Erickson, Fred (b. 1876, d. 1922)

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Handbook Of Barrett's
Note: Handbook Of Barrett's Glendon E.Wheeler 1634 N.Darcy Ave.Simi Valley Calif.93065

Death: 1922

Reference: [S006]

Note: !John Holmes(2) appears many times on the land records of Stamford prior to
1660. John and Rachel followed their son John in 1681 to Bedford where he was
Bedford commissioner 1685-1688; townsman 1691, 1693, 1696, 1697 and 1699,
constable 22 Jan 1700. He was a patentee of Bedford's patent from New York in
1704 and the name of John Holmes, Sr. appears many times throughout the early
history of Bedford.

SOURCE: (1) BHR IX, p 73.
(2) "YE HISTORIE OF YE TOWN OF GREENWICH", S.P. Mead, 1911.
(3) Katharine Barrett Kelly.

Death: 6 JUL 1703 Bedford, Westchester Co., NY

Note: !John Holmes, Jr. was one of the original proprieters of Bedford on 23 Dec 1680.

SOURCE: (1) Katharine Barrett Kelly

Death: 1729 Bedford, Westchester Co., NY

Note: !Stephen Holmes' will is dated 6 Sep 1707; the inventory of his estate was taken
14 Nov 1710.

SOURCE: (1) BHR IX, p 72.

Death: 15 MAY 1710 Greenwich, Fairfield, CT

Note: !Francis Holmes(1) came to America about 1635. He settled in Massachusetts and
removed to Stamford where he lived in 1648, as he testified against Robert
Pennoyer for drinking wine and becoming noisy and turbulent and abusing a
watchman. Many years later Francis Holmes himself was called to account for
overindulgence. The STAMFORD TOWN RECORD shows that on 5 May 1665 "Francis
Holms was questioned for his miscaredgis, being over taken wt. drink, so yt he
was not able to give rastionall awnser to anything propound to hem, for wc. upon
his confision of his own gilt he is find to p[ay] ten shiling to ye us[e] of ye
county court." There are other references in the record of Francis Holmes being
charged to perform fence viewing, where he is a witness for deeds and where he
inventories estates. He was a blacksmith and invariably signed by mark. One
reference in the record shows Francis as a creditor in the amount of 1 pound on
8 Dec 1648 of John Whitmore's estate. Whitmore had been murdered by an Indian.
The will of Francis Holmes of "Standford" was drawn 6 Sep 1671, proved 14 Mar
1675/6 and recorded. It states: "....I have given my wife 34 pounds which
belonged to me, as is witnessed by Sam'll Hoit and Jonas Weed, and I doe alsoe
give her, as Long as Shee remains my wife, the use of my house I live in, with
the bed I lye on and furneture belonging to it; with all other things necessary
for house keping according as my Executors Shall See meete, and then, after her
decease or Chang of Condition by mariage, the Same to be at the disposal of my
executors. "I Doe alsoe give her a Sow and a hogg and a Cowe & heifer as my
executors Shall appoint, And the Clothes that shee hath that is on my Acount to
return to my Executors, the other that shee hath to be at her own disposal.
"I Doe give to my Sonn John the Shopp with the Tooles and Iron and Steel an
Coales to be prised.
"I Doe give my Sonn Stephen my Shaer of the farme, with all the horses and
mares that runs in the woods, with all the Carts, plows and furniture belonging
to them, and the great Table and long gunn.
"Item. I Doe give my Sons John and Stephen all my Cattle and other things,
too be equally devided, except what perticulars are otherwise disposed of.
"I Doe give my daughter, Ann Dean, five shillings. I give my son Richard
five Shillings. I give my servent Cornelius five Shillings.
"I give my Sonn Johns eldest Sonn my short Gunn.
"I give my wife 6 bush. of each sort of Corn, wheat, grass, Indian, as long
as Shee remayns my wife, to be payd yearly. I Doe make my Sonns John and
Stephen Joynt Executors for the managing of this my will...."
Wit: Hen. Smith his mark His
Ann Smith her mark Francis FH Holmes
Math. Belamy Mark
It is thought Ann is Francis' 2nd wife and not the mother of his children.

SOURCE: (1) STAMFORD TOWN RECORDS
(2) "YE HISTORIE OF YE TOWN OF GREENWICH", S.P. Mead, 1911.
(3) Katharine Barrett Kelly.
(4) BHR IX, p 72.

Death: AFT 6 SEP 1671 Fairfield, CT

Death: 15 MAY 1710 Stamford, Fairfield, CT

Note: !Richard Holmes was a blacksmith and lived in Norwalk, CT. His will was dated 31 Oct 1704, proved 6 Dec 1704. SOURCE: (1) BHR IX, p 73.

Death: 1704 Norwalk, Fairfield, CT

Death: 27 DEC 1703

Note: !John Waterbury of New England is believed to have been the "John, son of
William Waterberrie" whose baptism on 30 Dec 1621 was recorded in the register
of All Saints Church, Sudbury, County Suffolk, England. He died intestate at
Stamford, New Haven Colony, 31 Jul 1658. Refernces to John Waterbury's early
residence in Watertown and Stamford are scant. How he acquired property in
Watertown is unknown, but on 15 Oct 1646 John Waterbury of Watertown sold to
Robert Pierce of the same place a house and eight acres of land at Watertown.
Presumably John and his family moved about this time to Stamford, although the
earliest record mentioning him there is dated 1650, which is "the lands of John
Watterbery, with the bounds and buttlments." Other property descriptions and
exchanges exist in the Stamford Town Records. John Waterbury was elected by the
General Court as one of Stamford's three deputies on 27 May 1657 and re-elected
26 May 1658. John Waterbury died in 1658 at the age of only 37 or 38 years.
Since he had been elected deputy just two months earlier, presumably when in
good health, we may conjecture that he died suddenly and unexpectedly. The
inventory of John Waterbury's estate was taken 1 Apr 1659 by Richard Law and
Francis Bell, attested to under oath 24 May 1661 by Rose Garnsey and recorded 15
Mar 1665/6 in Fairfield Probate Records. Its total appraised value of
L383:01:00 including house and lands, L80; livestock, L163; 44 pounds of pewter,
L3:06:00; and four guns and one pistol, L12:15:00. The long delayed
distribution of the estate is recorded in the Fairfield Probate Records: "At a
Courte held at ffairfeild 2 Novem. 1669. Whereas the Inventory of John
Waterberry was this day Exhibited to the Courte, which amounts to three hundred
eighty three pounds, one shilling, The deceased dying Intestate, the Court
enters a devision of the estate to Shee that was the Widdowe, now is the wife of
Joseph Gernsee, and to the Children, as followeth: The wife of the Said Joseph
(that was the widdow of the Deceased), Shee to have a third part of the estate
out of the personall estate. The eldest sonn to have a doubble portion, which
amounts to eighty five pounds, Two Shillings and three pence. To the Second
Sonn, Jonathan, forty two pound, eleven Shillings. To David, The third Sonn of
the deceased, forty two pounds, eleven Shillings; the two Daughters portions, to
each of them, forty two pounds, eleven Shillings a peece. "The Land to be
divided between the three Sons: The house and one half [of the land] to the
eldest Sonn, The other half of the land to be equally Devided between the other
two Sons, and what the eldest Sons part is more worth then the other part, he is
to allowe out of his portion as Indifferent men Shall apprize. The Said Joseph
Gernse is to enjoy the use of the house and home lot During his above Said wives
life and her Continuance in Stamford. The Sons are to recieve ther portions at
Twenty one years of age, And yf any of them Dye before they be of age, the
Suvivers are to enjoy it. Joseph Garnsee is admitted Administrator on the Said
estate and he is enjoyned to give in Securyty to the overseers that the portions
Shall be duly payd .... Mr. Holly and Liut. Bell are apointed overseers of the
Children and ther Disposals & portions."

SOURCE: (1) Text by Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie

Death: 31 JUL 1658 Stamford, Fairfield, CT

Note: !Others credit Rose Lockwood, b.1622, England, d.12 Feb 1684, Stamford as wife of John Waterbury. Her parents are Edmund and Ruth Lockwood.

Death: 2 SEP 1712

Death: 28 NOV 1688

Death: 4 JAN 1702

Note: !David Waterbury apparently obtained his commission of lieutenant while serving
in King Philip's War, 1675-1676. In September 1676 he obtained land along the
highway in Stamford for fighting the Indians. David removed from Stamford to
Bedford where he was one of the original proprietors of Bedford on 3 Dec 1680;
it was then called the Hop Ground Plantation, was petitioned Bedford on 16 May
1682 as part of Connecticut until 1700 when it became part of New York State.
In 1681 David owned 7 Feild lots, 9 Plain lots and 1 Meadow lot in Bedford. He
sold part of his land to Jonas Seeley and the remainder to Jonas Weed and John
Miller in 1681-1682 and returned shortly thereafter to Stamford. During his
brief stay in Bedford he was quite active and served as a justice of the peace.
In 1690 he was commissioned Ensign of the Dragoons of Stamford. He was given a
grant to build a dam at the mouth of the Noroton River, which flows between
Stamford and Darien. By 1692 he was on a committee to get John Davenport as a
preacher. He was a selectman for 11 years from 1687 to 1698; very involved in
town affairs. When he married Sarah Weed in 1698, she was 23 and he was 48 with
3 motherless children. One source says David was married 3 times, but only two
wives have been found. David Waterbury's will is dated 24 Mar 1704, the
inventory taken 20 Nov 1706, filed and probated 28 Jan 1707.

