Ancestral Glimpses » Randall Holden (1612-1692)

Persoonlijke gegevens Randall Holden 

• Hij is geboren in het jaar 1612 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, ENGLAND.
• Beroepen:
• tussen 1647 en 1658 Assistant to the Governor in Rhode Island, British America.
• tussen 2 juni 1651 en 22 augustus 1653 Town Deputy.

  At a subsequent year (1659) a prospective election was graciously provided
  for in behalf of Randall Holden in the following:
  "It is ordered that Mr. Randall Houlden if he be chosen the next yeare to Generall Office shall not then be compelled to serve against his will, butt freed without payinge fine, which is graunted upon his request, having fowned a burden in servinge for severall yeares together." At the present day there are usually several who would prefer to accept the gubernatorial office rather than pay a heavy fine, an evidence, perhaps, of the superior, selfignoring patriotism of the present age.
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  Source: Fuller, Oliver Payson, B. A., History of Warwick 1642-48, Angell, Burlingame & Co., Printers, Providence, Rhode Island, 1875, p. 38.

• BET 1664/5 Assistant to the Governor in Rhode Island, British America.

  On the 19th of March, 1047, "it was agreed that Warwick should have the
  same privileges as Providence." Randall Holden was the Assistant from Warwick, an office corresponding to that of State Senator at the present day.
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  Source: Fuller, Oliver Payson, B. A., History of Warwick 1642-48, Angell, Burlingame & Co., Printers, Providence, Rhode Island, 1875, p. 30.

• tussen 1687 en 1688 Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in Rhode Island, British America.
• (Military) rond 1638: as Corporal.
• (Banishment) op 7 maart 1644: Massachusetts.
• (Deed of Land) op 19 april 1644: Rhode Island.
• (TITL) : Captain.
• Hij is overleden op 28 augustus 1692, hij was toen 80 jaar oud.

  Randall Holden died July 23, 1692, aged 80 years.
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  Source: Fuller, Oliver Payson, B. A., History of Warwick 1642-48, Angell, Burlingame & Co., Printers, Providence, Rhode Island, 1875, p. 140.

• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 4 maart 2015.

Gezin van Randall Holden

Hij is getrouwd met Frances Dungan.

Zij zijn getrouwd rond 1648.

Kind(eren):

1. Frances Holden  1649-± 1717
2. Mary Holden   
3. Susannah Holden   
4. Sarah Holden  1658-± 1731 

Notities over Randall Holden

Randall Holden - TimeLine

RANDALL, b. 1612; d. 1692, Aug. 23.
m. 1648.
FRANCES DUNGAN, b. 1630 ±; d. 1697.
of William & Frances (Latham) Dungan.
Salisbury, Wilts Co., Eng., Warwick, R. I.

