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Nicholas Holt

Nicholas Holt[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]

Male Abt 1608 - 1686  (~ 78 years)


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  • Name Nicholas Holt 
    Birth Abt 1608  Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 12, 17
    • Anderson says about 1608. The others about 1602.
    Gender Male 
    Migration 5 Apr 1635  From Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48
    To Boston
    aboard James 
    • The ship arrived on 3 Jun 1635.
    • Role: Passenger
    Court 1 Sep 1635 
    did owe a debt to the estate of Joseph Avery
    Parties Involved:
    Deacon Richard Knight, witness
    John Knight Sr., witness
    Sgt. John Emery Sr.
    • Role: witness
    Freeman 17 May 1637  Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 17, 20
    Removed to 1644  Chochicawick Plantation, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 19
    From: Newbury
    • He was one of the first settlers of Andover, Massachusetts.
    Occupation tanner  [4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20]
    Property 10 Mar 1679/80  Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 49
    "five acres of land", "part of what was laid out to me for street division"
    Robert Gray, deed recipient
    Property 1 Sep 1680  [17
    "twenty acres of upland ... and also two small parcels of meadow, containing about two acres"
    Roger Marks, deed recipient
    Property 14 Feb 1680/1  [17
    "one-half of my three score acres of upland or arable ground ..., also ... one hundred and thirty acres of my great division of upland ..., also ... one-half of my meadow called the Ladle Meadow ..., also ... one-half of my meadow commonly called the Swamp Meadow the which meadow is a part of my great division meadow ..., also ... a certain meadow called the Bare Meadow ..., also ... another small piece of meadow ..., [also] ... another small piece of meadow ... about a quarter of a mile from Bald Hill"
    Samuel Holt, deed recipient
    Property 15 Apr 1681  [17
    "one-third part of my farm ..., that is to say, the land where his house now stands ..., also ... three acres of my commonage, which I had of the town with my houselot"
    James Holt, deed recipient
    Property 15 Dec 1681  [17
    "one-half of my three score acres of upland ..., also ... one hundred and thirty acres of my great division of upland ..., also ... one-half of my meadow called the Ladle Meadow ..., moreover ... several holes of meadow ... being part of my great division meadow ..., also ... two parcels of meadow ... on the western end of Bare Meadow ..., also ... two parcels of meadow ... at the edge of the Bald Hill"
    Henry Holt, deed recipient
    Property 16 Jun 1682  [17
    "one-third part of the farm where now dwells, the upland & arable ground ..., also ... one-third part of my Great Meadow ..., moreover ... another piece [of] meadow ..., also ... two parcels [of] meadow ..., also ... two parcels of meadow ..., also ... two parcels of meadow ..., furthermore ... my dwelling house that now is, together with a cellar, rooms & leanto, and of other conveniences of houseroom adjoining thereunto, also the well & the orchard, to wit, all the apple trees & all other fruit trees already planted & growing upon this aforesaid ground, moreover the barn with the leanto, together with all other housing for cattle already builded & standing upon this aforesaid land ... [and] three acres of common privilege or commonage, according to my grant of the town"
    Lt. Nicholas Holt, deed recipient
    Property 19 Jun 1685  [17
    "all that my parcel of land laying on the easterly side of my now dwelling house ..., also ... a piece of meadow in my Great Meadow ..., also ... a parcel of meadow in my Little Meadow ..., also fifteen acres of upland by said meadow, as yet unlaid out"
    John Holt, deed recipient
    Death 30 Jan 1685/6  Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6, 13, 17, 20, 49, 50, 51
    • NEHGS 2:378 says he was 104 when he died.
    Burial North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Cemetery:
    Old North Parish Burying Ground
    Person ID I9579  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2019 

    Father Thomas Holt,   b. Abt 1576, Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Romsey, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother ________ ________ 
    Family ID F4044  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Short,   b. Abt 1617, Harwich, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1656, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 39 years)  [13, 17, 52, 53
    Marriage BY Abt 1636  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 17, 54
    • The sources have about 1622. I think the marriage was closer to the birth of her first child.
    Children 
    +1. Mary Holt,   b. 6 Oct 1638, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1700, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    +2. Elizabeth Holt,   b. 30 Mar 1636, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1710, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     3. Samuel Holt,   b. 6 Oct 1641, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1703, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    +4. James Holt,   b. 1650/1, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1690, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
    +5. Henry Holt,   b. Abt 1643/4, Chochicawick Plantation, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1718/9, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years)
    +6. Lt. Nicholas Holt, Jr.,   b. 1646/7, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1715, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     7. Hannah Holt,   b. Abt 1648, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1728, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years)
     8. Priscilla Holt,   b. 20 Jun 1653, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1653, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     9. Sarah Holt,   b. SAY 1655, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1690, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 35 years)
    Family ID F3702  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Hannah Bradstreet,   b. Abt 1625   d. 20 Jun 1665, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 40 years)  [17, 49
    Marriage 12 Jun 1658  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 17, 19, 55, 56, 57, 58
    Children 
     1. Rebecca Holt,   b. 14 Nov 1662, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. young
     2. John Holt,   b. 14 Jan 1663/4, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1686/7, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
    Family ID F4042  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

    Family 3 Martha ________,   b. Abt 1622/3   d. 21 Mar 1702/3, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years)  [17, 49
    Marriage 21 May 1666  Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 17, 19, 20, 49, 59, 60
    • She was the "widow" Preston.
    Family ID F4045  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1608 - Romsey, Hampshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To Boston,aboard James  - 5 Apr 1635 - Southampton, Hampshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - BY Abt 1636 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFreeman - 17 May 1637 - Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Newbury - 1644 - Chochicawick Plantation, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Jun 1658 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 May 1666 - Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "five acres of land", "part of what was laid out to me for street division",Robert Gray, deed recipient - 10 Mar 1679/80 - Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Jan 1685/6 - Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Old North Parish Burying Ground - - North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
    Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Coats of Arms
    Holt Coat of Arms
    Holt Coat of Arms

  • Sources 
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    2.  2.  [S182] Historic Record of the town of Meriden, Vol. 2, 451, 00260.

    3.  3.  [S262] Vital Records of Andover, MA, Vol. 2, 468, 00565.

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