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CPT Jacob Holyoke

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CPT Jacob Holyoke

Birth
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
7 Nov 1853 (aged 61)
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
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On this HOLYOKE & HOWE obelisk are 8 names:

Side 1:
CAPTAIN
JACOB HOLYOKE d. Nov. 7, 1853 AE 61
[wife]
LYDIA H. [HOWE HOLYOKE] d. Sept. ? 1875 AE 79
[their son]
EDWARD HOLYOKE d. 10/25/1920 AE 96
wife
MARY E. [HOLYOKE] 1846-19?9

Side 2:
HENRY A. HOLYOKE d. 10/27/1904 AE 68
wife #1
JANE [STEVENS HOLYOKE] d. 1/19/1884 AE 43
wife #2
HARRIET B. [CROCKER COOK HOLYOKE] d. 9/29/1905 AE 70

There are 8 low stones:
FATHER [JACOB]
MOTHER [LYDIA]
E.A.H [EDWARD]
M.E.H. [MARY]
FRANK [perhaps LYMAN FRANCIS HOLYOKE?]

MOTHER 1840-1884 [JANE]
FATHER 1836-1904 [HENRY A.]
MOTHER 1835-1905 [HARRIET]
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[SOURCE: Some items from ancestry.com's WALTERSCHWALLFAMILYTREE, maintained by Walter Schwall.]
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1791 Dec. 4 Marlborough, MA Town and Vital Records. Baptism of JACOB HOLYOKE, son of ELIZUR HOLYOKE.

1796 June 12 Marlborough, MA birth record of LYDIA HOWE.

1823 May 13 Marriage Record Marlborough, MA. JACOB HOLYOKE was wed to LYDIA HOWE.

Children of JACOB HOLYOKE & LYDIA HOWE [from Vital Records]:
1824 July 4 SAMUEL HOWE HOLYOKE
1827 May 30 SARAH ELIZABETH HOLYOKE, d. 9/2/1828
1829 Aug. 16 EDWARD AUGUSTUS HOLYOKE
1833 Mar. 24 MARY MARIAH HOLYOKE
1835 Oct. 14 HENRY ALFRED HOLYOKE
1838 Oct. 2 LYMAN FRANCIS HOLYOKE [FRANK?]
1842 Jan. 23 EUGENE JULIAN HOLYOKE

1829 August 16 Birth Record, Marlborough, MA. EDWARD AUGUSTUS HOLYOKE born to parents: JACOB HOLYOKE & LYDIA HOWE.

1840 July 10 Birth Record, Marlborough, MA. JANE CATHERINE STEVENS youngest of 13 children born to parents: ISAAC T. STEVENS & CATHARINE FELTON.

1850 U.S. Census Marlborough, MA. JACOB HOLYOKE age 58, born in MA, farmer, estate $5,000. Wife LYDIA [HOWE] HOLYOKE age 53, born in MA. Children born in MA, attending school: MARY M. HOLYOKE 17; HENRY A. HOLYOKE 14; LYMAN F. HOLYOKE 11; & EUGENE J. HOLYOKE 8. Also there is [probably Jacob's sister] LYDIA HOLYOKE age 75, born in MA.

1850 U.S. Census Agriculture Schedule. Farmer JACOB HOLYOKE had:
80 improved acres of land; 20 unimproved acres of land; $5,000 cash value of farm; $150 value of farming implements & machinery; 1 horse;
8 Milch Cows; 4 Working Oxen; 1 Sheep; 3 Swine; $425 value of Live Stock; 75 bushels of Indian Corn; & 30 bushels of Oats.

1853 May 7 Death Record Marlborough, MA. JACOB HOLYOKE age 64, born in Marlborough, married farmer, parent: "ELEAZER" HOLYOKE. Cause of death: "Consumption."

1855 State Census Marlborough, MA. LYDIA [HOWE] HOLYOKE age 59, born in MA, widow. Children: MARY M. HOLYOKE 22; HENRY A. HOLYOKE 19; LYMAN F. HOLYOKE 16; & EUGENE J. HOLYOKE age 13 years.

1860 U.S. Census Marlborough, MA. EDWARD A. HOLYOKE age 31, farmer, estate $7,545. [His widowed mother] LYDIA [HOWE] HOLYOKE age 64. His siblings: MARY M. HOLYOKE age 27; EUGENE J. HOLYOKE 19 farmer; & HENRY HOLYOKE age 24 years farmer.

