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Deacon William Holton

Male - 1691


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  • Name Deacon William Holton 
    Birth of Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 Aug 1691  Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I18222  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2023 

    Family Mary   d. 16 Nov 1691, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Rachel Holton,   b. Abt 1650, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F11127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • It is unclear when he arrived at Hartford, but his name is on the Founders Monument there. Robert Charles Anderson rejects the idea that he was the William Holton who arrived on the Francis in 1634. He removed to Northampton in 1654.

      He is said by some to have been the William Holton who was baptised at St. Mary's, Holton, Suffolk, 20 Oct 1610, son of Edward Holton, but this seems not to be universally accepted.

  • Sources 
    1. [S491] Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation, edited by William Richard Cutter. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912.

    2. [S2066] The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass. by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight. Albany, New York: Joel Munsell, 1871.

    3. [S978] American Ancestors and Cousins of the Princess of Wales by Gary Boyd Roberts and William Addams Reitwiesner. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1984.