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Adam Holloway
bet. 1653 and 1654–1733 · Male
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Overview
Adam Hollowaybet. 1653 and 1654–1733Hannah (Hayward) Farrar Holloway1647–1732Wife
Family
Parents
- Mother: Jane Ellen Beers 1633–1701
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- Father: Timothy Holloway 1629–1683
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Wife: Hannah (Hayward) Farrar Holloway 1647–1732 Unconfirmed evidence: show why
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- Daughter: Elizabeth Holloway 1687–1748
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- Daughter: Hanah Holloway born 1684
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- Son: William Holloway born c. 1833
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- Daughter: Mary (Holloway) Oak 1681/2–aft. 1749
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Why: Probably the daughter of Adam Holloway and Hannah Hayward (1906 register).
Records:
- H. L. Oak, Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (Los Angeles, 1906), entries 1, 7, 20 and 72 (record page · view at Internet Archive)
Review: assessed 09-24-2026; evidence: Published transcription or compiled genealogy examined.
Life events
| Born | BET 1653 AND 1654 Unconfirmed evidence: show whyWhy: From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed. Records attached in the tree: Review: not yet reviewed. |
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| Died | JUN 1733, Northboro, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Unconfirmed evidence: show whyWhy: From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed. Records attached in the tree: Review: not yet reviewed. |
| Marriage | 5 MAR 1681, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, with Hannah (Hayward) Farrar Holloway 1647–1732 |
| Will | 27 MAR 1733, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA |
| Burial | First Burying Place, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA View memorial on Find a Grave |
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Concord (Mass.) Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Todd, 1895), p. 24: Adam Holloway and Hannah ffarrar married, 1681. Marriages: 'Adam Holloway & Hannah ffarrar Maryed.. 5. 1. 81' (5 March 1681, old style).5 Mar 1681 (old style) · p. 24
Concord (Mass.) Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Todd, 1895), p. 25: Mary, daughter of Adam Holaway, born 1681/2. Births: 'Mary daught' of Adam Holaway born.. 25. 12. 81' (25 February 1681/2).25 Feb 1681/2 · p. 25
Concord (Mass.) Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Todd, 1895), p. 31: children of Adame Halleway and Hanah, 1684-1689. Concord Registers, Book II: births of Hanah (5 Nov 1684), Elizebeth (1 Apr 1687) and William (16 June 1689), children of Adame Halleway and Hanah his wife.1684-1689 · p. 31
Middlesex County, Mass., probate case 16185, Nathaniel Oake of Westborough: account of Mary Oke, administratrix (film 007553698, image 772). 'The Account of Mary Oke Administratrix of all and Singular the Goods and Chattels of Nathanell Oke of Westborough': land 620 pounds, personal 215-15, charges and debts paid (the Justice for swearing the appraisers, Daniel Elmer, Joseph How, Mrs Salter of Boston, Adam Holloway, Joshua Rice, and others).about 1721-1722 · film 007553698, image 772
Westborough loose vital records, 1732-1733 (Digital Commonwealth, 'Vital Records, 1724, 1730-1733', image 9): William and Mary Holloway's children and the death of Adam Holloway, 9 June 1733. A torn slip records the birth of a daughter of William and Mary Holloway (24 Oct 1732), the death of their son Adam (27 Dec 1732) and, in a second hand, 'Adam Holloway Departed this Life the 9th Day of June: 1733:'.1732-1733 · image 9
Allen, Topographical and Historical Sketches of the Town of Northborough (1826), p. 27, footnote: 'Adam Holloway, from Concord, (died in 1733, aged 80,)' and his son Lieut. Wm. Holloway. The footnote says Adam Holloway, from Concord (died in 1733, aged 80), and his son Lieut. Wm. Holloway (died Jan. 6, 1760, aged 71) settled on the farm then owned by Stephen Williams.1826 (events 1733, 1760) · p. 27
Ward, A Genealogical History of the Rice Family (1858), p. 61: children of Thomas and Mary Rice, and Ward's note on Mary Oakes (dau. of Adam Holloway and Hannah Farrar, widow of Nathaniel Oakes of Westboro'). Ward lists Thomas and Mary's children (Meliscent, 15 Apr 1723; Asa, 8 Aug 1726) and notes that Mary Oakes, b. 1682, daughter of Adam Holloway and his wife Hannah Farrar, was the second wife and widow of Nathaniel Oakes of Westboro'.1858 (events 1682-1726) · p. 61
