Anthony Holmes

Brief Life History of Anthony

When Anthony Holmes was born about 1760, in Monmouth, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Josiah Holmes, was 61 and his mother, Hannah Dennis, was 40. He married Lydia Applegate about 1782, in Shrewsbury Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 28 October 1849, in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Shrewsbury Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.

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Family Time Line

Anthony Holmes
1760–1849
Lydia Applegate
1760–1842
Marriage: about 1782
William Holmes
1777–
George Holmes
1779–
Elizabeth Holmes
1781–
Clemency Holmes
1783–
Nancy Ann Holmes
1784–1867
Benjamin Holmes
1785–
Sarah Holmes
1785–
Ellen Holmes
1791–
Richard Holmes
1788–1811
Clemence Holmes
1789–1871
Benjamin A Holmes
1798–1862
Caroline Holmes
1800–1881

Sources (2)

  • Anthony Holmes, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Anthony Holmes in entry for Benjamin A. Holmes, "New Jersey, Deaths, 1670-1988"

World Events (8)

1775

During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the "Ten Crucial Days" and remembered by the famous phrase "the times that try men's souls". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time.

1776

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

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

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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