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CHILDREN: Carile Santos, Richard Borden of Portsmouth RI,"Your Ancestors, a national magazine of Genealogy and family history"; 1635-1838; Buffalo NY by Harry Ferris Johnston 1947-1959; Part 14; LDS Family History Library Film 1597740 Item 14; NOTE: source lists 3 children, 7 g-children.
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Michael S. Cole, [HYPERLINK http://www.thecolefamily.com/hobby/ahnentafel.htm#ahnentafel ] ; ; copy dated 26 Jan 1994 sent to T Mason; NOTES: Johnston's "Rich Borden & Desc," p 1. RESEARCHER: Anna Burr, Bordentown, NJ.
CHILDREN: Carile Santos, Richard Borden of Portsmouth RI,"Your Ancestors, a national magazine of Genealogy and family history"; 1635-1838; Buffalo NY by Harry Ferris Johnston 1947-1959; Part 14; LDS Family History Library Film 1597740.
RESEARCHER: Information provided to T.Mason on 1Dec2001 by Una A. Bowman. Compilers/researchers have stated Jonathan Borden, (b. 1733) the husband of Martha Holme, was the father of Benjamin Borden who died in 1766. They were unaware or ignored the fact that Samuel Borden, the middle son of Jonathan (b.1733) and Martha Holme Borden was born in 1758. He was 8 years old, in 1766, when Benjamin Borden (d. 1766) made his will. Therefore, if Jonathan, the son of Jonathan (b.1733) and Martha Holme Borden, was considered the half-brother of Benjamin (d. 1766), Samuel (b.1758) should also have been mentioned in Benjamin's (d.1766) will as a half-brother. Joseph as the oldest son of Jonathan (b.1733) and Martha Holme Borden would also have been another half-brother of Benjamin who died in 1766.
The fact that Benjamin Borden (d.1766) had half brothers' Jonathan (b.1733) and Thomas is another indication that Jonathan Borden (b.1690) had more than one marriage. He may have been married three times. Lacking further documentation it is unknown if Benjamin Borden (d. 1766) was:
A. Patience Borden (b. 1720) Allen's brother.
B. From a third marriage of Jonathan (b. 1690) before or after his marriage to Mary Earle.
C. The son of Jonathan Borden (b. 1690) and Mary Earle.It is also unknown if Jonathan Borden (b. 1733) and Thomas Borden (b.1722) were full brothers. Therefore, it is difficult to assign Benjamin, (d.1766) Jonathan (b. 1733) or Thomas (b. 1722) to any marriage of Jonathan Borden (b. 1690).
Jonathan penned his Salem County, New Jersey will on 12 February 1769 at which time five children were living and named in the will. As executrix of Jonathan's estate Martha made her mark and "being of the People called Quakers on her solemn affirmation." I (Una) have a copy of the will, signed by Jonathan Borden.
RESEARCHER-BIRTH: Information provided to T.Mason on 1Dec2001 by Una A. Bowman [una@winco.net]. "Martha Murphy wife her maiden name Homes (Holmes), wife of Henry Murphy, was born (blank) 1737 and baptized July 8, 1787 by Francis Boehler." PROOF: Records of the Moravian Church at Oldman's Creek in Gloucester County, New Jersey by Paul Minotty.
MARRIAGE: Martha Holme Borden (residing in Penns Neck, Salem County, New Jersey) married as her second husband George White (residing in Deerfield, Cumberland County, New Jersey). Her third husband was Henry Murphy. I have a copy of the marriage bond of George White. Records of the Moravian Church at Oldman's Church in Gloucester County, New Jersey by Paul Minotty confirms her marriage to Henry Murphy.
OBITUARY: Records of the Moravian Church at Oldman's Creek in Gloucester County, New Jersey by Paul Minotty; 12 May --Martha Murphy with her maiden name Holmes widow age 56 years. She was born in 1737. Her first husband was Jonathan Bordon (Borden) with whom she had 9 children of which two sons and 1 daughter is yet living and six are gone before her."
Marriage Notes for Jonathan Borden and Martha Holme-3960
RESEARCHER: Information provided to T.Mason on 1Dec2001 by Una A. Bowman [una@winco.net]. The marriage bond dated 25 March 1754
was signed by Jonathan Borden and bondsman John Holme his mark.
