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Ancestors of Mary Holladay
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1. Mary Holladay, born 08 Apr 1778 in Alamance Co., NC; died 14 Oct 1836 in Sophia, Randolph Co., NC. She was the daughter of 2. William Holladay and 3. Jane Andrew. She married (1) Isaac Farlow 09 Mar 1796 in Spring Friends Meeting, Snow Camp area of present-day Alamance Co., NC (then part of Orange County). He was born 25 Oct 1767 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC, and died 09 Apr 1860 in Sophia, Randolph Co., NC. He was the son of Nathan Farlow and...
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Ancestors of Mary Holladay
Generation No. 1
1. Mary Holladay, born 08 Apr 1778 in Alamance Co., NC; died 14 Oct 1836 in Sophia, Randolph Co., NC. She was the daughter of 2. William Holladay and 3. Jane Andrew. She married (1) Isaac Farlow 09 Mar 1796 in Spring Friends Meeting, Snow Camp area of present-day Alamance Co., NC (then part of Orange County). He was born 25 Oct 1767 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC, and died 09 Apr 1860 in Sophia, Randolph Co., NC. He was the son of Nathan Farlow and Ruth Carter.
More About Mary Holladay:
Burial: Marlboro Friends Cemetery, Sophia, Randolph Co., NC
Notes for Isaac Farlow:
The following is quoted from page 35 of "The Randolph Story," published by the Randleman Rotary Club:
THE MURDER OF CAPTAIN BRYANT 1782
Isaac Farlow, who was 85 years old in 1852, gives the following first hand account of the murder of Captain Bryant. Mr. Farlow lived a short distance from the home of Bryant. "Captain John Bryant was killed one half mile south of New Market where Joseph Newlin lived. Stephen Walker was a bloody Tory and was with Fanning when Bryant was killed. Bryant must have been on parole...he had a Captain's commission on the Whig side (though he had been a Tory). Fanning and his men missed their way in search for the home of Bryant. They went to the Stephen Horlin [Harlan?] home and forced the two Horlin girls, Betsy and Alcey, to show them where Bryant lived. The two girls went to Captain Bryant and begged him to surrender. Bryant did not believe that Fanning was there. He cursed Fanning and his men. One of the girls was about to go in and Bryant opened the door to let her in. Walker caught her by the coat and swore he was going to protect Bryant. After hours of resistance, Bryant opened the door and stepped out on the steps and said, "Gentlemen, I surrender" and he was forthwith shot down, not known by whom and he fell back against his wife who was at his back and she was raising him and another man stepped up and shot him in the eye. Fanning threatened death to any who would give the alarm before daylight, then Fanning rocked himself a while in the cradle. Richard Isaacs, who lived nearby, went to Nathan Farlow's and he and his wife, Ruth, went to Bryant's home a little before day. Nathan stayed off a little and Ruth went up to the house finding Bryant, his head in the house and his feet on the steps. They laid Bryant out a little after sunrise. Isaac Farlow saw the corpse with the two bullet holes. The Horlin girls said the firing was with rifles."
Mr. Farlow also relates that Fanning had previously killed Colonel Andrew Balfour on his last raid in Randolph. Colonel Collier had a narrow escape from Fanning and Fanning burned buildings belonging to William Millikan, Col. Thomas Dougan and Col. Collier. Whenever Fanning found the man and killed him, he did not burn the house."
It should be noted that the last raid of Fanning was in 1782. The American Revolution was over in 1781. Another mystery in connection with Fanning is why he was not ambushed and why the sheriff of Randolph and other law enforcing officers were unable to bring him to justice.
This ends the quoted information. Perhaps some background information concerning the infamous Colonel David Fanning is necessary here. David Fanning (1754-1825), born in Johnston County, North Carolina, became prominent as an Indian trader and land owner in South Carolina. During the beginning of the American Revolution, he was on the patriot side, a Whig who was opposed to British unfairness. Apparently he was robbed by a mob of Whig outlaws, which turned him against the patriotic cause and made him a Tory for the remainder of the Revolutionary War. With support from the British, Fanning gained notoriety around Randolph County, North Carolina, his headquarters, for his cruelty and raids. For some unknown reason he was never captured and remained an outlaw, later living in South Carolina, then Florida, then the British colony of New Brunswick, and finally to Nova Scotia in 1799 where he was commissioned a Colonel. This information is summarized from page 18 of "The Randolph Story."
Isaac Farlow's son-in-law, Joseph Newlin, later bought the property of Captain John Bryant at New Market, Randolph County.
Wrote "Statement of Revolutionary Events" in Oct. 1852 (see below).
Revolutionary Incidents Related by Isaac Farlow, Oldest Son of Nathan Farlow
Historical background from William S. Powell. North Carolina through Four Centuries. Chapel Hill,
NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1989, p. 201-208:
"The departure of the armies of Nathanael Greene and Lord Charles Cornwallis left North Carolina at
the mercy of many loosely organized, undisciplined bands of armed men. For more than a year they
carried on a relentless civil war, and the state was the victim of as much or more pillage, murder, and
general disorder as came during Reconstruction after the Civil War. Each side was guilty of abuses
and crimes that often served as excuses for merciless retaliation. Gangs of robbers, masquerading as
Whigs or Tories, as suited their purposes at the moment, robbed people, burned houses, murdered
men, and attacked women indiscriminately. These midnight raids and neighborhood battles were all
the more criminal, whether committed by Whigs or Tories, as they could not by any possible means
affect the outcome of the war.
The most notorious of the Tory raiders was David Fanning, who held a commission as colonel of the
loyal militia issued by Major James H. Craig, the British commander in Wilmington. A native of
Amelia County, Virginia, Fanning grew up in Johnston County, North Carolina, where he served an
apprenticeship. He ran away to Orange County, it has been said, because of harsh treatment. As a
partisan leader he was unexcelled on either side in the Carolinas. During the war Fanning led bands of
Tories on raids, terrorizing large areas of both states, and sometimes marched with Cornwallis or other
British leaders. In July 1781 he dashed into Pittsboro, where a court-martial of several Loyalists was
about to begin, and seized more than fifty prisoners--among them several militiamen and Continental
officers and three members of the General Assembly. On 12 September during a raid on Hillsborough
he took around two hundred prisoners, including Governor Thomas Burke. These captives were sent to
the British at Wilmington; later the governor was transferred to Charles Town where he was regarded
as a hostage for the safety of Fanning, kept in close confinement, and denied the right of exchange.
After Great Britain and the American states signed the terms of peace, Fanning sought a pardon, but
his petition was turned down. He then moved to Nova Scotia where many Highland Scots and other
Loyalists from North Carolina already lived. Before his death in 1825 he was tried for serious crimes
committed in the Canadian province."
Information from: Rev. Eli Washington Caruthers. Revolutionary Incidents and Sketches of
Character, Chiefly in the "Old North State." Philadelphia: Hayes & Zell, 1854.
