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James Holman (Holdman, Holeman)
Born: about 1814 in Madison County, Kentucky
Died: about 1886 in Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky

James Holman (Holdman, Holeman) was born about 1814 in Madison County, Kentucky. He lived in the area of Brodhead (Stigall's Stand) and Crab Orchard, Kentucky, which are on the border of three Kentucky counties: Lincoln, Garrard, and Rockcastle.

On June 4, 1835 in Garrard County, Kentucky, James Holman was married to Martha Ramsey, the daughter of Alexander Ramsey, by Baptist minister Benjamin Polston.

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The results of the FamilyTreeDNA tests show that the descendant of James Holman, born 1814 in Madison County, Kentucky is "very tightly related" to the descendant of the Kenneth Holeman who died in 1871 in Upperfreehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Kenneth Holman is presumed to be the son of the Jacob Holman who is a direct descendant of Robert Holman, died 1709.

Robert HOLMAN d: Jun 1709 in Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey
..+Sarah PERRINE b: 1662 in Monmouth Co., New Jersey; m: 1682 in New Jersey; d: 1709 in Freehold, Monmouth Co., NJ
.....1 Joseph HOLMAN b: Abt. 1685 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., NJ; d: Jun 1741 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., NJ
.........+Thamson b: Abt. 1686 in Monmouth Co., New Jersey
............2 Robert HOLMAN b: Abt. 1712 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey; d: 1790 in Middlesex, New Jersey
................+Margaret JEMSON b: Abt. 1720 in Somerset, New Jersey (daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth JEMSON)
....................3 Jacob HOLMAN, born Bet. 1746–1770 and died Aft. 1809.
.......................+ Eloice
....................3 Joseph HOLMAN, born July 02, 1773 in New Jersey and died 1823 in Bethel, Clermont Co., Ohio
.......................+ Eleanor PERRINE, born May 19, 1777 in Cranbury, Middlesex Co., NJ and died 1823 in Bethel, Clermont Co., Ohio
....................3 Hannah HOLMAN

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This Old Monmouth of Ours
By William S. Hornor
pages 183 - 184

Samuel Holman of Newport Rhode Island had town lot #13. He did not settle in Monmouth.
His relationship, if any, to Robert Holman, died 1709, of Freehold is not apparent.
Robert Holman died in 1709, leaving a widow, Sarah, and sons - Joseph, Thomas, Robert, Daniel - and it is supposed a daughter Elizabeth who in 1712 married Robert Hankins.

Joseph Holman, son of Robert, died 1709, was of Upper Freehold where he died about 1741.
The name of his wife was Thomasen.
His children were:
Joseph who married Grace ... and died before his father.
Aaron
John
Richard, a weaver
Francis, of Middletown and of New Brunawick who had a son Daniel, b. 1746
Thamy who married Robert Gravatt
Martha
Mary
Phoebe

page 178
Samuel Holman listed as one of the first lot holders of Middletown

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There appears to be three "Holman lines" in colonial New Jersey:

* Samuel Holman. According to "This Old Monmouth of Ours" by William S. Hornor, Samuel Holman of Newport, Rhode Island purchased town lot # 13, but he did not settle in Monmouth, New Jersey.

However, an unpublished article on "The Gravatt/Holman Families" by Harold Weary says "The early records at the Courthouse in Freeport, Monmouth County, contain the name Samuel Holliman during the period 1667 to 1670, which indicated that Samuel may have lived in New Jersey during this period, but for some reason decided to move back to Rhode Island. Could this Samuel Holliman (Holeman) have been a brother of Robert? We are quite sure that he wasn't his father, as Robert didn't appear in Samuel's Will. So far, nothing has been found to make a connection between Samuel and Robert." It is believed that Samuel Holman was the son of Ezekiel Holleman of Providence, Rhode Island.

