Edward Holley

Maleabout 1739–4 September 1827

Brief Life History of Edward

When Edward Holley was born about 1739, in Anson, North Carolina, United States, his father, Julius Holley, was 23 and his mother, Sarah King, was 21. He married Holley about 1759, in Sampson, North Carolina, United States. He died on 4 September 1827, in his hometown, at the age of 89.

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Edward Holley
1739–1827
Holley
1740–
Marriage: about 1759

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  • Marriage
    about 1759Sampson, North Carolina, United States
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    World Events (6)

    1776

    Age 37

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

    1776

    Age 37

    North Carolina is the 12th state.

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 47

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    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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