Jonathan Holmes

Jonathan married Sarah Borden Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Sarah (daughter of Richard Borden and Joan Fowler) was born May 1644, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA; died 02 Oct 1713; was buried , Holmes Lot, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Martha Holmes
2. Joseph Holmes
3. Catherine Holmes
4. Jonathan Holmes died Abt 1767.
5. Lydia Holmes
6. ? Holmes
7. Sarah Holmes was born 1664; died 10 Sep 1761; was buried , Slade Cemetery, Somerset, Bristol County, Massachusets, USA.
8. Obadiah Holmes was born 1667; died 03 Apr 1745.
9. Mary Holmes was born 1671; died 12 Dec 1744; was buried , Easton Lot, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA.

Notes:

from findagrave

Upon arriving in America he was admitted to membership in The Church of England in Salem, MA. On Mar 24, 1639, he established a glass foundry, the first in America to make window glass. However, he became a victim of religious persecution, was excommunicated from the church at Salem, and in 1646 moved his famiy from Salem to Rehoboth, MA. On Oct 2, 1650 Obadiah Holmes and others of Rehoboth, were indicted by the Grand Jury at New Plymouth for holding meetings in their homes on Sunday. This indictment prompted his move from MA to Newport, RI. There he became a colleague of Roger Williams, and the 2nd minister of the first Baptist Church in Newport,RI, taking the leadership of the church while Pastor John Clarke, M.D. was England.

He was christened at Didsbury, Co.Lancashire on Mar 18,1609/10, the son of Robert Hulme Jr and Catherine Johnson Hulme.

He married Catherine Hyde on 20 Nov 1630 at Manchester, Co.Lancashire, England.

Obadiah married Catherine Hyde 20 Nov 1630, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Catherine was born 27 Oct 1608, Lancashire County, England; died 15 Oct 1682, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA; was buried , Holmes Lot, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet]