NEHEMIAH HOLT, b. at Andover, 25 Dec 1767 son of Jacob Holt and Rhoda Abbott;[1] d. at Bethel, ME, 25 Mar 1846;[2][3] m. at Andover, 24 Jan 1793,[4] ABIGAIL TWIST, b. about 1771; Abigail d. at Bethel, 31 Jan 1853 at age 82.[5][6]
Durrie’s Holt genealogy reports that Abigail’s father was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill.[7]
Nehemiah Holt and Abigail Twist were parents of fifteen children.[8] The births of the first twelve children are recorded at Albany, Maine which is now an unorganized area of Oxford County. The family was recorded in Bethel 1810 with a household of thirteen including ten children under age 16.[9] After Nehemiah’s death, Abigail lived with her son Daniel and his family.[10]
i OSGOOD DAMMON HOLT, b. at Albany, ME, 6 May 1794; d. at Andover, MA, 5 Mar 1882; m. 1st ACHSAH COFFIN, b. at Conway, NH, 17 Jan 1793 daughter of Peter and Sarah (Walker) Coffin; Achsah d. (buried at Gilead), 22 Nov 1818. Osgood m. 2nd Jan 1820, CHARLOTTE FIELDS, b. at Bridgewater, MA, May 1793 daughter of Ephraim and Ruby (Brett) Fields; Charlotte d. at Andover, 17 Jul 1878.
ii ABBOT HOLT, b. at Albany, ME, 29 May 1796; d. after 1870 when he was living with his sister Sarah at Greenwood, ME. Abbot did not marry.
iii ABIGAIL HOLT, b. at Albany, ME, 14 May 1797; d. at Bethel, ME, 6 Feb 1842; m. about 1817, JOHN NEEDHAM, b. at Tewksbury, 17 Jan 1792 son of John and Mary (Shed) Needham; John d. at Bethel, 26 Aug 1871.
iv REBECCA HOLT, b. at Albany, 21 Aug 1799
v MARY HOLT, b. at Albany, 22 Oct 1800; d. at Lowell, MA, 9 Mar 1868; m. about 1826, as his second wife, EBENEZER BEAN, b. 25 Mar 1781 son of Daniel and Margaret (Shaw) Bean;[11] Ebenezer d. at Bethel, 1839. Ebenezer was first married to Eunice Kendall.
vi NEHEMIAH HOLT, b. at Albany, 25 May 1802; d. at Portland, ME, 3 Jul 1844; m. at Portland, 27 Sep 1834, widow SARAH BIGELOW, b. about 1797.
vii ELIZA HOLT, b. at Albany, 31 May 1803; d. at Temple, NH, 5 Aug 1880; m. at Andover, 28 Dec 1828, LEWIS HOWARD, b. at Temple, NH, 14 Nov 1804 son of William and Mary (Hawkins) Howard; Lewis d. at Temple, 19 Mar 1889.
viii STEPHEN HOLT, b. at Albany, 5 Jan 1805; Stephen d. at Bethel, 31 Jul 1875; m. 1st at Andover, MA, 26 Feb 1826, SOPHRONIA AUSTIN, b. at Dracut, 5 Aug 1805 daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Cross) Austin; Sophronia d. at Andover, 28 Jul 1831. Stephen m. 2nd ARMINDA FOLLANSBEE, b. in NH about 1812; Arminda d. at Bethel, 25 Aug 1888.
ix DAVID HOLT, b. at Albany, 10 Feb 1806; d. at Bethel, 18 May 1891; m. Nov 1830, LAURENA NEEDHAM, b. at Norway, ME, 1811; Laurena d. 10 Feb 1893.
x JACOB HOLT, b. at Albany, 7 Jul 1807; d. at Bethel, 1865; m. 16 Jun 1832, HANNAH W. WATSON, b. at Gorham, ME, 7 Dec 1794 daughter of Daniel and Anna (Maxfield) Watson; Hannah d. 1892.
xi SARAH HOLT, b. at Albany, 7 Jul 1808; d. at Bethel, 27 Jun 1874; m. 29 Nov 1827, WILLIAM F. KENDALL, b. at Bethel, 4 Mar 1804 possible son of Bezaleel and Elizabeth (Spearin) Kendall; William d. at Bethel, 26 Apr 1875.
xii URIAH HOLT, b. at Albany, 19 Jan 1810; d. at Waterford, 1871; m.at Albany, 21 Sep 1837, MARY K. BELL, b. 24 Aug 1814 daughter of John and Elizabeth (Kendall) Bell; Mary d.at Lynn, MA, 1 Dec 1912.
xiii EPHRAIM HOLT, b. at Bethel, about Mar 1811; d. at Bethel, 3 Dec 1841 at age 30 years, 9 months;[12] m. at Portland, ME, 5 Dec 1835, JULIA ANN KEMP, b. at Gorham, ME, 3 Dec 1820 daughter of David and Anna (Humphrey) Kemp; Julia d. at Gorham, 9 Mar 1852. In his will, Ephraim has bequests to his wife Julia Ann, his two children and one unborn child, and names brother John L. Holt as executor of his will with brother David Holt to assume this duty if brother John L. should die prior to Ephraim’s children reaching age twenty-one.[13] John L. Holt died about six months after Ephraim and brother David served as executor of the estate.
xiv DANIEL G. HOLT, b. 10 Aug 1814; d. at Greenwood, ME, 1 Dec 1895; m. 15 Sep 1839, ABIGAIL CUMMINGS, b. at Albany, ME, 17 Apr 1818 daughter of John and Abigail (Libby) Cummings; Abigail d. 8 Nov 1895.
xv JOHN L. HOLT, b. 26 Jun 1816; d. at Bethel, 2 Jul 1842; m. at Portland, ME, 8 Feb 1840, LUCINDA C. LEACH, b. at Raymond, ME, 20 Dec 1818 daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Clark) Leach; Lucinda d. at Salem, MA, 30 Nov 1883.
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