Rev. Obadiah Holmes

1607 - 1682  (75 years)

• Name	Obadiah Holmes  [1]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	1607	Didsbury, Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England   [2]
  Christening	18 Mar 1610	Didsbury, Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	A569F8FE726D4F0CADB078D45A5BAE4A94C1
  Death	15 Oct 1682	MIddletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA   [2]
  Burial	MIddletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA, Holmes Lot   [2]
  Person ID	I15246	Larry and Jane's Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2017

  
  

  Family	Catherine Hyde,   b. 27 Oct 1608, , , Lancashire, England d. 15 Oct 1682, , Newport County, Rhode Island, USA (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. Capt. Jonathan Holmes,   b. 1633, , , Cheshire, England d. Oct 1713 (Age 80 years)   2. Martha Holmes,   b. 30 May 1640, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA d. 30 Dec 1711, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F5545	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Upon arriving in America he was admitted to membership in The Church of England in Salem, MA. On Mar 24, 1639, he established a glass foundry, the first in America to make window glass. However, he became a victim of religious persecution, was excommunicated from the church at Salem, and in 1646 moved his famiy from Salem to Rehoboth, MA. On Oct 2, 1650 Obadiah Holmes and others of Rehoboth, were indicted by the Grand Jury at New Plymouth for holding meetings in their homes on Sunday. This indictment prompted his move from MA to Newport, RI. There he became a colleague of «u»Roger Williams <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19715819>«/u», and the 2nd minister of the first Baptist Church in Newport,RI, taking the leadership of the church while Pastor John Clarke, M.D. was England. He was christened at Didsbury, Co.Lancashire on Mar 18,1609/10, the son of Robert Hulme Jr and Catherine (Johnson) Hulme. His stone suggests a birth as early as 1606. He married Catherine Hyde on 20 Nov 1630 at Manchester, Co.Lancashire, England. Children: John Holmes, «u»Jonathan Holmes <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19730524>«/u», Mary Holmes Brown, Lydia Holmes Bowne, Martha Holmes Odlin, Samuel Holmes, Obadiah Holmes Jr, John Holmes, Joseph Holmes, and Hopestill Holmes Taylor. [2]

  
  

• Sources

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