Thomas Holland 1703-after 1743.
He was the only surviving son of Thomas Holland the glovemaker and his wife Ann. In July 1732, when he was 29, he married Hannah Mason in Onibury. Four children were baptised in Onibury over the next ten years. His wife Hannah was buried in Onibury in November 1778, but it is not certain when Thomas died. There was one burial of Thomas Holland in Onibury in July 1793, when Thomas would have been 90 and his son Thomas would have been 58. The burial could have referred to either of them, and the other burial is missing. In the tree below, this has been attributed to the son, but it could refer to either.
|-John Holland 1733-1788 |-William Holland 1771-?
| mar c1770 --------|
| Jane c1730 - 1814 |-Mary 1775-1775
|
| ------------------------John Holland 1777-c.1830
Thomas Holland |
1703 - ? |-Thomas Holland 1735-1793
mar 1732 --------| mar 1770 ----------|-Thomas Holland 1773 - 1818
Hannah Mason |Ann Stead c1740-1817 |-Betty Holland 1775 -1838
c1710 - 1778 | |-George Holland 1783- 1822
|-William Holland 1739-?
|-Mary Holland 1743-1785
His eldest son, John, was baptised in June 1733. John’s marriage to Jane has not been found, but it probably occurred around 1770. The first record in Onibury was the baptism, in September 1771, of their son William and their daughter Mary was baptised there in February 1775 and buried the following April. John Holland was buried in Onibury in April 1788, at the age of 55 and Jane Holland “of Onibury” was buried there in February 1814 at the age of 84. Although William was only 17 when his father died, he and his mother seem to have coped with the situation.
The next son, another Thomas, was baptised in February 1735. By April 1770, when he was 35, he was living in Wistanstow and banns were called there for his marriage in May 1770 to Ann Stead in Ludlow. After the marriage, they returned to Onibury and three children, Thomas, Betty and George, were baptised there between 1773 and 1783. He may have been the Thomas Holland buried in Onibury in July 1793 (when he was 58). If so, his eldest son Thomas was 20 and his youngest George only 10 when their father died. His wife Ann, described as “Ann Holland of Flaxford” was buried in May 1817 at the age of 76. This implies that she was born in 1741 and so was 29 when they married and 42 when George was born. The family seem to have moved to Flaxford around 1813 – their eldest son Thomas was described as “of Flaxford” when he was buried in June 1818 at the age of 45. Their daughter Betty was probably the “Elizabeth Holland of Leintwardine” who was buried in Onibury in November 1838 at the age of 64.
The problem with this family is the entry in January 1778 of the baptism of “John son of John Holland and Ann”. He was almost certainly a grandson of Thomas Holland senior and Hannah (Mason), but were his parents John and Jane or Thomas and Ann? This remains a mystery. John moved to Culmington before September 1801 when he married Sarah Evans and raised a family there.
William Holland, son of Thomas Holland senior and Hannah (Mason), was baptised in Onibury in April 1739, but nothing more is known about him. His sister Mary was baptised in April 1743 and buried in October 1785, when she was 42.
Relevant records:
1703 Sep 23 Thomas s.of Thomas Holland & Ann bap Onibury.
1732 Jul 24 Thomas Holland and Hannah Mason mar Onibury.
1733 Jun 24 John s.of Thomas Holland & Hannah bap Onibury.
1735 Feb 1 Thomas s.of Thomas Holland & Hannah bap Onibury.
1739 Apr 25 William s.of Thomas Holland & Hannah bap Onibury.
1743 Apr 4 Mary d.of Thomas Holland & Hannah bap Onibury.
1770 Apr 22, Apr 29 & May 6 banns called at Wistanstow.
1770 May 11 Thomas Holland p. Wistanstow and Ann Stead mar Ludlow.
1771 Sep 1 William s.of John Holland & Jane bap Onibury.
1773 Mar 22 Thomas s.of Thomas Holland & Ann bap Onibury.
1775 Feb 8 Mary d.of John Holland & Jane bap Onibury.
1775 Apr 2 Mary Holland, infant, buried Onibury.
1775 Apr 19 Betty d.of Thomas Holland & Ann bap Onibury.
1778 Jan 1 John s.of John Holland and Anne bap Onibury.
1778 Nov 12 Hannah Holland buried Onibury.
1783 Feb 23 George s.of Thomas Holland & Ann bap Onibury.
1785 Oct 21 Mary Holland buried Onibury.
1788 Apr 20 John Holland buried Onibury.
1793 Jul 31 Thomas Holland, buried, Onibury.
1814 Feb. 16 Jane Holland of Onibury, aged 84, buried Onibury. [born c1730]
1817 May 28 Ann Holland of Flaxford, aged 76, buried Onibury. [born c1741]
1818 June 5 Thomas Holland of Flaxford, aged 45, buried Onibury. [born c1773]
1838 Nov. 17 Elizabeth Holland of Leintwardine, aged 64, buried Onibury.[born c.1774]
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