Sheriff Daniel HOLMES^{[1, 2, 3]}

1792 - 1851  (58 years)

• Name	Daniel HOLMES
  Prefix	Sheriff
  Birth	27 Dec 1792	Pleasant Valley, Monmouth, New Jersey   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Oct 1851	Homdel, Monmouth, New Jersey
  Burial	Holmdel Cemetery and Mausoleum   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I8336	HHDHA
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	Major John Stout HOLMES,   b. 29 Nov 1762, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 15 Aug 1821, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Sarah HENDRICKSON,   b. 9 Mar 1767, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 21 Aug 1824, Homdel, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1790	, Monmouth, New Jersey
  Family ID	F2836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Rhoda VAN MATER,   b. 14 Feb 1792, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 20 Jan 1838, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	15 Nov 1813	, Monmouth, New Jersey   [7]
  Children	1. Huldah HOLMES,   b. 23 Feb 1815, Homdel, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 28 Sep 1881, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 66 years)   2. Catharine HOLMES,   b. 9 Jun 1817, Homdel, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 11 Sep 1906, Homdel, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 89 years)   3. John S. HOLMES,   b. 2 Sep 1819, Homdel, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 2 Mar 1820, Homdel, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 0 years)   4. Sarah HOLMES,   b. 16 Apr 1821, Homdel, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 15 Sep 1822, Homdel, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 1 year)   5. Joseph H. HOLMES,   b. 23 Jul 1824, Homdel, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 1892, Homdel, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 67 years)   6. Maria Louisa HOLMES,   b. 2 May 1826, Homdel, Monmouth, New Jersey   7. Sarah Hendrickson HOLMES,   b. 13 Jan 1829, Homdel, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 1860, Homdel, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F2837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Beekman, George C., Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth Co., New Jersey, (Morrau Bros. Publishers Freehold NJ 1901), p. 128., US/CAN 974.946 D2b. John S. Holmes named in this will married Sarah, daughter of Col. Daniel Hendrickson who commanded the Third Regiment of Monmouth militia during the Revolution, and was speaker of General Assembly of New Jersey in 1784. John S. Holmes also represented Monmouth county in General Assembly during years 1810-11 and 1813-14. His son Daniel married Rhoda VanMater, as has been mentioned in VanMater records. This Daniel Holmes was a member of the constitutional convention of 1844. [S15] Beekman, George C., Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth Co., New Jersey, (Morrau Bros. Publishers Freehold NJ 1901), US/CAN 974.946 D2b. Daniel Holmes was elected sheriff of Monmouth county in 1828. and a mem ber of the council of New Jersey in 1832. He was a very popular and influential man in the Democratic party of that time. A likeness of him and his son, Joseph H.. with biographical sketches appear in Ellis' History of Monmouth county. Rhoda VanMater, his wife, died June 20, 1838. Only one son of Daniel Holmes and Rhoda VanMater, his wife, lived to grow up. This was Joseph H. Holmes, born July 28, 1821; married September 19, 1818. Ann. daughter of James ' I. I Crawford of Crawford's Corner in Holmdcl township: died November 28. 1892, and is buried on the homestead. His wife. Ann Crawford, was born September 1. 1821. and died June 6, 1894. [S20] Internet History and Family History sites., The New Jersey Historical Society. Daniel Holmes (1792-1851), the eldest son of Sarah Hendrickson and John S. Holmes, was, like his father, a merchant in Middletown, New Jersey. He entered into partnership with his father in the firm John S. Holmes & Son and later was partners with Holmes Van Mater (b. 1789) in the firm Van Mater & Holmes. Daniel Holmes was postmaster at Tinton Falls, and sheriff of Monmouth County from 1828-1831. He married Rhoda Van Mater and with her had seven children. Daniel Holmes died in 1851. Daniel Holmes (1792-1851) = Rhoda Van Mater (Children) Huldah Holmes (b. 1815) = Joseph Holmes Longstreet Catharine Holmes (b. 1817) = John W. Ely John S. Holmes (1819-1820) Sarah Holmes (1821-1822) Maria Louisa Holmes (b. 1826) = Ely Conover Sarah Holmes (b. 1829) = Ruloff P. Smock Joseph H. Holmes (d. 1892) = Ann Crawford (d. 1894) www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=0282 Archives Documents, Manuscripts, Maps, & Photographs Manuscript Group 282, Holmes Family (Middletown, NJ) Papers, 1680-1905 (Bulk dates: 1770-1850), 3.0 linear feet / 7 manuscript boxes Call Number: MG 282 + Box and folder number [S22] New Family Search, (Hosted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), . [S39] Findagrave.com, (www.findagrave.com), d. Birth: Dec. 27, 1792 Pleasant Valley (Monmouth County) Monmouth County New Jersey, USA Death: Oct. 27, 1851 Pleasant Valley (Monmouth County) Monmouth County New Jersey, USA Sheriff Family links: Spouse: Rhoda Chrineyonce Van Mater Holmes (1792 - 1838) Children: Joseph H Holmes (1824 - 1892) [S15] Beekman, George C., Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth Co., New Jersey, (Morrau Bros. Publishers Freehold NJ 1901), p. 128., US/CAN 974.946 D2b. This Jonathan Holmes, son of Samuel Holmes and Mary Stout, his wife, married Ann Schenck, as above stated, and died without children, Nov. 16, 1814. His will is dated January 6, 1810, proved Nov. 22, 1814, and recorded at Freehold in Book A of Wills, p. 685, etc. He first orders that one-quarter of an acre of land on the farm where his brother, John S. Holmes, then lived, and "where the burying ground now is" shall be a burying- place for the Holmes family. He then gives to his brother, John S. Holmes, the use of all his real estate, and at his death to go to his two sons, Daniel and John, or the sur- vivors of them in fee simple. This is the same farm in Pleasant Valley where ex-Sheriff Daniel Holmes lived, and where his son, the late Joseph H. Holmes, lived and died. The Holmes family still own it. [S15] Beekman, George C., Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth Co., New Jersey, (Morrau Bros. Publishers Freehold NJ 1901), P. 95., US/CAN 974.946 D2b.