Brief Life History of Pretson
When Pretson Holman was born on 6 July 1807, in Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Aaron Holman, was 26 and his mother, Judith Chase, was 26. He died in February 1809, in his hometown, at the age of 1.
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- Presson Holman, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Preston Holman, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Presson Holman, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English (southern): topographic name for a ‘dweller in a hollow’, from hol + man (Old English holh + mann). Compare Holler and Hole .
Dutch: habitational name for someone from any of several locations named Hol, from Dutch hol ‘hollow’, or from Middle Dutch hole, heule ‘(low) arched bridge, weir’.
Dutch: from a pet form, formed with man ‘man’, of the personal name Holle, from an ancient Germanic compound name with the element hold ‘loyalty’, for instance Holdert, Hollebrand, Holger and Holmer. Compare Holleman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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