Handwritten note signed by Benjamin Holme which gave his consent to
"marriage of Jonathan Burden and Martha Holme from me Benjamin Holme." PROOF: Marriage Records of New Jersey at the New Jersey
Archives in Trenton, New Jersey. I have a copy of the marriage bond
signed by Jonathan Borden.
RESEARCHER: Information provided to T.Mason on 1Dec2001 by Una A. Bowman [una@winco.net]. Salem Co, NJ will records. "Named first in Jonathan's will and believed to be the oldest son. Jonathan's will states "when he comes of age."
Moved to Pasadena, Ca.
Not married; lived in California
Farmer
THE MAN WHO DISAPPEARED - CHARLES AUGUSTUS HOLLAND; by T.C.G.S. (Tuolumne County Genealogical Society) member Charles A. Holland; pp 20-22;
My great-grandfather, riding a white horse, led the 1904 Fourth of July parade up the main street of Tuolumne City. On the fifth of July he disappeared never to be seen or heard from again. This abrupt departure resulted in his vilification in the local papers.
"Charles A. HOLLAND has vanished from this county. If he is guilty of one tenth of the criminal allegations that are rolling in his wake, he has erased a dirty spot from the county by disappearing. We consider that the scandal mongers are plastering him with more black than he deserves. Omit the escapades with abandoned shemales; ignore the detestable ignominy shadowed upon the defenseless family by his vileness and there remain sufficient accusations, which if true, damn him as a scoundrel. Today the revelation is that he was fast and loose to the most culpable degree with the finances of several mining companies of which he had the management -- Starr King, John Royal, Altadena; that he deliberately defrauded by issuing bogus checks; that he defaulted to the corporations by absconding with sev eral hundred dollars of their funds; that he misappropriated coin entrusted to him, and these speculations are extensive among those whose confidence he abused, all of which transgressions are the sins created by immoral females, appetite for whiskey and the enticement of gambling, as report has it. In his flight, so 'tis said, his companion was a blonde, a married woman whose reputation for chastity would not be soiled by rubbing against a libertine, and who is no better than her profligate consort At the date of this writing no intelligence has been obtained of Holland. It is surmised that he has gone to Mexico. Those holding his dishonored checks can feed them to the moths." (The Sonora Banner July 22, 1904)
"Chas. A. Holland, superintendent of the Starr King, Altadena and John Royal mines of this county, to all appearances had departed from the county leaving his business affairs in a very unsettled condition. Naturally not being here and theory adopted that he will not return, he is being maligned by fair weather friends in a manner that does not redound to their credit. Holland has up to the preterit borne a good reputation for honesty and the defalcations he is now accused of are a stirring shock to' his numerous friends. It is to be hoped that he will return and make amends to family and those who have befriended him before he is branded as a libertine and a felon." (The New Era July 23, 1904)
The family he left behind included his wife, Catherine Trewartha HOLLAND and five children, one of whom was my grandfather, Charles Arthur HOLLAND Sr., who was to have his tenth birthday just two days later on 6 July 1904. My grandfather never spoke about his father. I remember family discussions when I was a child, and he would sputter a bit and stop talking. And who could blame him? After all, his father had left amid rumors of scandal. His mother did all she could to keep the family together. She believed him innocent and wrote a letter in his defense that was printed in a local paper.
"DEFENDS HER HUSBAND
Editor, New Era
If you will kindly allow me the use of your esteemed columns for a few words, I shall be grateful. Of all the six papers in this county, 'The Mother Lode Banner' of Sonora is the only one that was low enough to publish the street talk, the malicious slander and the gossip concerning my husband, C. A. Holland, who at present is not here to defend himself. The public undoubtedly realized that some antagonistic feeling between Mr. Holland and the 'Banner' must have prompted the venomous article. Such was indeed the case as many will remember. It was all owing to Mr. Holland's defense of a friend through the columns of a local paper. His friend had been assailed by the 'Banner' and Mr. Holland publicly answered the article. The irresponsible journal accuses Mr. Holland of having "skipped with a blonde". Such a statement points the finger of suspicion at but one woman. That statement was a fearful falsehood and an illustration of the 'Banners' irresponsible manner of news gathering. That blonde is now, and has been with her husband in this county for some time. All true conscientious men give their fellow men credit as they themselves find them personally. I hope the 'Banner' will fall under this class of people and since the 'Banner' is so positive of this woman's immoral character, surely the author of the article must speak from experience. Mr. Holland possibly has made mistakes in his lifetime; many have done the same before him and many will follow after. His wife and five children have all the faith of the husband's return. They have no reason to think otherwise. Mr. Holland was one of the kindest and most indulgent husbands and fathers, and his disposition toward his family had no tendency to show he was tired of them, but rather the reverse. If the voice of the 'Banner' expresses its true spirit, then I will say this: when Mr. Holland leaves his wife and babies to the mercies of the 'Banner' then it will be time enough to class him as a culprit and a rascal."
