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Mary Frances Carey

Certified Genealogist #237

Foreward

Tracing this Holland line has proved rather difficult. Not

only has it necessitated searching records in three different

counties, but many more Hollands have been found then

anticipated. It was seen early on that it would be impossible to

connect them all.

Of the two Holland families of old Somerset County,

Maryland, this one, descendants of Captain Michael Holland, was

the easier to follow. With few exceptions, they did not spread

as far from their original settlement, they left wills naming

their children, and they passed on the same given names to their

children for several generations. While William Holland of the

third generation did leave Somerset County to settle in Worcester

County, in between descendants of the Richard Holland line, the

fact that he named a son Michael identifies William as the son of

Michael Holland II.

A real problem developed in trying to determine the father

of William Holland of the sixth generation. While no definite

proof has been found, it has been concluded that he was a son of

James Holland, blacksmith, of the Berlin area. It can be shown

that Zechariah Bowen, who married Sally Holland and administrated

the estates of three of her siblings, was of the Berlin area.

The records show that Sally Bowen had brothers Peter Holland,

William Holland and John Holland, and a sister Elizabeth. It

seems more than a coincidence that William Holland of the sixth

generation gave four of his seven children these names. James

Holland, blacksmith, having had a brother named Peter Holland is

a final justification for connecting the line in this manner.

The references listed at the end of this write-up give

sources of the records that have been searched. Several sources

are not included there. Undocumented statements in the seven and

eighth generations have either been given by family members or

were taken from the Ira Francis Holland family Bible, now in the

possession of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin A. Holland. This Bible was

printed by Butler Brothers, NY, Chicago, St. Louis. It was

copyrighted in 1903 by A. J. Holman & Co. The Salisbury State

University Research

visited twice. The

papers, to read his

Center, in Salisbury, Maryland, has been

first time to search Mr. Leslie P. Dryden's

work on Hollands of Somerset County. A

second visit was made to read the original wills of the Hollands

of this line. Both Somerset County and Worcester County have

sent many

Annapolis

available

accuracy.

Mr. Frank A. Holland, of near Pocomoke City, was visited on

15 January 1995. Ira Francis Holland, seventh generation of this

line, was his great-uncle, a brother to Peter J. Holland, his

grandfather. When guestioned as to Peter J. Holland's parents,

he could only relate that they "came into this area from

somewhere else", that they both got some disease and died within

a month of each other, circa 1855, leaving son Peter about 18

years old and son Ira Francis as a small boy, two other sons John

and William (who both disappeared during the Civil War) and a

of their old record books to the Hall of Records in

and, while abstracts of wills before 1850 are readily

locally, the primary source was needed for complete

daughter Jane. He also said his grandfather's complete name was

Peter John Holland. Since Peter had a brother named John, the

writer suggests that Peter's middle name could have been James,

for his grandfather.

Others who have helped are: Mr. and Mrs. Marion Lee Holland,

who loaned the pictures for copying; Mrs. Faye Brooks, of the

Worcester County Public Library at Snow Hill; Mr. Frank A.

Holland's daughter, Mrs. Ruby Richardson, and her son, Keith A.

Richardson, of College Park, Maryland, who sent charts of his

Holland line; and Jeffrey A. Pilchard of Snow Hill, another

descendant of Peter J. Holland.

Mary Frances Carey

31415 Horntown Rd.

New Church, VA. 23415

12 April 1995

CONTENTS

Early Hollands

Captain Michael Holland - The First Generation

Michael Holland, II - The Second Generation

William Holland - The Third Generation

Levin Holland - The Fourth Generation

James Holland - The Fifth Generation

William Holland - The Sixth Generation

The Descendants of Peter J. Holland

Ira Francis Holland - The Seventh Generation

Marion S. Holland - The Eighth Generation

Charts

References

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Early Hollands

The Holland name was rather wide-spread in early Virginia

records. William Holland, an adventurer of the Virginia Colony

in 1620, testified in James City (Jamestown) in 1624. The last

mention of him was in York County in 1646. It is not known if he

married and had a family. Gabriel Holland left England in 1620

and was in Virginia by 1621. He was a member of the House of

Burgess in James City in 1623 and in Henrico County in 1624. The

last record of him was in Charles City County in 1655. In 1624,

Gabriel Holland's wife was Mary, while in 1625, his wife was

Rebecca. A Thomas Holland was killed by Indians in 1622. His

name appeared in the records of Isle of Wright County and Henrico

County. A John Holland "resident of New England" was deceased by

1652. Payment was ordered of his estate in Northampton County in

that year. A Francis Holland was named in the records of York

County in 1658 (above from Biographical Dictionary). Henry

Holland was a headright for Mr. William Stone when he patented

1800 acres in Northampton County on 4 June 1635 (Nugent, Vol. I,

p. 28). A Robert "Hollom" was granted 1000 acres in Henrico

County on 2 June 1636. One of his headrights was an Edward

Holland (Nugent, Vol. I, p. 41).

The first Virginia will was that of Daniel Holland of

Northumberland County in 1672. He named his wife as Joyce, a

daughter Elizabeth and no others (Maryland Calendar of Wills,

vol. 1, p. 76). Since this will was recorded in Maryland records

(also in Virginia), Daniel likely owned land in Maryland.

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Apparently he had no sons. Marmeduck Holland died intestate in

Norfolk County in 1676 (Va. Wills & Adm., 1632-1800, p. 213). A

William Holland died testate in Northampton County in 1685

(Northampton Orders, Wills XV, p. 118). His numcupative will

gives no evidence of children. However, a John Holland died

intestate in 1724, with a wife Martha, who declined to administer

his estate (Northampton, Orders XXIV-0, p. 122). They were

likely the predecessors of Hollands in Northampton County today.

The first Holland will in Maryland was that of Francis

Holland, Senior, of Ann Arundel County, in 1684 (Md. Calendar of

Wills, Vol. I, p. 153). His wife was Margaret, a daughter was

named for her, and they had a son, Francis Holland. George

Holland also died testate in Ann Arundel County in 1685 (same

page). George left 300 acres to Thomas, son of John Lashin,

indicating he had no sons.

Richard Holland was named as a headright by Thomas Tunnel

when Tunnel was granted 100 acres of land in Accomack County on

19 July 1664 (Cert. & Rights, p. 6). Richard Holland was again

named as a headright in 9 November 1666, when Robert Richardson

patented 2000 acres in Accomack County "nere Bockanoctum"

(Nugent, Vol. II, p. 10). This last was land that later became

the Snow Hill area of Worcester County, Maryland (Whitelaw, p.

1389). Richard Holland's name appeared on Accomack County

tithable lists from 1669 to 1677. Richard Holland bought 180

acres in Accomack County in 1673 (Whitelaw, p. 677). He and his

wife Frances sold this land in 1677 (p. 683). He also owned 600

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acres in 1678, Accomack County land that he and wife Frances

assigned to John Scammell & Henry Lurton in that year (p. 804)

Richard Holland had moved into Somerset County, Maryland, by

1681, when his eldest son's birth was recorded there, to Richard

Holland and wife Sarah (They Lived in Somerset, p. 50). He

apparently settled first in Annamessex, but was of Mattopony by 8

November 1692, when he was named as one of the persons appointed

"to assist ye Justices in laying out & dividing ye County into

Parishes "(Old Somerset, p. 153). Mattapony Hundred was then

part of Somerset County, on the sea side, between the Virginia

line and Bogerteononton Hundred. Richard Holland of Somerset

County died testate in 1696 (Cal of Wills, Vol. II, p. 101). He

named his wife as Frances (a third marriage?), three daughters

under 16 years of age and sons: Nehemiah, Isreal, Richard,

William and John, all also under 16.

