John
Holgrave
Born about in Woodrige Parish, Suffolk, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Unknown) Holgrave
— married
before 1615 in England
Descendants 
Died before
before about age 76
in Kennebec, Maine
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| John Holgrave migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 2, p. 967) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm |
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Biography
John Holgrave was born by about 1590 based on an estimated date of marriage, and births of his children. His birthplace and parents are as yet unproven. See Research Notes.
John married Elizabeth (last name, date, and place unknown at this time).
John died before July 26, 1666, when administration of his will was granted.
He had three children:
- Joshua, born by say 1615 who married Jane ____ , a niece of Roger Conant;
- Martha, b. say 1617, who married William Parke; and
- Lydia, b. say 1621 who married Robert Gutch/Gooch.[1]
Arrival
John arrived in Salem in 1633. His wife Elizabeth ____ died after 1636 and prior to his death in 1666. It's unknown if she was the mother of his children.[2]
Massachusetts, Compiled Census
- Name: John Holgrave
- State: MA
- County: Massachusetts Colony
- Township: Freeman 5 Nov
- Year: 1633
- Database: MA Early Census Index[3]
Research Notes
Disputed Parents: Despite online trees that claim that John's father was Robert Holgrave[4][5][6] (mother unknown at this time), Anderson indicates that his origins are not known.[7]
Sources
- ↑ see: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Holgrave-3
- ↑ Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
- ↑ Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Massachusetts Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
- ↑ http://person.ancestry.com/tree/81943860/person/74007323288/facts
- ↑ http://person.ancestry.com/tree/4382229/person/-1612668708/facts
- ↑ http://person.ancestry.com/tree/10414652/person/-514802152/facts
- ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins (1995), vol 2 pages 967-970. AmericanAncestors (subscription)
See also:
- Donald Lines Jacobus, "The Granberry Family and Allied Families", Hartford 1945, pages 253-255.
- New England Marriages Prior to 1700; page 381.
- Noyes, Libby and Davis: "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire", page 344
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