Susanna (Jones) Holt (1764 - 1855)

Born 30 Mar 1764 in Wilmington, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Obadiah Holt — married 5 May 1784 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1855 at age 91 in Clinton, Kennebec, Maine

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Biography

Susanna Jones^[1] was born in 1764 to Jonathan Jones and Hannah Hopkins^[2] and, in 1784, married Obadiah Holt. Susanna Jones Holt lived more than half a century in Clinton, Kennebec, Maine where she died on 18 Apr 1855. She is buried in the Town House Hill Cemetery in Clinton. ^[3] Susanna's third great grandmother is Rebecca Nurse, a victim of the Salem, Massachusetts hysteria.

Susanna's Parentage

While Daniel Franklin Secomb's History of the Town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire gives Susanna's father as Joshua Jones, [2] it appears likely that this is incorrect. Susanna's grave marker puts her birth in 1864,^[3] but The New England Historical and Genealogical Register shows Joshua's wife gave birth to a son, Aaron, in March 1864. The Register gives Susanna's birth on 30 March 1864 to Jonathan Jones and Hannah Hopkins.^{[4] [5]}

30 March 1864 is also the date given for "[Jones} Susanna, d. of Jonathan and Hannah" in Wilmington records of births, marriages and deaths, from 1730 to 1898.^[6] [3] ^[5]

From HUGH JONES OF SALEM, MASS., AND HIS DESCENDANTS:^{[7] [4] [5]}

pp 9-10 (Ancestry.com)/156-157 (Google Books): ^[8]

8. Lieut. Jonathan3 Jones (Samuel,2 Hugh1), born in Woburn, July 26, 1702, located in the northern part of the town, which was established as Wilmington in 1730, and died there, May 24, 1753.

He was a farmer and a man of enterprise, acquiring extensive landed property in Wilmington and in Monson, N.H., and attaining the rank of Lieut. of the local military company. His will, made May 23, 1753, the day before his death, mentions wife Elizabeth, sons Jonathan and William, who had received their portion; sons Joshua and David, to whom was left real estate in Wilmington; sons Caleb and Josiah, who received lands in Monson, N.H.; son Samuel, who was to have a trade and 13.6.8 when of age; and daughters Martha Carter and Elizabeth and Mary Jones. (Middlesex Co. Probate.)

He married in Woburn, Aug. 7, 1721, Elizabeth, born about 1703, died after 1765, daughter of William and Ruth (Richardson) Russel of Salem Village, and granddaughter of William Russel of Salem Village by Elizabeth Nurse, his wife, whose mother, Rebecca Nurse, was a victim of the Salem witchcraft delusion of 1692.

Children: . . .

21. ii. Jonathan, b. Jan. 20, 1722-3. . . .

24. vii. Joshua, b. Mar. 23, 1731.

pp 18-19 (Ancestry.com)/252 (Google Books): ^[8]

21. Ensign Jonathan4 Jones (Lieut. Jonathan,3 Samuel,2 Hugh1) was born Jan. 20, 1722-3, in that part of Woburn set off in 1730 as Wilmington. At the time of his marriage, he settled on a farm in Wilmington, which was deeded to him out of the extensive estates of his father, where he resided until his decease, Nov. 26, 1765. On Apr. 6, 1763, he was commissioned ensign of Capt. Benjamin Jaquith's company of Wilmington militia. (Mass. Archives vol. xcix, p. 36.) He died intestate, and on Nov. 16, 1773, all his real estate was settled on the eldest son, Russell, who paid to his brother Jonathan and sisters Hannah, Lucy, Phebe, and Susanna, 30-4-6 each, for their shares. (Middlesex Co. Probate.)

He married, Dec. 31, 1747, Hannah, born Apr. 29, 1724, died Apr. 3, 1766, daughter to Benjamin and Hannah (Wilson) Hopkins of Billerica.

