Justinian Holden

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Justinian Holden
Male
6 October 1611 – 2 August 1691

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Justinian Holden
1611–1691

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Justinian Holding

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Wrote will
12 August 1691
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
I Justinian Holden of Cambridge...this Twelfth day of August Ann:o Dom: one thousand, Six Hundred ninety & one... my eldest Samuel, my son John, my son Isaac, my son Joseph, three Daughters Mary, Grace, & Elizabeth my Loving wife Mary Holden shall enjoy my whole Estate untill the youngest Child shall arrive at ye age of Twelve yeares Camb: octobr 6. 1691 probate

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Provision made for widow Mary
12 August 1698
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
we ye Sons of our Honoured ffather Justinian Holden late of Cambridge yeoman Deced viz. Sam:ll John & Isaac Holden, and Sam:ll Holden Guardian to Joseph Holden a minor another of the sons of sd Deced, Considering That our said ffather in his last will & Testament bearing date August: 12th 1695: ...hath made no provision for oar mother, as to ye giving her any parts of Moveable Estate after ye bringing up of her Children...[we] oblige ourselves to Do for our sd Honord mother [various provisions for cutting wood & hay] during her life...and truly pay to oar three Sisters Mary Grace & Elisabeth...this 12th of August 1698

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Justinian Holden
Male
1611–1691

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Elizabeth Jennison
Female
1615–Deceased

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Marriage
1641

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Justinian Holden
Male
1611–1691

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Elizabeth Onge
Female
1616–1673

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Marriage
1641
Cambridge Street, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Justinian Holden
Male
1611–1691

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Mary Rutter
Female
1647–Deceased

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William Holden IV
Male
1580–1618

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Anne
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1581–1618

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GHM6-CKR
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before 1605

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Adam Holden
Male
1605–Deceased

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LRZL-D88

Joseph Holden
Male
1609–1691

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Richard Holden
Male
1610–1695

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Justinian Holden
Male
1611–1691

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K8VR-TVR

William Holden
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1613–Deceased

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John Holden
Male
1615–Deceased

• Birth: 1611 Lindsey, Babergh District, Suffolk, England
• Death: 1691 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Justinian Holden was baptised in Lindsey, Suffolk, England on October 6, 1611, son of William Holding and his wife Rose. He sailed for New England with his older brother Richard, on the 'Elizabeth', from Ipswich, England, in April 1634. He settled in Watertown where he was one of the first proprietors. He owneed 8 lots by 1644. His homestall was bounded south by Belmont Street, west by Grove Street, north by G. Parkhurst, east by R. Holden. In 1673, he sold this lot to Rev. John Sherman.

In 1653 he was made a freeman in Watertown, he then bought some land in Cambridge, the estate of Deacon Nathaniel Sparhawk, for 210 pounds. The estate included 294 acres, a dwelling, a barn and other buildings. Justinian was made freeman in 1657. Justinian was a carpenter. An Elizabeth Holden, probably his wife, died in Cambridge on March 18, 1672-3. Her maiden name was probably Jennison. They most likely had no children, and family lore says that she was much older than Justinian.

Soon after, probably in mid 1673, he wed Mary, daughter of John Rutter and Elizabeth Plympton, who was born about 1647. Even though he was over 60 years old when they were married, Justinian and Mary became the parents of seven children, the first being born in April, 1674, the last in August, 1681. In a deposition in 1679, he says he is about 66 years old. It seems unlikely that a man should raise such a large family at the age of sixty, but the purchases of land made in 1649 & 1653 were made before any son of Richard or Justinian was of age, and that same land was bequeathed to Justinian’s children in 1691. Justinian died between August 12, and Ocober 6, 1691. The inventory of his estate was 1153 Pounds. His widow Mary was living in 1716. It is probable that he had no children with his first wife, and after her death, he married a much younger woman. Justinian probably did die in Cambridge, but it is impossible that he is buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, because it was not organized until 1831. He is just memorialized there.

Source: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=101338854

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37088802/elizabeth-holden

Justinian Holden married (1) by an unknown date Elizabeth _____. She died at Cambridge on 18 March 1672/3. (She may have been Elizabeth Onge, baptized at Lavenham, Suffolk, on 23 July 1616, daughter of Edmond and Frances (Read) Onge.) No recorded children by 1st marriage.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55111872/elizabeth-holden

ELIZABETH, 6th known child of Edmond & Frances (Read) Onge, was baptized 23 July 1616. She probably married Justinian Holden, who had wife Elizabeth from circa 1642 until 1673, but had no children by her.
In 1923 Eben Putnam noted several pieces of evidence which suggested that Elizabeth, the first wife of Justinian Holden, was a daughter of Frances Onge: a) Holden had the Great Dividend lot granted to Onge (although Putnam probably did not realize that Holden had the entire proprietary share and not just the one parcel of land); b) Holden sailed for New England on the same ship with Mary Onge, probably a daughter of Frances; and c) Holden continued for several decades involved in Onge affairs [ Holden Gen 58n]. The identification of Elizabeth Onge as the first wife of Justinian Holden is highly probable.

Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins