Hello List, We have traced our HOLMES ancestry to Harpford Parish, Devon, where a Robert HOLMES married a Mary BISHOP, 15 April, 1770. Their children: Thomas 1771 - 1850; Elizabeth 1772 - 1772; Ann 1773; John 1776 - 1844; Robert 1778; James 1782 Both Thomas and James went over to Seaton/Beer Parish, Devon, where James married Lucy Puttam, 1808, and Thomas married Ann Batstone Miller (Widow), 1801. Ann died and he later married Mary Ann Drew, of Colyton Parish. Thomas and Ann had: Thomas - 1802; James - 1804; Mary Ann - 1806 - Robert 1808. Thomas and Mary Ann had: Elizabeth 1816 - 1883; Willaim 1817; Noah 1819 - 1900; Fannie Bishop 1821 -: John 1823 - ; Henry Bishop - 1825; Joseph - 1828; Charlotte - 1835 James and Lucy had: Elizabeth - 1809 - 1866; Robert - 1811; Lucy - 1815 - 1891; James - 1816 - 1882; Wiliam Puttam - 1818 - 1875; Mary 1820; Thomas - 1822; Charlotte 1825 - 1892; Samuel 1826 - 1826; Sarah - 1827 John HOLMES married Hannah Patch of Venn Ottery,Devon and They had several children, in Harpford, and Venn Ottery. Any ideas, information, contacts, will be very much appreciated. Thanks for your reply. Regards, Wayne Stewart Holmes, DFHS #921 DFHS #921 ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message