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Note for: Jane Holland, - BEF 9 Mar 1630 Index

Burial:
     Date:   9 Mar 1630
     Place:   Eglwysbach, Denbighshire

Individual Notes

Note for: Jane Holland, BEF 11 Oct 1666 - Index

Baptism:
     Date:   11 Oct 1666
     Place:   Eglwysbach, Denbighshire

Individual Note:
     As can be seen from the gravestone inscription of Hugh Holland, Pen Y Bryn passed into the hands of Robert Jones and ultimately Hugh Holland Roberts. This comes about via the marriage of Jane vch Owen and Margaret Davies through her marriage to Robert Edwards, and is spelt out in the HHE papers as follows:

"Jane Holland the first sister of William Holland married one Robert Edward a tailor of (Pant Y Twyth) and had issue a son Hugh Robert Edwards. Hugh Robert Edwards married for his first wife a respectable woman, the housekeeper in service with a family in Bodnod. Her ????place is not known, and had issue by her a son Robert Hughes who died in his fathers lifetime without issue, and four daughters viz -
(1) Elizabeth, died unmarried at an advanced age,
(2) Margaret married John Peter and had issue one son Robert Jones who inherited Pen Y Bryn estate under the will of Hugh Holland,
(3) Catherine, left the county early in her life and has never been heard of since,
(4) Anne Hughes married Evan Hughes of Bodean and died without issue.

Hugh Roberts, alias Hugh Robert Edwards, married for a second time in his advanced age Anne relict of John Davies, Pen Y Waen, and had issue David Roberts the Uncle of Robert Jones ???? by his will dated 14th October 1803 gave all his estate with his wife Jane Jones and her assigns for and after the death of his said wife and unto his said Uncle David Roberts died 1846, b circa 1770"

" Robert son of John Peter and Margaret the 2nd daughter of HughRobert Edwards was buried Oct 21 1823 aged 47" This latter comment coincides with the information on Anne Holland's gravestone.
There is an inscription at the bottom of the gravestone of Hugh Holland of Pen Y Bryn as follows, "Hugh Holland Roberts of Pen Y Bryn who died 22nd February 1875 aged 24". As HHE was dead before the birth of this Hugh it implies that Hugh Holland Roberts had a son,Hugh, who took his fathers full name. Presumably he inherited the Peny Bryn estate but died without any heirs. It is not known whether he had a wife.

Notes from Brian Holland

Individual Notes

Note for: Jeffrey Holland, - 31 May 1620 Index

Burial:
     Date:   2 Jun 1620
     Place:   Eglwysbach, Denbighshire

Individual Notes

Note for: Jeffrey Holland, - Index

Occupation:
     Date:   1563
     Place:   High Sheriff of Denbighshire

Residence:
     Place:   Pennant, Eglwysfach

Event:
     Type:   Alive
     Date:   1549

Individual Note:
     Jeffrey married Jane vch John Owen of Denbighshire, all sources are in agreement with this, however the LDS website adds the additional information that she came from Trebwll Llansanffraid. Jane was a descendant of Gruffydd ap John as mentioned previously. HHE gives a date of 1540 (XDS/101/23/42) for this marriage.

According to different sources there were nine children of this marriage. The eldest, Hugh, perpetuated the Pennant line whilst the second in line, Owen, started the Pen Y Bryn Line. Gfs identifies his offspring as John, William, Owen and Hugh.

Additional children identified by HHE are Piers, Alice who married Evan Lloyd ap Hugh of Eglwys Bach, Elizabeth who married Tydyr Lloyd of Eglwys Bach probably of the Bodnod family, Catherine who married Rhich ap Rinalt of Llansanffraid. According to the parish records William died in 1638 HHE records him as being a fellow and Tutor of St John College, Camebridge. John married Jane vch Richard Stodart and had sons William and John. There is a death in the Parish record for John Holland who died in 1660, it seems reasonable to assume that this was John ap John as John senior would have been about 90 years old by this date.

In the HHE notes a crime was committed in or around 1595 by John Holland and as a result he was forced to flee the county. This brought disgrace upon the family and resulted in them losing that part of the estate called Pennant Ucha. There is some doubt as to which John was the culprit i.e. John ap Jeffrey or John ap John. It is believed the crime in question was a murder. According to HHE there is correspondence within the Pennant papers referring to this event but so far these have not been found.

There is a Caernarfon Quarter sessions entry that appears to refer to this event, and HHE refers to him as the thankless nephew of William Holland and refers to a letter to his brother Hugh. As John ap John was the nephew of William it seems reasonable to assume it was him. In1756 there was an entry for the burial of Lowry Holland in the PR. It is possible that this was a son of Jeffrey Holland, however as there is no entry for a baptism this assumption cannot be confirmed.

Notes from Brian Holland