The William Pontus Family- US 1632 to Present

Raymond Genealogy

**Connected to the Churchill Family at John Churchill (1620-1663) **

Generation One:
William Pontus b. 1585; m. 4 December 1610 Wybra Hanson at Leiden, Holland; d. 9 February 1652 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
Their Children:
1. Mary b. 15 October 1622 at Leiden, Holland; m(1) 31 October 1645 James Glass; m(2) 17 January 1654 Philip Delano; d. 5 July 1682 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Hannah b. 1624 at Leiden, Holland; m(1) 18 December 1644 John Churchill at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(2) 25 June 1669 Gyles Rickard; d. 22 December 1690

      William was in Plymouth by 1632. He was a member of the Separatist church in Leiden, Holland. He was a fustian worker in the Marendorp near Douven around 1610. Later on 15 October 1622 he was listed as a wool-carder living in the Zevenhuysen district and was considered too poor to be taxed.
      William was listed as a freeman in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA in the 1633 lists. He was on the tax lists in 1633 and 1634. In 1638-1640, he was one of the men who repaired the herring weir in town . At his death, his inventory , including real-estate, was a total of £12 17s.


Sources:


1. Pilgrim Village Sketches, Robert Charles Anderson, New England Ancestors. Org, http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/services/articles_6729.asp

The John Holmes Family- US 1632 to Current

Raymond Lineage

** Connected to the Churchill Family at John Churchill (1678-1756) **

** Connected to Bailey the Family at Ira Bailey ( ) **

Generation One:
John Holmes b. abt. 1605; m. bef. 1605 Sarah Holmes Nee UNKNOWN;
Their children:
1. John  b. 1636 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Josiah b. abt. 1638 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
3. Nathaniel b. abt. 1643 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
4. Sarah b. abt. 1645 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

       John Holmes was known to be in Plymouth, before 16 October 1632. He bought a house and six acres of land from William Palmer. He was admitted into the freedom of the Plymouth colony on 1 January 164. John Holmes is mentioned in the Plymouth Colony Records vol.. XII p. 19. To have indentured William Spooner on 27 March 1637, and transferred Spooner’s indenture to 1 July 1637. He was messenger of the Government on 4 December 1638. He served as summons server, jailer, and executioner.

Generation Two (Raymond 1):

John Holmes b. 1636 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 20 November 1661 Patience Faunce at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. July 1967, aged 61 years.
Their Children:
1. John b. 22 March 1662 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 13 February 1688 Sarah Thomas at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 7 September 1726. Aged 63 years.
2. Richard b. abt. 1664at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 20 March 1711 Hester Wormall at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. bef. April 1729, aged 65 years.
3. Mehitable b. abt. 1666at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m.4 February 1714 Menassah Kempton at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
4. Thomas b. abt. 1668 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m.1697 Joanna Morton
5. Ebenezer b. abt. 1670; m. 1695 Phebe Blackmer
6. Nathaniel b. abt. 1672; m. 13 March 1700 Eleanor Racer at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
7. Sarah Homes b. abt. 1674 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
8. Patience b. abt. 1678 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 20 July 1705 James Cobb at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
9. Joseph b. abt. 1678; m. Mary Holmes Nee Unknown
10. George b. abt. 1680; m. 4 February 1717 Lydia Wood at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1746 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
11. Desire b. abt. 1682 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 20 November 1661 John Churchill at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

     Probate record for the estate of John Holmes: [1: 347: OS Docket #10,466 contain the agreement/settlement.] The agreement for settlement of the estate of John Holmes, late of Plymouth, dated 29 September 1700, was made to John Holmes of Plymouth in ye County of Plymouth in New England, eldest son, who was to pay a yearly sum to the widow, Patience Holmes, for life as her dower, and make full payment to each of the said children [of the deceased], that is to say: to Nathaniel, Ebenezer, Thomas, Joseph, and Desire, wife of John Churchill, who were of age to sign for themselves and to Richard, Patience, Mehitable, Sarah and George, who were minors. The agreement was signed on 29 September 1701 by the mark of Patience Holmes for herself and her minor children, the mark of George Bonum, Jr. in behalf of Richard, Thomas Holmes, Nathaniel Holmes, Joseph Holmes, tand he mark of Desire Churchill, John Churchill and John Holmes.