A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY of THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND by James Savage (Volume II, page 448) states: "HOLLIMAN or HOLYMAN, EZEKIEL, Salem 1637, had been at Dedham bef. that; brot. from Eng. I think, a d. whose name is never seen, but it is less certain, that he brot. her mo. Susanna, d. of John Oxston, alias Fox, of Stanmore, in Co. Middlesex, wh. had three brs. John, Philip, and William, of wh. neither came over, but the time of her d. is not found. He was b. at Tring, in the adj. shire of Hertford, and m. his sec. w. prob 1638, at Providence, Mary, wid. of Isaac Sweet, wh. seems to have been cast out of the ch. at Salem, 1 July 1639, perhaps for carrying out the opinions of her h.; was pervert. in his faith, as our rulers thot. went to R. I. there at Providence in 1638, was one of the found. of the first Bapt. ch. Mary, his w. was in the same condemn. He liv. later at Warwick, where resid. John Warner, wh. had m. Priscilla, d. of H. prob. his only ch.; was rep. 1650, and more than once. Backus, I. 106. Winthrop I. 293. Benedict, Hist. of Bapt."

Question: Did the Robert Holman, who landed in Virginia in 1684, move to New Jersey because of a connection with Samuel Holman of Newport, Rhode Island who was one of the first lot holders of Middletown, New Jersey?

* Robert Holman, died 1709. In his will he mentions four sons: Joseph Holman, born about 1685 married Thamson; Thomas Holman, born 1686; Robert Holeman, born 1687 (No information); and Daniel Holeman, born 1689. According to the unpublished article by Harold Weary, Robert Holman's land had been previously owned by Abraham Brown. John Browne, a merchant, probably Abraham's son, in his estate settlement of 14 September 1714 names Daniel and Joseph Holeman as owing the estate on mortgages. [I have found New Jersey information on Joseph (1685-1741), but nothing on the other three: Thomas (born 1686), Robert (born 1687), and Daniel (born 1689).]

* "Elias" who was mentioned in the 1709 will of Robert Holman. Is he the Elias Holman, born 06 Aug 1656 in Musbury, Devon, England and emigrated to America in 1685 (Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s)? Is he the Elias Holeman whose Will was proved 27 Jan 1748 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, which included wife Mary and children Robert, William, Mary, and Zilpha. [More information on William (1740-1820), and Robert (born 1725), sons of Elias.] Who is the Elias Holman who witnessed the will of Thomas Cox in 1723 in Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey? Who is the Elias Holman mentioned in The History of Monmouth County, New Jersey by Franklin Ellis (April 1731 list of the taxable inhabitants of Upper Freehold includes: Elias Holman, 100 acres, and Joseph Holman, 200 acres)?

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Robert Holman, died 1709

Robert Holeman
Date: 27 Mar 1653
Location: Musbury, , Devon, England
Description
date of baptism, son of Elias
Birth Source Citations
International Genealogical Index
Detail: Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop's transcripts, 1614-1837 Church of England. Parish Church of Musbury (Devon)

"England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch, Robert Holman, 27 Mar 1653; citing reference , FHL microfilm 917202.
"England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," Robert Holman, 1653
name: Robert Holman
baptism/christening date: 27 Mar 1653
baptism/christening place: MUSBURY,DEVON,ENGLAND
father's name: Elias Holman
indexing project (batch) number: C05186-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 917202

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Robt Holman
Year: 1684
Place: Virginia
Source Publication Code: 6221
Primary Immigrant: Holman, Robt
Annotation: Date and place where land was patented and record was created listing those transported/imported. Only the names of those to be transported were indexed. Abstracted from Patent books 6 through 8, from the Land Office records located at the Virginia State
Source Bibliography: NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Vol. 2: 1666-1695. Indexed by Claudia B. Grundman. Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library, 1977. 609p.
Page: 277
Source Citation: Place: Virginia; Year: 1684; Page Number: 277.
Source Information:
Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.
Description:
Updated annually, this database is an index to passengers who arrived in United States and Canadian ports from the 1500s through the 1900s. It contains listings of approximately 4,838,000 individuals and references thousands of different records compiled from everything from original passenger lists to personal diaries. For each individual listed, you may find the following information: name, age, year and place of arrival, and the source of the record.

