Person:Joseph Holley (1)

Joseph was a millright.

He was in Saugus (Lynn, MA) in 1636 and by 1637 in Sandwich MA on Cape Cod. He was one of 61 original settlers of Sandwich and one of16 long-term settlers. He purchased a house and lot from Jeremy Gould on Oct. 1, 1639. He served as constable in 1644, surveyerof highways in 1647, and in 1643 was listed on rolls of Lt. Blackmer's company of Militia.

He died young, at about 40, when only his son Joseph was of age. His wife remarried and raised their 4 small daughters. Joseph’s estate was not settled until 18 years after his death, when all the daughters were grown.

1. ↑ Pope, Charles Henry. Pioneers of Massachusetts (1620-1650): A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches. (Boston: The Author, 1900)
   236.

   Division of estate May 1665. Receipts signed by Joseph Holley Jr., Mary wife of Nathaniel Fitsrandall, Sarah wife of Joseph Allen, Experience Holley & Hopestill wife of Samuel Worden. [Pioneers of MA by Charles Henry Pope, 1986]

2.   Macfarlane, Sally, “Hopestill Holly Worden and the related Families of Holley, Allen and Hull,”, in Worden, Patricia Carter, and Worden Family Association. Wordens past : newsletter of the Worden Family Association. (Midland, Michigan: Worden Family Association, 1980-)
   Volume XI, No. 2, Aug. 1990.

   Note: the link that was part of this citation is obsolete: [1]. The original source appears to be available to members of the Worden Family Association.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} George Allen, 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)
   I:29.