The following passages relate some of the activities of Colonel David Fanning, a Loyalist who fought
on the side of the British in the Revolutionary War. On p. 149: [He] "came into the State [of N. C.]
along with the British army under Lord Cornwallis" about 1781. He operated as a vigilante, taking
revenge against Whigs after it became apparent that the British had lost the war. He was not a part of
the British army.
First, Caruthers describes Fanning's temperament. p. 149-150: "From his natural temper, and from his
early habits, he was a "sui juris" kind of a man, and neither knew nor cared much about the military
rules and tactics of modern warfare. He could not be subjected to the strictness of military discipline,
nor was he calculated for the slow and measured movements of regular armies. His irascible and
vindictive temper could not endure the custom of civilized nations in showing humanity to the
conquered, and in giving protection to the feeble. He gloried not in success, because he believed it to
be necessary to the welfare of his country, nor in the triumph of valor on the field of honorable
contest, but in the capture and extermination of his enemies. A stranger to that manly courage which is
sustained and guided by great moral principles, he was just fitted for the course he pursued, the
guerilla mode of warfare, in which there have been few in modern times who have surpassed him,
either in the rapidity of his movements, or in the number and atrocity of his deeds."
By July, 1781, Fanning was in command of about 240 men, and traveled about the state, pillaging and
killing whomever he pleased.
p. 260: "By 1782 the British had been driven out of the country [N.C.], but Fanning was intent on
revenge."
p. 260-271: "He made only one excursion into the north-west portion of Randolph County; but that
was one of Saracen fury and most terrible destruction. For a fuller account of this excursion than I had
previously obtained, I am indebted to George C. Mendenhall, Esquire, who, at my request, very
promptly and kindly undertook to obtain all the facts he could from Isaac Farlow, a respectable member
of the Quaker society, who is now an old man, in the eighty-seventh year of his age, but
seems to retain all his faculties unimpaired. He lives on Deep River, just in the neighborhood where
many of these atrocities were committed, and well recollects all that he saw or heard. From his
statements I have been able to trace the sequence of events, better than in any previous accounts that I
had received; and he gives some additional facts of considerable interest. To converse with such a
man is like being carried back to those days, and set down amidst the very scenes of desolation and
wretchedness, as they actually existed.
The first victim of his [Fanning's] revenge, or the first one of any note, was Colonel Andrew Balfour,
who lived in the south west part of Randolph county, and about ten miles from Ashboro. Only two
years before he had represented the county in the Legislature, and was much esteemed in the
neighborhood. He was a man of intelligence and public spirit, highly patriotic, liberal in his views and
of an irreproachable character. He was at the time just recovering from an attack of sickness, and was
unable either to fight or make his escape; but when he had his passions excited or was burning with
revenge, Fanning knew no pity. His enemy was in his power and that was enough. He had before
plundered Balfour's house, in his absence, and had now come to take his life, which he did in the most
barbarous and shocking manner, in the presence of his sister and little daughter, eight or nine years of
age, who were both trampled upon and treated with savage barbarity. This was on Sunday, March
10th, 1782, and was, certainly, one of the most base and cruel deeds of his bloody career. Some of the
descendants of that little daughter are now among our most estimable and useful citizens; but we will
give a fuller account of Colonel Balfour and of his tragical end, in a separate article.
From this scene of cruelty and bloodshed they went to the house of William Milliken, Esq., who lived
on Back creek, about two miles south of Johnsonville or the old cross roads. As Milliken was not at
home they burned all his buildings, and destroyed every thing they could. On going to a house, if he
got the man and took his life, he never burned the house nor destroyed any other property, except
perhaps to take what grains or provisions they needed at the time; but if he failed to get the man, he
then destroyed every thing he could and seemed to delight in causing as much distress to the family as
possible. While Milliken's house was on fire, as Farlow states, his wife, Jane, carried out a favorite
feather bed; but they carried it back and threw it on the fire. When the bed began to burn, they twisted
a stick into the feathers and scattered them over the house. When the blazing feathers, as they flew in
every direction through the rooms, caught in a large bundle of yarn, which being on the wall, they only
taunted Mrs. Milliken, and said, "Look at your yarn, old woman."
On leaving Milliken's, they compelled his son Benjamin and a young man by the name of Joshua
Lowe to go along and pilot them to the house of Col. John Collins, where he met with a
disappointment; for Collins was not at home, but they burned his house. He next went to the house of
Colonel John Collier, who was the Senator for Randolph county, and in other respects a prominent
man. He had been appointed County Surveyor, but either being unacquainted with the business
himself, or not having time for it, he had brought a young man, by the name of William Clarke, from
Virginia, to do the surveying. Clarke soon found where the vacant lands lay and entered them.
Frequently he entered lands on which people were living, but whether with good title deeds or not I
have not learned; but this seems to have been done chiefly with those who were regarded as Tories, or
who were not on the Whig side, and perhaps with such as he thought could be frightened into
measures. After a while he employed Ralph Lowe, and a man by the name of Linden, to sell these
lands for him.
"Nathan Farlow," says my informant, "had to pay a fat steer and some gold for his land;" but in
process of time, Nathan Farlow owned all the lands of these men and he himself, Isaac Farlow, now
lives on the Lowe land. It was believed by the sufferers that these things were done by Collier's
connivance, if not by his express direction; and while his prominence as a Whig made him a special
object of Fanning's vengeance, he had incurred, justly or unjustly, the ill will of all that class [like
Fanning] in the neighborhood, and probably in the whole or a large part of the county.
On the night of Fanning's attack, he [Collier] was at home, and asleep; but being well aware that he
ran a considerable risk in doing so, before he lay down he placed a young man by the name of
Benjamin Fincher, as sentinel, on a pile of rails, at the distance of a few rods from the house, and left
his horse tied near the door, where he had fed him in a hominy mortar, probably with the saddle on
and ready to be mounted at a moments' warning. As the assailants approached, and Fincher hailed
them, Fanning made his two Whig pilots, Milliken and Lowe, answer that they were friends.
Becoming more and more uneasy as they approached so mysteriously, he kept hailing them, and they
kept answering that they were friends, until they got pretty near, when two guns were fired at him; but
having on a strong, tight vest, the balls glanced and did him no serious injury.
My informant, Isaac Farlow, saw Fincher the next day, and the marks of the bullets on the vest. When
they fired on Fincher, he hopped off the rail pile and ran for life, leaving his musket behind him. The
firing roused Colonel Collier, and springing instantly to his feet, cried out, "Parade! parade! boys,
parade!" Such a command, uttered with so much boldness, and by a man of his standing and
influence, made Fanning pause for a moment, and this allowed Collier time to mount his horse and
escape; but the house was burned and the premises made a scene of utter desolation. He lived about
three miles from Bell's mill, and in a south-west direction.
He [Fanning] went the same night to the house of Captain John Bryant, who lived about half a mile
from New Market, and on the place now owned and occupied by Joseph Newland; but he missed his
way and went to the house of Stephen Harlin, who was a Quaker, if I mistake not, or at least an
inoffensive kind of man. Fanning did not molest him; but compelled two of his daughters, Betsy and
Elsy, to go along and show him the way to Bryant's house. On riding up they first enquired for the
man of the house, and were told that he was tending Walker's mill, on Sandy Creek, when one of them
exclaimed with an oath, "Here is Walker, now." They then began enquiring who lived in this direction
and who lived in that direction, until Bryant was named, when they said that was the place to which
they wished to go, and made these two daughters of Walker's miller get up behind and go along as
pilots.
