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State of Service: VT
Qualifying Service: Sergeant
Birth: 24 Mar 1754 / / MA Death: 14 Feb 1817 Georgia / Franklin / VT
Qualifying Service Description:
Private, Capt Samuel Robinson's Co., VT Militia, Battle of Bennington, 16 Aug 1777
Capt Isaac Clark's Co., VT Militia, in defns of frontrs, on Lake Champlain, 02 Mar - 02 May 1778, svc 60 days
Private, Capt Samuel Robinson; Col Samuel Herrick's Reg't, VT Militia, Alarm of 11 Oct 1780, svc 13 days
Private, Capt Ichabod Robinson's Co., Clarendon, VT Militia, during 1781, svc 8 days
Additional References:
Goodrich. Vermont Men in the Revolutionary War, pg 27, 64, 220, 585
Spouse: Elizabeth Weeks Children: Shiverick; Susannah; Stephen; Sarah; Pedy M;
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Author: Lt George Thomas Gillespie USA
The following biography of Benjamin Holmes was posted anonymously at findagrave.com. I am not the author.
Birth: 24 Mar 1754 Massachusetts, USA
Death: 14 Feb 1817 (aged 62) Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
Burial: Georgia Plain Cemetery, Georgia Plains, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
Benjamin Holmes was a son of Nathaniel Holmes and his wife, Sarah Pettee.
Benjamin served as a Sgt. in the Revolutionary War. He was married 10 Feb. 1780, to Elizabeth Weeks of Hardwick, MA.
Benjamin and his brother, Stephen, moved from Clarendon, VT, in 1787, and were among the first settlers of Georgia, Franklin Co., VT. Benjamin and his wife, Elizabeth, were Baptists, and Col. Holmes was ordained a deacon when that church was organized in Georgia, Vt. He also represented the town of Georgia for 10 years, and was chosen to handle many important trusts.
He died of heart-disease, Feb. 14, 1817.
Source: "The History of the Town of Georgia" by O.S. Bliss
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 September 2019), memorial page for Benjamin Holmes (24 Mar 1754–14 Feb 1817), Find A Grave Memorial no. 24165270, citing Georgia Plain Cemetery, Georgia Plains, Franklin County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by cjc47 (contributor 46907726).
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