Hendrick Hendricksen Kip is the 9th Great-Grandfather of Merle Franklin Holmes

                             * Hendrick Hendricksen Kip
                              (Cir 1600 - Sep 14, 1685)
                                 * Tryntje Lubberts
                               (Cir 1599 - After 1665)
                                 Married May 5, 1624
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                             * Isaac Hendricksen Kip
                              (Jan 1627 - Jul 1678)
                           Catalyntje Hendricks Snyers
                          (Abt 1632 - Bef Sep 26, 1675)
                               Married Feb 8, 1653
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                                   * Jacob Kip
                          (Aug 25, 1666 - Feb 28, 1733)
                                Rachel Swartwout
                          (Apr 10, 1669 - Sep 17, 1746)
                                  Married 1695
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                                  * Roeloff Kip
                           (Oct 6, 1697 - Feb 14, 1785)
                                  Sarah Dumond
                           (Jul 28, 1694 - Apr 2, 1773)
                               Married Feb 9, 1721
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                                 * Abraham R Kip
                          (Sep 14, 1738 - Feb 11, 1830)
                                 Helena Tremper
                              (1741 - Mar 21, 1827)
                               Married Nov 3, 1760
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                                * Abraham A. Kip
                                (1766 - Nov 1808)
                                  Martha Wilson
                               (1776 -           )
                               Married Jan 4, 1797
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                                Palmer Holmes Jr.
                          (Jan 25, 1799 - Feb 27, 1855)
                               * Helen Martha Kipp
                           (Jan 3, 1806 - Mar 22, 1836)
                              Married Oct 31, 1827
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                           * Benjamin Franklin Holmes
                           (Dec 7, 1833 - Mar 21, 1864)
                              Ellen Elizabeth Hack
                          (Apr 28, 1840 - Jun 27, 1913)
                               Married Nov 4, 1857
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                           * Alexander Franklin Holmes
                          (Sep 29, 1859 - Jun 20, 1942)
                                Ida Jane Kaufman
                           (Sep 29, 1863 - Jul 1, 1957)
                              Married Jan 20, 1885
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                             * Dean Franklin Holmes
                           (Jul 4, 1889 - May 5, 1950)
                              Katherine Laura Reed
                           (May 27, 1894 - Oct 1, 1976)
                              Married Jun 15, 1910
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                            * Marold Franklin Holmes
                          (Feb 18, 1912 - Jan 21, 1985)
                               Erma Louise Simmons
                                  (1923 - 1960)
                              Married Aug 15, 1942
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                             * Merle Franklin Holmes
                                  (1943 - 1960)