1637, Mar. 4. He and Roger Williams were witnesses to deed of Aquidneck, &c, from Canonicus and Miantonomi to William Coddington, &c, for forty fathoms of white beads, and ten coats and twenty hoes to be given by Miantonomi to present inhabitants, who were to remove before winter.
1638, Mar. 7. Portsmouth. One of the nineteen signers of a compact at Portsmouth. "We whose names are underwritten, do here solemnly in the presence of Jehovah, incorporate ourselves into a Bodie Politick, and as he shall help, will submit our persons, lives and estates unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and to all those perfect and most
absolute laws of his, given us in his holy word of truth, to be guided and judged thereby."
1638. Marshal. Also elected Corporal.
He had a grant of 5 acres same year.
1641, Mar. 16. Disfranchised with three others and their names cancelled from Roll of Freemen of Newport.
1642, Mar. 17. It was ordered that if he and four others came upon the island armed, they should be disarmed and give surety for good behavior.
The same year, he and others desiring to be reunited, "are readily embraced by us."
1643, Jan. 12. Warwick. He and ten others bought of Miantonomi, for 144 fathoms of wampum, tract of land called Shawomet (Warwick).
1643, Sep. 12. He, with others of Warwick, was notified to appear at General Court at Boston, to hear complaint of two Indian sachems—Pomham and Socconocco, as to "some unjust and injurious dealing toward them by yourselves."
The Warwick men declined to obey the summons, declaring that they were legal subjects of the King of England, and beyond the limits of Massachusetts, to whom they would acknowledge no subjection. Soldiers were soon sent, who besieged the settlers in a fortified house. In a parley it was now said "that they held blasphemous errors which they must repent of "or go to Boston for trial, and they were soon carried thence.
1643, Nov. 3. Having been brought with others before the court, charged with heresy and sedition, they were sentenced to be confined during the pleasure of the court, and should they break jail or preach their heresies or speak against church or state, on conviction they should die. He was sent to the prison at Salem.
1644, Mar. He was released from prison, (but banished both from Massachusetts and Warwick), and same year went to England with Samuel Gorton and John Greene, to obtain redress for their wrongs.
1646, Sep. 13. He and John Greene landed in Boston with a safe conduct through that territory from the Commissioners of Plantations, having obtained the desired vindication of rights of Warwick settlers.
1647, Aug. 8. Town Council. He was frequently Moderator of Town Meetings, and held the office of Town Treasurer, &c.
1647-53-54-55-56-57-58-64-65-76. Assistant.
1648, Aug. 15. In a letter of this date from William Arnold, of Pawtuxet, to the Governor of Massachusetts, some light is thrown upon the differences between the Warwick and Pawtuxet settlers, who were at strife some years.
Randall Holden warned Pomham to appear at the court at Plymouth, to answer for some Indians who had been engaged in a brawl with Warwick men, but Pomham answered he "would appeal only to have his cause tried by the court of Massachusetts." The Pawtuxet settlers at this time and for ten years after, were subject to Massachusetts government, and seem to have espoused the cause of Pomham as against the Warwick men.
1651, Feb. 3. He and three others agreed with town to build a mill at their own cost, and to grind the town's corn for two quarts in a bushel, the town granting them a lot for their encouragement. 1652-54-55-57-58-59-60-62-63. Commissioner.
1654, Jul. 13. He and Ezekiel Holliman, on behalf of Warwick inhabitants, bought Potowomet of Indian Sachem Taccomanan, for £15 in wampum peage, "only I am to receive the value of one coat of such cloth as the Indians do now commonly use to wear, annually, as a gratuity, hereafter."
1655. Freeman.
1666-67-69-70-71-72-73-75-80-86. Deputy.
1669, Jun. 24. He, aged fifty-seven or thereabouts, testified about the gift of Dyer's Island to William Dyer.
1671. He was authorized with others to make assessments on towns for arrears of taxes.
1676, Apr. 4. Voted: "That in these troublesome times and straits in this colony, the Assembly, desiring to have the advice and concurrence of the most judicious inhabitants, if it may be had for the good of the whole, do desire at their sitting the company and counsel of" sixteen persons, among whom was Captain Randall Holden.
1679. He was in England this year and wrote a letter with John Greene, about Mount Hope, to the Commissioners of Trade. The expenses of himself and John Greene, amounting to £60, were ordered paid by Assembly.
1681. He sold 750 acres to Stephen Arnold, for £119, 5s.
1683. He was appointed on a committee to draft a letter to the King.
1687-88. Justice of Court of Common Pleas.
Perhaps his daughter Frances, had one or two children that are accredited to her husband by his second wife.

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An Action of trespas entred by Mr Randall houlden of Warwicke Towne
An Action of trespas entered by Mr Randall houldon of Warwicke Plaintife against henry knowles defendant of the same Towne
An Action of trespase Entred by Mr Randall houlden of Warwicke Plaintife against John Lippett Senior of the Same Towne
Mr houlden and Jack Lipett are agred and the Action is withdrawne January ye 31st 1661
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Early Records of the Town of Warwick, p. 20.

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Know All men by these presents, that I : Cauhanaquanack, aleas Tasaconakutt, In Consideration of Dyvers curtesies & Kindneses, received ffrom Captaine Randall Houldon & Samuell Gorton senior, both of Warwicke, New England, And in consideration of great Loses, & Damages Suffered, in refference to a parsell of Land, formerly purchased of my deceased brother, by them, I say, In consideration of ye premises, I doe by thes presents, wittnes, testyfie, & Affirm, unto all men, That I have ffreely, and voluntarily, bestowed, given, and maid, a ffull Donation, & present delivery, to my good ffreinds, above naimed, To them and their heires for ever, One persell of land, knowe by ye naime of Nanaquakesett, being a Necke of Land, sytuate, & being, upon Nanhygansett bay, over against ye midle of Quonanocutt Hand or ther abouts, and over against a [erased] Smale Rockie Hand, In ye bay, Lying betwixt Quonanacutt Iland, and the above said necke of

