1. 2. Obadiah HOLMES, Rev.   b. 8 Mar 1606/1607, Preston, Lancaster Co., Eng; d. 15 Oct 1682, Newport, Newport Co. Ri.

Left England from Preston, Lancashire, Eng. to Salem, Mass. on Nov. 21,1638. In 1642-43 moved to Rohoboth, RI. Obadiah was a Baptist so theywere not allowed to live in the Puritan colony. He was publicly whippedby the Puritans at Boston, Sept. of 1651 for his religious opinions and"for holding meetings on the Lord's Day from house to house." He servedas a minister of the Baptist Church at Newport, RI from 1652 to 1682.
Rev. Obadiah Holmes, the emigrant, had about 5,000 descendants living inAmerica as early as 1790.
(Hanna, 1998)
Notes for OBADIAH- HOLMES:
Obadiah Holmes was granted two acres for the manufacture of glass inSalem, Massachusetts in
1638. In 1646, he moved his family to Rehoboth, Massachusetts. There,in 1650, he was arrested for
meeting with others on Sundays to worship, contrary to the order of theGrand Jury. That same year, he
moved to Newport Rhode Island and was baptized in the church. In July of165 1, he was seized at
Lynn, Massachusetts for being an agent of the Newport church and kept inprison until September,
when he was publicly whipped, receiving 30 lashes. He escaped in thenight back to Rhode Island-

1. 3. Mary HOLMES   b. Abt 1630, Providence, Providence Co. Ri; d. 1690, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
2. 4. Jonathan HOLMES   b. Abt 1637; d. 1713.
3. 5. John HOLMES   b. 1649, Newport, Newport Co. Ri; d. 2 Oct 1712, Newport, Newport Co. Ri.
4. 6. Martha HOLMES   b. 1640; d. Aft 1682.
5. 7. Samuel HOLMES   b. 1642; d. 1679, Gravesend, Ny.
6. 8. Obadiah HOLMES   b. 1644.
7. 9. Hopestill HOLMES   b. Abt 1646.
8. 10. Lydia HOLMES   b. Abt 1648.

1. 11. Mary BROWNE   b. 10 Feb 1653/1654, Providence, Providence Co. Ri; d. 13 Sep 1726, Providence, Providence Co. Ri.
2. 12. Hannah BROWN   b. 2 May 1658, Milford, New Haven co. Ct.
3. 13. Sarah BROWN   b. Abt 1659, Providence, Providence Co. Ri; d. Aft 1733, Rhode Island.
4. 14. Phebe BROWN   b. 5 Jul 1660, Milford Twp. Hew Haven Co. Ct.
5. 15. John BROWN   b. 18 Mar 1660/1661, Providence, Providence Co. Ri; d. 19 Sep 1719, Rhode Island.
6. 16. Martha BROWN   b. Abt 1664, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; d. 1727, Pawtucket, Providence Co. Ri.
7. 17. James BROWN   b. 1666, Providence, Providence Co. Ri; d. 28 Oct 1732, Providence, Providence Co. Ri.
8. 18. Obadiah BROWN   b. Abt 1668, Providence, Providence Co. Ri; d. 26 Aug 1716, Providence, Providence Co. Ri.
9. 19. Deborah BROWN   b. 1670, Providence, Providence Co. Ri.
10. 20. Daniel BROWN   b. Abt 1673.

Settled at Middletown, Monmouth Co. NJ in 1667. (Hanna, 1998)

1. 21. Catherine JENCKS   b. 1682, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island.
2. 22. John JENCKS   b. 1682, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island; d. London, England.
3. 23. Obadiah JENCKS   b. 1684, Providence, Providence Co. Ri; d. 26 Sep 1758, Glocester, Providence Co. Ri.
4. 24. Nathaniel JENCKS   b. 1686, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island; d. 8 Jun 1753.
5. 25. Jonathan JENCKES   b. Abt 1696, Ri.
6. 26. Martha JENCKS   b. 1689, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island.
7. 27. Joseph JENCKS   b. 1690, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island.
8. 28. Lydia JENCKS   b. 1690, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island.
9. 29. Mary JENCKES   b. 1692, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island.
10. 30. Catharine JENCKS   b. 1694, Pawtucket, Providence Co. Ri; d. 1782, Providence, Providence Co. Ri.
11. 31. Esther JENCKS   b. 1695, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island.
12. 32. John JENCKS   b. 9 Jun 1696, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island.

James served as a member of the Town Council almost continuously from1705 to 1725 and from 1714 to 1718 as town treasurer. He was for severalyears pastor of the Baptist Church of Providence. He was first acolleague of Rev. Pardon Tillinghast, at whose death he associatedhimself to the pastoate with Rev. Ebenezer Jenckes, whom he succeeded aspastor in 1726, filling the ministerial office until his death. Jameswas an example of piety and meekness worthy of all admiration.