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• Title	Reverend
  Birth	1663	Donaghmore (probably Tyrone), Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jun 1746	Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I173	Default
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2005
  Father	Robert Homes,   b. 16??, Donaghmore, Tyrone, Ireland ,   d. 16??
  Family ID	F516	Group Sheet
  Family	Catherine Craighead,   b. 1672, Londonderry County, Ireland ,   d. 1754, Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA
  Married	26 Sep 1693	Londonderry County, Ireland
  Children	> 1. Margery Homes,   b. 23 Jan 1710, Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 3 May 1783, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2003
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet

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• Notes

  From http://www.famousamericans.net/williamhomes/ HOMES, William, clergyman, born in the north of Ireland in 1668; died in Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, 20 June, 1746. He was well educated, and, coming to New England in 1686, taught three years on Martha's Vineyard. He then returned to Ireland, and was ordained minister at Strabane in 1692, but returned to Martha's Vineyard in 1714: and became a pastor there. His son, Captain Robert, married a sister of Benjamin Franklin. William Homes published sermons on "The Sabbath," on "Public Reading of the Scripture," "Church Government" (1782), "Secret Prayer", and "Government of Christian Families" (1747). (note: Some dispute the claim that William Homes's son married Benjamin Franklin's sister. He may have been confused with a contemporary, Dr. William Holmes.)