Other early Hollands in Somerset County were: George

Holland, "Butcher by profession" in 1675 and John Holland (Old

Somerset, p. 293 & p. 465). George Holland apparently did not

marry. He was murdered by Indians. John Holland registered his

cattle mark in 1681. He and wife Ann of Wicomico Hundred, had a

daughter Mary born in 1680 and a daughter Elizabeth born in 1686.

No record has been found of this family after 1686. It seems

likely they moved to another area.

This leaves only two Holland men who left descendants in

Somerset County, Richard and Captain Michael of the next section.

Of Richard Holland's five sons: son Isreal died as a youth; sons

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Richard and John were in Baltimore Hundred by 1724 (tax list),

that part of old Somerset County, which became Worcester County

in 1742, and was at times considered part of Sussex County,

Delaware; son William was in Pocomoke Hundred in 1724 (tax list),

he owned land near the mouth of Pocomoke River and died testate

in 1752, naming a wife (Margaret Powell) and leaving property to

Elizabeth Merrill, wife of Joseph, and others, but naming no

children. Only Richard's son, Nehemiah Holland I, continued to

live in Mattapony Hundred until his death in 1724. His son,

Nehemiah Holland II was in "Mattaponi" Hundred in 1730 and 1733

(tax list). He died testate in 1760, naming four sons and four

daughters. He had given land to his son, Nehemiah Holland III,

in 1746; Nehimmiah Holland III married Scarburgh Marshall,

daughter of Peter Marshall of Accomack County (Acco. Wills 1761-

1767, p. 663), and they had a son, Peter Holland (1774-1827), who

was a doctor in Snow Hill. Dr. Peter Holland left a will. He

had a son Peter (1810-1846), who from his will had not married,

since he left his estate to his brothers and sisters. No other

Peter Holland has been found in Worcester County who was a

descendant of the Richard Holland line.

The records that have been searched do not show the origin

of Captain Michael Holland of the next section. He could have

been a recent immigrant when he settled on the south side of

Annemessex River, circa 1688, or he could have been a son of one

of the early Hollands in Maryland or Virginia. It should be

noted that another Michael Holland was patenting land in Henrico

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County, Virginia, in 1727 (2871 acres), in Goochland County from

1730 to 1732 (1200 acres), and Hanover County in 1731 and 1732

(6438 acres) (Nugent, Vol. III). It was apparently he who died

testate in Goochland County in 1746 (Va. Wills & Adm, p. 213).

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Captain Michael Holland

The First Generation

Michael Holland's name first appears in Somerset County,

Maryland, records in a deed dated 11 September 1688. William

Coulborne, Senior, of Annemessex, in the providence of Maryland,

Gentleman, gave to his daughter Penelope and her husband, Michael

Holland, "a 144-4-1 e neck of land containing 50 acres, part of 1400

acres called Pomfrett, (Somerset Deeds MA06, p. 924). On 2 April

1689, Wm. Coulbourne of Somerset County signed a note saying he

was indebted to Michael Holland, also of Somerset County, for

"8000 pounds of merchantable tobacco and caske to contain the

same, due to be paid on all demand" (Som. Deeds L07, p. 576).

The note was backed by 50 acres of a tract called Increase, on

Coulborne Creek, and was recorded on 14 February 1701.

William Coulborne had patented 1000 acres in Somerset County

in 1663, which he named Pomfrett, and this was increased to 14000

acres by a resurvey on 13 June 1679 (Land Records of Somerset

Co., p. 338). This land was located to the southeast of the

Great Annemessex River and on the south side of Coulborne's Creek

(same book, map 18, p. 520). William Coulborne's daughter

Penelope, who married Michael Holland before September 1688, was

Wm. Coulborne's daughter by his second marriage to Margaret

Cooper (Old Somerset, p. 324).

While nothing has been found of Michael Holland's origins,

he apparently lived in Somerset County from the time of his

marriage and raised his family there. He witnessed a will there

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in 1707 (Md. Cal. of Wills Vol III, p. 99) and another in 1709

(p. 249). He was named an executor with his daughter Mary in the

will of Mary's husband, Wm. Bolithoe, written in 1720 (Md. Cal.

of Wills, Vol V, p. 88).

The last time his name appears in Somerset County records

was on 17 July 1745, when he, called Captain Michael Holland,

mariner, aged 84 years, joined his wife, Penelope Holland, aged

74, in giving depositions on the boundaries of a tact called

Watkins Point (Somerset Co. Judicial Records 1744-1747, p. 69, as

shown in Abstracts of Commissions Eft Affidavits). This record

shows Captain Michael Holland was born circa 1661 and his wife,

Penelope Coulborne Holland was born circa 1671. He likely died

in late 1745, or soon thereafter, as his widow was listed head of

a household in the 1748 tax list for Annemessex 100. No will or

administration for either of their estates has been found. Their

children were:

1. Captain Michael Holland, II, born circa 1690. See

next section.

2. Captain William Holland, born circa 1691. As a

younger son, William Holland heired no land from his father. He

apparently became a mariner like his father. The records give

only one fact concerning Captain Wm. Holland. He, aged 58, gave

a deposition on 14 February 1749 as to the boundaries of a track

called Venture (Abs. of Census & Aff. p. 19). If his age here is

correct he was born in 1691. No record of his death has been

found.

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3. Mary Holland, born circa 1695, married circa 1715,

William Bolithoe. William Bolithoe, "mariner", died testate in

1722, naming his wife Mary and father-in-law, Captain Michael

Holland, executers of his will (Md. Cal. of Will, Vol V, p. 88).

He left 1/3 of his personal property to his wife and the use of

his "dwelling plantation" during her life, then it was to go to

three daughters, Betty, Mary, and Jane.

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Michael Holland, II

The Second Generation

Michael Holland, II, was the eldest son of Captain Michael

Holland and his wife Penelope Coulborne Holland (Somerset Deeds,

H 029, p. 276). Since he was the oldest son, he was likely born

soon after his parents married, which would place his birth circa

1690. He gave a deposition in 1762, as Captain Michael Holland,

saying he was 72 years of age, that agrees with this (Somerset

Comm. & Affidavits, p. 19), but other depositions he gave place

his birth in 1692, 1693 and 1994. The DAR Patriot Index gives

his birth circa 1700 (Part 2).

In addition to being called Captain by Somerset County

records, Michael Holland II was called Michael Holland after his

father died and Michael Holland, Senior or Michael Holland, the

Elder, after his son, Michael Holland III, was grown. He would

have married circa 1720, but no record of his wife's name has

been found.

Michael Holland II added to the land he inherited from his

father (c. 150A). On 18 May 1751, for "sixty pounds current

money", he purchased 200 acres of "land in Annamef sex called

Ferry Bridge and two other separate parcels of Promfret" from Wm.

Coulbourne, Senior, and Wm. Coulborne, Junior, (Somerset Deeds,

A022, p. 178).

On 10 November 1763, Stephen Horsey and Michael Holland of

Somerset County, for 4 pounds each, deeded 2 acres to "the

present Incumbents of Coventry Parish Vestry", land "bound by

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Promfret near the westermost Corner of the new Chappell" (Som.

Deeds, CO24, p. 196). Torrance, in Old Somerset on the Eastern

Shore of Maryland, locates the 1763 site of "Annemessex Chapel",

both old and new, about one mile west of the town of Marion (p.

