Mary Holloway

Other Events:

• Taxed: 1758, Worcester County, Maryland; St. Martin's Church records show that Joshua did not marry as soon as England would have liked so they taxed him for being a Bachelor in 1758 and 1759.
• Land Purchase: 2 March 1761, Worcester County, Maryland; Purchased 63a called "New Edition" from his Uncle John Holloway
• Bought "Girl": 1762, Worcester County, Maryland; In 1762 Joshua bought a "Girl" (why and how old I don't know) from John Mumford
• Land Purchase: 11 March 1763, Worcester County, Maryland; Bought part of a tract of land known as "Patey's Folly" from his cousin Sam Holloway. It was located at the head of Indian Creek into Assawoman Bay.
• Purchases: 10 March 1767, Worcester County, Maryland; His purchases included a bridle, a hammer and a silk handkerchief in 1767. and cordage and a felt hat in 15 April 1775.
• Land Patent: 24 June 1773, Patented "Forrest Grove" (417 1/2 acres) Certificate $965
• Land Sale: 1774, Worcester County, Maryland; Joshua sold to John Evans 120 a. of Teagues Content and New Addition, located on the southern most side of branch that issues out of St. Martin's River. Wife : Mary gave consent.
• Fidelity Oath: 9 May 1777, Acquango Hundred, Worcester County, Maryland,; J. Holloway committed for "being at the Tory Camp" or "being at the Erecting of the Kings Standard" who come within the late proclamation and having not taken the Benefit thereof.
• Fidelity Oath: 10 May 1777, Worcester County, Maryland; J. Holloway of Worcester Co. refused to take the oath of Fidelity and was discharged upon giving bond for his appearance. Signed by Richard Ridgely, Clerk.
• Bond: 9 May 1779, Worcester County, Maryland; Bond of J. Holloway to state of MD. The condition is that Holloway be of good behavior during the war and make his personal appearances whenever and wherever he is required to do so. Jonathan Parsons, Security.
• Pvt. Military: 15 July 1780, Worcester County, Maryland,; Private in the Wicomico Battalion, 2nd class, under Captain Shockley. In the same batt'l with Aaron, Moses, and Thomas. These may be brothers (his uncles would have been kind of old, but not impossible that it could have been them either)
• Tax: 1783, Worcester County, Maryland; Joshua Holloway. 300 acres.
• Land Patent: 20 November 1793, Worcester County, Maryland; For "Addition" (in notes)
• Will: 11 August 1804, Worcester County, Maryland; Will was written in 1804 and probated on 9 March 1813

Notes:

Birth:
Joshua (1737) is confused a lot with his father Joshua (1716) On Joshua (1737) DAR records, it states he married unknown Gordy, he didn't. But Gordy may have been his mother's or grandmother's name. There were Gordy's living in the area at the time.

Died:
Buried in an unmarked grave. The unmarked grave is located in the Forest Grove area south of the 4 lane , Route 50 (highway or road).

Joshua married Mary Elizabeth Parsons in 1769 in Worcester County, Maryland. Mary (daughter of John Parsons, Sr. and Mary Smith) was born in 1731 in Somerset County, Maryland; died in 1778? in Worcester County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Elizabeth Parsons
• Will: 25 May 1770, Worcester County, Maryland

Notes:

Died:
She wasn't named in Joshua's will, so she died sometime before 1813. Could she have died in 1778-1780 as the story on the DAR application suggests?

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.

Joshua married ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: John Parsons
• Inheritance: 1 April 1712, Somerset County, Maryland; John, brother of Peter Parsons, gives legacies to the sons of Peter. To John and Peter Parsons, eldest sons of my nephew Peter Parsons, dec'd, may have each a mare fold (?) when they reach age 12.

Notes:

Died:
John died intestate & his son Peter filed or Adm rights to the estate 23 Feb 1757. Rights were granted & the estate was inventoried on 1 Jan 1758.

John married Mary Smith on 3 April 1729 in Stepney Parish, Somerset, Maryland. Mary (daughter of ? and ?) was born in 1706 in Maryland; died in ? in Somerset County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Smith

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]

Notes:

Birth:
From the old Somerset County Liber IKL: Peter Parsons son of Peter Parsons borne of Mary his wife the seaventeenth day of March one thousand six hundred eighty & two

Peter married Ursula Jenkins on 2 May 1703 in Stepney Parish, Somerset, Maryland. Ursula (daughter of John Jenkins and Susannah) was born on 19 March 1678 in Somerset County, Maryland; died after 1710 in Somerset County, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

? married ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]