Holmes family of Fletching, Sussex - an overview

Surname origin
'From residence near a piece
of flat land in a fen or by a piece of land partly surrounded by streams'
John atte Holme 1296 Subsidy Roll Sussex.
A Dictionary of English Surnames by P H Reaney. OUP revised third edition 1997. 019860092-5.

    Henry HO(L)MES (c.1700 - ) married (1) Elizabeth EBBS on the 15th December 1726 in Fletching.  Elizabeth was buried at Fletching on the 5th June 1762.
    Henry married (2) Elizabeth FAULKNER of West Hoathly on the 2nd February 1764 at Fletching. 
    Elizabeth was buried at Fletching on the 11th June 1785.
    They had children:-
    • (1) Anne (1728 -
    • (1) John (1730 -
    • (1) Elizabeth (1732 -
    • (1) Edward ? (1737 -
    • (1) Henry (1737 -
    • (1) Lucy (1738 -
    • (1) Jane (1740 -
    • (1) John (1743 -
    • (1) Edmund (1743 - = Philadelphia TURNER
    • (1) Catherine (1746 -
    • (1) John (1749 -
    • (2) Hannah (1765 - 1850) = William CHATFIELD
    • (2) George (1769 - 1849) = Elizabeth THOMSETT(c.1767 - 1856)
      • William (1795 - )
      • Hannah (1796 - )
      • Ann (1798 - )
      • Jane (1800 - )
      • John (1802 - ) = Elizabeth WILMSHURST
        • Jane (c.1828 - ?)
        • William (c.1833 - ?)
        • Susanna (c.1836 - ?)
        • James (c. 1840 - )
        • Ansley (c.1842 - ) = John NEWNHAM (c.1831 - ?)

This page last updated 17th January 2017
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