Henry Holaday and Mary Fayle

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Henry Holaday was called Henry “Holyday” when he married Mary “Fail” in March 1746 at Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware ^{BU8, HI4}. Henry Holiday was included in a list of men who were taxed (“A List of Tythables for the Year 1755”) in Orange County, North Carolina in 1755 ^OR10. Henry Holaday of Chatham County, North Carolina called himself a planter when he wrote his will on August 3, 1800, which was witnessed by Jacob Marshill, Jr. and Isaac Shugart and was proved in open court in Chatham County, North Carolina in November 1800 ^NO16.

In the Name of God amen I Henry Holaday Senior of the County of Chatham and State of North Carolina planter being in he^alth of Body and of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto god Calling to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die I Do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I recommend my Soul to almighty god that gave it and my body I recommend to be Buried in a Decent and Christian like manner at the Discretion of my Executors and as touching Such worldly Estate as it has pleased god to bless me with in this life I give and Demise and Dispose of in the following manner and form first of all that my funaral Charges and lawfull Debts be paid

Item I give unto my Son Henry Holaday all that track of land where I formerly lived with all and Singuler the previledges and profits arising there from

I give unto my fore Daughters that is to say Hannah Andrew Abigall ^mcCracken Rebekah Hinshaw and Mary Quackenbus^h three pounds ten Shillings Each of them

Deborah Deal and Sarrah Newlin haveing been left a like Share by a former Will and Since gave as their receipts Will Show it is my Desire that Deborah Deal and Sarrah Newlin be there with Content

I give unto my grand Children to wit my Son Robert Holaday Son Henry likewise Thomas Holaday Daughter Mary likewise my Daughter Abigail ^mcCrackens Daughter and Son Mary and Henry likewise Rebekah Hinshaw Daughter ^Mary likewise my Son Henry Holaday Son Henry likewise my Daughter Mary quackenbush Son Henry Each of the above Named grand Children the Sum of twenty Shillings

I give unto my Son Robert Holaday Son William my big Coat

my Will is that Such of my Estate as is not alredy bequethed and named be Equally Devided Between my four Sons to Wit Samuel Holaday Robert Holaday William Holaday and Thomas Holaday Share and Share alike both principal and intrust to this Date and the intrust ariseing hereafter to go to my Son Thomas for his troble and Exspence

lastly I Constitute and apoint my Son Thomas Holaday my hole and Sole Executor of this my last Will and testament and I Do hereby utterly revoke Disavow and Disanull all and Every former testaments Wills and Legacies Bequests Executors by mee in any wise before named Willed or bequethed ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament in Witness where of I hath hereunto Set my hand & Seal this third Day of august in the year of Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred

Henry Holaday his mark

Signed Sealed published pronounced and Declared by the Said Henry Holaday Senier as his last Will and testament in the presents of us and in the presence of Each other have unto Set our Names

Jacob Marshill Junior

Isaac Shugart

A plaque and a memorial erected in the year 1932 at the Spring Monthly Meeting Cemetery in Snow Camp, Alamance County, North Carolina for Henry Holaday and Mary Fayle (a photo of which can be located on the Find a Grave website) states:

IN MEMORY OF

HENRY HOLADAY

AND

MARY FAYLE – HIS WIFE

PIONEER ANCESTORS OF HOLADAY FAMILIES OF

THIS REGION. THEY WERE MARRIED

MARCH 3, 1746 IN OLD SWEDE CHURCH

WILMINGTON, DEL. CAME TO NORTH CAROLINA

1756, AND LIVED ONE MILE SOUTH OF HERE

HENRY HOLADAY – DIED SEPT. 9, 1800

MARY FAYLE HOLADAY – DIED JUNE 21, 1792

Mary Fayle was the mother of Samuel, Robert, William, Deborah, Hannah, and Sarah. Her surname was also spelled “Faile” ^HI4.

