Individual Details
Rev Edward Holyoke
(15 Feb 1584/85 - 4 May 1660)
Came from England in 1630 to Lynn (History of Sutton)
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Edward Holyoke migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).
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Birth
15 FEB 1586, Alcester, Warwickshire, England
Marriage
Prudence Stockton married Edward Holyoke June 18, 1612 at Kimcote, Leicester, England. Her father, Rev. John Stockton, was Rector of Kimcote, (formerly parson at Alcester, Warwickshire, England).[1]
Children
All by Edward's first wife, Prudence Stockton.[1] [2] [3]Sarah, b. about 1614; d. at Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony 29 Apr 1666; m. Corporal John Andrews, who d. at Ipswich, 13 Mar 1662, son of Robert and Elizabeth (____) Andrews Elizur, b. 1616, m. 20 Nov 1640 Mary Pynchon Edward, b. about 1618; d. in England 30 Dec 1631 in 13th yearElizabeth, b. about 1619, d. at Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony 24 Jun 1659; m. about 1645 George Keyser, b. about 1613, d. at Salem, about 1690, son of George Keyser of Leighton Buzzard, co. Bedford, EnglandAnn, b. about 1622, d. at Salem, 1 Sep 1665; m. at Salem 17 Oct 1643, Lieut. Thomas Putnam bapt. at Aston Abbots, co. Buckinghamshire, England, 7 Mar, 1614/15, d. at Salem 5 May 1686, son of John and Priscilla (?Gould) PutnamMary, b. about 1624, m. at Boston 10 Feb 1646/7 John Tuttle of Rumney Marsh b. about 1625, d. in 1686/7 (will dated 8 Nov 1686 was proved 31 Mar 1687), son of Anne (Taylor) Tuttle and Richard TuttleJohn, b. about 1626, d. in England 5 Mar 1635/6Susanna b. about 1630, m. at Boston 12 Sep 1656 Michael Martin b. about 1622, d. at Boston 26 Mar 1682 ae. 60 (buried at Copps Hill)
Occupation
Grocer (London) bef 1637.Edward was a wealthy proprietor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second largest land owner with over five hundred acres. He was well-educated and owned what was at that time and place a very large private library. [1]
Events
Will
"The will of Edward Holyoke made 25th December 1658. Inventory of Estate of Edward Holyoke of Lynn, who died at Rumney Marsh, Massachusetts, May 4, 1660, Proved June 25, 1660." [4]
Death
04 MAY 1660, Rumney Marsh, Massachusetts [5
Note
Note H472 Was first mentioned in the will of his father in 1587. Was mentioned as chief heir of his great uncle, Edward, in 1591 who bequeathed to him various Warwickshire properties in Tanworth, Wooten Waven, Ullenhall, and Henley in Arden. Was again mentioned in the 1611 will of Margaret Holyoke, the widow of his great uncle, Edward.After marrying Prudence, they lived in London where he worked as a grocer. Then, he moved back to Tanworth. In 1627, he was a witness to the will of his half brother, Robert Wilcox, Jr.. In 1627, was legatee and overseer of his stepfather's will. In 1630, Prudence was named in the will of her father, the Rev. John Stockton of Kimcote and Walton, [6] Leicestershire, England and Edward signed as witness. Left for America about 1637 settling first in Lynn, Massachusetts and then settling in Rumney Marsh (now Chelsea, Massachusetts Bay Colony). Served as New England agent for Lord Brooke. Appointed Associate Judge of Salem Court in 1639 and was reappointed in 1640-1642. Served as Deputy to General Court for Lynn from 1639-43 and from 1647-48. Served as Deputy for Springfield in 1650.Prudence died before 1648. [2] Edward married, most likely in Boston before 1648, Anne (Taylor), widow of Richard Tuttle.[2] Edward's daughter Mary, in Boston on 10 February 1647/8, married John Tuttle, son of Anne (Taylor) Tuttle and Richard Tuttle.[2] [1]"The will of John Holliock, of Alcester, Warwick, mercer... proved 31 Jan 1587/8 names his wife Elizabeth; father-in-law Richard Stokes; children Mary and Edward and another unborn. John Stockton was a witness."[1]
Sources
1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Hale, House and Related Families: Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, database, FamilySearch.org: (accessed 13 Nov 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, extracted from Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, book of the same name (Baltimore, Massachusetts: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978), page 641-646
2 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, database, HaithiTrust.org, (accessed 10 Dec 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, extracted from Mary (Lovering) Holman and Helen Pendleton (Winston) Pillsbury, (Concord, New Hampshire, 1938), page 287-292.
3 Vol II A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, database, extracted from James Savage, book of the same name, (Boston, Little, Brown and company, 1860), page 456.
4 The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts: 1635-1664, database, Google Books Jan. 8, 2008, (accessed 23 Nov 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, Suffolk Co., Probate Files, Docket 242; George Francis Dow, (Essex Institute, Salem Massachusetts, 1916), Vol. 1, page 312-314.
