Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameJohn Holman
Birth27 Jan 1602, Swyre, Dorset, England
Deathabt 1652, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
FatherMorgan Holman (1563-1614)
MotherAlice Odberre (1567-1628)
Spouses
BirthOct 1616, Bridgeport, Dorset, England
Death4 Aug 1673, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
ChildrenThomas (1641-1704)
Notes for John Holman
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JOHN, OF DOECHESTER .
John^ Holman, son of Morgan and Holman, of S-n'jTe, Dorsetshire,
England, was born , at Swyre, Dorsetshire, England, and died at Dorchester
in 1653. He married Anne , who was born , and died at
Dorchester, Dec. 1, 1639. He married, , who was bofn , and
died .
Mr. Holman was an active and enterprising citizen here very early, before
the arrival of the Dorchester people, and was in trade with the Indians, being
mentioned in Pyncheon's Papers, 1633, as collector of furs. Mr. Holman
built in Wilton probably in 1637. His house stood on the site now occupied
by the mansion of Mr. Payson. Mr. Holman was often selectman, and he
was Ensign of the first military company in Dorchester. He was one of the
first members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and was
No. 19 on the list-roll. Abstract
of Will taken Mar. 18, 1653. Eeg. Vol. 8, p. 60.
An order in Court, Plymouth, Nov. 35, 1633, John Thorp, debtor, to John
Holman, of the Massachusetts Col. Ensign John Holman came in the ship
Mary and John. His residence was " By the Eock," meaning probably what
is now Dorchester Heights. Mr. Holman was appointed " Ensign " of the
First Military Company in Dorchester, Mass., under Capt. Israel Stoughton
and Lieut. Nathaniel Duncan, at the beginning of the Pequot War. His
estate inventoried at his death seven hundred and thirty-nine pounds and
sixteen shillings, which was a large fortune for those days, 1653.
Children:
i Mary, b. , 1636-7; m. Samuel Mason.
ii John, b. Feb. 23, 1637-8; m. Mary Blanton.
iii Anne, b. ; m. Henry Butler.
iv Thomas, b. Aiig. 6, 1641; m. Abigail Eigby.
V Abigail, b. , 1642.
vi Anna, or Hannah, bap. Sept. 29, 1644.
vii Samuel, bap. Dec. 6, 1646; ni. Eachael Bateman.
viii Patience, bap. Jan. 28, 1648-9; d. y.
Baptized Swyre, Dorsetshire, 27 January 1602/3, son of Morgan and Alice Holman.Swyre, Dorsetshire A woolen draper who came from Swyre, Dorsetshire to Massachusetts Bay in 1630 on the "Mary & John," and settled in Dorchester. First married, by 1637, Anne _____ , who died after bearing two children. He married 2nd, by 1641, Anne Bishop, whose parents never left Dorsetshire. He died in Dorchester MA between 10 June 1652 and 18 Mar 1652/3 .
About Ens. John Holman
John Holman, son of Morgan Holman and Alice Odberre, died Betw 10 Jun 1652 and 18 Mar 1652/53 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Married: Anna Bishop, daughter of Thomas Bishop and Avis Abbott, died before 4 Aug 1673.
John Holman, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. , 2:973-76.
ORIGIN: Swyre, Dorsetshire.
OCCUPATION: Woolen draper . Fur trader .
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Mr. John Holman" admitted to second Dorchester church 4 February 1639/40 [DChR 5].
FREEMAN: Requested 19 October 1630 9As "John Howman") [MBCR 1:80].
BIRTH: Baptized Swyre, Dorsetshire, 27 January 1602/3, son of Morgan and Alice Holman [Aspinwall 104-05; NEHGR 67:260, 72:189].
The inventory of the estate of John Holman was taken 18 March 165/3 and totalled £739 16s., of which £200 was "in housing and land" and £60 "in one-half of a bark the Swallowe"
JOHN, OF DOECHESTER .
John^ Holman, son of Morgan and Holman, of S-n'jTe, Dorsetshire,
England, was born , at Swyre, Dorsetshire, England, and died at Dorchester
in 1653. He married Anne , who was born , and died at
Dorchester, Dec. 1, 1639. He married, , who was bofn , and
died .
Mr. Holman was an active and enterprising citizen here very early, before
the arrival of the Dorchester people, and was in trade with the Indians, being
mentioned in Pyncheon's Papers, 1633, as collector of furs. Mr. Holman
built in Wilton probably in 1637. His house stood on the site now occupied
by the mansion of Mr. Payson. Mr. Holman was often selectman, and he
was Ensign of the first military company in Dorchester. He was one of the
first members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and was
No. 19 on the list-roll. Abstract
of Will taken Mar. 18, 1653. Eeg. Vol. 8, p. 60.
An order in Court, Plymouth, Nov. 35, 1633, John Thorp, debtor, to John
Holman, of the Massachusetts Col. Ensign John Holman came in the ship
Mary and John. His residence was " By the Eock," meaning probably what
is now Dorchester Heights. Mr. Holman was appointed " Ensign " of the
First Military Company in Dorchester, Mass., under Capt. Israel Stoughton
and Lieut. Nathaniel Duncan, at the beginning of the Pequot War. His
estate inventoried at his death seven hundred and thirty-nine pounds and
sixteen shillings, which was a large fortune for those days, 1653.
Children:
i Mary, b. , 1636-7; m. Samuel Mason.
ii John, b. Feb. 23, 1637-8; m. Mary Blanton.
iii Anne, b. ; m. Henry Butler.
iv Thomas, b. Aiig. 6, 1641; m. Abigail Eigby.
V Abigail, b. , 1642.
vi Anna, or Hannah, bap. Sept. 29, 1644.
vii Samuel, bap. Dec. 6, 1646; ni. Eachael Bateman.
viii Patience, bap. Jan. 28, 1648-9; d. y.
Baptized Swyre, Dorsetshire, 27 January 1602/3, son of Morgan and Alice Holman.Swyre, Dorsetshire A woolen draper who came from Swyre, Dorsetshire to Massachusetts Bay in 1630 on the "Mary & John," and settled in Dorchester. First married, by 1637, Anne _____ , who died after bearing two children. He married 2nd, by 1641, Anne Bishop, whose parents never left Dorsetshire. He died in Dorchester MA between 10 June 1652 and 18 Mar 1652/3 .
About Ens. John Holman
John Holman, son of Morgan Holman and Alice Odberre, died Betw 10 Jun 1652 and 18 Mar 1652/53 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Married: Anna Bishop, daughter of Thomas Bishop and Avis Abbott, died before 4 Aug 1673.
John Holman, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. , 2:973-76.
ORIGIN: Swyre, Dorsetshire.
OCCUPATION: Woolen draper . Fur trader .
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Mr. John Holman" admitted to second Dorchester church 4 February 1639/40 [DChR 5].
FREEMAN: Requested 19 October 1630 9As "John Howman") [MBCR 1:80].
BIRTH: Baptized Swyre, Dorsetshire, 27 January 1602/3, son of Morgan and Alice Holman [Aspinwall 104-05; NEHGR 67:260, 72:189].
The inventory of the estate of John Holman was taken 18 March 165/3 and totalled £739 16s., of which £200 was "in housing and land" and £60 "in one-half of a bark the Swallowe"