When they came up they made a rush against the door to burst it open, but it was fast barred. The
noise waked Bryant, however, and he asked "Who is there?" They answered, Colonel Fanning, and
asked him to open the door. He told them to wait till he got his breeches on; but they damned him and
his breeches too. He, Bryant, called a young man who was in the house, to get up, but he thought it
was all a jest when they told him that Fanning was there. They called upon him to surrender; and
when he asked them what they would do with him if he did surrender, they answered that they would
parole him, but he replied, "Damn you and your parole too. I have had one, and I will never take
another." Fanning then spoke, and said, "My life for his, if Walker don't kill him." The Miss Harlins,
whom they had brought along as pilots, entreated him to surrender, assuring him that Fanning was
there; but not believing it, he cursed Fanning and the whole of them. He opened the door a little way
to admit the girls, and one of them started to go in; but Walker caught her by the dress and pulled her
back, swearing that she was going in to protect Bryant. Bryant seems to have been a brave but reckless
kind of a man. After holding out as long as he could, he opened the door, and going out on the step,
said, "Gentlemen, I surrender;" but instantly he was shot down, and fell back against his wife, who
was standing just behind him. As she was raising him up, another of the company stepped forward
and shot him in the eye.
Fanning then threatened death to any one who should give the alarm before daylight; but, according to
his custom, as he had killed the man he was after, he destroyed no property and did not further
damage. As he probably felt a little wearied after so many laborers, he lay down in the cradle [took a
nap], and after rocking himself there very comfortably for some time, while the rest were sauntering
about, they all gathered up and went off in quest of other victims.
As soon as they were gone, Richard Isaacs, who lived at Bryants, went over to Nathan Farlow's and
told them what had been done. He and his wife, Ruth, went over to Bryant's before daylight; but
Nathan stopped at some distance from the house until he ascertained whether he could go with safety.
His wife, on entering the house, found the dead body of Bryant lying on the door-sill, with the head
inside and the legs and feet outside. What had become of Mrs. Bryant and the children, in the
meantime, ---whether they had been driven away or frightened away by the ruffians, or, finding that
they could do nothing with it, after Isaacs left, they were letting it lie until some of the neighbors
would come in, and were giving vent to their grief, I have not learned; --- but, by daylight, Nathan
Farlow and his wife had the corpse laid out.
At sunrise, Isaac Farlow, my informant, went over himself, and saw the body and the two bullet holes.
The first ball had entered his breast and the other his head; but neither of them had passed through
him. Bryant was a daring, fearless kind of a man. An old Friend in that neighborhood told me that he
could have made his escape from the back door, if he had done it as soon as the alarm was given; but
that he scorned to run from his enemies, and did not surrender until he found they were about setting
fire to the house. When he cursed them and their parole too, they told him in language which would
then have been understood anywhere, that they would "parole him the near way to Georgia," and,
going to some "log heaps" which were buring in a field, not far from the house, they got a "chunk" or
brand for the purpose of burning the house, with all that it contained. Seeing that they were
determined on his death, and rather than let his wife and children be burned up in the house with him,
he opened the door, went out on the step and offered to surrender, but was instantly shot down.
After Fanning and his troop had left Bryant's something like an hour, they returned and enquired the
way to Colonel Dougan's house. They burned his house with all the buildings on the premises, and
destroyed everything they could. After leaving Dougan's, and in the course of the same day, they
captured a Whig and hung him on the spot. The Whigs had, some time before, hung a Tory, by the
name of Isaac Jackson, on the limb of a tree which stood by a short turn in the road near Brower's and
Spinks"; and Fanning had sworn that he would hang five Whigs on the same limb for every Tory the
Whigs hung; but, old Friend Farlow says they mistook the limb and hung him on a limb close by the
one on which the Tory had been hanged; for he knew both the limbs. They cut a notch on the limb on
which they hung the Whig, using it as a talley, and intending to cut an additional notch for every Whig
they hung on it until their number was complete; but fortunately for the country, he was disappointed;
for this proved to be his first and last visit into that neighborhood.
During this expedition up Deep River, which included some three or four days, a little incident
occurred which, though of small importance in itself, was rather [more] amusing than otherwise, and
showed the terror of his [Fanning's] name, of which old Friend Farlow gives the following account. A
troop of Light-horse, from the foot of the Blue Ridge, or what was then called the Hollows, in Surry
county, came down Deep river into the Coxes' settlement, on the hunt of Fanning, and after giving him
a chase, as they said, in the morning, but without success, they loaded themselves with plunder from
the settlers of the neighborhood, such as knives and forks, plates, spoons, etc. Having done so, they set
off on their return, Isaac Farlow says, and came as far as his uncle George Farlow's, who was then
living in a cabin on the road-side, with a small lot enclosed around it. The house stood on the east
bank of Web's creek, about three or four miles east from the present town of Asheboro, and is now
owned by Joseph Cannon. When the party came opposite to the house, Farlow was standing in the
door, and one of the men presented his gun as if about to shoot, but another stopped him and told him
not to shoot, for that was the man of the house.
Here they halted, sitting on their horses, and gave an account of their adventure in the morning, stating
that they had been in pursuit of Fanning, that they had given him a hard chase, but without success,
and that they were making great boasts of what they would do if they could only get a chance at him,
when one of them happened to turn his eye down the road and exclaimed, with an oath, "Yonder is
Fanning now." Instantly they dashed off, down the hill, which was very steep, and into the creek,
all huddled up together. Farlow said there was such a blaze of fire from the guns of Fanning's men, as
they passed the door, that he thought the others must have been all killed; but not much execution was
done. When the mountain party got out of the creek, they left the road and took into the woods,
towards the place where Ashboro' now stands, and Fanning's party in hot pursuit. It was "neck or
nought," and they fled for life, throwing away every incumbrance and strewing their plunder, knives
and forks, plates, spoons, and every thing else, all through the woods. In a short time Fanning
returned, bringing a prisoner with him, who was badly wounded, and stating that they had killed one
man in the woods, over the creek; but, on search being made by the neighbors he was not found.
Fanning left the wounded man in the care of Farlow, and told him, rather sarcastically, that, when he
got well, he would be on the hunt of him again; but the wounded man very humbly protested that he
never would.
Fanning then returned in the direction from which he came while in pursuit of the mountaineers, and
before he had overtaken them, he met Stephen Mendenhall and his wife, riding two very good horses,
and, as some of his horses were failing, he made them exchange, but told them to stay there until he
returned. They did so; and, on his return, he gave them back their own horses."
End of passage, p. 271.
CR 081.801.5
Randolph Co. Wills 1775-1899
Dated 8 Second Month 1853
Farlow, Isaac 1860
Mentions son Jabez, dau Mary, son George, son Sewel, son William, son Joseph, son Samuel, dau
Jane Stalker, dau Ruth Newlin, dau Sarah Stanton dec'd & her children--Mary, David, Isaac--, dau
Deborah Jones, dau Asenath Farlow (she should live with my daughter Mary Farlow), grandson Isaac--
son of Samuel.
