On This Day: September 27

1713:   One of my maternal 5th great-grandmothers, Mary Jane Holman, the daughter of Col. John and Ann (Quincy) Holman, was born. She married Ezra Cary on 8 February 1736/1737 and died in 1775. [Sources: (1) Alfred Lyman Holman, "John Holman of Dorchester, Mass., and his Descendants," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, July 1918, 201; American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : accessed 1 Jun 2011); (2) Joiner, Rev. Darrell and Sallyann (carver@ime.net), Cary Family History.]

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On This Day: August 6

1641: Thomas Holman, one of my maternal 7^th great-grandfathers, son of John Holman and Anna Bishop, was born on this date in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He was a cordwainer (a shoemaker) and served as a soldier in King Philip’s War. He died 4 August 1704 at Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and is buried at Milton Cemetery.

Photo by Scrib & Barb Kelly; findagrave.com, digital images, (www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 Jul 2011),
 Find A Grave Memorial# 21151415, Thomas Holman,
created by Nareen, et al, 25 August 2007.

Source: Alfred Lyman Holman, "John Holman of Dorchester, Mass., and His Descendants," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, July 1918, 196; digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : accessed 23 Dec 2010).

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On This Day: July 8

1752: Luther Cary, one of my maternal 4th great-grandfathers, the son of Ezra Cary and Mary Jane Holman, was born in Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey. Luther, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, died on 8 October 1834, and is buried in Plain City, Madison County, Ohio. [Source 1: Joiner, Darrell and Sallyann, Cary Family History. Source 2: Luther Cary, Ancestor #A020239, Member National #320524, Daughters of the American Revolution.]


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On This Day: June 22

1645: Abigail Rigby, one of my maternal 7^th great-grandmothers, daughter of John and Isabel Rigby, was born in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She died on 1 March 1702/03 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Source: Alfred Lyman Holman, "Descendants of John Holman," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, July 1918, 196; digital images, New England Historic and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors. org : accessed 19 Jun 2011).  This is a photograph of her gravestone in Milton Cemetery posted by Scrib and Barb Kelly on the Find A Grave website:

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