Capt. Elizur Holyoke, Sr.

Mt. Holyoke College was named for him and he founded Holyoke, MA

Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Holyoke

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GEDCOM Note

Category:Founders and Early Settlers of Springfield

Conflicting info from merge:Death Place Springfield Hampden County Massachusetts, USA or Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony Response to Conflicting info: Hampden was not a county until 1812. Massachusetts was not a state until 1789.

Note===See New England Colonial Names and Dates of Towns and Countiesfor more about places in New England and what they were called before 1776. In the marriage data for Elizur and Mary Pynchon, the location is Springfield, New England Colony because Springfield had withdrawn from Connecticut Colony and not yet joined Massachusetts Bay Colony; allthe colonies were under a loose federation since September 6, 1628, known as New England Colony.

Biography

war = King Philip's War Elizur Holyoke is the son of Edward Holyoke and Prudence Stockton. <ref name="Hale">Hale, House and Related Families: Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, database, FamilySearch.org: (accessed 13 Nov 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, extracted from Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, book of the same name (Baltimore, Massachusetts: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978), page 641.</ref> He was baptized May 4, 1617, at St. Lawrence Jewry,<ref name=Richardson>Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)"The English Ancestry of Edward Holyoke and of His Nephew, Thomas Morris of NewHaven" Douglas Richardson. Vol. 147, p. 21.</ref>an ancient church on Gresham Street in London. (That church burned in the Great London Fire in 1666.) <ref>St. Lawrence Jewry, database, Wikipedia.org, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. </ref> Elizur's parents, Prudence Stockton and Edward Holyoke, were both christened in Alcester, Warwickshire, England. Edward andPrudence emigrated to America with their family about 1637/38, when Elizur was about twenty. Banks, in his Topographical dictionary of 2885 English emigrants, says Edward was from Tamworth in Staffordshire<ref>Topographical dictionary of 2885 English emigrants to New England, 1620-1650, database, HathiTrust.org (accessed 13 Nov 2013) Entry for Holyoke, Edward; extracted from Charles Edward Banks, bookof the same name (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Bertram Press, 1937), page 148.</ref> (it is about forty miles north of Alcester). The parents settled on a farm in Chelsea, Massachusetts, near Boston. Elizur married Mary Pynchon September 20, 1640 at her hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts.<ref name="Hale"/> It was about one hundred miles from Chelsea to Springfield by land, but Elizur may have gone by ship, around Cape Cod and up the Connecticut River, since rivers were a preferred way to travel in those times. The Pynchons and the Holyokes were close friends, dating back to England. Elizur's father-in-law, William Pynchon, was the greatest land-owner in Springfield, and that iswhere Elizur settled with his bride. Elizur and Mary had eight children, six of whom lived to become adults. Mary died in 1657, when their youngest was only a baby. Some think that because there is no record of the date Elizur married widow EdithaStebbins Day Maynard, that he waited years to remarry. The writers who believe they married in late 1657 or in 1658 are on the side of practical considerations. (Jacobus is in the latter group, although his book says Elizur married Editha in 1685, Elizur died in 1675 and it is clearly a typo, meaning 1658.) Editha's family were grown, Elizur had ababy and young children in need of a mother - what would they have been waiting for? <ref name="Hale"/> Elizur administered his father's will June 25, 1660. Edward left the bulk of his estate to Elizur. Besides the farm at Lynn, with 500 acres,valued at 400 pounds, and the farm near Reading valued at 150 pounds,Elizur inherited his father's books and manuscripts, which included aBible in Latin. <ref name="Hale"/>

In the summer of 1675, Elizur Holyoke died at Springfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, on February 6, 1676,<ref name=Richardson/> age about fifty-nine years. He had crossed the Atlantic Ocean, helped found the town of Springfield, fathered eight children, and performed a lifetime of faithful service to his community as Deputy to the Court, Selectman, Town Clerk and Magistrate. <ref>The First Century of the History of Springfield: The Official Records from 1636 to 1736, database, FamilySearch.org, (accessed 13 Nov 2013), extracted from Henry M. Burt, book of the same name, (Springfield, Massachusetts, self-published, 1902), Vol 2, page 590 - 592. </ref>

