Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameFrancis HOLMES 
Birth1600, Yorkshire, England2447, p 383,1687, p 72
Removalabt 1635, Massachusetts1687, p 72 Age: 35
Settlementbef 1648, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut1687, p 72 Age: 48
Will6 Sep 1671, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut1687, p 72 Age: 71
Death1675, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut2447, p 383,2435, p 266 Age: 75
Probate14 Mar 1676, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut2435, p 267 Age: 76
Occupationblacksmith2435, p 267
ResidenceStamford, Connecticut
FlagsEarliest Immigrant
Individual Notes
• The first reference found in Stamford Town Records to Francis Holmes is dated 3 Dec 1648.2451, p 1
• FRANCIS HOLMES of Stamford, Connecticut, died there between 27 June 1673, when he was named as a fence viewer, and 3 March 1675/6, when his heirs made a distribution agreement. His first wife, mother of his children, remains unidentified.2435, p 266
• Francis’s will, on record at Fairfield, Conn., dated Sept. 6, 1671, makes mention of his wife ann and his children Stephen, John, Richard, and Ann, wife of Samuel Dean. She is said to have died about 1765, and to have been his 2nd wife and not the mother of [his] children.1687, p 72
• FRANCIS HOLMES of Stamford, Connecticut, died there between 27 June 1673, when he was named as a fence viewer, and 3 March 1675/6, when his heirs made a distribution agreement. His first wife, mother of his children, remains unidentified.2435, p 266
• Francis’s will, on record at Fairfield, Conn., dated Sept. 6, 1671, makes mention of his wife ann and his children Stephen, John, Richard, and Ann, wife of Samuel Dean. She is said to have died about 1765, and to have been his 2nd wife and not the mother of [his] children.1687, p 72
Spouses
Individual Notes
• His first wife, mother of his children, remains unidentified.2435, p 266
Marriageabt 16332447, p 383
Marr Memobirth of 1st child in 1634