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of land, Called Arokananossett, I say I have freely given ye abovesaid parsell, or necke, of land, unto my Loving freinds, the Above naimed, Randall Houlden, and Ssamuel Gorton, to them & their heires forever, with free leave to feed their Cattell, upon my land, lying about ye same Necke, provided, they wrong not ye Indeans Corne, in the Sommer time, from the time of ye plantinge of ye Corne, till it be gathered In.
And I am greatly provoked to this my free Actt & deed, with respect, unto that great sachim of old England, In regard of that great fame I hear off hime, which makes my hart to bow with much Affection towards hime, when I hear of hime, To whom I perceive, thes my friends are faithfull, servants, which doeth not a litle, draw my heart unto them. In Wittnes wherof I have heer unto sett my hand and seale this present May the 27th Day and and in ye yeer According to the English acompt 1659

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Signed And sealed Chathenequeneck
Awashouse Indian
Walter Tod: Amos Westcott
ffor as much as the litle Hand, sittuate & being in the River, or bay, which Hand is called by the naime of Arockquonassett, In ye Indean Language, is not specified, in the in the presents off Newcom
The marke
his
his mark Alequacomett
Indian
of
marke
Eldest sonn
to ye abovesaid sachem

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within written deed, wher in that voluntary gift is mentioned, of a persall of land lying between ye said river, or bay, and that common path

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path or highway, In ye Country of ye Nanhighganssett, which gift, had a beeing, before, in a trew sence, and Consideration, by vertue of a promise maid, by my Ansestors, dyvers yeers agoe, with respect unto ye within mentioned losses, toward ye reparation of them to ye within naimed men Randall [erasure] Houlden & Samuell Gorton, I say in regard of ye neglect & forgetfullnes, to specifie ye said smale Iland, In ye within written deed, of gift, I doe heerby, Acknowledge, that it was intended, and came within ye said deed, being freely given, together with ye said necke, or tract of land, unto ye men above naimed, to them & their heires, or Asignes for ever, which tract of land, Lyeth as is portraturde, in a Certain Mapp, drawne out, by penn & Inke, And the above naimed men, have free leave to fale, & carry away tember in any part of ye common, in ye Nanhighganssett together

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together with ye ffeeding of their cattell witnes my hand, or signe ye day & yeer within written Cachanequenecke
Know All Men that I pesicus, Alias Mawsupp of ye Nanhyganssett, Though I was not present at ye wright-Alias Tesseronohutt
Wittnes English
Wittnes Indean
Samuel Gorton Junior
Mantatanamitt
his marke

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ing of this deed of gift, penned on both sids of this paper, yett did I give my free & full consent, in the first acting ther of as, hath beene published declared, and maid manyfest, and doe now ffurther manifest, it by my hand & seale always

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alwayes provided that ye partyes within naimed to whom it is maid, fullfil king Charles his Royall, [erasure] pleasure heerin, if they be called to an Acompt Concerning itt
Mossup alias Sucquaune
Testes
his marke
John Greene
Phillip Green
Quoanoke
Caleb Arnold's Ear mark of Ms Creatures is a Crop on the Eight ear & a slit in the Top of the same and a fore gad in the left ear
Entered the 6th June 1753
pr J. Lippett Clk
Taken up by Caleb Green
June 14, 1814

June the 2d [16]51
Ord: that Mr Houldon is moderator for this present meetinge
Ord: That the Recorder beinge chosen annually he is to bee Assistant with the other two Towne Officers in all Courts of Judicature in this Towne any Order formerly notwithstandinge
Ord: that Mr Houldon is chosen to be Towne Deputy for this yeere

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Randall Holden was one of the most conspicuous men in the early colonial history, the larger portion of his life being spent in offices of various grades. He was born in Salisbury, England. Roger Williams and he were the witnesses to the deed of Rhode Island, given by Canonicus and Miantonomi, March
24, 1635. On March 16, 1642, he was disfranchised with several others at Aquidneck, but for what cause it is not stated. He was elected Marshal of the Colony. His children were Randall, who married Betty Waterman; Charles, who married Catherine Greene; Mary, who married John, the son of Richard Carder; Elizabeth, who married John Rice; Sarah, who married Joseph Stafford; Margaret, who married John Eldridge; Susanna, who married Benjamin Greene; Barbara, who married Samuel Wickham, and Frances, who married John Holmes. His descendants are very numerous in the State.