Executors: sons Sewel, Joseph, Jabez. Witnesses: Nathan Farlow, Isaac Farlow
Will proved May 1860
TEXT OF WILL:
I Isaac Farlow of the County of Randolph and State of North Carolina being of sound mind and
memory but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existance do make and publish this my last will
and testament in manner and form following------that is to say-- First that my Executors herein after
named shall pay all my just debts howsoever and to whomsoever owing out the the monies that may
first come into their hands as a part or parcel of my estate.
Item. I give and bequeath to my son Jabez Farlow all this tract of land wheron I now live toether with
my Cotton gin to have and to hold to him and his heirs forever with the exception that my Daughter
Mary Farlow have equal privilege with him in my dwelling house kitchen and other out houses, wood
and water, as long as she remains single. I also will and bequeath to my son Jabez and Daughter Mary
Farlow Jointly all my personal property not otherwise disposed of provided they pay or furnish means
to payall my just debts together with a sum sufficient to pay such of my heirs their portions of money
that I will and bequeath them that is, that Mary pay thirty Dollars and Jabez the balance.
Item. As for my five sons, namely, George, Sewel, William, Joseph, and Samuel Farlow, I have
already given them a proportionable part of my estate, or portioned them off.
Item. I will and bequeath to my Daughter Jane Stalker fifteen Dollars in Money to her and her heirs
forever.
Item. I will and bequeath to my Daughter Ruth Newlin Ten Dollars to her and her heirs forever.
Item. I will and bequeath to the heirs (thre children) of my Daughter Sarah Stanton dec'd Twenty five Dollars in Money----David and Mary Stanton each Eight Dollars and Isaac
Nine Dollars, to them and their heirs forever.
Item. I will and bequeath to my Daughter Deborah Jones Ten Dollars in Money, to her and her heirs
forever.
Item. I will and bequeath to my Daughter Asenath Farlow one bed and furniture, four head of Cattle
which she claims and One hundred and ten Acres of land (being a part of the Gardner tract) for her
support. It is my will and desire that she should live with my daughter Mary Farlow and that the
above named lands and property be applied to her maintainace if necessary.
Item. I will and bequeath to my little Grand son Isaac Farlow, son of Samuel, Five Dollars to him and
his heirs forever. Lastly I herby constitute and appoint my three sons, Sewel, Joseph and Jabez Farlow
my lawful executors to execute this my last will and testament according to the true intent and
meaning of the same. In witness whereof I the said Isaac Farlow do herunto set my hand and seal, this
the 8th day of the 2nd Mo. 1853.
Isaac Farlow {seal}
Attest
Nathan Farlow Jt.
Isaac Farlow Jr. Dead, handwriting proved by Nathan Farlow
North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Randolph County May Term 1860
The due execution of this last will and testament of Isaac Farlow Dec'd is proved in Open Court by the
oath of Nathan Farlow one of the subscribing witnesses to the same. And it appearing to the
satisfaction of the Court that Isaac Farlow Jr. the other subscribing witness to the will is dead, and it
further appearing to the court upon the examination of said Nathan Farlow that he is well acquainted
with the handwriting of the said Isaac Farlow Jr. having often seen him write, and the said Nathan
Farlow upon his oath says that the said signature to said will purporting to be Isaac Farlow's is genuine
and in his
usual handwriting. Whereupon said will is admitted to probate, and ordered to be recorded.
B. J. Hoover CCC
More About Isaac Farlow:
Burial: probably Marlboro Friends Cemetery, Sophia, Randolph Co., NC
Property: 1802, Purchased 200 acres on Caraway Creek, Randolph Co., NC from his father
Generation No. 2
2. William Holladay, born 10 Jun 1750 in Chester Co., PA; died Aft. 1815 in Paoli, Orange Co., IN. He was the son of 4. Henry Holladay and 5. Mary Fayle. He married 3. Jane Andrew Jun 1777 in Alamance Co., NC.
3. Jane Andrew, born 12 Nov 1755 in Chester Co., PA; died Aft. 1831 in Vermilion Co., IL?. She was the daughter of 6. Robert Andrew and 7. Sarah ?.
Notes for William Holladay:
E-Mail from Eleanor Rayl, descendant, 28 July 2007:
William, Jane and children were received on certificate from Spring Monthly Meeting, NC by way of Whitewater Monthly Meeting (then Indiana Territory) to Lick Creek Monthly Meeting in 1813. I wonder if that date is wrong, or the certificate arrived too late for William, as he died in August of 1812? Of course, Orange County had not been formed yet -- it was still a part of Washington County. William is on the early land entries in 1812, so he did make it to Indiana to purchase his land before he died. Orange County was created in 1816, the same year the Indiana Territory became the 19th state.
The Lick Creek Friends cemetery isn't in great shape -- some of the markers are too worn to read and a few are broken. It has been mowed the past couple of times I've visited, though. I know their daughter Jane's grave is there, as I've seen and photographed it. It's small, difficult to find and the lettering is worn. I'm not sure if William and Jane (Andrew) Holladay are buried there or not, or if they were buried in the Paoli Old Cemetery where my gggg-grandparents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Borland) Moulder, were buried. William's land was located directly south of Jacob Moulder's farms on the east side of Orange Co (3 miles west of Paoli). It's also possible they were buried on their farm.
My Holladay line:
1. William Holladay (1750-1812) and Jane Andrew ((1755--)
2. Jane Holladay (1785-1858) and Thomas Maris
3. Eleanor Maris (1806-1896) and John Moulder (1805-1900)
4. John Milton Moulder (1849-1924) and Elma Drummond
5. Harry Louden Moulder (1882-1973) and Eleanor Penn
6. Thomas Penn Moulder (1911-1992) and Cynthia Hobbs
7. Sharon Ann Moulder (living) and Allen B. Rayl (1929-1981)
8. Eleanor Rayl (me)
I live in Indianapolis but was born and reared in Howard Co, IN. I've
traveled many times to Paoli (Orange Co, IN) to research my ancestors and
also have done research in North Carolina and Chester Co, Pennsylvania.
