THE SUGGESTED ANCESTRY OF MICHAEL HOLLAND OF GOOCHLAND, DIED 1746

1. ‘Willimus Holland.’ 1.1. Thomas Holland, mar. Elizabeth Wall, d/o ‘Will. Wawll’ (Wahull) of Wheathill. Shropshire. This Elizabeth can be taken to have been of a young age at marriage, having children over a 19 year period; not uncommon at this time. 1.1.1. William Holland, 1518-1590, mar. 1538, Alice Ditton of Doddington, b. 1523, d/o John Ditton of Doddington and Anna Broughton, s/o Robert Ditton of Doddington and Benedicta Morgan, d/o William Morgan of Shropshire (Vis. Shrop. 1623, p. 250). In 1557, there was a Writ of the Court of Queen’s Bench in a suit between William Holland, of Burwarton, Robert Ditton and Thomas Smythe, as to the manor and lands of Wheathill, Egerton and Bromdon, and the advowson of Wheathill. The said William Holland bought a moiety of Ditton manor in 1561; his grandson, also William, ob. 1642, reunited the manor through purchase. Thus Ditton manor became the seat of these Hollands, descending from father to son, the following being lords: Thomas, William, d. 1699, Thomas, d. 1722 (‘Ditton Priors’, A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 10: Munslow Hundred (part), The Liberty and Borough of Wenlock (1998), pp. 300-320).

1.1.1.1. Francis Holland, b. 1544, in Burwarton, Shropshire, mar. Thomasine Russel ‘fil. Roberti Russel.’ 1.1.1.1.1. Francis Holland, mar. Dorothy Barker, of the Barker family of ‘Wollerton, Coulshurst, and Haughmond.’

1.1.1.2. Thomas Holland, mar. Alicia, ‘fil. Thomas Cocke of Pickthorne.’ It has been contended that Richard Cocke of Bremo was he who was baptised in Sidbury, Shropshire, on Dec. 13, 1597; the son of Thomas Cocke of Pickthorn. One of Richard’s sons, Col. Thomas Cocke, named his home ‘Pickthorne Farms.’ 1.1.1.2.1. Michael Holland de Pickthorne, mar. Jane, ‘fil. Adam Detton de Detton.’ 1.1.1.3. George Holland of Purslow, mar. Cecilia Lutley, d/o Adam Lutley of Bromcroft, by his wife, Elizabeth Cresset, d/o Robert Cressett, s/o Richard Cressett of Upton Cressett, near Bridgnorth, Shropshire, and Jane Wrottesley, d/o Richard Wrottesley, Esq., Sheriff of Staffordshire, and Dorothy Sutton. Adam Lutley’s sister was Joyce Lutley. Cecilia Lutley’s br., Robert Lutley, mar. Mary, d/o Francis Holland, aforesaid, she mar. (2) Sir Charles Baldwin (d. aft. 1623); issue: Timothy Baldwin, bapt. Sept. 28, 1619, mar. Ellen Owen of Condover, Shropshire, b. May 21, 1622, relict of Sir George Norton, d/o Sir William Owen of Condover, s/o Sir Thomas Owen of Condover (J. Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, vol. 3, p. 1251). Returning to Richard Cressett, mar. to Jane Wrottesley; his sister was Johan Cressett, who mar. Thomas Whitton of Lamberhurst, Kent, most likely connected to the Whittons of Whitton, Salop.Thomas Whitton mar. (2) Mary, d/o William Finch of the Mote, near Canterbury, Sheriff of Kent, s/o Sir Thomas Finch, who mar. Catherine Moyle, d/o Sir Thomas Moyle of Eastwell. Catherine’s sister, Anne Moyle, mar. Sir Thomas Kempe, of Wye, sheriff of Kent in 1548, 1549, and 1563. He had mar. (1) Cecily Cheney; their dau., Alice, mar. Sir James Hales (See – ‘Parishes: Eastwell’, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 7 (1798), pp. 398-412). As in ‘Longfield’, these Hales were descendants of Isabel Harris, and much interconnected to the Honywood and Woodward families. The Harris family held under the Moyles, who held land in Aylesbury, Bucks. Thomas Whitton, aforesaid, was the f/o Henry Whitton, f/o Henry Whitton: ‘Margaret, wife of Arthur Bassano of this parish, gent., 26th October, 1620, aged 66, leaving behind her three sons and three daughters; also Camela, eldest daughter of Arthur and Margaret Bassano, wife of Henry Whitton of Lamberhurst, Kent, gent., 11th May, 1622, aged about 46 years. This memorial placed 10th April, 1623’ (‘Memorials in the church: Brasses’, Survey of London: volume 15: All Hallows, Barking-by-the-Tower, pt. II (1934), pp. 58-75). This Henry Whitton being the br, of Mary Whitton, who mar. William Fowle, gent: He mar. (2) Mary Whitton, on Jan. 13, 1606, in Frant, Sussex. By his first wife, Elizabeth Pankhurst, William Fowle was the f/o Helen Fowle, who mar. (1622) David Barham of Wadhurst; youngest s/o John Barham and Mary Courthope; br./o Mary Barham, who mar. (1) John Holland Jr. of Lamberhurst, on Jun. 20, 1603, in Tonbridge, Kent. Thus were the Hollands enfeoffed in Wadurst.

