Elizabeth (Newman) Holley (abt. 1655 - 1713)

Born about 1655 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Increase Holley — married 2 Apr 1679 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 5 Dec 1713 at about age 58 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Elizabeth Newman was a daughter of William Newman. Her birthdate has not been found, but is estimated based on her sister, Hannah's (January 29, 1657), as well as the fact that she was named in her father's 1676 will before Hannah. She married Increase Holley April 2, 1679 at Stamford, Connecticut, the same day that her sister, Hannah, married John Holley.^[1] Elizabeth's husband, Increase Holly, was named in her brother, Daniel's will in 1695.^[2]

Birth

29 JAN 1657 Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut NOTE: This birthdate is for Hannah Newman, not Elizabeth Newman

Marriage

2 APR 1679 Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Husband: Increase Holley

Child: John W Holley

Death

5 DEC 1713 Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Sources

1. ↑ Families of Old Fairfield. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Compiled and edited by Donald Lines Jacobus. 2 vols. New Haven: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932.Reference Volume 1, page 291
2. ↑ Prindle, Paul W., "Sarah Weed Waterbury Ferris Pond" The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)Reference Volume 28 (1952), page 96-98. $Subscription

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1994-2002) Vol. Stamford
  • Page 96: Holley, Increase, m. Elizabeth Newman, Apr. 2, 1679 Vol. 1, Page 113.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #144276974
• Huntington, Elijah Baldwin. Stamford Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths ( Wm. W. Gillespie & Co., Stamford, Conn., 1874) Page 41.
• Hart, Jr., Frederick C., Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Nov 2008) Vol. 51, No. 2, Page 55.