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• Birth	1694	Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UPD	16 AUG 2009 22:15:22 GMT-5
  Died	1759	Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I1775	Alan Donald Vibber
  Last Modified	08 Dec 2009
  Father	Holmes John,   b. 1663, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 1730, Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA
  Mother	Gates Elizabeth,   b. 1671, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 14 Dec 1726, Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA
  Married	Abt 1690
  Family ID	F812	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Welch Catherine,   d. Aft 1787
  Children	1. Holmes George,   b. Abt 1750, Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA ,   d. Mar 1795, Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA   2. Holmes Dimmis,   b. 17 Apr 1753,   d. 14 Nov 1801
  Family ID	F810	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Chapman Sarah,   d. 24 Apr 1740
  Married	28 Mar 1736	Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F811	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Capt. George Holmes (John, John, George). Born in Stow in 1694 (?) and died in Colchester, Conn., Apr. (?) 1759. His will was dated Feb. 6, 1759, and proved May 8, 1759. He married (first) in Colchester, Mar. 28, 1736, Sarah Chapman, who died in Colchester, April 24, 1740. He married (second) Catherine Welch, who was living in 1787 in Colchester, as per tax list. He went from Stow to Colchester, where he was lister in 1727, a surveyor 1726-1730. He was tax collector for many years. He was agent of the New Salem parish to the General Court in 1743, and was appointed by that court to collect taxes on all unimproved lands for the support of the gospel ministry. He had so much difficulty in collecting that some of the state council paid a visit to Colchester to assist bylaw (Colonial Records for May, 1743). He had the assistance of the Assembly to establish a minister in New Salem, in May, 1748. He was ensign of the military company in the New Salem parish in 1738, lieutenant in 1748, and captain in 1751 (Colonial Records). In his will he gave to his two eldest daughters, Mary and Sarah, a feather bed and a cow, each, they having had their portions. He gave to his wife the improvement of the whole estate, to enable her to bring up the four younger children, among whom the remnant of the estate was to be divided. Josiah and Thomas Gates were appointed executors but declined the trust, when William Welch was appointedadministrator. Children, all born in Colchester: I. MARY, b. Feb. 22, 1738; d. in Rome, N. Y., 1805 (?). She m. in Colchester Dec. 27, 1753, HEZEKIAH KILBOUBN, b. in Colchester Jan. 26, 1732; d. there Jan. 1807, son of Hezekiah and Elizabeth Kilbourn. The following is taken from the Connecticut Courant, Jan. 21, 1817. "* * * * the case of this man is unprecedented * * * * He remained in chains twenty-five years by reason of violent insanity, when he imbibed the idea that he should be poisoned. * * * * refused food sixty-two days, then drank a spoonful of milk. Survived two days after that." Children, all born in Colchester. 1. John, b. Jan.30, 1756; m. but had no children. 2. Joseph, b. Mar. 2, 1758; m. a dau. of Col. Whiting and had two daughters, Nancy and Polly. Joseph got into trouble during the Revolution by trading with the British, and was forced to go to Nova Scotia; he never returned. 3. Sarah, b. Dec. 11, 1759 ; m. Mar. 27, 1776, Amos Randall; six chn. 4. Amasa, b. Sept. 30, 1762, settled in the western part of New York State. II. SARAH, b. Apr. 20, 1740 ; m. Asa Kilburn, brother to the husband of her sister Mary. He had a second wife. Children : 1. Eliphas, b. Nov.. 1758 ; d. in Rensselaerville, N.Y., in 1841; m. Polly McKay ; four children. 2. Arauna, m. Sarah Stone, lived in various places in N. Y. State ; 7 children. 8. Cyenus, m. Lydia Bartlett of Middletown, Conn. ; lived in Camden, N.Y. (eight children). 4. John, d. young. 5. Went- worth, d. young. 43. III. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 1, 1747 (?). 44. IV. GEORGE, b. 1750; d. Mar. 1795. V. DIMMIS, b. Apr. 17, 1753 ; d. Nov. 14, 1801 ; m. about 1772, DAVID GARDNER, b. Montville, Conn. (Hist, of Montville,Ct.), Apr. 20, 1753, and d. Jan. 20, 1823, son of David and Jemima (Gustin) Gardner. Mr. Gardner m. (2) Mary Lathrop ; one son. He m. (3) Olive Metcalf. He was brother to Jemima Gardner, who married George Holmes (44). In June, 1790, Dimmis and her husband deeded to her brother John Holmes of Colchester all of their interest in the estate of Capt. George Holmes, deceased. Children, all born in or near Montville: 1. Catherine, b. May 17, 1773, m. Jabez Gardner ; 2 children. 2.Amasa, b. Nov. 1, 1776. 3. David H., b. Aug. 2, 1778; d. Apr. 14, 1863; m. Nancy Comstock. 4. Azel, b. Aug. 5, 1780 ; m. Amy Rogers, dau. of Jehial and Amy (Vibber) Rogers ; 5 children. 5. Ludnda, b.Nov. 12, 1782 ; m. David Rogers. 6. John, b. Feb. 1, 1786. 7. Austis, b. June 26, 1787; m. (1) John Gardner; m. (2) John Gates. 8. Erastus, b. July 16, 1789 ; d. July 20, 1860; m. (1) Anna Rogers, sister to Azel's wife; he m. (2) Eunice Hyde ; 4 children by first wife, one by the second. 9. Artemas, b. Jan. 16, 1792; d. in 1819. 45. VI. JOHN, b. 1756; d. July 12, 1823.

• Sources

  [S139] The Descendants of George Holmes of Roxbury, George Arthur Gray, 39 (Reliability: 3).