1.1.2 John Holland., b. 1535, mar. Joyce Lutley, aforesaid; he being John Holland Sr., enfeoffed in Lamberhurst, Kent. 1.1.2.1. John Holland Jr., of Lamberhurst, mar. Mary Barham, aforesaid.

(5460/3/11. Jan. 23, 1605. ‘1. Jn. Lutley of Bromecroft, gent., Nich. Leighton of the Cotes, gent., Hen. Whitton of Lamberhurst, Kent, gent., Fras. Holland of Burwardyne, gent. and Thomasyn his wife 2. Fras. Cressett of Upton Cressett, esq., and Edw. Cressett, gent., son and heir apparent of Fras. Cressett. A fine was levied (5460/3/10) for settling the manors and property to Fras. Cressett for his life, remainder to Edw. Cressett and his heirs forever, i. e. – the Manor of Upton alias Upton Cressett and lands and houses, etc. and the patronages in Upton Cressett, and all rights, etc. belonging to the Manor, late the property of Rd. Cressett, esq. decd. The capital messuage in Upton Cressett in which Fras. Cressett now lives, with lands belonging; Signed: John Lutley, Nycholas Leyghton, Henry Whitton, F. Holland, mark of Tomasin Holland’).

The Manor of Upton Cressett was the ancient home of the de Upton and Cressett families. The de Uptons were Verderers of the Royal Forest of Morfe, and the last of their line mar. into the Cressett family in the 14th century. In the mid-15th century, Hugh Cressett, a Lancastrian, was a Royal Commissioner along the Welsh March, Constable of Mortimer Castle, and Sheriff of Shropshire. His son, Robert, a Yorkist, played an active part in the Wars of the Roses, being pardoned in 1459 for rebellion after the Yorkists were defeated at Ludlow. Robert Cressett’s son, Thomas, was imprisoned by Henry VII in the Marshalsea, probably for conspiracy, but escaped in 1503, and was pardoned in 1505. He supplied soldiers for Henry VIII’s French Wars of 1512-13.

The ancestor of the Lutleys, Philip de Lutley, was a Commissioner to survey Bridgnorth Castle in 1341; a bailiff of Sir John de Aston, the sheriff, 1345; verderer of Kinver forest; Wool Commissioner, 1347; J. P. and Commissioner of Array, 1352. While Coroner he was slain in 1352 by Sir Hugh de Wrottesley on Dunston Heath, when levying a distraint for the sheriff. He mar. Katherine, d/o John de Perton.’The family of Perton was seated at Perton in Staffordshire, where it held lands by serjeantry from an early period. The Lord of Perton and Trescot was bound to attend the King in any Welsh expedition with two horses, for eight days at his own cost, and if he remained longer, then at the King’s cost. Ranulph de Perton, who thus held Perton in 1211, was deceased on Sept. 26, 1241, when John, his son and heir, obtained livery of his inheritance at Perton’ (Robert William Eyton, Antiq. Shrop., p. 122, 1859).

