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Sarah Hobby Holmes Reynolds

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2nd wife of James Reynolds, children Gideon, Justus, Jeremiah, Justine. He [Capt. James Reynolds] m. Miss Sarah Holmes, of Greenwich, possibly as second wife. From a deed signed December 22, 1731, by Captain James Reynolds and his wife Sarah, it appears that she was the daughter of Mary Hobby who m. Nov. 18, 1686, Stephen Holmes. The deed covers "part of lot or right of land that was given by John Hobby of Greenwich, deceased, unto his daughter Mary and her children, and I, Sarah Renyals, am one of the children of ye said Mary Holmes." The said land was granted to her by her honored father John Hobby. The latter was on the voters' lists of Greenwich as early as 1658, and the inventory of his estate, April 24, 1707, mentions "dau. Mary Holmes, wife of Stephen Holmes." John Hobby was the son of John Hobby, one of the seven original proprietors of Greenwich, 1664.

Stephen Holmes b. Jany. 14, 1664-65, Stamford, d. May 15, 1710, Greenwich^, was the son of John Holmes, b. 1635; d. July 6, 1703, and Rachel Waterbury, who removed to Bedford, Westchester Co., N. Y., 1680. They were m. at Stamford, Dec. 3, 1659. Rachel was the daughter of John Waterbury, who d. Stamford, May 15, 1658. John Holmes receipted on behalf of his wife "Rachel" out of ye estate of her deceased father, John Waterbury, Feby. 10, 1668."

Source: The History and Descendants of John and Sarah Reynolds : 1630?-1923 :
of Watertown, Mass., and Wethersfield, Stamford and Greenwich, Conn. /
edited and compiled by Marion H. Reynolds ; data on living generations collected by Anna C. Rippier. (Reynolds Family Association, 1924). Available at: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005715852 (incl. full PDF and page text views).
Contributor: Jonathan Eisenberg (49750227)
2nd wife of James Reynolds, children Gideon, Justus, Jeremiah, Justine. He [Capt. James Reynolds] m. Miss Sarah Holmes, of Greenwich, possibly as second wife. From a deed signed December 22, 1731, by Captain James Reynolds and his wife Sarah, it appears that she was the daughter of Mary Hobby who m. Nov. 18, 1686, Stephen Holmes. The deed covers "part of lot or right of land that was given by John Hobby of Greenwich, deceased, unto his daughter Mary and her children, and I, Sarah Renyals, am one of the children of ye said Mary Holmes." The said land was granted to her by her honored father John Hobby. The latter was on the voters' lists of Greenwich as early as 1658, and the inventory of his estate, April 24, 1707, mentions "dau. Mary Holmes, wife of Stephen Holmes." John Hobby was the son of John Hobby, one of the seven original proprietors of Greenwich, 1664.

Stephen Holmes b. Jany. 14, 1664-65, Stamford, d. May 15, 1710, Greenwich^, was the son of John Holmes, b. 1635; d. July 6, 1703, and Rachel Waterbury, who removed to Bedford, Westchester Co., N. Y., 1680. They were m. at Stamford, Dec. 3, 1659. Rachel was the daughter of John Waterbury, who d. Stamford, May 15, 1658. John Holmes receipted on behalf of his wife "Rachel" out of ye estate of her deceased father, John Waterbury, Feby. 10, 1668."

Source: The History and Descendants of John and Sarah Reynolds : 1630?-1923 :
of Watertown, Mass., and Wethersfield, Stamford and Greenwich, Conn. /
edited and compiled by Marion H. Reynolds ; data on living generations collected by Anna C. Rippier. (Reynolds Family Association, 1924). Available at: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005715852 (incl. full PDF and page text views).
Contributor: Jonathan Eisenberg (49750227)


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