Stephen's last name Holway is found in records dating back to 1223 in England, a list of the English surname Holway and its variants, including the old English variant Holeways. However, Holway was usually used in the southwest of England and Holloway in Oxfordshire. The meaning of Stephen's last name is "the hollow way." Johannes de Holeways is in the Hundred Rolls of Wiltshire in 1273; William de Holeway in those of Warwickshire and William Holeway in Kirby's Quest, Somersetshire in 1317.
Stephen's family came to America during the early colonial days. John Holway, the first family member to arrive in America, was only 21 years old when came to Boston in 1635 from London on the ship Elizabeth. In 1663 he was married but died without children. He was a soldier in the Pequot War. Joseph Holway was the progenitor of the family in the New World. He arrived at Lynn, Massachusetts, from Devon, England, in 1636. The territory of Sandwich was unsettled portions of Plymouth and granted to 50 men, including Joseph, who died in 1647, whose many descendants in every generation were identified with the best interests of Sandwich.
Living in Sandwich in the sixth generation from the pioneer progenitor Joseph Holway, we find Stephen Holway Jr., born in 1798 and married 1826 to Abbie Wing Hoxie. They had a family of eight children, six of whom lived to maturity: George and Edward, the sons; Lucy, Lizzie, Deborah, Hepsibah, the daughters.
Preserved still is the letter in meticulous penmanship that Stephen's wife Abbie wrote in 1858 to their son George who had gone out to Iowa to make his home. Stephen and Abbie's younger son Edward was there too., and was planning to put up a hut and live alone on his property, which plan was causing his mother anxiety due to his inexperience and impaired health at the time. She wrote, "We miss Edward's head. We used to call it our dictionary. He always seemed to know all about everything that was mentioned, or read, or heard of. You will find he has a lot stored away, but whether it will be that he will need, I cannot tell. One thing I do know is that I want him near you where he can have your care and advice in whatever he does, for he has not had the experience that you and Maria have had. Thou speaks of helping Edward. I do not wish it by any means. Thou hast had to make thy way without help, and it would be wrong to encumber thyself. I have always charged you both never to be bondsmen for any one, however fair his prospects."
In another letter Lucy writes September 1859 to her brother George telling him of the final hours of their beloved mother's life. "After a long night of suffering, Mother breathed her last about six o'clock last 7th day morning, the 24th--oh!--George--thee and Dars (Edward) both absent about as it was when father was taken." Their father died in 1851 and their mother in 1859, both buried at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
Stephen Holway was born in 1799 in Sandwich, Massachusetts and died on 22 November 1851. He was the son of Stephen and Rebecca Allen Holway and married Abigail Wing Hoxie on April 19, 1826 in Sandwich.
(Written by Leonard Hancock from compiled information written by Elsie Holway, Great Great Granddaughter.)
Stephen's family came to America during the early colonial days. John Holway, the first family member to arrive in America, was only 21 years old when came to Boston in 1635 from London on the ship Elizabeth. In 1663 he was married but died without children. He was a soldier in the Pequot War. Joseph Holway was the progenitor of the family in the New World. He arrived at Lynn, Massachusetts, from Devon, England, in 1636. The territory of Sandwich was unsettled portions of Plymouth and granted to 50 men, including Joseph, who died in 1647, whose many descendants in every generation were identified with the best interests of Sandwich.
Living in Sandwich in the sixth generation from the pioneer progenitor Joseph Holway, we find Stephen Holway Jr., born in 1798 and married 1826 to Abbie Wing Hoxie. They had a family of eight children, six of whom lived to maturity: George and Edward, the sons; Lucy, Lizzie, Deborah, Hepsibah, the daughters.
Preserved still is the letter in meticulous penmanship that Stephen's wife Abbie wrote in 1858 to their son George who had gone out to Iowa to make his home. Stephen and Abbie's younger son Edward was there too., and was planning to put up a hut and live alone on his property, which plan was causing his mother anxiety due to his inexperience and impaired health at the time. She wrote, "We miss Edward's head. We used to call it our dictionary. He always seemed to know all about everything that was mentioned, or read, or heard of. You will find he has a lot stored away, but whether it will be that he will need, I cannot tell. One thing I do know is that I want him near you where he can have your care and advice in whatever he does, for he has not had the experience that you and Maria have had. Thou speaks of helping Edward. I do not wish it by any means. Thou hast had to make thy way without help, and it would be wrong to encumber thyself. I have always charged you both never to be bondsmen for any one, however fair his prospects."
In another letter Lucy writes September 1859 to her brother George telling him of the final hours of their beloved mother's life. "After a long night of suffering, Mother breathed her last about six o'clock last 7th day morning, the 24th--oh!--George--thee and Dars (Edward) both absent about as it was when father was taken." Their father died in 1851 and their mother in 1859, both buried at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
Stephen Holway was born in 1799 in Sandwich, Massachusetts and died on 22 November 1851. He was the son of Stephen and Rebecca Allen Holway and married Abigail Wing Hoxie on April 19, 1826 in Sandwich.
(Written by Leonard Hancock from compiled information written by Elsie Holway, Great Great Granddaughter.)