1861-64 CIVIL WAR INFO about HENRY A. HOLYOKE:
Name: Henry A Holyoke
Occupation: Farmer
Age at Enlistment: 25
Enlistment Date: 16 Jul 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Massachusetts
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company I, Massachusetts 13th Infantry Regiment on 16 Jul 1861.
Mustered out on 01 Aug 1864 at Boston, MA. [& wed the next month!]
Birth Date: abt 1836
Sources: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War, The Story of the 13th Massachusetts Volunteers, GAR Dept of Massachusetts 1866-1947 (Sargent).

1861-65 CIVIL WAR INFO about LYMAN F. [FRANCIS] HOLYOKE:
Name: Lyman F Holyoke
Occupation: Shoemaker
Age at Enlistment: 23
Enlistment Date: 1 Nov 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Massachusetts
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Massachusetts 32nd Infantry Regiment on 15 Nov 1861. Promoted to Full Hospital Steward on 29 Jun 1865.
Mustered out on 29 Jun 1865.
Birth Date: abt 1838
Sources: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War.

1864 Sept. 8 Marriage info from "North America, Family Histories," HENRY ALFRED HOLYOKE born 1835, son of Capt. JACOB HOLYOKE & LYDIA HOWE. The bride is JANE CATHERINE STEVENS, parents: ISAAC TEMPLE STEVENS & CATHERINE FELTON.

1865 Nov. 20 Birth, Marlborough, MA. ARTHUR PERCIVAL HOLYOKE born to parents: HENRY ALFRED HOLYOKE & JANE CATHERINE STEVENS.

1870 U.S. Census Marlborough, MA. HENRY A. HOLYOKE age "54" [should be 34], works in shoe shop, estate $6,400. Wife JANE C. [STEVENS] HOLYOKE age 30. Son ARTHUR P. HOLYOKE age 4.

1871 Mar. 9 Birth, Marlborough, MA. GEORGE ALFRED HOLYOKE born to parents: HENRY ALFRED HOLYOKE & JANE CATHERINE STEVENS.

1875 Sept. 24 Death Record Northborough, MA. LYDIA HOWE HOLYOKE age 79 & 3 months & 12 days, born in Marlborough, widow, parents: JONAH HOWE & BETSY "CRANSTERY."

1876 Nov. 1 Marriage Record, Hudson, MA. 2nd marriage for LYMAN F. [FRANCIS/FRANK?] HOLYOKE age 38, shoe cutter, born in Marlborough, parents: JACOB HOLYOKE & LYDIA HOWE. 1st marriage for the bride HELEN E. BRUCE age 27, born in Marlborough, parents: WILLIAM BRUCE & ELIZA "RIEST."

1877 January 4 Marriage Record Hudson, MA. EDWARD A. HOLYOKE age 47 born in Marlborough, occupation shoe cutter; parents: JACOB HOLYOKE & LYDIA HOWE. The bride is MARY E. BURBANK age 28, born in Lancaster, MA; parents: LEVI B. BURBANK & JANE K. KIDDER.

1880 U.S. Census Marlborough, MA. "HARRY" A. HOLYOKE age 44, farmer. Wife JANE C. HOLYOKE age 39. Sons: ARTHUR P. HOLYOKE age 14; & GEORGE A. HOLYOKE age 9.

1883 Dec. 8 Civil War Pension Index.
LYMAN F. HOLYOKE filed as an "invalid" from the state of Mass.
Service: "HOS, STEW, & C 32 MASS. INF."
Then in 1891 Oct. 3 the widow filed. "HELEN E. CARPENTER"
Then in 1892 March 28 the "minor" filed from N.Y. "HELEN E. CARPENTER Gdn."

1884 January 19 Death Info, Marlborough, MA. JANE CATHERINE STEVENS HOLYOKE age 43 & 6 months & 9 days, died of "Phthesis Pulmonary." Parents: ISAAC T. STEVENS & CATHERINE FELTON.

