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Rev David Holmes

David was born in 1692 in Woodstock.¹ David's father was Mr John Holmes and his mother was Mrs Hannah Newell. His paternal grandparents were Mr David Holmes and Mrs Jane (Joan); his maternal grandparents were Mr Isaac Newell and Mrs Elizabeth Curtis. He had two brothers and four sisters, named John, Ebenezer, Hannah, Margaret, Elizabeth and Experience. He was the second oldest of the seven known children. He died at the age of 53 on May 22nd, 1745 in Woodstock.

Death Notes

General Notes
- Great Grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes (Poet, First Dean of Harvard Medical School) and Great-Great Grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr (Supreme Court Judge)
  
  (David had a child by name of David Holmes, who had a child name Abiel Holmes who was father of Oliver Wendell Homes)

Occupation Details
- David's occupation was Deacon full time.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Mr David Holmes
  - b.~  1635 in England d.02 Nov 1666 in Milton
  
  Mr John  Holmes
  - b.10 Jul 1661 in Dorchester  d.20 Jun 1713 in Woodstock
  
  Mrs Jane (Joan)
  - b.~  1635 d.~  1691 in Dedham
  
  Rev David Holmes
  - b.1692 in Woodstock d.22 May 1745 in Woodstock
  
  Mr Abraham Newell
  - b.~  1583 in Ipswich - England d.13 Jun 1672 in Roxbury
  
  Mr Isaac Newell
  - b.1632 in England d.08 Dec 1707
  
  Mrs Frances
  - b.1594 d.16 Nov 1682
  
  Mrs Hannah Newell
  - b.04 Feb 1670 in Roxbury d.09 May 1743 in Woodstock
  
  Curtis
  
  Mr William Curtiss
  - b.13 Nov 1592 in Nazing - England d.08 Dec 1672 in Roxbury
  
  Elizabeth
  - d.1648
  
  Mrs Elizabeth Curtis
  - b.1624 in Nazing - England d.1707 in Roxbury
  
  Mr Bennett Eliot
  - b.1573 in England d.Mar 1622 in Nazing - England
  
  Mrs Sara Eliot
  - b.1599 in Nazing - England d.26 Mar 1673 in Roxbury
  
  Mrs Lettes (Lettice) E. Aggar
  - b.1577 in Nazing - England

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Individual Additional Information

Click here for details of David's family with Mrs Bathsheba Sanford

¹ The Descendants of George Holmes of Roxbury 1594-1908