Elizabeth Holmes

25 April 1686–2 August 1701 (Age 15)
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Holmes was born on 25 April 1686, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Nathaniel Holmes, was 42 and her mother, Mercy Faunce, was 35. She married Thomas Bourn on 23 November 1700, in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She lived in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1686. She died on 2 August 1701, in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 15, and was buried in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

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Thomas Bourn
1685–
Elizabeth Holmes
1686–1701
Marriage: 23 November 1700

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 November 1700Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

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    Siblings

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    +4 More Children

    Name Meaning

    English: either from the plural form of Holme , or else a variant of Holme or Home , with excrescent -s (see Holm ).Scottish: probably a habitational name from Holmes near Dundonald (Ayrshire), or possibly from another place so called in the barony of Inchestuir (Angus). Both placenames likely derive from the plural form of Middle English, Older Scots holm ‘islet, raised land in a marsh’ (see Holm ).Scottish and Irish: adopted for Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Thómais, Mac Thómais (see McComb ). In parts of western Ireland, Holmes is also a variant of Cavish, from Gaelic Mac Thámhais, another patronymic from Thomas . Early bearers in Ireland were probably immigrants from Scotland.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Holms
    Holme
    Homes

    Sources (7)

    • Elizabeth Holmes, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
    • Elizabeth Holmes, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
    • Elizabeth Holmes, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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