199)

On 27 February 1764, Michael Holland, the Elder, gave to his

son, Michael Holland, the Younger, for love and affection and

five shillings, part of Promfret (Som. Deeds, CO24, p. 206). On

2 February 1769, he deeded the same son "the remainder part of

two tracts Pomfritt and Ferribridge" (Som. Deeds, D025, p. 269).

Michael Holland II made his will on 30 March 1780 and it was

recorded on 3 September 1782 (Som. Wills, EB-1, p. 167). He

would have been at least 80 years of age when he wrote his will

and could have been 85 to 90 years old. He named no wife, she

was apparently deceased by 1764, as she did not cosign the deed

of that year. He left a slave to his eldest son, Michael Holland

III, to whom he had already given his land. He left personal

property to sons Robert Holland (two slaves), Edward Holland, and

William Holland and to daughter Betty Dixon (two slaves) and to

Sarah Benson, daughter of Rachel Benson.

The children of Michael Holland II and an unknown wife were:

1. Michael Holland III, born circa 1723 (aged 73 in

1796 according to Leslie P. Dryden records). Michael Holland

married Mary Powell on 2 February 1747 (Coventry Parish Records,

p. 58). According to Coventry Parish Records, Michael Holland

and wife Mary had nine children born to them between 1749 and

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1771 and his will listed an additional daughter. Michael Holland

III wrote his will on 16 March 1796 and it was recorded on 22

March of the same year (Som. Wills, EB17, p. 502). He left his

land to sons Levi (called Levin when his birth was recorded) and

Jesse. His children were:

A. Levin/Levi Holland, born 6 March 1749, died

by 6 April 1812 (Som. Wills EB-23, p. 165), married 25 October

1776, Sarah Cottingham (Coventry Parish Records). His children

were Mary Holland, Martha Holland and Josiah Flemming Holland.

B. Leah Holland, born 29 February 1750, married

11 March 1776, Robert Coulbourn.

C. Michael Holland, IV, born 16 November 1752,

married circa 1775, Nancy . Deceased by 1795 when his

uncle Robert wrote his will.

recorded in 1800(Som. Wills,

Handy Holland died unmarried

Jesse Hudson.

His widow Nancy Holland's will was

EB23, p. 18). An only child, Noah

in 1808.

D. Betty Holland, born 18 November 1756, married

E. Robert Burcher Holland, born 24 April 1759,

married Peggy Robertson. Robert Burcher Holland wrote his will

on 17 January 1800 and it was recorded on 12 August of same year

(Som. Wills, EB23, p. 19). He named Robertson brothers-in-law

and a son Thomes Holland. He also had two daughters, Louisa

Holland and Martha/Patty Holland, who married Benjamain Lankford

in 1816.

F. Martha Burcher Holland, born 4 April 1761,

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probably did not marry.

G. Noah Holland, born 24 February 1766, married

(1) circa 1800, Betsy Layfield, daughter of George Layfield.

George Layfield's will was recorded in Accomack County on 28

November 1814 (Acco. Wills 1814-1816, p. 38). He named a

daughter as Betsy Holland. On 15 February 1817, Noah Holland,

guardian of his children, William Holland, George L. Holland,

Samuel Holland and Smith H. Holland, signed a receipt saying he

had received 216 pounds 17 shillings and 10 pence, his children's

part of George Layfield's estate (Acco. Wills 1818-1819, p. 343).

Noah Holland married (2) by boud of 27 October 1829, Hetty

Marshall (Som. Co. Mar. Reg, 1796-1871, p. 67). He died 14

October 1845 "aged 75" (Mr. Dryden's records).

H. Jesse Holland, born 29 December 1768, died

March 1802 (Som. Wills EB23, p. 46). Jesse married Nancy/Mary

Ann Wilkins by bound of 18 February 1799 (Som. Mar. Records 1796-

1871, p. 67). They had an only daughter, Henrietta Washington

Holland.

I. Mary Holland, born 11 July 1771, married (1)

Whittington, (2) by bond of 23 April 1802, Issac Coulbourn

(Som. Mar. Records 1796-1871, p. 29).

J. Gartha/Gertrude Holland, born circa 1775,

died by 7 March 1809 (Som. Wills EB23, P. 137). She was not

married.

2. Robert Holland, born circa 1725, died by 9

February 1796 (Som. Wills EB17, p. 480). Robert Holland left his

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land to his wife Mary (no record of their marriage) and then it

was to go to nephew Robert Holland, son of Edward, "if he returns

within two years to this part of the world" and if not, the land

was to go to nephew Daniel Holland, son of Edward. He left

slaves to his wife, one to Daniel, one to Robert and directed

that Pegg be sold to pay his debts. He left personal property to

Sally and Nancy Holland, daughters of brother Edward. He gave a

slave to nephew, Michael Benson, and left another to Nancy

Holland, widow of Michael IV. He also left money to his brother

William's children, but did not name them. From this will, it is

obvious that Robert Holland and his wife Mary had no children of

their own.

3. Edward Holland, born circa 1728, deceased by 1796,

when his brother, Michael Holland III, wrote his will. Four of

Edward's children were named in his brother Robert's will. He

could have had others. His known children were:

A. Robert Holland. No other record, apparently

never returned.

B. Daniel Holland, born circa 1775, married

1812, Rachel Miles, died circa 1830. Their children were: Wm. I.

Holland, John H. Holland, Emeline Holland, George E. Holland,

Robert Stewart Holland and Thomas W. Holland. Daniel Holland was

head of a Somerset County household in 1800, indicating he had a

previous marriage. He then had two sons under 10 years who could

not have been Rachel's. He would have married (1) circa 1795

C. Nancy Holland, married 1804, Peter Tull.

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D. Sally Holland.

4. William Holland, born circa 1730. See next

section.

5. Betty Holland, married Dixon.

6. Rachel Holland, married Benson. Michael

Holland II left personal property to Sarah Benson, daughter of

Rachel Benson, without giving a relationship, but his son Robert

Holland named a nephew as Michael Benson.

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William Holland

The Third Generation

William Holland, apparently the youngest son of Michael

Holland II and an unknown wife, was born circa 1730. He

inherited no land from his father. He would have married circa

1750. Since he named a son James Bassett Holland, it seems

likely he married a Bassett, a family name of people who lived in

Worcester County. John Bassett died testate by 2 October 1789

(Worcester Wills, JW-13, p. 240). His will was written on 4 June

1783. He named a daughter as Mary "Holon".

Levi Purnell patented 50 acres of land in the Berlin area of

Worcester County in 1748 and this was enlarged to 100 acres in

1752 (Worcester Land Records, p. 503). Levi Purnell died testate

by 6 November 1751, when his will was recorded, leaving 50 acres

of Purnell's Adventure to his son Thomas Purnell and the other 50

acres "to friend William Holland" (Worcester Wills JW-2, p. 93).

Another tract of land in Worcester County called Purnell's

Adventure was located in Mattopony Hundred, near the Virginia

line, and was owned by the Richard Holland line before 1695 (same

page). William Holland patented 87 acres he called Holland's

Adventure on 1 January 1764 (Worcester Land Records, p. 310).

This land was in the same area as his inherited 50 acres and is

not to be confused with another Holland's Adventure, patented in

1760 by Isreal Holland, a descendant of Richard Holland, which

became a part of Sussex County, Delaware (same page).