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THE SETTLEMENT OF PAOLI TOWNSHIP
It is not definitely known who was the first permanent settler in the present township of Paoli. The earliest residents are gone, leaving no record of their settlement, not even tradition, touching this question, the only light on the subject being the information furnished by the entries of land, as shown by the "Tract Book". Jesse Hollowell made the first entry on Section 11, Township 1 north, Range 1 West, on the 26th of September. 1810, but, so far as can be learned, he did not reside there. The second entry was by Thomas Atkisson, on Section 13, same township and range February 13, 1811. This man moved upon this land, built a log cabin, and, so far as known, was one of the first, if not the first, settlers of Paoli Township. These entries were two or three miles east, southwest of Paoli. Jonathan Lindley bought on Section 8, Township 1 north, Range 1 east, in March 1811, and settled there the same year, likely in the fall, and he thus became one of the very first settlers of the township. Solomon and William Cox both bought land on Section 18, Township 1 north. Range I east, in May, 1811, and both settled there soon afterward with their families. This was about two and a half miles west of southeast of Paoli, Thomas Hopper and Thomas Farlow, both located in the township in 1811, the former on Section 1, just south of Paoli, and the latter on Section 14, two miles and a half southwest of Paoli. Owen Lindley, later in the year, located on Section 17, about a mile east of the Coxes. It is quite likely that several other families squatted in the township daring the year 1811, and the following year bought their lands, The families settling in the township in 1812, were those of Theodore Braxtan, William Lindley, William Holaday, John Dougherty, Charles Bailey, Joseph Farlow, Thomas Lindley, David Darrock, Thomas Braxtan, Samuel Lindley, Robert Holaday and Adam Davis. After 1812 the settlement, for a time, was quite rapid, the families being mainly of the Quaker sect, good, sober, industrious Christians, who come almost wholly from North Carolina, and from Orange County, of that State.
More About William Holladay:
Comment: According to Raymond Maris' data, William Holladay died 29 Aug 1812, yet his name appeared in William Wade Hinshaw's Quaker meeting records up through 25 Sep 1813.
Ethnicity/Relig.: Society of Friends (Quaker)
Event 1: 04 Dec 1779, William Holaday received on request by Cane Creek Monthly (Friends) Meeting, Orange Co., NC
Event 2: Bef. 1777, According to a Braxton genealogy, William was married first to Mary Braxton, daughter of William and Margery Braxton, pioneers of Alamance Co., NC. Apparently they had no children, then he married Jane Andrew.
Event 3: 04 Aug 1781, Henry and Robert Holaday, sons of William, received on request by Cane Creek Monthly Meeting
Event 4: 1793, Spring Monthly Meeting set off from Cane Creek Monthly Meeting. Both of these Quaker meetings are located in present-day southern Alamance Co., NC.
Event 5: 29 Aug 1812, Spring Monthly Meeting granted William Holaday's wife and children a certificate of removal to White Water Monthly Meeting in Wayne County, Indiana. The Men's Meeting Minutes have not survived for that period.
Event 6: 1813, Lick Creek Monthly (Friends) Meeting set off from Whitewater Monthly Meeting. Lick Creek is located near present-day Paoli in Orange Co., IN.
Event 7: 1813, Whitewater Monthly Meeting in Wayne Co., IN received certificates from William Holaday, his wife Jane, and five children who had arrived from North Carolina.
Event 8: 25 Sep 1813, William Holaday appointed on a committee to nominate two male and two female Friends as Elders.
Residence 1: Bef. 1752, Chester Co., PA
Residence 2: Bet. 1752 - 1812, present-day Alamance Co., NC, then part of Orange County
Residence 3: Aft. 1813, Orange Co., IN
Notes for Jane Andrew:
From Joan Henshaw on FindAGrave.com:
Jane Andrew was the daughter of the Quakers, Robert and Sarah Andrew. She married William Holladay/Holaday in June 1777 in North Carolina according to records of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting located in Orange County, NC.
Lick Creek Monthly Meeting of Orange County, Indiana listed both parents of their son, Abraham, who married on Sept. 4, 1816. Thus indicating William and Jane were alive in 1816.
On Sept. 20, 1828 Lick Creek Monthly Meeting reported Jane Holaday was granted a certificate to Vermilion Monthly Meeting in Vermilion Co., IL. Her husband, William, is not listed.
On Sept. 15, 1832, Lick Creek Preparative Meeting reported Jane Holaday joined another society and was disowned. Nothing more is known.
Transcriptions of the Minutes of Lick Creek & Vermilion Monthly Meetings are found in Part Five of a digitized book per FamilySearch.org : "Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana", compiled by Willard Heiss.
More About Jane Andrew:
Ethnicity/Relig.: Society of Friends (Quaker)
Residence 1: Bef. 1762, Chester Co., PA
Residence 2: Abt. 1762, Came with her parents to Fairfax Co., VA
Residence 3: Aft. 1767, Came with her parents to present-day Alamance Co., NC, then part of Orange County.
Residence 4: Aft. 1812, Orange Co., IN
Children of William Holladay and Jane Andrew are:
i. Henry Holladay II, born 07 Jan 1777 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC; died 15 Feb 1787 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC.
1 ii. Mary Holladay, born 08 Apr 1778 in Alamance Co., NC; died 14 Oct 1836 in Sophia, Randolph Co., NC; married Isaac Farlow 09 Mar 1796 in Spring Friends Meeting, Snow Camp area of present-day Alamance Co., NC (then part of Orange County).
iii. Robert Holladay, born 24 Jul 1779 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC; died Bef. 1841 in Vermilion Co., IL; married Edith Davis 05 Mar 1801 in Center Monthly Meeting, Guilford Co., NC; born 22 May 1782.
iv. Sarah Holladay, born 07 May 1781 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC; died Dec 1817 in Orange Co., IN?; married Aaron S. Maris 13 Dec 1797 in Spring Friends Meeting, Alamance Co., NC; born 04 May 1774 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC; died 04 Mar 1843 in Parke Co., IN.
More About Aaron S. Maris:
Burial: Bloomingdale Friends Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Parke Co., IN
v. Catherine Holladay, born 23 Jan 1783 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC; died 1837 in Orange Co., IN; married Joshua Hadley 14 Jan 1800 in Spring Monthly (Friends) Meeting, present-day Alamance Co., NC; born 27 Apr 1779 in Chatham Co., NC; died 07 Jan 1857 in Parke Co., IN.
More About Catherine Holladay:
Burial: probably Lick Creek Cemetery, Orange Co., IN
Notes for Joshua Hadley:
!1. b & d date, marr from: "A Hadley Genealogy" Vol III, Pub by The Hadley Genealogical Soc. of So. Calif. Pub 1974 page 101 & 104.
A farmer. In 1811 Joshua rem with lhis fam fr NC to IN, Prob locating first in Union Co. Rocf Spring MM, NC by Whitewater MM, Richmond, IN, 30 Nov 1811, which cert was endorsed to Silver Creek MM, Union Co. IN in 1817. They rem to Orange Co. IN bef 1820 where they lived during the 1820s & 30s. Joshua and minor ch were rocf Lick Creek MM, IN by Bloomfield-Bloomingdale MM, Parke co. IN 5 dec 1838. Li Liberty Twp, Parke Co. In 1850 census.
More About Joshua Hadley:
Burial: Rush Creek Friends Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Parke Co., IN
vi. Jane Holladay, born 09 Jan 1785 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC; died 20 Apr 1858 in Orange Co., IN; married Thomas Maris 17 Nov 1802 in Spring Friends Meeting, Alamance Co., NC; born 16 Jul 1776 in Orange Co., NC; died 08 Aug 1869 in Russiaville, Howard Co., IN.
