james holbrook (part 3 of 3)

death

1830 is the last year that James appears in the Federal Census. His death is recorded in the Vital Records of Weymouth (p 279) on January 29, 1840. The book states he is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in South Weymouth; which is almost across the street from where his land was on Union Street. James' wife Hannah lived another 12 years and is buried with her husband. I did visit the cemetery to locate thier graves and found them and some other smaller stones which probably are their children that died at a younger age.

From james holbrook feb 2013

James was survived by all but two of his children (Edmund and Loisa both died in 1827).  Most of the remaining children stayed close, residing in Weymouth with their new families.  One son, Cornelius, is noted to have moved to California in the History of Weymouth book on ancestry.com (note 1).  A daughter, Belinda Lindsay, also moved from Weymouth to the town of South Scituate (became Norwell).  Norwell is only a couple of towns away from Weymouth, but not sure how frequently they would have been able to see each other or how they got around to different towns. 

At the time of James' death, he had at least 9 grandchildren, all born in Weymouth.  Even though James never knew all of them, he would eventually have at least 39 grandchildren that lived to adulthood.  I found an additional 14 that died in childhood in the various vital records of Massachusetts. (note 2)

I checked the Probate Index, Norfolk County 1793 - 1900; A-K for James Holbrook and found a case number for his will, dated 1840, no. 9716 (p 545).  The probate records are not online at this time for Norfolk County, so I was unable to view the will.  I am hoping when I do eventually obtain it, I will have more information about James' children and probably land.


notes:

1.  records for Cornelius :

• according to weymouth book Cornelius went to CA (3_278)
• I think some of his brother william's children went to CA - maybe together?
• brother Jeremiah records state born dec 1821 - dates are too close, were they twins - cornelius was jan 1822.  But jeremiah's stone on findagrave states birth was 1822 - so maybe he was born dec 1822 and they were not twins - have to find birth record - maybe it was transcribed incorrectly in the weymouth vital record book
• there is a c holbrook b 1823 living in calaveras california in the 1852 CA state census who was born in MA (on ancestry)
• looked at death index on family search - they have deaths only starting in 1856 for that town - did not find any holbrooks - could have died before 1856 or moved from calaveras
• "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1849-1994" images, FamilySearch citing California, County Birth and Death Records, Various county clerks throughout California. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/2001287
• ALSO a tax register for 1894 in Volcano, CA (Amador county) - Comelius Holbrook b. 1823 in MA
• 1905-1929 - deaths in CA on family search - no cornelius page 509/857 https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932433 maybe he died before 1905
• a cornelius holbrook dies in 1887 in michigan - from find a grave? - not him, found death record on familysearch, parents do not match.
• cannot seem to find him in 1860 and beyond censuses

2. children and grandchildren of James and Hannah:

• oran stayed in weymouth - died same year as father - 1840. had 5 children - 2 died young, all born before 1840
• minot stayed in weymouth - had 4 children before 1840
• edmund and loisa died before they were 20
• james stayed in weymouth - had 7 children - 4 died before a year old - 2 of them before 1840 - one child survived that was born before 1840 - 2 other surviving children were born after 1840. james may have lived in different part of weymouth - buried in different cemetery. - lakeview - 1840 census he is living near an abner and an ira holbrook
• hannah holbrook cushing - stayed in weymouth - had 8 children - 2 before 1840 (one died as child) - 6 after 1840 (4 of the 6 died as children)
• william stayed in weymouth - had 7 children - all after 1840
• jeremiah stayed in weymouth - had 5 children - all after 1840 - 5 more with second wife - 1 died as child
• cornelius - he may have gone to CA
• belinda lindsay holbrook reed - moved to Norwell - had 5 children after 1840
• lucy holbrook - stayed in weymouth - probably in same house as father - had 7 children after 1840 - 2 died as children

to do
1.  visit Elmwood Cemetery again and look closer at smaller stones around James and Hannah
2.  find more information on Cornelius in California
3.  obtain James' will Norfolk County Probate no. 9716