Wm. Holland, Senior, wrote his will on 27 March 1786 and it

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was recorded on 30 May of the same year (Worcester Wills, 3W13,

p. 81). He left Purnell's Adventure and Holland's Adventure to

his son Levin and named four

made son William Holland his

died as she was not named or

other sons and

executor. His

provided for.

two daughters. He

wife had apparently

The children of

William Holland and his wife, who was likely Mary Bassett Holland

were:

1. Levin Holland, born circa 1750. See next section.

2. Levi Holland, born circa 1753, married circa 1775, died

1798 (Worcester Wills, JW, p. 381). Levi named his wife as Mary,

his sons as Levi Holland and William Holland and his daughters as

Nancy Bayon, Polly Holland and Sarah Holland.

3. William Holland, born circa 1755.

4. James Bassett Holland, born circa 1757.

5. Michael Holland, born circa 1760, 26 to 45 in 1800,

over 45 in 1810 and 1820. Apparently died circa 1825. Had three

males in his household in 1810, all 16 to 26. In Captain E.

Purnell's Company, July 1780, Sinepuxtent Battalian (p. 69,

Muster Rolls of Revolutionary Militian).

6. Rachel Holland.

7. Purnelissa Holland.

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Levin Holland

The Fourth Generation

Since Levin Holland inherited his father's land, it can be

assumed he was William Holland, Senior's oldest son. he would

have been born circa 1752 and married circa 1775. Levin Holland

lived only three years after his father died, dying at circa 37

years of age. Since he had been married only circa fourteen

years, his children were underage. He wrote his will on 29 March

1789 and it was recorded on 13 May of the same year (Worcester

Wills, JW-13, p. 216). He left his "plantation" of 125 acres to

his wife Esther for a period of 21 years, then it was to go to

son Isaac. He named five sons and one daughter, all of whom he

left personal property.

Levin Holland's widow, Esther Holland, was not named head of

a household by the 1790 census for Worcester County. She could

have remarried within a year of her husband's death, or it could

have been she, who married William Duncan in 1798 (Worcester Mar.

Records 1795-1865, p. 7). The children of Levin Holland and wife

Esther were:

1. Isaac Holland, born circa 1775, died 1849 (Worcester

Wills LP, p. 416), married (1) circa 1800, Sarah Marshall,

daughter of John Marshall of Accomack County (?), married (2)

1827, Elizabeth Hammond (Worcester Mar. Records 1795-1865, p.

97). Isaac Holland, at 26 to 45 years of age, was head of a

household in Accomack County in 1810, with one male under 10

years in his family. Isaac Holland, of Accomack County, bought 2

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acres for 10 pounds from John Marshall of Wm. and wife Sally on

15 March 1811 (Accomack Deeds 1810-1812, p. 405). This tract was

located "near head of Chincoteague Creek" and would have been in

the area of Horntown, Virginia. Isaac Holland, of Worcester

County, Maryland, sold this 2 acres to Stringer Marshall of

Accomack County on 29 January 1831 for $300 (Accomack Deeds 1821-

1822, p. 189). On 25 September 1811, Isaac Holland of Accomack

County paid $93 to Kendall Jones for 16 acres of Jones Outlet in

Worcester County (Worcester Deeds AB, P. 529). The deed states

this plot adjoined Holland's Adventure, Purnell's Adventure,

Purnell's Conclusion and Lucas' Choice, so apparently Isaac

Holland was returning with his family to the area in which he was

born and raised and the land he would have inherited from his

father in 1811. The children of Isaac Holland and his first

wife, apparently Sarah Marshall, were:

A. James W. Holland, born circa 1803 in Accomack

County, died 1874 (Worcester Wills GTB#3, p. 2), married (1)

1823, Mary Jones, (2) 1864, Sarah Parsons (Worcester Mar. Records

1795-1865, p. 85 and p. 229). His children were: Mary Margaret

Holland, married 1847, John Gibbs; William Stringer Holland,

married 1863, Hetty Grey; Isaac James Holland, married 1857,

Isabelle Williams; Hetty Holland, married 1858, Isaac W. Burbage;

Laura Holland, married (1) 1858, John Adkins, (2) 1885, Josiah M.

Bailey; Deborah Holland, married 1866, John Massey; John B.

Holland, born 1849 (census records and Worcester Mar. Records)

B. Elizabeth D. Holland Burbage.

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C. Hetty Holland, married 1822, Littleton Nock.

2. Levin Holland, died 10 September 1869 at 89 years,

according to his tombstone in Evergreen Cemetery, 1 mile

southeast of Berlin (Cem. Rec. of Worcester, p. 84). Levin

Holland's age in the 1850 census was 73, placing his birth in

1777. He married Amelia Davis on 24 August 1803. On 31 May

1834, Levin Holland and wife Amelia were joined by their adult

children: Levin Holland, Junior, and wife Elizabeth; Henry

Jackson and wife Hetty (Holland); Peter Penewell and wife Amelia

V. (Holland); and Wm. Holland (unmarried) in selling to Isaac

Holland, Esquire, a one acre plot in Liberty Town (Worcester

Deeds JCH#1, p. 117). Levin Holland did not leave a will, but at

the distribution of his estate, his widow Amelia Holland, who

died in 1876 at 93 according to her tombstone, was to get 1/3 and

the remainder was divided equally among eight children, all

daughters. Evidently the above children had predeceased their

father, for his children were here named as: Elenor Mumford (wife

of Wm. C.); Mary Williams (wife of Ishemal); Drucilla Willet

(wife of Isaac R.); Esther Townsend (wife of George C.); Ann

Powell wife of Robert W.); Maria Richardson wife of Benjamin T.);

Amanda Powell (wife of George); and Helen Pasterfield (wife of

Jeremiah).

3. James Holland, born circa 1778. See next section.

4. William Holland, born circa 1780, married circa 1800,

died intestate 1821 (Worcester Index to Wills 1742-1908, p. 30).

In the distribution of the accounts of "William Holland of

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Levin", on 27 December 1826, his unnamed widow received 1/3 and

the balance was divided between their children: Harriet Holland,

Levin Holland, Hetty Holland, Amelia Holland, William Holland,

and Polly Holland. No marriage record has been found for William

Holland of Levin, but his daughter Hetty married Jesse Turner in

1827 (Worcester Mar. Records 1795-1865, p. 89). In the 1850

census, Jesse Turner was 29 years of age, his wife Hetty was 48,

and the household included, in addition to six children, an Alice

Holland aged 90 years (70 years?). This was apparently Hetty's

mother, the widow of Wm. Holland of Levin.

5. Peter Holland, born circa 1782. No other record.

6. Polly Holland, born 1773 to 1785, married 1808, Joseph

Davis (?) (Worcester Mar. Records 1795-1865, p. 36).

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James Holland

The Fifth Generation

James Holland, one of the five sons of Levin Holland and his

wife Esther, was born circa 1778 (census records). While no

record of his marriages have been found, he would have married

(1) circa 1800. He was not listed in the census of 1800, as he

was apparently unmarried at the time the census was taken.

In 1810, James Holland was 26 to 45 years of age, his wife

was 16 to 26 and his household consisted of a male under 10

years, a male of 10 to 16 and two males 16 to 26. Two females

were 10 to 16 and under 10 years.

The 1820 Federal Census shows James Holland in the Second

District of Worcester County, a 26 to 45 year-old blacksmith.

Four members of his household were engaged in "manufacturing".

