In a message dated 5/3/2003 6:59:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, barrybro@twave.net writes: > This article confirms that > >Jan's wife was Renewed Sweet, nee Maribah, but her name changed when her > >mother remarried to Ezekiel Holliman. Who was he with a name like Ezekiel > to > >change his stepdaughter's name?? > > ...Ezekiel Holliman....just a wild guess...any connection at all to the > elusive upline of the Nicholas Holley/Holloway/Holway m.1 Patience Mott; > m.2 > Mehitable Phillips? The line appears to come from Sandwich MA along with > the Worden lines coming into Kingstowne RI...but...where does this Holliman > line come from? > > Barry Hale Browning > Hi Barry; The article on CD #180 re Phillip Gereardy says: "Holliman, who was a man of prominence from Tring in Hertfordshire, and one of the founders of the Baptist church in America, acquired a certain distinction in history by baptizing Roger Williams." So I guess he was not a Holway from Sandwich. But, since you brought it up............. I can tell you that I am. See below. Joseph Holway - b 1605 England, m. Rose Allen, Sandwich MA Joseph Holway - 1636 Sandwich m. Mary Hull Joseph Holway - 1662 Sandwich m. Ann Jennings Gideon Holway - 1704 Sandwich m. Experience Wing Joseph Holway -1736 Sandwich m. Martha Gifford (cont.) Jemima Holway -1772 Barnstable m James Bearse Nelson Bearse -1812 Barnstable m. Clorida Hinckley Nelson H. Bearse -1841 Barnstable m. Mary Coffin Ames Irving bearse -1870 Barnstable m. Susan Inman Charles Inman Bearse -1898 Providence m. Marion George Charlie Jr. - me Charles I Bearse Morrisville PA To Be Remembered May Be The Secret To Immortality