1.1.2.1.1. David Holland. Prerogative Court of Canterbury; Probate Jul. 3, 1617. Joyce Holland of Lamberhurst, widow, will dated Mar. 10, 1616: ‘Unto the poore people of the parish of Lamberhurst 10 shillings to be distibuted among them at the discretion of my executor on the daye of my buryall unto John, David & Mary Holland, the sonnes & daughter of John Holland my sonne, 5 pounds each, when 21 …….’ . ……. AMS/5813/11. Feb. 2, 1669: ‘John Saunders gent (son of Thomas Saunders deceased), David Holland gent, and Richard Weston junior (son of R. W. yeoman) surviving feoffees to John Barham of Butts gent, John Saunders of Pell gent (son of Nicholas Saunders of Pell gent deceased) all of Wadhurst. Dwelling houses and annuity in AMS5813/5. W: Joseph Dunmoll, William Fowle, John Welles.’ ……. (William Perkins mar. Elizabeth Wells; issue: William Perkins, who mar. Isabella Christian; issue: William Perkins, b. c. 1730, in New Kent Co.; d. 1813 in Patrick Co.; mar. (Feb. 23, 1756, in Goochland) Susannah Holland, d/o Michael Holland). ……. Deed Book 2, p.114. Jul. 15, 1735: ‘To William Adkinson for 200 acres north side James River on branch of Licking Hole Creek, being part of survey by Adams, the other to Michael Holland bounded by Thomas Sanders, Francis Coley, Robert Adams and Michael Holland wit: Thomas Sanders, Richard Parke, Jno Bowie.’ ……. DYK/530. Jan. 22, 1636: ‘Marye Ballard of Lamberhurst, Kent, widow, to Thomas Sanders of Wadhurst, gent, Water corn mill called Pepper Mill, and grubland 25 acres in Lamberhurst, Sussex. Messuages called Carters, Rowneden and Rowneden Meade (52 a.) in Lamberhurst and Wadhurst ……’ ……. ‘I Richard Ballard of Lamberhurst in the countie of Kent ………. Item I give to my loving ffather (in-law) Mr Alexander Thomas …… to my loving mother Mrs. Ann Ballard ……. to my loving brothers Mr Richard Thomas; Mr William Thomas; Mr Samuel Maplesden.’ ……. Richard Ballard mar. Mary Courthope;* her aunt, also Mary, was w/o John Barham; their son, also John, bur. Wadhurst, mar. Mary Saunders of Great Pell, sister of the said John Saunders. Either William Ballard or his br., Richard, would seem to be the f/o Thomas Ballard, who mar. Anne Thomas; their son, William Ballard, mar. Anne Moorman.’ *Thus, cousin of Mary Barham, w/o John Holland Jr. of Lamberhurst, great-grandf. of John and Edward Holland …….’ ……. On October 12, 1712, Elizabeth Thomas of Isle of Wight sold to Robert Sanders of the U. P. of Nansemond for 1800 lbs. tbco. 137 acres given to said Elizabeth by will of her deceased father Richard Thomas, dated April 8, 1687, part of a dividend of 550 acres divided between her brothers and sisters, from a patent of 1650 acres granted to Jonathan Robinson, Richard Thomas, and John Sanders, April 3, 1681.’ ……. Thomas Butcher of Madhurst, County Sussex, gent. Will pr. Sep. 15, 1646: ‘To my neices Marie and Elizabeth Butcher, daughters of my deceased brother John Butcher ……. To my sister Elmott, wife of Walter Monde ……… 40 each out of my lands at Bennenden in Kent …….. to her two former sons Abell and Thomas Bridge ……. To Marie, wife of William Lucke of Durgates ……… then to Thomas Luck her second son; if he should die before my neice, then to Marie his mother, then to his brother Richard, then to his Brother Edward, then to his sister Mary. To my neice Ann, wife of David Holland. (‘David Holland of Wadhurst, mercer, & Anne Burton of same, maiden: sureties, said 1. H. and William Lucke of same, husbandman, Wadhurst.’) ……. then to her second son, then to her daughter Ann ……… To Anne and Elizabeth Delton, daughters of my uncle William Delton ……. To Margaret their sister, wife of Mr. Thomas Swanne, now resident in Virginia …….. Witnesses: Peter Braviour, Clericus, Thomas Saunders, William Brian.’

