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Joanna Morton

b. 27 Jun 1673 · Plymouth, Massachusetts  |  d. BEFORE 12 Mar 1754

Parents

Events

Birth
27 Jun 1673 · Plymouth, Massachusetts
Christening
19 Mar 1682 · First Church, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Death
BEFORE 12 Mar 1754

Family

Spouse: Thomas Holmes (1673–1754) · m. 6 Jan 1697 · Plymouth, Massachusetts

Children:

  1. Joanna Holmes (10 Oct 1697–17 Dec 1773)
  2. Jemima Holmes (25 Feb 1705–28 Jul 1731)
    m. Lazarus Samson (–BEFORE 17 Oct 1753) · 3 Nov 1726 · Plymouth, Massachusetts
    Children: Jemima Samson (1731–1783)
  3. Thomas Holmes (3 Mar 1710–AFTER 6 Aug 1753)
    m. Elizabeth Cobb (30 Mar 1714–AFTER 6 Aug 1753) · 1736
  4. Abner Holmes (24 Mar 1712–AFTER 12 Mar 1754)
    m. Bathsheba Nelson (15 Jul 1719–) · 16 Apr 1737 · (Intention), Plymouth, Massachusetts

Notes

!Christening: "The seven children of George Morton and Joanna were baptised on 19 Mar 1682 at Plymouth's 1st Church", pg. 250 !Baptism: Plymouth Church Records, Vol.1, Part 5, Page 1, in Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Vol. 22, pg. 250: "Hannah, Manasseh, Ephraim [Joanna, Ruth, George] Timothy, the seven children o[f George Morton]" !Birth & Parentage: "Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families" by William Davis, 1899, reprinted 1975. (Info supplied to my by Diantha Howard). Also Nat.Gen.Soc.Quar.74:96 (1986). [Mayf.Des.5:53, 17:185], and [Plymouth Prob. records, 5:331-3 (her father's will)]. In her father's will, he calls her "my daughter Joanna Holmes". And Shurtleff 8:74. Admitted "Joannah the wife of Thomas holmes" in 1715 [Ply.Ch.Recs. 1:3:30 in Pub. Col. Soc. Mass 22:214].