5 Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #2346, Date of Import: Jul 1, 1996
6 Kimcote at A Vision of Britain Through Time
Vol II A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, database, extracted from James Savage, book of the same name, (Boston, Little, Brown and company, 1860), page 456.
Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, database, HaithiTrust.org, (accessed 10 Dec 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, extracted from Mary (Lovering) Holman and Helen Pendleton (Winston) Pillsbury, (Concord, New Hampshire, 1938), page 287-292.
Townsend, Charles Hervey, Petition of Jane Armitage of Lynn, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume XXXIII, Jan. 1879, online archives, [1] (accessed 9 Dec 2013) entry for Edward Holyoke, extracted from Massachusetts Archives Book 111, folio 1, page 61 of NEHGR.
Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #2346, Date of Import: Jul 1, 1996
The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts: 1635-1664, database, Google Books Jan. 8, 2008, (accessed 23 Nov 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, Suffolk Co., Probate Files, Docket 242; George Francis Dow, (Essex Institute, Salem Massachusetts, 1916), Vol. 1, page 312-314.
Hale, House and Related Families: Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, database, FamilySearch.org: (accessed 13 Nov 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, extracted from Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, book of the same name (Baltimore, Massachusetts: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978), page 641-646.
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: a records of the achievements of her people in the making of commonwealths and the founding of a nation, Volume III, database, Internet Archive, (accessed 8 Dec 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, extracted from William Richard Cutter, book of the same name, (New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914), Vol III, page 1579.
Holyoke, database hosted by RootsWeb, (accessed 11 Dec 2013), excellent coverage of Holyoke family in England and Massachusetts Bay Colony, well documented, by Jeff Martin of York, Maine, United States
Attached Documents.
Lechner Family History, compiled by Michael Lechner, with my father Ted Harrold Lechner. Lechner Family History.
Sources To Be Replaced With Attached Documents.
New England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of commonwealths and the founding of a nation, Volume 2 (Google eBook), page 596
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Holyoke family was one of the most prominent and aristocratic in the colony.
Gr grandson Edward Holyoke became president of Harvard College from 1737-69
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Edward Holyoke migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).
=================
Birth
15 FEB 1586, Alcester, Warwickshire, England
Marriage
Prudence Stockton married Edward Holyoke June 18, 1612 at Kimcote, Leicester, England. Her father, Rev. John Stockton, was Rector of Kimcote, (formerly parson at Alcester, Warwickshire, England).[1]
Children
All by Edward's first wife, Prudence Stockton.[1] [2] [3]Sarah, b. about 1614; d. at Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony 29 Apr 1666; m. Corporal John Andrews, who d. at Ipswich, 13 Mar 1662, son of Robert and Elizabeth (____) Andrews Elizur, b. 1616, m. 20 Nov 1640 Mary Pynchon Edward, b. about 1618; d. in England 30 Dec 1631 in 13th yearElizabeth, b. about 1619, d. at Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony 24 Jun 1659; m. about 1645 George Keyser, b. about 1613, d. at Salem, about 1690, son of George Keyser of Leighton Buzzard, co. Bedford, EnglandAnn, b. about 1622, d. at Salem, 1 Sep 1665; m. at Salem 17 Oct 1643, Lieut. Thomas Putnam bapt. at Aston Abbots, co. Buckinghamshire, England, 7 Mar, 1614/15, d. at Salem 5 May 1686, son of John and Priscilla (?Gould) PutnamMary, b. about 1624, m. at Boston 10 Feb 1646/7 John Tuttle of Rumney Marsh b. about 1625, d. in 1686/7 (will dated 8 Nov 1686 was proved 31 Mar 1687), son of Anne (Taylor) Tuttle and Richard TuttleJohn, b. about 1626, d. in England 5 Mar 1635/6Susanna b. about 1630, m. at Boston 12 Sep 1656 Michael Martin b. about 1622, d. at Boston 26 Mar 1682 ae. 60 (buried at Copps Hill)
Occupation
Grocer (London) bef 1637.Edward was a wealthy proprietor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second largest land owner with over five hundred acres. He was well-educated and owned what was at that time and place a very large private library. [1]
Events
Will
"The will of Edward Holyoke made 25th December 1658. Inventory of Estate of Edward Holyoke of Lynn, who died at Rumney Marsh, Massachusetts, May 4, 1660, Proved June 25, 1660." [4]
Death
04 MAY 1660, Rumney Marsh, Massachusetts [5
Note