The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina state that Samuel Holladay, the son of Henry and Mary Holaday, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania on the 9^th day of the 12^th month in the 1740s (the last digit of the year was missing) ^US11. Lydia, the wife of Samuel Holladay, was the daughter of Joshua and Patience Hadly who was born on the 24^th day of the 11^th month, 1756 in Orange County, North Carolina ^US11. The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina state that Samuel and Lydia Holladay were the parents of twelve children whose birth location was in Chatham County, North Carolina ^US11. These were Mary, born on the 27^th day of the 7^th month, 1773, Patiance, born on the 25^th day of the 4^th month, 1775, Joshua, born on the 7^th day of the 8^th month, 1777, Hannah, born on the 19^th day of the 11^th month, 1779, John, born on the 24^th day of the 9^th month, 1782, Sarah, born on the 14^th day of the 1^st month, 1785, Anne, born on the 30^th day of the 11^th month, 1787, twins Samuel and Lydia, who were born on the 20^th day of the 3^rd month, 1791, Simon, born on the 4^th day of the 9^th month, 1793, and Ruth, who was born on the 19^th day of the 8^th month, 1796 ^US11.

The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Orange County (now Alamance County), North Carolina state that Lydia Holladay, the daughter of Samuel and Lydia, died on the 5^th day of the 4^th month, 1791 and was buried at the Spring Monthly Meeting ^HI4. The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Orange County (now Alamance County), North Carolina state that four additional children of Samuel and Lydia Holladay died in 1794 and 1795; these were Ann on the 4^th day of the 2^nd month, 1794, John on the 2^nd day of the 3^rd month, 1794, Patience on the 26^th day of the 7^th month, 1795, and Mary, who died on the 9^th day of the 9^th month, 1795 ^HI4. The records of the Spring Monthly Meeting in Orange County (now Alamance County), North Carolina state that Samuel Holliday, the son of Samuel and Lydia Holliday of Chatham County, North Carolina who married Martha “Mccracken”, the daughter of Thomas and Percila Mccracken of Orange County, North Carolina on the 8^th day of the 4^th month, 1813 ^US11. Samuel and Martha Holaday were the parents of Thomas (born on January 17, 1814), Ann (born April 22, 1817), Sarah (born November 16, 1820), Rhody (born July 1, 1822), and Lydia (born April 20, 1824) ^US11.

Samuel was mentioned in his father’s will, dated August 3, 1800 ^NO16. Samuel Holaday wrote his will on the 8^th day of the 10^th month, 1821 which mentioned his wife, Lidya, and his children, Joshua Holaday, Samuel Holaday, Simon Holaday, Sarrah Mills, Hannah Dawsett, and Ruth Lashly, and was witnessed by Nathaniel Newling and James Carter ^NO16. He later wrote a codicil to his will which addressed the death of his son, Simon; this codicil was dated the 10^th day of the 5^th month, but the year was too faded to be legible ^NO16. His will and its codicil were proved in open court in Chatham County, North Carolina in August 1825 ^NO16. The records of the Spring Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina state that Samuel Holaday died on the 20^th day of the 6^th month, 1825 and that Lydia Holaday died on the 4^th day of the 11^th month, 1827 ^US11.

The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina state that Robert Holladay, the son of Henry and Mary Holladay, was born on the 29^th day of the 9^th month, 1748 in Chester County, Pennsylvania ^US11. The Cane Creek Monthly Meeting records also stated that Robert’s wife, Hannah Holladay, the daughter of John and Mary Newlin, was born on the 30^th day of the 6^th month, 1749 in Chester County, Pennsylvania ^US11. The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina state that Robert Holladay, the son of Henry and Mary Holladay of Cane Creek in Orange County, North Carolina, married Hannah Newlin, the daughter of John and Mary Newlin of Orange County, on the 10^th day of the 1^st month, 1777 in a ceremony witnessed by Deborah Newlin, Abigail Holladay, Sarah Holladay, John Andrew, Henry Holladay, Mary Holladay, John Newlin, James Newlin, Thomas Holladay, Henry Holladay, Jr., and others ^US11. Robert and Hannah Holladay were the parents of six children; the first three were born in Orange County, North Carolina, but the birth locations for the last three were not provided ^US11. Their children were Abigail, born on the 12^th day of the 10^th month, 1777, William, born on the 29^th day of the 4^th month, 1779, Mary, born on the 8^th day of the 12^th month, 1780, Deborah, born on the 5th day of the 5^th month, 1782, John, born on the 10^th day of the 2^nd month, 1784, and Jacob, born on the 10^th day of the 1^st month, 1786 ^US11. Robert and his sons, Henry and William, were mentioned in the will of his father, Henry Holaday, which was dated August 3, 1800 ^NO16.

