William Webster's first wife was Mary Ann Holmes of Shelton. Even after her death, the Websters (especially my grandfather, Benjamin) maintained a continuing relationship with the entire family.

Thanks to a wonderful find by my cousin Paul, we now have a great ad AND can identify the general location in Shelton.

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Huntington Landing was located on Riverdale Avenue. 19th and early 20th century industrialization basically gobbled up the old 18th century hamlet. Barely a trace remains. Leavenworth Landing was near Indian Well.

HUNTINGTON LANDING (Shelton) - The Riverdale Avenue/Wharf Street area, where vessels used to land their cargoes.

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The location of Huntington landing is identified with the red A marker, but some of the Holmes photos show what appears to be an elevated railroad. Perhaps the location is a bit further north where the railroad crosses the river to the western side.

          
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Location of William Holmes, the florist Huntington Landing directlu opposite the present residence of William Holmes (~1880)

"CORAM, RIPTON, HUNTINGTON, SHELTON

English settlers of Stratford in the 1600's found a thriving Indian culture at a place called Coram, along the shore of the Housatonic River. The settlers claimed the land, and by the late 1600's began homesteading on the fertile hills and plains north of the mother town.

By 1717 enough families had moved to the northern part of Stratford that they were able to form a parish (a district with its own church), which they called Ripton, perhaps in honor of the ancestral home in England of their most prominent resident, the merchant Daniel Shelton. Centered around what is today called the Huntington Green, the parish was a prosperous farming community. After the Revolutionary War, the parish became an independent town in 1789, choosing its new name—Huntington—after Connecticut's patriot-governor Samuel Huntington of Norwich.

Huntington remained a quiet agricultural community through much of the 19th century. Surplus farm products were shipped from Huntington Landing (where the Route 8 bridge crosses the Housatonic River today) to markets along the Eastern seaboard. Shortly after the Civil War a group of wealthy capitalists formed the Ousatonic Water Company to exploit the energy of the Housatonic River for manufacturing. Many factories were built along the mile-long canal dug below the Housatonic Dam, where everything from "pins to pianos" were made. The area along the waterfront became the new business center of town, and in 1882 the Borough of Shelton was incorporated and named for its leading citizen, Edward N. Shelton. In 1917 the borough and earlier town governments were merged, and the City of Shelton was born.

Today, Shelton is fortunate to retain physical reminders of much of its long history. Indian Well State Park retains the historic gathering place of the Paugusett Indians, 18th- and 19th-century farm houses still grace the landscape of Long Hill, Huntington, and White Hills, and downtown Shelton is dominated by many of the factories built in the late 1800's as well as the retail buildings and homes erected on the hills above the river."

The above article courtesy of the Shelton Historical Society

This quilt webpage gives some interesting tidbits on Shelton/Huntington history.

William Henry Holmes, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

name:	William Henry Holmes
gender:	Male
baptism/christening date:	05 Feb 1829
baptism/christening place:	KNIPTON,LEICESTER,ENGLAND
birth date:
birthplace:
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name:	William Holmes
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name:	Ann
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number:	C04352-1
system origin:	England-ODM
source film number:	588443
reference number:

Citing this Record

"England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JW89-5SZ : accessed 10 Jan 2013), William Henry Holmes, 05 Feb 1829; citing KNIPTON,LEICESTER,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 588443.

 

1860 Huntington (Shelton)

Lucy Walker Holmes

Mary Ann Holmes Webster b ~ 1854 in CT -- died Dec 18, 1875

William prob died after 1884 and maybe before 1900 although he may have returned to England

Findagrave William H Holmes b unknown d Dec. 29, 1913
Connecticut, USABurial:
Pine Grove Cemetery, Ansonia, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

Born ~ 1852 England Joshua age 8(b Dec. 27, 1851, d May 7, 1935 Findagrave)

. Born CT Walker age 4
Born ?Wisconsin? William age 2 and Lillie 3 mo.

Wm H Holmes in household of Wm H Holmes, "United States Census, 1860"

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name:	Wm H Holmes
residence:	, Fairfield, Connecticut
ward:	The Town Of Huntington
age:	32 years
estimated birth year:	1828
birthplace:	Eng
gender:	Male
page:	145
family number:	1334
film number:	803073
dgs number:	4211332
image number:	00576
nara number:	M653

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"United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHRQ-MLD : accessed 10 Jan 2013), Wm H Holmes, , Fairfield, Connecticut; citing p. 145, family 1334; NARA microfilm publication M653, FHL microfilm 803073.

