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Thomas's estate. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on
January 8, 1807, in Queen Anne's County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, $17,689.67, as calculated
(including 49 slaves, 395 oz. 18 dwt. of silver, and
books); FB, $2,516.43, as calculated. LAND: 1,089
acres in Queen Anne's County, plus he had con-
trol of 598 acres in Queen Anne's County for his
brother Thomas.
HOLLYDAY, THOMAS (ca. 1661-1702/3)
BORN: ca. 1661 in Nottinghamshire, England;
probably first son. IMMIGRATED: ca. 1678 as a free
adult. RESIDED: in Calvert County; "Billingsley,"
Patuxent Hundred, Prince George's County. FAM-
ILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: probably Thomas
Hollyday, a militia captain in Virginia. MARRIED
ca. 1690 Mary, daughter of Dr. James Trueman
and wife Ann Storer; stepdaughter of Robert Skin-
ner; niece of Thomas Trueman (ca. 1625-1685).
Her stepbrother was Robert Skin ner (?-1713). Her
half brothers were Clark Skinner: William Skinner;
and Adderton Skinner (ca. 1677-1756). Her sisters
were Martha, who married Thomas Greenfield (ca.
1649-1715); Ann, who married John Bigger (ca.
1654-1714); and Elizabeth, who married Charles
Greene, of Norfolk, England. Her half sister or
stepsister was Mary Skinner, who married Joseph
Letch worth, son of Thomas Letch worth (?-1667).
CHILDREN. SONS: James Hollyday (1696-1747),
who married Sarah, widow of Edward Lloyd
(1670-1718/19); Col. Leonard (1692-1741), a jus-
tice of Prince George's County from 1721 to 1733,
who married first, (first name unknown) Smith,
and second, Eleanor (ca. 1700-1750), widow of
Marsham Waring (?-1732) and daughter of Clem-
ent Hill (?-1743) and wife Eleanor Darnall.
DAUGHTER. Margery (?-1764), who married first,
Levin Covington (?-1725), son of Nehemiah Cov-
ington, and second, Thomas Gantt (?-1765). PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Anglican. SOCIAL STATUS AND AC-
TIVITIES: descendant of Sir Leonard Hollyday,
lord mayor of London, England, in 1605/6; he
held no office before his marriage into the promi-
nent Trueman family. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
apprentice and factor for the merchant Timothy
Keyser upon arrival; planter; a merchant, who was
prosecuted in 1696 for violating the Navigation
Acts, but he obtained a nolle prosequi . PUBLIC
CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Prince George's County, 1696 (election to the 7th
session voided). LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Calvert
County, 1690-1696 (quorum, 1692-1696); St.
Paul's Parish Vestry, Calvert County, 1693-
1702/3; chief justice, Prince George's County,
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1696-1702/3. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, 1694-
1695/96; lieutenant colonel, 1695/96-1702/3.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: probably
opposed the Protestant Associators' Revolution in
1689, but accepted an office under the new gov-
ernment in 1690. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at least 3,487 acres;
his wife's dower was ca. 1,900 acres. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: shortly before February 20, 1702/3.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £1,059.18.5 sterling
(including 18 slaves and 2 servants); FB, £743.2.0.
LAND: 3,488 acres.
HOLMES, WILLIAM (ca. 1746-1825). BORN:
ca. 1746, probably in Frederick County (later be-
came part of Montgomery County); probably el-
dest son. NATIVE: at least second generation. RE-
SIDED: in Anne Arundel County, probably from at
least 1769 until 1778; Montgomery County from
at least 1780 until death. FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: John Holmes (?-1778), of Montgomery
County. MOTHER: Isabella. BROTHERS: John (?-
1797), who married Mary Benson; Basil; Josiah;
Ely; and Richard. SISTERS: Nancy; Betsey, who
married by 1777 (first name unknown) Estep.
MARRIED Eleanor. CHILDREN. SONS: Richard, who
married Rebecca, daughter of George Warfield;
possibly a second son, William. PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: An-
glican. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES. Gent.,
1778; Esq., 1801. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: proba-
bly a scrivener, by 1769; planter. Occasional mon-
eylender, accepting either land or livestock, crops,
and plantation utensils as security. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Mont-
gomery County, 1786-1787, 1787-1788 (Claims
2). OTHER STATE OFFICE defeated as a candidate
for the Constitution Ratification Convention of
1788. LOCAL OFFICES: commissioner of tax, Mont-
gomery County, 1782-at least 1800; justice, Or-
phans' Court, Montgomery County, appointed
1803. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: assessed value £450.0.0, including 8
slaves, 1783; 30 slaves, 1790; assessed value
£826.0.0, including 32 slaves and 2.5 oz. plate,
1795; assessed value £983.10.0, including 47 slaves
and 2.5 oz. plate, 1796; assessed value £1,314.2.6,
including 48 slaves and 1.5 oz. plate, 1801; as-
sessed value £1,181.11.8, including 55 slaves and
77 oz. plate, 1812; assessed value £5,362.3.3, in-
cluding 89 slaves and 77 oz. plate, 1824. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: 629 acres in Montgomery
County (all by personal acquisition). SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION
AND DEATH: over the next 30 years, Holmes ac-
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