Obadiah Holt (1758 - 1815)

Born Mar 1758 in Amherst, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna (Jones) Holt — married 5 May 1784 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1815 at age 57 in Clinton, Kennebec, Maine

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Biography

Obadiah^[1] was born in March 1758. He is the son of Isaac Holt and Mary Marble.

From A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE Holt Family in the United States: MORE PARTICULARLY THE DESCENDANTS OF NICHOLAS HOLT OF NEWBURY AND ANDOVER, MASS., 1634 - 1644 AND OF WILLIAM HOLT OF NEW HAVEN, CONN.^[2]

p. 57^[3]

Children of Isaac (228) and Mary (Marble) Holt.

668. 1. Obadiah (1570) b. Andover Mar. 23, 1758; m. May 5, 1784, Susannah . . . who d. Apr. 18, 1855. He d. Clinton June 9, 1815, to which place he had removed. He was a private in Capt. Daniel Wilkins's company, and taken prisoner at Fort Cedar, Canada, Nov. 17, 1776. 13 ch.

While Durrie recorded 23 March 1758 as the date of Obadiah's birth, a record from the New Hampshire birth index recorded 26 March 1758.^[4]

Intention

Marriage

5 May 1784 - Obadiah Holt of Amherst married Susanna Jones of Andover in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.^{[5] [6]}

In 1800, Obadiah Holt and his wife, Susanna, resided in Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.^[7]

Males - Under 10: 2

Males -10 thru 15: 2

Males - 26 thru 44: 1

Females - Under 10: 2

Females - 10 thru 15: 1

Females - 26 thru 44: 1

Number of Household Members Under 16 : 7

Number of Household Members Over 25 : 2

Number of Household Members: 9

In 1810, Obadiah Holt and his wife, Susanna, resided in Clinton, Kennebec, Maine. Listed on the same census page are Caleb Goodwin 2, Jeremiah Goodwin, Miles Goodwin, Caleb Goodwin, and Abiel Holt.^[8] At least two of Obadiah and Susanna's children married Goodwins.

Males - Under 10: 2

Males - 10 thru 15: 2

Males - 16 thru 25: 1

Males - 45 and over: 1

Females - Under 10: 1

Females - 16 thru 25: 2

Females - 26 thru 44: 1

Number of Household Members Under 16: 5

Number of Household Members Over 25: 2

Number of Household Members: 10

Gravestone[9]

1815 - Obadiah died on 9 Jun 1815 and was buried at the Town House Hill Cemetery in Clinton, Kennebec, Maine.^[9]

Obadiah's estate was probated in Kennebec County, Maine.^[10] Details of his land were included in the petition papers.

Historical insight: On 15 March 1820, the District of Maine (in Massachusetts) became the State of Maine.

In December 1845, Susanna Micels, formerly Holt, applied for the pension of her deceased first husband, Obadiah Holt. Her application included her statement on 18 Dec 1845:^{[11] [3]}

Statement

On the eighteenth day of December A.D. 1845 personally appeared before the District Court of Maine in Open Court, being a court of record, Susanna Micles [sic] a resident of Clinton in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine aged eighty years ... doth on her oath make the following declaration ... that she was formerly the widow of Obadiah Holt who was a soldier in the Revolution, that he was a resident of Amherst, New Hampshire at the time of his service in the Army, that she has reason to believe and does believe that he served for upwards of three years in the Army in the aggregate his service having been at separate times, that immediately after the war ... became acquainted with him and he often spoke his service in the Army and that he served in the whole upwards of three years, that her maiden name was Susanna Jones that she was married to the said Obadiah Holt in Andover, Massachusetts on the fifth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four, that he died at Clinton in the then District now State of Maine on the ninth day of June A.D. 1815. She further states that after the death of the said Obadiah Hold she remained unmarried until December 8 1816 when she intermarried with George Micles [sic] who went to the State of Ohio and died in the year 1820 since which time she has remained unmarried.

Susanna Micels.

Susanna's son-in-law, Nathan Bracket, also made a supporting statement which documents Susanna and her husband Obadiah's arrival in Clinton about the year 1802:^{[11] [3]}

I Nathan Brackett of Clinton in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged sixty one years do depose and say that I removed into said town in the year 1805 and immediately became acquainted with Obadiah Holt, who I then understood had been a resident of said Clinton upwards of three years ...

