Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameRachel Parcett WATERBURY 
Birthabt 1642, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts2435, p 501,1687, p 175; gives abt 1639
Deathbef Sep 1710, Bedford?, Westchester, New York2435, p 502,2291, 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.2435, p 502
• Parcett given name:1687, p 175
• Parcett given name:1687, p 175
Spouses
Birthabt 1635, Yorkshire, England2435, p 273,2291, p 220
Memoage 75 in 1710
Deathbef 13 Apr 1715, Bedford, Westchester, New York2435, p 273,1687, p 73,2451, p 1 Age: 80
FatherFrancis HOLMES (1600-1675)
MotherUNNAMED
Individual Notes
• Moved to Bedford by early 1687.2435, p 274
• Recorded as age 75 in 1710.2435, 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, 17032438, 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.”2435, 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.2451, p 1
• Recorded as age 75 in 1710.2435, 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, 17032438, 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.”2435, 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.2451, p 1
Census
• 1710 Census: Bedford, Westchester, New York. Aged 75 years.2291, p 220
Marriage11 May 1659, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut2447, p 383; date only,2435, p 273 & p 502,2452, p 291,2453, p 482; place only