Thomas Swanne’s first wife was Margaret Delton, d/o the said William Delton, s/o Richard Delton. They mar. Jan. 13, 1639. Thomas Swanne was granted a headright claim on Feb. 7, 1655 for her arrival in Virginia, as part of a land patent claim for 900 acres. William Delton, her father, had mar. Francis Bassett (May 21, 1611) at St. Dunstan, Stepney. Colonel Thomas Swanne mar. fifthly, Dec. 20, 1668, Mary Mansfield, s/o George Mansfield of Surry, merchant, who made his will in London, dated May 21, 1670. Probate was granted Jul. 27, 1670 (Virginia Historical Magazine, 11, p. 311). He describes himself as ‘Of Virginia in parts beyond the seas, Merchant, but now at London.’ He bequeathed legacies to his sister Mary, wife of Colonel Thomas Swanne, £10; sister Anne Sumner, wife of Francis Sumner £10; sister Margaret, wife of William Oldis of Surry, £10; cousin Elizabeth Tanner, widow, £10; uncle John Beale, citizen and grocer of London, £20. He gave all his lands and goods in Virginia to his nephew, Francis, s/o Francis and Anne Summer. One of the witnesses was a Charles Barham, also David Gryer and Phillip Peirson (Penn 92, 1670).

The children of Colonel Thomas Swanne and his fifth wife inc. Mary Swanne, b. Oct. 5, 1669, who mar. Richard Bland of Jordan’s Point, s/o Theodoric Bland and Anne Bennett, d/o Colonel Richard Bennett. Anne’s sister, Elizabeth, mar. Col Charles Scarborough. Their dau. Ann Scarborough, mar. Maj George Parker of Accomac, who bought lands in Accomac county called ‘Poplar Grove.’ (See the will of Governor Bennett (Colonel Richard), also that of his son Richard Bennett, who mention George Parker and Ann Scarborough and their children, and also the children of Charles Scarborough and Theoderic Bland). ‘George Parker, 1300 acs. Northampton Co., 26 Sept. 1661, p. 313, (431). At Anancock Cr., beg. at land of Mr. Wm. Waters. Trans. of 26 pers: Peter Mills, 17 Negroes, Judeth Barber, An Barber, Henry Wms. (Williams), Stephen Norgrove, Wm. Hart, An Stone, Wm. Norton, Mary Jones.’ Waters mar. the widow of George Clarke, mentioned as a friend in the will of Edward Baker.

Richard Cocke mar. Mary Aston, d/o Col. Walter Aston, who was mentioned in the will of Francis Potts, who had mar. Susanna Baker, d/o John Baker. Mrs. Aston lived on Turkey Island, adjacent to Joseph Royall, Captain Edward Hill, Daniel Lewellin, Lt. Robert Craddock, Francis Eppes, and Sergeant Harris. Richard Cocke lived adjacent to Captain Thomas Harris. Daniel Lewellin patented his land adjacent to Mrs. Aston near Turkey Island, and in 1654 purchased the land of John Baker, from his wife, Dorothy Harris. Francis Potts, husband of Susanna Baker, had also mentioned Mrs. Aston in his will. Lewellin claimed several head rights (1650 and 1656) for Susanna’s brother, mariner Edward Baker. *Colonel Richard Bennett’s son, Richard Bennett, mar Henrietta Neale, whose br., Anthony, mar. Mary Digges, d/o Edward Digges.

SAS-RF/3/143. Jan. 26, 1625: Between William Bryan (one of the sons of Wm. Bryan late of Wadhurst, gent. decd.) (1) Thomas Bryan (another son of the said Wm. Bryan decd.) (2) and John Lawrence of Southwark, Surrey, grocer (3), to lead the use of a Recovery to be suffered to the said John Lawrence of a capital messuage or tenement in Wadhurst near Sparrowes Green, wherein Wm. Bryan the father lately dwelt with lands &c. belonging containing 48 acres Also the Wyndmill feilds and Smythfeilds containing 33 acres And a woodland (theretofore part of Hardstone Wood) containing 24 acres And a lane leading from Sparrowes Greene to Hardstone Wood All the said premises being in Wadhurst And also all other lands tenements and heredits in Wadhurst theretofore purchased by the said Wm. Bryan decd. of Wm. Fowle gent. And also the said messuage and lands called the Frith containing 30 acres, part of the tenement called the Frith Set in Heathfeild als Heighfeild And also the 10 acres of land called Vinall and the several pieces of land called the Frith containing 70 acres, purchased by Wm. Bryan decd. of John Holman (see Nos. SAS-RF/3/141, 142, ante). Signatures, William Bryan, John Lawrence. Witnesses:- Tho. Houghton, Will Ovenden.’ Thus, William Bryan Sr. had purchased land from William Fowle, whose dau, as said, mar. Daid Barham, br.-in-law of John Holland Jr. It is not improbable that these Bryans had mar. into this kinship network.

