Looking for James David "J.D." Holloway (7/25/1813, RI - abt 1865, LA). Married Mary Jane Fitzgerald in LA 1846. Was in RI during the Civil War. Returned to LA afterwards where he died. HOLLOWAY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > HOLLOWAY-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 66 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [HOLLOWAY-L] HOLLOWAY, Hopestill, [JWinter588@aol.com] > #2 Re: [HOLLOWAY-L] HOLLOWAY, Hopesti [Kathy Welch Heidel <kheidel@tri.ne] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from HOLLOWAY-D, send a message to > > gmoore@teleport.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [HOLLOWAY-L] HOLLOWAY, Hopestill, MA / CT, 1730 > Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 11:09:19 EST > From: JWinter588@aol.com > To: HOLLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com > > Dear all HOLLOWAY researchers, > > Along with providing (see below) what is recorded in vital records for > the children of my 5th Great Grandparents Joshua PIERCE and Hopestill HOLLOWAY > and Joshua's background, I would like any information and the source on > Hopestill's parents and anything about their lives. I do know Joshua and > Hopestill's children from vital records (see below), but notice the children's > births are recorded in both Cornwall, CT vital records and Pembroke MA vital > records. Can anyone explain why the children's births were recorded in both > places and where were their children born - Pembroke CT or Cornwall MA? > Does anyone have any reliable source(s) besides "Seven Pierce Families" > giving the parents of Joshua PIERCE as their appears to be some confusion on > this. Also, I would like any substantiated information on the parents of > Hopestill HOLLOWAY, Joshua's spouse. > The book "History of Cornwall" pgs.244-45 provides some information on > the life of Joshua and speaks of their children: > Joshua Pierce, the father of Joshua, John, and Seth Pierce and of > several daughters belonged to Pembroke of Plymouth County , Mass. He bought > the place now occupied by Maj. Seth Pierce may 17, 1748, consisting of three > hundred and three acres of Joshua Jewel. Joshua Pierce was the venerable > ancestor of the Pierce family. he wasa poor boy, put to a hard master, who > treated him with much unkindness and severity. But when he became of age his > severe training which he had recieved made him an industrious,economical and > respected citizen.He gave half his wages of one years hire,when living at > Pembroke for the building of a house for the worshiping of god. He was > remarkably prosporous in acquiring property. He gave 63,000 for his farm which > he bought of Jewel. he here increased in wealth, and was liberal toward all > benevolant objects an ever remembered the poor.and such was his reputation and > standing the he was one of the firstchosen to represent the town in the > legislature, to which place he was reelected for ten different sessions. He > was a good ministerial man for the sake of their office. He showed himself a > genuine descendant of the puritans in principle and feeling. Generally the > descendants of this venerable Joshua Pierce have been prosperous and > respectable, having a blessing resting upon them. He died at the age of 80 > years, on Mar.13, 1794. He had five daughters, Elizabeth and Eleanor, married > two brothers. Amos and Solomon Johnson. Sarah, the second daughter married > Jonathon Chandler. The younger, Prisilla and and Anna married Perez and Titus > Bonney, two brothers. Mr. Pierce married his second wife, a widow, Starr from > Danbury. > > As per letter rec'd from the Pembroke town clerk, Pg. 160 Pembroke > births > Pearce(see Pearse, Peirc, Peirce& Pierce) > Eleanor d. Joshua & Hopestill b. Apr. 28,1759 > Elizabeth d. Joshua & Hopestil b. Jan.25, 1732-33 > John s. Joshua& Hopestil b. Nov.18,1734 > Sarah d. Joshua & Hopestill b. Dec. 24,1736 > > Pierce > Joshua s. Joshua & Hopestill b. Nov.8,1730 > Priscilla d. Joshua & Hopestill b. Oct. 28,1745 > Seth s. Joshua & Hopestill b. Oct. 28,1742 > > Cornwall, Ct. vital Records Barbour Collection (Obtained from Ct. State > Library in Hartford, Ct.) > Pierce, Peerce (Also see Bierce) > Anna d. Joshua & Hopestill b. Feb.20, 1749-50 > Anna d. Joshua jr. & Amy b. Feb. 5, 1758 > Ame d. Joshua & Ame b. Sept. 