• Individuals are listed chronologically, and those in red show my line of descent.
• Connections of collateral lines to main lines are indicated by linked names.
• Generations within a family are separated by a series of asterisks.
• Unknown or unsubstantiated data are marked with blanks or with question marks.
| Abraham |
born: (about 1715) in Anne Arundel County, MD married: Asenath Spires ( ) in MD children: Charles, Jacob, Thomas died: ( ) in buried: census: note: These data have NOT been verified with any documentation on my part. The parents of Charles, Jacob, and Thomas are speculative at this point.
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| Charles | married: (a) Sarah Hughes ( ) in Abbeville County, Ninety-six District, SC (b) _?_ Smith (after 1804) in Choctaw County, MS children: (a) Margaret [R. Gammill], Absalom, Charles Miller, Jacob H., Sarah [I. Dudley] (b) Reuben A. died: (March 16, 1848) in Clarkson, Choctaw County, MS buried: New Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Webster County, MS census: On the 1840 census, he was in Choctaw County, MS; on the 1850 and 1860 census, various of his offspring [Absalom, Charles Miller, and Jacob H.] were in Choctaw County, MS note: A number of Holland descendants are buried in the New Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Webster County, MS. |
| Jacob |
born: (about 1761) in Anne Arundel County, MD married: Sarah Miller (about 1780) in SC children: Polly, Elizabeth, Peggy, Jane, Charles Sherwood, Sampson, Hannah [Rogers], Sarah [Sanders] died: (October 1, 1852) in Greene County, AL buried: Hebron Churchyard, Mt. Hebron, Crum County, AL census: On the 1800 census, he was in Abbeville County, SC (?); on the 1810 census, in Pendleton County, SC (?); on the 1820 census in Jackson County, MS; on the 1830 census, in Perry County, AL (?) note: He fought in Revolutionary War beside his brother, Charles Holland. After his marriage to Sarah Miller, he moved to Madison County, AL, in 1813; he was in Greene County, AL, in 1826; he moved to Pickens County prior to 1830. |
| Thomas |
born: (December 17, 1763) in Anne Arundel County, MD married: (a) Jane Adair (about 1789) in (b) Prudence Leggett children: (a) Casey, Delilah, Rachel, Sarah, Elizabeth, Asenath, Jane, Thomas (b) died: ( ) in buried: census: note: Jane Adair was born about 1762 in Laurens County, SC
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| Charles Sherwood | married: Elizabeth Smith (about 1816) in MS children: Jacob Leroy, Robert S., William Sherwood, Levi Hugh, Alpha, unknown female (1825-1829), John W., Ebenezer, Mary Eleanor [H. Cravey], Martha [W. H. Whittington] died: (after 1880) in Hardin County, TX buried: Holland cemetery (about 10 miles off Hwy 69) in Kountze, Hardin County, TX census: On the 1850 census, he was in Jefferson County, TX; on the 1860 and 1870 census, in Hardin County, TX; on the 1880 census, he was with his son John W. Holland in Hardin County, TX note: He founded the Holland Settlement in the late 1840's in Hardin County, TX.
