Martha Holmes

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Martha married John Audley in 1660 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA. John (son of John Audley and Margaret (Audley)) was born on 3 Feb 1644 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Jan 1737 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth Audley was born in Jun 1664 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1747 in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA.
2. John Audley was born in 1666 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA; died on 29 Jun 1738.
3. Robert Audley was born in 1670; died on 6 Jun 1698.

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Upon arriving in America he was admitted to membership in The Church of England in Salem, MA. On Mar 24, 1639, he established a glass foundry, the first in America to make window glass. However, he became a victim of religious persecution, was excommunicated from the church at Salem, and in 1646 moved his famiy from Salem to Rehoboth, MA. On Oct 2, 1650 Obadiah Holmes and others of Rehoboth, were indicted by the Grand Jury at New Plymouth for holding meetings in their homes on Sunday. This indictment prompted his move from MA to Newport, RI. There he became a colleague of Roger Williams , and the 2nd minister of the first Baptist Church in Newport,RI, taking the leadership of the church while Pastor John Clarke, M.D. was England.

He was christened at Didsbury, Co.Lancashire on Mar 18,1609/10, the son of Robert Hulme Jr and Catherine (Johnson) Hulme. His stone suggests a birth as early as 1606.

He married Catherine Hyde on 20 Nov 1630 at Manchester, Co.Lancashire, England.

Children: John Holmes, Jonathan Holmes , Mary Holmes Brown, Lydia Holmes Bowne, Martha Holmes Odlin, Samuel Holmes, Obadiah Holmes Jr, John Holmes, Joseph Holmes, and Hopestill Holmes Taylor.

Obadiah + Catherine Hyde. Catherine was born on 27 Oct 1608 in , , Lancashire, England; died on 15 Oct 1682 in , Newport County, Rhode Island, USA; was buried in MIddletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA, Holmes Lot. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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