I have been trying to find parents and the birthplace for my ancestor: Hugh HOLMES or HOMES. Hugh was of Scot-Irish descent and married at Newcastle, ME ca 1762 Mary (widow) HOPKINS. Hugh was a 1st Lieutenant in the Continental Army and also a local militia. I feel his father may have been a Thomas HOLMES who purchased land in what is now the vicinity of Bristol Maine in 1733. Thomas was very probably an emigrant from N. Ireland in the 1718-1730 period. Any help appreciated. thanks, Charles