Individual Details
Jedediah Holt
(23 Feb 1743/44 - 12 Feb 1790)
Events
| Birth | 23 Feb 1743/44 | Suncook, Merrimack, New Hampshire | |||
| Marriage | 19 Jun 1766 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - Phebe Barker | |||
| Death | 12 Feb 1790 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Probate | 7 Jun 1790 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts | | ||
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Families
| Spouse | Phebe Barker (1749 - 1813) |
| Child | Sarah Holt (1768 - 1843) |
| Child | Phebe Holt (1771 - 1844) |
| Child | Molly Holt (1773 - 1784) |
| Child | Samuel Holt (1778 - 1819) |
| Child | Stephen Holt (1786 - 1850) |
| Father | Stephen Holt (1713 - 1798) |
| Mother | Mary Farnum (1714 - 1802) |
| Sibling | Mary Holt (1741 - 1829) |
| Sibling | Stephen Holt (1743 - 1771) |
| Sibling | Peter Holt (1749 - 1749) |
Notes
Death
Jedediah "consort of Febe," Feb. 12, 1790, in his 46th y. GR1Probate
Jedediah Holt did not leave a will and the estate entered probate 7 June 1790. Widow Phebe Holt was named administratrix. The heirs signing their agreement with the plan for inventory of the estate were Phebe Holt also signing as the guardian for Samuel Holt and Stephen Holt, Nathan Barker signing on behalf of his wife, and Phebe Holt. Real estate was valued at 455.12.4 and personal estate at 398.7.10. The children receiving distributions from the estate were Samuel Holt, Stephen Holt, Phebe Holt, and Sarah Barker.Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 13654
Property
190:163, 201:287, 204:198201:287 is a deed that establishes that Samuel of Winthrop is the son of Jedediah and Phebe and also gives clues as to what happens to Phebe and the son Stephen
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZZ-1KDW?i=613&wc=MCBP-F29%3A361613201%2C362051101&cc=2106411
204:198
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZZ-1FT9?i=209&wc=MCBP-X29%3A361613201%2C362055901&cc=2106411
190:163
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZZ-BPVH?i=167&wc=MCBP-D38%3A361613201%2C362040101&cc=2106411
On 25 February 1795, Phebe Holt widow of Jedediah acting as administrator of the estate sold a portion of the real estate to Nathan Town ten acres for £64.6.3. This sale was to settle debts of the estate.1
On 8 July 1813, Phebe Holt widow of Wayne, Kennebec County, appointed her son Stephen Holt of Wayne to act as her lawful attorney for the sale of land in Andover currently occupied by Nathan Barker. On 27 November 1813, Phebe Holt widow of Wayne, Kennebec County, Massachusetts, being in possession of land in Andover currently being occupied by Benjamin Spofford, Moody Robinson, and William Johnson 3rd, appointed her sons Samuel Holt of Winthrop and Stephen Holt of Wayne, traders, to be her lawful attorneys to lease, let, or sell the property.2
1 Massachusetts Land Records, Essex County, 190:163
2 Massachusetts Land Records, Essex County, 204:198, 201:287