16, 1759 > Eleanor d. Joshua & Hopestill Apr. 28, 1739 > Elizabeth d. Joshua & Hopestill b. Jan. 25, 1732-33 > John s. Joshua & Hopestill b. Nov. 20, 1734 > John s. Joshua & Amy b.May 15, 1774 > Joshua s. Joshua & Hopestill b. Nov. 8, 1730 > Joshua Jr. m. Amy Johnson b. of cornwall Sept. 11,1754 by George > Kellogg, Jp. sworn to Aug. 9,1745 before Gideon Thompson J.P. by John > Pierce and Nehemiah Pierce. > Joshua s. Joshua Jr. & Amey b. sept. 16,1762 > Joshua (Capt.) d.Jan. 22, 1793 > Joshua d. mar 13, 1794 in the 89th yr. of his age. > Low Rain d. Joshua & Amy b. Mar. 23, 1766 (Lorain) > Presilla d. Joshua & Hopestill b. Oct. 28, 1745 > Samuel Johnson s. Joshua Jr. & Amy b. Dec.27,1769 > Sarah d. Joshua & Hopestill b. Dec. 4, 1736 > Seth s. Joshua & Hopestill b. Oct.28,1742 > > Any information will be most appreciated. > > Happy hunting all, > Jeannie Winter > "JWinter588@AOL.com" > FTM User's Home Page on Internet URL: > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/i/n/Jean-A-Winter/ > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [HOLLOWAY-L] HOLLOWAY, Hopestill, MA / CT, 1730 > Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 14:14:47 -0600 > From: Kathy Welch Heidel <kheidel@tri.net> > To: HOLLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > Hello, I am a direct decendant of William Holloway, this is the outline of William to Hopestill > Holloway. You may find more by going to my Pieces of Thyme listed below. I am also going to include > an outline of Hopestills immediate family. I hope this will help you. Direct Descendants of William > Holloway > > 1 [1] William Holloway b: Abt. 1586 in Somerset, England d: May-09-1664 in Boston, Mass. o: > Tailor/ Mercer > .. +Hannah Holloway d: in Taunton, Mass > . 2 Esther Holloway b: in Boston, Mass > . 2 Hannah Holloway d: Aug-31-1653 in Boston, Mass. > . 2 John Holloway d: Jul-02-1659 in Boston, Mass. > . 2 Simeon Holloway d: Aug-17-1660 in Boston, Mass. > . 2 Timothy Holloway b: Bef. 1627 in England d: Aft. 1702 in Taunton, Mass > . 2 Samuel Holloway b: Abt. 1630 in England d: Bef. 1707 in Taunton, Mass m: King William's > War 1689- 1697 > . 2 Joseph Holloway b: Bef. 1633 d: Aft. 1653 in Berkley, Mass. > *2nd Wife of [1] William Holloway: > .. +Elizabeth Holloway d: Aft. Aug-23-1679 in Taunton, Mass > . 2 Nehemiah Holloway d: Bef. 1779 > . 2 Malachi Holloway b: Abt. 1647 in Taunton, Mass m: King Philip's War 1675-1677 > ..... +Elizabeth Shove b: Abt. 1650 > .... 3 Simeon Holloway b: 1692 > .... 3 Elizabeth Holloway b: Abt. 1694 > .... 3 Thomas Holloway b: Abt. 1698 in Taunton, Mass d: Apr-08-1739 in Pembroke, Mass > .... 3 George Holloway b: Abt. 1700 in Taunton, Mass d: Jul-13-1756 in Cornwall, Conn. > .... 3 John Holloway b: Abt. 1702 > .... 3 Hopestill Holloway b: Abt. 1704 in Taunton, Mass d: Apr-10-1784 in Cornwall, Conn. > .... 3 William Holloway b: Abt. 1706 in Taunton, Mass d: Oct-07-1778 in western, Mass o: Joiner > . 2 Esther Holloway > . 2 Elisha Holloway b: Bef. 1650 in Taunton, Mass. d: Abt. 1678 in Taunton, Mass m: King > Philip's War 1675-1677 > > Descendants of Joshua Peirce > > 1 [2] Joshua Peirce b: in Pembroke, Mass d: Mar-13-1794 > .. +Hopestill Holloway b: Abt. 1704 in Taunton, Mass d: Apr-10-1784 in Cornwall, Conn. > . 2 Joshua Peirce b: Nov-08-1730 in Cornwall, Mass d: 1792 > . 2 Elizabeth Peirce b: Jan-25-1731/32 in Cornwall, Conn. > ..... +Amos Johnson > . 2 John Peirce b: Nov-18-1734 in Cornwall, Mass > . 2 Sarah Peirce b: Dec-24-1736 in Cornwall, Conn. > ..... +[1] Jonathan Chandler > . 2 Seth Peirce b: Oct-28-1742 in Pembroke, Mass d: Aug-28-1833 > ..... +Amy Hart > . 2 Priscilla Peirce b: Oct-28-1745 in Cornwall, Mass > ..... +Perez Bonney > . 2 Eleanor Peirce > ..... +[1] Jonathan Chandler > . 2 Anna Peirce > ..... +Titus Bonney > *2nd Wife of [2] Joshua Peirce: > .. +Hannah Starr d: Dec-23-1790 in Pembroke, Mass > Good Luck, > Kathy > > -- > Kathy Welch Heidel > ~ mailto:kheidel@tri.net ~ ICQ# 10547674 ~ AOL I/M heidelhaus > The Potawatomi Tribe Of OK: http://www.tri.net/~kheidel/nativeamer/index.html > Missouri in the Civil War: http://www.tri.net/~kheidel/mowar/index.html > "Pieces of Thyme" http://www.tri.net/~kheidel/genealogy/pieces.html > Callahan, Causey, Devlin, Fair, Fine, Hiner, Holloway, McCrea, Ray, > Reddick, Schulster, Walker, Welch, Wofford,