Birth: Before 1699
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 9 June 1714 St Oswald, Guiseley, Yorkshire, UK
Wife: Martha Long (Longe) 1692-a1725
Death: After 1725
John Holmes 1715-1716
William Holmes (Holms) 1718
Elizabeth Holmes (Holms) 1720
Mary Holmes (Holms) 1722
John Holmes (Holms) 1725-1777
There are two submitted entries in the IGI for the birth of William Holmes in about 1689 in Guiseley, Yorkshire, his marriage to Martha Long on 9 June 1714 in Guiseley, Yorkshire, and three children John, William and Elizabeth.
Entry in Guisley Marriages for William Holmes, labourer, and Martha Long on 9 June 1714 at St. Oswald's Church.
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for the marriage of William Holmes and Martha Long on 9 June 1714 at Harewood. " 1714 Married at ye Parish Church 1714 [...] June [...] 9 William Holmes labr and Martha Long Spins"
There are a number of children of William Holmes, a labourer of Yeadon up to a John in 1730. However there is no record of the burial of the John born 1725 so those after 1725 may be in another family.
There are six entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for William Holmes born in 1689, hiis marriage to Martha Long on 9 June 1714 and three children - John, Wiliam and Elizabeth.
Guiseley is about 9 miles NW of Leeds and Yeadon is 2 miles SE of Guiseley, while Harewood is 8 miles north of Leeds on A61 and 10 miles from Yeadon. I do not understand why the Ancestry databases state Harewood - I assume the pages have been shuffled, but it may be that a copy of the entries was sent to Harewood.
William Holmes was Felicity's sixth great grandfather.
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