 1610 - 1682 (72 years)
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| Name |
Obadiah Holmes |
| Born |
18 Mar 1610 |
Didsbury, Lancashire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
15 Oct 1682 |
Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA |
| Buried |
Holmes 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.
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| Person ID |
I33181 |
Applegate Main |
| Last Modified |
11 Oct 2018 |
| Family |
Catherine Hyde, b. 27 Oct 1608, Lancashire County, England , d. 15 Oct 1682, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
20 Nov 1630 |
Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Martha Holmes |
| | 2. Hope Holmes |
| | 3. Mary Holmes |
| | 4. Lydia Holmes |
| | 5. Jonathan Holmes, b. 23 Jun 1633, England , d. 02 Oct 1712, Rhode Island, USA (Age 79 years) |
| | 6. Lydia Holmes, b. 1637, Lancashire County, England , d. 1693, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA (Age 56 years) |
| | 7. John Holmes, b. Abt 1639 |
| | 8. Samuel Holmes, b. 1642 |
| | 9. Obadiah Holmes, b. 1644 |
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| Last Modified |
11 Oct 2018 |
| Family ID |
F12729 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S78] A Genealogy of the Taylor Family, Asher Taylor, 25-26.
- [S45] Historical and Genealogical Miscellany Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey, Volume III, J E Stillwell, 33.
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