Re: Justus Holley of Dorset, VT
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Justus Holley of Dorset, VT
Lizzie Abelson (Holley) 11/29/11
Hi:
A history of Dorset, VT, indicates that Justus came from Connecticut.Do you know for a fact that he came from Mass.?
I also see that a Joseph Holley lived in Dorset.This Joseph Holley later moved to NY state, I believe.In his Rev. War pension application there is testimony from a Stephen Holley of Cornwall, VT, who was the brother of my ancestor John Holley.John and Stephen were originally from Salisbury, CT before they moved to Cornwall.John later moved to upstate NY.Anyway, this pension testimony suggests the possibility that Joseph was also their brother.I wonder, since Joseph lived in Dorset for a time, whether Justus was another relative of this family.
A suggestion - if you have any male Holley relatives, you encourage them to participate in the Holley family DNA project on FamilyTreeDNA.If nothing else you might confirm a common ancestor.Most of us descend from John Holley of England and Stamford, CT (1618 - 1681).