Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Justinian Holden (1490) & Mary Rutter (13221)
3726. Samuel Holden. Born on 28 Apr 1674 in Cambridge, MA.155 Samuel died in Cambridge, MA in 1726.155

From the Holden Genealogy, pages 85–88:155
 Susanna was admitted to full communion in Cambridge church 10 May, 1724, and her husband 15 March, 1723-4.3 Samuel had owned the covenant at Watertown 8 Oct., 1699. Expenses for the burial of both Samuel and Susanna Holden were charged by the administrator of the estate, 1 April, 1728.
    Samuel Holden lived upon the 66-acre tract, part of the homestead bequeathed him by his father. He added 14 acres by purchase. His situation identified him more with Watertown than Cambridge people, and he attended the Watertown church, where his children were baptized, though late in life both he and wife were admitted to full communion with the Cambridge church. He with his brothers Joseph and Isaac are among those contributing to a fund to buy additional ministerial lands, 29 May, 1711, in Watertown.
    Administration on his estate was granted 9 Jan., 1726-7, to Benjamin Clarke of Watertown, husband of his eldest child. The inventory disclosed a value of £978, including 81 acres land. Clarke and his brother-inlaw",J ohn Stratton, occupied the farm for two years. On 20 Feb., 1729-30, administration de bonis non was granted to Joseph Holden on petition of John Stratton, in behalf of his wife Mercy, Lydia Clarke, Susanna Holden, Mary Holden, and the guardians of Abigail, William, and Phineas Holden. Later these heirs sold the homestead to Henry Prentice for £1000. William Holden’s receipt to his brother Joseph, who was his guardian, dated 16 April, 1734, was for £257-18-0. It was witnessed by “Abigail Holden.”
Ca 1697 Samuel married Susanna Shattuck, daughter of William Shattuck (ca 1653-19 Oct 1732) & Susannah Randall (ca 1657-8 May 1723). Born 1 Mar 1681/2 in Watertown, MA. Susanna died in Cambridge, MA on 1 Apr 1728.
Their children include:
11111i.
Lydia Holden (ca 1697-)
11112ii.
Susanna Holden (ca 1699-)
11113iii.
Samuel Holden (Died unmarried) (29 Sep 1701-13 Sep 1723)
11114iv.
Mercy Holden (26 Mar 1704-)
11115v.
Mary Holden (ca 1707-)
11116vi.
Abigail Holden (30 May 1710-)
11117vii.
Dr. William Holden (4 Mar 1712/3-30 Mar 1776)
11118viii.
Phineas Holden (12 May 1715-1791)
3727. John Holden. Born on 18 Jul 1675 in Cambridge, MA.155 John died ca 1767.155

From the Holden Genealogy, page 89:155
    John Holden sold his land in Watertown and bought land in Weston in 1709, where he lived until 1714 or 1715 when he removed to Sudbury, and the following year purchased a farm in the southerly part of Concord and removed thither. He bought of Benjamin Barron 2 acres at the junction of two roads, having on it a house, shop and barn, and in 1723 was conducting an inn at that place, in which by 1733 he was joined by his son John, to whom he conveyed half the property, and in 1723 the other half to his son Daniel. He was styled innholder in 1735, but yeoman in 1736. He would appear to have conveyed all his real estate to his sons, although the conveyance of his farm does not appear of record. He was living in Concord in 1757, but after he surrendered the inn to his son’s management very little is known of him.
On 7 Nov 1699 when John was 24, he married Grace Jennison (24819) , daughter of Ens. Samuel Jennison (15 Oct 1642-15 Oct 1701) & Judith Newcomb (9647) (16 Jan 1645/6-1 Mar 1722/3), in Watertown, MA.155 Born on 11 Feb 1678 in Watertown, MA.30 Grace died in Concord, MA, on 7 Jan 1757; she was 78.155

Grace was dismissed from the church at East End of Watertown to tht of Weston in Jan 1709/10.155
Their children include:
11119i.
