Pane-Joyce Genealogy

10837. Mary Holden. Born on 20 May 1680 in Groton, MA. Mary died in Charlestown, MA ca 1724.

Mary, also called Marah, Holden. Children of Jonathan and Mary (Holden) Foskett:
i. Jonathan Foskett, b. 12 Nov 1703;
ii. John Foskett, b. 1 Mar 1705/6;
iii. Mary Foskett, b. 2 Jun 1709, m. (int)16 Oct 1733 James Russell Jr. of Lexington; and
iv. Rachel Foskett, m. 1734 John Carter.155

9 Feb 1702/3 Mary married Jonathan Fosket, son of John Fosket (ca 1636-11 Jul 1689) & Elizabeth Leach, in Charlestown, MA.155 Born ca 1674. Jonathan was baptized in Charlestown, MA, on 1 Nov 1674.155 Jonathan died bef 1756.155

10838. Capt. James Holden. Born in 1685 in Massachusetts.155 James died in Rutland, MA in 1766.155 Occupation: Yeoman.

From The Holden Genealogy, pages 96–99:155
James Holden of Worcester, gentleman, and wife Hannah, and Charles Adams of Worcester, husbandman, sell their share in estate of deceased brother Aaron Adams to brother Thomas Adams of Worcester, for £160, 2 April, 1734.
James Holden was early left dependent upon his own resources. His father’s estate was small and could not have yielded much for the children. James Holden aged about fifteen, son of Justinian Holden, housewright, late of Cambridge, since of Woburn, deceased, chose his “loving kinsman John Williams ” of Cambridge, husbandman, his guardian, and this choice was allowed 17 March, 1700. This record is the only proof of his parentage.
John Williams was the son of Mary, daughter of Richard Holden, and therefore a cousin of James, but several years older, having been born in 1668. John Williams lived in Charlestown as late as 1722, but later was of Groton.
James Holden resided probably in both Charlestown and Cambridge before his removal to Worcester, where he acquired lands, and for many years his name either as grantee or grantor frequently appears in the Worcester Deeds. In March, 1707–8, a James Holden was discharged on parole by the Middlesex County Court, his offence not being stated. His name does not again occur in Middlesex County records, except on the occasion of a suit instituted by him to recover from John Stearns of Worcester on a bond of £25, dated 30 March, 1724. This case was tried in December, 1725, and Holden won his suit. He was then of Worcester, “yeoman.”
Lincoln in “History of Worcester,” says that more favorable prospects having opened in 1713, the proprietors, undiscouraged by former failure, attempted to rebuild the town. Their petition to the General Court for encouragement was granted, and in June, 1714, a report was presented which arranged for the adjustment of the claims of former settlers and other matters. By 1718 a number of settlements had been made, and that year a list of inhabitants who had accomplished the conditions of their grants was made up, which has unfortunately been lost.
It is known from a deed that James Holden lived in Worcester in 1716. 1 The fact that his last child recorded at Cambridge was baptized in November, 1711, indicates that he was one of the first to take up residence in Worcester under the reorganization of the settlement. He had an “original right” in the township.
He was chosen tythingman at the first town meeting held in Worcester, 1722, and served as selectman, 1725, 1729, 1730, 1733, and 1736.
The historian of Barre in the History of Worcester County, 1:256, writing of the early settlers says: “The earliest settler was Joshua Osgood, in 1726: a little later came two important and influential settlers from Worcester, Jothan Rice and James Holden. James Holden was evidently a man of character and weight, since he was one of the selectmen of Worcester before his removal to the ‘North- west Quarter.’ His descendants have been highly respectable. Josiah his son was father of James and Moses who were active and energetic citizens.”
Worcester County was established 2 April, 1731, out of parts of Middlesex, Suffolk, and Hampshire, the town of Worcester having previously been in Middlesex County. The name of James Holden is found on the list of the Grand Jury in 1732 and 1733 and as a juror in 1734.
James and Samuel Holden of Worcester were partners in a land grant of 1740.  In 1723 and the years immediately following, the inhabitants of Worcester, then embracing a much wider territory than now, suffered great apprehensions of Indian raids, and the selectmen for those years, of whom James Holden was one, were active in obtaining protection from the provincial authorities. Some idea of the situa- tion of the settlers in this vicinity may be had by reading Mr. F. E. Blake’s “Rutland and the Indian troubles of 1723-30.”
In a roll dated at Worcester, 16 Jan., 1747–8, signed by James Holden, is the record of his service from 28 April, 1747 until 26 October, 1747, as sergeant in command of a detachment doing duty at New Rutland. 1 The attestation and endorsement of this roll describes him as “Captain.” There is also the record of enlistment of James Holding 16 Dec., 1747, serving until 9 March, 1747-8, as centinel in company of Captain Phineas Stevens, posted at No. 4 (Charlestown, N. H.). Probably this latter record relates to James Holden of Framingham.