More About Jane Holladay:
Burial: Lick Creek Friends Cemetery near Paoli, Orange Co., IN
vii. Rebekah Holladay, born 15 Sep 1786 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC; died 24 Jul 1787 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC.
viii. William Holladay, Jr., born 06 Apr 1788 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC.
ix. Samuel Holladay, born 02 Feb 1790 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC; died Abt. 1836 in Vermilion Co., IL; married Dolly Meacham 28 Mar 1814 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC; born 24 Oct 1793.
More About Dolly Meacham:
Event: 1837, Married (2) to Ezekiel Hollingsworth at Vermilion Monthly Meeting, Illinois
x. Ann Holladay, born 24 Sep 1791 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC.
xi. Abraham Holladay, born 13 Jul 1793 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC; died 24 Oct 1838 in Parke Co., IN; married Elizabeth Dicks 04 Sep 1816 in Lick Creek Monthly (Friends) Meeting, Orange Co., IN; born 06 Jun 1797.
xii. Hannah Holladay, born 13 May 1795 in Orange/Alamance Co., NC; died 05 Feb 1860 in Henry Co., IA; married Peyton Wilson Abt. 1817 in Orange Co., IN; born 19 Jan 1790 in North Carolina; died 01 Mar 1868 in Henry Co., IA.
More About Hannah Holladay:
Burial: Salem South Cemetery, Henry Co., IA
More About Peyton Wilson:
Burial: Salem South Cemetery, Henry Co., IA
Occupation: Farmer
xiii. Deborah Holladay, born 24 Dec 1798.
Generation No. 3
4. Henry Holladay, born Bef. 1722 in England, Ireland, or Pennsylvania USA?; died 09 Sep 1800 in Snow Camp area of present-day Alamance Co., NC. He married 5. Mary Fayle 03 Mar 1746 in Old Swedes AKA Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
5. Mary Fayle, born Abt. 1725 in probably Ireland or Pennsylvania USA; died 21 Jun 1797 in Snow Camp area of present-day Alamance Co., NC. She was the daughter of 10. Samuel Fayle and 11. Abigail Garnet.
Notes for Henry Holladay:
Henry and Mary Fayle Holladay were among the first pioneer families to the Cane Creek Valley of Orange (that part now in Alamance) County, North Carolina when Quakers began settling there in the 1750's. They arrived in North Carolina about 1752, settling about half a mile from Cane Creek Friends Meeting. Robert and Sarah Andrew also came from Chester County, Pennsylvania and settled near the Holladays around 1767. Three of the Holladay children married into this family.
Apparently Henry and Mary Holladay became members of Spring Friends Meeting when it was established in 1793, for they are buried there. The original stone markers at their graves are still standing, partially submerged, and a granite marker with a bronze plaque was later erected at this site to commemorate them for being progenitors of the prolific Holladay family of North Carolina and the West.
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The Holaday/Fayle Forum
It is now three years since Cynthia Phillips and I first exchanged e-mails about our family history. She is a descendent of Henry Holaday & Mary Fayle's daughter Sarah Holaday Newlin; I of their son William Holaday & Jane Andrew. Both of us had vague ideas about Henry and Mary's pre-Chester County years. Each of us had a relative whose research gave us the impetus to continue searching, and both of us were hoping to find the 'unturned stone' that had so far escaped detection. With her in Texas and me in Wales, we had libraries on both sides of the Atlantic covered, so a partnership was born!
As we began posting queries on message boards, responses came in from diverse parts of the U.S., and it was clear that there was plenty of enthusiasm among the Holaday tribe for a sharing of oral history and hunches. Slowly it emerged that some conclusions had already been reached by previous investigations, and a story developed that was plausible...but flawed. The purpose of this website is to take a closer look at that story, to collect ideas from all branches of the family, to encourage discussion, and to suggest ways to continue the search for our ancestors.
I. The Hypothesis: William, Deborah & Robert Halliday
The primary source for information about early immigration from Ireland is A.C. Myers' book The Immigration of Irish Quakers. One Halliday family is described: William & Deborah and their five children who left Edenderry MM in 1713 and purchased 200 acres of land in Chester Co. PA. (William Halliday received a deed from Wm. Penn Jr. for 200 acres in New Garden Township, for which he paid £40. Described as: Begin at hickory tree [at the] corner of Abraham Marshall's land then E. by same lands and lands of Simon Hadley, 229, to a post to lands of Simon Hadley 143 to post then W. by lands of Thomas Jackson 229 to post then S. by vacant land 140 to place of beginning. Recorded 1-11-1713). The activities of this family are well-delineated in Quaker records. William Halliday appeared on the Chester Co. tax lists from 1715-1737. He took over from Thomas Jackson as overseer 10-9-1721 (New Garden MM) and served until 11-11-1723. His name and those of his family appear frequently in the New Garden and other minutes, and we have detailed information about the lives of his children. Because this is not a common surname, because the ethos of this family corresponds to what so many of us have been led to believe, and because Henry echoed the names of these people in his own children, there has been a temptation to try to fit him into the family circle. The link has been made by the claim that Henry was the son of Wm. & Deborah's eldest son Robert Halliday and his wife Miriam Haines.
Unfortunately, this hypothesis is not backed up by documentary evidence. When I went to the Friends Library at Swarthmore College (where many others have gone before) in June, 2000, the records I consulted presented the picture of a cohesive family unit in Chester Co. --William & Deborah Halliday, son Robert, daughters Rachel, Margaret, Sarah and Deborah--with Henry in a different orbit. The key document concerning the proposed relationship is, of course, the marriage certificate of Robert Halliday and Miriam Haines. There had been a suggestion that the recorded date of 1730 was 'questionable', so I wanted to confirm it, unequivocally, if possible. According to the New Garden minutes, Robert & Miriam made their first declaration of intent early in 1730. The Friends assigned to investigate their suitability for marriage reported that they were 'free of all others' and the couple was given permission to proceed. One month later the marriage was postponed due to the 'indisposition of the young man's father.' Then, in November, Robert & Miriam were married. He was 28, she 19. Although the marriage continued until Miriam's early death in 1740, there is no record of a birth to the couple. It must be stressed that both Robert's and Miriam's families were well-represented in the monthly meetings. It is highly unlikely that either an earlier marriage of Robert's or the birth of a child would not be recorded. We can also presume that, Henry most probably was at least 21 when he married in 1746.
In light of these facts, let's consider what else is known of Henry's early life. While trawling through abstracts of Friends' meetings in Chester Co., Cynthia discovered a 1741 wedding in East Nottingham where Henry was a witness (as far as we know, the first time that his name appears on a document.). Was this proof of his affiliation with the Friends in general and that meeting in particular? "Not necessarily," said the librarians. Anyone could attend a wedding and might indeed travel some distance to do so. They did, however, think it unlikely that anyone under the age of 18 would be there unaccompanied by family members (though they couldn't think of where this was expressly stated as Friends' protocol). This corresponds to our Henry born c. 1723 and married in 1746. But where was he seven months earlier when Deborah Halliday was married at New Garden MM? Witnesses included her recently re-married (and now disowned) brother Robert and her two married sisters, Rachel & Margaret. If Henry was her nephew, wouldn't he possibly have been there too? In fact, Henry courts invisibility as an ally, and wherever else we have searched for him, we have drawn a blank. There is not even a mention of him being disowned after his marriage by a priest.