William Holaday, the son of Henry and Mary Holladay, was born on the 10^th day of the 6^th month, 1750 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, according to the records of the the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina ^US11.

The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina state that Deborah Holladay, the daughter of Henry and Mary Holladay and the wife of John Andrew, was born on the 4^th day of the 2^nd or the 12^th month, 1752 in Orange County, North Carolina ^US11. The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina state that Deborah Holladay, the daughter of Henry and Mary Holladay of Orange County, North Carolina, married John Andrew, the son of Robert and Sarah Andrew of Orange County, on the 10^th day of the 4^th month, 1776 in a ceremony witnessed by Henry Holladay, Robert Andrew, Sarah Andrew, Mary Holladay, Lydia Holladay, and others ^US11. The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina state that Deborah (Holladay) Andrew and John Andrew were the parents of two children who were born in Orange County, North Carolina; these were Robert, who was born on the 29^th day of the 2^nd or 12^th month, 1776, and Hannah, born on the 12^th day of the 9^th month, 1778 ^US11. The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina state that John Andrew, the son of Robert and Sarah Andrew, died on the 26^th day of the 7^th month, 1779 (July 26, 1779) and he was buried shortly after at the Friends’ Burying Ground at the Spring Monthly Meeting ^US11. The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Orange County (now Alamance County), North Carolina state that Deborah Andrew of Orange County, North Carolina married Isaac Dale of Orange County on the 6^th day of the 6^th month, 1787 in a ceremony witnessed by Deborah Newlin, David Andrew, Ann Andrew, Abigail Andrew, Mary Andrew, Rebekah Holaday, Henry Holaday, Mary Holaday, Margaret Dale, Samuel Holaday, Thomas Holaday, Robert Holaday, William Andrew, Hannah Andrews, Robert Andrews, William Holaday, Kathrine Holaday, Sarah Andrew, and others ^US11. John and Deborah Andrew’s son, Robert, was named in the will of Robert Andrew, which was dated January 12, 1791 ^NO16. The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Orange County (now Alamance County), North Carolina state that Hannah Andrew, the daughter of John and Deborah Andrew of Orange County, married Jacob Marshill on the 16^th day of the 3^rd month, 1797 ^HI4. Deborah Deal was mentioned in the will of her father, which was dated August 3, 1800 ^NO16. Isaac Dale of Orange County, North Carolina wrote his will on the 7^th day of the 10^th month, 1815 which mentioned his daughter, Margaret Haddock, his wife, Deborah Dale, and his friends, Thomas Holaday, Sr. and Robert Andrew, his stepson, whom he appointed as executors of his will ^NO16.

