William Holdridge (1647 - 1691)

Born 16 Mar 1647 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Husband of Lydia (Quimby) Holdridge — married 10 Apr 1674 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1691 at about age 43 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

William Holdridge (also spelled Holdred and Holdredge) was born 15 Mar 1647 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts to William Holdridge and Isabella Hayward [some records report his mother as Isabella Craddock].^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

He married Lydia Quimby 10 Apr 1674^[5] in Amesbury, Massachusetts.^[6] They had the following children:^[4]

Robert Holdridge, born abt 1676

Gershom Holdridge, born about 1677

William Holdridge, born 1680

Hezekiah Holdridge, born 1681

Kathryn Holdridge, born abt 1683

Ann Holdridge, born about 1685

Agnes Holdridge

[NOTE: William did not have a daughter named Lydia Holdridge born about 1760 (i.e. before his marriage); rather, his widow Lydia Quimby Holdridge married again after his death.]

William died in 1691 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.^[4] His widow remarried after his death.

Sources

1. ↑ Doherty, Frank J. Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York; Volume 6: Hadden to Hunt, pg. 603. Published Jan 2002.
2. ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
3. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16907084/william-holdridge : accessed 04 January 2022), memorial page for William Holdridge (15 Mar 1647–1691), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16907084, ; Maintained by Sunshine (contributor 46632730) Unknown.
5. ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
6. ↑ Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.