Birth: 1759 Horsforth, Yorkshire, UK
Father: John Holmes (Holms) 1725-1777
Mother: Sarah Dawson 1725-a1759
Christening: 11 November 1759 Horsforth Chapel, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: Unknown
Wife: Unknown
Death: Unknown
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Christening of William Holmes in the IGI on 11 November 1759 in Horsforth, Yorkshire, father John Holmes. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
There is an entry for William Holmes Baptism Registers for Horsforth Chapel 1740-1759 for 11 November 1759 adding his father was a labourer.
There is an entry in Ancestry All West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for William Holms baptised on 11 November 1759 in Guiseley and Horsforth, father John Holms. "November 11 William Son of John Holms Laborer 1759"
There are eight entries in Ancestry Family Trees for William Holmes born in Horsforth, Yorkshire in 1759, parents John Holmes and Sarah Croft (a different birth of John and Sarah Croft was 53 when William was born).
Another William Holmes was christened on 12 October 1760, father William, and there are at least four possible marriages to Jane Dawson on 28 June 1789, to Mary Clark on 20 November 1791, to Elizabeth White on 25 June 1806 and to Elizabeth Penny on 27 May 1812, and two entries in AncestryFamily Trees have a William Holmes born in Horsforth in 1860, parents Jeremiah and Ann Holmes married to Mary Butler so the following details may not apply to this William.
There is an entry in the October 1795 Horsforth Census for William Holmes married with 9 in the household, 26 acres grass, 29 acres crop and 11 acres fallow.
There is an entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for the burial of William Holmes on 28 May 1799 at Horsforth, St Margaret. "Burials May 28 William Holmes, Farmer 1799".
There is an entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for William Holms buried on 4 September 1829 in Guiseley and Horsforth. "Burials in the Parish of Guisley and Township of Horsforth in the County of York in the Yerar 1829 [...] No 671 William Holms of Horsforth Septr 4th 69 years W Holdsworth".
Guiseley is about 4 miles NW of Horsforth (a chapelry in the parish of Guiseley) which is about 5 miles NW of Leeds.
William Holmes was Felicity's fourth great granduncle.
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