The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina state that Hannah Holladay, the daughter of Henry and Mary Holladay and the wife of William Andrew, was born on the 27^th day of the 11^th month, 1754 in Orange County, North Carolina ^US11. The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina state that Hannah Holladay, the daughter of Henry and Mary Holladay of Cane Creek, Orange County, North Carolina, married William Andrew, the son of Robert and Sarah Andrew of Cane Creek, Orange County on the 10^th day of the 4^th month, 1776 in a ceremony witnessed by Robert Andrew, Sarah Andrew, Henry Holladay, Mary Holladay, Samuel Holladay, Jean Holladay, Sarah Holladay, and others ^US11. The combined records of the Spring Monthly Meeting and the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, both in Alamance County, North Carolina, state that Hannah and William Andrew were the parents of eleven children, the first six of whom were born in Orange County, North Carolina ^US11. These were Henry, born on the 12^th day of the 2^nd month, 1777, Sarah, born on the 25^th day of the 5^th or 8^th month, 1778, John, born on the 27^th day of the 7^th month, 1780, Robert, born on the 11^th day of the 2^nd month, 1782, Samuel, born on the 11^th or the 14^th day of the 12^th month, 1783, William, born on the 26^th day of the 10^th month, 1785, Issac, born on the 26^th day of the 9^th month, 1787, Jacob, born on the 11^th day of the 9^th month, 1789, James, born on the 15^th day of the 2^nd month, 1792, Aaron, born on the 8^th day of the 7^th month, 1794, and Hannah, born perhaps on the 11^th day of the 4^th month, 1797 (the line for Hannah’s birth information is extremely faded) ^US11. Hannah Andrew was mentioned in the will of her father, which was dated August 3, 1800 ^NO16.

The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina state that Sarah Holladay, the daughter of Henry and Mary Holladay, was born on the 19^th day of the 3^rd month, 1758 in Orange County, North Carolina ^US11. The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina state that Sarah Holladay, the daughter of Henry and Mary Holladay of Cane Creek in Orange County, North Carolina, married John Newlin, the son of John and Mary Newlin of Orange County, on the 22^nd day of the 1^st month, 1777 in a ceremony witnessed by John Newlin, Mary Newlin, Henry Holladay, Mary Holladay, Robert Holladay, Hannah Holladay, James Newlin, Eli Newlin, John Andrew, Deborah Andrew, and others ^US11. Sarah’s husband, John Newlin, the son of John and Mary Newlin, was born on the 6^th day of the 12^th month, 1752 in Chester County, Pennsylvania ^US11. The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina state that Sarah and John Newlin were the parents of two children who were born in Orange County, North Carolina; these were Jacob, born on the 10^th day of the 10^th month, 1777, and Thomas, born on the 13^th day of the 8^th month, 1779 ^US11. Sarrah Newlin was mentioned in the will of her father, which was dated August 3, 1800 ^NO16. A plaque and memorial erected in the year 1960 at Newlin Cemetery in Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois for John and Sarah (Holladay) Newlin and their children (a photo of which can be located on the Find a Grave website) states that John and Sarah Newlin “migrated to Illinois via Indiana from North Carolina and settled near this cemetery in 1819”. The plaque further listed their children’s names and and birth years, who were Jacob, born in 1777, Thomas, born in 1779, James, born in 1781, Mary, born in 1786, John IV (“John Fourth”), born in 1788, Eli, born in 1790, Sally, born in 1792, Nathaniel, born in 1796, William, born in 1799, and Jonathan, born in 1803.

Thomas Holaday was called a son of Henry Holaday when he and his daughter, Mary, were mentioned in his father’s will which was dated August 3, 1800, in which Thomas was named as the sole executor ^NO16. The records of the Spring Monthly Meeting in Alamance County, North Carolina state that Thomas Holaday was born on the 19^th day of the 6^th month, 1756 and that his wife, “Chatharine” Holaday as born on the 24^th day of the 9^th month, 1752 ^US11. Thomas and Chatharine Holaday were the parents of seven children whose births were recorded in the Spring Monthly Meeting records ^US11. These were Hannah, born on the 5^th day of the 1^st month, 1779, Joseph, born on the 27^th day of the 12^th month, 1781, Sarah, born on the 7^th day of the 2^nd month, 1784, Mary, born on the 1^st day of the 10^th month, 1786, Patience, born on the 21^st day of the 3^rd month, 1789, Thomas, born on the 26^th day of the 2^nd month, 1792, and Catharine, born on the 1^st day of the 10^th month, 1794 ^US11.

