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Francis Holt, Jr.

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Francis Holt, Jr. was born in 1742 (son of Francis Holt and Martha Featherstone).

    Other Events:

    • Granted Admr: August 1780, Surry County, NC; Admr. Estate, Wm Holt, dec'd, granted Francis HoltReubin Dodson and Joseph Cloud, securities; admr. qualified.
    • Court Minutes: May 1781, Surry County, NC; Francis Holt, overseer, road in room of John Shelton
    • Court Mintues: 14 November 1782, Surry County, North Carolina; William Boyd vs. Francis Holt Jr.assault and battery.
    • Court Minutes: May 1783, Surry County, North Carolina; State vs. Francis HoltPrincipal bound 50 pounds his good behavior six months. Wm. Merredith and Edward Lovill, securities.
    • Court Minutes: 12 August 1785, Surry County, North Carolina; Ordered that Francis Holt to be committed to jail till tomorrow morning for insulting Sheriff in his office.
    • Court Mintues: 13 August 1785, Surry County, North Carolina; Ordered that Francis Holt who was committed to jail yesterday be discharged on paying fines.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Francis Holt was born in 1720 in Essex County, Virginia, USA (son of Plunkett Harraway Holt and Elizabeth Hudson?); died in 1810 in Stokes County, North Carolina.

    Other Events:

    • Land Grant: 3 April 1780, Surry County, Virginia, USA; Grant to Francis Holt, 200 acres on South Side of Little Peter's Creek, including his plantation. Surry County Deed Book B - 38
    • Deed: 3 May 1780, Surry County, NC; Francis Holt & wf Martha to Jms Bohannon 100 pds VA money 200a on Little Peters Ck including his improvement. Wit: James Gaines, Eliz Gaines, Thomas Lankford. Deed BK D
    • Tax List: 1782, Surry County, North Carolina; Capt. Hickman's District, (Location Buffelo) 4 Horses/Mules3 Cattle; 440 acres.
    • Land Grant: 18 May 1789, Surry County, North Carolina; Grant #1124 to Francis Holt...200 ac...Little Peters Creek...line his former Survey
    • Land_Grant : 5 June 1794, Stokes County, North Carolina; Wt. Granted Joseph Cloud enters 25 ac on both sides of Dan Rborder: survey made for Thomas Ship James Lyons purchased of Edwin Hickman, Francis Holt & Samuel Edgman; Includes mouth of Turkey Br.
    • Tax List: 1796, Stokes County, North Carolina; Francis is listed in the records, but there is nothing written after his name. Capt. Clouds District
    • Census 1810: 1810, Snow Creek, Surry, North Carolina, USA

    Francis married Martha Featherstone in 1739 in Virginia?. Martha was born in 1722 in Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Martha Featherstone was born in 1722 in Virginia, United States.
    Children:
    1. William Holt was born in 1740; died in 1780.
    2. 1. Francis Holt, Jr. was born in 1742.
    3. John Holt was born in 1750.
    4. Featherstone Holt was born in 1752 in North Carolina; died in 1834 in Hawkins County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Plunkett Harraway Holt was born in 1689 in Old Rappahannock, Virginia (son of Richard Holt and Margaret Plunkett); died in 1760 in Prince Edward, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Father's Death: March 1698, Essex County, Virginia, USA; Half Bro, David was appoint guardian of "all the children of Ric'd Holt, dec" In 1704 an attachment was issued against his estate for a debt. David having "illegally absented himself" He evidently left Essex. Anyway, Plunkett was bound out in 1695.
    • Bound Out: 1695-1699, Essex County, Virginia, USA; "Plimeket Holt is bound unto James Boughan untill he arrives to ye age of one and twenty years, ye sd Boughan obliging himself to give ye sd Holt two years schooling when he comes to ye age of ten or eleven years." (Essex order books)
    • Deed: 12 March 1712, South Farnham Parish, Essex County, Virginia, USA; P. Holt son of Ric'd Holt dec'd sells John Boughan for 1600lb tobo. 620a granted Ric'd Holt dec by patent dated 4 Nov 1685 begin @ Kings Swamp below Piscataway Mill.
    • Land Sale: 1713, Essex County, VA; In 1713, Plunkett sold his interest in his father's land to James Boughan
    • Notes: 1724, Essex County, Virginia, USA; Between 1724 and 1742, various court records mention Plunkett in connection with "being absent from his Parrish Church during the months of February, March and April", failure to appear in court for debts assessed to him, and for trespass.

    Notes:

    Died:
    (VA Genealogy, Vol. 25, p. 289) "Plunkett Holt, 13 lbs 2.11 Deadleft sufficient estate in Prince Edward to pay all his debts, which is in the hands of his sons James and Plunkett Holt."..British Mercantile Claims - 1775-1803, p. 83, t79/89.

    Plunkett married Elizabeth Hudson?. Elizabeth was born in 1692; died in 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Hudson? was born in 1692; died in 1740.
    Children:
    1. 2. Francis Holt was born in 1720 in Essex County, Virginia, USA; died in 1810 in Stokes County, North Carolina.
    2. James Holt was born in 1722.
    3. Ambrose Holt was born in 1724 in Virginia, United States.
    4. Richard Holt was born in 1725 in Amelia County, Virginia; died in 1778 in Amelia County, Va.
    5. Plunkett Holt was born in 1730 in Virginia, United States; died in 1789 in Virginia, United States.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Richard Holt was born in 1641 in Roachdale, Lancashire, England (son of Robert Holt and Dorothy Heywood); died in 1693 in Essex County, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: 1660, Virginia, United States; Cooper & Planter
    • Land Sale: 1664, Lancaster County, Virginia; Richard Holt sold one hundred acres of land to EDWARD HUDSON.
    • Land: 1669, Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA; Virginia County Records IX, Index to Land Grants, Rappahannock Co., Vol. 6, No. 6, p.291 Richard Holt, 600 acres in 1669
    • Court/Deed: Jan 1672, Old Rappahannock, Virginia; Follow-up to above, RICHARD HOLT appoints friend Capt. Edmund Crask his attorney in regards to a sale to William Cook
    • Deed: 3 Jan 1672, Old Rappahannock, Virginia; "I R HOLT do make over all my right & interest of the within mentioned conveyance to Wm. Cook of Gloster w/warranty from all persons wch may thereafter lay any claim to & do promise that I & my wife will acknow. the same @ next court held in Rappah.
    • Note: 1692, Essex County, Virginia, USA; 1692 from the old Rappahannock County, Virginia

    Richard married Margaret Plunkett in 1682 in Old Rappahannock, Virginia. Margaret was born in 1655; died in 1698 in Essex County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Margaret Plunkett was born in 1655; died in 1698 in Essex County, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. William Holt was born in 1684 in Old Rappahannock, Virginia; died in 1734 in Prince Edward, Virginia, USA.
    2. 4. Plunkett Harraway Holt was born in 1689 in Old Rappahannock, Virginia; died in 1760 in Prince Edward, Virginia, USA.



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