Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameAnne FLETCHER 
1, F
1, FBirthabt 1525, Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England2
Deathabt Feb 1587, Alcester Parish, Tanworth, Warwickshire, England
Burial4 Feb 1587, Alcester Parish, Tanworth, Warwickshire, England
FatherPhilip FLETCHER , M (~1490-~1547)
MotherAnne SMITH , F (~1492-~1587)
Spouses
1William DAWLER , M
, MDeathabt 1546, Alcester Parish, Tanworth, Warwickshire, England
Family ID216
Marriageabt 1545
2Thomas HOLYOKE 1, M
1, MBirthabt 1530, Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England
Deathabt Jan 1569, Alcester Parish, Tanworth, Warwickshire, England
Burial23 Jan 1569, Alcester Parish, Tanworth, Warwickshire, England
OccupationMercer
FatherWilliam HOLYOKE , M (~1490-<1573)
MotherJoane FLETCHER HAWTHORNE , F (~1491-~1573)
Family ID10
Marriageabt 1550, Alcester Parish, Tanworth, Warwickshire, England
3William ABELL , M
, MFamily ID903
Notes for Anne FLETCHER
• First name has also been recorded as “Ann”
• Some records list her year of birth as “1522” and her year of death as “1588”
• Ann’s maiden name is sometimes recorded as “Hawthorne” … However, “Edward Hawthorne” is her step father. Her biological father is “Phillip Fletcher.”
• Some records list her year of birth as “1522” and her year of death as “1588”
• Ann’s maiden name is sometimes recorded as “Hawthorne” … However, “Edward Hawthorne” is her step father. Her biological father is “Phillip Fletcher.”
Notes for Thomas (Spouse 2)
• Surname has also been spelled as “Holliock, Holiocke, Holiock or Holyocke,” During this period of time, before about the late 1600’s, many writers relied on the spoken phonetic / pronunciation because literacy rate of most people of the time was quite low.
• The surname HOLYOKE and all of its variant forms seem to be derived from the holy oak, or gospel oak, an archaic term for a boundary tree. In Anglo-Saxon it is ““hálig āc” (Holy Oak)
• Some records lists his year of birth as “1520” or even “1535”
• In some records the spelling of his surname was “Hollioake, Holliocke or Holiocke.“
• Some records lists his name as “William Thomas Holyoke”
• There’s a record that list his occupation as a Blacksmith.
• Thomas' will, dated 27 December 1568, was probated 10 June 1569, makes his wife Ann his executrix and bequests to "John, my eldest , son," "John, my younger son," son Thomas and daughter Jane, John and , Alice "my brother's children, " Edward and Ankar Hawthorne. The , "overseer" of the execution of the will is "my eldest son John."
[S:34], [S:63], [S:246]
• The surname HOLYOKE and all of its variant forms seem to be derived from the holy oak, or gospel oak, an archaic term for a boundary tree. In Anglo-Saxon it is ““hálig āc” (Holy Oak)
• Some records lists his year of birth as “1520” or even “1535”
• In some records the spelling of his surname was “Hollioake, Holliocke or Holiocke.“
• Some records lists his name as “William Thomas Holyoke”
• There’s a record that list his occupation as a Blacksmith.
• Thomas' will, dated 27 December 1568, was probated 10 June 1569, makes his wife Ann his executrix and bequests to "John, my eldest , son," "John, my younger son," son Thomas and daughter Jane, John and , Alice "my brother's children, " Edward and Ankar Hawthorne. The , "overseer" of the execution of the will is "my eldest son John."
[S:34], [S:63], [S:246]
Notes for William (Spouse 3)
• A blacksmith