Sources:
Other : Marr by Rev John Osborne, Lee NH, NHGR 4/75ff
m 1817, she m1 Benjamin Fox; perhaps sis/o Moses Huckins
Sources:
Other : Marr by Rev John Osborne, Lee NH, NHRG 4/75ff
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham, 1913, 2/180
m2 Lucia A Tuttle aka Elizabeth L Glover
FAMILY RECORD:
James Ham - m1 ___; m2 Mrs Lucia A Holmes, wid/o Noah W Holmes; James Ham,
his 1st wife, and their son are all buried in the church cemetery in Samdwich
NH [Wilma T Regan, 1969].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1896 Nov 28 - Will of James Ham. Bequeathed to beloved wife Lucia A Ham all
my real estate, i.e., the home farm in Rochester where I now live and all other
real estate wherever situated; and all my personal estate except the farming
tools and implements which are to go to son J Herbert Ham; appoint Lucia A Ham
executrix. Wit: Oscar H Bragdon, Lewis C Pla...y, & Fred A Spencer. Bond by
John G Libby of Somersworth & Henry E Ham of Rochester NH 20 Feb 1912
[Strafford Co Probate #x1994 per Wilma T Regan].
1912 Feb 3 - James Ham d Salmon Falls Road, Rochester NH ae 79-9-13; b 20
Apr 1838 Albany NY [sic NH?]; farmer; cancer of bowels; s/o James Ham & Abagail
[sic] Allard [NHVR Concord NH].
1916 Sep 23 - Declaration for Remarried Widow's Pension filed by Lucia A Ham
states that she married James Ham at Rochester NH; that James Ham d at
Rochester 3 Feb 1912; that he had no military service [CW Pension file of Noah
W Holmes].
1917 Dec 24 - affidavit by Lucia A Ham ae 70 of Worcester MA states she does
not know for certain when she was born; she believes her father's name was John
Glover; that she was given to a Tuttle family in Nottingham NH at age 3-4
months to raise; that she used the birth date of 20 May 1847; that she married
James Ham 13 Jul 1896 [CW Pension file of Noah W Holmes].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1890 Jun 9 - Andrew G Brown of Nottingham ae 23 farmer b Scotland s/o
Benjamin B Brown farmer b Scotland & Elizabeth ___ b Scotland, married at
Nottingham by J E Whitmore of N Nottingham, 1st marriage for both, Norah V
Holmes ae 23 b Nottingham d/o Noah W Holmes b Nottingham farmer & Adelia ___ b
Nottingham [Nottingham Annual Report].
1892 Sep 13 - [sic, Sep 18?] female b Nottingham, 2nd c/o Andrew G Brown
shoemaker b Scotland ae 26 & Nora V Brown b Nottingham ae 25 [Nottingham Annual
Report].
1908 - Brown, Mrs Andrew, ho, Epp Rd Exeter; Clyde, pl; Nile, pl; Chester,
pl [Exeter & Hampton Census & Business Directory 1908 p155].
1945 Dec 20 - Nora V Brown d ae 78 & brought to Nottingham for burial
[Nottingham Annual Report].
1945 Dec 20 - Nora V Brown d Northwood NH ae 78-9-2; b 18 Mar 1867
Nottingham NH d/o Noah W Holmes (b Randolph NH) & Lucia A Tuttle (b Nottingham
NH); wife of Andrew Brown; buried 23 Dec 1945 North Side Cemetery, Nottingham
NH; J W Steward of Northwood NH funeral director; usual residence, Northwood
NH; informant, Clyde L Buzzell; cause of death, cerebral hemorrage due to
mitral stenosis per Fred Fernald MD of Nottingham NH [NHVR Concord NH].MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Nora Brown worked at the Daniel Green Slipper Factory in Worcester MA c1920
[per her granddau, Wilma T Regan, c1969].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1900 Jun 15 - fam 111/112 - Brown, Benjamin B head m b May 1837 ae 63 m44y
Scotland/ Ireland/Ireland 1872 28y Na farmer ownes; Brown, Elizabeth C wife f b
Oct 1835 ae 64y m44y 10/10 Scot/Scot/Scot 1872 28y Alien; Osgood, Elizabeth C
dau f b Jul 1869 ae 30y m 10y 1/1 Scot/Scot/Scot 1872 28y Alien; Osgood,
Carroll W grandson m b Nov 1890 ae 9 NH/NH/Scot school; [?vers], Benjamin L
boarder m b Aug 1887 ae 12 NH/NH/NH school [Brentwood NH Fed Census p26B].
