Captain Charles Holden, Jr.

Male 1695 - 1785  (98 years)

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  • Name Charles Holden 
    Title Captain 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth Between Jun 1686 and 1695  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Jan 1785  Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial 22 Jan 1785  Elder Charles Holden Lot, Second Point Rd., Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I03861  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Charles Holden,   b. 22 Mar 1665/66, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1717 (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Catherine Greene,   b. 15 Aug 1665, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1755 (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage Between 1686 and 1692 
    Family ID F01439  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Penelope Bennett,   b. Abt 1689   d. 13 Apr 1756 (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 13 Dec 1716  Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Children 
     1. Barbara Holden,   b. 13 Sep 1717, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Charles (1) Holden,   b. 3 Apr 1719, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1719, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     3. Anthony Holden,   b. 10 Jun 1721, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1721, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     4. Charles (2) Holden,   b. 6 Jan 1722/23, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. John Holden,   b. 18 May 1724, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1749/50, at sea Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
    Family ID F01789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 2 Hannah Carpenter,   b. Abt 1687   d. 10 Jun 1781 (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 23 Jan 1757  [3] 
    Family ID F01867  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • He was ordained 16 June 1757. His will, dated 14 Jan 1782 and proved 13 June 1785, freed most if not all of their family's slaves. At his funeral, Elder John Gorton preached on 2 Timothy 4:7 & 8.

      "HOLDEN Elder Charles, at Warwick, aged 89 years, 7 months, 15 days; funeral text Timothy 11, ch. v. 7-8; was ordained an elder at 62 years of age and had baptised 62 persons as appears from the church records; Jan. 20, 1785 Providence" obit (b. c 5 June 1695)

      "HOLDEN Elder Charles, at Warwick, aged 98 years, 7 months, 15 days; Jan. 20, 1785 Providence" obit (b. c 5 June 1686)

      Since his first wife was born c 1689 and his second wife was born c 1687, the second age given above (98) may be the correct one (but needs verification). However, the RI Cemetery Database has the following entry: HOLDEN CHARLES, ELDER 1696c - 20 JAN 1785 WK115. This suggests that the age on his gravestone is 89.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012590] Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S012423] Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, Elder John Gorton and the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, RI, (Greenville, RI: RI Genealogical Society, 2001), 129.

    3. [S012423] Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, Elder John Gorton and the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, RI, (Greenville, RI: RI Genealogical Society, 2001), 130.

    4. [S012451] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Warwick -- Marriages.