Descendants of William HOLT

Table of Contents

*Descendants of William HOLT
*Surname List
*Index of Names
*Download a GEDCOM file of this data (402K)
*Problem List A list of known inaccuracies and inconsistencies.

Source of Family Tree

This information comes from a book published by Daniel S. Durrie in 1864. His wife was a direct descendant of William Holt. The book is titled:
A Genealogical History of the Holt Family in the United States; more particularly descendants of Nicholas Holt of Newbury and Andover, Mass., 1634-1644, and of William Holt of New Haven, Conn.

The data

There are inconsistencies in the data. They have been double-checked against Durrie's work and the mistakes (if indeed some of them are) are his. I've provided a list of the ones I've identified.

The reference numbers are Durrie's and should be included in any request for clarification about the person. However, I've included all of Durrie's notes in the GEDCOM file. Just download that and you have all the information I have. But feel free to ask if you spot what may be an error of mine.

Shortly, I'll be adding a guest book for descendants to post corrections to this information as well as to connect with cousins. In the meantime, just e-mail me and I'll post the information. I will not be correcting the GEDCOM, although I may post a "corrected" version along side of it. My intention is have Durrie's information available as published, as this is a valuable source in itself.

My Editing

If Durrie did not supply a birthdate, I estimated one based on the age of the parents, other siblings, spouse and children. Marriage dates, when not provided by Durrie, are estimated by figuring a woman was between the ages of 15 and 20 and a man was over the age of 20. Death dates are only estimated if the person's spouse remarried. All date estimates are marked by "about" and are typically ending in "5" or "0". Durrie didn't estimate any dates so any "about" dates are mine alone.

Unnamed places are conjectured based on places Durrie names for related events. For example, a woman is usually supposed to have been married in the same state she was born. However, if her husband, children and brothers or sisters-in-laws were born elsewhere, then it might be conjectured that she was married in that other place. All place guesses are marked by "prob" or "poss," meaning probably and possibly based on the strength of the supposition.

Unnamed persons are given the designation of "JD," for John/Jane Doe. This designation is distinquished from the initials "J. D." by the lack of periods. Not that there's anyone in the database with "J. D." for a first name, but that is my usual convention and I used it in this database as well.

If a last name is unknown, then the spouse's surname followed by an asterisk (*) is used. This most often happens with women.

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