From the Adams genealogy, page 960:390
James removed after the first two children were bom, to Worcester, and later to Barre, Mass. He was one of the selectmen of Worcester, and an important citizen of Barre.

Will: From The Holden Genealogy, page 99:155
James Holden is styled “Capt. ” and “of Rutland District, gentleman.” His will dated “1763,” presented 3 Dec., 1766, was allowed 23 Dec., 1766, at Worcester. He gave to his wife Hannah all house- hold goods and west end of his dwelling house for life, as well as the profits of his messuage, ploughing land, mowing land, etc.
To grandson John Holden, only surviving son of eldest son, James Holden, deceased, 10 shillings which, with what his father had, to be his share; to grandson Jeduthan Holden, eldest son of son Daniel Holden, deceased, £1-10, and to the other children of said son Daniel Holden, viz: — Rachel, Daniel, Martha, Katherine, Nathan, James, each 10 shillings, as they come to age, —their father having had his portion.
To son Josiah Holden, £10-13-4, he having had part of his portion.
To son Thomas Holden, £15.  To daughter Mary, wife of Israel Green, £10-13-4, and to daughter
Abigail, wife of Josiah Bacon, £10-13-4, they having had part of their portion.
To son Aaron Holden, all the real estate, viz: —the half part of the farm on which the testator now dwells, 55 acres more or less (the other half formerly conveyed to said Aaron Holden, by deed of gift) and half of buildings, etc. The testator’s wife to have one-half the produce during her life, and Aaron is ordered to till the land and deliver her share to her. Aaron Holden is named executor.
Agreement to will is signed by Hannah Holden, Josiah Bacon, Israel Green, Jeduthan Holden.
Inventory: real estate £200; personal estate small.
Administration was granted on the estate of Hannah Holden, widow, to Aaron Holden, who gave bond, with John Black and Benony Shurtleff, all of Rutland, 19 August, 1769.

James first married Mary.

17 Feb 1708/9 James second married Hannah Adams (30484) , daughter of John Adams (33372) (1 May 1655-ca 1733/1736) & Hannah Bent (13253) (6 May 1661-bef 1706), in Charlestown, MA.155 Born 14 Feb 1687/8 in Sudbury, MA.70 Hannah died in Barre, MA on 18 Jul 1789.

James and Hannah were both of Cambridge when they married in Charlestown.155

Their children include:

26943i.

Hannah Holden (Died unmarried) (ca 1709-23 Feb 1729/30)

26944ii.

Dea. James Holden (2 Aug 1711-1741)

26945iii.

Sergt. Daniel Holden (7 Oct 1713-Oct 1755)

26946iv.

Mary Holden (11 Feb 1719-)

26947v.

Capt. Josiah Holden (24 Jul 1721-2 Jan 1777)

26948vi.

Thomas Holden (26 Oct 1723-aft 1790)

26949vii.

Abigail Holden (5 May 1726-8 Mar 1814)

26950viii.

Keziah Holden (15 Aug 1729-bef 1763)

26951ix.

Capt. Aaron Holden (26 Jan 1731/2-30 Sep 1802)