John Holden (5 Jun 1700-ca 1757)
11120ii.
Daniel Holden (3 Apr 1702-7 Nov 1782)
11121iii.
Peter Holden (1 Feb 1704/5-aft 1790)
11122iv.
Grace Holden (Died young) (3 Jul 1707-8 Mar 1724/5)
11123v.
Elizabeth Holden (29 Jul 1709-)
11124vi.
Josiah Holden (29 Jan 1711/2-2 Jan 1800)
11125vii.
Judah Holden (5 May 1715-)
11126viii.
Eunice Holden (5 Sep 1717-)
11127ix.
Mary Holden (20 Mar 1718/9-)
11128x.
Ens. Jonas Holden (8 Jul 1721-aft Jan 1794)
11129xi.
Abigail Holden (Died soon) (7 Nov 1723-27 Feb 1723/4 )
3728. Isaac Holden. Born on 28 May 1677 in Cambridge, MA. Isaac died in Cambridge, MA, on 8 Mar 1772; he was 94. Occupation: Husbandman.

From the Holden Genealogy, pages 89–90:155
    The family record left by Abner Holden says of Isaac: “He inherited the westerly part of his honored father’s estate. In early life he was a soldier in the Indian War at Old Saco, and after his return was married. ” When the second parish of Cambridge, known as Menotomy (now Arlington), was set. off 27 Dec., 1732, the north- western corner of his orchard formed one of the bounds.
    He was a farmer, and in his will dated 21 Sept., 1765, proved 7 April, 1772, he described himself as a “husbandman. ” To the heirs of his son Isaac he gave £33, and the same to the heirs of son Justinian. The residue he gave to son Henry, whom he named executor. His estate was represented only by a debt of £189 due
from Henry.
In 1703 Isaac married Joanna Shattuck, daughter of William Shattuck (ca 1653-19 Oct 1732) & Susannah Randall (ca 1657-8 May 1723).155 Born ca 1679 in Watertown, MA.
Their children include:
11130i.
Isaac Holden (12 Nov 1703-ca 1758)
11131ii.
Henry Holden (ca 1705-ca 1778)
11132iii.
Joanna Holden (Died unmarried) (ca 1708-28 Feb 1728)
11133iv.
Justinian Holden (ca 1715-1756)
11134v.
Tabitha Holden (Died soon) (1716-1716)
3729. Mary Holden. Born 21 Mar 1678/9 in Cambridge, MA.155

Mary may have married Samuel Ward of Marlbor, b. Mar 1678, son of Samuel & Sarah (Howe) Ward.155
3730. Grace Holden. Born on 13 Aug 1681 in Cambridge, MA.155 Grace died in Watertown, MA, on 8 Nov 1714; she was 33.155
On 17 Dec 1713 when Grace was 32, she married Benjamin Eddy, son of Samuel Eddy (30 Sep 1640-22 Nov 1711) & Sarah Mead (4 Nov 1643-), in Watertown, MA.155 Born on 16 Sep 1673 in Watertown, MA.155 Benjamin died in Oxford, MA, on 19 Dec 1729; he was 56.155
Their children include:
11135i.
Grace Eddy (24 Oct 1714-)
3731. Dea. Joseph Holden. Born on 6 Sep 1683 in Cambridge, MA.155 Joseph died in Westminster, MA, on 30 Nov 1768; he was 85.155

Joseph first married Abigail Shattuck, second Elizabeth (Dickson) Russell, widow of Hubbard Russell.

From the Holden Genealogy, pages 92–95:155
    Joseph Holden of Cambridge was appointed guardian of his children, Joseph, Stephen, Abigail, and Abner in 1732.
