Individual Notes

Note for: Thomas Holland, BEF 1 May 1687 - ABT Jan 1701 Index

Baptism:
     Date:   1 May 1687
     Place:   Llangelynin, Caernarvonshire

Burial:
     Date:   Jan 1701
     Place:   Llangelynin, Caernarvonshire

Individual Note:
               2 OBJE M1

Individual Notes

Note for: William Holland, BEF 2 Mar 1689 - Index

Baptism:
     Date:   2 Mar 1689
     Place:   Llangelynin, Caernarvonshire

Individual Note:
               2 OBJE M2

Individual Notes

Note for: Ellena Holland, ABT Apr 1694 - Index

Baptism:
     Date:   ABT Apr 1694
     Place:   Llangelynin, Caernarvonshire

Individual Note:
               2 OBJE M4

It is possible that the Ellena Holland baptised in April 1694 atLlangelynin and Elin Holland referred to in Owen's Eill of 1729 arethe same person.

Individual Notes

Note for: Humphrey Holland, ABT 1630 - BEF 15 Feb 1694 Index

Residence:
     Date:   1662
     Place:   Llangelynin, Caernarvonshire

Residence:
     Date:   1694
     Place:   Carreg y Dynas

Event:   Hearth Tax returns
     Type:   Living
     Date:   1662
     Place:   Llangelynin, Caernarvonshire

Event:
     Type:   Living
     Date:   1694
     Place:   Llangelynin, Caernarvonshire

Burial:
     Date:   15 Feb 1694
     Place:   Gyffin

Individual Note:
               2 OBJE M8
          2 OBJE M18
          2 OBJE M22

At the present time we have no absolute proof that Humphrey was theson of John Holland; however we know from the 1662 hearth tax returnsthat Humphrey was the only householder named Holland in Llangelynninso it seems reasonable to assume this to be the case. We have anIndenture dated 1694 (Coed Coch 527) in which Humphrey agrees inreturn for the sum of £60 to give a life interest in severalproperties and lands in Llangelynnin and Gyffin to his son and heirOwen Holland and Thomas Jones, the Llangelynnin properties werepredominately in the Carreg Y Dinas area and almost certainlycontained Ty Thyn Carreg Y Dinas which appears to have been the mainresidence of the family at this time. According to the mid 19thcentury tithe maps Carreg Y Dinas was a holding of 49 acres. Inaddition he was renting property from the Baron Hill Estate includingMelin (Mill) Bulkeley (BH4727). It would appear that this was a verbalagreement between Gaynor vch Robert, wife of Edward Williams ofMerchlyn and Humphrey as a marriage agreement between Owen andCatherine Edwards daughter of Edwards Williams and Gaynor his wife.After the decease of Owen the property was to pass into the hands ofhis daughter Jane. We know that Jane ultimately inherited the estateas there is evidence that her eventual husband Robert Roger was thehouseholder in 1731(XQS/1731/247) two years after Owens death. We knowfrom the will of Gaynor vch Robert that she died 1679; also thatHumphrey's burial is recorded as February 1694 in the Gyffin BishopsTranscript return. It would appear that the Indenture was drawn up tolegalise the prior verbal arrangement just prior to Humphrey's demise.
Humphrey had a second son John, this we know from Owens will whichstates that his daughter Ellin married his son in law Hugh. All theavailable evidence points to John as being resident in Gyffin Parishin a property known as Cae Alen, where he also died in February 1694(Gyffin BT). Unfortunately there is no evidence that either Humphreyor John made a will, the fact that Humphrey was interred in Gyffinrather than Llangelynnin and the proximity of the burial dates mayimply that they died of a common complaint. It is surprising thatthere is no tombstone for Humphrey in either Llangelynnin or Gyffinchurchyards, especially as his signature on the Gyffin church tithesand some of the BTs indicate that he held some form of officialcapacity in the church, possibly church warden.
There is also a possibility that Humphrey had a third son Roger who atthe time of his death in 1727 was recorded as being of Bwlch inGyffin. The possible association with the other sons of Humphrey isthat Roger's son Thomas resided at Cae Alen the abode of the deceasedJohn. This property remained in the occupancy of the descendants ofRoger for almost two hundred years until the death of ElizabethHolland in 1896. It would appear from the following records that thedescendants of Roger eventually took over Cae Alen.