There were two other males in his household 16 to 18 years of age

and one male of 18 to 26 years. His wife was 26 to 25 years old,

another female was 16 to 26 and two others under 10 years. In

1820, the Second District also included three of James Holland's

brothers, Issac Holland, at 26 to 45 years, brother Levin Holland

of the same age, and brother William Holland, over 45 years.

Apparently, they were all living in the Berlin area, in which

they were born and raised.

In 1840, James Holland was again listed in the Second

District. He was then 40 to 50 years of age and his occupation

was not given. His older sons were no longer in his household,

but there were two other males of 5 to 10 years and one under 5.

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The oldest female in his household was 20 to 30 years old,

another was 10 to 15 years and there was one under 5 years. It

appears James Holland had lost his wife between 1820 and 1830,

had remarried and started a new family.

James Holland's name, does not appear on the Worcester

County Federal Census of 1840. He apparently died between 1830

and 1840. The settling of the estates of three James Hollands

appear on the records during this period, one being James Holland

of James, this man's apparent son. The other two can be

connected to other lines. James Holland neither bought nor sold

land. Being a blacksmith, he apparently did not need land. The

names of his children must be determined from sources that do not

include deeds or the settling of his estate.

John Holland was named to administer the estate of James

Holland of James on 12 August 1834 (Index to Wills 1742-1908, p.

29). The index indicates James of James left a will but this was

apparently a mistake, as there is nothing more of an account

being filed on a distribution of the estate. On 7 September

1838, Zecheriah Bowen was named to administer the estates of

Tabitha Holland (p. 30) Richard Holland (p. 30), Betsy Holland

(p. 29), and Peter Holland (p. 28). While no distribution has

been found for the estate of Tabitha Holland, Zecheriah Bowen

turned in the settlement of Peter Holland's estate on 19 February

1840. It consisted of a balance of $54.91, to be divided, $18.30

each, to "his (Peter's) brothers John Holland and William Holland

and to sister Sally Bowen". On the same date, the $54.91 estate

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of Elizabeth Holland was to be divided between the same three

people. Richard Holland's estate of $54.91 was to go to the same

two brothers and sister. These records show that Peter Holland,

Betsy Holland, Richard Holland, William Holland, John Holland,

and Sally Bowen were brothers and sisters and likely brothers and

sisters of James Holland of James, who died in 1834, since John

Holland was to settle his estate.

It appears these were all the children of James Holland,

since his brothers, who also lived in the Berlin area, either

left wills naming their children, or their children were named in

deeds or the settling of their estates. Census records indicate

that James Holland's first wife died between 1820 and 1830,

leaving three sons (William, James and John) and three daughters

(Sally and two others who died young). James Holland apparently

married (2) circa 1823, Tabitha , and had two other sons by

the time he died (Peter and Richard) and a daughter

(Betsy/Elizabeth). Since it seems that James Holland's second

family all died in 1838, it is wondered if they were the victims

of a house fire. From these deductions, the children of James

Holland were:

1. William Holland, born circa 1800. See next section.

2. James Holland of James, born circa 1802, died 1834.

3. John Holland, born circa 1803. Living with brother

James in 1830? No other record.

4. Sally Holland, born circa 1804 (46 in 1850), married by

bond of 15 January 1828, Zechariah Bowen (Mar. Rec. 1795-1865,

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13•

100).

5. Peter Holland, born circa 1825, died 1838.

6. Betsy/Elizabeth Holland, born circa 1826, died 1838.

7. Richard Holland, born circa 1828, died 1838.

And several other children who died as infants.

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William Holland

The Sixth Generation

William Holland, son of James Holland and an unknown wife,

was apparently named for his uncle, William Holland of Levin.

While the 1850 census shows he was born in 1797, it is a known

fact that census ages can be incorrect by five years, and other

records indicate he was born circa 1800 or a little later.

William Holland married Mary Rowley by a marriage bond of 19

November 1829 (Wor. Mar. Rec. 1795-1865, p. 106). He apparently

moved at this time from the Berlin area of Worcester County

southward to the Girdletree area, where the Rowleys lived. In

fact, since his name does not appear in the 1830 census, he and

his wife were apparently living with her people, likely her

brother, Henry Rowley.

There was only one William Holland with children in

Worcester County when the 1840 census was taken. He was living

in the "Southern" District. He was 40 to 50 years of age, his

wife was 30 to 40 years old and there was another female in the

household aged 40 to 50 (his sister-in-law?). William Holland

then had a son (?) of 10 to 15 years, two sons 5 to 10, William

and Peter, and another under 5 years, John. There was a daughter

of 5 to 10, Hester, and another female of 15 to 20 years (his

wife's niece?).

The 1850 census for Worcester County shows William Holland,

a 53-year-old farmer, born in Maryland, living in District 1

(Newtown/Pocomoke area), 11111299, with his family. His wife Mary

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was 42 and there were seven children in the household, all under

20 years of age.

Since Worcester County marriage records do not give the

names of parents as Accomack County records do, it becomes hard

to determine the parents of Mary Rowley Holland. If her age in

1850 was correct, she was born circa 1808, and since she named

her eldest daughter Esther, her father could have been William

Rowley, who married Esther Collins in 1807 (Wor. Mar. Rec. 1795-

1860, p. 34). When the distribution of Wm. Rowley's estate was

filed on 22 December 1812 (MH #2, pp 57, 58), by his

administrators, James H. Rowley and Thomas Collins, his unnamed

widow received $545.27 and each of four children, Susanna Rowley,

Henry Rowley, John Rowley, and Polly (Mary) Rowley got $272.63

1/3.

William Holland had died intestate by 11 July 1854, when

William J. Aydelotte filed a bond to administer his estate (Index

to Will 1742-1908, p. 30). On 9 October 1855, Wm. J. Aydelotte,

administrator, filed the account of William Holland (Accounts #4,

G.B.G. 1853-1857, p. 412). It "was duly examined finally passed

and ordered to be recorded. The above balance of $325.00 to be

equally divided amoungst all of the deceased's children who are

said to be William, Esther Ann, Peter, John, Elizabeth, Jane and

Francis Holland and is to each the sum of $46.42 6/7". John

Fisher was paid $1.00 for digging the deceased's grave and John

H. Jones made the coffin for $15.00. It can be concluded that

William Holland's wife was also deceased by the time his estate

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was settled. The children of William Holland and his wife, Mary

Rowley Holland, were:

1. William Holland, born circa 1832 (1850 census).

Disappeared during Civil War.

2. Hester/Esther Ann Holland, born circa 1834 (1850

census). Hester Holland married John Shepherd by a license of 14

November 1854 (Mar. REc. 1795-1865, p. 191). Hester A. Sheppard

born 18 October 1834, died 19 December 1886, wife of J. H. is

buried Gunby Presbyterian Cemetery, Stockton, Marlyand.

3. Peter Holland, born circa 1836 (1850 census). Peter J.

Holland, born 7 July 1837, died 12 January 1907, was buried in

Goodwill M. E. Cemetery, near Pocomoke City, south of Stockton

Road. His stone stands with that of his second wife, Althea J.

Holland, born 10 June 1839, died 26 April 1899, two of his sons,

their wives, and grandchildren.

After Peter Holland's parents died in 1854, he, at 17 years

of age apparently became responsible for a younger brother and

sister. He married (1) Rosa Mason, by a license of 13 December

1858 (Mar. Rec. 1795-1865, p. 207). The 1860 Federal Census

shows him head of household 2881 in Coston District #1 of

Worcester County. He was then 24 years of age, his wife, Rosetta

Holland, was 19 and his sister Jane, at 16, and brother Ira, at 9

years were living with them.

