Excerpt from The Descendants of George Holmes of Roxbury, 1594-1908 The surname Holm or Holmes is classed among those local names in England which describe the nature or situation Of the original bearer's residence, such as Hill, Dale, Wood, etc. A flat ground in or near water was called a holm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.