Family Group Sheet

FATHER Nicholas Holt

BirthAbt 1608Romsey, Hampshire, England
Immigration1635on the James, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay
MarriageBy 1636Elizabeth Short
Marriage20 Jun 1658Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay - Hannah Bradstreet
Marriage21 May 1666Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay - Martha Preston widow
Death30 Jan 1685/86Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Occupationtanner, dish turner

MOTHER Elizabeth Short

Birth1612England
Immigration1635Newbury, Massachusetts Bay
MarriageBy 1636Nicholas Holt
Death9 Nov 1656Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

CHILDREN

Elizabeth Holt
Birth30 Mar 1636Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Marriage26 Oct 1657Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay - Ralph Farnum
Death14 Oct 1710Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts
Mary Holt
Birth6 Oct 1638Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Marriage5 Jul 1657Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay - Thomas Johnson
Death15 Nov 1700Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts
Samuel Holt
Birth6 Oct 1641Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
MarriageBef 1670Sarah Allen
Death7 Nov 1703Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts
Probate6 Dec 1703Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts
Henry Holt
Birth1643Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Marriage24 Feb 1669/70Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - Sarah Ballard
Death13 Jan 1718/19Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts
Nicholas Holt
Birth1645Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Marriage8 Jan 1679/80Mary Russell
Death8 Oct 1715Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts
Hannah Holt
Birth1648Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Marriage8 Mar 1668/69Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay - Robert Gray
Death30 Mar 1728Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts
James Holt
Birth1650Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Marriage12 Oct 1675Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay - Hannah Allen
Property1681
Death14 Dec 1690of smallpox - Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts
Priscilla Holt
Birth20 Jun 1653Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Death16 Oct 1653Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Sarah Holt
Birth1655Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Marriage1680Roger Marks
Death22 Dec 1690of smallpox - Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Notes

Death

His death record says he was 104 when he died, but that seems to be a gross exaggeration.

Occupation

A dish tuner makes wooden bowls on a lathe.

Death

Elizabeth, wid. Realph, Oct. 14, 1710, a. abt. 78 y

Death

Johnson, Mary, w. Thomas, Nov. 15, 1700

Probate

In his will, Samuel has bequests to sons Samuel and John, and his "dear and loving wife" Sarah.

Death

Henery, Jan. 13, 1718-19, a. abt. 75 y

Death

Nickolice, Oct. 8, 1715

Birth

Some sources say she was the oldest child and born in England, but that would make her birth by 1635 which seems much too old for marrying in 1668, plus she died in 1728.

Property

Receives property from father; deed recorded 1685
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Death

James, "father of James," Small pox, Dec. 14, 1690

Endnotes

1. Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, comp, Essex County, Massachusetts Depositions, 1645-1686 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000), Massachusetts Archives; Columbia Point, MA, USA; Index to the Deponent Records of the County of Essex, Massachusetts; Volume: 4; Page: 370.

2. , Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 (Boston, MA: Great Migration Study Project, 2003–2011). (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), Vol III, p. 399.