Brief Life History of Nicholas
Nicholas Holley Sr was born in 1773, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States as the son of John Holley and Unknown. He had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Sarah Jenkins. He lived in Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee, United States in 1820. He died in 1848, in Giles, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 75.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Nicholas Holley in entry for Edward James Holley and Laura Ann Haley, "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1907-1932"
Spouse and Children
1773–1848 Male
1770– Female
Children (5)
1792–1849 Female
1793–1868 Male
1794– Male
1795–1876 Male
1796– Female
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1776
Age 3
1776 · Battle of Sullivan's Island
Age 3
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 21
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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