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From: Mariana <>
Subject: Re: Some Short lines
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 09:39:37


At 09:10 PM 4/8/99 -0500, you wrote:

>As a HOLT descendant I have also wondered about Elizabeth
>[putatively] SHORT. I haven't spent a lot of time on the
>question, so wasn't aware of these other SHORT women. The
>first question is, what is our authority for calling them
>SHORT at all? This is very early for nice marriage records.
>I expect the surname comes from deductions from wills or
>other documents suggesting family relationships ("to my
>brother SHORT..." etc.) but I don't know that I have
>ever seen such citations in the case of Elizabeth (?SHORT)
>HOLT.

>> From: Susan Canney <>
>> Subject: Some Short lines

>> > Elizabeth Short b. abt. 1620, d. Ipswich, MA 9 Nov 1656 m. abt. 1632
>> >Nicholas Holt.

>> > Rachel Short b. abt. 1612, d. Ipswich, MA Aug 1700, m. Ipswich, MA abt
>> >1637 Symon Thomson.

I suppose the marriage record is in England, a parish record, perhaps
filmed by LDS.
Henry Short in his will dated 13 Feb 1672, calls Samuel Holt cousin. He
also refers to Nicholas Holt as brother of Samuel.....
Nicholas Holt and Elizabeth Short had sons Nicholas and Samuel.
Mariana

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