Jonathan was probably named to honor his elder brother who had just died before he was born.
Jonathan Holden's record originally had spouse as Rachel Hollister, but it was subsequently determined she married a different Jonathan Holden.
Sources
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V2-FBW : 3 November 2017), Jonathan Holden, 26 May 1735; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHWM-929 : 6 November 2017), Jonathan Holden, 17 Aug 1784; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 761,394.
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHXJ-PM3 : 3 November 2017), Jonathan Holden, 17 Aug 1784; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jonathan by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line: