Individual Details

Randall Holt Sr.: The earliest record of the name Holt in the American Colonies is found in the seventeenth century inhabitants of the Jamestown Colony in Virginia.Randall sailed to America in 1620 aboard the ship "The George". (See Ships to America in 1620). He was a young boy of 13 and indentured for his voyage to Dr. John Pott, a Doctor of Physics, who received 50 acres of land for the "headright" of bringing young Randall to America. When the Census, or "muster", was taken in 1625 he was eighteen years old, and listed among the names of Dr. Pott's men in the "Maine". One report has it that Randall arrived on the ship "Abigail" (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/jamestown/census/jameship.txt)At a Court held on March 20, 1625, it was "ordered that Randall Holt upon his petition preferred in Court shall serve and remain with Doctor Pott, his master, until Christmas nest-come twelve months. And that Doctor Pott is to deliver up his indentures and make him free, and give him one suit apparel from head to foot and the barrels of corn."(VA Magazine XXV p.231) Not as yet proven is the possibility that John Pott was a "blood relative" of Randall's mother Elizabeth Potte in England.It was soon after this that Randall married Mary (Bayley) Bailey, who was considered a "good catch", for she was the sole heir of John Bailey of Hog Island and one of the richest men in the Virginia Colonies.The Council appointed Robert Evers her guardian at the death of her father, and ordered that the dividend of 490 acres on Hog Island belonging to her father (VA Magazine XIX. p.237). In the list of landowners in 1626 appears the following entry: "In Hog Island Mary Bailey 500 acres by patentRandall Holt settled on the island and added to the possessions of his wife 400 acres more in 1636 above the head of Lower Chippokes Creek. In 1639 he obtained patent for another 400 acres.On August 6, 1650, his son Randall Holt obtained a grant for 1022 acres in Hog Island as "son and lawful heir.Randall Holt Sr. died after July 2, 1657, for on that date he appeared before the Worshipful Court due to the declaration of one Thomas Warren, Randall stated "Being in the James City June last in hearing that the Court had made a reversal of a judgement stated......that there was none but owls and asses, kanves and rogues in the Royal Commission."Holt later petitioned the court in this letter: "To the Worshipful Court of Surrey County, the Humble Petition of Randal Holt, sheweth that ye petitioner understanding that he is accused for opprobrious speeches that should be given out against the Worshipful Court, where ye Petitioner called the God of Heaven,the said knoweth not of evil toward the Worshipful court wsa utterly unknown through ignorance one by the Petitioner, and is also heartilye sorrye and doth Humblye submitt to the censures of the Worshipful Court and ever pray." (VA Book of Orders, Surry County Records, p.16)

Birth	1607	Prestbury, Cheshire, England
Marriage	26 Oct 1626	Hog Island, Surry County, Virginia - Mary Bailey
Death	6 Aug 1650	Hog Island, Surry County, Virginia
Burial		Lawnes Creek Parish Church Cemetery, Surry County, Virginia

Spouse	Mary Bailey (1609 - 1643)
Child	Major Randall Holt II (1640 - 1679)

Father	Randophe Holt (1540 - 1607)
Mother	Elizabeth Potte (1550 - )

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