1918 Aug 10 - Benjamin B Brown d ae 80-5-7 b Scotland married, brought to
Brentwood for burial [Brentwood Annual Report].
1919 Sep 5 - Elizabeth Brown d ae 83-11-18 widow brought to Brentwood for
burial [Brentwood Annual Report].
m 1899
FAMILY RECORD:
Forest Emery Holmes - s/o Noah W Holmes & Lucia A Glover; b 25 Apr 1871; d
Mar 1940; bur East Northwood Cemetery; Odd Fellow; liv Nottingham NH 1880,
Dover NH & Nothwood NH; m Goldie Susan Smith (b 17 Jul 1876; d 14 Feb 1938
Northwood NH). Children:
a) Ruby Bernice - d 4 Jun 1931l bur East Northwood Cemetery.
b) Doris Ruth - b 14 Dec 1908 or 1909 Dover NH; d at the home of her brother
in Northwood NH 14 Aug 1960; bur East Northwood Cemetery; lived & worked in
Manchester NH after graduating from Hesser Business College; unm.
c) Noah Emery -.
[misc family sources].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1887 - Forrest Holmes of the Lower Turnpike district has perfect attendance
at school in the Spring Term [presumably for the preceeding year][Nottingham
Town Report].
1899 Aug 6 - Forest E Holmes ae 28 b Nottingham s/o Noah W Holmes & Lucia A
___, married at Lee by Benj A Wilmont of Lee, Goldie Smith ae 23 b Deerfield
d/o Samuel A Smith & Susan M ___ [Nottingham Annual Report].
1899 Aug 11 - Nottingham: Forrest Holmes of this town was married last
Sunday to Miss Goldie Smith of Deerfield [Exeter News-Letter of this date].
1901 Nov 11 - Ruby B Holmes b Nottingham 1st c/o Forrest E Holmes b
Nottingham & Goldie Smith b Deerfield [Nottingham Annual Report].
1903 - Will of William F Holmes of Nottingham NH; bequeaths $1 to wife Maria
S who already owns a half-interest in our estate in Nottingham & Barrington;
remainder to two sons Frank J & Lewis W Holmes in equal shares. Wit: Forrest E
Holmes, Herbert F Garland & Jeremiah Chesley [Rockingham Co NH Probate #14282 &
243/270].
1933 Mar 13 - an accrued pension payment of $20 is made to Forrest E Holmes
pf Northwood NH in the case of Lucia A Ham who died 18 Dec 1932 [CW Pension
file of Noah W Holmes].
1937 Feb 14 - Goldie Holmes d Northwood ae 60y 6m 27d married b Nottingham
d/o Samuel A Smith & Minerva Smith b Deerfield [Northwood Annual Report].
1941 Mar 29 - Forest E Holmes d Manchester ae 69y 11m 4d widower b
Nottingham s/o Noah W Holmes & Lucia A Tuttle [Northwood Annual Report].
1941 Apr 3 - Died in Manchester NH March 29th, Forest Emery Holmes of
Northwood, a native of Nottingham, ae 69y 11m.
