Person:Nathan Holton (1)

Watchers
m. 25 May 1736
  1. Dorothy Holton1736/37 - 1760
  2. Mercy Holton1738 -
  3. Violet Holton1740 - 1761
  4. Azubah Holton1742 -
  5. Abigail Holton1744 -
  6. Bethiah Holton1747 - 1786
  7. Lemuel Holton1749 - 1786
  8. William Holton1750 -
  9. Nathan Holton1753 - Bef 1804
  • HNathan Holton1753 - Bef 1804
  • WHannah WareAbt 1762 - 1834
m. Bef 1781
  1. Timothy Holton1781 -
  2. Dorastus Holton1783 -
  3. Nancy Holton1786 -
  4. Asenath Holton1788 -
  5. Sally Holton1791 -
  6. Sophia Holton1794 -
  7. Calvin Holton1797 -
Facts and Events
Name[2] Nathan Holton
Gender Male
Christening[1] 6 May 1753 Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1781 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Hannah Ware
Death? Bef 1804 Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts, United StatesWife remarried
References
  1. Northfield (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Births, baptisms, marriages, intentions, deaths, 1713-1839, approx. (Salt Lake City, Utah)
    Book A, p. 23.

    Baptized
    May: 6: 1753 Nathan Son to Will'm & Bethiah Holton.

  2. Massachusetts. Probate Court (Hampshire County). Probate records, 1660-1916; index, 1660-1971. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 1988-1989)
    Box 73, file 33 Nolton, Nathan Northfield 1794.

    Jul 1794: Selectmen of Northfield (Seth Lyman, Elisha Hunt) in our opinion Nathan Holton of Northfield is incapable of transacting his Business a Considerable Part of the time and Has Been for some years Past.
    10 Jul 1794: Deposition of Noah Munn that Nathan Holton being sensible in some measure of his Incapacity to take care of himself & of his Interest & Desired Capt'n Elisha Hunt of Northfield might be his Gaurdian.
    10 Jul 1794: Elisha Hunt of Northfield as guardian of Nathan Holton of Northfield a Person Non Compos.
    25 Nov 1794: Inventory of Nathan Holton of Northfield a person Non Compos: £33-4-0 by Ebenez: Field Jr., Noah Munn, Abner Severance.

  3.   Temple, Josiah Howard; George Sheldon; and Mary T. Stratton. History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts, for 150 years: with an account of the prior occupation of the territory by the Squakheags: and with family genealogies. (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1875)
    p. 462.

    Nathan Holton [#15], s/o William Holton [#8] and Bethia ---, bp. 6 May 1753, m. Hannah Ware. "Set off to Gill, 1795; rem. Bratt., after 1800."
    [Note see Holton Genealogy regarding unlikelihood of his removing to Brattleboro.]

  4.   Holton, Edward Payson, and Harriet Scofield. A Genealogy of the Descendants in America of William Holton (1610-1691) of Hartford, Conn., and Northampton, Mass. (Cleveland, Ohio: Typscript: Holton Family, 1935)
    p. 38, 59.

    Nathan Holton [#111], s/o William Holton [#73] and Bethiah Hall, bp. 6 May 1753, d. "probably soon after 1800, m. "date unknown" [first child born 1781] Hannah Ware. "He was adjudjed insane in Northfield and Elisha Hunt was appointed his guardian July 10, 1794. Although all his children are found in Brattleboro at some time or other after 1800, no record of him can be found there, and it is more probable that he died about this time".