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| Jacob Leroy | married: Frances Ann Florida Goode (1846) in AL? children: Charles Gideon, Nancy Elizabeth [Sims], Frances Alabama [Rigsby], William McMillian, Susan Mary, Louisa Octavia [Hicks], Florida Ann [Moffett] died: (about 1875) in buried: census: On the 1850 census, he was in Jefferson County, TX; on the 1870 census, in Tyler Couny, TX; note: |
| Robert S. |
born: (about 1820) in MS married: Susannah Sumrall (July 15, 1844) in Mobile County, AL children: Elizabeth S., Nancy E., Andrew J., Charles W., Rosanna, Martha, William, Baby J. (?), Susannah, Caroline died: (1880) in Tyler County, TX buried: census: On the 1850 census, he was in Jefferson County, TX; on the 1870 census, in Tyler County, TX note: |
| William Sherwood |
born: (February 15, 1822) in Dog Creek, Jackson County, MS married: Nancy Sumrall (February 3, 1848) in Jefferson County, TX children: Margaret, Charles Sherwood II, Martha Ann [Overstreet], Elizabeth, Jiles, William, Robert, Drewry died: (February 13, 1868) in Jefferson County, TX buried: census: On the 1850 census, he and his wife were with his brother Robert S. Holland in Jefferson County, TX; on the 1870 census, his widow was in Tyler County, TX note: |
| Levi Hugh |
born: (about 1823) in MS married: (a) Elizabeth Goff ( ) in (b) Frances Elizabeth Jones (April 9, 1860) in Hardin County, TX children: (a) Mary Jane [Monk], Charles Wesley (Bud), Elizabeth Luelin (Ellen) [W. Richardson], Jacob J. R., James, Martha F. [J. Richardson], Melissa [Nolin?], John H. (b) Florida A. [Jenkins], Sallie [Hinton], Ebenezer Smith, Martha J., William Thomas Jefferson, Georgia died: ( ) in buried: census: On the 1850 census, he was in Jefferson County, TX; on the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census, in Hardin County, TX; note: |
| Alpha |
born: (about 1826) in MS married: Martha Blackman ( ) in children: John Sherwood and Charley Taylor died: ( ) in buried: census: On the 1850 census, he was with his father in Jefferson County, TX; note: |
| unknown (female) |
born: (about 1825-1830) in MS married: ( ) in children: died: ( ) in buried: note: According to the 1840 census of Jackson County, MS, the household of Charles Sherwood Holland included a female, age 10-15, who is presently unknown. She does not appear on the 1850 roll in Jefferson County, TX, with the rest of the family. It is likely that she had married by 1847 and remained in MS. |
| John W. |
born: (about1828) in MS married: Melissa McNeely ( ) in children: Charles H., John W. Jr, Sarah Josephine [F. Yeager], Nancy Elisabeth, Eldorado [McCauley], Florence B. [McCauley] died: ( ) in buried: Holland cemetery (about 10 miles off Hwy 69) in Kountze, Hardin County, TX census: On the 1850 census, he was with his father in Jefferson County, TX; on the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census, in Hardin County, TX; note: |
| Ebenezer |
born: (about 1833) in MS married: Matilda Ann Smith (September 15, 1859) in Hardin County, TX children: Elbert Sherwood died: ( ) in buried: census: On the 1850 census, he was with his father in Jefferson County, TX; on the 1860 census, he and his wife were with his father in Hardin County, TX; note: He died during the Civil War. His widow married Daniel S. D. McNeely (January 29, 1868) in Hardin County, TX. |
| Mary Eleanor (Ellen) |
born: (August 22, 1835) in MS married: Henry Cravey, Jr (January 11, 1849) in Beaumont, Jefferson County, TX children: Charles H., Mary Elizabeth [Patton], Alexander (Alex), John (Jack), Benjamin Franklin (Ben), Henry III, Mont (Doc), Martha [Davis], Melvina [Potter], Florida [McKinney] [Cravey], James (Jim), Fletcher, Nellie Elnora [Crain] died: (July 5, 1908) in TX buried: Ingenhuett ranch (7 miles south of Center Point on Elm Pass Road) in Kerr County, TX census: On the 1850 census, she was with her husband in Jefferson, County, TX; on the 1860 census, in Jackson County, TX; on the 1870 census, in Kendall County, TX; on the 1880 census, in Comal County, TX; on the 1900 census, in Kerr County, TX note: |
| Martha |
born: (April 6,1836) in Dog Creek, MS married: William Hobard (Bill) Whittington (June 30, 1857) in Jefferson County, TX children: Melina [J. Andress], Charles Hobard (Hobb), Clara Ann [J. P. Warren], William Ebenezer (Eb), Orpha Ellen (Phene) [S. W. Weatherford], Martha Cecilia (Celia) [J. Andress], Ida Ann [T. L. Folks] died: (September 15, 1878) in Liberty County, TX buried: Whittington Cemetery in Devers, Liberty County, TX census: On the 1850 census, she was with her father in Jefferson County, TX; on the 1860 census, she was with her husband in Hardin County, TX note: Her husband was the son of and Melina Dalton; he married his second wife Althea Ann Lee (June 30, 1880) in |