AMS5813/9. Feb. 2, 1647: ‘Thomas Saunders of Wadhurst gent and Richard Weston of Wadhurst yeoman to William Bryan gent, Edward Short gent, John Saunders (son of T. S.) gent, John Barham of Shoesmyth gent, David Holland mercer, and Richard Weston (son of R. W.) of Ryseden yeoman, all of Wadhurst. Annuity in AMS5813/5: Acknowledged by T. S. before Edmund Rede and enrolled in chancery, Feb. 5, 1647 W.: as AMS5813/7, except R. L. Deed AMS/5813/11, as above quoted, was for the assignment of new trustees concerning deed AMS5813/9.

AMS5729/101. Jan. 11, 1656: ‘William Bryan of Rotherfield, clerk (son and heir of William Bryan of Wadhurst gent deceased) to Edward Fisher of Burwash weaver (brother and heir of Robert Fisher of Wadhurst, barber, deceased). Land called Terrys Field (3a. now divided) (lately occupied by W. B. deceased) with a newly-built house in two dwellings lately occupied by John Swasland and John Roots; E: land of George Courthope gent; W: land late W. B. called Pettfield; S.: Sparrows Green – Wadhurst Town highway; N.: land late W. B. called Church Field and Yew Tree Field. Recites mortgage for £100, W. B. deceased to R. F. deceased, Aug. 20, 1650. W: James Nokes, Samuel Dawe.’ AMS5729/102. Dec. 15, 1697: Related information , for a conveyance by W. B. for the benefit of Creditors of the above (identified as part of Faircrouch manor), Sept. 9, 1708: ‘William Benge of Wadhurst gent to Henry Weller of Frant gent ……. E: William Bryan’s land called Burnt Barn Field and Baylies Field …….. E: land part of Weekwood lately Nicholas Saunders gent.’ Quitclaim by mortgagor for £3 4s 6d – AMS5729/103. May 7, 1705: ‘Thomas Baldock of Wadhurst, yeoman, to William Bray of Wadhurst yeoman four pieces of land (20 a.) in Wadhurst lately occupied by T. B. ; E: highway from TB’s house to Barkley Mill; S: T. B’s land and land of the heirs of William Ballard gent; W, N: land of Thomas Markwick’s heirs; N: William Baldock’s land. Mortgaged by T. B. to John Wyble of Marden, Kent, yeoman, for £110, Oct. 2, 1655; endorsed: Brays and Baldocks W.: George Hooper, John Wells Luck.’ ‘Henry Sanders, Apr. 26, 1698, grantee 118 acres near King Sale. Adjoining the land of Thomas Parker, Edward Felwell, and John Bryan, in Isle of Wight County.’ In 1717, Elias Ballard patented (patents 10, p. 359) land in Nansemond; ‘Elias Ballard Nansemond County, Jan. 24, 1717, 400 acres being near Sumerton in the Upper Parish of Nansemond County ……. a corner tree of Elias Ballard in John Holland’s line ……. to a pine in John Bryant’s line’ ……. Elias Ballard claiming Samuel Woodward as a headright.
James Bryan was the grandson of Edward Bryan and Christina Council; the son of their son, John Bryan Sr. On Apr. 20, 1731, James Bryan and wife Joan deeded to Walter Bryan 200 acres adjacent Hodges Council, willed by Council to daughter ‘Christina, wife of Edward Bryan.’ John Bryan, Sr., willed the same to said James Bryan (Isle of Wight Deed Book 4, p. 104). The said Hodges Council having connection to the Harris and Woodward families, as described in ‘Longfield.’

1.1.2.1.1.1. John Holland. PAR/498/37/14. Oct. 23, 1654: ‘John Baker of Mayfield, Esq., lord of the manor of Mayfield, to Gregory Dyne, Joseph Dunmoll, gent, Richard Lucke yeoman, David Holland mercer, John Barham of Shoesmiths gent, John Lucke (son and heir apparent of Richard Lucke), John Holland (son and heir apparent of David Holland) …….’ John Holland’s Will, proved May 17, 1675, mentions sons John and Edward. He had mar. Anne Burton; the overseer of his Will was Edward Burton, his br.-in-law, and Gregory Dyne (Dene). Marriages of Goochland Co., 1733-1815 (Williams), p. 12, Nov. 2, 1763: ‘Charles Burton and Mary Holland, dau. of George Holland. Sur. George Holland and Michael Holland. Wit: John Miller and George West.’