Obituary: Forest Emery Holmes, ae 69y 11m, d at a convalescent home in
Manchester on Saturday afternoon. He was a native of Nottingham, the s/o Noah
W and Lucia A (Tuttle) Holmes. Most of his life had been spent in Northwood,
where he was employed as a shoe worker, and was engaged in farming. Survivers
include one sister, a son, Noah E Holmes of Northwood, and one duaghter, Doris
Holmes of Manchester, granchildren, Patricia LaFranc of Haverhill, MA, and
Norene and Dorothy Holmes of Northwood. He was a member of Equity Lodge of Odd
Fellows and North River Council, Jr. O.U.A.M. Funeral services were held at
the First Baptist Church on Tuesday afternoon, with Rev Frank K Neary
officiating [Exeter News-Letter of this date].
1960 Aug 14 - Doris R Holmes d Northwood ae 51 b Dover d/o Forrest E Holmes
& Goldie S Smith [Northwood Annual Report].MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Cemetery Inscriptions from the East Northwood Cemetery on Rt 4 in Northwood:
Forrest E Holmes - b 1871; d 1941; Odd Fellows marker
Goldie S Holmes - b 16 Jul 1876; d 14 Aug 1937; Woman's Refief Corp
marker.
Doris R Holmes - b 14 Dec 1908 or 1909; d 14 Aug 1960; dau of Rebecca's
marker.
Maximilien J LeFranc - b 11 Jun 1892; d 30 Jun 1958 (or 1956?); WWI vet
marker.
Ruby B Holmes, his wife - b 1901; d 1931; Grange #215 & dau of Rebecca
markers [see d a few days after the birth of her dau Patty b 31 May 1931].
[transcribed by Wilma T Regan, 1969].
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Obituary - Northwood: Miss Doris Ruth Holmes, 51, d at home of her brother,
Noah E Holmes, here Sunday morning after a long illness; b Dover [11-14-1908
pencilled in] & lived in Northwood; grad from Coe-Brown Academy here; lived in
Manchester for 35 yrs; grad from Hesser Business College there; empl at
Merchants National bank in Manchester for 32 yrs; memb Brookside Cong church in
Manchester & Forest Rebekah Lodge of Northwood; besides her brother, family
includes 4 nieces, a nephew, and an uncle; funeral services to be conducted at
the 1st Bapt church in Northwood Tues at 2pm by Rev George M Hooten Jr pastor
of the Brookside Cong church in Manchester; burial in East Northwood Cemetery;
Steward & Pinkham funeral home in charge of arrangements [unidentified
newspaper clipping].
FAMILY RECORD:
Joshua Holmes - s/o Lt Joshua Holmes; b 17 Jan 1768 Barrington NH; d 30 Apr
1851 Randolph NH; m Mary "Polly" Cater (d/o John Cater, one of the orig
settlers of Barrington NH). Children:
a) Noah - m Nancy Babb 30 Apr 1820 in Barrington NH.
b) Susan -.
c) Mary H -.
d) Elizabeth "Betsey" C -.
e) Hiram Holmes - b 3 Oct 1806; d 1 May 1863; m Susannah Newton.
f) Abigail - unm; d Randolph NH.
g) John C - b 1 Oct 1804; d 13 Sep 1866; m Hannah Felker.
h) Joseph - b 2 Dec 1812 Rochester NH; d 11 Jun 1882 Nottingham NH; m Sophia
Stevens; 10 ch.
[synopsis by Laird C Towle, 12/98].
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Joshua Holmes - s/o Joshua Holmes & Abigail ___; b 17 Jan 1768 Barrington
NH; a carpenter; manufactured plows; farmer in Rochester NH; lived in later
years in Randolph, Coos Co NH; removed to Randolph in 1828 where he farmed; m
Mary (Polly) Cater d/o John Cater of Barrington. Children b Rochester:
a) Noah
b) Susan
c) Mary H
d) Elizabeth (Betsey)
e) Hiram
f) Abigail
g) John O [sic?]
h) Joseph - b 2 Dec 1812
[Stearns, NH Genealogy 3/1371].