10839. Daniel Holden. Born on 11 Jul 1688 in Groton, MA.155

10840. Ebenezer Holden. Born on 11 May 1690 in Woburn, MA.124 Ebenezer died in 1756.155

Ebenezer died in the army, probably at Fort Edward.155

From The Holden Genealogy, page 100–101:155
Ebenezer Holden was described as “of Charlestown” at the time of his marriage. He was one of the Massachusetts men attracted to the new townships opened to settlement in eastern Connecticut, and lived in both Lebanon and Windham, but returned to Massachusetts, and in 1740 was described as “of Kingsfield, in the county of Hampshire.” On the 7 March, 1740-1, he was living on “Mr. Read’s farm, Hampshire county,” and on the 16 Jan., following, describing himself as of Hardwick, blacksmith, sold as “heir,” one third of the grant by Watertown to Samuel Freeman in 1640, being 35 acres of upland, a great divident in the second division and 27th lot.  On the 5 Oct., 1744, an execution was issued in favor of Joseph Brooks of Ware River, against Ebenezer Holden “of a place called Bedford.”
Soon after 1713 the Province of Connecticut transferred to John Read, at less than a farthing an acre ten thousand acres in the western portion of what is now Ware. These were part of the Equiva- lent lands granted Connecticut in return for abandoning claims to certain towns on the Connecticut, including Enfield and Suffield, now, however, part of that state. About 1725 a settlement was made at what was afterward designated as Lambstown (1732), and incorporated in 1738 as Hardwick. Read’s farm was in part the northern boundary of the territory set off as Palmer. Prior to 1740 the number of settlers in this territory was few, their means of communication slight, nor were they capable of supporting independent church and town government. Records are therefore scanty. Ebenezer Holden probably settled upon the ten thousand acre tract of Read, and for purpose of identification was styled of Hardwick, though he seems to have had no connection with that town. Probably in 1742 or 1743 he settled in the District of Bedford, seventeen miles southwest of Springfield, incorporated as Granville in 1754, where the first settlement seems to have been made about 1735.
There is a return dated 20 Dec., 1750, by a committee representing the proprietors, in compliance with the act passed 20 June, 1750, of persons admitted inhabitants in the District of Bedford. The return lists seventy-six, of whom the first was Rev. Moses Tuttle, the second Mr. Daniel Brown, the seventh Ebenezer Holden, the nineteenth Ebenezer Holden, Jr.
The name of Ebenezer Holden, appears on the pay roll of a company commanded by Captain Thomas Cheney, in the regiment commanded by General Dwight, raised in Massachusetts in 1746, for the expedition against Canada, which was dismissed 31 Oct., 1747.
Ebenezer Holden of Westfield enlisted as private 22 April, 1756, and served until 1 Oct., 1756, in company commanded by Captain John Mosely in the Crown Point expedition. Entered as “aged 56, born in Oborn (i.e. Woburn), residence Granvale,” joined from Captain Ashley’s company, Colonel John Worthanton’s regiment, from town of Granvale. In camp at Fort Edward 26 July, 1756, “took Handel’s place,” allowed 10 days travel and fifteen days subsistence while making up roll, and is charged 12 shillings for his gun. Also allowed 9 shillings, 6 pence for subsistence from Westfield, 95 miles. His name appears on a roll of Captain Mosely’s company, Colonel Joseph Dwight’s regiment, dated 11 Oct., 1756, at Fort William Henry with the word “dead” against it.
The age of Ebenezer Holden in the above enlistment roll is given as 56 years (he was actually 66 years of age), but as there is no other Ebenezer contemporary with the son of Justinian; and as Ebenezer son of Justinian is the only one of that name known to have been born in Woburn, there is no doubt as to the identity of the soldier.

5 Feb 1712/3 Ebenezer married Elizabeth Reed (10888) , daughter of John Reed (11593) (ca 1660-3 Mar 1733) & Elizabeth Holden (3627) (ca 1662-1703), in Cambridge, MA.155 Born on 25 Feb 1690 in Woburn, MA.124

Ebenezer and Elizabeth were first cousins; his father and her mother were siblings.

From The Holden Genealogy, page 99–100:155
“Elizabeth Holden with her two children” at the house of Ralph Reed,warnedbyselectmenofWoburn,4Aug.,1719. The constable endorsed the writ; “She informed me she came from Lebanon, and is an inhabitant there, and came to Woburn in June, last.” Elizabeth Holden from Windham in May last warned from Woburn, 29 Aug., 1727. The church manual of the church at Windham lists among the members there prior to 1725, “Elizabeth Holden.

Their children include:

26952i.

Ebenezer Holden (ca 1713-1780)

26953ii.

Elizabeth Holden (ca 1719-)

26954iii.

Dr. Jabez Holden (7 Sep 1721-24 Feb 1798)

26955iv.

William Holden (5 Sep 1723-)

26956v.

Benjamin Holden (Twin) (5 May 1725-)

26957vi.

Joseph Holden (Twin, died young) (5 May 1725-)

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