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Rev. Obadiah HOLMES

Male Abt 1610 - 1682  (~ 72 years)


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  • Name Obadiah HOLMES 
    Title Rev. 
    Born Abt Mar 1609/10  Didsbury, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Oct 1682  [3] 
    Buried Holmes Family Cemetery, River Rd., Middletown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I04455  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Robert HULMES 
    Mother Catherine JOHNSON,   d. 1630 
    Family ID F10312  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Katherine HYDE,   b. Abt 1613, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. Holmes Family Cemetery, River Rd., Middletown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 20 Nov 1630  Collegiate Church, Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. John (1) Holmes,   b. 1632, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1633, Stockport, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     2. Jonathan HOLMES,   b. Abt 1636, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1713  (Age ~ 77 years)
     3. Mary Holmes,   b. Abt 1638
     4. Martha Holmes,   b. Abt Apr 1640, Salem, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Samuel Holmes,   b. Mar 1641/42, Salem, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Obadiah Holmes,   b. Abt Jun 1644, Salem, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Lydia Holmes,   b. Abt 1646
     8. John Holmes,   b. 1649,   d. 2 Oct 1712  (Age 63 years)
     9. Hopestill Holmes,   b. Abt 1652
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F06758  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Obadiah and his wife and possibly son Jonathan arrived in Boston in 1638.

      Obadiah Holmes was granted land in Salem in 1639. He, along with Thomas Gardner, was granted another small piece of land in Salem 20 March 1643.

      Mr. Obadiah Holmes is on the list of purchasers, settlers, and inhabitants of Rehoboth, MA, for the year 1643. He is also on a town meeting list for June 1644; also 1645 and 1646.

      In 1652, Obadiah succeeded Rev. John Clarke as pastor of the Newport Baptist Church. He was the second pastor of that congregation, which was the second Baptist Church in the New World. He led them for almost exactly thirty years--until his death in 1682. (see: http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1601-1700/obadi ah-holmes-whipped-for-baptist-beliefs-11630124.html)

      Obadiah Holmes is mentioned as "my great-grandfather" in the 10 Jan 1799 will of John Holmes of Middletown, RI. John died at age 63 and is buried in the family cemetery in Middletown, RI.

      From Wikipedia: "Obadiah Holmes (1610 - 15 October 1682) was an early Rhode Island settler, and a Baptist minister who was whipped in the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs and activism. He became the pastor of the Baptist Church in Newport, Rhode Island, a position he held for 30 years." (see more at Wikipedia)

      His gravestone record has his birth year as 1606. However, he was baptized in England 18 March 1610.

      The will of "Obadiah Holmes of Newport on Rhode Island" is dated 9 apr 1681. It mentions wife Catherine Holmes; dtrs Mary Brown, Martha Odlin, Lydia Bowne, and Hopestill Taylor; sons Jonathan (executor), John, Obadiah, & Samuel: also grandchild Martha Brown.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012573] RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 14, Alden G. Beaman, Ph. D., editor, 220.

    2. [S012424] Gravestone inscription.

    3. [S014027] Torrey's New England Marriages, 782.