On 20 Apr 1758 when Anna was 19, she married Capt. Aaron Holden (26951) , son of Capt. James Holden (10838) (1685-1766) & Hannah Adams (30484) (14 Feb 1687/8-18 Jul 1789), in Barre, MA.155 Born 26 Jan 1731/2 in Worcester, MA.155 Aaron died in Barre, MA on 30 Sep 1802.155

From The Holden Genealogy, pages 149–151:155
    Aaron Holden enlisted 10 April, 1755, and served until 11 Dec., 1755, as centinel in company commanded by Captain Solomon Keyes (succeeded by Captain John Stebbins, 9 September), in the Crown Point expedition. In 1757 he was a member of the company commanded by Captain James Caldwell, Colonel Ruggles’s regiment, and marched on the alarm of 9 August for the relief of Fort William Henry, as far as Canterhook. He was credited with 18 days service and 240 miles travel.
    Although his name is not found on any of the lists of those who marched on the alarm of the 19 April, 1775, nor of any organization until after the battle of Bunker Hill, yet he was in the service at that time and participated in the fight. It is a family tradition that the head of his sword was knocked off by a British bullet during the retreat from the Hill, and that he picked it up, and brought it away with him. This relic remained in the family for many years. The tradition is confirmed by a claim made by him against the state for loss of a sword at Bunker Hill, mentioned in the printed Massachu- setts Revolutionary Rolls.
    He is named as sergeant of the main guard under Colonel Laommi Baldwin at Prospect Hill, 16 July, 1775, and in the following October appears on the muster roll of the company commanded by Captain Black in Brewer’s regiment, where it appears he enlisted 20 April in that company. He was commissioned second lieutenant, 1 Jan., 1776, of company commanded by Captain Aaron Haynes, Whitcomb’s regiment, and was in camp at Ticonderoga 27 Nov., 1776. On the 31 Dec., 1776, he was transferred to Captain Reid’s company in Colonel Ichabod Alden’s regiment, with rank of first lieutenant, commission to date from 14 Nov., 1776. He was with the regiment when it was ordered to Cherry Valley, N. Y., to protect the frontier from the raids by Indians and Tories, and was captured when the garrison was surprised and overpowered, 11 Nov., 1778, at which time many of the inhabitants and soldiers were massacred. He was taken to Canada and remained a prisoner of war until October or November, 1781, although he appears to have been released to visit his home, perhaps in 1780. He was reported entitled to promotion 9 Sept., 1780, and was commissioned captain 16 September in Lieut. Colonel Brook’s (7th) regiment.
    Aaron Holden had a gift from his father of one-half the latter’s farm in Barre, on which the father dwelt, 5 July, 1756. The remaining half had been deeded to Thomas. He purchased of Colonel John Murray about 152 acres, with buildings thereon, being lot 53 in New Rutland, 9 Dec., 1761.
    On the 22 Oct., 1781, the Selectmen of Barre petitioned the General Court to take measures toward his release “now a prisoner of war in Canada.” The 1 Nov., 1782, a resolve of the General Court directed a supply of cloth and other clothing to be delivered to Captain Aaron Holden, and ten days later he petitioned for payment of note given him for his services.
    His grandson, Eli T. Holden, recorded his recollections of what his grandfather had told him of his army life and captivity. A copy of this statement appeared in the Leominster Gazette of 18 Sept., 1908, part of an article entitled “Captain Aaron Holden’s Tardy Recognition,” telling of the erection of a stone to his memory by his descendants William Holden of Leominster and Fred G. Holden of Boston. The memorial stands in the old Caldwell cemetery a mile and a half southeast of Barre village. The following is extracted from the above mentioned article:
        Aaron Holden was a member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, and his original receipt reads as follows:
        Boston, March 10, 1784.
        Rec’d of Captain Aaron Holden one month’s pay to be appropriated to the establishment of a Fund agreeable to the institution of the Society of the Cincinnati.
        Henry Jackson Treasurer
        Mass’ts Society
    This receipt was in the possession of a descendant, Rufus B. Holden, at Barre, in 1896.
    He was one of the Minutemen, obligated to go at a minute’s notice. At the time he was called to Bunker Hill his eight-years-old boy, Elijah, was sick and not expected to live. Before starting, he went into the room where his son lay and bade him good-bye, having his little squirrel gun in his hand.
    He told me about the battle. He stated that he had a good many shots at the enemy, and took as good aim as he ever did when shooting squirrels. He did not know that he killed a man; but once, when he fired, the man he aimed at fell.
    He' said they were not permitted to fire till the enemy were so near they could see the whites of their eyes, and, when they did fire, the white stockings flew up as the men fell backward.
    When on the retreat a ball struck his sword, or sidearm (he was a sergeant), so that about half the ball hit the scabbard and half the hilt of the sword, and jarred off the head, a brass eagle, which he picked up and carried home. He made application, with others, for payment for “my Loss on Bunker hill” which was allowed and paid.
    Following is a copy of an order found now with the Revolutionary Records of the State:
        To Henry Gardner Esq Tres Sir pleas To pay to the Barrer Here
        of John Mason the money the Court allowed me for my Loss on
        Bunker hill and his Receit shall Be your Discharg from me.
        Watertown June y 21 1776 — Aaron Holden
    He was at Cherry Valley, N. Y., under Col. Ichabod Alden, at the time of the terrible Indian massacre, Nov. 11, 1778, and was captured by the Indians.
    I do not know the particulars of the fight, but the American soldiers were terribly cut up, and grandfather ran into a building with the determination of defending himself till death. As he ran in, a shower of bullets came spattering after him, but did not hit him. He soon changed his mind and, clubbing (reversing) his gun, ran out and cried for quarter. A big Indian took him and claimed him as his own. I think he was a chief. I do not know that they took other prisoners, but think they did. You wonder why they took grandfather prisoner? Probably because a live prisoner would bring more than a scalp. The British paid $8.00 for scalps.
 The Indians with their prisoners started on the journey to Buffalo to sell the prisoners and scalps. They had a long, tedious journey and many rivers to ford, as there were no bridges. One time, when they were going through a river, grandfather was nearly swamped. The water was up to his waist, and he was carrying the camp kettle, which was a bad thing to carry, and he said to the old chief, “You’ll lose Yankee.” The Indian replied, “Take hold my blanket.” So he made a grab and caught hold of his belt, which was better, and he was saved. He marched behind the old Indian, and he knew several of the scalps that were on his string, his late comrades’, and one in particular, a red-haired scalp, his bunk mate’s.
    At one time they had gone three days without any kind of food; they came where there were some cattle, and it was not long before he was handed some roasted tripe. He did not know but that it had been rinsed, but nothing more, but it tasted as good as anything he ever ate. One time he had a biscuit. He did not want to eat it then, so he broke off the tip of a small tree, and stuck the biscuit on it, but when he wanted it, it was not there. He asked what became of it. The answer was, “Me don’t know; hoss eat, s’pose.” Finally they reached Buffalo and called on the commander of the British forces, when the Indian said, “We bring you some Bostonian meat — some dry, some green.” So the British bought both dry and green.
    Grandfather was taken to Montreal and kept there eighteen months in close confinement, then let out on parole and came home, but was never exchanged. I think he must have been at home when he was appointed Captain and, as he was not exchanged, he could not enter active service again,