[Note: The Robert Holman mentioned above may be or may be not the same Robert Holman who died in 1709 in Monmouth, New Jersey. Some Holman family researchers believe the first Holmans in America were in New England. Also, J. Houston Harrison in his book "Settlers by the Long Grey Trail" points out that Long Island, New York was English, not Dutch. The east end was settled under English authority, and west end by English settlers with permission of the Dutch government. Some of the settlers in Long Island relocated to New Jersey.]

Robert Holman registered his livestock "earmark" in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey
ffebuary the 16: 1685 Robard holman his Eare marke is a crop one the Right Eare and one halfe peny one the Under side of the Left Eare

Robert Holman Property
Date: 4 Feb 1689
Location: Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey
Description
bought 50 acres of land from Daniel Estell for £5
Property Source Citations
Monmouth County New Jersey deeds : Books A, B, C & D
Detail: page 96, Book C, page 161a

Robert Holman Property
Date: 28 Feb 1694
Location: Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey
Description
sold 50 acres in Middletown to Gershom Mott for £13; same property that he bought from Daniel Estell
Property Source Citations
Monmouth County New Jersey deeds : Books A, B, C & D
Detail: pages 96-97 (Book C, p. 162)

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NEW JERSEY COLONIAL RECORDS
Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by David Tourison and Liz Johnson

East Jersey Records: Part 10 - Volume 21 Calendar of Records 1664-1703
PAGE 305 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber G.
1698-9 Feb. 24. Patent to George WILLOKS for the following tracts in
Monmouth Co.: 1, 2,100 acres, W. Robert BURNETT, N. Thomas HART and
Wm. DOCKWRA, E. James BROWNE, S. the mIdltown men; 2, 40 a. at the
head of a branch of Doctor's Creek, surrounded by the Pines; 3, 60 a.,
where Anthony WODARD's parth crosses the partition line, W. said line, all
other sides unsurveyed; 4, 40 a., S. and E. Jas. DORSETT, N. and W. Rob-
ert HOLMAN; 5, 10 a., E. Gershom WALLIE, S. Widow BOWNE, W. Jas.
DORSETT, N. Jeremiah BENNETT; 6, a town lot in Perth Amboy, N. John
Barclay, E. High St., S. unpatented, W. Col. HAMILTON. 78

East Jersey Records: Part 5 - Volume 21 Calendar of Records 1664-1703
PAGE 150 New Jersey Colonial Documents.
1701 June 3. Indian Deed. WIKQUAYLAS, Indian Sachem of part of
East Jersey, to John REID of Hortencie, for the tracts near Manalapan;
1st, betw. grantee, Abraham BROWN, Milston Brook, Robert HOLMAN, and
grantee's land on the branches of Rockie Brook; 2d, a tract on Manalapan
River, from its mouth to the mouth of Mount Brook. 231

East Jersey Records: Part 11 - Volume 21 Calendar of Records 1664-1703
PAGE 314 New Jersey Colonial Documents.
1700 Oct. 7. Confirmation to Robert BURNET, late of Lathantie, Scot-
land, one of the Proprietors, holding one whole share, excepting near 1-37,
in full of his first and second dividend, of 3,347 acres as follows: 1, 1,600
a. near the great road betw. Clement PLUMSTEAD, Thomas GORDON, and
grantee; 2, 807 a. above the Wading Place of the South R., betw. Peter
SONMANS and the Manalapan R.; 3, 140 a. of meadow at the Red Bank of
Roundabout along Rariton R., adjoining Thomas GORDON, Augustine GORDON
and James EMOTT; 4, 400 a. at the mouth of Fly Brook in Matchiponix
R., adjoining Robert BARCLAY; 5, 400 a. on Milston Brook, betw. Robert
HOLMAN and John REID. 161

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Robert Holman Will
Date: 8 Jun 1709
Location: Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey
Description
Inv. 18 Jul 1709, £109.5.3; proved 10 Aug 1709; Lib. 2, p. 72; wife Sarah, sons Joseph, Thomas, Robert, & Daniel; daughters, but names not given; son Joseph, executor
Will Source Citations
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc. (Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey)
Detail: Vol 1, 1670-1730, p. 234

New Jersey Colonial Documents, Vol XXX, page 234

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Robert Holman in the New Jersey, Wills and Probate Records, 1656-1999

