When Hannah Holmes was born on 1 February 1797, in Holmesville, Chenango, New York, United States, her father, Jedediah Holmes Sr, was 33 and her mother, Hannah Brown, was 33. She married Japhet Sherman in February 1821, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Eden Township, Seneca, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Bairdstown, Wood, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 1 January 1898, in Seneca, Ohio, United States, at the age of 100, and was buried in Shock Cemetery, Melmore, Seneca, Ohio, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1798: Chenango, New York, United States
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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