Ancestry untraced. Assumed born c1710. Possibly the son of Henry and Jane/Joan Holmes baptised on the 18th of August 1717 at St Laurence, Holwell.
Married Edith Beer on the 20th of March 1736 at Bishop's Caundle, Dorset (both of Holwell)
Children
Mary, baptised on the 29th of March 1737 at St Laurence, Holwell, Dorset
John, baptised on the 28th of December 1740 at St Laurence
Edith, baptised on the 10th of January 1742 at St Laurence (buried 4th March 1748/9)
Elizabeth, baptised on the 8th of June 1744 at St Laurence
Sarah, baptised on the 25/26th December 1746 at St Laurence (buried 14th July 1751)
Henry, baptised on the 4th of June 1749 at St Laurence
Thomas, baptised on the 10th of February 1750 at St Laurence
Edith, baptised on the 8th of January 1751/2 at St Laurence
Mosses, baptised on the 11th of March 1753 at St Laurence
Abraham, baptised on the 26th of June 1760 at St Laurence (buried 11th October 1761)
Died before May 1768 1
1 Edith Holmes, widow, was buried on the 20th of May 1768