Signed Mrs. C. A. Holland
My grandfather and his brother, Robert, went to work in the box factory at the Westside Lumber Mill as children to support the family. My grandfather, at the age of 11, had to stand on a box in order to take his place in the production line. This undoubtedly contributed to his disdain of his father.
Regardless of what happened to Charles Augustus, his disappearance caused a major rift in the family. His brothers and sisters and all the Holland relatives, except for my grandfather, were completely cut off from us. Catherine, after waiting several years, took the family to live in Sonora with her parents, Samuel and Elizabeth Oliver TREWARTHA, who owned a drug store.
She never remarried, remaining faithful to her husband until her death. She was buried in the old City Cemetery in Sonora, a fact lost to my family until my son, Charles Elwin, discovered her grave site while working on a high school writing assignment. I am very grateful that schools assign such projects.
The family division was so complete that I did not know of the graves of my third and fourth great grandparents until I began to research the family in the mid-70s. I discovered my third great grandparents, Isaac Taylor and Amanda Daly HOLLAND, and my fourth great-grandfather, John DALY, are buried in the old section of Carters Cemetery with the plots of other founding families of Tuolumne City.
Charles Augustus has never had the opportunity to clear his name, either because he didn't want to or because something happened that prevented it. The unanswered question in the family is, what happened to him? Why would a man with a loving wife and five young children leave and never return?
Most of what I have learned about my great-grandfather comes from a few lines in Tuolumne county newspapers.
"It is said that C. A. Holland is organizing a big company to take hold of the New Era, which is said to be a mine of great promise." (The New Era March 28 1902)
"Mrs. Chas. Holland, Mrs. John Powning, Mrs. J. P. Gallagher and their respective families returned from a summer's outing at Pacific Grove, the early part of this week. Mr. Holland is now the foreman at the Starr King Mine."
I have in my possession a prospectus for the Tuolumne County Development company whose purpose was "Bonding, Buying, Selling, and Operating Mines and Prospects." The company was incorporated for 500,000 shares, par value of one dollar per share, the stock to be offered to investors at one cent a month per share.
The officers of this corporation were C. L. McLaine, President; G. D. Rose, Vice-President; C. A. Belli, Treasurer; G. F. Bartlett, Secretary; Fred Fette, Jr., Attorney; and the Hon. Chas. A. Holland, Consulting Engineer. Directors included J. F. Summers, W. R. Hall, C. K. Parrish, W. Carter, and J. E. Conde.
Brief descriptions of the management in this prospectus have provided me with the only description I have found of my great-grand father.
"Hon. C. A. Holland, than whom no man in the State is better or more favorably known as a successful mine manager, is our consulting engineer. Mr. Holland's seven years successful management of the Buchanan and Providence mines easily places him in the front rank as a mining man. At present he is superintendent of the Altadena and Starr King mines."
The 94 year old question remains. Why would a successful mine superintendent and consulting engineer husband and father of five young children, simply disappear without a trace? Speculation about bad debts and blondes were made at the time, and that may well have been a factor in the initial disappearance but the blonde apparently was still living in the county, according to my great grandmother's letter. One would think that even if an abrupt departure due to bad debts did occur, the man would eventually return to his wife and children. unless foul was involved.
I believe, perhaps intuitively, that my great grandfather was the victim of an unsolved murder. There were many deep mine shafts in the county in 1904, and I postulate that there have been a number of unsolved murders over the years. The strongest evidence for the murder theory is, I believe, the honest passion of his innocence related by his wife in her letter to the newspaper. Catherine Trewartha was the person closest to him and knew him best. and she believed so strongly in him that she waited for years for him to return.