Name: Robert Holman
Probate Date: 8 Jun 1707
Probate Place: New Jersey, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1707
Inferred Death Place: New Jersey
Item Description: Wills, vol 1-2, 1705-1728
Source Citation
Record of wills in New Jersey, 1705-1804; Author: New Jersey. Department of State; Probate Place: New Jersey

Notes from Original:
* eighth day of June in the eighth year of the reign of Anne
* Robert Holman of Freehold in the County of Monmouth
* to my beloved son, Joseph all my land and tenement
* item my son Thomas and Robert twenty pounds a piece to be paid by my son Joseph
* item my son Daniel a piece of eight
* item to Elias a piece of eight [not identified as a son]
* item each of my daughters a cow which my son Joseph is to allow them successively or they come of age
* in the presence of William White and Sarah White
* August 18, 1709

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Notes from Unpublished article by Harold Weary
The Gravatt/Holman Families

Robert Holman's Will found in Unrecorded Wills, Volume II

It has always been a puzzle why Robert didn't mention his wife in his Will. We know that she outlived him, because the inventory of Robert's estate is headed:

"Wearas Thomas Taylor & John Cox of the township of freehold in the county of monmouth & province of new Jersey, Planters were chosen Independently By Sarah Holman widdow of Robert Holman Deceased & Joseph Holman, Son & Sole Executor to the said Robert Holman Deceased to prize the said Robbert Holman, Deceased Estate, Performed by the Sd. (said) Thos. Taylor and the said Cox, as follows, this 10th of July 1709."

The appraisal showed that Robert was owed small sums from Richard Watson, Benj. Johnston, John Ashton, and Capt. John Anderson. The total estate amounted to 109 pounds, 5 shillings, and 3 pence.

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Roster of the People of Revolutionary Monmouth County, New Jersey
By Michael S. Adelberg

pages 134 - 135
Holdman, Ezekiel - Upper Freehold - Private, Militia
Holdman, Joseph - Upper Freehold - Private, Militia
Holman, Aaron - sells produce to Continental Army 7/80
Holman, John - Signer, Petition Encouraging Free Trade 5/12/81
Holman, Joseph - Upper Freehold
Holman, William - Freehold
Holman, William - Upper Freehold

[Note: Who is Holdman, Ezekiel - Upper Freehold? I have identified three persons named "Ezekiel" related to New Jersey: 1) Ezekiel Holleman of Providence, R.I. who was the father of Samuel Holman listed as one of the first lot holders of Middletown; 2) Ezekiel Holeman (1815-1874) grandson of William Holman; and 3) Ezekiel Homan, one of the sons of late Garret Homan, and his wife Sarah, noted in the Middlesex County, NJ Deed Book Volume 18 pages 541-543, dated Jan 7, 1822 ]

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The "Elias" mentioned in Robert's 1709 Will

Who was the "Elias" mentioned in Robert Holman's 1709 will? The sons and daughters of Robert Holman are identified as such in the will. However, Elias is not identified in anyway. Is he a "son" or a relative, such as a cousin, brother, or nephew?

There were a number of Holman men named "Elias" in early New Jersey.

Elias Holman (Parents unknown) was born in 1690 in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey and died about 1748. He married Mary and:
* Had sons: Robert and William..
* Had daughters: Mary and Zilpha.
William Holman picked William Cole as his guardian. (Was William Cole married to William's sister, Mary Holman?)
Did William and Mary (Holman) Cole sue Robert Holman?
Did Elias Holman's wife, named Mary, after his death, married Daniel Perrine?
Is this the Elias Holman mentioned in the will of Robert, died 1709?

Elias Holeman (a descendant of the Robert Holman, died 1709?) was born 1759 and died in 1827 in Burlington County, New Jersey. He married Anna and had these children:
* Mariba (Holeman) Stackhouse (born 1779),
* Joel Holeman (born 1783 and married Ann Nancy Curtis),
* Elias Holeman, Jr (born about 1788),
* Anna (Holeman) Lippincott (born about 1798), and
* Elizabeth (Holeman) Frake (born about 1799).
[The FamilyTreeDNA study shows that the great-grandson of James Holman, born 1814, is a Y-DNA 64/67 marker match ("Related") with a 5th great grandson of Elias Holeman (1759 -1827).]