Nathan Brackett

From A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE Holt Family in the United States: MORE PARTICULARLY THE DESCENDANTS OF NICHOLAS HOLT OF NEWBURY AND ANDOVER, MASS., 1634 - 1644 AND OF WILLIAM HOLT OF NEW HAVEN, CONN.^[2]

p. 115^[3]

Children of Obadiah (668) and Susannah (Jones) Holt

1570. 1. Hannah (2819) b. Amherst, N.H., m. 1803, Jacob Eames; d. Clinton, Me., Mar., 1837. 8 ch.

1571. 2. Jonathan (2827) b. Amherst; m. Sep. 6, 1816, Lydia Hopkins; lived at Milford, N.H., until Aug., 1820, and afterwards at Clinton, Me. 3 ch.

1572. 3. Susannah H. (2830) b. Amherst; m. Nathan Brackett; lives at Clinton, Me. 3 ch.

1573. 4. Isaac (2833) b. Amherst Mar. 6, 1791; m. 1813, Sophia, daughter of John Emory. He m. 2d, May, 1829, Lydia, daughter of Peter Hopkins; lives Clinton, Me. 9 ch.

1574. 5. Martha (2842) b. Amherst; m. William Ames of Clinton, where they reside. 3 ch.

1575. 6. Mary b. Amherst; m. Jacob Ames.

1576. 7. Obadiah b. Amherst Sep. 27, 1795; d. before 1800.

1577. 8. Abiel (2845) b. Amherst Mar. 18, 1798; m. Martha Noble; lives Clinton. 8 ch.

1578. 9. Obadiah (2853) b. Amherst May 7, 1800; m. 1st, Elizabeth, daughter of Caleb Goodwin; m. 2d, Mary daughter of Thomas Dearborn; m. 3d, Caroline, widow of Harrison Hobbs, and daughter of Thomas Dearborn; resides at Clinton, Me. 14 ch.

1579. 10. Abner (2867) b. Amherst Mar. 3, 1803; m. Abigail, daughter of Thomas Brown of Clinton; m. 2d, widow of Nathaniel Atwood; lives at Sangerfield, Me. 8 ch.

1580. 11. Achsa (2875) b. Clinton, Me., Mar. 8, 1803; m. George Goodwin of same place, where she now resides. 5 ch.

1581. 12. Daniel (2880) b. Clinton Nov. 4, 1804; m. Huldah Nason of Canaan, Me. 6 ch.

p. 116^[3]

1582. 13. Jonas (2886) b. Clinton Dec. 11, 1808; m. Elsie Eldridge. He d. at Ellsworth, Me., Mar., 1860. 9 ch.

Sources

1. ↑ Biography in progress (Mar 2021). Feel free to contact SD if you have questions, to collaborate, or as a courtesy before making changes.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} A Genealogical History of the Holt Family in the United States: More Particularly the Descendants of Nicholas Holt of Newbury and Andover, Mass., 1634 - 1644 and of William Holt of New Haven, Conn. by Daniel S. Durrie, Albany: J. Munsell, 78 State Street, 1864. Digitized Book
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Transcribed and contributed by SD, June-July 2020
4. ↑ “New Hampshire, Birth Records, through 1900.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire. (Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations. Inc., 2013, Obediah Holt in New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900 - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/23125108?h=6dd067 via @Ancestry)
5. ↑ Vital Records of Andover Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II Marriages and Deaths, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1912
6. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
7. ↑ Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C., Year: 1800; Census Place: Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; Series: M32; Roll: 20; Page: 445; Image: 271 (Obediah Holl in 1800 United States Federal Census - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/23132035?h=de8918 via @Ancestry)
8. ↑ Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C., Year: 1810; Census Place: Clinton, Kennebec, Maine; Roll: 11; Page: 787; Image: 00771 (Obadiah Holt in 1810 United States Federal Census - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/23132167?h=127642 via @Ancestry)
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Obadiah Holt, Town House Hill Cemetery, Clinton, Kennebec, Maine, gravestone photographed by D-312 SD in 2015. Copyright D-312 .
10. ↑ Probate Court, Kennebec County, Maine (Obadiah Holt in Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999 - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/23132336?h=1a8aa3 via @Ancestry)
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• Obadiah Holt was entered by Shirley Holt, Oct 31, 2011:
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  • Kingsbury, Henry D. and Deyo, Simeon L., "Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine 1625-1799-1892 (Vol.2)" (1892). Osher Map Library Rare Books. 6. https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/oml_rare_books/6