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Ann H.? |
John b. 1580? England d. ?Northanmpton Co., England |
Charles b. 1583? England d. ?London, England |
George b. 1590 Oxfordshire England d. 1641 York Co. VA |
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Peter b. 1592? England d. ?London, England |
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John lived in County Oxford in England. |
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Son John may be the Dr. John Holloway of Northampton Co. |
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A Brief Sketch of Colonial York Co. VA
[from Hopkins, pp. 5-6]. |
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Son Charles may be the grandfather of John Holloway (1666?-1734) who studied
law in England and then emigrated to Virginia where he was a respected lawyer
and statesman in York Co. VA and the first mayor of Williamsburg (see the biography
John Holloway, Gentleman [from Hopkins, pp. 14-16]. |
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Son Peter settled in Charles City Co. VA. |
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In 1634, what is now York County was formed as Charles River Shire for King
Charles I, one of the eight original shires of Virginia. Charles River Shire
took its name from the younger son of King James I.
During the English Civil War, Charles River County and the Charles River (also
named for the king) were changed to York County and York River, respectively.
The river, county, and town of Yorktown are believed to have been named for York,
a city in Northern England.
Map of Virginia counties shows York County in red. |
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"From the settling of York, ca. 1630, to the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, no
single section in the New World played a more important part in the founding of
the American nation than York County, Virginia" [Hopkins, p. 7]. |
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Sources: "Descendants of John Holloway", from "Our Family Grove", Rowberry, website, last update 1999. "descendants of George Holloway of England", website. Hopkins, Garland Evans, comp., "The Holloways of York Co. Virginia, and Related Families", in Colonial Cousins... HOLLOWAY and related families originating in the original shire of Charles River, now York County, Virginia, privately issued, 1940, pp. 7-9, 14-16. |
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