Person:Amos Holt (1)

"In the character of the deceased were included more than the usual number of those traits peculiar to the puritanism of New Engalnd. The product of the combination in him was a man who, among his fellows, resembled one of those old oaks, In all but its superior largeness, which he spent so much of his life in uprooting and working into form for the building of ships, among the more flexible and impressive trees about it. His temper was rugged, his convictions vigorous, and his mind strong. These attributes of character seemed also to endow him with something of the same uality of physical endurance; for at extreme old age until a short time before he was seized with his mortal sickness, "his eye was not dimmed or his natural strength abated." Of earthly things, the Bible held the first place in his affections. At the funeral the Rev. Mr. Greene bore his testimony, derived from an acquaintance of twenty-four years with Capt. Holt, to his genuine puritan devotion to this book, in his estimation so priceless; even the preacher's own views had been often quickened by those of this humble disciple of Jesus. Mr. Green spoke with evident feeling and great force of this striking manifestation of knowledge, of undoubting confidence and actual reliance on the word. He remakred how his love of it had kept this lowly follower from wandering in the new ways, after the new conceits. It followed, as is well knwon, that he did not particpate in what seemd to him as taught by the scriptures, some of the leading follies and errors of the day. Capt. Holt was a poor man. It may well be said that the want of earthly riches made him more sensible of the riches of divine grace. His trust in these heavenly treasures composed and exalted his mind in health, comforted and supported him in sickness and adversity, and made death itself appear to him the friend that should lead him to his Saviour. Andover Newspaper Obituary

1. ↑ Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912)
   196.

   HOLT, Amos, s. David and Hannah, [born] Apr. 25, 1777.

2. ↑ Holt Family in the United States Daniel S. Durrie 1864.