HOLMES, Col Joseph

1746 - 1800  (53 years)

• Name	HOLMES, Joseph
  Prefix	Col
  Birth	22 Aug 1746	Ballykelly, Londonderry, Ireland   [1]
  	He is reputed to have been born at Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, on August 22, 1746. (Ballykelly is East of Londonderry on the road to Limavaddy and close to Lough Foyle.)
  Gender	Male
  Census	1782	Frederick Co, VA   [2]
  Occupation	Deputy-Commissioner General of Prisoners  [1]
  Death	1800	Winchester, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Notes	From Frederica Trapnell notes on John Macky from 1968: There is little authenticated information about Joseph Holmes prior to his coming to Winchester, Virginia.  He is reputed to have been born at Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, on August 22, 1746. (Ballykelly is East of Londonderry on the road to Limavaddy and close to Lough Foyle.) His father, Hugh Holmes, is said to have owned an estate of 400 acres there. Many of the books about Winchester in its early days mention Joseph Holmes.  Cartmell, Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants, list the Vestrymen of Frederick Paris in 1764, among them being Edward Snickers and Joseph Holmes (p. 181) and refers to the latter as “the Deputy-Commissioner General of Prisoners,” (p. 271). “The November Court 1784, Joseph Holmes produced his commission as Lieutenant Colonel and at the May Court 1785 was sworn as Sheriff,” (p. 90). “Upon the petition of Joseph Holmes, Gent. and others, merchants in the Borough of Winchester, that they may have a portion of public ground assigned them for the purpose of building a Tobacca Warehouse, ordered that…Robert Mackey…be appointed to lay off on the public lot adjoining Water Street, 100 feet square for the purpose aforesaid, and that said land is vested in Joseph Holmes…Trustees for the purpose aforesaid…” (p. 140). Water Street is now called Boscawen Street.  It got its original name because the Town Run frequently overflowed it and made it impassable (The Streets of Winchester, Garland R. Quarles, p. 18). [1]
  Person ID	I964	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	HOLMES, Hugh
  Family ID	F380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HUNTER, Rebecca,   b. 8 Nov 1749, York, PA d. Abt Oct 1806, Frederick County, VA, USA (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	1767	Frederick Co, VA   [4]
  Children	1. HOLMES, Nancy,   b. UNKNOWN   d. 20 Jul 1819   2. HOLMES, Hugh,   b. 8 Nov 1768, Mary Ann Furnace, York Co, PA   3. HOLMES, David,   b. 10 Mar 1769   d. 20 Aug 1832 (Age 63 years)   4. HOLMES, Margaret,   b. 16 Dec 1771, “Red House” near Martinsburg, Berkeley, WV USA d. 1803 (Age 31 years)   5. HOLMES, Elizabeth,   b. 24 May 1777, Frederick Co, VA d. 28 Mar 1828 (Age 50 years)   6. HOLMES, Rebecca,   b. 26 Mar 1779, “Stockholm Farms”   7. HOLMES, Gertrude,   b. 1788   d. 24 Aug 1827 (Age 39 years)   8. HOLMES, Joseph,   b. 1789   d. 1810 (Age 21 years)   9. HOLMES, Andrew Hunter,   b. 1792   d. 1812, Mackinac Island, Mackinac, MI USA (Age 20 years)   10. HOLMES, Joseph,   b. Bef 1789   11. HOLMES, Joseph,   b. Bef 1789
  Family ID	F378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 22 Aug 1746 - Ballykelly, Londonderry, Ireland Marriage - 1767 - Frederick Co, VA Census - 1782 - Frederick Co, VA Death - 1800 - Winchester, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S629] Frederica Holmes Trapnell, John Macky. [S1142] Joseph Holmes-in the Virginia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1800-1890. [S103] Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm), (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.), Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc. [S57] Frederica Holmes Trapnell, Frederica Holmes Trapnell notes, (Various letters, charts, notes 1940s-1990s), Joseph Trapnell fan chart.