The family in London appears to have begun with JOHN HOLLAND who was imprisoned in the Tower of London and gave birth to his son, Henry Holland, the third Duke of Exeter, in 1430 in the Tower of London. John was known to have a townhouse in London as early as 1397 located at Cold Harbour on the bank of the river near A1L Hallows Lane. It was to this house that his son, Henry, was taken before he was baptised at St. Stephens. John also had two illegitimate sons, WILLIAM and THOMAS b. ca 1435, probably in London. Since the son Henry, left no male heirs, the lineage of John at this point falls to his twoillegitimate sons, William and Thomas.
At this point, it is pure speculation, then, that Henry Holland accounted for in the following paragraphs, was a possible grandson of either William or Thomas de Holande.
Hollands were found in the first parish records of St. Margarets at Westminster, London. St. Margarets was the parent- parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields where additional members of the family were recorded. Henry Holland b. ca 1480/1490 Westminster, London, England,d. 1561 Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England. his burial is contained in the parishrecords of St. Margarets. Also, his LWT dated 1561 London, England, directs that he be buriedat St. Margarets and names Thomas, Ceorge, Mary and Henry Holland. lie also named agrandson, Edward Holland. Henry was mentioned in trace documents in London with RichardHolland and Thomas Holland. From my studies of Richard and Thomas ilolland, both appear tohave been b. ca 1480/1490. Thomas was buried at St. Margarets 7/29/1540. Henry made hisLWT dated 1561 at Westminster, London, England. Two other Hollands, John, was buried 8/13/1547 at St. Margarets, and Robert made his LWT 1557 London naming wife, Elizabeth, andson, George. These Hollands, Richard, Thomas, John and possibly Robert, appear to be of the age to be either brothers or close-kin to Ilenry. I have researched with great effort to try and learn if either of them show any connection to Henry, or to determine who their father may be (i.e., a son of illegitimate Thomas or William). In other words, the father of these Hollands,all b. ca 1480/1490, might be a son of either Thomas or Henry, illegitimates. This find would indeed provide the missing link.
From the parish records at St. Margarets, issue of Henry:
John Holland b. ca 1519 Westminster, London, England m. 6/16/1539 Agnes Greenway at St. Lawrence, Jewry and St. Mary Magdalene, Milk St., London, England. Issue:
Courtney Holland chr. 3/16/1548 Westminster, St. Margarets.
Thomas Holland b. ca 1520 Westminster, London, England d. 8/1566 Westminster, London, England m. 1/30/1541 Agnes Hyde at Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England. LWT of Thomas Holland dated 8/1566 Westminstet, St. Margarets, London,England, named his son Ambrose and brother, George.
Ambrose Holland chr. 4/5/1547 Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England m. 8/20/1571 Anne Rydstone, St. Margarets, London, England.
George Holland b. ca 1521 Westminster, London, England m. 9/6/1541 Elisabeth Wells at Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England. (Named in LWT of his brother, Thomas, above). He may be the George Holland who was buried in 1554 at St.Margarets Parish Records).
Agnes Holland b. ca 1524 Wcstminuter, London, England m. 8/3/1544 William Hall at Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England.
Elizabeth Holland b. ca 1525 Westminster, London, England m. 5/4/1545 John Patenson Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England.
Henry Holland b. ca 1527 Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England m. 1/30/1547 Hyllary Barwarde Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England. He was named in the last will and testament of his father, Henry Holland, dated 1561. Issue:
Judith Holland chr. 10/11/1551 Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England.
Jane Holland chr. 12/1552 Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England.
James or Jacob Holland chr. 7/23/1555 Westminster, St. Margarets, London,England.
Robert Holland chr. 1/3/1554 Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England.
Alice Holland chr. 10/10/1555 Westminster, St. Martin- in-the-Fields, London, England.
Heugh Holland chr. 10/10/1555 Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England, bur. 11/21/1555 Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England.
John Holland chr. 1/29/1556 Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England d. 10/1628 London, England, bur. 10/26/1628 at St. Martin-in-the-Fields (parish records) m. 3/5/1583/1584 Mary Mollenax, St. Clement Dnnes, London, England.
Anna Holland chr 11/30/1556 Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England.
Edmonde Holland chr. 8/1557 Westminster, St. Margarets, London, England.
Mary Holland b. ca 1530 Westminster, St. Nargarets, London, England.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HOLLAND (1556-1628) and his wife, Mary Mollenax.Mary was born ca 1565 at Wigan, Lancashire, England,the daughter of John Mollenax, as stated in her marriage document dated 3/5/1583/1584 at St.Clement Lanes in London, England. Her father was deceased at the time of her marriage. This makes John Holland a descendant of Joan Plantagenet and her husband, Sir Thomas de Holande of Kent through the Mollenax (Mullenaux) lineage. Issue:
Peter Holland chr. 4/25/1585 Westminster, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London England buried 8/19/1593 Westminster, St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Unmarried.
Hester Holland cbr. 10/10/1586 Westminster, St. Martin-in-the-fie Ids, London,England, buried 9/1/1593 at Westminster, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England.
Constance Holland chr. 4/6/1587 Westminster, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London,England.
Richard Holland chr. 8/11/1588 Westminster, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England, buried 8/16/1593 Westminster, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Unmarried.
Elizabeth Holland chr. 6/6/1591 Westminster, St.Martin-in-the Fields, London England.
Leonard Holland chr. 8/17/1593 Westminster, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London,England.
Michaell Holland chr. St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England on 3/15/1595 at Westminster.