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Joshua Holmes - s/o Joshua Holmes & Abigail ___; b 17 Jan 1768 Barrington
NH; d 30 Apr 1851 Randolph NH; m Mary (Molly) Cater (d/o John Cater, one of the
1st settlers of Barrington NH). Children:
a) Noah - m 30 Apr 1820 Barrington NH Nancy Babb; they were prob the parents
of the Susan C Holmes who m Abel Watson in Randolph.
b) Mary H -.
c) Betsey C -.
d) Hiram - b 3 Oct 1806; d 1 May 1863 Bradford NH; m Susanna (d/o Josiah
Newton).
e) Abigail - d Randolph unm.
f) John C - b 1 Oct 1804; d 13 Sep 1866; m Hannah ___.
g) Joseph - b 2 Dec 1812 Rochester NH; d 11 Jun 1882 Nottingham NH; m 20 Sep
1831 Sophia Stevens (d/o Asa Stevens; b 15 Dec 1807 Sweden ME; d 17 Feb 1893
Epsom NH).
[mss genealogy provided by Clayton W Holmes 3/96, compiled by his sister].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1774 Oct 17 - from John Sceggel of Rye, Rockingham Co NH, husbandman, for
10#, to Joshua Holmes of Barrington, yeoman, 10a in Barrington. Ack: 25 Apr
1796 [Strafford Co NH Deeds 22/324].
1790 - Lt Joshua Holms[sic] appears on the tax list of Rochester NH, living
in the South District [p3ff], along with a Joseph Holms [perhaps his son]; in
the inventories of 1815 [p77ff], and 1816 [p160ff], he is named with the
comment, "put to his son," and there is no inventory for him; Joshua Holmes Jr
is inventoried during those years, and also for 1817-1824; the "jr" is missing
in 1824 [presumably because his father had died the previous year [Rochester
Town Records Vol 4].
1796 Dec 25 - Joshua Holms of Rochester m Polly Cater of Barrington NH
[Barrington NH Town Records 1/734].
1796 Dec (25?) - Joshua Homes of Rochester marr Polly Cater of Barrington by
Mr Benjamin Balch, minister, reported from Barrington NH [NH Vital Records].
1800 - the census of Durand/Randolph is lost.
1800 - Holmes families in Barrington NH:
Eph'm Holmes 1m 10-15, 1m 45+, 1f <10, 1f 16-25, 1f 26-44.
John Holmes 2m <10, 1m 10-15, 1m 45+, 1f <10, 1f 26-44.
Joseph Holmes 2m <10, 2m 10-15, 1m 26-44, 1f <10, 1f 26-44.
[Threlfall, Heads of Families...1800, New Hampshire, 1973].
1800 - Holmes families in Rochester NH:
Joshua Holmes ae 45+, 1m 26-44, 1m <10, 2f 45+, 2f 16-26, 1f <10.
[Threlfall, Heads of Families...1800, New Hampshire, 1973].
1810 - Holmes families in Rochester NH:
Joshua Holmes ae 45+, 1f 45+.
Joshua Holmes Jr ae 26-45, 1m 16-26, 1m 10-16, 2m <10, 1f 26-45, 3f 10.
Joel Holmes ae 45+, 1m 10-16, 1m <10, 1f 45+, 1f 16-26, 1f 10-16, 2f <10.
1817 Dec 24 - to Joshua Holmes Jr from Nehemiah B Samson et al, mortgage on
land in Rochester [Strafford Co NH Deeds Index 98/513].
1820 - about 1820 Joshua Holmes came into possession of some land which was
bought by Abel Jackson about 1845 [Cross, Randolph Old and New, p70].
1820 - about 1820 Joshua Holmes took possession of lot 5 range 5 in Randolph
NH which had been cleared or settled by the Garmands; JH erected a frame house
and barn, and lived there about 25 yrs until Abel Jackson bought it [Merrill,
Hist of Coos Co NH p939].
