Adam Holloway

Adam’s will: Worcester Co MA Wills Vol. 1 page 93

Adam Holloway of Westborough probated 15 Aug 1733

In the name of God, the twenty seventh day of March in the year of our Lord 1733 & in the sixth year of our Souveign Lord George the Second of Great Brittain, Etc. King.

I, Adam Holloway of ye Town of Westborough in the County of Worcester in his majestic province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England yeoman, being much induressed in Body but in perfect mind & memory thanks be toGod for it therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body & Knowing that is appointed for all men one to Die do make this my last will &testament tha t is to say. Principally & first of all I give & Recommend my soul to God that Gave it & my Bo dy I do Recommend to the earth to be buried in Decent Christian Buriall all ye Decretion of m y Executor & as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it Hath pleased God to bless me in this Life. I Give Devise Disposse of ye Same in the following manner &form.

Imprimis. I do Give unto Hannah my Beloved wife all my Moveable estate within Door & without & the Improvement of my Lands During the time ofher natural Life & also my House to Dwell in & after her Decease I do Give only my Eldest Daughter Mary Rice the sum of ten pounds & to my Second Daughter Hannah Farrowbush the sum of ten pounds & to my youngest Daughter Elizabeth Wheeler the sum of ten pounds all this thirty pounds to be paid to my three Daughters above named out to my estate after my wife's Decease & not before.

Item. I do Give & Bequeath unto my only Son Willm. Holloway whom I Likewise do Constitute make & ordain to be my Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament all my Land both upland s & meadow Lands whatsoever Lying & being within ye bounds of the Township of Westborough & al l my Moveable Estate after my wife's Decease and ye afored. thirty pounds is paid to my three Daughters as above mentioned & I do Hereby utterly Disallow Revoke Disanul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacies & Bequests & Executors by me in any ways before named Willed &Bequeathed Ratifirming & Confirming this & no other to be my Last will &Testament.

In Witness whereof I the Sd. Adam Holloway Have Hereunto Set my Hand &Seal the Day & year above written.

Adam (his mark) Holloway.

Witnesses: Simeon Hayward John Danforth John Keyes

Born Abt 1647
Married 5 March 1681 Concord,Middlesex, MA to Hannah Hayward

Children:
Mary Holloway-25 Feb 1681/1682
Hannah Holloway-5 Nov 1684
William Holloway-16 Jun 1689
Elizabeth Holloway(Joseph Wheeler)-A.1695-12 Sep 1748
Member #46831293

Adam wrote a will in 1733 and mentioned his wife Hannah - so she could not have died in 1732. (Member 46922592)* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 7 2022, 16:08:39 UTC

Name: ADAM HOLLOWAY Sex: M Birth: ABT. 1653 Death: 7 JUN 1733 in Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts Change Date: 7 FEB 2009 Note: Source: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice at ERA (Edmund Rice Association)

Source at genealogylibrary.com Oak Oaks Oakes Family Register Nathaniel Oak page 7

Worcester Co MA Wills Vol. 1 page 93

Adam Holloway of Westborough probated 15 Aug 1733

In the name of God, the twenty seventh day of March in the year of ourLord 1733 & in the sixt h year of our Souveign Lord George the Second ofGreat Brittain, Etc. King.

I, Adam Holloway of ye Town of Westborough in the County of Worcester in his majestic province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England yeoman, being much induressed in Body but in perfect mind & memory thanks be to God for it therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body & Knowing that is appointed for all men one to Die do make this my last will & testament that is to say. Principally & first of all I give & Recommend my soul to God that Gave it & my Body I do Recommend to the earth to be buried in Decent Christian Buriall at ye Decretion of my Executor & astouching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it Hath pleased God to bless me in this Life. I Give Devise Disposse of ye Same in the following manner & form.

Imprimis. I do Give unto Hannah my Beloved wife all my Moveable estate within Door & without & the Improvement of my Lands During the time ofher natural Life & also my House to Dwell in & after her Decease I do Give only my Eldest Daughter Mary Rice the sum of ten pounds & to my Second Daughter Hannah Farrowbush the sum of ten pounds & to my youngest Daughter Elizabeth Wheeler the sum of ten pounds all this thirty pounds to be paid to my three Daughters above named out of my estate after my wife's Decease & not before.

Item. I do Give & Bequeath unto my only Son Willm. Holloway whom I Likewise do Constitute make & ordain to be my Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament all my Land both uplands & meadow Lands whatsoever Lying & being within ye bounds of the Township of Westborough & all my Moveable Estate after my wife's Decease and ye afored. thirty pounds is paid to my three Daughters as above mentioned & I do Hereby utterly Disallow Revoke Disanul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacies & Bequests & Executors by me in any ways before named Willed & Bequeathed Ratifirming & Confirming this & no other to be my Last will &Testament.

In Witness whereof I the Sd. Adam Holloway Have Hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & year above written.

Adam (his mark) Holloway.

Witnesses: Simeon Hayward John Danforth John Keyes --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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The Concord Register (page 31 in the Heritage Books paperback) showsthese children of Adam and Hannah Holloway:
Hannah b. November 5, 1684. Elizabeth b. April 1, 1687 William b. June 16, 1689.

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DeForest, Heman Packard.
The history of Westborough, Massachusetts Westborough Mass.: The Town, 1891, 556 pgs.

Page 46.

(ADAM HOLLOWAY) is among the first settlers of Westborough with 24 others.

Page 47.

ADAM HOLLOWAY was in the north part of Westborough.

Page 210. EARLY HISTORY OF WESTBOROUGH

Re: Northborough-Westborough common burial spot -

MR. ADAM HOLLOWAY, SR., who Dec June ye 7th 1733 in ye 80th year of his age.

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NEHGS: Ma Vital Records to 1850
Probate Index of Worcester County, Massachusetts 1733 HOLLOWAY Adam Westborough Will 30359

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From website:http://www.dearroz.pointclark.net/ERA/ERA_Test-p/p41.htm#i2824

DESCENDANTS OF EDMUND RICE - NAME INDEX 6

Adam Holloway1
Adam Holloway married 2nd Hannah Haywood on 5 March 1681 at Concord,MA, of Westborough and Northborough.2