Amos Holt (1740 - 1820)

Born 9 May 1740 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Jemima (Ingalls) Holt — married 29 Jun 1762 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 29 Nov 1820 at age 80 in Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

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Biography

Amos Holt had gone to Wilton with his father and family, and he also settled there, living on the family homestead. His son Amos took over the farm after his father’s death.^[1]

Relevant Probate Records

Son Levi planned to marry just prior to his death in 1812. He wrote his will 27 March 1812 shortly before his death. In his will, Levi bequeathed a suit of mourning apparel to his good friend Hannah Smith of Weston “to whom I had expected to be joined in marriage before this time.” Mourning apparel was also bequeathed to his honored father Amos Holt, honored mother Jemima Holt, beloved brother Amos Hot, Jr., to the wife of Amos, to each of Amos’s children, and to his beloved sister Cloe Bales all of Wilton; to his beloved sister Lydia Parker of Reading, Vermont; and to his beloved sisters Sally Whitney and Lois Walker of Andover, Vermont. To beloved brother Abel, he bequeaths a note he holds against him for $560 dated “Webb’s Pond Township September 26, 1807” and payable January 1, 1811. He bequeathed $400 to the female asylum at Boston. The remainder of the estate goes to Hannah Smith “whom I now own and honor as my intended wife and for whom I feel myself bound in duty and affection to make as ample provision as though our marriage had been legally solemnized. Her attention to me in my feeble state of health demands my acknowledgements.” George Washington Smith of Weston was named sole executor. Levi’s estate was valued at $7,576.86 almost all in the form of notes owed to him.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Livermore, History of the Town of Wilton, p 404
2. ↑ Probate Records 1648--1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts), Probate Papers, No 11781-11878, Case 11789

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81968147/amos-holt: accessed 06 February 2023), memorial page for Amos Holt (9 May 1740–29 Nov 1820), Find a Grave Memorial ID 81968147, citing Vale End Cemetery, Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703).