1820 - there are no Holmes names on the 1820 Fed census of Durand
[Randolph], NH [census].
1824 - there are no Holmes names on the 1824 inventory of Randolph NH
[Cross, Randolph Old and New, p78-83].
1830 - Holmes Families in Randolph NH:
Joshua Holmes ae 50-60, 1m 15-20, 1f 50-60, 1f 15-20.
[Federal Census].
1833 - Joshua Holmes was Selectman in Randolph NH [Cross, Randolph Old and
New, p91ff].
1840 - Holmes Families in Randolph NH:
Joshua Holmes ae 60-70, 1f 60-70, 1f 30-40.
Joseph Holmes ae 20-30, 2m <5, 1m 5-10, 1f 30-40, 1f <5, 1f 5-10.
[Federal Census].
1850 - Holmes Families in Randolph NH:
12/12 Abel N Watson household (with wife Susan C & several children)
includes: Joshua Holmes ae 78 m farmer b NH & Mary Holmes ae 78 f b NH [Federal
Census].
1851 Apr 30 - Joshua Holmes d Randolph NH ae 78y 9m, farmer, consumption,
reported from Randolph NH [NH Vital Records, Concord].
1860 - no Holmes families in Randolph NH, but the Abel Watson family was
there [Federal Census].MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
No death record for Joshua Holmes found in NH Vital Statistics.
m1 Hannah Elizabeth Holmes; m2 Maggie ___
FAMILY RECORD:
Ira Brown - m Elizabeth Holmes (sis/o Noah W Holmes); & lived in Portsmouth.
Children:
a) Frank -.
b) Nellie F - d 17 Aug 1875 ae 14y 9m; bur Stratham NH Community Cemetery
[gravestone].
c) Willie M - d 15 Sep 1858 ae 4m 4d; bur Stratham NH Community Cemetery
[gravestone].
He m2 Maggie ___ of Nova Scotia and had:
d) Ira A - of Portsmouth NH; Rockingham Co NH Commissioner.
e) Matson - d by c1970.
[Clyde Lind (Brown) Buzzell, c1970; sources cited above].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1855 Mar 31 - Ira Brown of Dover m Hannah C Holmes of Nottingham by Rev John
C Holmes [source?].
1889 Nov 29 - Mrs Elizabeth H, wife of Ira Brown, d Portsmouth Nov 25 ae
about 55y (no obit) [Exeter News-Letter of this data].
1889 Nov 25 - Elizabeth H, wife/o Ira Brown, d ae 56y 11m, bur Stratham NH
Community Cemetery [gravestone].
Elizabeth Holmes, sister of Noah W Holmes and wife of Ira Brown, is buried
in the cemetery behind the Community Church in Statham NH [per Wilma T Regan].
m1 Hannah Elizabeth Holmes; m2 Maggie ___
FAMILY RECORD:
Ira Brown - m Elizabeth Holmes (sis/o Noah W Holmes); & lived in Portsmouth.
Children:
a) Frank -.
b) Nellie F - d 17 Aug 1875 ae 14y 9m; bur Stratham NH Community Cemetery
[gravestone].
c) Willie M - d 15 Sep 1858 ae 4m 4d; bur Stratham NH Community Cemetery
[gravestone].
He m2 Maggie ___ of Nova Scotia and had:
d) Ira A - of Portsmouth NH; Rockingham Co NH Commissioner.
e) Matson - d by c1970.
[Clyde Lind (Brown) Buzzell, c1970; sources cited above].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1855 Mar 31 - Ira Brown of Dover m Hannah C Holmes of Nottingham by Rev John
C Holmes [source?].
1889 Nov 29 - Mrs Elizabeth H, wife of Ira Brown, d Portsmouth Nov 25 ae
about 55y (no obit) [Exeter News-Letter of this data].
1889 Nov 25 - Elizabeth H, wife/o Ira Brown, d ae 56y 11m, bur Stratham NH
Community Cemetery [gravestone].