Walker Family Tree » John Holmes (1638-1703)
Personal data John Holmes
Sources 1, 2Sources 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9- He was born on August 19, 1638 in Yorkshire, England.Sources 3, 5, 9
- Alternative: He was born about 1639.
- (Arrival) in the year 1658 in New England.Source 7
- He died on July 6, 1703 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, he was 64 years old.Sources 6, 8
- Alternative: He died in the year 1729, he was 90 years old.
- A child of Francis Holmes and Ann Stevens
Household of John Holmes
He is married to Rachel Parcett Waterbury.
They got married on May 11, 1659 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, he was 20 years old.Sources 4, 9, 10
They got married on May 11, 1659 at New England, Verenigde Staten, he was 20 years old.Source 1Child(ren):
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Sources
- U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Ancestry.com, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 / Ancestry.com
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=107001826&pid=417
/ Ancestry.com - American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. / Ancestry.com
- Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, Volume: 291 / Ancestry.com
- Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Ancestry.com, Place: New England; Year: 1658; Page Number: 148 / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Deaths, Edmund West, comp. / Ancestry.com
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 219.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: EJD / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., Birth year: 1641; Birth city: Watertown; Birth state: MA / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday August 19, 1638
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1638: Source: Wikipedia
- February 28 » The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.
- March 22 » Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
Day of marriage May 11, 1659
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1659: Source: Wikipedia
- February 11 » The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
- May 6 » English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
- May 21 » In the Concert of The Hague, the Dutch Republic, the Commonwealth of England and the Kingdom of France set out their views on how the Second Northern War should end.
- May 25 » Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth of England.
- June 29 » At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
- December 28 » The Marathas defeat the Adilshahi forces in the Battle of Kolhapur.
Day of death July 6, 1703
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1703: Source: Wikipedia
- February 4 » In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
- May 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
- May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
- July 26 » During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
- July 31 » Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
- December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
Same birth/death day
- 1590 » Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire († 1649)
- 1596 » Elizabeth Stuart, queen of Bohemia († 1662)
- 1621 » Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, etcher, and poet († 1674)
- 1631 » John Dryden, English poet, literary critic and playwright († 1700)
- 1646 » John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic († 1719)
- 1686 » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician († 1737)
- 1614 » Man Singh I, Rajput Raja of Amer (b. 1550)
- 1684 » Peter Gunning, English bishop (b. 1614)
- 1758 » George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, English general and politician (b. 1725)
- 1768 » Conrad Beissel, German-American religious leader (b. 1690)
- 1802 » Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (b. 1736)
- 1809 » Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, French general (b. 1775)
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