Stephen's last name Holway is found in records dating back to 1223 in England, a list of the English surname Holway and its variants, including the old English variant Holeways. However, Holway was usually used in the southwest of England and Holloway in Oxfordshire. The meaning of Stephen's last name is "the hollow way." Johannes de Holeways is in the Hundred Rolls of Wiltshire in 1273; William de Holeway in those of Warwickshire and William Holeway in Kirby's Quest, Somersetshire in 1317.
Stephen's family came to America during the early colonial days. John Holway, the first family member to arrive in America, was only 21 years old when came to Boston in 1635 from London on the ship Elizabeth. In 1663 he was married but died without children. He was a soldier in the Pequot War. Joseph Holway was the progenitor of the family in the New World. He arrived at Lynn, Massachusetts, from Devon, England, in 1636. The territory of Sandwich was unsettled portions of Plymouth and granted to 50 men, including Joseph, who died in 1647, whose many descendants in every generation were identified with the best interests of Sandwich.
Living in Sandwich in the sixth generation from the pioneer progenitor Joseph Holway, we find Stephen Holway Jr., born in 1798 and married 1826 to Abbie Wing Hoxie. They had a family of eight children, six of whom lived to maturity: George and Edward, the sons; Lucy, Lizzie, Deborah, Hepsibah, the daughters.
Preserved still is the letter in meticulous penmanship that Stephen's wife Abbie wrote in 1858 to their son George who had gone out to Iowa to make his home. Stephen and Abbie's younger son Edward was there too., and was planning to put up a hut and live alone on his property, which plan was causing his mother anxiety due to his inexperience and impaired health at the time. She wrote, "We miss Edward's head. We used to call it our dictionary. He always seemed to know all about everything that was mentioned, or read, or heard of. You will find he has a lot stored away, but whether it will be that he will need, I cannot tell. One thing I do know is that I want him near you where he can have your care and advice in whatever he does, for he has not had the experience that you and Maria have had. Thou speaks of helping Edward. I do not wish it by any means. Thou hast had to make thy way without help, and it would be wrong to encumber thyself. I have always charged you both never to be bondsmen for any one, however fair his prospects."
In another letter Lucy writes September 1859 to her brother George telling him of the final hours of their beloved mother's life. "After a long night of suffering, Mother breathed her last about six o'clock last 7th day morning, the 24th--oh!--George--thee and Dars (Edward) both absent about as it was when father was taken." Their father died in 1851 and their mother in 1859, both buried at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
Stephen Holway was born in 1799 in Sandwich, Massachusetts and died on 22 November 1851. He was the son of Stephen and Rebecca Allen Holway and married Abigail Wing Hoxie on April 19, 1826 in Sandwich.
(Written by Leonard Hancock from compiled information written by Elsie Holway, Great Great Granddaughter.)
Stephen's family came to America during the early colonial days. John Holway, the first family member to arrive in America, was only 21 years old when came to Boston in 1635 from London on the ship Elizabeth. In 1663 he was married but died without children. He was a soldier in the Pequot War. Joseph Holway was the progenitor of the family in the New World. He arrived at Lynn, Massachusetts, from Devon, England, in 1636. The territory of Sandwich was unsettled portions of Plymouth and granted to 50 men, including Joseph, who died in 1647, whose many descendants in every generation were identified with the best interests of Sandwich.
Living in Sandwich in the sixth generation from the pioneer progenitor Joseph Holway, we find Stephen Holway Jr., born in 1798 and married 1826 to Abbie Wing Hoxie. They had a family of eight children, six of whom lived to maturity: George and Edward, the sons; Lucy, Lizzie, Deborah, Hepsibah, the daughters.
Preserved still is the letter in meticulous penmanship that Stephen's wife Abbie wrote in 1858 to their son George who had gone out to Iowa to make his home. Stephen and Abbie's younger son Edward was there too., and was planning to put up a hut and live alone on his property, which plan was causing his mother anxiety due to his inexperience and impaired health at the time. She wrote, "We miss Edward's head. We used to call it our dictionary. He always seemed to know all about everything that was mentioned, or read, or heard of. You will find he has a lot stored away, but whether it will be that he will need, I cannot tell. One thing I do know is that I want him near you where he can have your care and advice in whatever he does, for he has not had the experience that you and Maria have had. Thou speaks of helping Edward. I do not wish it by any means. Thou hast had to make thy way without help, and it would be wrong to encumber thyself. I have always charged you both never to be bondsmen for any one, however fair his prospects."
In another letter Lucy writes September 1859 to her brother George telling him of the final hours of their beloved mother's life. "After a long night of suffering, Mother breathed her last about six o'clock last 7th day morning, the 24th--oh!--George--thee and Dars (Edward) both absent about as it was when father was taken." Their father died in 1851 and their mother in 1859, both buried at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
Stephen Holway was born in 1799 in Sandwich, Massachusetts and died on 22 November 1851. He was the son of Stephen and Rebecca Allen Holway and married Abigail Wing Hoxie on April 19, 1826 in Sandwich.
(Written by Leonard Hancock from compiled information written by Elsie Holway, Great Great Granddaughter.)
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