Captain John Holden [#12221] m. (2) 28 Apr 1783 Mrs. Dolly Aldrich, widow of Benjamin Aldrich of Mendon. [Note: the author appears to cite a manuscript by F.A. Holden for this identification of John's second wife.]
↑ The input of this page is based on the information in Putnam. No information about Dorothy Hamilton has been located (birth and death date), nor about the death of Benjamin Aldrich, nor any document connecting Dolly or John to Benjamin Aldrich. 3 Sep 1784, Dolly signs a deed that John executes (Worcester Deeds, Vol 95, p. 117), but in 1806 John sells land "whereon I now live", and no wife signs, which may indicate Dolly had died by then (ibid, Vol. 167, p. 286).