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From: Bill Holder <>
Subject: [HOLDER] Agnes Bledsoe & John Holder, land survey 1780, Surry Co NC
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 21:01:43 -0500
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I have the Agnes Bledsoe b. Abt. 1750 - 1752 that married John
Holder as the sister of Moses Bledsoe b.Abt. 1747, and both the children
of John Bledsoe and Susannah Dawson. There was probably at least 4
Agnes Bledsoes born between 1750 and 1775, and 4 Moses Bledsoes between
1720 & 1747. These were popular family names like William and John in
our Holder clans.

I totally agree with Elizabeth about the bogus LDS file, watch out for
any file that connects the Holders in VA, NC with a group of Holders in
Massachusetts. I don't know of any Holder lines today from this
proposed group of Holders in the N/E area. The farthest northeast I
have the "Moravian-affiliated" Holders' is New York, and the rest of us
Northern VA. or Maryland. If it shows John Holder, who married to
Agnes Bledsoe born in Germany, this file is pure fabrication.

This bogus information also appears in
family tree Maker Vol. 21 tree 0607


Thanks,
Cousin Bill

Elizabeth Harris wrote:

>Thanks, Teresa!
>
>This is the John Holder who married Agnes BLEDSOE, daughter of Moses
>Bledsoe. I'm not sure however if the Moses Bledsoe mentioned in these
>deeds is her father or perhaps brother, as her father would have been
>fairly old by this time. This family is part of the group of Holders who
>moved into Surry Co. NC from Virginia, and then moved on to South Carolina
>and parts south and west; he is NOT part of the "Moravian-affiliated"
>Holder family who came to NC from Pennsylvania.
>
>This might be a good time to remind folks that there's a file in the LDS
>regarding this family (Jeanette Daniels, The Holder Family) that is
>seriously confused on the Holders of Surry and nearby counties in NC.
>Daniels states incorrectly that this John Holder was the son of Joseph
>Holder b. abt 1725, Germany, who she is presumably confusing with Joseph b.
>1727 PA, son of John Holder and Barbara Volck.
>
>Elizabeth Harris
>


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