Brief Life History of Lewis
When Lewis Holmes was born on 4 December 1773, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Lathrop Holmes, was 33 and his mother, Mary Doten, was 27. He married Lucy Cook on 26 April 1804, in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 27 July 1840, in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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- 1830 United States Federal Census
- Patty Holmes, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Office of the County Clerk County of Winnebago Ill. Marriage License
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
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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