On 18 July 1865, Peter J. Holland bought 220 acres called

Bridge Water on Bridge Water Supply from James H. Young and wife

Emmaline for $1050 (Wor. Deeds GHR #1, p. 691). He lost his

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first wife soon after moving to this farm, as he, a 30-year-old

widower, married (2) 16 December 1868, Althea J. Payne, a 30-

year-old widow (LES, Md. Mar. 1865-1906, p. 212). Althea J.

Pilchard had married Samual H. Payne by a license of 16 February

1858 (Mar. Rec 1795-1865, P. 204).

The 1870 census for Worcester County, shows Peter Holland, a

farmer with his family in District 8, household 249. His wife's

two children by her first marriage, John Payne, 10 years, and Ida

Payne, 6 years, were in the household, as was a son by his first

marriage, John Holland at 10 years, and daughter, Mary Holland at

8 years, and a new son, "Wilson" (Denard Wesley) Holland, aged 1

month. By 1880, the family included all five of these children

with three additional ones: Lloyd S. Holland at 8 years, Peter S.

Holland at 7 years and Alpha M. Holland at 5 years.

The location of Peter Holland's 220-acre farm appears on the

1877 Atlas of Stockton District, No. 8, Worcester County (p. 48),

between Davis Cross Roads (now Goodwill) and Lindseyville (now

Klej Grange). It can be located today to the west of Klej Grange

Road, approximately half-way between Stockton Road and Johnson

Neck Road. Peter J. Holland's grandson, Mr. Frank A. Holland,

relates that the family sold this land circa 1906 and bought

where he now lives, on the western side of Redden Road, about 1

mile south of Stockton Road.

4. John Holland, born circa 1839 (1850 census).

Disappeared during Civil War.

5. Elizabeth Holland, born circa 1841 (1850 census). No

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other record.

6. Susan Jane Holland, born circa 1843 (1850 census).

Susan Jane Mason, wife of William P. Mason, was born 20 January

1844 and died 9 August 1910, according to her tombstone in

Goodwill Cemetery. Her husband was born 20 December 1837 and

died 3 September 1910. No record of their marriage has been

found.

7. Ira Francis Holland, born 1849 (1850 census). See next

section.

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The descendants of Peter J. Holland, as shown by charts of

Keith Allen Richardson of College Park, Maryland. Peter J.

Holland was an older brother to Ira Francis Holland.

1. John William Holland, born 1860, married Laura Redden.

A. Myrtle R. Holland, born 1884, died 1947, married John

Pilchard.

B. Emma Holland, married Frank Taylor and Harry Pilchard.

These were Mark Pilchard's grandparents, through Louise Taylor,

daughter of Frank & Emma.

C. Aline Holland, married Auther Brownley.

D. Raymond Holland, married Blanche Shockley.

a. Carroll Holland, married Una Williams.

2. Mary Elizabeth (Lizzy) Holland, born 1861, died 1938,

married George Ward.

3. Denard Wesley Holland, born 20 November 1869, died 10 April

1913, married Annie Lee Ward.

A. Eugene Holland, born 13 February 1899, died 9 August

1899.

B. Chester David Holland, born 20 March 1900, died 1967,

married Evelyn Taylor Pilchard.

a. Irene Holland, born 30 July 1924, married Ralph

Jenkins.

b. Denard John Holland, born 29 March 1926.

c. Alton David Holland, born 24 August 1928.

d. Edwin Chester Holland, born 14 September 1938,

died 26 July 1954.

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e. Kenneth Lee Holland, born 22 October 1940.

C. Ruby Holland, born 7 June 1902, died 29 December 1979,

married Eugene J. Winkel.

D. Hazel Janet Holland, born 28 August 1905, married

Marion Snow Jones.

E. Bessie Lee Holland, born 8 August 1907, died December

1989, married Maurice Pilchard.

F. Frank Alton Holland, born 5 October 1912, married

Jennie Marie Jones.

a. Ruby Marie Holland, born 8 June 1937, married Wm.

C. Colona and H. Kenneth Richardson, parents of Keith Allen

Richardson. 1434

b. Denard Wesley Holland, born & died 8 March 149.6.

c. Geraldine Frances Holland, born 22 February 1941,

married Patrick 0. Hughes, Jr.

d. Joseph Marion Holland, born 21 December 1947.

4. Lloyd Sylvester Holland, born 7 May 1871, died 6 January

1947, married Edna Evans.

A. Lloyd Evans Holland, born November 1900, died 30

November 1977, married Alice Trudeau.

a. Lloyd Trudeau Holland, born 7 August 1940.

B. Rheta Holland, born 30 October 1898, married Harold

Barrett.

C. Althea Holland, born 7 July 1902, died 20 October 1924.

D. Irene Caroline Holland, born 16 June 1904, died 20

March 1983, married Shailu Ralph Christensen, Sr.

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E. Russell Holland, Born 3 December 1905, died 5 January

1921.

5. Peter Stvyoesant (Samuel) Holland, born 30 April 1873, died

26 March 1958, married Jennie Marie Burton and Dorothy W. Hyler.

A. Bernice May Holland, born 26 March 1911, married Robert

H. Dooley.

6. Missouri Attie (Judy) Holland (1870 census calls her Alpha

M. Holland at 5 years), born 26 September 1874, died 8 May 1962,

married Moses Pearson Jones. This couple was Carlton Massey's

wife's grandparents.

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Ira Francis Holland

The Seventh Generation

Ira Francis Holland was listed by the 1850 census as a 1-

year-old son in his father William Holland's Worcester County

household. In 1860, he was 9 years of age, in his brother Peter

Holland's household. In 1870, Frank Holland, 20, was a farm

laborert in the Atlantic Township (District) household of Outten

Selby of Accomack County, Virginia. Frank Holland, 24, married

Bertie Ann Duncan, 17, on 23 March 1875, "at the line of

Maryland". This record

parents blank, but gave

(Acco. Mar. Reg. #3, p.

left the space for the names of his

her parents as John R. Duncan and wife

43).

John R. Duncan, "son of Meshack", married Othelia Ann Byrd,

daughter of Eborn Byrd, by a bond of 23 December 1856 (Acco. MLB

1853-1858, p. 3). Meshack Duncan had married Critty Northam,

daughter of Southy Northam, by a bond of March 4, 1825 (Acco. MLB

1806-1832, p. 43). The 1850 census for Accomack County, Accomack

Parish, shows Meshack Duncan at 50 years, wife Critty at 40, with

four daughters and two sons in their household, one of whom was

John Duncan at 16 years of age. In 1860, John Duncan, at 25, was

head of HH 91. His wife was also 25 and they had two daughters,

Roberta A. Duncan at 2 years and Rebecca Duncan at 9 months. He

was living next door to his father, Meshack Duncan, in HH 92, who

was then 68 years of age. Meshack Duncan died on 15 January

1871. His tombstone, in a family plot on the south side of Parks

Lane south of Temperanceville, Virginia, gives his birth on 12

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December 1793 and states he was a son of Jesse Duncan and his

wife Heziah. When his wife, Critty W. Duncan, born 3 March 1805,

died on 17 January 1899, their son John R. Duncan owned the

Duncan Farm at Miona and she was buried in a family plot there.

Also in the plot are: John R. Duncan, son of Meshack and Critty,

born 5 April 1835, died 26 January 1899 and his wife, Othelia A.