AMS/1994. Mar. 10, 1682: ‘Edward Luck of Wadhurst, gent, to John Wells otherwise Atwells of Wadhurst, butcher, and his daughter Elizabeth Wells of Wadhurst, spinster; E. L. to marry E. W. Lease of part of the above to James Bellingham for 11 years from 29 Sep 1680 at £5, 20 Jan 1681; E. L. covenants to bequeath £100 to E. W. as jointure, and her father J. W. covenants to bequeath £100 to E. W. after the death of his wife Mary Wells. W: Richard Playsted, Edward Holland, Thomas Shorte.’

1.1.2.1.1.1. Michael Holland of Goochland, it is suggested. Thus, the kinship associations of these Hollands were replicated in Virginia; when such replication exists, ancestry is more certain, for people of these times were members of kinship groups; marriages within which enabled the gaining and preservation of wealth and security. Many proposed American pedigrees of English origin are ‘attached’ to ones appearing in genealogical tomes, and are completely devoid of any ‘continuation of association.’

To repeat: Henry Whitton being the br, of Mary Whitton, who mar. William Fowle, gent: He mar. (2) Mary Whitton, on Jan. 13, 1606, in Frant, Sussex. Frant is on the road leading to Lamberhurst, 5 miles hence. Joyce Holland only mentions John Holland Jr. as her son; it is highly likely that this Edward Holland is of near kin: ‘Feb. 11, 1616, Richard Tayler of Fraunt, cordwainer, & Elizabeth Burges of Tunbridge, widow: sureties, said R. T. and Edward Holland of Fraunt, yeoman’ (S. M. L.). There was a close link between a Harris family of Kent and that of Boyse: From ‘Longfield’ – ‘Richard Harris, mar. (Apr. 25, 1580; St. Paul, Cant.) Anne Boys; d/o John Boys of Goodnestone and Dorothy Pawley, mar. 1558; br/o Thomas Boys Esq., of Eythorne, who mar. Mary Denne, relict of John Coppin, s/o Catherine Denne, mar. to John Gookin. ……. Thomas Boys was the f/o Luke Boyse; bapt. Eythorne May 29, 1579; aged 44 in 1624 Muster.’ C. & P. 1., p. 41: ‘Hannah Boyse, daughter & heire of Luke Boyse late of Henrico, 300 acs. in sd. Co., Nov. 11, 1635. Bounded upon the river N. W. & joyning upon the land of Alice Edloe her mother E. 50 acs. due in right of her father for his per. adv., 50 acs. for her owne per. adv. & 200 acs. for trans. of 4 servts., by her sd. father: Tho. Lewis, Robert Hallum, Joseph Ryall (Royal), Edward Holland, Oliver Allen.’ There is a possibility that a collateral branch of the Lamberhurst Hollands established itself in Virginia in the 1630’s; in this regard: ‘Cheney Boyse, last of May 1636, 1550 acres, Charles City County, transportation of 29 persons including William Holland.’ The Hollands of Goochland, it is suggested, were members of a complex kinship group that retained associations established in Shropshire, Kent, and Sussex.

The association between the aforementioned Harris family and Michael Holland of Goochland can be considered: The relict of Major William Harris mar. George Alves. Goochland County Wills and Deeds: Aug. 17, 1730: ‘Samuel Burk of St. James Parish, Goochland Co., to Michal Holland of Hanover Co., for 100 pounds, 400 acres on north side of James River on Licking Hole Cr., above Treasurers Run, bounded by Scott’s line. Wit: R. Napier, George Alves. Signed Sam’ll Burk.’ Recorded Aug. 17, 1730.

It is not improbable that George Alves, aforesaid, was of this Alvey family associated with the Liddells: Calendar of state papers; Domestic series; Reign of Charles I …, Volume 6, 1633, March 11: ‘Master and Society of Trinity House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Trinity House, to the Council. There are divers quays and staithes whereon the ballast of ships coming for coals is cast, below Newcastle Bridge, and adjoining the Tyne. These are in the possession respectively of Sir Robert Heath, Sir Peter Riddell, Arthur Alvey, Thomas Liddell,* Ralph Cole, the Mayor and Aldermen of Newcastle, and the servants or assigns of Sir Robert Mansell, employed in the glass house.’