William Henry Holms in household of William Henry Holms, "England and Wales Census, 1861"

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name:	William Henry Holms
event:	Census
event date:	1861
gender:	Male
age:	31
relationship to head of household:	Son
birthplace:	Knipton, Leicestershire
record type:	Household
registration district:	Grantham
sub-district:	2 Denton
ecclesiastical parish:
civil parish:	Knipton
county:	Lincolnshire

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"England and Wales Census, 1861," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M71R-K5S : accessed 10 Jan 2013), William Henry Holms, 1861.

William Holmes in household of William Holmes, "United States Census, 1870"

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name:	William Holmes
estimated birth year:	1828
gender:	Male
age in 1870:	42y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian):	White
birthplace:	England
home in 1870:	Connecticut, United States
	Household	Gender	Age	Birthplace
	William Holmes	M	42y	England
	Lucey Holmes	F	43y	England
	Joshua Holmes	M	18y	England
	Mary Ann Holmes	F	16y	Connecticut
	Walter Holmes	M	14y	Connecticut
	William Holmes	M	12y	Connecticut
	Lucy Holmes	F	13y	Connecticut
	Nellie Holmes	F	11y	Connecticut
	Emma Holmes	F	9y	Connecticut
	Florence Holmes	F	7y	Connecticut
	Royal Holmes	M	6y	Connecticut
	Josephine Holmes	F	5y	Connecticut
	Holmes	U

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"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MN7Q-GWP : accessed 10 Jan 2013), William Holmes in household of William Holmes, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 35, family 335, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 0545597.

It appears William and Mary Ann married some time after 1870. She died 1875 possibly in childbirth or around the time of his birth. He probably remarried Ellen by 1877 or 8.

William H Holmes, "England and Wales Census, 1871"

name:	William H Holmes
event:	Census
event date:	1871
gender:	Male
age:	42
relationship to head of household:	Self
birthplace:	Knipton, Leicestershire
record type:	Household
registration district:	Grantham
sub-district:	Denton
event parish:	Knipton
county:	Lincolnshire
	Household	Gender	Age	Birthplace
self	William H Holmes	M	42	Knipton, Leicestershire
wife	Lucy Holmes	F	38	Oasby, Lincolnshire
son	William Holmes	M	2	Knipton, Leicestershire
daughter	Lilian Holmes	F	1	Knipton, Leicestershire
brother-in-law	Thomas Hedworth	M	37	Oasby, Lincolnshire
sister-in-law	Mary Hedworth	F	34	Oasby, Lincolnshire
servant	Jane Mees	F	23	Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire
servant	Elizabeth Scoffins	F	13	Knipton, Leicestershire
servant	William Holmes	M	16	Barkestone, Leicestershire

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"England and Wales Census, 1871," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VB8D-7WL : accessed 09 Jan 2013), William H Holmes, 1871.

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1880 William Holmes Huntington (Shelton)

1900 Holmes Webster Huntington, CT (Shelton)

Berkeley widow, Maud R Dalby bride of Edington Detrick, Jr., prominent insuranceman of San Francisco

Feb 1890 William Webster of Rochester Overland passenger expected to arrive in San Francisco tomorrow.

William Holmes

Birth:  Sep. 6, 1858 Death:  Jun. 27, 1923   Family links:   Spouse:   Agnes P Trumpbour Holmes (1860 - 1949)*    Children:   Leslie William Holmes (1886 - 1951)*   *Calculated relationship   Burial: Riverside Cemetery  Shelton Fairfield County Connecticut, USA   Created by: k miller Record added: Nov 16, 2011  Find A Grave Memorial# 80557333 link

Leslie William Holmes

Birth:  Mar. 19, 1886 Death:  Feb. 20, 1951   Family links:   Parents:   William Holmes (1858 - 1923)   Agnes P Trumpbour Holmes (1860 - 1949)   Burial: Riverside Cemetery  Shelton Fairfield County Connecticut, USA   Created by: k miller Record added: Nov 16, 2011  Find A Grave Memorial# 80557338 link