeth HOLLY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jan 1693/4 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 02 Nov 1717 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    5. 14. Elnathan HOLLY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Mar 1695/96 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died about 1748 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    6. 15. Israel HOLLY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Jan 1697/98 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    7. 16. Abigail HOLLY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 08 Jun 1700 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 02 May 1733 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    8. 17. Sarah HOLLY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 05 May 1705 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 01 Mar 1785 in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    9. 18. Mary HOLLY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 05 May 1705 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 04 Sep 1745 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

  2. 3.  Samuel HOLMES Descendancy chart to this point (1.Stephen1) was born about 1669 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 16 Jun 1734.

    Samuel married Anne ORRY on 04 Nov 1725 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Mary HOLMES Descendancy chart to this point (1.Stephen1) was born about 1672 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 20 Aug 1745 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: 20 Aug 1745, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

    Mary married John SLASON, Jr. on 12 Jan 1691/2 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. John (son of John SLAWSON, Sr and Sarah TUTTLE) was born on 09 Sep 1664 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 20 Aug 1745 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Sarah SLASON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jan 1693 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 11 Sep 1713 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    2. 20. John SLASON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 04 Oct 1695 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1788 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    3. 21. David SLAUSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Dec 1697 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in New York, USA.
    4. 22. Martha SLASON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Sep 1699 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died about 1746 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    5. 23. Elizabeth SLASON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Apr 1703 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 12 May 1733 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    6. 24. Hannah SLAUSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Apr 1705 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 11 Jan 1776 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in St. John's & St. Andrew's Cemetery, Stamford, Conn..
    7. 25. Mary SLASON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Aug 1707 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 20 Feb 1760 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    8. 26. Rebecca SLASON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 08 Mar 1709/10 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 04 Apr 1710 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

  4. 5.  John HOLMES Descendancy chart to this point (1.Stephen1) was born about 1674 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 06 Jul 1703 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Notes:

    Name:
    "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.

    John married Mercy BELL on 15 Jan 1701/02 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Mercy (daughter of Jonathan BELL and Susanna PIERSON) was born on 05 Nov 1678 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1747 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. John HOLMES  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 May 1703 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died between 1748 and 1785 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

  5. 6.  Stephen HOLMES Descendancy chart to this point (1.Stephen1) was born in 1676 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Stephen married Margaret GIBBS on 07 Sep 1704 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. Margaret (daughter of John GIBBS and Hannah PUNDERSON) was born on 29 Jan 1683 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; was christened in Jul 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. Martha HOLMES  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1711; died before 1791.

  6. 7.  Rebecca HOLMES Descendancy chart to this point (1.Stephen1) was born about 1680 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 01 Apr 1749 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Rebecca married Jonathan JAGGER on 22 Aug 1700 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Jonathan (son of John JAGGER and Hannah CROSS) was born in 1675 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 08 May 1752 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. Hannah JAGGER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Aug 1701 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died between 1768 and 1779.

  7. 8.  Abigail HOLMES Descendancy chart to this point (1.Stephen1) was born about 1682 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died after 1746 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Abigail married Deacon John HOYT on 30 Apr 1702 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. John (son of Deacon Samuel HOYT and Hannah HOLLY) was born on 09 Jan 1674/5 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 10 Dec 1732 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Hannah HOYT  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 09 Mar 1702/03 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 15 May 1739 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    2. 31. Serg. John HOYT  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Nov 1704 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 02 Aug 1759 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    3. 32. Ebenezer HOYT  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 09 May 1707 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 16 May 1730 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    4. 33. Martha HOYT  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Dec 1709 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 24 Apr 1799 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in St. John's and St. Andrew's Episcopal Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut.
    5. 34. Abigail HOYT  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Jan 1712/3 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 27 Jun 1739 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    6. 35. Sarah HOYT  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1739.

  8. 9.  Sarah HOLMES Descendancy chart to this point (1.Stephen1) was born about 1684 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 01 Aug 1709 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Sarah married Lieut. John WATERBURY on 16 Jan 1706/07 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. John (son of John WATERBURY, Jr. and Mary WICKS) was born on 30 Oct 1682 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 28 May 1744 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
  

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