So what of the other Hallidays? Jacob died in 1721, aged only 15; Rachel married Andrew Moore in 1725 and had 10 children; Margaret married Samuel Miller in 1732; William died in 1741, leaving bequests to Robert, his new wife Mabel, and to his just-married daughter Deborah Lindley. After Mabel's death in 1752, Robert married his housekeeper Hannah. He died in 1762, leaving a son Jacob, daughters Phebe and Sarah, and two step-children.
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HOLLIDAY, ROBERT. New Garden.
March 2, 1762 (date written) March 17, 1762 (usually date filed)
Provides for wife Hannah and mentions her two sons Samuel and James Dobins. To daughter Phebe Holliday £30 and all her own mother's clothes. To son Jacob wearing apparel. To daughter Sarah £15. Jeremiah Starr to be guardian for children. Remainder to son Jacob. Executor Samuel Miller, Sr.
Witnesses: Morris Thomas, Samuel Miller, Jr., James Rowen
II. Old Swedes Church
This church in Wilmington, DE had the reputation, according to A. C. Myers, of being tolerant towards any couple who wished to be married there. It was especially favored by young Quakers who wished to circumvent the scrutiny of the Meeting procedure. If Henry & Mary Fayle were not a young, impetuous Quaker couple, why else might they have decided to marry in this church presided over by a Swedish pastor? Traditionally, the venue for a marriage was chosen by the bride. There were two other significant marriages in OSC: Hannah Fayle m. John Dobson, April 1747 and Abigail Fayle m. Alexander McCracken, 17 Jan 1750.
One could reasonably conclude that the Fayle family were members of that congregation, these are three sisters, and that they were not Quakers prior to marriage. I did not find any indication of the Fayle parentage in Old Swedes records, but perhaps there are other records in Wilmington, DE that would provide some help. So far I have not been able to tie Henry Holaday back... Although there may be some who believe that Henry may be related to William Halliday & his wife Deborah ..., there is no evidence in A C Myers or the extracted records of Newark MM or New Garden MM to support this thought. The New Garden MM records gives their children & Henry is not amongst them; so he remains a mystery. (Jerry Richmond's comments) The history of this church and the unique role it played in colonial American society is worthy of more investigation. Some of the incumbents kept immaculate records, but so far nothing has come to light that could aid our search.
III. What We Know For Sure
Henry is first spotted in East Nottingham MM on New Year's Eve, 1741. This is 16-18 years after his estimated birth date, 11 years after Robert Halliday's marriage to Miriam, and the same year that both Robert's sister Deborah marries in New Garden MM and Wm. Halliday dies. Henry Holyday married Mary Fayle March, 1746 in Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, DE. After his marriage, he and Mary had 11 children: Samuel, Robert, William, Deborah, Hannah, Thomas, Sarah, Abigail, Henry, Rebekah and Mary, born between Dec. 1746 and 1766 (the first three in PA, the others in NC). Henry & Mary Holaday moved from PA to Cane Creek Meeting in NC in the early 1750s. (N.B. It is essential to determine whether or not they had a COR when they attended their first meeting.) They spent the rest of their lives there. Their children married members of the Hadley, Newlin, Andrew, Dale, McCracken, Quackenbush, and Hinshaw families. Henry was a chain carrier in the surveying of a piece of land for William Braxton in 1756. Along with a Joseph and Samuel Holliday, Henry is listed as having done 'Patriotic Service' during the Revolutionary War. His will was proved in 1800, signed with his mark.
He was buried beside Mary in Spring Cemetery, NC. §
Wm & Deborah Halliday's son Robert b. 16-7-1702 Westmeath. Arrived in PA 12-6-1713. Married 1730, 1740, 1758; disowned 21-3-1740 and 25-2-1758. Died in 1762. Will makes no mention of Henry. Wm. died 1741, leaving his land to Robert, his big pott from Ireland to Deborah Lindley, and a griddle (or cow) to Mabel Halliday.
IV. Other Holadays
One story that has been handed down is that Henry was one of three brothers who emigrated to America. According to this informant, he settled in NC while the other two remained in northern states. There was a Samuel Holiday working as a blacksmith in Uwchlan, PA in 1762. If we could find out something more about him, it might be possible to establish--or rule out--a relationship. Ruth Holyday witnessed New Garden MM marriage in 1723 along with William & Robert Halliday. Who was she? James Halliday & Hannah Leaze, both of Lurgan, co. Armagh, m. 1703 and emigrated to Salem, NJ. Is anything known about their family? Significant Families in William Halliday's Circle
Haines
Joseph m. Dorothy Leeds
1) Ruth b. 1709 Burlington, NJ m. Robert Miller at Kennett MM, 1725. 14 Children :
Margaret, Solomon, Dorothy, Patience, Hannah, Warwick, Isaac, Jacob, Rebecca, Joseph, Rachel, Sarah, Benjamin, James
2) Miriam, b. 1711, Burlington, m. Robert Halliday, New Garden MM, 1730
No issue? She died just before 1740
3) Patience, b. 1715, Burlington, m. Patrick Miller at East Nottingham MM, 1735 (witnessed by Deborah and Miriam Halliday). Four children: Joseph, Mary, Ruth, Patience.
She died before 1745
Miller
Gayen (b. Armagh 1674 m. Margaret Henderson 1693. d. 1742 PA) 14 childr
1) Robert m. Ruth Haines
2) Patrick m. Patience Haines
3) Samuel (b. 28-4-1708) m. Margaret Halliday 1732. No issue. Died Nov. 1764. Executor of Robert Halliday's will.
4) Sarah m. John Jackson (Their son Isaac m. Phebe Halliday)
As far as I know, these families remained in PA, choosing not to travel south.
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Marriage of Robert Halliday & Miriam Haines 3.9 (November) 1730 at New Garden MM
Witnessed by:
Wm. Brown Dina Brown Joseph Haines
Mesr Brown Mary Elgar Deborah Halliday
Henry Reynolds Mary White Eliza (?)Haines
John White Elizabeth Roger Margie Halliday
Jeremiah Brown Rachel Oldham Sarah Halliday
Joseph Elgar Ruth Hadly Patience Haines
John Gantrill Elizabeth Kirk Deborah Halliday
William Jackson Mary Williams Jacob Haines
John Williams Charity Beeson Mary Haines
Joseph Chambers Esther Brown Robert Montgomery
Roger Kirk Miriam Coppock Alice Montgomery
James King
Jeremiah Starr
Thos Rogers
Richd Beeson
Richd Brown
John Litteller
Alex Ross
Wm Harris
Prudence Shaw
Henry Passins
Wm. Kirk
Thos Hughes
Thos Brown
Hugh Ottway
Richd Morris
Jane Montgomery Wm. Miller
Robert Miller
15.2 O.S. (May) 1741: Marriage of Deborah Halliday & Jonathan Lindley at New Garden MM witnessed by:
John Baldwin Mary Lightfoot Robert Halliday
Robert Smith Kathe Lightfoot Rachel Moor
Richard Chambers Elenor Chamber Andrew Moor
Moses Shaw Margret Miller Margret Miller
Frances Hobson Deborah Fred Ruth Lindley
William Lightfoot Jr. William Miller Simon Hadley
James Reed Eleanor Jones Martha Hobson
Thomas Hiett Thos. Lindly Ann Montgomery
Benjamin Fred Hannah Lindley
Deborah Shaw
Mary Woody
Joseph Hobson
Michael Montgomery
31.10 OS. (Dec. 31st) 1741: Marriage of John Townsend and Joanna England at East Nottingham MM. Witnessed by:
William Brown Margaret Churchman Joseph Townsend
Henry Clark Hannah Brown Joseph England
John Churchman Rachel Oldham John England
James Jeffers Anne Underhill Elizabeth England
James Johnston Mary Elgar Martha Townsend
John Hoopes Susannah Piggott Samuel England
Thomas Woodward Susannah Elgar Sarah England
Amos Boake Elisha Gatchell Henry Woodward
Samuel Howell Henry Reynolds Joseph England Jnr.
