John Holloway II (1737 - bef. 1789)

Born 8 Aug 1737 in Somerset Co., Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Long) Holloway — married 1768 in Somerset Co MD, Coventry Parish

Died before 5 Mar 1789 before age 51 in Worcester, Maryland, United States

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Biography

John Holloway was born 8 Aug 1736 in Somerset County, Maryland , son of John Holloway and Frances Bradford. ^[1]

He served in the Revolutionary War for the state of Maryland. ^[2]

He married Rachel Long in Worcester Maryland about 1765.^[3]

He named 5 children in his will written on 1 April 1787 in Worcester County Maryland. He died before it's probate on 5 March 1789. "Will of John Holloway. To John Schoolfield, 100 acres of Friend's Assistance. To daughters Eby Holloway and Mary Holloway. To sons David Holloway, John Holloway, Icried Holloway. Armwell Long and John Dennis, the Execs.. Wit; John Tull, John Walter, who is now deceased, Samuel Davis, who is now deceased." EX Armwell Long was the brother of John's wife Rachel. She was not mentioned in his will and Armwell refused its administration (reason unclear). It is also unclear if Rachel died before John wrote his will.

Research Notes

Confusion reigns about the suffixes used to identify the early John Holloways of Somerset County (later Worcester), Maryland and Sussex County, Delaware. Identification is best made by birth date and/or parentage.

Sources

1. ↑ Register of St. Martin's Church Parish (Episcopal), Worcester County, Maryland, 1722-1839., p. 8.
2. ↑ U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; N .
3. ↑ Holloway, Bessie Gibbes Cheatham, Holloways of the Eastern Shore and Descendants Near and Far...Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1985, pp. 163,171+