Elizabeth Holt1

#5770, (30 March 1636 - 14 October 1710)
Relationship6th great-grandaunt of William David Lewis
Father*Nicholas Holt1 (c 1608 - 1685/86)
Mother*Elizabeth _____1 ( - 1656)

Family

Ralph Farnham Jr b. c 1633, d. 1692
Children 1.Sarah Farnham8 (1661 - b 1726)
 2.Ralph Farnham III+8 (1662 - 1738)
 3.John Farnham8 (1664 - )
 4.Samuel Farnham8 (1665 - )
 5.Mary Farnham8 (1666 - )
 6.Henry Farnham8 (1666 - )
 7.Hannah Farnham8 (1668 - 1758)
 8.Thomas Farnham8 (1670 - )
 9.Elizabeth Farnham8 (1672 - )
 10.Ephraim Farnham8 (1676 - 1744)
Her married name was Farnham.1 
Birth*30 March 1636She was born on 30 March 1636 at Newbury, Essex Co., MassachusettsG.1 
circa 1652She lived with Nicholas Holt and Elizabeth _____ circa 1652 at Andover, Essex Co., MassachusettsG; "one of the six original settlers."2,3,4,5 
Marriage*26 October 1657She married Ralph Farnham Jr, son of Ralph Farnham and Alice _____, on 26 October 1657 at Essex Co., MassachusettsG.6,1 
Death*14 October 1710She died on 14 October 1710 at MassachusettsG at age 74.7 

Citations

  1. [S166] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995-2011), III:400.
  2. [S170] Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900), p. 238.
  3. [S305] William Richard Cutter, compiler, New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, Volume III, 3rd Series (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), III:1485, entry for HOLT.
  4. [S601] Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, editor, Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England (Boston: Press of William White, 1853, 1854), III:73-74. General Court records, 6 May 1646. "Cutshamache Sagamor of ye Massachusetts came into ye Corte & acknowledged yt for the sum of £6 & a Coat which he had already received he had sold to Mr. John Woodbridge in behalfe of ye inhabitants of Cochichawicke now called Andover all his right, interest & privilege in ye land 6 miles southward from ye towne, two miles eastward to Rowley bounds be ye same more or lesse, and northward to Merrimack river..."
  5. [S2056] John J. Currier, History of Newbury, Mass. 1635–1902 (Boston: Damrell & Upham, 1902), p. 75. "Among the Newbury men who accompanied the Rev. Mr. Woodbridge to Cochichawicke, and settled there, were John Osgood, Joseph Parker, John Stevens, Nicholas Holt, Benjamin Woodbridge, John Frye, Nathan Parker, John Aslett, William Ballard, and John Russ, sr."
  6. [S602] George Francis Dow, compiler, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Massachusetts (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1911–1919), II:121, Andover marriages; "Ralfe Farnum married Elizabeth Holt, Oct. 26, 1657, by Mr. Bradstreet, at Andover."
  7. [S838] J. M. W. Farnham, Genealogy of the Farnham Family (2nd Edition) (New York: The Baker & Taylor Co., 1889), p. 4-5. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Farnham Family.
  8. [S719] Topsfield Historical Society, compiler, Vital Records of Andover Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849: Volume I Births (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), entries for Farnum, pp. 136-141; except Mary and Samuel, not found.