Hulme/Holmes of Manchester, Lancashire, England, and Newport, Rhode Island
Robert Hulme b abt 1550, of Reddish, Manchester, Lancashire, England, d bef 28 Jan 1604/05, Reddish, Manchester, Lancashire, England. He md Alice abt 1576. She was b 1557, Reddish, Lancashire, England, d bef 7 Sep 1610, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
Children of Robert Hulme and Alice were:
  • Robert Hulme b 18 Aug 1578.
  • John Hulme b abt 1581, Reddish, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
  • Jane Hulme b abt 1584, Reddish, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
  • Daughter Hulme b abt 1586, Reddish, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
Robert Hulme b 18 Aug 1578, Reddish, Manchester, Lancashire, England, d abt 11 Nov 1640, Manchester, England. He md Katherine Johnson 8 Oct 1605, Stockport, Lancashire, England, daughter of William Johnson. She was b abt 1584, Stockport, Lancashire, England, d bef 8 Sep 1630, Manchester, England.
Children of Robert Hulme and Katherine Johnson were:
  • John Holmes b bef 3 May 1607, Reddish, Manchester, Lancashire, England, d prob bef 1640.
  • Rev. Obadiah Holmes b bef 18 Mar 1609/10.
  • Joan Holmes b bef 2 Feb 1610/11, Reddish, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
  • Samuel Holmes b abt 1616/17, Reddish, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
  • Nathaniel Holmes b bef 12 Jul 1618, Reddish, Manchaster, Lancashire, England, d bef 10 Sep 1631.
  • Robert Holmes b bef 25 Mar 1621, Reddish, Manchester, Lancashire, England, d abt 16 Nov 1672.
  • Joseph Holmes b abt 1622, d bef 13 Jun 1623.
  • Joseph Holmes b abt 1624.
Rev. Obadiah Holmes b bef 16 Mar 1609/10, of Reddish, Manchester, Lancashire, England, d 15 Oct 1682, Middletown, Newport, RI. He md Katherine Hyde 20 Nov 1630, Manchester, Lancashire, England, daughter of Gilbert Hyde. She was b 27 Oct 1608, Manchester, Lancashire, England, d aft 15 Oct 1682, Middletown, Newport, RI.
Children of Obadiah Holmes and Katherine Hyde were:
  • Mary Holmes b abt 1635, Newport, RI, d aft 1690; md John Brown.
  • Martha Holmes b 13 May 1640, Newport, RI, d 30 Dec 1711; md John Audley.
  • Samuel Holmes b bef 20 Mar 1642, Newport, RI, d 1679; md Alice Stilwell.
  • Obadiah Holmes b bef 9 Jun 1644, Newport, Newport, RI; md Miss Cole.
  • Lydia Holmes b abt 1646; md Maj. John Bowne.
  • Jonathan Holmes b abt 1647, d 1713; md Sarah Borden.
  • John Holmes 1649.
  • Hopestill Holmes abt 1650; md Mr. Taylor.
John Holmes b 1649, Newport, Newport, RI, d 2 Oct 1712, Newport, Newport, RI. He md [1] Frances Holden 1 Dec 1671, and [2] Mary Sayles 12 Oct 1680, Newport, Newport, RI, daughter of John Sayles and Mary Williams.
Children of John Holmes and Mary Sayles were:
  • William Holmes b abt 1681.
  • Susannah Holmes b abt 1682, d 1726.
  • Mary Holmes b abt 1684.
  • Ann Holmes b abt 1685.
  • Frances Holmes b abt 1687.
  • Deborah Holmes b abt 1689.
  • Phebe Holmes b abt 1692.

Ann Holmes b abt 1685, Newport, Newport, RI. She md [1] Peleg Peckham, and
[2] Ralph Chapman abt 1716, Newport, Newport, RI, son of Ralph Chapman.

SOURCES:
GL: English Origins of New Eng Families, Series 1, Volume 1: The English Ancestry of Rev. Obadiah Holmes, by Col. J. T. Holmes, pp 76-80, originally published in NEHGR, republished by Genealogical Publishing Company; Sam Behling; SG.
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