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From the History of Monmouth County, New Jersey
by Franklin Ellis 1885 (page 613)
"The names of the taxable inhabitants of Upper Freehold, from an Assessment
Roll of the township, dated Apr. 1, 1731 and signed by John Lawrence, then
Township Assessor."
Name                             Acres
Elias Holman                 100
Joseph Holman              200
Richard Mount              400
Thomas Hawkins             50

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Elias Holman
Witness to will of Thomas Cox
Date: 16 Feb 1723
Location: Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey
Witness to will of Thomas Cox Source Citations
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc. (Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey)
Detail: Vol 1, 1670-1730, p. 114

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Elias Holeman [Is this the "Elias" mentioned in Robert's 1709 Will]
Will
Date: 24 Dec 1747
Location: Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey
Description: Inv. 22 Jan 1748, £489.18.3; proved 27 Jan 1748; Lib. E, p. 122; wife Mary, ch. Robert, William, Mary, Zilpha; execs: son Robert, Elisha Lawrence, John Anderson
Will Source Citations
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc. (Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey)
Detail: Vol 2, 1730-1750, p. 242

Notes from Unpublished article by Harold Weary
The Gravatt/Holman Families

"Of the sons: Joseph, Thomas, Robert, Daniel, and Elias, besides Joseph, my ancestor, I have found a will for only Elias. Elias died between the 24th of December 1747 and the 27th of January 1747/48. Elias left four children: Robert, the only one who appears to have been of age, William under 21 and two daughters, Mary and Zilpha. It would appear from the way the Will is worded that Robert was the eldest followed by Mary, William, and Zilpha. Elias' wife was named Mary and sometime after his death, she married Daniel Perrine, and thereafter, according to the Will, her sons no longer had to provide for her welfare."

Note: The above assumes that Elias is the son of the Robert Holman who left a Will in 1709.

For more information on this family see William Holman, born 1740.

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Apparently, in addition to the Elias Holeman who was "related" to the James Holman, born 1814, there was a second Elias Holemans in Burlington County, New Jersey.

Elias Holeman (died Oct 18, 1827) married Anna and had son, Daniel Holeman who was:
born Sept 11, 1790 in Juliustown, Burlington Co., New Jersey;
married in 1816 Rachel Reeve, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Tanner) Reeve; and
died 1825 in New Jersey.

This Elias Holeman (died Oct 18, 1827) may have had a second son, John Holeman who was:
born about 1780 in New Jersey;
married Nancy Huffman in 1803 in Burlington County, New Jersey; and
died 1875 in Goshen Twp in the part of Columbiana County, Ohio that is now Mahoning County.

Was this Elias Holeman (died Oct 18, 1827) connected to the "German" Holemans who were in the Philadelphia area?

See Mt Holly, Burlington County for more information on two men named Elias Holeman.

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Who is this?

Birth Elias Holman
Vital Birth Information
Date 6 Aug 1656
Location Musbury, , Devon, England
Birth Source Citations
International Genealogical Index
Detail: Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop's transcripts, 1614-1837 Church of England. Parish Church of Musbury (Devon)

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Elias Holman
Year: 1685
Place: America
Source Publication Code: 1219.5
Primary Immigrant: Holman, Elias
Annotation: For the majority of entries, date and port reflect date of the transportation or apprenticeship orders and the intended destination. Information was extracted from English records of apprenticeship bindings or criminal transportation orders and from port
Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Complete Book of Emigrants: A Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1661-1699. 1990. 894p.
Page: 526
Source Citation: Place: America; Year: 1685; Page Number: 526.
Source Information:
Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.

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Todd L Jameson, a descendant of William Holman (b: Abt. 1740 in Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey) offered this helpful reminder to Holman family researchers who are not familiar with the Holmans of Monmouth County and Ocean County New Jersey:

Jackson Township was organized in 1844 but at that time it was Jackson Twp, Monmouth County. Prior to 1850 Ocean County did not exist; it was part of Monmouth County. Between 1850 and about 1920 the border between Ocean and Monmouth morphed a bit, but eventually it was worked out and remained as we know it today.