1894 January 25 Marriage Record, Marlborough, MA. 2nd marriage for both. HENRY A. HOLYOKE, age 58, farmer, widowed, parents: JACOB HOLYOKE & LYDIA HOWE. The bride is HARRIET R. [CROCKER] COOK, age 59, born in Nova Scotia, widow, parents: ADONIGA CROCKER & MARIA CLEVELAND.
[Children of Harriet R. Crocker & Charles Cook: ANNIE A. COOK THOMS 1858-1950, & FRANK SHOREY COOK 1869-1947.]

1900 U.S. Census Hudson, MA. EDWARD A. HOLYOKE age 70 born August 1829 in MA, shoe factory cutter. Wife MARY E. [BURBANK] HOLYOKE age 51, born in MA June 1848, her father was born in Vermont, married 23 years, no children.

1904 Oct. 27 Death Record Marlborough, MA, Northboro Road. HENRY A. HOLYOKE age 69 & 13 days; born in Marlborough; married, farmer. Parents born in Marlborough: JACOB HOLYOKE & LYDIA HOWE. Informant [step daughter] Mrs. A.B. THOMS. Cause of death: chronic endocarditis.

1905 Sept. 29 Death Record Cambridge, MA, 35 Brookline Street. HARRIET R. [CROCKER COOK] HOLYOKE age 70 & 10 months & 29 days, born in Nova Scotia, parents: ADONIJAH CROCKER & MARIA CLEVELAND. Widow of husband HENRY A. HOLYOKE. Cause of death Breast Cancer. Informant: [Daughter] ANNIE A. "THORNE"/THOMS.

1909 May 10 Death Record, Clinton Hospital, Clinton, MA. LESLIE HOLYOKE age 31, single, born in Kansas, residence Berlin, MA; parents: LYMAN [FRANCIS] HOLYOKE born in Marlboro, MA, & HELEN BRUCE born in Hudson, MA. Leslie was a violinist. He died of Tubercular Peritonitis.

1910 U.S. Census Marlborough, MA. [Son of HENRY A. HOLYOKE] GEORGE A. HOLYOKE age 39, born in MA, janitor in hotel. Wife JOSEPHINE [SOWERBY] HOLYOKE age 42, born in Canada, immigrated in 1888, married 9 years, 2 children: HAROLD H. HOLYOKE age 7; & ALFRED S. HOLYOKE age 5 years.
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On this HOLYOKE & HOWE obelisk are 8 names:

Side 1:
CAPTAIN
JACOB HOLYOKE d. Nov. 7, 1853 AE 61
[wife]
LYDIA H. [HOWE HOLYOKE] d. Sept. ? 1875 AE 79
[their son]
EDWARD HOLYOKE d. 10/25/1920 AE 96
wife
MARY E. [HOLYOKE] 1846-19?9

Side 2:
HENRY A. HOLYOKE d. 10/27/1904 AE 68
wife #1
JANE [STEVENS HOLYOKE] d. 1/19/1884 AE 43
wife #2
HARRIET B. [CROCKER COOK HOLYOKE] d. 9/29/1905 AE 70

There are 8 low stones:
FATHER [JACOB]
MOTHER [LYDIA]
E.A.H [EDWARD]
M.E.H. [MARY]
FRANK [perhaps LYMAN FRANCIS HOLYOKE?]

MOTHER 1840-1884 [JANE]
FATHER 1836-1904 [HENRY A.]
MOTHER 1835-1905 [HARRIET]
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[SOURCE: Some items from ancestry.com's WALTERSCHWALLFAMILYTREE, maintained by Walter Schwall.]
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1791 Dec. 4 Marlborough, MA Town and Vital Records. Baptism of JACOB HOLYOKE, son of ELIZUR HOLYOKE.

1796 June 12 Marlborough, MA birth record of LYDIA HOWE.

1823 May 13 Marriage Record Marlborough, MA. JACOB HOLYOKE was wed to LYDIA HOWE.

Children of JACOB HOLYOKE & LYDIA HOWE [from Vital Records]:
1824 July 4 SAMUEL HOWE HOLYOKE
1827 May 30 SARAH ELIZABETH HOLYOKE, d. 9/2/1828
1829 Aug. 16 EDWARD AUGUSTUS HOLYOKE
1833 Mar. 24 MARY MARIAH HOLYOKE
1835 Oct. 14 HENRY ALFRED HOLYOKE
1838 Oct. 2 LYMAN FRANCIS HOLYOKE [FRANK?]
1842 Jan. 23 EUGENE JULIAN HOLYOKE

1829 August 16 Birth Record, Marlborough, MA. EDWARD AUGUSTUS HOLYOKE born to parents: JACOB HOLYOKE & LYDIA HOWE.

1840 July 10 Birth Record, Marlborough, MA. JANE CATHERINE STEVENS youngest of 13 children born to parents: ISAAC T. STEVENS & CATHARINE FELTON.