:Spouse: Mary Pynchon Holyoke (1623 - 1657) :Children:<ref name="Hale"/> :: John, b 27 Aug 1641; d 8 Oct 1641 :: John b 5 Aug 1642; d 6 Feb 1711/12 grad. Harvard 1662 :: Hannah b 9 Jun 1644; 2 Feb 1677/8; m 7 Nov 1661 Capt Samuel Talcott :: a child b and d 21 May 1646:: Samuel Holyoke b 9 Jun 1647; d 31 Oct 1676; a hero of the "Falls Fight" :: Edward b 8 Aug 1649; d 16 Jun 1708:: Elizur b 13 Oct 1651; d 11 Aug 1711; m 2 Jan 1677/8 Mary Eliot (grand-niece of Rev. John Eliot of Roxbury) :: Mary b 14 Oct 1656; Note: Hampshire County was formed in 1662, and the default is to list the location as it was named at the event. Springfield is currently inHampden County, (formed 1812) as of this posting, 5 Dec 2013. No more info is currently available for Elizur Holyoke. Can you add to his biography?Narrative by April Dauenhauer (rough draft) - 5 Dec 2013

Sources

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See also:* Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)"The English Ancestry of Edward Holyoke and ofHis Nephew, Thomas Morris of New Haven" Douglas Richardson. Vol. 147, p. 21. "Elizur, bp. at St. Lawrence Jewry, 4 May 1617. d at Springfield Mass., 6 Feb. 1675/6for subscribers

• New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, database, Google Books: entry for Edward Holyoke; extracted from William Richard Cutter, book of the same name (New York, New York: Lewis historical publishing Company, 1913), Volume 2, page 596-597.
• "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" database, Ancestry.com: (accessed 14 Nov 2013), entry for Elizur Holyoak, 6 Feb 1676; extracted from Jay and Delene Holbrook, Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records (Provo, Utah: Holbrook Research Institute), page 181.
• Topographical dictionary of 2885 English emigrants to New England,1620-1650, database, HathiTrust.org (accessed 13 Nov 2013) Entry for Holyoke, Edward; extracted from Charles Edward Banks, book of the same name (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Bertram Press, 1937), page 148.
• A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New Englandshowing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register database, Internet Archive (accessed 13Nov 2013) entry for Holyoke, extracted from James Savage, book of same name, (Boston, Little, Brown and company, 1860) page 456.
• Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Vol. 1, database, Google Books (accessed 13 Nov 2013) entry for (II) Captain Elizur Holyoke, extracted from William Richard Cutter book of the same name (New York: Lewis historical Publishing Company, 1908), page 33.
• Hale, House and Related Families: Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, database, FamilySearch.org: (accessed 13 Nov2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, extracted from Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, book of the same name (Baltimore, Massachusetts: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978), page 641-646.
• The Treat family a genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat for fifteen generations, and four hundred and fifty years in England and America, containing more than fifteen hundred families in America, database, Internet Archive: (accessed 13 Nov 2013) footnote for John Holyoke, extracted from John Harvey Treat, A.M., book of same name (Salem, Massachusetts: The Salem press publishing & printing company 1893), page 234.
• Our County and its people, A History of Hampden County, Massachusetts, database, FamilySearch.org (accessed 13 Nov 2013), extracted from Alfred Minot Copeland (Editor), book of the same name, (The Century Memorial Publishing Company 1902), page 41 - 56.
• The First Century of the History of Springfield: The Official Records from 1636 to 1736, database, FamilySearch.org, (accessed 13 Nov 2013), extracted from Henry M. Burt, book of the same name, (Springfield, Massachusetts, self-published, 1902), Vol 2, page 590 - 592.
• 49024135, Created by: Mary Jo C. Martin, Record added: Mar 02, 2010
• Ancestral File(R) The Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints. Ancestral File Number: 3231-P1
• Elizur Holyoake, database, Wikipedia.org, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;
• Harper, Wyatt, The Story of Holyoke, Holyoke, Massachusetts: Holyoke Centennial Committee, 1973.
• Ella Merkel DiCarlo. "Holyoke - Chicopee; A Perspective." Transcript-Telegram (Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1982)
• Josiah Gilbert Holland, "The Mountain Christening," notes circa 1660.
• John Gibbs Holyoke, Holyoke, A North American Family 1637 - 1992, Gateway Press, Inc. (Baltimore, 1993)
• St. Lawrence Jewry, database, Wikipedia.org, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.
• The Bangor Historical Magazine (Maine, August, 1885) Vol. 1, No. 2,Page 27

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GEDCOM Source

FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch   (https://www.familysearch.org) accessed 26 Jan 2019), entry for Elizur Holyoke, person ID 9HHV-FBK. 3

GEDCOM Source

FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch   (https://www.familysearch.org) accessed 26 Jan 2019), entry for Elizur Holyoke, person ID 9HHV-FBK. 3

GEDCOM Source

FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch   (https://www.familysearch.org) accessed 26 Jan 2019), entry for Elizur Holyoke, person ID 9HHV-FBK. 3

GEDCOM Source

FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch   (https://www.familysearch.org) accessed 26 Jan 2019), entry for Elizur Holyoke, person ID 9HHV-FBK. 3

GEDCOM Source

@R-943580297@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

GEDCOM Source

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