You may trace your Holman roots back to Clarksburg (Monmouth County), Holmanville, Cassville, Van Hiseville (all Ocean County) all these areas are only a few miles apart. In many of the really old records you'll see the Holmans connected to Upper Freehold listed -- a township in Monmouth County and very close to Clarksburg.

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If one of the three "very tightly related" Holemans is a descendant of Robert Holeman, died 1709 in New Jersey, how did the other two "very tightly related" Holemans managed to get born in North Carolina and Kentucky? Is it possible that some of the New Jersey Holemans remained in New Jersey; some migrated to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, then to North Carolina, and then to Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri; and some crossed Pennsylvania to both sides of the Ohio River and on to Kentucky (Mason County and Campbell County in Kentucky and Brown County and Clermont County in Ohio.?

1830 Middlesex census
* Kenneth Holman
* Journey Hollman North Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. [Is he the son or step-son of Francis HOLEMAN (b: Abt. 1724 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey d: 1749)? See family of Robert Holman, died 1709.]
* Cubberly Hollman North Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. [Is he the son or nephew of Journey Holman?]

1840 Middlesex census
* Journey Hollman and Cubberly Hollman were still in North Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey

1840 Mercer census [Prior to 1838, part of East Windsor was in Middlesex County.]
* Kenneth Holman
* William C Holeman, son of Kenneth Holman
* Zackariah Holman b. 1814 in Monmouth Co., New Jersey, d. 03 Aug 1848 in North Crapwicks, Mercer, New Jersey, son of Henry Holeman (1788 - 1875) and Nancy Hankins (1788 - 1874) See William Holeman
* John Hollman b. 1812 in New Jersey, d. in Groveville, Mercer Co., New Jersey, son of Henry Holeman ( 1788 - 1875) and Nancy Hankins (1788 - 1874)
* Samuel Hollman Is he also a son of Henry Holeman ( 1788 - 1875) and Nancy Hankins (1788 - 1874)?

See Holmans in New Jersey in 1850

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Randy Holman Schmidt, Holman family researcher, has raised the possibility that two of the sons of Robert Holman, died 1709, (Daniel b. 1689 and Thomas b. 1686) are in fact the Holmans in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. Did these sons of the Robert Holman first move from New Jersey to Kent County, Maryland to be near their relatives, and then move on to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia? Daniel and Thomas Holman of the Shenandoah Valley lived near each other on Holman's Creek. (See Wine Book, Life Along Holman's Creek.) I have found no evidence that these sons of Robert Holman (Daniel b. 1689 and Thomas b. 1686) remained in New Jersey.

One of sons of Robert Holman, died 1709, had a son named Thomas Holman, born in 1723 in Kent County, Maryland, and he is the one who migrated to Wilkes County, North Carolina about 1750. The results of the DNA tests show that the descendant of James Holeman, b. 1814 in Madison Co, Kentucky is "related" (not "very tightly related") to the descendants of Thomas Holeman, born about 1723.

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If one of the three "very tightly related" Holemans is a direct descendant of Robert Holeman, died 1709, how are the other two related? Robert Holeman, died 1709, had four sons: Joseph (the ancestor of one of the "very tightly related" Holemans); Daniel and Thomas (who are believed to be the Shenandoah Valley Holmans), and Robert (no information on him). The DNA test results suggest that all three of the "very tightly related" Holemans descend from Joseph Holman, the son of Robert Holeman, died 1709, and are "related" to Joseph's brother, Thomas Holman.

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Directory

Joseph Holeman, son of Robert Holeman, died 1709

Robert Holeman, married Margaret Jemson

Kenneth Holeman, son of Jacob Holeman

Middlesex Co. Clerk's Office

Holeman-Jamison Deed

William Holeman and Robert Holeman, sons of the Elias Holeman, born Abt. 1690 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey

1830 Census

1840 Census

1850 Census

Mt Holly, Burlington County (two men named Elias Holeman)