Hi I was told we were related to Oliver Wendell Holmes but have found no connection. My Holmes are all in Cape May and a short time in Trenton, NJ in the Assembly. Do have Oliver's line of descent. David Holmes m Jane 1658 John m Hannah Newell David (Deacon) m Bathsheba David (Captain) m Mehitable Mayhew - had 7 children m 2nd Mrs Temperance Bishop David & Mehitable's children: David (General), Abiel, Sanford, Lathrop (Doctor), Leonard, Hartwelll, Temperance and Liberty Abiel m Mary Stiles and 2nd Sarah Wendell Abiel and Sarah Wendell had: Mary Jackson, Ann Susan, Sarah Lathrop, Oliver Wendell (1st) and John Oliver Wendell 1st m Amelia Lee Jackson and had: Oliver Wendell, Amelia Jackson and Edward Jackson This chart I have came from book Yankee from Olympus. Go to your local library and you probably can get info on this Holmes family. Shirley