Randolph Holt was born about 1607 in Prestbury, Cheshire, England and died 1650 at Hogg Island, Surry Co, VA.
The record notes that he came from England on the ship George, 1620-21, placing him among the first settlers of the Virginia Colony. London ship records of 1635 show two other Holts who sailed from England that year. These men were all less than twenty-one years old. American Genealogist, 1961, volume 7, pages 69 to 94, has the following: Randall Holt, born about 1606-7, and immigrant to Virginia on the ship George, 1620-21, as a thirteen-year-old indentured servent to Doctor John Pott, subsequently Governor of Virginia. He was released from servitude by Court Order dated 20 Mar 1625, on 25 Dec 1625.
On 18 Sep 1636, Randall Holt patented 400 acres above the head of Lower Chippoakes creek, near Hog Island, which became Surry Co. in 1652. This was due for the transportation of eight persons including Thomas Read and John Harris. In 1642, he patented 710 additional acres in Surry Co.
The MUSTER of DOCTOR POTTS' men in the MAINE:
to James' Citty
THOMAS LEISTER, aged 33 years
ROGER STANLEY, aged 27
THOMAS PRITCHARD, aged 28
HENRY CROCKER, aged 34; Came in the ABIGAILE, 1620.
THOMAS CROSSE, aged 22
JOHN TRYE, aged 20
WALTER BEARE, aged 28
RANDALL HOLT, aged 18 years, in the GEORGE, 1620.
The rest of his servants, provisions, amunition, &c., at JAMES' CITTY."
(from :THE ORIGINAL LISTS OF PERSONS OF QUALITY; EMIGRANTS; RELIGIOUS EXILES; POLITICAL REBELS; SERVING MEN SOLD FOR A TERM OF YEARS;APPRENTICES; CHILDREN STOLEN; MAIDENS PRESSED; AND OTHERS WHO WENT FROM GREAT BRITAIN TO THE AMERICAN PLANTATIONS 1600-1700.
FROM MSS. PRESERVED IN THE STATE PAPER DEPARTMENT OF HER MAJESTY'S PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, ENGLAND ; EDITED BY JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN. London: CHATTO AND WINDUS, PUBLISHERS. 1874.
He married Mary Bayley. She was born about 1609 in Holland and died about 1636 in Jamestown, VA. She was the daughter of John Bayley.
The Bayley family were Pilgrams who had fled religious persecution in England for Holland, the birth place of Mary. They did not arrive in the New World untill 1618, when Mary was already 10 years old. Her father was listed among the dead at Jamestown between April 1623 and February 1624. She received as her inheritance the patent of 700 acres called Hogg Island in Surry County. Robert Evers was her guardian after the death of her father, until she was of age to take possession of her inheritance.
Their children were:
Randall Holt (born 1640 at Hogg Island, Surry Co, VA)
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