lineage of father's mother
Adella Winifred "Della" Holden
I am a tenth generation American in this line.
from a professional Holden genealogy prepared by Eben Putnam of Boston and printed in
1923 by
Murray Printing Company,Kendall Square,Cambridge,Ma.
My father's mother Adella Winifred Holden was a descendent of English man Richard Holden
who settled in
Watertown,Ma near Boston in 1634.
Most Holdens in America are descendants of Richard or his brother Justinian who came to
New England
together in 1634. They set sail from Ipswich,County Suffolk,England on 4/10/1634.
1st generation in America
Richard Holden
born: 1609 in Lindsey, County Suffolk, England
died: 1695 in Groton, Middlesex County, MA
wife Martha Fosdick
born: 1620 in England
died: 1681 in Watertown, Middlesex County, MA
married: about 1640
parents of Justinian Holden born 1644
2nd generation in America
Justinian Holden
born: 1644 in Watertown or Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
died: about 1699
wife Mary ?<
born:
died: 1691 in Woburn, Middlesex County, MA
married:
parents of:
- 1. James Holden born: 1685
2nd wife:
Susannah Dutton widow of John Durrant
born: 1653
died:
married: 1693
3rd generation in America
James Holden
born: 1685 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
died: 1766 in Rutland District, West VT
wife: Hannah Adams
born: in Cambridge, Ma
died: 1769
married: 1709 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, MA
parents of Captain Aaron Holden born 1731
4th generation in America
Captain Aaron Holden
born: 1731 in Worcester, Worcester County, MA
died: 1802 in Barre, Worcester County, MA
wife Anna Clark
born: 1732 in Medfield, Norfolk County, MA
died: 1818 in Barre, MA
married: April 1758 in Barre, MA
parents of Elijah Holden b 1768
Captain Aaron was in and out of the revolutionary army several times from 1755 to about
1780.
In Sept 1780 he was promoted to Captain.
5th generation in America
Elijah Holden
born: 1768 in Barre, Worcester County, MA
died: 184? in Shrewsbury, Rutland County, VT
wife Sarah Brown
born: 1778 in Johnston, RI (Johnstown ?)
died: 1867 in Shrewsbury, VT
married: Dec 1796 in Shrewsbury, Rutland County, VT
parents of Hannibal Holden born 1798
6th generation in America my g-g-gp
Hannibal Holden
born: 1798 in Shrewsbury, Rutland County, VT
died: 1877 in Schroon, Essex County, NY
wifeEsther Willis
born: 1803 in Shrewsbury, VT
died: 1839 in Schroon, NY
married: April 1825 in Schroon,NY
parents of Elijah Newton Holden born 1834
2nd wife Achsah Day
born: 1805 in Granville, NY
died:
married: Nov 1839 in Schroon, NY
Hannibal was a prosperous farmer and a justice of the peace for 16 years.
7th generation in America my g-gp
Elijah Newton Holden
born: 2/5/1834 probably Schroon, Essex County, NY
died: 5/2/1926 in Sterling, Logan County, Colorado
wife Zelphina Maria Smith
born: 8/24/1834 in Schroon, NY
died: 5/23/1915 in Sterling, Logan, CO
married: May 30, 1861 in Schroon, NY in Elizabethtown, Post June 6
parents of Adella Winifred Holden born 1872, [my father's mother].
They
homesteaded SW of Fleming, Co about 1886 - 1888, then settled S of Iliff, Co
8th generation in America [my father's parents]
William Alexander Ramey
born: 6/29/1869 in Ripley, Jackson County, WV
died: 7/17/1943 in Sterling, Logan County, CO
wife: Adella "Della" Winifred Holden
born: 3/14/1872 in Schroon, Essex County, NY
died: 6/13/1953 in Sterling, Logan County, CO
married: 6/8/1893
parents of Dr Paul Maynard Ramey [my father]
W. A. Ramey was a very prosperous farmer/rancher. At his death in 1943 his estate was
estimated worth
$250,000. That is in 1943 dollars.
Will's parents were George Washington Ramey and wife
Leah Warf both born in Va. In 1860 they moved to Ripley, WV
and George
joined Confederate Army. They are in the Ripley district censuses of 1870 and 1880. In 1885
they went West
to homestead.
9th generation in America [my parents]
Dr Paul Maynard Ramey (MD)
born: 08/21/1910 Sterling, Logan County, Colorado
died: 1981 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
wife Lou Ella Wright DAR 406808
born: 09/19/1913 Sterling, Colorado
died: 05/10/1953 Boston, MA hospital
married: 1935, Laramie, Wyoming
Mother's father was Robert Jerome Wright. A degreed civil engineer Robert was a key figure in
the
development of irrigation systems in the South Platte Valley of Colorado. Robert's father was
Samuel B.
Wright a pioneer at Greeley, Co.
I am Paul Maynard Ramey Jr afn48665@afn.org
born 1935 Temple, TX - now in Gainesville, FL
also researching ancestors of surnames:
Bartlett, Campbell, Courtright, Newton, Ramey, Wright
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