Pauline's Genealogy Pages
HOLLIDAY / WILLIAMS
William HOLLIDAY (Sh44)
(Son of William HOLLIDAY & Ann MOULDER) (see Notes)
Born: c1732
Baptised: 31 Mar 1742, Bampton OXF
Buried: 15 Feb 1782, Bampton OXF, aged 49 (of Aston)
Occupation: Yeoman
MARRIED
16 Nov 1756, Bampton OXF, by licence
Witnesses: William WEEKS, Thomas FOX
(William a yeoman of Lew in the parish of Bampton, bachelor; Mary of Aston in the parish of Bampton, spinster)
to:
Mary WILLIAMS (Sh45)
(Daughter of ? Adin WILLIAMS & Rachel SMITH ?)
Baptised: ? 2 Jul 1733, Bampton OXF ?
Buried: 18 Jun 1785, Bampton OXF, aged 51 (of Aston)
Children:
Mary HOLLIDAY
bapt: 17 Apr 1757, Bampton OXF
buried: 23 May 1759, Bampton OXF
Richard HOLLIDAY
bapt: 10 Nov 1758, Bampton OXF
buried: 2 May 1759, Bampton OXF, inf
Elizabeth HOLLIDAY
bapt: 17 Feb 1760, Bampton OXF
buried: 10 Jul 1763, Bampton OXF (of Cote)
Mary HOLLIDAY
bapt: 5 Mar 1762, Bampton OXF (of Cote)
died: Jun Qtr 1845, Clerkenwell Reg. Dist., aged 86
buried: 13 Jun 1845, Highgate Cemetery, St Pancras MDX, aged 85
married: James OLIVER, 21 Jul 1790, St Margaret Westminster MDX, by licence
Will: proved 7 Jul 1845, London Consistory
Rachel HOLLIDAY
bapt: 18 Apr 1764, Bampton OXF (of Cote)
buried: 13 Oct 1792, Bampton OXF, aged 28 (of Aston)
married: William TOWNSEND, 9 May 1786, Bampton OXF, by licence
Ann HOLLIDAY
bapt: 19 Mar 1766, Bampton OXF (of Cote)
Elizabeth HOLLIDAY
bapt: 1 Jun 1768, Bampton OXF (of Cote)
William HOLLIDAY
bapt: 15 Aug 1770, Bampton OXF (of Cote)
buried: 18 Apr 1789, Bampton OXF, aged 18 (of Aston)
Thomas HOLLIDAY
bapt: 3 Apr 1772, Bampton OXF (of Cote)
buried: 13 Mar 1825, New Burial Ground, Southwark SRY, aged 53
married: Mary BARTLETT, 3 Oct 1795, Bampton OXF, by licence
Richard HOLLIDAY (Sh22)
bapt: 31 May 1776, Bampton OXF (of Aston)
Despite the seemingly anomalous baptism date, evidence from wills and the Death Duty Register points to William HOLLIDAY (Sh44) being son of William and Ann. It also indicates that by about 1808 only 4 of the above children were still alive - Mary OLIVER and Elizabeth, Thomas and Richard HOLLIDAY. (For more information please email me.)
Variant spellings of the surname HOLLIDAY include HOLIDAY, HOLLODAY, HOLYDAY, HOLLYDAY etc.
Pauline Kennedy