Hudson, History of the Town of Marlborough (1862), p. 110: the second half of the list assigning Marlborough families to its twenty-six garrisons (nos. 13 to 26). No. 23, Simon Maynard's Garrison, names Adam Holloway, Benjamin Whitney, Joseph Newton, John Keyes and Abiel Bush. Households of the name Rice appear in nos. 13, 15, 17, 19 and 20. A paragraph at the foot begins a note on where the garrisons stood.1862 · p. 110
De Forest and Bates, The History of Westborough, Massachusetts (1891), p. 210: Mr. Adam Holloway, Sr., 'Decd June ye 7th, 1733, in ye 80th year of his age'. Among the names that can still be read in the old burying ground, 'Mr. Adam Holloway, Sr., who Decd June ye 7th, 1733, in ye 80th year of his age'; Joseph Wheeler, his wife Elizabeth and their son Aaron were buried in 1747 and 1748.1891 (death 1733) · p. 210
Pierce, Forbes and Forbush Genealogy (1892), p. 23: Deacon Jonathan Forbush and Hannah Holloway; Hannah (Hayward) Farrar's marriage to Adam Holloway, 5 March 1681. Entry 7, Deacon Jonathan Forbush (b. 1684), and the paragraph on Jacob Farrar, killed in 1675, and his widow Hannah, daughter of George Hayward of Concord, who 'March 5. 1681, .. married Adam Holloway, of Marlboro'.1892 (events 1668-1706) · p. 23
Vital Records of Concord, Massachusetts, p. 24: Adam Holloway and Hannah ffarrar married, dated 5.1.81 in the record (day, month, year, with no month name printed). In the old Massachusetts calendar the first month was March, which gives 5 March 1680/81; an earlier caption read it as 5 January 1681.1895 · p. 24
Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (1906), p. 9: Nathaniel I's burial ground and children under guardianship; Nathaniel (2) b. Marlboro 7 June 1704.1906 · p. 9
Kent, Northborough History (1921), p. 238: inscriptions on four slate gravestones in the Old Burial Ground (Mr. Adam Holloway, Decd June Ye 7 1733, in Ye 80th year of his age; Aaron, Elisabeth and Joseph Wheeler). Kent prints the inscriptions of four slate gravestones in the Old Burial Ground on Brigham Street: Mr. Adam Holloway ('Decd JUNE Ye 7 1733 IN Ye 80th YEAR OF HIS AGE'), Aaron Wheeler (d. 12 Apr 1747, aged 19), Mrs. Elisabeth Wheeler (d. 12 Sept 1748) and Mr. Joseph Wheeler (d. 20 May 1747).1921 (deaths 1733-1748) · p. 238
Photos & documents
Sources
- View memorial on Find a Grave Memorial 67583978
A volunteer-contributed memorial page. Its dates and family links are the contributor's; the labels on this page say which ones the records support. - De Forest and Bates, History of the Town of Westborough (1891), p. 210: Mr. Adam Holloway, Sr., who "Decd June ye 7th, 1733, in ye 80th year of his age" (Internet Archive item historyofwestborm00defo, leaf n257); Allen, Topographical and Historical Sketches of the Town of Northborough (1826), p. 27 footnote: "Adam Holloway, from Concord, (died in 1733, aged 80,)" (Internet Archive item topograp Other documents Citation only Birth
- Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Concord: Town of Concord, 1895), Middlesex County Register section, p. 24: 'Adam Holloway & Hannah ffarrar Maryed . . 5. 1. 81' (5th day of the 1st month = 5 March 1681). Internet Archive item concordmassachus1635conc, leaf n39 Birth, marriage and death records Citation only Marriage
- Parkman diary, 4 Oct 1752: 'N.B. Mr. John Oake, was bury'd this afternoon.' (quoted in Ross W. Beales Jr., Reconstitution Data for Westborough Families (Ebenezer Parkman Project working file, 12 May 2023), p. 822; Beales gives 'Died: Oct. 1752'). Worcester probate docket case 44119: 'Susannah Oak appointed Administratrix. Oct. 18 Bond 400 Sa Wills and probate Citation only Baptism, Death, Will
- Kent, History of Northborough (1921), p. 238: gravestone 'Decd JUNE Ye 7 1733 IN Ye 80th YEAR OF HIS AGE' (leaf n289); Westborough loose vital returns (Digital Commonwealth, Vital Records 1724, 1730-1733, image 9): 'Adam Holloway Departed this Life the 9th Day of June: 1733'; De Forest and Bates, History of Westborough (1891), p. 210/211 quotes the stone Birth, marriage and death records Citation only Death
- Find a Grave memorial 67583978, Adam Holloway (user-contributed page). Inscription as transcribed on the page: "HERE LYES THE / BODY OF MR / ADAM HOLLOWAY / DECd JUNE Ye 7 / 1733 / IN Ye 80 YEAR / OF HIS AGE". Burial: First Burying Place, Northborough Burials and memorials Citation only Burial
Research sources
- H. L. Oak, Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (Los Angeles, 1906), entries 1, 7, 20 and 72 Family histories and trees view at Internet Archive
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