1850 U.S. Census Marlborough, MA. JACOB HOLYOKE age 58, born in MA, farmer, estate $5,000. Wife LYDIA [HOWE] HOLYOKE age 53, born in MA. Children born in MA, attending school: MARY M. HOLYOKE 17; HENRY A. HOLYOKE 14; LYMAN F. HOLYOKE 11; & EUGENE J. HOLYOKE 8. Also there is [probably Jacob's sister] LYDIA HOLYOKE age 75, born in MA.

1850 U.S. Census Agriculture Schedule. Farmer JACOB HOLYOKE had:
80 improved acres of land; 20 unimproved acres of land; $5,000 cash value of farm; $150 value of farming implements & machinery; 1 horse;
8 Milch Cows; 4 Working Oxen; 1 Sheep; 3 Swine; $425 value of Live Stock; 75 bushels of Indian Corn; & 30 bushels of Oats.

1853 May 7 Death Record Marlborough, MA. JACOB HOLYOKE age 64, born in Marlborough, married farmer, parent: "ELEAZER" HOLYOKE. Cause of death: "Consumption."

1855 State Census Marlborough, MA. LYDIA [HOWE] HOLYOKE age 59, born in MA, widow. Children: MARY M. HOLYOKE 22; HENRY A. HOLYOKE 19; LYMAN F. HOLYOKE 16; & EUGENE J. HOLYOKE age 13 years.

1860 U.S. Census Marlborough, MA. EDWARD A. HOLYOKE age 31, farmer, estate $7,545. [His widowed mother] LYDIA [HOWE] HOLYOKE age 64. His siblings: MARY M. HOLYOKE age 27; EUGENE J. HOLYOKE 19 farmer; & HENRY HOLYOKE age 24 years farmer.

1861-64 CIVIL WAR INFO about HENRY A. HOLYOKE:
Name: Henry A Holyoke
Occupation: Farmer
Age at Enlistment: 25
Enlistment Date: 16 Jul 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Massachusetts
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company I, Massachusetts 13th Infantry Regiment on 16 Jul 1861.
Mustered out on 01 Aug 1864 at Boston, MA. [& wed the next month!]
Birth Date: abt 1836
Sources: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War, The Story of the 13th Massachusetts Volunteers, GAR Dept of Massachusetts 1866-1947 (Sargent).

1861-65 CIVIL WAR INFO about LYMAN F. [FRANCIS] HOLYOKE:
Name: Lyman F Holyoke
Occupation: Shoemaker
Age at Enlistment: 23
Enlistment Date: 1 Nov 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Massachusetts
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Massachusetts 32nd Infantry Regiment on 15 Nov 1861. Promoted to Full Hospital Steward on 29 Jun 1865.
Mustered out on 29 Jun 1865.
Birth Date: abt 1838
Sources: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War.

1864 Sept. 8 Marriage info from "North America, Family Histories," HENRY ALFRED HOLYOKE born 1835, son of Capt. JACOB HOLYOKE & LYDIA HOWE. The bride is JANE CATHERINE STEVENS, parents: ISAAC TEMPLE STEVENS & CATHERINE FELTON.

1865 Nov. 20 Birth, Marlborough, MA. ARTHUR PERCIVAL HOLYOKE born to parents: HENRY ALFRED HOLYOKE & JANE CATHERINE STEVENS.

1870 U.S. Census Marlborough, MA. HENRY A. HOLYOKE age "54" [should be 34], works in shoe shop, estate $6,400. Wife JANE C. [STEVENS] HOLYOKE age 30. Son ARTHUR P. HOLYOKE age 4.

1871 Mar. 9 Birth, Marlborough, MA. GEORGE ALFRED HOLYOKE born to parents: HENRY ALFRED HOLYOKE & JANE CATHERINE STEVENS.