Duncan, born 20 February 1839, died 30 April 1908. Three of John

R. And Othelia's sons are also in the family plot: Samuel J.

Duncan (1867-1934); William L. Duncan (1874-1932); and Letcher B.

Duncan (1880-1958).

The 1880 census for Atlantic District, Accomack County gives

John Duncan, 45, head of household 21. His wife was 41, daughter

Rebecca was 21, son Meshack was 17, son Samuel was 13, son John

R. was 8, and son W. L. was 6. His mother, Critty Duncan, at 75,

was living with the family and, from the names of their

neighbors, it was apparent they were living in the area of Miona.

On 1 July 1891, John R. Duncan bought 120 acres for $2500 from

Charles W. Feddemen and wife Mary A. and Melvin E. Withams (Acco.

Deeds 63, p. 535). The deed shows the land was bound on the

north by Pitts Creek, on the east by George T. Collins and the

county road, on the south by Parks Branch and on the west by

"Miles Old Mill pond Stream". This land became the Duncan Farm

and the family could have lived here, or in the area, for over

twenty years before they bought it, for the 1870 census shows

John Duncan a neighbor of George Gladding, Frederick A. Tull and

Asa Taylor, all residents of the Miona area.

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Duncans had lived in the area between Messongo Creek and

Muddy Creek since 1761 (Whitelaw, p. 1211). Early Byrds and

Northams were also located there. On 19 March 1887, John R.

Duncan was appointed one

Primative Baptist Church

Davis, Jr., New Church).

of the trustees of the Old Messongo

(Church records in possession of Wm. A.

This would explain two of his

grandchildren who died young, children

being buried in the graveyard there.

In 1880, Ira F. Holland (his name

of Roberta A. Holland,

here looks like Ralph

Holland), 30, was a farmer, living near his wife's people in HH

15 in Atlantic District, Accomack County. His wife was then 22

and they had a daughter Addie F. in the household. Since there

is no 1890 census, Ira F. Holland is next found by the census

taken of 1900, a 50-year old farmer, living in District 1 of

Worcester County, Maryland (here called Ira F. Hall). He and his

wife had been married 25 years and had seven children, five of

whom were living. Their older daughter had married and their

younger four children were living at home. The 1910 census shows

Ira Holland, a 60-year-old farmer in Coston District, living on

St. James Road (now Colona Road).

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home. By 1920, Marion S. Holland

His wife, Bertie Holland, was

Holland, at 17, was living at

was still in his parents

household, at 27 years, he had married and his wife, Margaret

Holland, 20, was living with them, as was a grandson, Francis

Parks, of 3 years.

Ira F. Holland bought his first land on 22 January 1884, 40

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acres called the Tilghman Farm, from Samuel K. Dennis and his

wife Sallie for $600 (Wor. Deeds ITM #10, p. 240). This land was

in Costons District of Worcester County and was bordered on the

south by lands of J. W. Buck, west by Thomas Lambden's farm, east

by Benjamin Tull's land and north by W. J. S. Clarke. Ira F.

Holland likely moved his family into Maryland at this time,

however, the 1900 census shows his son, John W. Holland, born in

Virginia in May 1886.

Ira F. Holland wrote his will on 30 November 1938 and it was

recorded on 16 February 1939 (Wor. Wills, PJ #4, p. 493). His

tombstone in Betheny Methodist Church Cemetery in Pocomoke calls

him I. Frank Holland and gives his birth on 22 June 1850, and

death on 11 February 1939 (Cem. Rec of Wor. Md., p. 84). He was

buried beside his wife, Roberta A. Holland born 22 February 1858,

died 13 December 1929, in a family plot with their daughter, Emma

C. Parks.

It is evident that Ira Francis Holland was a self-made man.

His parents died when he was five years of age (the 1850 census

shows he was a year old, therefore born in 1849 and the family

Bible gives his birth on 22 June 1849), and he had no chance of

an education. Census records indicate he could neither read nor

write and he signed his will with an X, but at the time of his

death at 90 years, he owned three farms and three houses in

Pocomoke City. He was indeed a remarkable ancestor. The

children of Ira Francis Holland and his wife, Roberta A. Duncan

Holland, were:

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1. Ira Francis Holland, Jr., born 30 August 1877, died 30

September 1877. Tombstone in Old Messongo Baptist Church

Cemetery, Messongo, Virginia.

2. Addie F. Holland, born 11 August 1878, died 1954. Her

tombstone and that of her husband, Levin W. Benson, born 1844,

died 1923, stands in Pitts Creek Baptist Church Cemetery near

Ceder Hall, Maryland (Cem. Rec. of Wor. p. 14 & 15). Addie F.

Holland, 21, married Levin W. Benson, 47, on 15 November 1899

(LES of Md. Mar., p. 210). They had two children: Woodland

Benson and Bertie Benson, who married Hargis Merrill.

3. Alonzo E. Holland, born 18 October 1880, died 1945, and

his wife, Mamie E. Holland, born 1882, died 1955, have tombstones

in the First Baptist Church Cemetery on By-Pass Road, Pocomoke,

Maryland. Alonzo E. Holland married Mamie E. Tull of Baltimore

in 1904. They had four children: Willard Holland; Weston

Holland; Margaret Holland, married Harry E. Coulborne, 7 February

1937 at Snow Hill (Wor. Mar. Rec. #6, 31); and Lucille Holland,

married Richard Bicking of Berlin, a preacher. Alonzo had a

grocery store in Pocomoke on Clark Avenue.

4. Clara E. Holland, born 30 September 1882, died 22 march

1883. Tombstone in Old Messongo Baptist Church Cemetery,

Messongo, Virginia.

5. Emma C. Holland, born 24 April 1884, died 23 February

1919. Her tombstone stands in Betheny Methodist Church Cemetery,

Pocomoke, with that of her husband, Lennie T. Parks, born 1882,

died 1943. This couple had two children: Maurice F. Parks, born

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27 August 1912, died 7 July 1913 (tombstone beside his mother)

and Francis Parks, born 19 December 1916. Lennie Parks remarried

after his first wife's death and had two other children. He was

a deputy sheriff in Pocomoke City.

6. John W. (Jack) Holland, born 1886, died 1958. He and

his wife are buried in the Brittingham family cemetery at the

Maryland/Virginia line. His wife Blanche Holland was born 1888,

died 1946, John W. Holland, 31, married 19 June 1918, Blanche

Edyth Colona, 30 (Wor. Mar. Rec. #5, p. 101). They had no

children.

7. Marion S. Holland, born 19 March 1893. See next

section.

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Ira Francis Holland and wife, Roberta A. Duncan Holland

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Letcher B. Duncan (1880-1958), brother to Roberta A. Duncan Holland

Marion S. Holland

The Eighth Generation

Marion S. Holland, the youngest son of Ira Francis Holland

and his wife, Roberta A. Duncan Holland, was born in 19 March

1893 and died 1 March 1967, according to his tombstone in Pitts

Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Winter Quarters in Pocomoke

City, Maryland. Marion S. Holland, 26, married Margaret K. Tull,

20, at Pocomoke, on 18 December 1919 (Wor. Mar. Rec. #5, p. 102).

The 1920 census shows Marion S. Holland, and his wife Margaret,

living with his parents on their land in Coston District. He

heired the "Ben Tull" farm nearby, between Wagram and Ceder Hall

from his father in 1934.

On 31 December 1925, Marion S. Holland and wife, Margaret C.

Holland, bought from William H. Tull and wife, Minnie H. (Davis)

Tull (Margaret C. Holland's parents), 100 acres near Beaver Dam

"on the road from Wilson's Schoolhouse to Mason's Store and also

on the old county road leading from Pocomoke to Wagram" (Wor.

