Orsamus Holmes was a descendant of Henry Samson, who was a passenger on the Mayflower which arrived at Cape Cod on November 21, 1620.

Lineage of Orsamus Holmes to Henry Samson:

1. HENRY SAMSON ® was born about 1603/4 in Henlow Co. Bedford, England and died 24 December 1684 in Duxbury, MA. He married ANN PLUMMER on 6 February 1635/36 in Massachusetts. Henry and Ann had nine children. Their second eldest daughter was HANNAH SAMSON.

2. HANNAH SAMSON was born around 1642 probably in Marshfield, MA and died 9 January 1714/15 probably in Pembroke, MA. She married JOSIAH HOLMES ® on 20 March 1665/66 in Duxbury, MA. Josiah was the son of WILLIAM HOLMES ® and ELIZABETH. Hanna and Josiah had six children. The youngest child was WILLIAM HOLMES.

3. WILLIAM HOLMES ® was born 18 January 1679/80 in Duxbury, MA and died 13 May 1760 in Halifax, MA. He married BATHSHEBA STETSON on 22 November 1715 in Pembroke, MA. William and Bathsheba had nine children. Their sixth child was HEZEKIAH HOLMES.

4. HEZEKIAH HOLMES ® was born 25 January 1727/28 in Pembroke (Plymouth Co.), MA and died 14 January 1814 in Kingsborough (Johnstown, Fulton Co.) NY. He married MERCY BISBEE in1755. Hezekiah and Mercy had six children. The second oldest child was ORSAMUS HOLMES.

5. ORSAMUS HOLMES ® was born 11 October 1757 in Pembroke (Plymouth Co.), MA and died 26 August 1835 in Killbuck Township (Holmes Co.), OH. He married RUTH WEBB ® 18 February 1780, daughter of DISBRO WEBB and JERUSHA WOOD. Orsamus and Ruth had eleven children.

Source: Henry Samson of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations, compiled by Robert Moody Sherman, FASG, and Ruth Wilder Sherman, FASG. Edited by Robert S. Wakefield, FASG. Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1992.