Individual Details
Benjamin Holt
(28 Feb 1741 - 28 Feb 1826)
https://archive.org/details/historyofpembrok00cart/page/146
All the children are there, but need to figure out parents of spouses, etc.
All the children are there, but need to figure out parents of spouses, etc.
Events
| Birth | 28 Feb 1741 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 22 Sep 1763 | Hannah Abbott | |||
| Will | 7 Jan 1811 | Pembroke, Merrimack, New Hampshire |  | ||
| Death | 28 Feb 1826 | Pembroke, Merrimack, New Hampshire | |||
| Probate | 1 Mar 1826 | Merrimack County, New Hampshire |
Families
| Spouse | Hannah Abbott (1743 - 1813) |
| Child | Sarah Holt (1764 - 1830) |
| Child | Nicholas Holt (1766 - 1816) |
| Child | Hannah Holt (1768 - 1831) |
| Child | Molly Holt (1770 - ) |
| Child | Phebe Holt (1772 - 1850) |
| Child | David Holt (1774 - 1859) |
| Child | Mehitable Holt (1776 - 1778) |
| Child | Mehitable Holt (1778 - 1855) |
| Child | Elizabeth Holt (1780 - 1844) |
| Child | Dorcas Holt (1783 - 1810) |
| Child | Dolly Holt (1785 - 1851) |
| Father | Benjamin Holt (1709 - 1774) |
| Mother | Sarah Frye (1717 - 1804) |
| Sibling | William Holt (1737 - 1816) |
| Sibling | Sarah Holt (1738 - ) |
| Sibling | Nathan Holt (1740 - 1818) |
| Sibling | Daniel Holt (1744 - 1813) |
| Sibling | Frye Holt (1746 - ) |
| Sibling | Abiah Holt (1747 - 1790) |
| Sibling | Phebe Holt (1750 - 1823) |
| Sibling | Mary "Molly" Holt (1752 - ) |
| Sibling | Hannah Holt (1758 - 1820) |
| Sibling | Dorcas Holt (1762 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Nicholas Holt (1762 - ) |
Notes
Will
In his will written 7 January 1811 and proved 1 March 1826, Benjamin Holt directs that his executor David Holt pay the legacies in the will. Beloved wife Hannah receives a full one-third part of the real estate and full use of all the household furniture during her natural life. Son Nicolas receives twenty-two dollars which completes his portion. Son David receives all the real and personal estate except Benjamin reserves one yolk of oxen. To complete their full portions daughter Sarah Chandler receives twenty-two dollars, daughters Hannah Mason, Molly Russell, Mehitable Shannon, and Phebe Chandler each receive twenty-five dollars, and daughter Dolly Shannon twenty-two dollars. Daughter Betty Holt receives one hundred dollars. Granddaughter Hannah Norris with what she has received is her full share. Daughter Betty Holt and granddaughter Hannah Norris receive use of part of the house as long as they remain unmarried. Hannah and Betty will also share equally in the household furniture after his wife's demise.New Hampshire County Probate Records, 1660-1973, Merrimack, case 282, probate of Benjamin Holt, 1:211, 6:523. Accessed through familysearch.org