My Holmes line comes from Ireland. Anyone with Irish connections? Cornelius Hart married Norry Holmes in 1832 in the Parish of Aghada, County Cork. Son, John Howard Hart, born in NY in 1856. Sandy Hart, RootsWeb Sponsor http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/5372/ http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/r/Sandra-R-Hart/index.html/ PA-ENGLE,COVERT,DEVENS,MACK,KNERR/KANARR,FISK, NJ/NY-HART,KEEHNER,KINNEY,DENNIS,MORRISON,PECK -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, December 28, 1998 9:02 PM Subject: Holmes info. to give... >Subject: HOLMES/ PEMBERTUN/ FLOYD >Date: 10/12/98 2:50 AM !!!First Boot!!! >From: <A HREF="aol://3548:Thor XL">Thor XL</A> >Message-id: <[email protected]> > > >I have a book about my Holmes ancestors this book was compiled from letters >and diaries. There was a George Pembertun Holmes, who came in 1837 and became >a professor at William and Mary college. There were other professors, one at >University of Virginia, "Holmes Hall" was named after George Frederick Holmes, >who started there in 1857. There was a Major Arthur Campbell Holmes who >fought from 1777-1781, in the >Revolutionary War. The family mostly lives on the east coast and primarily in >the south. There was Col Edward Anderson Holmes who fought in the Civil War >was taken prisoner by the Union army in 1864 while he was still a citizen of >England. > > > > > >