Hope (Clifton) Holder
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Hope (Clifton) Holder (abt. 1644 - 1680)

Hope Holder formerly Clifton
Born about in Rhode Islandmap
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Daughter of and
Sister of [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and
Wife of — married 30 Dec 1665 in New Englandmap
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Mother of , , , , , and
Died at about age 36 in Newport, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

Hope was a Friend (Quaker)

Birth
Hope Clifton was born about 1644 Rhode Island, either at Providence or Newport, to parents Thomas Clifton and Mary [Longbothom] aka the widow Butterworth [Henry]. [1] Her parents had married after 18 January 1640/1, their marriage being recorded at both Rehoboth, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island. [2] Author Charles Frederick Holder states that "Thomas Clifton arrived in 1641 and originally settled in Concord, Massachusetts but by 1643 the Clifton's (including wife Mary and her Butterworth children) relocated to Providence, Rhode Island." [Clifton, pg.179.] Because an arrival record has not been located at this time the Clifton's marriage date supports Hope's birth in Rhode Island her parents having left Massachusetts.

Marriage & Children
Christopher's wife Mary (Scott) Holder died 17 October 1665 at Newport, Rhode Island leaving two young daughters behind (Mary and Elizabeth).

On 30 December 1665 he married Hope Clifton. [3] Children of Hope Clifton and Christopher Holder were: [1]

  1. Christopher, b. 22 Dec 1666, Newport, R.I.[4] ; m. Elizabeth Daniell, 15 Feb 1691, Hallatrow, Somersetshire, England; d. 1720(?); large property owner in Newport, 1690.
  2. Hope, b. 25 May 1668, Newport, R.I. [4]
  3. Patience, b. 12 Feb 1668/9, Newport. R.I. [4] ; d. bef. 1671
  4. Patience, b. 16 Aug 1671, Newport, R.I. [4] ; d. 4 Aug 1676
  5. John, b. 20 Aug 1672, Newport, R.I. [4] ; d. 25 Aug 1672, Newport, R.I.
  6. Content, b. 22 May 1674, Newport, R.I. [4] ; d. 24 Aug 1676.
  7. Anne, b. 29 Feb 1676, Newport, R.I. [4] ; d. 21 Mar. 1676.

In their Friends ministry Hope and husband Christopher traveled a great deal. For example, In 1672 husband Christopher Holder attended for the 3rd time the Friends Philadelphia annual Meeting. [5]

The Quaker Movement & the Clifton's
During Hope's youth nonconformist, such as Puritans, Baptists and Antinomians, were turning to still other methods of access to spiritual worship. In 1647 George Fox experienced his religious enlightenment and it became his mission to 'turn all people from the darkness to the Light.' [6] Once begun the Quaker movement quickly spread across the Continent and to New England.

At Rhode Island the Clifton's began meeting with early Quaker Christopher Holder (1631-1688) a strong outspoken activist who was later jailed, abused, and tortured for his beliefs. "The Clifton's were early converts to the preaching of Christopher Holder and had entertained him on many occasions." [1] " Christopher Holder born in Gloucestershire was of independent fortune, educated, refined and cultured." He arrived in New England 27 July 1656 aboard the Speedwell. [7] Later in Boston he would be "imprisoned, whipped and have an ear cut off...after which he was transplanted to Providence, Rhode Island." [8]

With the newly converted Quakers, also established at Providence Plantation, was the family of Mary Scott who had arrived in 1636 Boston. While in Massachusetts Mary's father Richard Scott had began "experimenting with non-Puritan views; his wife becoming a Baptist." The Scott family was eventually forced to remove themselves to Providence Plantation under the same circumstances as Richard Scott's sister-in-law, the famous Anne (Marbury) Hutchinson (during the Antinomian Controversy) who was his wife's aunt on her mother's side. [9] While traveling between New England and England preaching their faith Christopher Holder and Mary Scott married 12 August 1660, England [10] probably in Gloucestershire, Christopher's probable family seat.

