Elisha Holbrook

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name
Elisha Holbrook
sex
male
access
public
summary
Machinist of Plymouth, Massachusetts, son of Gideon Holbrook and probably of Nancy Ellis, and a brother of Capt. Richard Blackmer Holbrook, whose share of their father's land he bought in 1855. He lived at Manomet until at least 1864, later went to California, and died at Port Harford in 1887, recorded as single, a laborer of Santa Rosa; he has a cenotaph at Manomet.
born
date
c. Dec 1823
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[gravestone-gideon-holbrook-1842]
note
From the age on his cenotaph, 63 years 5 months 11 days. The San Francisco funeral record says born in Massachusetts about 1824.
died
date
7 June 1887
place
Port Harford (now Port San Luis), San Luis Obispo County, California
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[gravestone-gideon-holbrook-1842, funeral-record-elisha-holbrook-1887]
note
From his cenotaph at Manomet.
residences
date
1850
place
Plymouth, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1850-plymouth-nancy-holbrook]
note
In his mother's household, a machinist.
father
id
gideon-holbrook-1765
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[will-gideon-holbrook-1841, deed-richard-holbrook-to-elisha-1855]
note
A legatee of Gideon's will. In 1855 his brother Richard B. sold him his share of their late father's estate.
mother
id
nancy-ellis-1781
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1850-plymouth-nancy-holbrook]
note
Born during Gideon's second marriage; in Nancy's household, aged 25, in 1850.

"Machinist," aged 25, in his widowed mother's household at Plymouth in August 1850, beside his brother Richard. In 1849 "Elisha Holbrook, of Plymouth ... Yeoman" sold David Clark his ninth of his father's land for $200, "reserving to my mother Nancy Holbrook the use, income and improvement" of it for five years, "provided she so long live" (deed). He stayed at Manomet until at least 1864, buying out several of his brothers' and sisters' shares of their father's estate, among them Richard's in 1855. Later in California. His cenotaph at Manomet reads "Died at Port Harford Cal. June 7, 1887, Aged 63 y'rs 5 mo's 11 days." A San Francisco funeral record of 8 June 1887 calls him single, a laborer of Santa Rosa.

A letter of January 1854 from Penn Cove, Whidbey Island, to his mother, signed "E. Holbrook," a brother of Capt. Richard B. Holbrook, is filed under his brother Eliphalet; it could be his.

  1. ---
  2. name: Elisha Holbrook
  3. sex: male
  4. access: public
  5. summary: >-
  6. Machinist of Plymouth, Massachusetts, son of Gideon Holbrook and probably of Nancy Ellis, and a
  7. brother of Capt. Richard Blackmer Holbrook, whose share of their father's land he bought in 1855.
  8. He lived at Manomet until at least 1864, later went to California, and died at Port Harford in
  9. 1887, recorded as single, a laborer of Santa Rosa; he has a cenotaph at Manomet.
  10. born:
  11. date: c. Dec 1823
  12. basis: documented
  13. confidence: probable
  14. sources: [gravestone-gideon-holbrook-1842]
  15. note: From the age on his cenotaph, 63 years 5 months 11 days. The San Francisco funeral record says born in Massachusetts about 1824.
  16. died:
  17. date: 7 June 1887
  18. place: Port Harford (now Port San Luis), San Luis Obispo County, California
  19. basis: documented
  20. confidence: probable
  21. sources: [gravestone-gideon-holbrook-1842, funeral-record-elisha-holbrook-1887]
  22. note: From his cenotaph at Manomet.
  23. residences:
  24. - date: "1850"
  25. place: Plymouth, Massachusetts
  26. basis: documented
  27. confidence: proven
  28. sources: [census-1850-plymouth-nancy-holbrook]
  29. note: In his mother's household, a machinist.
  30. father:
  31. id: gideon-holbrook-1765
  32. basis: documented
  33. confidence: proven
  34. sources: [will-gideon-holbrook-1841, deed-richard-holbrook-to-elisha-1855]
  35. note: A legatee of Gideon's will. In 1855 his brother Richard B. sold him his share of their late father's estate.
  36. mother:
  37. id: nancy-ellis-1781
  38. basis: inferred
  39. confidence: probable
  40. sources: [census-1850-plymouth-nancy-holbrook]
  41. note: Born during Gideon's second marriage; in Nancy's household, aged 25, in 1850.
  42. ---
  44. "Machinist," aged 25, in his widowed mother's household at Plymouth in August 1850,
  45. beside his brother Richard. In 1849 "Elisha Holbrook, of Plymouth ... Yeoman" sold David Clark his
  46. ninth of his father's land for $200, "reserving to my mother Nancy Holbrook the use, income and
  47. improvement" of it for five years, "provided she so long live"
  48. ([deed](/files/sources/deed-elisha-holbrook-to-clark-1849/)). He stayed at Manomet until at least 1864, buying out several
  49. of his brothers' and sisters' shares of their father's estate, among them Richard's in
  50. 1855. Later in California. His cenotaph at Manomet reads "Died at Port Harford Cal.
  51. June 7, 1887, Aged 63 y'rs 5 mo's 11 days." A San Francisco funeral record of 8 June
  52. 1887 calls him single, a laborer of Santa Rosa.
  54. A letter of January 1854 from Penn Cove, Whidbey Island, to his mother, signed "E. Holbrook," a
  55. brother of Capt. Richard B. Holbrook, is filed under his brother Eliphalet; it could be his.
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