    Joseph Holden was admitted to full communion with the church in the east end of Watertown, 3 Oct., 1725, and his wife Abigail, 5 Dec., 1725. From this time he took an active part in the affairs of the parish and church, being assessor, member of seating committee, etc. In 1732 he was chosen constable of Watertown. In 1705 he recovered at law a legacy of £20 left him by will of Joseph Rutter of Sudbury, who is described in Holden’s complaint as the brother of his mother, the wife of Justinian Holden. In 1728 the General Court granted to the survivors of the Narragansett fight or their representatives, two townships, one being Narragansett No. 2, later Westminster. Abner Holden has told of his father’s experiences in a relation which has come down to us:
    “And now I am arrived again to treat of my Hon’d father, Joseph Holden, youngest son of Justinian Holden, who was borne at Cambridge in the year one thousand six hundred and eighty-three and was left without a father at the age of about four years, and before he obtained the least degree of knowledge or the smallest advantage of intruction from him, in an age when the country was new and unimproved and learning as new as the country, scarcely any schools established in towns and the means for obtaining knowledge but very indifferent, and he as it were, left to be his own director in life; yet, however, through the smiles of Divine Providence with his own industry and that without the help of schools he obtained a degree of learning far beyond what is called common learning both in reading, writing and astronomy. In early life he was called into the service of his country as a soldier against the Indian enemy and after the return of peace he settled in the town of Watertown on a part of the farm of his Hond father, and inter- married with Abigail Shattuck, daughter of William Shattuck and sister of Hannah and Susannah Shattuck, wives of his brothers Samuel and Isaac Holden, by whom he had four sons by the names of Joseph, Stephen, Abner and Jonathan Holden, and one daughter by the name of Abigail Holden; but before I particularize his family I shall endeavour a further description of him as to his features, manners, sentiments, temper, and disposition; and first as to his features, he was tall and slim-bodied and straight made, his face rather long, his eyes of a bright countenance rather inclined to a gray, his nose slim but not long, his chin rather sharp, his shoulders, arms and body well proportioned, very erect and straight when he walked, his speech in early life loud and distinct, was not very robust but a tolerable good constitution, temperate in his diet, civil in his deportment, free in his conversation, modest and reserved in his behaviour, and as to his sentiments in religious matters he was very catholic and charitable, far from that big- otry which very much governed our ancestors who first settled this country.
    He supposed that the satisfaction of Christ’s sufferings and death on the cross was sufficient to purchase life for the whole human race, and that the offers of life and pardon extended to all under the light of the gospel, and that not the hidden purposes of God but willful neglect of the sinner, can bar the sinner from the blessedness of the pardoned man.
    After his family just began to make their appearance in the would and before any of them had arrived to years of discretion, his beloved wife was called out of this, into the world of spirits, and he left a widower with a family of small children, and very soon after her death, his youngest son, Jonathan Holden, deceased, being about three or four years of age. He, finding himself alone, conceived it his duty and interest to seek another consort, and within about one year after the death of his first wife he married with a widow, Elizabeth Russell, by whom he had one daughter, by the name of Elizabeth Holden.
    Having but an indifferent farm, no wise sufficient to settle any of his sons, he formed the design of selling his interest in Watertown and purchasing land in the country sufficient to settle all his family around him, which he put in execution, having previous thereto joined the Narragansett Company in the right of his father Shattuck, who served in the war against the Narragansett Indians, in the early settlement of the country, and having obtained a grant (with others) of a township called Narragansett No. 2, formed a resolution of being the first settler in that new inhospitable wilderness. He sold all his interest, and gathered all his small substance and family together and on the 13th day of June, 1737, left Watertown, and on the 14th came to Lancaster, left his wife and young daughter, and myself, there for the summer, and he and my brother Joseph went forward to the new settlement and began to build a house; my brother Stephen soon followed and in the fall we all moved into the town; and a howling wilderness it was, where no man dwelt; the surrounding forest, the hideous yell of wolves and shriek of owls, gobbling of turkies, and barking of foxes, was all the music we enjoyed; no friend to visit, no chant of musick was here to be found, no soul in the surrounding towns, all a dreary waste exposed to a thousand difficulties, no meeting house or minister, no mills or neighbours nearer than Crown Point or Canada; here with courage and magnanimity of mind he took up his abode for life.
