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31. Holmes (Hulme) Family

The seat of the Hulme family was called "Reddish" near the Groton Chapel in the parish of Manchester, Lancashire, England. There Robert Hulme (Holme), died ca. 1649 (will dated Aug. 20, 1640 and proved Nov. 24, 1649). He had at least four sons:

OBADIAH

OBADIAH HOLMES, born Jan. 20, 1606/7 at "Reddish", Manchester, Lancashire, England, baptized, Mar. 18, 1609/10 at Didsbury, died Oct. 15, 1682 Newport, Newport Co., RI, married Nov. 20, 1630 in Manchester Parish, Catherine (Katherine) Hyde, born 1608, died 1684 probably at Newport, RI He came to America from Preston, Lancashire, England to Salem, Essex Co., MA in 1639 and was originally a Congregationalist.
A believer in the rights of all men, he was accused in July 1656 (on a Sunday), with two others, of being an "erroneous person, being a stranger" in Lynn, MA and arrested and taken to "the alehouse or ordinary." At eight a.m. Monday they were taken before Robert Bridges who made out their "mittimuns" (warrant) and sent them to prison in Boston. After two weeks in prison they appeared before the Court of Assistants and were sentenced. Obadiah was to pay a fine of thirty Pounds or receive thirty strokes of a three-corded whip. Refusing all the efforts of friends to pay his fine he was publicly whipped. Gov. Joseph Jenks stated on the record that it was done is such an unmerciful manner that it was weeks before he could rest.
Soon after he moved to Rehoboth, MA and then to Newport, RI (it was here he had the five youngest children). In 1652 he was ordained to preach the gospel and became pastor of the Newport Baptist Church.
Children:

MARY

MARY HOLMES, born 1631 Manchester, Lancashire, England, died 1690, married John Brown, born 1630 in England, died 1706, the son of Rev. Chad Brown.
(See Brown Family Addendum)
Another source is: www.cpinternet.com/~rootie/holmes.html

Ref: (1 v l-7), (13), (23 v l, 2), (24 b), (72 v 4).