Quaker Minister Hope (Clifton) Holder:
Undoubtedly encouraged through her friendship with Christopher and Mary (Scott) Holder, Hope Clifton also became a known Quaker Minister of the time. Together, both Hope and Mary traveled throughout early Massachusetts and the Rhode Island colonies in their ministry. Both women accompanied infamous Quaker Mary Dyer and were present for the severe punishments suffered by Christopher in Massachusetts. Mary Holder herself was apprehended and imprisoned for a month. [11]

Death
Hope (Clifton) Holder died 16 January 1680/1 at Newport, Rhode Island. Her Quaker burial location at Newport is unknown at this time. [12] [13]

Husband Christopher Holder returned to England and married a third time to Grace Beaton at Bristol, Gloucestershire. He died 13 August 1688 in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire.[14]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Holder, Charles Frederick (1851-1915) "The Holders of Holderness; a History & genealogy of the Holder family with especial reference to Christopher Holder, head of the American Quaker branch" Pg. 154, 158, 177-179 (birth on pg.177-179) Pub. 1902, Society of Friends. Accessed 22 Nov 2020. https://archive.org/details/holdersofholdern01hold/page/n219/mode/2up?q=Hope
  2. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" Pg.162. Pub. 2004, Baltimore, MD., USA.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22124392?h=d730ab
  3. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" Pg.380. Pub. 2004, Baltimore, MD. USA: Genealogical Publishing Co. Reprinted (online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, Provo, UT. USA. Accessed 11 Nov 2020. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22124609?h=374be4
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Arnold, James N., ed. "Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850: 1st Series; Vol. VII, Friends & Ministers" p.64. pub. Providence, R.I., USA: Narragansett historical publishing Co., 1895. Reprinted (subscription online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 15 Dec 2021. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26747384?h=e87b4e
  5. ↑ "Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1656-1845; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes" Reprinted "U.S. Quaker meeting Records, 1681-1935; Philadelphia, PA.; Yearly Friends Meeting; Minutes, 1656-1845" (image record online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, Provo, UT., USA. Accessed 22 Nov 2020. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22124718?h=0c3947
  6. ↑ Lacock, R. "Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archeological Society: Quakers in Gloucester: the First 50 Year, 1655-1705" Vol. 125; pg.159-293. Pub. 2007. Online access 4 May 2019: http://www.bgas.org.uk/tbgas_bg/v125/bg125259.pdf
  7. ↑ Tepper, Michael "Immigrants to the Middle Colonies; "Notes on the Eight names Marked as Quaker sin the Speedwell Passenger List" Pg.150. Pub. 1979, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22123031?h=e05ca6
  8. ↑ Savage, James "A Genealogical Dictionary of the 1st Settlers of New England", Vol. II, Little, Brown and Company, 1860, p. 446, https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic02savarich/page/446 Internet Archive
  9. ↑ https:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Scott_(settler)
  10. ↑ Arnold, James N., ed. "Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850; 1st Seried, Births, Marriages and Deaths" Vol. VII.; Friends & Ministers; Pg.30. Pub. 1895, Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22124917?h=25cac2
  11. ↑ Rogers, Horatio, Assoc. Justice of The Rhode Island Supreme Court "Mary Dyer of Rhode Island: The Quaker Martyr" Providence, R.I., USA: Preston & Rounds Publishing, 1896. Norwood Press. Book digitized by Google books. Online access 4 May 2019.
  12. ↑ Web: Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission Index, 1647-2008: Hope Clifton Holder, Quaker.http://www.rihistoriccemeteries.org/newgravedetails.aspx?ID=143761
  13. ↑ Rhode Island Deaths & Burials 1628-1930, [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=US%2FRHODEISLAND%2FDEATHS%2F0265760 FindMyPast
  14. ↑ England & Wales Quaker BMD Registers, 1578-1837; MM Frenchay: Olveston Friends; Piece 1359: MM Meeting of Frenchay: Olveston: BM & Burials 1655-1777. Author/Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Pub. 2013 @ Provo, UT., USA. Online access 3 May 2019.

See Also
Jones, Rufus M., M.A., D.Litt. "The Quakers in the American Colonies" p.36. London, England, U.K.: MacMillan & Co., Ltd., 1911. Accessed 9 Oct 2022. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t82j71786&view=1up&seq=76

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