Thomas Holley

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Holley was born about 1742, in Anson, North Carolina, United States, his father, Julius Holley, was 27 and his mother, Sarah King, was 24. He died on 4 September 1827, in his hometown, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

Julius Holley
1717–1771
Sarah King
1720–1771
John Holley
1738–1807
Edward Holley
1739–1827
Nathaniel Holley
1740–
Thomas Holley
1742–1827
Holley
1742–
Jane Holley
1748–1803
Sarah Holley
1750–1803
Julius Holley Jr.
1750–
Holley
1760–
William Holley
1743–1783
Ruth Holley
1768–1791

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World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

North Carolina is the 12th state.

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

Name Meaning

English:

nickname from Middle English hol ‘hollow’ + eie, egh(e) ‘eye’ (Old English hol + ēage), perhaps a nickname for someone with a missing eye.

topographic name for someone who lived by a ‘clearing in a hollow’, from Middle English hol ‘hollow’ + lei(e) ‘woodland clearing’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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