Abigail McCracken was called the daughter of Henry Holaday when she and her children, Mary and Henry, were mentioned in the will of Abigail’s father, Henry Holaday, dated August 3, 1800 ^NO16. A marriage bond for “W^m M^cCracken” and James Tinnin in the sum of ₤500 was recorded in Orange County, North Carolina on December 15, 1787 which stated that on that date, William McCracken obtained a marriage license for himself and Abigail Holiday ^NO15. The records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Orange County (now Alamance County), North Carolina state that William McCrackin was disowned on the 7^th day of the 6^th month, 1788 because he married out of unity to his first cousin ^HI4. The records of the Marlborough Monthly Meeting in Randolph County, North Carolina state that Abigail McRacken and her daughters were granted a certificate to the Lick Creek Monthly Meeting in Indiana on the 7^th day of the 11^th month, 1818, and that William McCrackin and his son, Henry, were granted a certificate to Lick Creek in Indiana on the 1^st day of the 1^st month, 1820 ^HI4. The records of the Marlborough Monthly Meeting in Randolph County, North Carolina state that William McCracken condemned his “marriage out of unity” on the 11^th day of the 9^th month, 1828 and that William “Micracken” was disowned because he joined a different society; it is unclear if these records referred to the same William McCracken who was also the husband of Abigail Holaday ^US11. Abigail and William McCracken were the parents of Robert, who was buried in the White Lick New Meeting House in 1826 in Morgan County, Indiana ^US11. Abigail McCracken was buried in the White Lick New Meeting House in Morgan County, Indiana, and William McCracken was buried in the White Lick New Meeting House on the 18^th day of the 11^th month, 1832 ^US11.

Rebekah Hinshaw was called the daughter of Henry Holaday when she and her daughter, Mary, were mentioned in the will of Rebekah’s father, Henry Holaday, dated August 3, 1800 ^NO16. The records of the Marlboro Monthly Meeting in Randolph County, North Carolina state that Rebecca Hinshaw, the wife of Thomas Hinshaw, was born on the 21^st day of the 6^th month, 1763 and that Thomas Hinshaw was born on the 21^st day of the 4^th month, 1764 ^US11. The records of the Marlboro Monthly Meeting in Randolph County, North Carolina state that Rebecca and Thomas Hinshaw were the parents of Mary, born on the 28^th day of the 1^st month, 1794, Sarah, born on the 20^th day of the 5^th month, 1795, William, born on the 26^th day of the 2^nd month, 1797, Martha, born on the 24^th day of the 3^rd month, 1799, Deborah, born on the 19^th day of the 12^th month, 1800, Stephen, born on the 3^rd day of the 7^th month, 1803, and Hannah, born on the 24^th day of the 9^th month, 1805 ^US11. The records of the Marlboro Monthly Meeting in Randolph County, North Carolina state that Thomas Hinshaw died in the 8^th month of 1822, and that Rebecca Hinshaw died in the 8^th month (August) of 1848 ^US11. A shared gravestone for Thomas Hinshaw and Rebecca Holliday, which is located at Marlboro Friends Meeting Cemetery in Sophia, Randolph County, North Carolina, states that Thomas Hinshaw was born August 21, 1764 and died in August 1822, and that Rebecca Holliday was born on June 21, 1763 and died on August 30, 1848. A photo of this gravestone can be located on the Find a Grave website.

Henry Holaday was called a son of Henry Holaday (the husband of Mary (Fayle) Holaday) in his will which was dated August 3, 1800; in his will, Henry mentioned his grandson (the son of his son, Henry, who was also named Henry), but his son, Henry, was not named as a recipient of any bequests, which indicates that he had probably died prior to this date ^NO16.

Mary Quakenbush was called the daughter of Henry Holaday when she and her son, Henry, were mentioned in the will of Mary’s father, Henry Holaday, dated August 3, 1800 ^NO16.

Deborah, Hannah, and Sarah were each called daughters of Henry and Mary Holladay in the records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, in Orange (Alamance) County, North Carolina ^HI4. Mary Holaday was not mentioned in the will of her husband, dated August 3, 1800, indicating she had likely died prior to this date ^NO16.