Person:John Holden (10)

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m. Bef 1642
  1. Steven Holden1642 - 1658
  2. Justinian Holden1644 - Bet 1697 & 1700
  3. Bartholomew Holden
  4. Martha Holden1645/46 - 1687
  5. Mary Holden1647 - 1722
  6. John Holden1649/50 - Bef 1657
  7. Samuel Holden1650/51 - Abt 1739
  8. Sarah HoldenEst 1656 - Aft 1708
  9. John HoldenAbt 1657 - 1756
  10. Stephen HoldenAft 1658 - 1715
  11. Elizabeth HoldenBef 1661 - 1703
  12. Thomas Holden1660/61 -
  13. Thomas HoldenAbt 1664 - Aft 1679
Facts and Events
Name John Holden
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 17 Mar 1649/50 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Death? Bef 1657 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesAnother child of the same name born?
References
  1. Johnson, Edward F. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages . (Woburn, Massachusetts: Andrews, Cutler & Co., 1890-1919)
    Vol. 1, p. 121.

    HOLDEN, John, s. of Richard, [born] March 17, 1650.
    [Note: town copy has this as "17th of 1st month 1650" which would be 1649/50.]

  2. Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    Vol. III (G-H), p. 366.

    Woburn 17 March 1650[/1?] [WoVR 1:121]
    [Note: as explained above, the date is thought to be 1649/50 based on how it is recorded in the town copy, whereas Anderson appears to have only consulted the published records. Anderson attributes the three marriages to this birthdate, but does not pursue John enough to study his death date, the focus here being the father Richard. So he did not have to deal with the potential age at death that this birthdate would imply and does not discuss it as an issue.]

  3. Putnam, Eben. The Holden genealogy: ancestry and descendants of Richard and Justinian Holden, and of Randall Holden. (Boston, Massachusetts: Murray Printing, 1923-1926)
    pg. 49, 50, 74.

    [Note: this source shows two sons named John, one born 1650 per town records, one born about 1657 justified by a cryptic comment "aged 22 in 1679". As no basis has yet been found (such as a deposition), excepting deeds in 1679 which indicate he was at least 21, it is unknown if this age has a basis or it is merely derived from an assumption of the author. At the same time, no event has been located that requires he be born earlier than 1657. There is no age on his death record, surprising with either birth date, as one would be about 99, the other about 106, and it is the implied age at death that suggests that the 1650 date may not have been the man who lived.]