1. … 1.1. … 1.2. Robert Honywood, s/o John Honywood, of Charing, and Alice Barnes, mar. Mary (1527-1620), d/o Robert Waters, of Lenham, Kent, when she was sixteen years of age. He mar. (2) Dorothy Brooke, Jul. 3. 1569, as aforesaid. 1.2.1. Robert Honywood of Charing mar. (1) Dorothy Crooke, d/o John Crooke. 1.2.1.1. Sir Robert Honywood of Pett in Charing, mar. Alice Barnham, d/o Sir Martin Barnham of Hollingbourne. 1.2.1.1.1. Robert Honywood, mar., Apr. 3, 1642, Frances Vane, d/o Sir Henry Vane of Fairlawn and Frances Darcy, d/o Thomas Darcy of Tolleshurst Darcy. Of Vane’s daus., Margaret mar. Sir Thomas Pelham; Frances, as said, mar. Sir Robert Honeywood of Pett; Anne mar. *Sir Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth,* Durham; Elizabeth mar. Sir Francis Vincent of Stoke d’Abernon, Surrey. *He mar. Isabell Anderson; their son was George Liddel, b. 1615, whose son, George Liddel, was bapt. in Lamesely, 1634; synonomous with, it is suggested, ‘George Lydall, gentleman’, as follows. 1.2.1. … 1.2.2. Anne Honeywood, mar. Charles Hales. 1.2.1.1. Anne Hales, mar. Rowland Argall, brother of Richard Argall, who mar. Mary Scott, d. o. Sir Reginald Scott and Mary Tuke; their issue including: Samuel Argall, Deputy-Governor of Virginia, April 1617 to April 1619, etc. 1.2.3. Elizabeth Honeywood, ‘spinster, of the City of London,’ (1561-1631), mar., December 9 1579, George Woodward. The mar. license of George Woodward, ‘gent.,’ and Elizabeth Honywood, spinster, of the City of London,’ was granted December 9, 1579. 1.2.3.1. Martha Woodward, mar. (1) James Bacon. (2) Sir Robert Peake, citizen and goldsmith of London. In his will dated May 15, 1666, P. C. C. Carr, 96, abstracted in New England Hist, and Geneal. Register, Vol. XXXVII., names ‘cousins’ James Waters son of Joseph Waters, his cousin Waters relict of Samuel Waters, skinner, and George Lydall, gentleman, ‘sometime servant’, of Virginia; undoubtedly related to Sir Thomas Liddel, aforesaid. Samuel Waters mar. Ann ——- ; her will (Sep. 7, 1697) names dau. Elizabeth Overton ‘now in Virginia.’ Elizabeth had mar. William Overton; issue: Mary Elizabeth Overton, 1673-1735, mar. Robert Anderson; Temperance Overton, 1679-1716, mar. William Harris.

A PROPOSED LINEAGE OF MICHAEL HOLLAND OF GOOCHLAND

‘The waste of Denton is here taken at 240 of the old Lancashire acres, equivalent to nearly 389 statute acres. This waste seems to have been held by the lord of the manor with five other partakers or sharers. Alexander Shoresworth was of the old local family of that name, of Shoresworth, an estate in the township of Pendlebury. Sir William Holland of Denton, a younger brother of Sir Robert de Holland knight (created by Edward II. lord Holland, he being Chief Justice of Chester), married Margaret, daughter and heiress of John de Shoresworth, by Margaret, daughter and heiress of Sir Alexander Denton knight. Their son was Thurstan Holland. By a deed of 1335, Thurstan, son of Sir William de Holland knight, gives to Margaret my mother, all my burgages, lands and tenements in Mamecestre, which I had of the gift of William de Holland, to have to the said Margaret for life, &c. By an earlier deed (1317) Robert de Holland remits to Sir W. Holland knight for his life, and to Thurstan, son of Margaret Shoresworth’ (John Harland, Chetham Society, vol. 56, p. 352, 1861). Thurstan de Holland had a large family. By his first wife, besides his son and heir, Sir Robert, he had a son William, afterwards Sir William de Holland, from whom the family of Denton sprang. In the 20 Edward III. (1346) one Moston makes a grant of lands in Denton to Thurstan de Holland; and in the 1 Henry IV. (1399) Richard Holland is found seised of the manor of Denton, which he holds of Nicholas Longford by military service’ (Chetham miscellanies, Volume ii., p. 15, 1856).

The family of Mosley possessed considerable sstates in (Denton) in the reign of Edward IV. and John Mosley Gent, of Didsbury, was living in 1480, having a son, James, also of Didsbury, in the 6th Henry VII. His grandson, Sir Nicholas Mosley, was a successful London and Manchester merchant, and having been Lord Mayor of the former city, died December 10th 1612, aged eighty-five, and was buried in Didsbury Chapel (ibid.).

