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Lydia Austin Kollock Holdich

Birth	:	6 Sep 1800 Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Death	:	23 Jun 1879 Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Burial	:	Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, Morris County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.8046989, -74.4693985
Description	:	Lydia Austin Kollock was born in Elizabethtown, (now) Union Co, NJ the 8th of 9 known surviving children (3 boys/6 girls) born to Revolutionary War patriot Lt. Shepard Kollock and his wife, Susannah "Susan" Arnett. She was the paternal grandchild of Shepard Preterman Kollock Sr. & Mary Goddard of Delaware. (Shepard Kollock Sr. was the biological son of Comfort Shepard and Thomas Preteman. When his mother married 2nd to Simon Kollock, he adopted his stepfather's surname.) She was the maternal grandchild of Revolutionary War hero, Isaac Arnett (1726-1801) and Hannah White (1733-1823), a Revolutionary... Read More	Lydia Austin Kollock was born in Elizabethtown, (now) Union Co, NJ the 8th of 9 known surviving children (3 boys/6 girls) born to Revolutionary War patriot Lt. Shepard Kollock and his wife, Susannah "Susan" Arnett. She was the paternal grandchild of Shepard Preterman Kollock Sr. & Mary Goddard of Delaware. (Shepard Kollock Sr. was the biological son of Comfort Shepard and Thomas Preteman. When his mother married 2nd to Simon Kollock, he adopted his stepfather's surname.) She was the maternal grandchild of Revolutionary War hero, Isaac Arnett (1726-1801) and Hannah White (1733-1823), a Revolutionary War Hero herself. The Kollock family are said to be descendants of French Huguenots who fled France for religious freedom in the British Colonies. Her father became a printer and when the revolution began was commissioned in the Continental Army. Like may in the Colonies, members of the same family often took different sides; and in this case, Shepard Kollock's half-brother, Simon Kollock was a Captain (some records say Colonel) with the British Army and led troops in rooting out colonials in Elizabethtown. When the Americans won the war, Simon exiled to Canada with other loyalists. All of children of Shepard Kollock were prominent and influential in the infancy of the United States, and two of his sons, Henry Clinton Kollock (1778-1819) and Shepard Kosciusko Kollock (1795-1865), were Presbyterian ministers. Three daughters Mary Goddard Kollock, wife of Judge Frederick Kollock Nash, former Governor of NC; Sarah "Sally" Kollock who married, who married Judge Samuel King and later Judge Harris; and Susan Davis Kollock, who married Rev. John Knox Witherspoon both married influential men and removed to Hillsborough, Orange Co, NC, where they contributed greatly and their descendants prospered. Two other sisters, Henrietta Blanchard Kollock (1786-1867), and Jane Hay Kollock (1791-1867), also married ministers, and remained in New Jersey. Lydia was 22 when she married (1st) to Asa R. Hillyer (1792-1824), son of Rev. Asa Hillyer and Jane Riker of Orange, NJ. The marriage was short-lived, and childless, as Asa died just two years into the marriage age age 32. On April 9, 1829, the 29 year old widow married (2nd) to 35-year old Methodist Episcopal minister, Joseph Holdich of England, who was then stationed in Elizabethtown. Her brother-in-law, Rev. John McDowell performed the marriage. The couple spent time in Connecticut where her husband was teaching at Wesleyan, but later settled in Hoboken, Hudson Co, NJ. Lydia and Joseph would become parents to 2 known surviving children: * Mary Josephine Holdich (1830-1915) * Henrietta Howard Holdich (1841-1914) Lydia Kollock Holdich died in 1879 at age 79. Her husband of 50 years would remove to Morristown with daughter Henrietta, and he died there 13 years later in 1892 at age 98. Daughter Mary Josephine would marry and be widowed at a young age, but she raised two children on her own until her death in 1915. Daughter Henrietta Howard Holdich, who never married, became a noted poet and writer living many years in Morristown. She was the author of children's stories and poems in Harper's Magazine and other periodicals, and the author of a story which was an inspiration for the founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution,"Hannah Arnett's Faith" which retold the story of her famous grandmother inspiring her husband and neighbors to remain patriots during the Revolutionary War. After her father died, she removed to England where she remained until her death in 1914 at Chapel House over Norton Oxford Administration.

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Lydia Austin Kollock Holdich's memorial is located at: Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, Morris County, USA.
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Lydia Austin Kollock Holdich death on 23 Jun 1879 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
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Latitude: 40.8046989
Longitude: -74.4693985

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Spouse

Rev Joseph Holdich

(1794 - 1893)

Siblings

Mrs Jane Hay Kollock McDowell

(1791 - 1867)

(unknow - unknow)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Evergreen Cemetery
Morristown, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8046989, -74.4693985

2. First Presbyterian Churchyard
Morristown, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7973022, -74.4800720

3. Morristown Baptist Cemetery
Morristown, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7981400, -74.4812100

4. Saint Peter's Episcopal Churchyard
Morristown, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7929993, -74.4786987

5. Saint Peters Episcopal Church Memorial Garden
Morristown, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7929200, -74.4785300

6. Holy Rood Cemetery
Morristown, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7977982, -74.4505997

7. Carmelite Monastery Cemetery
Morristown, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7878200, -74.4559200

8. Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Memorial Garden
Morris Plains, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8251890, -74.4833060

9. Beth Israel Memorial Park
Cedar Knolls, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8280983, -74.4458008

10. Holy Family Cemetery
Convent Station, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7825012, -74.4339981

11. Villa Walsh Convent Cemetery
Morristown, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7844582, -74.5080338

12. Saint Marys Cemetery
Whippany, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8231010, -74.4218979

13. First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Whippany, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8218987, -74.4108157

14. Saint Marys Abbey Cemetery
Morristown, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7874900, -74.5302600

15. Trowbridge Family Farm Cemetery
Morris Township, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8331630, -74.5232620

16. Whippany Burial Yard
Whippany, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8193169, -74.4059601

17. Calvary Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden
Florham Park, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7844200, -74.3956400

18. John Hancock Cemetery
Florham Park, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7740517, -74.4013214

19. Jockey Hollow Cemetery
Morristown, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7740402, -74.5375977

20. First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
New Vernon, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7449493, -74.4977493

21. New Vernon Cemetery
New Vernon, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7472000, -74.5049973

22. Kemble Burial Site
Morristown, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7556280, -74.5278750

23. Hillside Cemetery
Madison, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7550011, -74.4113998

24. Hill Family Cemetery
Franklin, Morris County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8698616, -74.5055542