    The first of his care in a public line was the settlement of the gospel and building a meeting house; being a proprietary it was attended with very peculiar difficulties, but with much and great attention and frequent application to the proprietors, in about two years a meeting house was erected and the outside finished, and on the 6 day of June,1739, at a public meeting of the proprietors in the township, it was dedicated and the sermon was preached by one Mr. Isaac Richardson, then of Woburn, from these words, viz.: the glory of the latter house shall be greater than the glory of the former house saith the Lord of Hosts and in this place will I give peace saith the Lord of Hosts.
    After the meeting house was built the settlers began to come in, and in the year 1742 we settled the Rev’d Elisha Marsh in the work of the gospel ministry, and began to multiply, but soon war broke out between England and France, which greatly discouraged and retarded the settlement of the township. The Indians made havoc and war upon the new settlements, killed and captured some of the inhabitants in the western towns, drove off others and the General Court ordered forts to be built in this plantation. Ten forts were built and part of the inhabitants were put under pay as a town scout, and guard soldiers were stationed here, and the Indians were amongst us and attempted to captivate one William Bowman, but he made his escape. Thus surrounded with difficulties and discouragements the plantation multiplied but slowly till the return of peace, after which the town began to flourish.
    After the ordination of Mr. Marsh the Church proceeded to organize itself with officers and chose my Hon^d Father the first and Joseph Miller the second Deacons, who served in said offices till their deaths put an end to their services.
    My Hon^d Father advancing in age became unable to labor either for his own, or family’s support, and his two eldest sons having settlements of their own, it became necessary that one of his sons should come forward to his assistance, and I, the writer of these lines, not having any settlement of my own, and he, desirous of my coming onto his farm, finally concluded to undertake with him, tho’ attended with some very disagreeable circumstances which are not necessary to mention.
    I continued with him seven years in a single life, till I was twenty-eight years old. My father’s increasing years, with the increasing infirmity of body, finally put an end to his life on the 30th day of November in the evening in the year A. D., 1768, and that without any other sickness than natural decline of life. He left the world without a single struggle or groan, and we most heartily to mourn his loss which I believe was his gain.”
    Heyward, the historian of Westminster, considered Joseph Holden “for some time the most active, influential, and important inhabitant of the township. By him were its primary features largely shaped, and to him, more than any other, was the success attending its founding and early growth due. ... He was often called upon to represent the resident proprietors on important occasions at Boston and elsewhere, and was repeatedly elected to positions of responsibility and trust. When the church was founded he was chosen the first deacon ... a man whose character was above reproach, and whose reputation was without a stain.”
    The Boston Chronicle of 30 Jan., 1769, notes his death and that his family was the second family which moved into Westminster, and that he left “one brother alive, above 90 years old; his oldest brother died about two years since, about 91 years old; and his “youngest sister died about a year since, above 80 years old.
    Administration on the estate of Joseph Holden was granted 13 March, 1769, to Stephen Holden of Westminster, the widow Elizabeth having declined administration 9 March. The inventory disclosed a total estate of £282-12-4, of which £247 was real estate consisting of a house and thirty acres land, east end of barn and one-half the house lot, except one acre; valued at £190; one quarter of a saw-mill £20; five acres on Brattles’ stream, £2; one half right No. 53, except the house lot, £35-14-4. The interest in the saw-mill and part of the house lot (26 acres) and one half a second division of lot 6 (30 acres) and 15 acres of the third division of lot 3 was sold to Abner Holden.
