Adam Holloway (abt. 1653 - 1733)

Born about 1653 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Husband of Hannah (Hayward) Holloway — married 5 Mar 1681 in Concord, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1733 at about age 80 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Disputed Origins

Adam Holloway had been shown with parents Timothy Holloway and Jane Ellen (Beers) Holloway without sources. Despite looking for sources for his parents and birth place, they have not yet been found, and his "parents" have been disconnected.

Biography

Adam Holloway married Hannah (Hayward) Farrar, widow of Jacob, March 5, 1680-1, at Concord, Massachusetts.^[1][2]

Adam died in 1733, at age 80.^[1] A more specific source says, he died June 9, 1733 at Marlborough, Massachusetts.^[3]

In the will of Adam Holloway of Westborough, yeoman, he mentions his wife, Hannah, as well as his daughters and son:^[4][5][6]

1. Oldest daughter, Mary Rice, widow
2. Second daughter Hannah Furrowbush (sic), wife of Jonathan Furrowbush
3. Youngest daughter Elizabeth Wheeler
4. Son William (executor)

Research Notes

Possible relatives

• Pendleton, Everett Hall William Holloway of Taunton, Mass., in 1637, and his descendants, 1586-1949, including those also known as Hallowells and Halloways, pages 6+
• "The Holloway Family" Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003). Reference Volume 6, page 616. Subscription

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference Volume 2, page 777. Subscription
2. ↑ "Memoir of the Farrar Family" The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) Reference Volume 6 (1852), page 321. Subscription
3. ↑ Warner, Frederick C The ancestry of Samuel, Freda and John Warner, published 1949. Reference Volume 1, page 200
4. ↑ Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Reference page 30359. Subscription
5. ↑ Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) Reference volume 39, page 32. Subscription
6. ↑ " Probate records v. 1 1731-1739, 1778-1814, 1863-1870" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9Y5-BDG1  : 31 January 2024), Film# 00774407, Worcester, Massachusetts, image 65-66, Vol 1, Page 93-95.

• Source: S14809 Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: Ancestral File (R) Publication: Name: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998; NOTEABBR Ancestral File (R) CONT