Person:Henry Holt (1)

Before his father's death, Henry received from him "one-half of my three score acres of upland and the land on which Henry's house stands...130 acres of my great division of upland...one-half my meadow called Ladel meadow" in addition to other assorted hills and meadows. The land was west of his brother Samuel's. He was granted liberty to set up a sawmill at Ladle Meadow Brook in 1686. He appears as a selectman three years later, and also as a surveyor and constable. When Andover was divided into a new South Parish (now Andover as opposed to North Andover), Henry was moderator at the first parish meeting and one of the early assessors. He and his wife joined the church by profession of faith on June 3, 1716. Henry survived all his brothers and all but one sister, living to the age of 75.^[3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Nicholas Holt, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
   3:400.

   "Henry Holt, b. about 1643 (d. Andover 1 January 1718/9 'aged about 75 years'); …"

2. ↑ Children of Nicholas¹ Holt and first wife Elizabeth, in Durrie, Daniel S. (Daniel Steele). A Genealogical History of the Holt Family in the United States: more particularly, the descendants of Nicholas Holt of Newbury and Andover, Mass., 1634-1644, and of William Holt of New Haven, Conn. (Albany : J. Munsell, 1864)
   12.

   "6. Henry² (Holt) b. in Andover, 1644; m. Feb. 24, 1669, Sarah, daughter of William Ballard. She d. at Andover, Nov. 25, 1733. He d. Jan. 17 [13], 1719, aged 75. They united with the Andover church, June 3, 1716. He was a prominent man in the town, and his name is frequently found on committees. In 1686, he received permission to erect a mill on Ladle brook. His father deeded him a portion of his estate, 1681. 14 ch."

3. ↑ Holt Association of America. The First Three Generations of Holts in America. (Newburgh, MA: Moore Printing (1930).)
   127-30.
4. ↑ Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912)
   2:466.

   "Holt, … Henery, [died] Jan. 13, 1718-19, a. abt. 75 y."