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78 KATHREEN ALLISON, OF PETERBOROUGH, N. H.
(Moore) Holmes, of Londonderry (their second child), married
Abraham Morison, and was born about 1746.
They quitclaimed, in a deed, all interest in the estate of
her "-honored father, Nathaniel Holmes, deceased," to his
eldest son, Lieut. John Holmes, who bought out all the heirs,
and succeeded to the home farm. Date May 13, 1771,
acknowledged and recorded in 1776 (Book 107, p. 398 of
County Records). They had a son, Nathaniel^ named for
her father.
71. Kathreen Allison ^
[29] (Capt. Samuel,^ Samuel i).
She was born at Londonderry, N. H., April 1, 1762, and married,
in 1785, Nathaniel Holmes,^ of Peterborough, N. H., son
of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Moore) Holmes,'^ of Londonderry,
grandson of Nathaniel and Jane (Hunter) Holmes,^ of
Coleraine, Ireland. This Nathaniel Holmes,^ after the death
of his wife in Ireland, emigrated in 1740 to the Scotch settlement
in Londonderry, N. H., where so many of his Scotch
neighbors and kindred had gone before, being accompanied
by his four sons, Nathaniel,^ John,^ William,^ and Andrew
Holmes.^ Traditions say that he left his eldest son, Nathaniel
Holmes,^ in Londonderry, while he and his other- three
sons (who were then minors) went to Carlisle, Penn., and
settled, and where he probably died. The three sous lived
and had families at Carlisle, Penn.
Dea. Nathaniel Holmes was born at Londonderry, N. H.,
Sept. 5, 1759, and died at Peterborough, N. H., Sept. 10,
1832.
CHILDKEN.
72. Jane Holmes,^ b. Feb. 24, 1786; d. Marcli 2, 1786.
73. Nathaniel Holmes,* b. May 4, 1787; m., Jan. 11, 1809, Sally, daugliter
of Maj. Jotham Hoar, b. June 24, 1787; d. June 14, 1887, within
ten days of a century in age. He d. Jan. 2.3, 1840; res. at
East Jaffrey, Meredith Bridge, and Tilton, N. H. ; machinist
and manufacturer. Children:
1. Katherine Allison Holmes,^ b. Oct. 1, 1809; m., Nov. .5, 1835, Col.
Zenas Clement, of Claremont, N. H. She I'es. Stamford, Ct.
Children:
1. Sarah Clement," b. May 8, 1840; m. Frank Kimball, Esq., attorney,
who d. 1872. Child: Mary H. Kimball,' res. with her mother
and grandmother in Stamford, Ct.
II. Nathaniel Holmes Clement," of Brooklyn, N. Y., b. March 23,
1841; m., Oct. 24, 1871, Amelia C. Piper. Children: Erminia
Augusta Clement,' b. Oct. 14, 1872. Arthur Wilford Clement,'
b. March 17, 1878. Clara Louise Clement,' b. Jan. 26,
1880; d July 6, 1882. George Nathaniel Clement,' b. Sept. 17,
1883.
2. Artemus Lawrence Holmes," b. East Jaffrey,
Graduated at Dartmouth college, 1835;
N. H., July 9, 1814.
attorney-at-law and