Wills Sections
Up to 1599 1600–1649 1650–1699 1700–1749 1750–1799 1800–1849 1850–1899

1750-1799

This is a summary in date order of the information contained within. The wills recorded in Rochdale Library. Wills are a great source of major bequests to close relatives, personal estate assets and liabilities.

Date Proved Name and Position Address Relatives Named
1750 Mary Holt Rochdale
28.4.1750 Arthur Holt, collier Hundersfield Wife Ann; son Joshua; grandchildren James and Mary; other children Ann, James, Mary, John, Robert, Arthur, Thomas, Alice and Hannah; grandchild Betsy.
1.4.1751 Elizabeth Holt, innholder Hors Mill, Rochdale Daughter Martha and grandchildren.
1.6.1751 Francis Holt, yeoman
(messuages and lands in Blakely, Manchester; houses in Rochdale) 		Lower Place Green, Rochdale Robert Holt of Lowerhey, clothier; Francis Holt of Lowerplace, clothier; Thomas, son of John Holt, Rochdale innkeeper; Alice Holt.
1752 John Holt Blackwater St., Rochdale Sons William and John; daughters Mary, Ann and Sarah; wife Sarah.
16.3.1752 Martha Holt, innholder
had a pew in Rochdale Church		 Horsmill, Rochdale Aunt Mary Holt; cousin John; Francis Holt; Elizabeth, daughter of William Holt.
13.10.1752 Mary Holt, widow
(son William named as executor but died in 1751; total under £30) 		Rochdale Daughters Alice, Mary, Ann (wife of Henry Holt); sons James, Thomas, William and Edward.
28.11.1754 Richard Holt, yeoman
(owned freehold messuages, some occupied by Holts: Robert, Henry, Richard, Edmund, Thomas; Henry H. occupied a messuage in Spotland) 		Rochdale, Spotland Sons Richard and Arthur (both under 21) and John (freeholds); wife Mary; seven daughters; grandchildren (1s each): William Holt and Ann, John Holt and Sarah.
18.5.1755 William Holt, innkeeper Rochdale (Spotland) Brother Edward; sons Charles, John and James; daughters Mary, Margaret and Jane.
10.9.1761 Alice Holt Browns in Spotland No Holts named.
April 1765 Robert Holt Lancaster Will proved by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
28.9.1771 Robert Holt, yeoman Trub, Castleton Half‑brothers Roger Holt and John Holt; niece Ann; James Holt of Greave.
1772 Frances Holt Rochdale
1772 Thomas Holt Rochdale
26.8.1774 James Holt, yeoman Hugh Mill, Rochdale Sons James and Charles; sister Judith.
14.12.1774 Thomas Holt, yeoman Rochdale; land in Spotland Wife Martha; daughter Mary.
1775 John Holt Rochdale
18.9.1776 Edmund Holt, yeoman
had rental income 		Clegswood, Butterworth Brother James (of Black‑at‑Hill, Butterworth); sisters Mary and Sarah; nephew John Holt and Edmund his son; Edmund Holt of Little Cleg, a weaver, and James his son.
1.7.1776 Robert Holt, cloth maker Lower Place, Rochdale Wife Phebe; son James; grandson Robert.
6.11.1777 John Holt, cloth dresser Newgate, Rochdale Sons Cornelius, John, Edmund and Thomas; daughters Elizabeth and Mary.
23.2.1778 John Holt, yeoman Stubby Lee, Rochdale Wife Alice; also living at Stubby Lee: William Holt and James Holt, tradesmen.
2.7.1778 John Holt, husbandman
messuages and land 		Church Lane, Castleton Daughters Ellen and Ann; nephew John Taylor.
3.4.1779 William Holt, clothier
woollen manufacturer; fulling mill 		Stubbyloo, Rochdale Brother James (partner in woollen manufacture business); wife Betty; four children not named.
Will proved by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
1780 Martha Holt Rochdale
8.7.1784 Francis Holt, merchant Lowerplace, Castleton Wife Elizabeth; nephew Robert (son of brother Robert), under £600.
24.5.1787 Robert Holt Hundersfield, Chapman Wife Isabel; children James, Robert, John and Mary.
28.2.1788 John Holt, merchant Toad Lane, Rochdale Wife Mary; brother Robert; sons Robert, John and Francis; daughters Susan, Betty, Margaret, Mary; grandson John Ashton.
1789 James Holt Wardleworth
7.1.1790 James Holt, labourer Wardleworth, Rochdale Niece Esther; sisters Mary, Betty and Ann.
1790 Mary Holt Rochdale
1791 Elizabeth Holt Castleton
10.12.1792 Elizabeth Holt Lowerplace, Castleton Sister Mary; niece Betty and her children.
23.12.1793 James Holt, cloth dresser Packer Meadow, Castleton Sons John, Robert and Edmund; daughters Pheoby, Mary and Susan; wife not named.
14.4.1794 Robert Holt
owned messuages and lands		 Yorkshire St., Rochdale Wife Ellin; daughters Lucy, Mary, Sarah and Betty.
16.4.1795 Mary Holt, spinster
heir of Thomas Holt, merchant, deceased 		Rochdale James Holt, son of late uncle James of Greave.
1795 John Holt Rochdale
2.7.1798 John Holt, woollen weaver Hamer Mill Lane End, Hundersfield Sons Thomas, John, James, Edmund and Jacob.
1798 Thomas Holt Rochdale

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