Mary Lee Brady, Ph.D. 
| | We do not know how, when or where Americans of African and or Native American heritage came into possession of the surname "Holmes." Yet, we know the name originated in America by persons from somewhere other than America. Herein this page is the challenge of joining reasoning to our faith that all were born, not made by irreverent circumstances. http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/AfrAmerFamilyHistories.pdf The above link suggests that histories are non-existent for Holmes of African heritage, yet we know personally many are known to exist even in Virginia and other places like Massachusetts wherein many thousands of young men coming to America were seamen indentured in many tasks at land and sea. http://www.users.qwest.net/~mojito/holmesfamily.htm The above link is an excellent example as to a stories beginning is lost unless scholars begin with functional generations. | Family Group Record | | Search Results | Download GEDCOM | Print |
| | Husband's Name |  | John HOLMES (AFN:92DJ-ZV) | | | Born: | Abt 1612 | | Place: | England | | Christened: | | | Place: | Plymouth, Plymouth, Ma | | Died: | 13 Oct 1667 | | Place: | | | Married: | 1635 | | Place: | Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass. | | | Father: | | | | Mother: | |
| | Wife's Name | | Sarah HOLMES (AFN:JC6D-G0) | | | Born: | 1614 | | Place: | Of Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass., B. England | | Died: | 18 Oct 1650 | | Place: | Plymouth, Plymouth, Ma | | Married: | 1635 | | Place: | Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass. | | | Father: | | | | Mother: | |
| | Children |
| | | 1. | Sex | Name | | | | | F | Sarah HOLMES (AFN:1QTR-VV5) | | | | | Born: | Abt. 1645 | | Place: | Plymouth, Plymouth, Ma |
| | | 2. | Sex | Name | | | | | M | John HOLMES (AFN:CQ2J-55) | | | | | Born: | 1636 | | Place: | Plymouth, Plymouth, Mssc | | | | Died: | 31 Jul 1697 | | Place: | Plymouth, Plymouth, Mssc | | | | Buried: | 20 May 1676 | | Place: | Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts |
| | | 3. | Sex | Name | | | | | M | Nathaniel HOLMES (AFN:92DJ-M5) | | | | | Born: | 1643 | | Place: | Of Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts | | | | Died: | 27 Jul 1727 | | Place: | Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts |
| | | 4. | Sex | Name | | | | | M | Josiah HOLMES (AFN:1J2G-2HP) | | | | | Born: | 1638 | | Place: | Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass. | | | | Died: | | | Place: | Of Duxbury |
| | | 5. | Sex | Name | | | | | M | Josiah HOLMES (AFN:8NRK-B3) | | | | | Born: | 1640 | | Place: | Scituate, Plymouth, Mass. | | | | Christened: | 27 Apr 1661 | | Place: | Scituate, Plymouth, Ma | | | | Died: | Aft 8 1721 May | | Place: | |
| | | 6. | Sex | Name | | | | | F | Sarah HOLMES (AFN:JC64-H2) | | | | | Born: | 1642 | | Place: | Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass. |
| | | 7. | Sex | Name | | | | | F | Patience HOLMES (AFN:BR7Q-36) | | | | | Born: | 3 Nov 1690 | | Place: | Plymouth, Plymouth, Ma | | | | Died: | 8 Sep 1755 | | Place: | Middleborough, Plymouth, Ma |
Are these lost generations? Who was born after those listed above? What did they see and hear? Were any of them ministers of the good news such as carried forth by the known ancestors of Barbara Holmes |