Deeds SMC-54, p. 340). They farmed and raised their family of

five boys on this land, adding to it through the years. Margaret

Tull Holland was born on 24 December 1899 and died on 9 December

1993 (tombstone). Their children are/were:

1. Marion Lee Holland, born 6 September 1920, on his

grandfather's farm, married at Pocomoke, Maryland on 25 December

1940, Gladys Elizabeth Thornton of Temperanceville, Virginia

(Wor. Mar. Rec. #6, p. 78). She was a daughter of LeRoy Thornton

and his wife, Annie Hancock Thornton. They live in Worcester

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County near Dividing Creek, near the intersection of Fleming Mill

Road and Dividing Creek Road, northeast of Pocomoke. They have

four children:

A. Kenneth Lee Holland, born 10 December 1941.

B. Marion Wayne Holland, born 16 December 1943.

C. Bonnie Ann Holland, born 23 December 1945.

D. Gail Lynn Holland, born 1 December 1946.

2. William Tull Holland, born 10 May 1922, at his

grandfather's farm, married 5 January 1944, at Pocomoke, Una Mae

Beach of Chance, Maryland (Wor. Mar. Rec. #6, P. 83). She was

the daughter of Enod J. and Una Beach of Chance. They live on

the Duncan Farm at Miona, Virginia. They have two sons:

A. Frederick William Holland, born 19 March 1945.

B. Leonard Bruce Holland, born 26 March 1948.

C. Una Victoria Holland, born 20 September 1951.

3. Franklin Allen Holland, born 4 August 1923, at his

grandfather's farm, married 25 December 1943, Audrey Silverthorn,

daughter of B. Russell Silverthorn and wife, Enola Disharoon

Silverthorn. They live on a farm in Virginia, on Fleming Road,

near the Maryland line. They have three children:

A. Diana Ray Holland, born 15 February 1945.

B. James Franklin Holland, born 9 January 1946.

C. Dale Allen Holland, born 13 September 1952.

4. Everett Davis Holland, born 22 September 1925, at his

grandfather's farm, married 12 January 1946 at Pitts Creek

Church, Dorothy May Howard (Wor. Mar. Rec. #6, p. 87). She was

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the daughter of Maurice M. Howard and wife, Annie Taylor Howard.

They live on his father's farm on new Bridge Road, near Beaver

Dam, Maryland, and have five children:

A. Everett Glenn Holland, born 9 March 1947.

B. Brenda Ann Holland, born 30 September 1948.

C. Mary Kathyrn Holland, born 9 November 1949.

D. Mark Howard Holland, born 17 April 1960.

E. Rickey Tull Holland, born 26 October 1961.

5. Harry Kerns Holland, born 18 November 1928, at Beaver

Dam, died 28 June 1991, married 21 April 1967, Marian Lewis, a

widow with three children. She was the daughter of Otho Outten

and wife Vivian Mister Outten of Willis Wharf, Virginia. They

lived in Pocomoke, Maryland. She now lives on Stockton Road.

Harry K. Holland had two sons:

A. Harry Craig Holland, born 21 November 1968.

B. Thomas Brian Holland, born 14 January 1970.

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Marion Staten Holland and wife, Margaret Tull Holland

Below: With their five sons, (from left), Marion Lee Holland, William Tull Holland,

Franklin Allen Holland, Everett Davis Holland, and Harry Kerns Holland

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HOLLAND CHART I

1st Generation

Capt. Michael b.c. 1 d. int. c. 1745 m.c. 1687, Penelope

Coulborne

2nd Generation

Capt. Michael II b.c. 1.90 d.t. 1782 Ift•C• 1720

Capt. William b.c.1691

Mary b.c. 1695 in. William

Bolithoe

3rd Generation

Michael III b.c. 1723 d.t. 1796 in. 1747, Mary Powell

Robert b.c. 1725 d.t. 1796 w. Mary no issue

b.c. 1728 deceased by 1796

William b.c. 1730 d.t. 1786 MC. 1750, Mary

Bassett

4th Generation

Levin/Levi Leah Michael IV Betty Robert Burcher Martha Noah Jesse Mary

Betty in.

Rachel 1116

Dixon

Benson

Robert Daniel Nancy Sally Others ?

Levin b.c. d. t. MAC.

Levi b.c. 1753 d.t. 1798 w. Mary

William b.c. 1755

James Bassett b.c. 1757

Michael b.c. 1760

Rachel Purnelissa

17 0 1789 1775, Esther

5th Generation

Isaac b.c. 1775 d.t. 1849 in. (1)c. 1800, Sarah

Marshall ? Levin

b.c. 1780 d. int. 1869 in. 18030 Amelia Davis

James (see Chart II)

William b.c. 1780 d. int. 1821 w. ?

Peter b.c. 1782

Polly 1808, Joseph Davis ?

Levi

William

Nancy m. 1797, Hansen Bryon

Polly

Sarah

HOLLAND CHART II

5th Generation

James, blacksmith b.c. 1778 d. int. 1830-1840 m. (1)c. 1800

(2)c. 1823, Tabitha

6th Generation

William b.c. 1800 d. int.1854 m. 1829, Mary

Rowley

James of James b.c. 1802 d. int. 1834

John b.c. 1803

7th Generation

Sally b.c. 1806 174 1828, Zechariah

Bowen

Peter b.c. 1825

Betsy/Elizabeth b.c. 1826 d. int. 1838

Richard b.c. 1828 d. int. 1838

William b.c. 1832

Hester/Esther A. b. 1834 d. 1886 in. 1854,

Peter J.

John Shep-herd

8th Generation

b. 1837 d. 1907 in. (1) 1858, Rosa

Mason (2) 1868, Althea

Pilchard Payne

John b.c. 1839

Elizabeth b.c. 1841

Susan Jane b. 1844 d. 1910 MAD *4 P. Mason

Ira Francis b. 18 9 or 1 0 d.t. 1939 m. 1875, Roberta A.

Duncan

John William b. 1860

Mary Elizabeth b. 1861, d. 1838

Denard Wesl b. 18.9, d. 1913

Lloyd S. b. 1871, d. 1947

Peter S. (Samuel) b. 1873$ d. 1958

Missouri A. b. 1874, d. 1958

Moses P. Jones

Ira Francis, Jr. b. and d. 1877

Addle F. b. 1878, d. 1114 Levin W.

Alonzo E. b. 1880, d. 1945 in. 1904, Mamie E.

Clara E. Tull b. 1882, d. 1883

Emma C. b. 1884, d. 1919 in, Lennie T. Parks

John W. b. 1886, d. 1958

Marion S. b. 1893, d. int. 1967 in. 1919, Margaret K.

Tull

9th Generation

Eugene, b. and d. 1899 Chester D., b. 1900, d. 1967 Ruby, b. 1902 Hazel, b. 1905 Bessie, b. 1907 Frank A., b. 1912

in. Jennie Marie Jones

1945 Benson

Willard Weston Margaret

1116 Harry E. Coulborne Lucille

in. Richard Bicking

Marion Lee b. 1920 in. 1940, Gladys Thornton

William Tull, b. 1922 14 1844, Una Beach

Franklin Allen, b. 1923 mL. 1943, Audrey Silver-

thorn Everett Davis, b. 1925

144 1946, Dorothy May Howard

Harry Kerns, b. 1928 m. 1967, Marian Lewis

Outten

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