SOURCE: (1) Katharine Barrett Kelly.
(2) BHR IX, pp 175-176.
(3) The children of David differ between KBK and BHR IX.

Death: 20 NOV 1706 Stamford, Fairfield, CT

Note: ! William Waterbury, whose baptismal record in the register of St. Peter's
Church, Sudbury, County Suffolk, England, reads, "Wm. the sonne of John
Waterbury, was baptised the xij th Day of March 1593/4," was probably baptized
as a child. William Waterbury of Sudbury, "saymaker," on 1 Oct 1610 gave bonds
for Thomas Bettes of Sudbury, weaver, and was then surely more than 16 years of
age. William had become supervisor of commons 16 Oct 1619, and was again so
recorded on 20 Oct 1621. He was called a weaver, however, he was presented at
the Borough Court of Sudbury 1 Jan 1622/3 "for practising the trade or mystery
of a clothier in making of woolen cloth called says without being educated in or
apprenticed to the trade." On 20 Sep 1620 William "Waterberry" of Sudbury had
been presented at the Burough Court for an unrecorded offense. He was fined 12
pence on 30 May 1621, presumably for the 1620 misdeed. He was fined 12 pence 31
Jul 1623 for giving short measure, and on 21 Oct 1623 was fined 6 pence "for
having his measure, called his yard, deficient in length." Despite these petty
offenses, William was made a juror of the Borough Court 2 Jan 1621/2, and on 4
Oct 1624 was elected as a food inspector. John Winthrop, who became the first
governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, lived in Groton, only six miles from
Sudbury, its market town. It appears probable that William Waterbury joined
with the large group of emigrants who sailed in the Winthrop Fleet to the New
World. Mr. Winthrop and the other officers of the company of the Massachusetts
Bay embarked 8 Apr 1630 from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, in the ship ARBELLA,
arriving off Salem 12 Jun 1630. The names of all the other ships of the fleet
are not known, nor are detailed passenger lists extant. "The History of New
England, 1630 to 1649," by John Winthrop, provides a list of those who in
February 1629/30 expressed their intentions of joining his company. Included in
the list are the surnames of 74 heads of families, few of them shown with given
names. Among them appears the name "Waterbury." Since John, the oldest son of
William Waterbury, was then a boy eight years old, it is highly probable that
the name in the list referred to his father. James Savage, in his "A
Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," states that
William Waterbury, "Boston, prob. came in the fleet with Winth with w Alice, was
adm of our ch the first yr, their names being Nos. 35 and 6. As no more is
heard of either, I conclude they d soon, or went home."

SOURCE: (1) Text by Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie

Burial: 15 OCT 1626 Sudbury, Suffolk, England

Death: 25 JAN 1890

Reference: Sally Seymour

Note: ! John Waterbury was admitted as a freeman of Sudbury, England on 17 Jun 1588,
his occupation being shown as "sherman." This is a variant of "shearman," one
who dresses or shears woolen cloth. A list dated 20 Aug 1590, made by the clerk
of the market, Sudbury, of the verification of weights and measures of those who
traded in the town contains the entry, "John Waterbury, wayghts good." He
served as a juror five times in the period 1592 to 1594. In the tax rate laid
20 Jul 1592 to cover costs of L15 allowed Thomas Godfrey by the Duchy Court of
Lancaster, John "Waterburie" was assessed seven pence. The register of St.
Peter's Church, Sudbury, shows the record, "John Awsten alias John Waterburye
was buryed fyrst daye of September 1596." Since Waterbury is a name very rarely
found in England at that time, it may be that John was born an Austin and
subsequently changed his surname to Waterbury. Such name changes, generally
identified by the word "alias," were not unknown in 16th century England. Six
children are listed for John; Elizabeth and William are known children; Robert,
Mary, Anne, and John are putative children.
ERRMSG: Children christened before marriage date.

SOURCE: (1) Katherine Barrett Kelly
(2) BHR IX
(3) Text by Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie

Burial: 1 SEP 1596 St Peters Church, Sudbury, England

Burial: 25 JUL 1605 Gr. Waldingfield, Suffolk, England

Note: !John Waterbury, Jr. served as a juror in 1634.

Note: Pg 30 Aug.27,1870 census