Henry Holliday John White Hannah Sharpless
George Churchman John Woodward Nathan Sharpless
Jeremiah Brown Sons Joseph Rotheram
Eliz. Rotheram
V. The Significance of Names
While the names of Henry & Mary's children do suggest an acquaintance with the well-known Hallidays, we must admit that they are common--even popular--names of the time. Looking beyond this, notice that Robert Halliday's eldest son is called Jacob, in memory of his only brother who died young. Where did Henry's own name come from? If anyone has ideas about the tradition of naming children in the Society of Friends, that would certainly be interesting.
VI. Mary Fayle
Unfortunately, even less is known about Mary than about her husband. According to the IGI (not 100% reliable as a source), she was the daughter of Samuel & Abigail (Garnet) who were married in Dublin in 1713. If this is correct, her line can be traced back to Richard Fayle, who is mentioned in Joseph Besse's History of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers and was a friend of the well-known minister William Edmundson. Once again, however, finding evidence of Mary's birth to this couple, the family's emigration, and their whereabouts in Chester Co. has been difficult. Does anyone know of a COR for anyone in this family? Or can you positively identify the Samuel & Joshua referred to by Myers who were admitted to New Garden MM in 1744? Any suggestions welcome.
VII: More Clues Needed
We can't help feeling that someone out there knows something that could contribute to the family search. If we gather together all the remembered bits of family stories,maybe a detail will emerge to suggest avenues to explore. Please send any comments to either:
Eve Watkins([email protected])
or
Cynthia Phillips ([email protected])
And for those of you who aren't already familiar with this, here is a couplet written by Sarah Holaday Newlin to her sons when they were heading off into the West, reminding them of their lineage:
Thy parents from Old Ireland came/Thy father from Old England did the same...
A talent for Enigma does seem to be in the genes.
Eve Holaday Watkins
August 2001
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monticue/Fayle_Holaday_Notes.htm
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Will of Henry Holaday (Sr.)
In the name of God. Amen. I Henry Holaday Senior of the County ofChatham and State of North Carolina planter, being in health of bodyand of perfect mind and memory, thanks be give to God calling to mindthe Mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all menonce to die. I do make and ordain this my last will and testament thatis to say principally and first of all Recommend to be buried in adecent and Christian like manner at the discrtion of my Executors, andas touching such wordly State as it hath pleased God to bless me within this life. I give and devise and dispose of in the following mannerand form, first of all that my funeral charges and lawful debts bepaid.
I then give unto my son Henry Holaday all that tract of land where Iformerly lived with all and singular the privileges and profitsarising therefrom.
I give unto my four daughters, that is to say Hannah ANDREW, AbigailMcCRAKEN, Rebecca HINSHAW, and Mary QUACKENBUG, three pounds tenshillings each of them.
Deborah Deal and Sarah Newlin having been left a like share by aformer will and since paid as their receipts will show.
I give unto my grand children to wit my son Robt. Holaday's son Henry,likewise Thomas Holaday's daughter Mary, likewise my daughter AbigailMcCracken's daughter Mary, likewise my son Henry Holaday's son Henry,likewise my daughter Mary Quakenbush's son Henry. Each of the abovenamed grandchildren the sum of twenty shillings.
I give unto my son Robert's son William, my Big Coat.
My will is that such of my estate as is not already bequeathed andnamed by equally divided between my four sons to wit: Samuel Holaday,Robert Holaday, William Holaday and Thomas Holaday these and thesealike both principle and interest to this date and the interestarising thereafter to go to my son Thomas for his trouble and expense.
Lastly, I constitute and appoint my son Thomas Holaday, my sole executor of this, my last will and testament and do hereby revoke,disallow, and disannul, all and every former testaments, wills andlegacies, bequests, executors by me in anywise before names willed orrequested, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my lastwill and testament in witness whereof I hath hereunto set my hand andseal this third day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousandeight hundred. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced. Signed Henry(his mark( Holaday (seal) and declared by the said Henry HoladaySenior, as his last will and testament, in the presence of us, and inthe presence of each other hath hereunto set our names.
Jacob Marshall Jr.
Issac Shugart
Test. Thomas Ragland C.C.
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Possible ancestry of Henry Holladay:
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Soc/soc.genealogy.medieval/2006-03/msg00885.html
ERNLE of Brembridge manor, Dilton, parish of Westbury [Leigh], Wiltshire, Thomas 2nd son of John Ernle, Esq., of Bourton manor, Bishop's Cannings, Wilts. and his wife, Mary, daughter of William Hyde, Esq., of Denchworth, Berks. (1562 Wiltshire Visitation)
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•From: [email protected] (Richard)
•Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:44:26 +0000 (UTC)
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My ancestor Thomas Ernle (b.ca 1544, d. 1595), gent., of Brembridge manor in
Dilton, parish of Westbury (Leigh), Wilts., was buried in Westbury parish
church on 3 Sept. 1595. His widow Bridget, daughter of Richard Franklin (of
where?) was buried there on 1 January 1610/11.
Their eldest son Thomas Ernle, of Brembridge, Coulston, Cricklade and
Whiteparish, Wiltshire was born ca 1574-1575 according to the Inquisition
post Mortem of his father Thomas.
Many of the baptisms of his siblings are recorded at Westbury parish church
from 1578-1589. His parents had 14 children in all as far as I can
determine. His father's 1595 PCC will is a veritable goldmine in this
regard.
They were
1. Winifred Ernle b. ca 1572 married Stephen WHITAKER
2. Katharine Ernle b.ca 1574 married 1592/93, Westbury, Anthony WEEKES
3. Thomas Ernle, of Coulston etc. b.ca 1574-1575, buried at Whiteparish,
Wilts. on 27 September 1639 (why I wonder?) (MY ANCESTOR)
4. Ann Ernle b. ca 1576
5. Edward Ernle, gent., of Bath, Somerset, b. ca 1577
6. Francis Ernle, gent., of St John Zachary, London, bt. 28 dec. 1578,
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