    There are numerous deeds of record in Middlesex and Worcester to which Joseph Holden was a party. The following conveyances are of especial interest:
    Joseph Holden of Watertown, husbandman, for £30 current money of the Province, to Isaac Holden of Cambridge, husbandman, 6 acres more or less, part of the Holden farm in Cambridge, bounded west by land of said Joseph Holden, north by Samuel Holden, east and south by Isaac Holden, 18 Dec., 1712.
    Joseph Holden of Watertown, yeoman, for £25 to William Shattuck, Jr., of Watertown, weaver, 5 acres in Cambridge, bounded easterly by a brook leading out of Fresh Pond, west by meadow of Isaac Holden, northerly by meadow of said Joseph Holden, and south by meadow of Solomon Prentice. Wife Abigail. 31 Dec., 1716.
    Joseph Holden of Watertown, yeoman, for £52, to Isaac Holden of Cambridge, yeoman, 10 acres meadow, formerly his father Justinian Holden’s bounds on brook, lands of Stratton, Prentice, etc. 25 March, 1719.
    Joseph Holden of Watertown, yeoman, to Henry Prentice of Cambridge, yeoman, for £800, 40 acres, partly in Watertown and partly in Cambridge, bounded northerly on said Henry Prentice, westerly on a highway and land in possession of Martha Coolledge, southerly on a highway and land of Martha Coolledge, and every other way by Fresh Pond, so called —also 20 acres in Cambridge, bounded northerly by Nathaniel Cooledge and Capt. Ephraim Frost, westerly and southerly by Isaac Holden and a high- way near Watertown line, and easterly on said Isaac Holden, also 5 acres in Cambridge, bounded north by a brook, westerly by John Cooledge, southerly by Isaac Holden, and easterly by Henry Holden — also 1 acre in Cambridge, bounded northerly by Widow Stratton, westerly by Pout Pond, southerly by said Henry Prentice, easterly by Ebenezer Chenery, with all buildings on either of them, also Cow Commons or right in undivided land in Watertown. 23 Dec., 1735. Wife Elizabeth releases dower.
17 Feb 1714/5 Joseph first married Abigail Shattuck, daughter of William Shattuck (ca 1653-19 Oct 1732) & Susannah Randall (ca 1657-8 May 1723), in Watertown, MA.155 Born ca 1692 in Watertown, MA. Abigail was baptized in Watertown, MA, on 24 Jul 1698. Abigail died in Watertown, MA Spring 1728.155
Their children include:
11136i.
Joseph Holden (Died unmarried) (31 Jan 1715/6-14 Sep 1774)
11137ii.
Stephen Holden (21 Oct 1717-15 Sep 1794)
11138iii.
Abigail Holden (19 Oct 1719-5 Aug 1775)
11139iv.
Abner Holden (Died soon) (6 May 1721-)
11140v.
Abner Holden (2 Nov 1722-22 Oct 1805)
11141vi.
Jonathan Holden (Died young) (6 Jun 1725-bef 1732)
On 11 Jun 1729 when Joseph was 45, he second married Elizabeth Dickson, daughter of John Dickson (21 Mar 1654/5-22 Mar 1736) & Margery Winship (11 Dec 1664-6 Oct 1734), in Watertown, MA.155 Born ca 1690 in Cambridge, MA. Elizabeth was baptized in Cambridge, MA, on 24 Jul 1698. Elizabeth died in Westminster, MA in 1784.155

Elizabeth first married Hubbard Russell, second Joseph Holden as his second wife.
Their children include:
11142i.
Elizabeth Holden (ca 1730-14 Dec 1756)
3732. Elizabeth Holden. Born on 6 May 1686 in Cambridge, MA.155 Elizabeth was baptized in Watertown, MA, on 24 Oct 1686.155 Elizabeth died in 1767.155
On 30 May 1728 when Elizabeth was 42, she married Henry Goddin, son of William Goddin & Mary Pease, in Watertown, MA.155 Born on 28 Oct 1704.155 Henry died in 1759.155
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