Elizabeth Holmes

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

Elizabeth Holmes was born in 1756, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States as the daughter of John Holmes and Jennet Wilson. She married Hugh George Reed III on 7 November 1775, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States. She died in March 1803, in Maury, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Hugh Reed III
1752–1825
Elizabeth Holmes
1756–1803
Marriage: 7 November 1775
John Reed
1776–1795
Hugh Reed Jr
1778–
Henry Reed
1780–1844
Margaret Reed
1783–1839
Robert Reed
1785–1865
James Reed
1788–1851
William Reed
1789–1872
Samuel H Reed
1792–1869

Sources (9)

  • Elizabeth Holmes, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Elizabeth Holmes in entry for Hugh Reed, "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979"
  • Elizabeth Holmes, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

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World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

Georgia is the 4th state.

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

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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