Brief Life History of Hugh
Hugh Holmes was born on 8 November 1768, in York, Pennsylvania, United States as the son of Colonel Joseph Holmes. He married Elizabeth Briscoe on 20 December 1791. He died on 19 January 1825, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 56.
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Spouse and Children
1768–1825 Male
1772–1836 Female
Parents and Siblings
1746–1794 Male
Siblings (11)
1768–1825 Male
1770–1832 Male
1770–1828 Female
1771–1806 Female
1779–1835 Female
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1776
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1776
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 18
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.
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