Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
Notes for John HOLYOKE
• 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)
• John & Ellen were members of a religious and social guild located in nearby Knowle, Warwick, England in 1486.
• These guilds were very popular at the time, and were created for the purpose of encouraging charity and useful living. Social activities within these guilds included meetings, pageants, and feasts.
• The guild to which John and Ellen were members was quite popular, and was known to have several thousand members from the counties of Warwick, Worcester, and Stafford.
• 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)
• John & Ellen were members of a religious and social guild located in nearby Knowle, Warwick, England in 1486.
• These guilds were very popular at the time, and were created for the purpose of encouraging charity and useful living. Social activities within these guilds included meetings, pageants, and feasts.
• The guild to which John and Ellen were members was quite popular, and was known to have several thousand members from the counties of Warwick, Worcester, and Stafford.