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Joshua Holloway

Male 1716 - Aft 1773  (58 years)


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  1. 1.  Joshua Holloway was born in 1716 in Somerset County, Maryland (son of John Holloway and Mary); died after 1773 in Worcester County, Maryland.

    Other Events:

    • Debt: 1745, Worcester County, Maryland; Listed on debt books as owing rent on property in the Teagues Content Tract
    • Land Patent: 1745, Maryland; Bachelors Lot
    • Debt: 1755, Worcester County, Maryland; Listed on Worcester County Debt Books as owing rent on property in the Teagues Content tract
    • Land Patent: 16 Oct 1756, Worcester County, Maryland; Patent for "What You Please" 256 acres
    • Deed: March 1761, Worcester County, Maryland; John Holloway to Joshua 434a next to John's Desire, part of New Addition.
    • Land Patent: 21 July 1768, Worcester County, Maryland; Patent for "Evening Chance" (50 acres)
    • Land Sale: 24 June 1773, Worcester County, Maryland; Joshua sold 98a of Forest Grove located near a pond leading to Great Beaver dam near the head of Nassawango Creek.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Joshua (1736) is connected to his father through land records, but have been unable to determine the other children of Joshua (1716) as no will has been found.

    Family/Spouse: ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Joshua Holloway was born in 1736 in Somerset County, Maryland, USA; died on 1 Mar 1813 in Worcester, Maryland.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Holloway was born in 1679 in Accomack, Virginia ?; died in 1754 in Somerset County, Maryland.

    Other Events:

    • Land Purchase: 21 August 1714, St Martin's District, Somerset County, Maryland, USA; Purchased from John Freeman, A tract called Teagues Content, at the time this area was known as Somerset, in the Baltimore 100 which (parts of) later become Sussex Co. Delaware. Teasgues Content remains in MD after the divide.
    • Tax List: 1724, Baltimore Hundred, Worcester Co, MD; John Holloway
    • Tax List: 1731, Baltimore Hundred, Worcester Co, MD; He was shown as a head of HH with John Jr. and Joseph Holloway living with him
    • Deposition: 12 April 1733 , Somerset County, MD; He gave a deposition, stating he was 54 years old, putting his birth in 1679
    • Deed: 26 July 1752, St. Martin's District, Worcester County, Maryland; Gifted land to his son Thomas, a tract Teagues Content. 160 acres

    Notes:

    Died:
    Worcester Court records records in 1755 that John Holloway (probably Jr.) sold to Robert Montgomery 12 barrels corn, colt, 9 hogs, spindle wheel. This was most likely the final closing of John Sr's estate.

    John married Mary on 7 November 1697 in Somerset County, Virginia. Mary was born in 1679; died in 1753 in Somerset County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary was born in 1679; died in 1753 in Somerset County, Maryland.
    Children:
    1. John Holloway was born in 1709; died in 1784.
    2. Joseph Holloway was born in 1710 in Somerset County, Maryland; died in 1789 in Worcester County, Maryland.
    3. Aaron Holloway was born in 1712; died in 1781.
    4. Moses Holloway was born in 1713; died in 1794.
    5. Thomas Holloway was born in 1715; died in 1792.
    6. 1. Joshua Holloway was born in 1716 in Somerset County, Maryland; died after 1773 in Worcester County, Maryland.
    7. Elizabeth Holloway was born in 1717; died in 1774.



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