Individual Details
Nicholas Holt
(Abt 1608 - 30 Jan 1685/86)
Nicholas Holt was made Freeman, 17 May 1637. He was apparently illiterate as he signed his deeds by mark. He came to the colonies on the ship James in 1635. He landed at Boston and went first to Newbury where he stayed for 10 years. He then came to Andover in 1644 and was one of the 10 members of First Church.
Additional information is in the Great Migration books.
Additional information is in the Great Migration books.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1608 | Romsey, Hampshire, England |  | ||
| Immigration | 1635 | on the James, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay | |||
| Marriage | By 1636 | Elizabeth Short | |||
| Marriage | 20 Jun 1658 | Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay - Hannah Bradstreet | |||
| Marriage | 21 May 1666 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - Martha Preston widow | |||
| Death | 30 Jan 1685/86 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts |  | | |
| Occupation | tanner, dish turner | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Short (1612 - 1656) |
| Child | Elizabeth Holt (1636 - 1710) |
| Child | Mary Holt (1638 - 1700) |
| Child | Samuel Holt (1641 - 1703) |
| Child | Henry Holt (1643 - 1718) |
| Child | Nicholas Holt (1645 - 1715) |
| Child | Hannah Holt (1648 - 1728) |
| Child | James Holt (1650 - 1690) |
| Child | Priscilla Holt (1653 - 1653) |
| Child | Sarah Holt (1655 - 1690) |
| Spouse | Hannah Bradstreet (1625 - 1665) |
| Child | Rebecca Holt (1662 - ) |
| Child | John Holt (1663 - 1686) |
| Spouse | Martha Preston widow (1622 - 1702) |
| Father | Thomas Holt (1576 - ) |
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.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.