(Raymond 2):


Nathaniel Holmes b. abt. 1643 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 29 December 1667 Mercy Faunce at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 25 July 1727 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 84 years.
Their Children:
1. Elisha b. 19 April 1670 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Mercy b. 10 September 1673 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
3. Nathaniel b. 10 November 1676 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m/ 21 December 1698 Joanna Clark; d. 6 November 1746, aged 69 year; m. 1 June 1693 Ebenezer Cobb; d. 2 March 1726, aged 52 years.
4. Sarah b. 2 October 1680 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 7 November 1700 John Ellis at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1762 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, aged 81 years
5. John b. 17 April 1682 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 1709 Sarah Church; m(2) 1711 Mercy Ford; d. 23 January 1748 at Kingston, Plymouth, MA, aged65 years.
6. Elizabeth b. 25 April 1686 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 2 August 1701 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 15 years.
7. Eleazer b. 16 October 1688 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 15 March 1711 Hannah Sylvester at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 22 August 1754 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 65 years

Generation Three ( Raymond 2):
Elisha Holmes b. 19 April 1670 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(1). 2 September 1695 Sarah Bartlett at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(2) abt. 1719 Susanna Clark; d. abt. 1753, aged 82 years.
M(1) Children:
1. Mercy Holmes b. 26 June 21696 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 14 July 1721 Joseph Silvester;
2. Elisha b. 19 January 1698 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, m. 7 March 1721 Sarah Bartlett at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1779, aged 80 years
3. Joseph b. 11 July 1700 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
4. Elizabeth b. 13 March 1702 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 1 October 1724 Elkanah Morton
5. Jabez b. 28 January 1704 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 30 September 1730 Rebecca Harlow at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
6. Elnathan b. 19 January 1706 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 7 October 1731 Rebecca Churchill at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 10 September 1745, aged 39 years.
7. John b. 27 March 1707 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 28April 1733 Lois Kempton at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 19 March 1751 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 43 years.
8. Sarah b. March 1709 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 15 March 1732 John Blackmer at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

M(2) Children:
9. Rebecca b. 1720; m. Andrew Croswell
10. Nathaniel b. 1722

Generation Four (Raymond 2):
Joseph Holmes b. 11 July 1700 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 3 February 1726 Phebe Churchill at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. abt. 24 March 1748, aged 47 years.
Their Children:
1. Jonathan b. abt. 14December 1726 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Phebe b. abt. 20 May 1729 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 30 March 1753 William Bendick Pearson at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
3. Desire b. abt. 6 May 1731 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. John Swift
4. Samuel b. abt. 14 March 1733 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1754 Nova Scotia, Canada, aged 20 years.
5. Hannah b. abt. 12 May 1735 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 25 June 1751 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 16 years.
6. Meriah b. abt. 18 May 1737 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. in 9 weeks at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
7. Jane b. abt. 14 October 1738 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d.13October 1740 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 23 months.
8. Joseph b. 14 May 1741 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
9. Micah b. 10 June 1743 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 25 July 1751 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 8 years
10. Elkanah b. abt. 27 March 1745 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
11. Susannah b. abt. 8 October 1747 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. in 12 weeks at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
12. Jane b, 26 June 1749 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

Generation Five (Raymond 2):
Joseph Holmes b. 14 May 1741 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 27 October 1763 Phebe Bartlett at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
Their Children:
1. Joseph b. bef. 26 August 1764 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Phebe b. abt. 1766 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. Thomas Holmes
3. Lewis b. abt. 1768 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. Betsey Diman; d. 31 December 1798 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 30 years
4. James b. abt. 15 November 1722 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

Generation Six (Raymond 2):
Joseph Holmes b. bef. 26 August 1764 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 6 November 1797 Lydia Lucas at Carver, Plymouth, MA;
Their Children:
1. Phebe Bartlett b. 1 November 1799 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 25 May 1821 Ira Bailey at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.
2. Lewis b. abt. 1801
3. James S. b. abt. 1803

Sources:
1. William Spooner, of Plymouth, Mass., and his descendants, Volume 1, Spooner. P. 13
2. Plymouth Colony Records 12:18
3. Plymouth Colony, its History & People. 1620-1691, Eugene Aubrey Stratton, p. 306

