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Peleg Holmes and Abigail Bradford

Peleg Holmes, the son of John Holmes and Mercy Ford, was born on Wednesday, 28 September 1715 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He died at the age of about 80 after 2 December 1795.

Peleg Holmes (aged 25) married Abigail Bradford (aged 21) on Saturday, 4 October 1740 o.s. in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Abigail Bradford, the daughter of Ephraim Bradford and Elizabeth Brewster, was born on Saturday, 28 February 1719 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died at the age of 71 on Monday, 13 September 1790.

Their children were:

• Deacon Nathaniel Holmes, born on Tuesday, 21 October 1755 in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, died on Monday, 4 February 1839. He married Abigail Kimball in 1784 in Central Chebogue, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.

• Abigail Holmes, born on Thursday, 4 June 1741 o.s. in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, died on Sunday, 20 June 1742 o.s. in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She never married.

• Deborah Holmes, born on Sunday, 3 April 1743 o.s. in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, died on Tuesday, 26 January 1748 o.s. in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She never married.

• Abigail Holmes, born on Sunday, 6 July 1746 o.s. in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, baptized on Sunday, 23 April 1749 o.s.. She married Cornelius Rogers (name uncertain) on Friday, 16 December 1763.

• Peleg Holmes, born on Friday, 6 January 1749 o.s. in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, died in 1771. He never married.

• Elizabeth Holmes, born on Monday, 18 February 1751 o.s. in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, died on Monday, 10 August 1829 in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She married Josiah Fuller on Thursday, 12 November 1772 in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

• Lydia Holmes, born on Friday, 29 June 1753 in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She married John Cushing on Tuesday, 25 December 1798 in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

• Mary Holmes, born on Monday, 20 February 1758 in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She married Samuel Kimball on Wednesday, 11 December 1776.

• Sarah Holmes, born on Wednesday, 23 April 1760 in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She married Joseph Sanford Bailey on Tuesday, 25 March 1788.

• Lucy Holmes, born on Sunday, 12 September 1762, died on Friday, 22 March 1799. She married Elkana Clements on Tuesday, 19 March 1782.

• Miss Holmes, died on Wednesday, 27 May 1767. She never married.

All the births but Lucy's listed in IGI.

The 'Yarmouth Genealogies' newspaper series lists Abigail Bradford as d. 1790, age 75.

Ruth Gardiner Hall lists several diferences from the information listed here:

• She lists neither the nameless child who died on 27 May 1767, nor Lucy.
• She lists three Abigails.
• She lists Mary born both in 1758 and 1785.
• She lists Sarah as born 30 April 1760.
• She lists Lydia and John Cushing as married on 25 May 1799