Samuel Gorton and Randall Holden, accompanied by- John Greene, sailed for England from New York in the same year (1644), but the exact date is unknown. Staples and Mackie think it was in the summer, while Gov. Arnold, on what appears good authority, thinks it was during the following winter. Beside the commissions from the native chiefs, they had other reasons for wishing a voyage to the mother country. Massachusetts claiming the lands of Shawomet, had warned all persons from occupying them without permission from the General Court. The two subordinate chiefs thinking themselves in danger had applied to Massachusetts for protection, and an officer and ten soldiers had been sent to assist Pumham to build a fort and remain with them until the danger was over.
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Source: Fuller, Oliver Payson, B. A., History of Warwick 1642-48, Angell, Burlingame & Co., Printers, Providence, Rhode Island, 1875, pp. 24-25.

Randall Holden returned home, landing in Boston, Sept. 10th, 1646. He brought with him the order of the English commissioners and delivered it to the Massachusetts authorities. After some hesitation lie was allowed to land and to pass through the State to his home at Shawomet. Gorton still remained in England to watch the course of events until 1648, when he also
returned and landed at Boston, May 10th of that year. The General Court of Massachusetts was then in session, and promptly passed an order for his apprehension. But Gorton, perhaps anticipating such an event, was prepared
for it, having secured a letter of protection from the Earl of Warwick previous to his departure from England. The provision in the communication from the
English commissioners to Massachusetts, which Holden brought over and which secured him from arrest on his landing, was not considered sufficient to shield Gorton, although the language was very explicit in regard to that
matter; but upon his producing the letter from the Earl of Warwick, the order of the Court was revoked by the casting vote of the Governor, and a week was given him to leave the State. It will be remembered that they both had been banished from the State and were not to be found within its limits after a certain specified time, under pain of death.

Upon the reception of the order of the English commissioners by Massachusetts, brought by Holden, Edward Winslow, was sent to England as her commissioner to attend to affairs, bearing a lengthy answer to the Warwick memorial. They say in their answer, "It appears to us by the said order that we are conceived, 1st, to have transgressed our limits by sending soldiers to fetch Gorton, &c, out of Shawomet in the Narragansett Bay ; 2d, that we have either exceeded or abused our authority in banishing them out of our jurisdiction when they were in our power." The discussion of those
points formed the principal portion of the communication.

The result of Mr. Winslow's mission is given by Gov. Winthrop, which is substantially as follows :
"Upon his arrival in England a day was appointed for him to meet the Committee on Foreign Plantations, and Gorton also appeared by request to defend the settlers of this town. The discussion was chiefly upon the matter of jurisdiction. The defence of Massachusetts, as set forth in their reply,
was 1st, that they were under the jurisdiction of Plymouth or Connecticut, and so the orders of the Commissioners of the United Colonies had left them to us; 2d, the Indians upon whose lands they dwelt had subjected themselves and their lands to our government." The English commissioners were still undecided, and reaffirmed generally their former order, but said,
"If it shall appear that the said tract is within the limits of any of the New England patents, we shall leave the same and the inhabitants thereof to the proper jurisdiction of that government under which they shall fall." But
they further said that inasmuch as " the petitioners have transplanted their families thither and there settled their residences at great charge, we commend it to the government within whose jurisdiction they shall appear to be (as our desire at present in this matter,) not only not to remove them from their plantations, but also to encourage them Avith protection and assistance in all fit ways."

This communication "was dated July 22d, 1647, and a copy sent to both Massachusetts and Connecticut. The point of jurisdiction thus remained unsettled, and the controversy was prolonged for more than thirty years.
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Source: Fuller, Oliver Payson, B. A., History of Warwick 1642-48, Angell, Burlingame & Co., Printers, Providence, Rhode Island, 1875, pp. 26-27.

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