1875 Sept. 24 Death Record Northborough, MA. LYDIA HOWE HOLYOKE age 79 & 3 months & 12 days, born in Marlborough, widow, parents: JONAH HOWE & BETSY "CRANSTERY."

1876 Nov. 1 Marriage Record, Hudson, MA. 2nd marriage for LYMAN F. [FRANCIS/FRANK?] HOLYOKE age 38, shoe cutter, born in Marlborough, parents: JACOB HOLYOKE & LYDIA HOWE. 1st marriage for the bride HELEN E. BRUCE age 27, born in Marlborough, parents: WILLIAM BRUCE & ELIZA "RIEST."

1877 January 4 Marriage Record Hudson, MA. EDWARD A. HOLYOKE age 47 born in Marlborough, occupation shoe cutter; parents: JACOB HOLYOKE & LYDIA HOWE. The bride is MARY E. BURBANK age 28, born in Lancaster, MA; parents: LEVI B. BURBANK & JANE K. KIDDER.

1880 U.S. Census Marlborough, MA. "HARRY" A. HOLYOKE age 44, farmer. Wife JANE C. HOLYOKE age 39. Sons: ARTHUR P. HOLYOKE age 14; & GEORGE A. HOLYOKE age 9.

1883 Dec. 8 Civil War Pension Index.
LYMAN F. HOLYOKE filed as an "invalid" from the state of Mass.
Service: "HOS, STEW, & C 32 MASS. INF."
Then in 1891 Oct. 3 the widow filed. "HELEN E. CARPENTER"
Then in 1892 March 28 the "minor" filed from N.Y. "HELEN E. CARPENTER Gdn."

1884 January 19 Death Info, Marlborough, MA. JANE CATHERINE STEVENS HOLYOKE age 43 & 6 months & 9 days, died of "Phthesis Pulmonary." Parents: ISAAC T. STEVENS & CATHERINE FELTON.

1894 January 25 Marriage Record, Marlborough, MA. 2nd marriage for both. HENRY A. HOLYOKE, age 58, farmer, widowed, parents: JACOB HOLYOKE & LYDIA HOWE. The bride is HARRIET R. [CROCKER] COOK, age 59, born in Nova Scotia, widow, parents: ADONIGA CROCKER & MARIA CLEVELAND.
[Children of Harriet R. Crocker & Charles Cook: ANNIE A. COOK THOMS 1858-1950, & FRANK SHOREY COOK 1869-1947.]

1900 U.S. Census Hudson, MA. EDWARD A. HOLYOKE age 70 born August 1829 in MA, shoe factory cutter. Wife MARY E. [BURBANK] HOLYOKE age 51, born in MA June 1848, her father was born in Vermont, married 23 years, no children.

1904 Oct. 27 Death Record Marlborough, MA, Northboro Road. HENRY A. HOLYOKE age 69 & 13 days; born in Marlborough; married, farmer. Parents born in Marlborough: JACOB HOLYOKE & LYDIA HOWE. Informant [step daughter] Mrs. A.B. THOMS. Cause of death: chronic endocarditis.

1905 Sept. 29 Death Record Cambridge, MA, 35 Brookline Street. HARRIET R. [CROCKER COOK] HOLYOKE age 70 & 10 months & 29 days, born in Nova Scotia, parents: ADONIJAH CROCKER & MARIA CLEVELAND. Widow of husband HENRY A. HOLYOKE. Cause of death Breast Cancer. Informant: [Daughter] ANNIE A. "THORNE"/THOMS.

1909 May 10 Death Record, Clinton Hospital, Clinton, MA. LESLIE HOLYOKE age 31, single, born in Kansas, residence Berlin, MA; parents: LYMAN [FRANCIS] HOLYOKE born in Marlboro, MA, & HELEN BRUCE born in Hudson, MA. Leslie was a violinist. He died of Tubercular Peritonitis.

1910 U.S. Census Marlborough, MA. [Son of HENRY A. HOLYOKE] GEORGE A. HOLYOKE age 39, born in MA, janitor in hotel. Wife JOSEPHINE [SOWERBY] HOLYOKE age 42, born in Canada, immigrated in 1888, married 9 years, 2 children: HAROLD H. HOLYOKE age 7; & ALFRED S. HOLYOKE age 5 years.
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