Children: . . .

viii. Susanna, b. Mar. 30, 1764; d. Apr. 18, 1855; m. May 5, 1784, Obediah [sic], b. Mar. 23, 1758, d. June 9, 1815, son of Isaac and Mary (Marble) Holt of Andover. They lived in Andover, Mass., Amherst, N.H., and Clinton, Me., and had thirteen children.

pp 20-21 (Ancestry.com)/254 (Google Books): ^[8]

24. Joshua4 Jones (Lieut. Jonathan,3 Samuel,2 Hugh1), born in Wilmington, Mar. 23, 1731, inherited by his father's will a part of the latter's extensive estates in that town, on which he settled, and died in the summer of 1765, administration on his estate being given, Sept. 3 of that year, to his brother Josiah,4 of Andover. The probate papers state that the widow Ruth was given 22.5.0 "in consideration of her quitting the estate," and that the deceased left three minor children, Joshua, Hepzibah, and Aaron. of whom Capt. John Flint of Reading was appointed guardian. (Middlesex Co. Probate.)

He married first, about 1759, Hepzibah -, who died in 1764. . . .

Children by his first wife: . . .

iii. Aaron, b. Mar. 15, 1764 . . .

Another Joshua, the son of Caleb and the nephew of Jonathan and Joshua, lived in Milford, New Hampshire. Joshua's father, Caleb, married about 1748 and had children between then and 1773. The oldest this Joshua would have been in 1764 is 16 and that seems young to have fathered Susanna.^{[9] [5]}

Marriage

Intention

Marriage

5 May 1784 - Obadiah Holt of Amherst married Susanna Jones of Andover in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.^{[10] [11] [5]}

In 1800, Obadiah Holt and his wife, Susanna, resided in Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.^[12]

Males - Under 10: 2

Males -10 thru 15: 2

Males - 26 thru 44: 1

Females - Under 10: 2

Females - 10 thru 15: 1

Females - 26 thru 44: 1

Number of Household Members Under 16 : 7

Number of Household Members Over 25 : 2

Number of Household Members: 9

In 1810, Obadiah Holt and his wife, Susanna, resided in Clinton, Kennebec, Maine. Listed on the same census page are Caleb Goodwin 2, Jeremiah Goodwin, Miles Goodwin, Caleb Goodwin, and Abiel Holt.^[13] At least two of Obadiah and Susanna's children married Goodwins.

Males - Under 10: 2

Males - 10 thru 15: 2

Males - 16 thru 25: 1

Males - 45 and over: 1

Females - Under 10: 1

Females - 16 thru 25: 2

Females - 26 thru 44: 1

Number of Household Members Under 16: 5

Number of Household Members Over 25: 2

Number of Household Members: 10

Gravestone[14]

Susanna's husband, Obadiah, died on 9 Jun 1815 and was buried at the Town House Hill Cemetery in Clinton, Kennebec, Maine.^[14]

Obadiah's estate was probated in Kennebec County, Maine.^[15] Details of his land were included in the petition papers.

On 7 Dec 1816, Susanna married George Michels in Clinton. ^[16]

Historical insight: On 15 March 1820, the District of Maine (in Massachusetts) became the State of Maine.

In 1820, widow Susanna resided in Clinton, Kennebec, Maine.^{[17] [5]}

Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820

Males - 10 thru 15: 2

Males - 16 thru 25: 1

Females - 45 and over : 1

Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 3

Free White Persons - Under 16: 2

Free White Persons - Over 25: 1

Total Free White Persons: 4

Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 4

In December 1845, Susanna Micels [sic], formerly Holt, applied for the pension of her deceased first husband, Obadiah Holt. Her application included her statement on 18 Dec 1845:^{[18] [8]}

Statement

On the eighteenth day of December A.D. 1845 personally appeared before the District Court of Maine in Open Court, being a court of record, Susanna Micles [sic] a resident of Clinton in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine aged eighty years . . . doth on her oath make the following declaration . . . that she was formerly the widow of Obadiah Holt who was a soldier in the Revolution, that he was a resident of Amherst, New Hampshire at the time of his service in the Army, that she has reason to believe and does believe that he served for upwards of three years in the Army in the aggregate his service having been at separate times, that immediately after the war . . . became acquainted with him and he often spoke his service in the Army and that he served in the whole upwards of three years, that her maiden name was Susanna Jones that she was married to the said Obadiah Holt in Andover, Massachusetts on the fifth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four, that he died at Clinton in the then District now State of Maine on the ninth day of June A.D. 1815. She further states that after the death of the said Obadiah Hold she remained unmarried until December 8 1816 when she intermarried with George Micles [sic] who went to the State of Ohio and died in the year 1820 since which time she has remained unmarried.

