Birth: 1745 Ewhurst, Surrey, UK
Father: George (Geo) Holt 1700-1776
Mother: Elizabeth ? b1717-1772
Christening: 9 June 1745 St Peter and St Paul,Ewhurst, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 11 May 1774 St James, Abinger, Surrey, Surrey, UK
Wife: Sarah Sayer (Sayers) 1751/2-a1785
Death: February 1804 Wotton, Surrey, UK
Burial: 13 February 1804 St John the Baptist, Okewood, Surrey, UK
Elizabeth Holt [Pullen] 1774-1810
George Holt 1778-1846
William Holt 1780-1781
Henry Holt 1782
Martha Holt [Nethercliffe (Netherclifft), Strudwick] 1785-1844
Christening of William Holt in the IGI on 9 June 1745 in Ewhurst, Surrey, parents George Holt and Elizabeth. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for William Holt baptised 9 June 1745 at Ewhurst, St Peter and St Paul, Surrey, parents George and Elizabeth Holt. "Anno Dom 1744 [...] Anno Dom 1745 [...] [No.] 8 William Son of George Holt & Elizabth his Wife was Baptized June 16th".
Marriage of William Holt and Sarah Sayers in the IGI on 11 May 1774 in Abinger, Surrey. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973. The same information is in the West Surrey Family History Society Surrey Marriage Index adding both were of this parish.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records "11 May 1774 William Holt & Sarah Sayers (M), both of this par. B. By E. E. Witnesses: Hannah Barnard, J. M." in Abinger, Wotton, Oakwood.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for the marriage of William Holt and Sarah Sayers on 11 May 1774 at Abinger, St James. "The Year 1772 Page 18 [...] No. 72 William Holt of this Parish and Sarah Sayers of same Parish Married in this Church by Banns this Eleventh Day of May in the Year One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Seventy four [he signed his name, she made her mark]"
All the children were christened in Oakwood.
Entry in the West Surrey Family History Society West Surrey Burials for William Holt on 12 February 1804 in Okewood.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records for the burial of William Holt on 13 February 1804 in Abinger, Wotton, Oakwood.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for William Holt buried 13 February 1804 in Okewood, St John the Baptist. "Burials 1804 February 13th William Holt Aged [blank] [of] Wootton".
There are fifty eight entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for William Holt.
Oakwood also spelt Okewood is part of the parish of Ockley, Okewood and Forest Green on the A29 south of Dorking. Okewood Hill is about 5 miles east of Ewhurst, and Abinger (Hammer) is 6 miles north. Wooton is a mile east of Abinger Hammer on A25. St John the Baptist, Oakwood Hill (formerly Okewood Hill) was originally a chapel of ease to Wotton and is 8 miles to the south.
William Holt was Felicity's fourth great grandfather.
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