The Thomas Lucas Family- US 1650 to current

Raymond Lineage

** Connected to Holmes Family at Joseph Holmes (1764- ) **

Generation One
Thomas Lucas b. abt. 1630 at England; m. Unknown Lucas Nee Unknown; d. 6 January 1676 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. Aged 49 years
Their Children:
1. John b. 15 July 1656 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Mary b. 15 March 1658 at Plymouth, Plymouth MA; m. 1683 Nathaniel Atwood
3. Benoni b. 30 October 1659 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 1682 Repentance Harlow; d. 28 February 1730. Aged 70 years
4. Samuel b. 15 September 1661 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
5. William b. 13 January 1663 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. Esther Clark


        Thomas Lucas was first in Plymouth Colony records on 27 June 1650 in a list of townsmen. He is not found in the court records before that. He is found in the Plymouth Colony Court Orders 3 February 1656. He was listed 25 times and 16 of the were for drunkenness. “He even presented himself in Court distempered with drinke and reviled the magistrates.” The first time they were very lenient but later he was publicly whipped, put in the stocks, finally sentenced to prison for 24 hours. “He was also presented 'for abusing his children and wife to her danger' and placed under bonds for good behavior.” On 1 June 1675 records show: “Thomas Lucas for being distempered with drinke, it being soe oftens, and that hee hath borne severall pticular punishments gradually, and can not be reclaimed, it was ordered concerning him, that all that sell drinke be stricktly ordered and prohibited to lett him have none” (Plymouth Col. Court Orders 5: 169). At the Court held 8 Mar 1678/9: “The sixt day of January, 1678, being warned upon a jury to view the body of Thomas Lucase, of Plymouth, deceased, and to make inquiry how hee came by his end, wee, whose names are under written, find it as followeth: hee being very ancient & decriped in his limbes and it being very cold, and haveing drunk some drinke, gott a violent fall into a ditch, in a very dangerous place, could not recover himselfe, but bruised his body, and lying all night in the cold, soe hee came by his end” (Plymouth Col, Court Orders 6: 7-8).
      Thomas was a blacksmith by trade and there are not mention to the name of his wife. It is assumed he was married about 1655. In the settlement of his estate she was living and it was settled in 1679.


Plymouth Colony Court. Orders 6:5, 8 Mar 1678/9:
"From the settlement of the estate, 'the widow shall have free use of the housing and lands until her sones come of age, and then her thirds of the benefits during her natural life and the sume of L38 of movables ... and use of the whole until the children come to their respective ages or marriages; Benonie, the eldest son, the house and half the garden plott, halfe the barn, three acrees meaddow and grant of four acrees excepting his mother's thirds and the sum of L11.6 in personal estate; Mary Lucas and Bethya Lucas each L12 and Mehitable Lucas L10.”

Generation Two:
Samuel Lucas b. 15 September 1661 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 16 December 1686 Patience Warren at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 17 January 1716 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. Aged 54 years
Their Children:
1. John b. 24 January 1687 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 31 January 1697 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 10 years.
2. Joseph b. 26 October 1689 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. Persis Shaw; d. 4 September 1741 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 51 years
3. William b. 19 October 1692 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
4. Patience b. 2 January 1696 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 19 December 1717 Nathaniel Harlow at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

     Samuel was made freeman in June 1689 and Ensign 1690. He also served on the jury many
times.

Generation Three:
William Lucas b. 19 October 1692 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 1 May 1722 Mehitable Doty at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. abt. January 1770, aged 77 years
Their Children:
1. William b. 27 June 1723 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d, 29 May 1734 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 10 years.
2. Phebe b. 12 April 1725 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
3. Priscilla b. 19 April 1727 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. Eleazer Robbins
4. Joseph b. 12 June 1729 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 8 May 1753 Mary Rickard at Kingston, Plymouth, MA
5. Benjamin b. 21 June 1731 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
6. Isaac b. June 1733 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. February 1744 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 10 years.
7. William b. 29 July 1734 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. died young
8. Mehitable b. 24 February 1738 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

Generation Four:
Benjamin Lucas b. 21 June 1731 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 1755 Lydia Crocker at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 8 September 1818 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 87 years.
Their Children:
1. Bela b. 1757 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Isaac b. 6 January 1759 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
3. Abigail b. 8 March 1761 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
4. Ezra b. 19 May 1763 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
5. Lucey b. 24 May 1765 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 16 September 1809 Andrew Sturtevant at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
6. Lydia b. 24 July 1676 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 6 November 1767 Joseph Holmes at Carver, Plymouth, MA;
7. Naomi b. 2 June 1770 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

Sources
1. Plymouth Colony Records
2. Warren Family
3. Doten- Doty Family in America