Jonathan Holmes (speaker)
1653-1713
Captain Jonathan Holmes (23 June 1633 – 10 October 1713) was a colonial farmer and politician in Rhode Island.
Early life
Holmes was born in Stockport, Lancashire, England on 23 June 1633. He was a son of the Rev. Obadiah Holmes (1606–1682) and Catharine (née Hyde) Holmes (c. 1610–c. 1682), who were married in Manchester in 1630. Among his siblings were Lydia Holmes, who married Capt. John Bowne (great-grandparents of Capt. Abraham Lincoln, himself grandfather of President Abraham Lincoln).
As a baby, he sailed with his parents from Preston on the River Ribble in Lancashire to Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Career
His father was one of the twelve patentees named in the original April 8, 1665 patent from the Duke of York for the Monmouth Tract embracing Monmouth County and parts of Middlesex and Ocean Counties in Eastern New Jersey.
In 1685, Holmes returned to the family home in Newport, Rhode Island.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Jonathan Holmes (speaker)” is 1653-1713. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Jonathan, Holmes and speaker, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “1653-1713” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q124134840. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1633, 1713, 1606 and 1682.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Jonathan Holmes (speaker)”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Jonathan Holmes (speaker) primary sources, Jonathan Holmes (speaker) archive and Jonathan research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Jonathan Holmes (speaker)”?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Jonathan Holmes (speaker)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.