Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameJohn HOLMES Sr. 
Birthabt 1635, Yorkshire, England1851, p 273,1714, p 220
Memoage 75 in 1710
Removal1681, Bedford, Westchester, New York1381, p 73,1383, p 3 Age: 46
Deathbef 13 Apr 1715, Bedford, Westchester, New York1851, p 273,1381, p 73,1874, p 1 Age: 80
FatherFrancis HOLMES (1600-1675)
MotherUNNAMED
Individual Notes
• Moved to Bedford by early 1687.1851, p 274
• Recorded as age 75 in 1710.1851, p 273
• Abstract of deed of gift
JOHN HOLMES, Sr., of Bedford, Westchester, N.Y.
Gave to his son JONATHAN HOLMES
“Severall parsells of land & medow ... namely one hous & home loot bounded by the street north: south by he medow west of David Miller: & Jeremyah Andrus east”
June 29, 17031855, p 168
• No record of the death or probate of the estate of John Holmes Sr. has been found. He died sometime between the payment of this quit rent tax [9 June 1713], and 13 April 1715, when the town of Bedford laid out four acres of land “to Joseph Holmes, upon ye accompt of a former grant from ye town of Bedford to John Holmes, deceaced.”1851, p 276
• When researching this family line, care must be exercised in distinguishing between this John Holmes, Sr. and John Holmes (1639-1729) of Beverly, Co York, EN, who was also one of the proprietors of Bedford, Westchester Co, NY.1874, p 1
• John Holmes was one of those stating intentions in 1667 of placing their horses in Stamford’s new horse pasture. He was registered for one horse. In 1671 and 1675 he was elected to the office of fence viewer for the East Field in Stamford, and as a townsman in 1672 and 1678.1851, p 273
• Recorded as age 75 in 1710.1851, p 273
• Abstract of deed of gift
JOHN HOLMES, Sr., of Bedford, Westchester, N.Y.
Gave to his son JONATHAN HOLMES
“Severall parsells of land & medow ... namely one hous & home loot bounded by the street north: south by he medow west of David Miller: & Jeremyah Andrus east”
June 29, 17031855, p 168
• No record of the death or probate of the estate of John Holmes Sr. has been found. He died sometime between the payment of this quit rent tax [9 June 1713], and 13 April 1715, when the town of Bedford laid out four acres of land “to Joseph Holmes, upon ye accompt of a former grant from ye town of Bedford to John Holmes, deceaced.”1851, p 276
• When researching this family line, care must be exercised in distinguishing between this John Holmes, Sr. and John Holmes (1639-1729) of Beverly, Co York, EN, who was also one of the proprietors of Bedford, Westchester Co, NY.1874, p 1
• John Holmes was one of those stating intentions in 1667 of placing their horses in Stamford’s new horse pasture. He was registered for one horse. In 1671 and 1675 he was elected to the office of fence viewer for the East Field in Stamford, and as a townsman in 1672 and 1678.1851, p 273
Census
• 1710 Census: Bedford, Westchester, New York. Aged 75 years.1714, p 220
Spouses
Birthabt 1642, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts1851, p 501,1381, p 175; gives abt 1639
Deathbef Sep 1710, Bedford?, Westchester, New York1851, p 502,1714, p 220 Age: 68
Memonot mentioned in 1710 census
FlagsEldest Child
FatherJohn WATERBURY (1621-1658)
MotherRose TAYLOR? (-<1685)
Individual Notes
• Rachel apparently died before 1710, for she was not listed in the census of that year for Bedford, Westchester County, Province of New York, where she and John lived.1851, p 502
• Parcett given name:1381, p 175
• Parcett given name:1381, p 175
Marriage11 May 1659, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut1864, p 383; date only,1851, p 273 & p 502,1875, p 291,1876, p 482; place only