Hello Holmes Folks, I am the 9X great grandson of the Rev. Obadiah Holmes (1606-1682). I know this by virtue of the work of my great great aunt Mary Leeper Long (1866-1939), who copied a great deal of information out of a Holmes Family Bible sometime between 1930 and 1939. She obtained access to this Bible from a Rezin Holmes of Leesville, OH, and/or from descendants of a Joseph Holmes, brother of her great grandfather Isaac Holmes. I have her handwritten notes from this Bible. In addition to the information obtained via Mary Leeper Long, I am aware of a book entitled "The American Family of Obadiah Holmes." I have not yet run across this book, but I have been given information from it by a "cousin." I have personally found a book entitled "Ancestors and Descendants of William Browning Greene and Mary Hoxie Lewis with Allied Families" by William E. Wright, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1993, pages 246 to 249 (Los Angeles Public Library: Call No. R929.2 G799-13), which duplicates and complements the information obtained from Mary Leeper Long. William Wright gives four references: a) Deforest, Brady, pp. 227-236; b) Garman, RI Roots, Dec. 1989, pp. 85-87; c) Wightman, pp. 285-305; and d) Roberts, Anc. Amer. Pres., pp. 29-30. Based on my information, my lineage is as follows. Robert and Alyce Hulme of Manchester, England, had a son named Robert. Robert Hulme married Katherine Johnson and had at least five children: Obadiah, John, Robert, Joan, and Samuel. Obadiah, who became the Rev. Obadiah Holmes (1606-1682), married Katherine Hyde in 1630 and emigrated to America in 1638. They had a son named Johnathan. Johnathan Holmes (1633/34-1712/13) had a son named Obadiah. Obadiah Holmes (1666-1745) had a son named Joseph. Jospeh Holmes (1698-1777) had a son named Obadiah. Obadiah Holmes (1728-1794), who became known as Obadiah the Western Pioneer because he kept moving West, had a son named Issac (and another son named Joseph). Isaac Holmes (1764-1857) had a daughter named Susannah. Susannah Holmes (1805-1893) married Joseph Masters (1799-1890) and had a daughter named Margaret. Margaret Masters (1838-1917) married William Alexander Leeper (1828-1897) and had three children: James, Ernest and Mary (who became Mary Leeper Long). William A. and Margaret Masters Leeper are my great great grandparents; I am descended from Ernest Leeper. I have additional information on many other siblings in each generation, which matches what I have read in the Holmes archives on RootsWeb. I plan to respond to specific messages from the archives in the near future and may be able to provide useful information. Steve Leeper 9X Great Grandson of the Rev. Obadiah Holmes