Samuel Holden (1651 - 1739)

Born 8 Jan 1651 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Unknown) Holden — married about 1681 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1739 at age 88 in Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Samuel Holden was born In Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts January 8, 1650/1. He was the son of Richard Holden and Martha Fosdick Holden. ^[1]

The family relocated to Groton, Massachusetts ,but left there after the Indian troubles of 1676 and returned to Woburn. They returned to Groton and moved again to Stoneham about 1689..^[1]

Samuel married about 1680 Anna (Unknown) in Stoneham. Some say her name was Larrabee. Their children:^[1][2]

1. Anna, born March 1, 1682 in Groton
2. Samuel, born unknown in Groton, died 1688
3. Joseph, born about 1695, probably in Stoneham
4. Abigail, born about 1697 in Stoneham, married 1714
5. Samuel, born July 28, 1699 in Stoneham
6. Mary (Mercy), born about 1701 in Stoneham, married by 1722

Samuel Holden died in Stoneham, Middlesex County, June 18, 1739. he is buried in "The Old Yard". ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The Holden Genealogy;. by Eben Putnam; Volume I, page 65.
2. ↑ New England Marriages prior to 1700; page 380

• The Holden Genealogy by Eben Putnam (1923), volume I, page 65 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/159973-the-holden-genealogy-ancestry-and-descendants-of-richard-and-justinian-holden-and-of-randall-holden-v-01?viewer=1&offset=6#page=84&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=How pg 65 (pg 84 on the viewer). Lists Samuel Holden, married to Anna, and their descendants.
• Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) Vol. 2, Page 882
• Hurd and Edwin C, "Genealogy & History of Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts", pg 545. See memory under Anna Lawrence MX57-51Q; Anna Lawrence married Samuel Holden son of Richard Holden and Martha Fosdick
• "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-LHQQ?cc=2106411&wc=MC1M-8WG%3A361613501%2C364520601 : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1678-1684 vol 7-8 > image 241 of 682; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
  • "Justinian Holden Junr, Thomas Boydon & Martha his wife, Samuel Holden, Thomas Williams, & Mary his wife, Steeven Holden, Gershom Swan & Sarah his wife, Elizabeth Holden, & Thomas Holden, being the children of Ri: Holden of Watertowne in the Coun: of Midd. in New England [sell to] Jno Holden our Brother...all that tract of land scittuat lying & being within the bounds of Oburne [Woburn]...to us granted & assigned by our father Richard Holden above named & Martha his wife this 29th day of July 1679"
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC99-4HQ : 10 November 2020), Samll. Holden in entry for Anna Holden, 1 Mar 1682; citing Birth, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9J-WYX : 10 November 2020), Samuel Holden in entry for Samuel Holden, 6 Jun 1688; citing Death, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.