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Deacon William Holton
- 1691-
Name Deacon William Holton Born of Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
[1, 2] Gender Male Died 12 Aug 1691 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts [3] Person ID I18222 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB Last Modified 14 Nov 2020
Family Mary, d. 16 Nov 1691, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Children + 1. Rachel Holton, b. Abt 1650, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Last Modified 5 Apr 2020 Family ID F11127 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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.
- 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.
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Sources - [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.
- [S2066] The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass. by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight. Albany, New York: Joel Munsell, 1871.
- [S978] American Ancestors and Cousins of the Princess of Wales by Gary Boyd Roberts and William Addams Reitwiesner. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1984.
- [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.