Note H472 Was first mentioned in the will of his father in 1587. Was mentioned as chief heir of his great uncle, Edward, in 1591 who bequeathed to him various Warwickshire properties in Tanworth, Wooten Waven, Ullenhall, and Henley in Arden. Was again mentioned in the 1611 will of Margaret Holyoke, the widow of his great uncle, Edward.After marrying Prudence, they lived in London where he worked as a grocer. Then, he moved back to Tanworth. In 1627, he was a witness to the will of his half brother, Robert Wilcox, Jr.. In 1627, was legatee and overseer of his stepfather's will. In 1630, Prudence was named in the will of her father, the Rev. John Stockton of Kimcote and Walton, [6] Leicestershire, England and Edward signed as witness. Left for America about 1637 settling first in Lynn, Massachusetts and then settling in Rumney Marsh (now Chelsea, Massachusetts Bay Colony). Served as New England agent for Lord Brooke. Appointed Associate Judge of Salem Court in 1639 and was reappointed in 1640-1642. Served as Deputy to General Court for Lynn from 1639-43 and from 1647-48. Served as Deputy for Springfield in 1650.Prudence died before 1648. [2] Edward married, most likely in Boston before 1648, Anne (Taylor), widow of Richard Tuttle.[2] Edward's daughter Mary, in Boston on 10 February 1647/8, married John Tuttle, son of Anne (Taylor) Tuttle and Richard Tuttle.[2] [1]"The will of John Holliock, of Alcester, Warwick, mercer... proved 31 Jan 1587/8 names his wife Elizabeth; father-in-law Richard Stokes; children Mary and Edward and another unborn. John Stockton was a witness."[1]
Sources
1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Hale, House and Related Families: Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, database, FamilySearch.org: (accessed 13 Nov 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, extracted from Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, book of the same name (Baltimore, Massachusetts: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978), page 641-646
2 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, database, HaithiTrust.org, (accessed 10 Dec 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, extracted from Mary (Lovering) Holman and Helen Pendleton (Winston) Pillsbury, (Concord, New Hampshire, 1938), page 287-292.
3 Vol II A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, database, extracted from James Savage, book of the same name, (Boston, Little, Brown and company, 1860), page 456.
4 The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts: 1635-1664, database, Google Books Jan. 8, 2008, (accessed 23 Nov 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, Suffolk Co., Probate Files, Docket 242; George Francis Dow, (Essex Institute, Salem Massachusetts, 1916), Vol. 1, page 312-314.
5 Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #2346, Date of Import: Jul 1, 1996
6 Kimcote at A Vision of Britain Through Time
Vol II A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, database, extracted from James Savage, book of the same name, (Boston, Little, Brown and company, 1860), page 456.
Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, database, HaithiTrust.org, (accessed 10 Dec 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, extracted from Mary (Lovering) Holman and Helen Pendleton (Winston) Pillsbury, (Concord, New Hampshire, 1938), page 287-292.
Townsend, Charles Hervey, Petition of Jane Armitage of Lynn, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume XXXIII, Jan. 1879, online archives, [1] (accessed 9 Dec 2013) entry for Edward Holyoke, extracted from Massachusetts Archives Book 111, folio 1, page 61 of NEHGR.
Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #2346, Date of Import: Jul 1, 1996
The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts: 1635-1664, database, Google Books Jan. 8, 2008, (accessed 23 Nov 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, Suffolk Co., Probate Files, Docket 242; George Francis Dow, (Essex Institute, Salem Massachusetts, 1916), Vol. 1, page 312-314.
Hale, House and Related Families: Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, database, FamilySearch.org: (accessed 13 Nov 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, extracted from Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, book of the same name (Baltimore, Massachusetts: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978), page 641-646.
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: a records of the achievements of her people in the making of commonwealths and the founding of a nation, Volume III, database, Internet Archive, (accessed 8 Dec 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, extracted from William Richard Cutter, book of the same name, (New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914), Vol III, page 1579.
Holyoke, database hosted by RootsWeb, (accessed 11 Dec 2013), excellent coverage of Holyoke family in England and Massachusetts Bay Colony, well documented, by Jeff Martin of York, Maine, United States
Attached Documents.
Lechner Family History, compiled by Michael Lechner, with my father Ted Harrold Lechner. Lechner Family History.
Sources To Be Replaced With Attached Documents.
New England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of commonwealths and the founding of a nation, Volume 2 (Google eBook), page 596
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Holyoke family was one of the most prominent and aristocratic in the colony.
Gr grandson Edward Holyoke became president of Harvard College from 1737-69
Events
| Birth | 15 Feb 1584/85 | Tamworth, Staffordshire, England |  | ||
| Marriage | 18 Jun 1612 | Walton, Leicester, England - Prudence Stockton | | ||
| Marriage | 1648 | Massachusetts Bay Colony - Anne Taylor/Tuttle | |||
| Death | 4 May 1660 | Lynn, Essex, MA | |
Families
| Spouse | Prudence Stockton (1584 - 1645) |
| Child | Ann Prudence Holyoke (1620 - 1665) |
| Spouse | Anne Taylor/Tuttle ( - ) |
| Father | John Holyoke (1560 - ) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Stokes (1567 - 1615) |