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Hoggard, Nathaniel, was selected in 1722 to the vacuncx in the house o\ I)urgesses frtmi Warwick county caused hy the death c»;' James Rt)SC\\. Anthony llos^L;art died in Alhemarle county in 1754- lli> will names son, Nathaniel Mo,u:i;art. and grand- son Anthony ll(\u:g-art.

Holecroft, Captain Thomas, son of Sir 'I homas Holecroft. of \ale Royal. Cheshire, 1 ".norland, came to \'irginia with Lord Dela- ware in 1610. commanded one of the forts ai Kecoughtan. and died there, lie married the celehrated Mary, daughter of lion. Henry Talbot, stni of George, Earl of Shrewsbury.

Holiday, Anthony, was a burgess from isle of Wight county in the assembly of i92-93, and 1705-or) and one of the jus- tices.

Holladay. Anthony, was burgess from Nansemond county in the assem1)ly of 1752- 1755. Doubtless a descendant from An- thony Holiday of Isle of Wight ( ([. v.).

Holland, Gabriel, yeoman, one of the tirst settlers at Berkeley Hundred in 1620; Imr- gess in 1623. when he was a signer of "The Tragical Relation of the General Assembly," married twice, (first) Mary : (sec- ond) Rebecca.

Hollier, Simon, burgess for l<:iizabeth City county in 1727-1734; son of Simon Hollier. wdio died abotit i6<j7; justice of the peace. and captain of militia. He died in 1747. when his inventory shows that he owned forty-seven negroes.

Holloway, John, a prominent lawyer. came to Virginia from England about 1700. and was first a resident of King and Queen

count\-. for which he was a burgess in 1710- 1712, and 17 12- 1714. Removed to Williams- burg and was first mayor of the city under (be cb.arter of 1722. Burgess for York county in the assemblies of 1720-1722. 1727- 1734, and for Williamsburg, in that of 1723- 172^1. lie was elected speaker November 2 1720. and continued to hold that office in connection with that of treasurer till his death in 1734. Mc married Elizabeth Cocke, widow of Dr. William Cocke, sec- retary of state, and sister of Mark Catesby, the naturalist, but he left no issue.

Hollows, John, was one of the first jus- tices of the court for Westmoreland county, l)eing in 1655 major of the militia. In 1654 lu was a burgess for the county.

Holman, James, burgess from Goochland county in the assembly of 1736- 1740. He left issue a son James, who in 1769 married Sarah Miller, daughter of William Miller.

Holmwood, John, was an emigrant from I-'ngland to Charles City county. He was' a burgess in 1656 and a justL-e in 1658. He married Jane, daughter of Gregory Bland, son of John Bland, an eminent merchant of London. She had been prexiousl}- the wife ot her cousin, lulward lUand, of ■"Kimages." ill Charles City county.

Holt, James, son of Thomas Holt, for- merly of Hog Island in the county of Surry, was a successful lawyer of Norfolk, and was bnrgess for Norfolk county in the assembly of 1 772- 1 774 and i775-i77''>. and in the con- \entions of 1774, 1775 and 1776. He died in 1779. and left his law library to the court of the count)' of Norfolk, and most of his j)roperty to the children of his brother