Frances Holland chr, 12/21/1595 Westminster, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England.
Gabriell Holland chr. 2/15/1596 Westminster. r, Martin-in-the-Pields, London, England. See below for descendants.
Philemon Holland chr. 10/12/1597 Westminster, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London,England.
William Holland chr. 3/5/1598 Westminster, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England.
Ann Holland chr. 10/12/1600 Westminster, St. Martin- In-the-Fields, London, England.
DESCENDANTS OF GABRIEL HOLLAND, Immigrant to Virginia
Family tradition has it that Gabriel Holland m. 1st, Rebecca George. The only marriage in the London area which exists for this Gabriel Holland (considering his birth) was 1/20/1621 to Marye Weckes, London, St. Mary Magdalene, Old Fish Street.
However, a certificate for sailing was issued to Gabriel Holland by the Mayor of Bristol,England, Thomas Parker on 9/1620 to sail in the ship "Supply". In fact, the Mayor certified that the ship sailed on that date for the plantation in Virginin at the charge of Richard Berkeley, etc. With him was Richard Holland. They arrive in February of 1621. Richard Holland, whom wenow know to be his brother.... killed at Berkeley Hundred in 1621 during an indiaan massacre.
Gabriel erroneously reported records as having been massacred. however, later reported Gabriel Holland as living at Jamestown, Virginia 3/22/1622, the of the indian massacre. Since Gabriel was in Virginia in Feb. of 1621, then he could not be the Gabriel who married Marye Weckes in London of Jan. of 1621.
It appears that he came to Virginia ... single man and did not marry until about 1623 or1624 a widow woman, Mary. Gabriel Holland vas listed as a Burgess in Virginia in 1623 1624, and 1625 he was sentback to Englnnd with a petition addressed to King Charles I that every male 16 years and olderwho had been in Virginia a year should be required to pay 4 Ibs. of tobacco by or before Oct.31st. As the King was refusing to convene Parliament, he did not hear the petition until 1635 at which time Gabriel Holland returned to England to present it again.
Citing Cavaliers and Pioneers 3, part I, by Nugent:
Mary Holland, 12 acres, Aug. 14, 1624, p. 11. Wife of Gabriel Holland, of the Island of James City, yeoman, 1ately in the occupation of William Pink, alias William Jonas (decd), her former husband, who at his death gave her his dividend of 100 acres of which 12 acres is a part adjoining Nathaniel Hutt and Thomart Passmore.
I have searched high and Low for William Pink or William Jonas, both in Virginia and England, without any success. The name "Pink" nor "Jonas" does not exist in early Virginiarecords. The name, Pinkett, exists in the early Jamestown records. The name "Pink" nor"Jonas" does not exist in the London area, I searched all the parish registers in England, however, for these names, without luck. Mary's maiden name, is, therefore, unknown.
Gabriel Holland served as a Burgess in James City, and ca 1629 was sent to London on business for the colony.
Gabriel had the following children: (probably issue of Mary Pink, the widow of Willian Pink, alias William Jonas.
John Holland, b. 1628.
Richard Holland, b. 1630.
Job Holland, b. ca 1630.
George Holland, b. ca 1633.
Daniel Holland, b. ca 1633.
William Holland, b. 1634.
Apparently Gabriel was married before August of 1624, the date of the deed. There was a Rebecca George, daughter of Col. John George of Virginia who named in his LWT, Isle of Wight Co., VA., daughter, Rebecca, relict of Phill. Pardoe, deceased, dated 1678.
In 1430, John Holland was imprisoned in the Tower of London where his wife gave birth to his son, Henry Holland, the third Duke of Exeter. Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London is a historic fortress and scheduled monument in central London, England, on the north bank of the River Thames. The original stark square fortress was built by William the Conqueror in 1078. The tower's primary function was to serve as a a fortress, royal palace, and a prison (particularly for high status and royal prisoners, such as the Princes in the Tower and the future Queen Elizabeth I). Also, it was used as a place of execution and torture, an armoury, a treasury, a zoo, the Royal Mint, a public records office, an observatory, and since 1303 and was the home of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. During the early thirteenth century Henry III (reigned 1216-72) transformed the Tower into a major royal residence and had palatial buildings constructed within the Inner Bailey to the south of the White Tower. Between 1275 and 1285 King Edward I (Plantegenet) built an outer curtain wall, completely enclosing the inner wall and thus creating a concentric double defence. He filled in the moat and built a new moat around the new outer wall. It is significent to note that Sir Thomas de Holande was married to Joan of Kent (granddaughter of King Edward I). After Sir Thomas died, Joan was married to her cousin, Edward III and they had a son, Richard, who became King of England but ultimately lost his throne. Joan had about six Holland children who grew up as step-brothers to Richard, and served him well when he became the King of England. The Hollands held titles and estates, but these were lost by the 15th century because of political maneuverings.
The Anglican church of St Margaret's is the parish church of the British Houses of Parliament, nestled in the grounds of Westminster Abbey. It was founded during the 12th century as the (Catholic) parish church, but was rebuilt from 1486 to 1523. John Holland was christened here ca 1519 and Holland names are in the parish register.
St. Martins in the Fields, London, where Gabriel and his brothers were christened.
Gabriel Holland arrived on the Supply ship of 1624 and served as a Burgess in Jamestown.
James River which transported supplies and goods.
The restored church of St. Martins in the Fields, London, England
First Landing, Jamestown, Virginia
For a complete history of the family in America see the book HOLLAND by Jeannette Holland Austin available to members of Georgia Pioneers