1. Sir William de Holland, mar. Margaret, dau. and heiress of Sir Alexander Denton of Denton. 1.1. Sir Thurstan de Holland of Denton, Lancashire (bore quarterly: azure, a lion rampant guardant between six fleurs-de-lis); mar. Mary Collyer, d/o John Collyer. 1.1.1. William de Holland. In 1346, William, son of Thurstan de Holland, and Roger, s/o Richard de Tyldesley, held one plough-land in Clifton by a rent of 8s. Shortly afterwards William de Holland had possession of the whole. He was succeeded by his son Otes; and by another Otes living about 1440. This last had a son and heir William, who died in 1498. and his son Ralph being childless Clifton passed to a cousin, William Holland,* son of Thomas, son of Otes. Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 134–7; Dep. Keeper’s Rep. xxxix, App. 539. The succession is stated also in Pal. of Lanc. Plea R. 119, m. 11. *Probably he who mar. Alice Werden. 1.1.2. Sir Richard Holland of Denton and Kenyon, d. 1402, mar. Almerica de Kenyon. Adam de Kenyon, 2nd son of the 2nd Adam de Kenyon and Margaret is called Sir Adam de Kenyon, Knight, in one of the Holland pedigrees. He became Lord of Kenyon on the death of his brother John, and was living 42 Edward 3 (1369). He mar. Matilda, d/o Robert Hesketh, who was living 20 Edw. 3 (1346), and they had an only dau. and heiress, Almerica. 1.1.2.1. Thurstan Holland of Denton, d. 1423, mar. Agnes, fl. 1438. 1.1.2.1.1. Thurstan Holland of Denton. 1.1.1.1.1.1. Richard Holland of Denton, d 1483, mar. Agnes ——. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Richard Holland of Denton, fl. 1500, mar. a d/o —– Harrington of Hornby. 1.1.2.1.1.1.2. Thurstan Holland of Denton, d. 1508, mar. Joan Arderne, d/o John Arderne. (The connection between the family of ‘Willimus Holland’ and the families of Wrottesley and Arderne was an extremely close one, and gives a high level of probability to this proposed lineage: (1. Isobel de Arderne, b 1348, Aldford, Cheshire, mar. Hugh Wrottesley, d. 1381, Staffordshire. 1.1. John Wrottesley, b. 1370, mar. Elizabeth Standish, of Lancashire. 1.1.1. Hugh Wrottesley, b. Sept. 14, 1400, mar. Thomasine Gresley, b. 1410, in Gresely, Derbyshire, d. Dec. 25, 1480, in Drakelow, Derbyshire. 1.1.1.1.1 Walter Wrottesley, 1426-1463, mar. Joan Baron, of Reading, Berkshire. 1.1.1.1.1.1. Joan Wrottesley, b. 1471, mar. Richard Cressett). 1.1.2.1.1.1.3. ‘Willimus Holland.’ His family bore the arms of Thurstan de Holland, living 1339. (‘Holland (Burwarton, Charlecot, and Pickthorne, co. Salop: Az. a lion ramp, guard, ar. Crest — A demi lion ramp, guard, grasping a fleur-de-lis az.; Burke’s ‘General Armory’, p. 500, 2009). 1.1.2.1.1.1.3.1. Thomas Holland, mar. Elizabeth Wall, d/o ‘Will. Wawll’ (Wahull) of Wheathill. Shropshire. 1.1.2.1.1.1.3.1.1. John Holland., b. 1535, mar. Joyce Lutley; he being John Holland Sr., enfeoffed in Lamberhurst, Kent. 1.1.2.1.1.1.3.1.1.1. John Holland Jr., of Lamberhurst, mar. Mary Barham. 1.1.2.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.1. David Holland. 1.2.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.1.1. John Holland, son and heir apparent of David Holland. John Holland’s Will, proved May 17, 1675, mentions sons John and Edward. He had mar. Anne Burton; the overseer of his Will was Edward Burton, his br.-in-law. Marriages of Goochland Co., 1733-1815 (Williams), p. 12, Nov. 2, 1763: ‘Charles Burton and Mary Holland, dau. of George Holland. Sur. George Holland and Michael Holland.’ 1.1.2.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.1.1.1. Michael Holland of Goochland.

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