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John Philemon Holland

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26 Oct 1620 (aged 64)
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Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England Add to Map
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John Philemon Holland was born in London, the great grandson of Thomas Holland, the bastard son of Sir John de Holland. He was christened at St. Margaret's Westminster, the family church, and married Mary Mollenax at St. Clement Danes on the Strand., 3/5/1584. They had six boys and six girls between 1585 and 1600, all christened at St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Two of these will immigrate to Jamestown in 2/1621. Unfortunately, Richard in killed in an Indian massacre in 1621. Gabriel lives out the rest of his life with his family of six children until his death in 1660.

Mary Mollenax was born in Wigan, Lancaster in 1562. She was the 18th. generation of Sir William Moulins, founder of the Molyneux family and a knight in William I's army at Hastings. She also descended from: the "Greatest Knight". Sir William Marshall (14th. gen.), King Edward I (9th. gen.), and Sir Thomas de Holland and the Fair Maid (5th. gen.). John and Mary descended from nine of the Founders of the Order of the Garter.
John Philemon Holland was born in London, the great grandson of Thomas Holland, the bastard son of Sir John de Holland. He was christened at St. Margaret's Westminster, the family church, and married Mary Mollenax at St. Clement Danes on the Strand., 3/5/1584. They had six boys and six girls between 1585 and 1600, all christened at St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Two of these will immigrate to Jamestown in 2/1621. Unfortunately, Richard in killed in an Indian massacre in 1621. Gabriel lives out the rest of his life with his family of six children until his death in 1660.

Mary Mollenax was born in Wigan, Lancaster in 1562. She was the 18th. generation of Sir William Moulins, founder of the Molyneux family and a knight in William I's army at Hastings. She also descended from: the "Greatest Knight". Sir William Marshall (14th. gen.), King Edward I (9th. gen.), and Sir Thomas de Holland and the Fair Maid (5th. gen.). John and Mary descended from nine of the Founders of the Order of the Garter.


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