Ed. Note: The children of Charles Augustus and Catherine Trewartha HOLLAND were: Robert E., born September 1887; Arthur, born July 1894; Hubert, born January 1899, died 2 July 1980; Fred, born 1901, married Doris MAXWELL, died 18 August 1980; Ada, who married Robert LYMAN.
BURIAL: Burden's Funeral Home, Tuolumne County
OBITUARY: Calavaras Prospect Newspaper, Oct 16 1963; Robert E. Holland, 76, retired owner of a cabinet shop on Mokelumne Hill
Road, died Thursday, Oct 3, at Bret Harte Hospital. He was a native of California and served as director of Calavaras Public Utility District. He was a member of the San Andreas Lions and San Andreas
Progressive Clubs. Funeral services were held Monday, Oct 7, in St. Andrews Catholic Church,followed by interment in Catholic cemetery. San Andreas Rosary was recited Sunday at 8 pm Gardella Mortuary was in charge of the arrangements. Holland leaves his wife Rose A. Holland of El Ceritto, Hubert Holland of Richmond and Theodore Holland of Berkeley.
WILL: Recorded and probated in Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio in 1844. Transcribed by Charles Burden and sent to T.Mason on 21 Jan 2008.
Written Aug. 15, 1840 New Jeresy and probated July 1844 in Clinton county, Ohio. Be it rembered at a court of common plea's begun and holden at Wilmington with in and for the county of Clinton aforesaid in the fourth Monday in July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fourty four, before Elijah Vance Presdent and Jesse Houghs ----- Isaac Thornburg and David F. Walker his associates judge of the same court here at Wilmington an authenticated copy of the last will and testament of Jacob Borden of Clinton county of Burlington and state of New Jersey deceased, was exhibited to the court here for record in the form following to wit:
I, Jacob Borden of the township of Chester in the county of Burlington and state of New Jersey being at this time in health of body and strength mercy favored with sound mind and memory do sake and ordain this my last will and testament in form following that is to say first order and direct all my just debts and expences to be fully paid and stisfied as soon after my decease as can be conveniently done.
Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Woolman wife to John Woolman and to her heirs and assigns twenty five acres of land a part of land containing about eighty acres which I purchsed of the above name John Woolman situated and lying in the county of Clinton in the state of ohio and now in the occupancy of my son Jacob Borden to be laid off the westerly end of said tract and the line to run parell with the westerly line there of and across the same.
Item I give and bequeath to my son James Borden and his heirs and assignes, thirty acres of land being the southern part of the above mentioned eighty acres, the line to run parallel with the southerly line there of and to bound on the twenty-five acres given my daughter Mary Woolman and on the easterly line of said tract of eighty acres provided he pays to my son Edward Borden or his heirs of assignes fifty-dollars with in one year after my decease which I order him to do.
Item I give to my granson Thomas Jefferson Borden or his heirs the son of my son Benjamin Borden deceased, his heirs or assignes the remainder of the said tract of eighty acres.
Item I give and bequeath to my two grand-daughter Margaret Peak, wife of Aaron Peak and Mary Ann Anderson wife of Charles Anderson assinges two acres of land apart of a tract of land of about twenty eight acres which I purchased of John Woolman aforesaid and situated and lying in the said county of Clinton, state of Ohio to be laid off the southerly end said tract bounding on the line to run parellel from the creek that runs through said tract one end of said two acres to bound on what is called state road to be eqally devided between them. My said grand-doughter Mary Ann Anderson to have the part to and adjointing the said state road the remainder of said tract of twenty eight acres I give an beqeath to my doughter Ann Garwood and to her heirs and her assignes.
Item I order and direct all my lands in the state of New Jersey to be sold and do hereby authorize and impower by executor to sell and convey in fee ---- all my said lands and real estate in New Jersey as afore said and the money arising from my personal estate after paying all my debts and exepenses to be equally divided between my five grand-children to wit: Margaret Peak and Mary Ann Anderson children of daughter Jane Fisher deceased as aforesaid William Borden son of my son William Borden deceased and the two daughters of my son Jacob Borden deceased share and share alike. And lastly I nominate constitute and appoint my friend Levi Borton of Chester aforesaid executor to this my last will and testament in witness where of I have here on to set my hand and seal this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty - 1840. Signed, sealed, published and declared by this said Jacob Borden to be his last will and testament in presence of Joseph Hollingshead and John Busby, Mary Borton signed by Jacob Borden x his mark.