Nathaniel Holden (1730 - 1817)

Born 7 May 1730 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 21 Jan 1817 at age 86 in Tyngsborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Captain Nathaniel Holden served with 11th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Nathaniel Holden was born on May 7, 1730 in Woburn Massachusetts. His parents were Jonathan Holden and Joanna Wyman. ^{[1] [2]}

He married Mary Richardson.

Together they had these children born in Dunstable: ^[3]

1. John Holden, b. April 14, 1764.
2. Abigail Holden, b. Oct. 18, 1765.
3. Mary Holden, b. May 21, 1767.
4. Nathaniel Holden, b. Jan. 25, 1769.
5. Amme (Amy?Anna?) Holden, b. March 3, 1771.
6. Anne/Anna Holden, b. Sept. 17, 1774.
7. Jonathan Holden, b. March 27, 1778.
8. Silas Holden, b. Dec. 14, 1783.

Nathaniel was a Lieutenant in Capt. Leonard Butterfield's company, Col. Ebenezer Bridge's 11th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and later in Capt. Ebenezer Bancroft's company, same regiment. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

He died on January 21, 1817 in Tyringham, Massachusetts. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Marriage Intentions, from 1640 to 1900
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
3. ↑ Vital Records of Dunstable, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
4. ↑ DAR
5. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
6. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
7. ↑ Vital Records of Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-12-20), "Record of Nathaniel Holden", Ancestor # A056906.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113599181/nathaniel-holdin : accessed 20 December 2021), memorial page for Capt Nathaniel Holdin (1741–21 Jan 1817), Find A Grave: Memorial #113599181, citing Thompson Cemetery, Tyngsborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Amy Levesque (contributor 47156425) .

• reference "Holden Genealogy" vol. 1. pp 160--161

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V2-JQ1 : 10 November 2020), Nathaniel Holden, 7 May 1739; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH56-RX6 : 10 November 2020), Nathaniel Holden, 21 Jan 1817; citing Death, Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004274841.

• Vital Records of Dunstable, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1913); p. 44

• Johnson, Edward. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Marriage Intentions, from 1640 to 1900 (Woburn, Mass., 1890-1919); Vol. 1, p. 238

• Vital Records of Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex institute, Salem, Mass., 1912); p. 105