Hello everyone; Our earliest Holmes/Hulmes is Robert Hulme bur 14 Jan 1604/5 Stockport, Cheshire, England md Alice who d 1610 Reddish, Lancashire, England; bur 7 Sep 1610 Collegiate Church, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Their children as known: 1) Robert Holmes chr 18 Aug 1578 Cheshire, England; d Nov 1640 Reddish, Lancashire, England; bur 12 Nov 1640 Stockport, Cheshire, England; md 8 Oct 1605 Stockport, Cheshire, England Katherine Johnson b abt 1534 of Stockport; d Sep 1630 Reddish; bur 8 Sep 1630 Stockport. [direct ancestor] 2) John Hulme 3) Jane Hulme 4) Miss Hulme md Mr. Hoyd Source for all: HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL MISCELLANY, "Holmes of Monmouth County, Pg 303; ENGLISH ORIGINS OF NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES, "The English Ancestry of Rev. Obadiah Holmes by Col. J. T. Holmes, Pg 76-80, Vol. 1, first series. [Child #1 above is father of Rev. Obadiah holmes, direct ancestor].