Deacon William Holton

ID: I03571 Name: William HOLTON 1 2 3 Sex: M Reference Number: 3571

Marriage 1 Mary WINCHELL Children

Mary HOLTON b: 1636 in Hartford, Connecticut

William HOLTON

Rachel HOLTON b: 1640

Ruth HOLTON b: ABT 1643

John HOLTON

Sarah HOLTON

Sources: Title: Rootsweb Note: ABBR Rootsweb Repository: Media: Internet Page: Descendants of Richard Lyman & Sarah Osborne Note: Database: wildbill (farnorth-ak@gci.net) Title: A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England Before1692 Author: James Savage Title: Rootsweb.com databases Note: ABBR Rootsweb.com databases Page: Descendants of John Guilford and related families; database=:3228263

He was a deacon.

William Holton is the ninth great-grandfather of the late Diana Spencer (1961-1997), Princess of Wales.

References:

Henry Cornelius Klassen. Luther H. Holton: A Founding Canadian Entrepreneur. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2001. [See pp. 1-2.]

Gary Boyd Roberts. "The New England Ancestry of H. R. H. the Princess of Wales." Genealogies of Connecticut Families: From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Judith McGhan, ed. Reprinted for Clearfield Company. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 2006. [See pp. 627-28]

Biographical Summary:

William Holton (Houghton, Holten) came in the "Francis," from Ipswich, 1634, aged 23. An original proprietor at Hartford; his home-lot in 1639 was on "the road from George Steel's to the Great Swamp," now Washington St. Removed to Northampton in 1654; was the first deacon there; member of first Board of Magistrates; deputy several years; died in Northampton, August 12, 1691; his widow, Mary, died November 16, 1691.

SOURCE: James Hammond Trumbull, editor, The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Volume 1 (Boston, Massachusetts: Edward L. Osgood, 1886), page 245. Retrieved: 3 May 2011 from Google Books

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William Holton was born at Winston Manor, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England on April 28, 1610. He was the son of Edward Holton and Constance Adkinson. He came to New England on the ship "Francis" in April of 1634 from Ipswich and settled in Hartford, Connecticut. He was one of the first settlers there and his name is on the original Founders Monument in the Ancient Burying Ground. He married Mary Winche, probably in Hartford, but possibly in England. They had eight children, most likely all born in Hartford.

In 1653 William moved his family to Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts where he was one of the eight original petitioners. He was the first deacon of the church in Northampton ordained Jun 13, 1663. He was also a member of the first board of magistrates appointed in 1665. He reprsented Northampton for 5 yrs in the General Court and Hadley for one year, l669. While serving in the General Court, he introduced the first motion known in American history for the suppression of intemperenace. Two of William's daughters, Mary and Sarah, were both married the same day, November l8, l656, the former to David Burt and the latter to John King, which were the lst two marriages solomnized in Northampton.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27682050/william-holton

William Holton was born at Winston Manor, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England on April 28, 1610. He was the son of Edward Holton and Constance Adkinson. He came to New England on the ship Francis in April of 1634 from Ipswich and settled in Hartford, Connecticut. He was one of the first settlers there and his name is on the original Founders Monument in the Ancient Burying Ground. He married Mary Winche, probably in Hartford, but possibly in England. They had eight children, most likely all born in Hartford.

In 1653 William moved his family to Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts where he was one of the eight original petitioners. He was the first deacon of the church in Northampton ordained Jun 13, 1663. He was also a member of the first board of magistrates appointed in 1665. He reprsented Northampton for 5 yrs in the General Court and Hadley for one year, l669. While serving in the General Court, he introduced the first motion known in American history for the suppression of intemperenace. Two of William's daughters, Mary and Sarah, were both married the same day, November l8, l656, the former to David Burt and the latter to John King, which were the lst two marriages solomnized in Northampton.

William died in Northampton on August 2, 1691. His wife died soon after. They are buried in the Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton.
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Information posted in Collaboration suggest his wife is NOT MARY WINCHE. (Member #47421237)

Note: There is a discrepancy in birth dates. The marker shows the October date.

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• William arrived in New England in April 1634 aboard the ship Francis. His name on the passenger manifest was spelled "William Haulton". He arrived from Ipswich, England and settled in Hartford, Connecticut.
• From the WikiTree, "William Holton, 1610-1691," posted at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holton-20: "Deacon William Holton was one of the first settlers of Hartford, Connecticut, and one of the eight original petitioners for liberty to plant and settle at Nonotuck (Northampton), whither he went in 1653. When the first board of magistrates was appointed in 1665 by the General court, it consisted of William Holton, Thomas Bascom and Edward Elmore. He was the first deacon of the church of Northampton (ordained June 13, 1663), and a representative to the General court (1667-69)."