Lorrie in KC,MO: I think you may not find Sarah as a daughter of the Rev. Obadiah Holmes, as she is (according to my information) his grand daughter. Obadiah would have been 63 in 1669, whereas Johnathan Holmes (her father, according to my records) would have been about 39. She also is more likely to have been born in Middletown, East Jersey (New Jersey), as that is where her parents appear to have lived in 1669. I have the following information, copied by my great great aunth, Mary Leeper Long, from the Holmes family Bible, on Johnathan and Sarah Holmes: Johnathan Holmes (1633/34 - 1712/13) Johnathan Holmes, the second child of Obadiah and Katherine Hyde Holmes was born near Manchester, England, in 1633 or 1634. He came with his parents to America in 1638 and lived with them in Salem and Rehoboth and near Newport, RI. In 1665, Johnathan Holmes married Sarah Borden, born in 1644. Prior to the issue of the Monmouth Patent on April 8, 1665, Johnathan visited the Monmouth country and, with others, negotiated with the Indian Sachems for lands in that part of East Jersey (now New Jersey). He was joined in this endeavor by a Captain John Browne, who was by then married to Johnathan's sister, Lydiah Holmes. Sometime during 1665, perhaps after the issue of the Monmouth Patent, Johnathan and his wife joined John and Lydiah Holmes Browne to reside with them in their home in Gravesend, while the Patent and settlement plans were under consideration. In the year 1667, Johnathan Holmes helped to found Middletown, Monmouth County, East Jersey (now New Jersey). His residence there dates from 1667. On page 45, of deed book B, Monmouth County records is a deed from five Indian Sachems to Johnathan Holmes dated August 12, 1667. This deed was drawn up to extinguish the Indian title to the land, so that when the conditions of the Monmouth Patent were complied with, the land would carry over to him clear of claims and encumbrances. The 16 to 18 years that Johnathan Holmes spent in Middletown are full of interest. Johnathan Holmes was one of the organizers of the First Baptist Church of Middletown, NJ. His father, the Rev. Obadiah Holmes, was present at the organization in the year 1667. He went on to hold many posts of honor and responsibility. On September 12, 1673, during trouble between the English and the Dutch, Johnathan Holmes was chosen Captain with John Smith, Lieutenant, and, by order of the Council of War, was mustered into military service the next day. Thereafter, he was known as Captain Johnathan Holmes. In late 1683/early 1684, Johnathan and most of his family, except his son Obadiah (see Obadiah Holmes 1666 - 1745, below), moved back to Newport, RI. In his father's will, dated April 9, 1682, Johnathan was named as the sole executor of the estate. He may have been drawn back to Newport in order to settle the estate and care for his mother. Johnathan Holmes was active in public affairs from the time he moved to New Jersey in 1667 until he retired from public life in Newport, RI, on May 6, 1707, in his 74th year. Johnathan Holmes died in Newport, RI, in 1713. Sarah Borden Holmes died between 1705 and 1708 (?) in Newport, RI. Based on his will (dated 1705), Johnathan and Sarah Borden Holmes had 9 children: Obadiah, Johnathan, Samuel, Sarah, Mary, Catherine, Martha, Lydia, and Joseph. Nothing is known of any of the children, except for Obadiah and Johnathan. OBADIAH HOLMES: Obadiah Holmes, the first child of Johnathan and Sarah Borden Holmes, was born on the 17th of July 1666. He married Alice Ashton. A descendant of this Obadiah Holmes, Margaret Masters, married into the Leeper family (William Alexander Leeper of Leesville, OH). JOHNATHAN HOLMES: Johanthan Holmes was born in 1672, 1675, or 1681. He married, first, Rebecca Throckmorton and, second, Deliverance Ashton. The parents of Deliverance Ashton were The Rev. James, Jr. and Deliverance Throckmorton Ashton. Johnathan Holmes died in 1766. Johnathan and Deliverance Ashton Holmes had at least six children. SAMUEL HOLMES: Samuel Holmes was born at Newport, RI in 1676 (Mormon Church Ancestral Records) and died after 1769. SARAH HOLMES: Sarah Holmes, born about 1669, married William Slade of Rehoboth and Swansea, MA. Their daughter, Elizabeth Slade (1695-1772), married Barnard Haile (1687-1754) of Swansea, MA, and Warren, RI. Through the Holmes discussion list at RootsWeb (http://www.rootsweb.com), Steve Leeper communicated with the 7X great granddaughter (Dorothy J. Hornus) of Sarah Holmes Slade in 1998. Dorothy Hornus is also descended from Martha Holmes Audley, the sister of Johnathan Holmes. MARY HOLMES(?): Mary Holmes married into the Easton family. CATHERINE HOLMES(?): Catherine Holmes married into the Waitman or Whiteman family. MARTHA HOLMES(?): Martha Holmes was born in 1675 and married Phillip Tillinghast in 1692. She died in 1728. JOSEPH HOLMES(?): Joseph Holmes was born between 1676 and 1682. He died in about 1746. ******************** I have additional inoformation on Sarah Borden and Obadiah Holmes, the brother of Sarah Holmes, if any one is interested. Steve Leeper