Susanna Micels.

A neighbor, Johnson Lunt, further explained Susanna's brief marriage to George Michels in a supporting pension application statement on 17 Jan 1846:^{[18] [8]}

Statement

I was well acquainted with the widow of Obadiah Holt . . . She was reputed to have intermarried with Geo Mical . . . not long after their reputed marriage the said Mical have a family by a former marriage, his children removed to the state of Ohio and their father the said Mical went with them. I recollect well the time they left Clinton for Ohio. The wife of the said Geo Micals refused to accompany them & remained in Clinton . . .

Johnson Lunt

Susanna's son-in-law, Nathan Bracket, also made a supporting statement which documents Susanna and her husband Obadiah's arrival in Clinton about the year 1802:^{[18] [8]}

I Nathan Brackett of Clinton in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged sixty one years do depose and say that I removed into said town in the year 1805 and immediately became acquainted with Obadiah Holt, who I then understood had been a resident of said Clinton upwards of three years . . .

Nathan Brackett

In 1850, Susanna resided with her daughter and granddaughter in Clinton, Kennebec, Maine:^{[19] [5]}

Susan Michaels

Age: 86, Birth Year: abt 1764

Birthplace: Massachusetts

Home in 1850: Clinton, Kennebec, Maine

Line Number: 25, Dwelling Number: 325, Family Number: 339

Household Members:

Mary Ames 57 New Hampshire

Susan Michaels 86 Massachusetts

Mary L Ames 18 Maine

Death

Susanna Jones Holt died at age 91 on 18 Apr 1855 and is buried in the Town House Hill Cemetery in Clinton, Kennebec County, Maine.^[3]

Gravestone[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Biography in progress (Mar 2021). Feel free to contact SD if you have questions, to collaborate, or as a courtesy before making changes.
2. ↑ Wilmington Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell, Mass.: Thompson & Hill. The Vox Populi Press. 1898.) (Free e-book) (Records also available at ma-vitalrecords.org.) p. 51
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Gravestone of Susanna wife of Obadiah Holt, Town House Hill Cemetery, Clinton, Kennebec, Maine, photographed by SD 2015. Copyright SD.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Google Books
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Contributed by SD, June-July 2020
6. ↑ Wilmington records of births, marriages and deaths, from 1730 to 1898, Wilmington (Mass. : Town); Kelley, James E. (James Edward), b. 1853 [1]
7. ↑ Hugh Jones of Salem, Mass and his descendants, Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5} Transcribed and contributed by SD, June-July 2020
9. ↑ Hugh Jones of Salem, Mass and his descendants, p. 20, Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
10. ↑ Topsfield Historical Society; Topsfield, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849
11. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
12. ↑ Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C., Year: 1800; Census Place: Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; Series: M32; Roll: 20; Page: 445; Image: 271 (Obediah Holl in 1800 United States Federal Census - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/23132035?h=de8918 via @Ancestry)
13. ↑ Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C., Year: 1810; Census Place: Clinton, Kennebec, Maine; Roll: 11; Page: 787; Image: 00771 (Obadiah Holt in 1810 United States Federal Census - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/23132167?h=127642 via @Ancestry)
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Gravestone of Obadiah Holt, Town House Hill Cemetery, Clinton, Kennebec, Maine, photographed by SD 2015. Copyright SD.
15. ↑ Probate Court, Kennebec County, Maine (Obadiah Holt in Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999 - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/23132336?h=1a8aa3 via @Ancestry)
16. ↑ Fisher, Colonel Carleton Edward, Vital Records of Clinton Maine to the year 1892 Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Maine Historical Society, 1967, p. 241 ("MICHELS, George and wid. Susanna Holt, both of C[linton], 3? Dec. 1816. [cert. issued 7 Dec.]")
17. ↑ Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C., 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Clinton, Kennebec, Maine; Page: 475; NARA Roll: M33_35; Image: 62 (Susannah Holt in 1820 United States Federal Census - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/23133128?h=5d5c4f via @Ancestry)
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1 18.2} Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
19. ↑ 1850 U.S. Census, Clinton, Kennebec, Maine

• Susannah Jones was entered by Shirley Holt, Oct 31, 2011:
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