Born about in Somerset, Maryland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nehemiah Holland
and Elizabeth (Aydelotte) Holland
Sister of
Mary (Holland) Lockwood
Wife of
Joseph Merrill
— married
1739 in Somerset, Maryland
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah Merrill and Arthur Merrill
Died about
at about age 68
in Worcester, Maryland
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Apr 2011
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Biography
Holland.William Gent. Worcester County. To Stephen White, my right to the orphan swamp, To Levi Britlinshaw, 100 acres Cypress swamp above Stephens Ferry. To Nehemiah Holland Jr. 4 negroes, Jupiter, Flora, Toby and Tamar and at my wife’s death a bed and negroes Claudy, Dido and Dorcas. To John Holland, my negroe Phillis. To Benjamin Holland, my negroe woman Venus. To Elizabeth Merrill, wife of Joseph Merrill, my negroe, Lucy. To my wife, Margaret Holland the residue of my estate.[1]
Sources
- Will of NEHEMIAH HOLLAND of Somerset County, Maryland, in Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 (Worcester) Wills 1665-1743, Vol 3: Image 115. Images (browse only) at FamilySearch.org, accessed 7 Oct 2020.
- -Signed: 11 Dec 1720; Proved: 11 May 1721. Recorded in Worcester County 1808
- -Bequests to wife [unnamed in will]; son Richard Holland [200 acres of tract called Purnell’s Adventure]; son Benjamin Holland [Richard’s property if he dies without children; enslaved woman. Any children go to William, Mary, Elizabeth & John in turn]; second son Nehemiah Holland [plantation I now dwell on, with the provision that wife has possession during her lifetime]; son Isaac Holland [50 acres of Purnell’s Adventure; payment of 3,000 pounds tobacco when age 21]; son William Holland; daughter Mary Holland; daughter Elizabeth Holland; son John Holland.
- -Children’s portions to be distributed when the sons reach age 18 and the daughters are age 16.
- -Overseers: brothers John Holland; William Holland; William Aydelott
- -Executor: wife [unnamed in will]
- ↑ Abstracts of Holland will in Maryland : 1-Maryland Calendar of Wills, Volume 1, Jane Baldwin, 1904. 2-Maryland Perogative Court Wills 1743- 1764 Maryland State Archives. Regards, Wiley Julian Holland
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