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by Glenn N. Holliman
In this installment by professional genealogist Anne Holmes of Buckinghamshire, England, she weaves a thread of connections among Worcestershire, London and Buckinghamshire Hollymans. In this tapestry Hollymans all over the globe may share a common ancestry, perhaps through, as Ms. Holmes notes, in a Hollyman family that emerged from (High) Wycombe in the 1300s. For American readers, the DNA and paper trail for most living in the States flows from Cuddington, Buckinghamshire in the 1400s, which lies a few miles from High Wycombe. - GNH
Studying the Hollyman Connections by Anne Holmes
The final Will I studied was of Humfrey HOLYMAN of Blakeshall, Wolverley, date 1575. Humfrey had married Agnes BASKERVILLE sister of Humfrey BASKERVILE, also mentioned in BASKERVILLE’S Will of 1563, but Humfrey of Blakeshall did not mention a brother Richard or John, just children William, Humfrey, Mary, Margery and Agnes.
Parish register details in Worcestershire revealed further HOLLYMANS locally, namely a John and Ales HOLLYMAN of Alverchurch. Like Richard this couple were having their children baptised in the 1560s, namely Henry, William, Thomas and Humfrey. Perhaps this John was Richard’s brother?
As the family tree surrounding Richard HOLLYMAN, Citizen and Mercer of London evolved, a picture begins to emerge of the interconnection between the HOLLYMANS, BASKERVILLES and PAKINGTONS of Worcestershire and gentry families further afield in counties such as Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. There is even a Benet or Benedict LEE of Bucks in there too. Benet LEE was Henchman to Henry VIII, and he was marred to Margaret PAKINGTON daughter of Robert PAKINGTON of Aylesbury.
And returning to the London HOLLYMAN search, what happened to Richard’s HOLLYMAN’s children. Did his surviving sons lead on to a further trail for London HOLLYMANS?
Sadly
not, as yet. Lionel entered the Church of England as a priest and lived in
Sherrington, Wiltshire. He had two children Lionel and Mary before he died in
1609. Robert, youngest son of Richard HOLLYMAN, became a Grocer in London and
had two children Richard and Alice then he died quite young too. I have
not been able to pinpoint what happened to Richard, son of Robert though. And
it is unclear what happened to Richard and Martha’s other two surviving sons as
of 1572, namely Henry and Edward. Therefore, the London trail has gone cold for
this HOLLYMAN family.
To conclude, because of all the interwoven family connections discussed above, there is some possibility the Worcestershire HOLLYMANS, as stated, may be connected to an early branch of the Cuddington HOLLYMANS.
The thinking is here perhaps the link could be as early as the late fourteenth century and the Richard HOLLYMAN who was the Member of Parliament (1386) in (High) Wycombe. Did he have a family? Did they all settle in Bucks and if not where else? As an MP he would have had prestigious connections and perhaps marry possible children in to noted families.
It is known the Hanborough HOLLYMANS in Oxfordshire were connected to the Cuddington HOLLIMANS, so perhaps some migrated to Worcestershire too, especially the younger sons who were not main property inheritors from their fathers, but none the less had good connections to serve their futures well.
And the
London HOLLYMANS? It is still an unclear picture, and quite a few HOLLIMANS
with the Christian name Richard! - Anne Holmes
Online sources
used:
Boyds Citizens of London at FindMyPast at https://www.findmypast.co.uk
Re: History of
Leigh, Worcester and London Port Books
Baskerville,
Pakington and other Tudor Will transcriptions.
Re: Pakington
pedigrees.
Richard HOLYMAN of Sturbridge date 1541
Thomas HOLYMAN the Elder of Lye (Leigh) date 1553
Elizabeth HOLYMAN of Leigh date 1558
Humfrey HOLYMAN of Blakeshall, Wolverley date 1575
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