THE HALLIDAY - HOLLIDAY ARMS
 The writer finds the best or rather most inter-
esting description in Burke's General Armory,
1878, page 500, as follows:	.

"ARMS: Sable, three helmets, argent; gar-
	nished or, a bordure engrailled on the last.

The writer finds several other mottos of record:

Virtuti parta. Simply the word Merito and Nulli Virtuti secundus. The last named is the one adopted by the Virginia-Georgia Hollidays. It appears that the selection of a motto is entirely optional. The seat of the original arms is Chapel Cleve, near Dumster, England.

CREST: A demi-lion rampant or holding an anchor azure.

The arms is shown in the books as to follow:

MOTTO: Quarta Saluti.

The coloring as shown in the description is as follows:

No doubt many have wondered as to just the significance of a coat of arms. Horace J. Round in his "Completee Guide to Heraldry," answers this question.

The shield is of black. The three helmets are of silver ornamented with gold. The border, its inner edge, engrailled, is of gold.

The Demi-lion is of gold. The anchor is of blue.

The ribbon is of gold, the motto lettered in black. The wreath, on which the crest rests, is of alternate twists of gold and black." Quotation ends.

He says: "Heraldry having been reduced to this parlous state, what was the worth of a coat of arms? What meaning was left to it? Well, it represents an assertion that one belonged to a certain family: it was understood to denote that and nothing more than that. If you could prove your descent from that family, you were merely asserting the truth. If, on the other hand, you could not do so, you were guilty to that extent of more or less conscious deception. "

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In this connection it may be of interest to list the names of some old Holliday Estates in Maryland and Virginia. Some of the names: Wye House, Readbourne, St. Aubin, Bonfield, Ratcliffe, Hermitage, Peach Blossom, Bellefonte, (Va.), Prospect Hill, Canterberry, and Billingsly Point (Va.). When you tour the east, pause a while, and see some of these interesting old places.

My nephew and his wife, John Zellars and Mary Hester Holliday, have already done this and found Prospect Hill in Spottsylvania county-Quoted-way back in the hills, off any main highway, and perfectly beautiful. The land is on Little Anne river, and Holliday connections live all around. The family owning 
. Prospect Hill-Hollidays-live there in summer and in Richmond in winter. The original home was burned but was rebuilt in 1812. You never saw such giant and gorgeous boxwood as is there. Quotation ends.

Judging by descriptions of some of the old Virginia homes, as well as the place of residence selected by my own great-grandfather in Georgia, the first consideration of these pioneers, was
plenty of water, and an abundance of wild game. ,

There. is a story in the family that this writer's own father once killed five wild turkeys and two
crows, at one shot. (No doubt from a blind.)

. The reader will npte that there is an average of three gen~rations to each 100 years, so we start our table with number one, Thomas of Pontefract, 1435. The records of our own country are not as accurate as the old records of England. In this country we have to depend almost entirely on Land Grants, wills, and deeds and these in some cases have been poorly kept and in some instances burned. Some of the lists compiled in recent years have been found quite inaccurate in a number of instances.

A case in point, more than one of these records states that Co!. Thomas, Co!. Leonard, and William Holliday were passengers on the "second vessel to land on these shores." It happens that the Fortune was the next vessel to arrive after the Mayflower, in 1620, and there is an authentic list of passengers to arrive on the Fortune. Noone by the name Holliday in any of the various spellings is on the list. Many ships arriving in those days did not turn in a list of its passengers, but it happens that the Fortune did.

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The writer has studied only the direct male line leading to his own family. Readers will find a list of reference books at the end of this record from which this record has been compiled. The several pictures shown from here on, are inserted to show four generations of Hollidays. The one of Allen T. and his wife Eliz
abeth is one of the earliest photographs made' in America.

The Frenchman, Daguerre, died in 1851, and invented photography shortly before his death.

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700 YEARS OF HOLLIDA YS 1240 - 1940

In 1240 Walter Holliday was Lord of Manor at St. Botolph in Kent.

In 1273 Richard Holliday lived in Buckinghamshire.

In 1278 Richard Holliday, probably son of Walter, possessed Tivil in Kent.

In 1298 Thomas Holliday lived in Bedfordshire.

In 1305 John Holliday represented Bedford in Parliament.

In 1338 John Holliday of Pontefract repr6sented Edward III in the wars against the Scots. Edward commanded him to take 20 bowmen and men at arms, to be paid by him.

The direct line begins here wi th No.1, so far as this wri ter can trace.

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No. 1. In 1435 Thomas Holliday of Pontefract commanded 500 archers in Sir John Shirley's division of the British army at the battle of Agincourt. He is spoken of as "the last Laird of Coverhead."

No.2. In 1470 Sir Walter Holliday of Rodborough, county of Gloucester, was called "Master of the Revels" to Edward IV, and was granted arms by his king in 1470. He had four sons, Henry, Edward, William and John. This writer failed to find any mention of the wives of No. ] and No.2.
No.3. In about 1500 Henry Holliday of Minchin and Hampton, married Miss Payne of Payne's Court and he inherited his father's estate.

No.4. In ]520 William Holliday of Rodborough. He married Sarah Bridges in ]548. He is spoken of as "a person of considerable note," and sent his son Leonard to London, where he made 'quite a record.

No.5. In ]550-]610 Sir Leonard Holliday lived. He was sheriff and later Lord Mayor of London, about 1605. He married Anne Wincott or Winholdt. They had one son, John,

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After Sir Leonard's death' his widow married Henry the Great, Earl of Lancaster. Armstrong states the reverse, and says, viz, that Sir Leonard married the widow of the Earl, but a preponderance of the writers say that the Earl married Sir Leonard's widow. Sir Leonard was knighted by King James 1. While mayor he is said to have performed wonders. 

Moorfield, near London, described as a perfect lystal, he converted into a beautiful garden. It is said that he worked his men so hard that they called any work he had anything to do with, "Holyday work."

No.6. In the forepart of the 1600's John Holliday, 1578, only son of Sir Leonard, married Alice Ferrars. She died at the birth {)f a son, also named John. He spent his early years in London, but he also lived at Yard House in Middlesex and at Frome Hall. There is some doubt as to whether it was the senior who came to Virginia in 1638. This writer accepts the junior as more likely correct. A Virginia deed
dated in 1638, is recorded from Christopher Wormly, to various parties described as being near or adjoining lands of others named, "and John Holliday."

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This writer accepts .N o. 7" Thomas Holliday as a grandson of Sir Leonard.

No.-7. In 1650 Capt. (Col.) Thomas Holliday, arrived ih Virginia., Several writers claim that'he did not arrive until 1656 and that he was "the first of the name to arrive on these'shores." This. wri~er" believes he can prove that both statments are errone.ous.', 'Greer's record shows ~b~t~Th9m~s': arflve4 in ;"i650.,' ':N ugents' Cava'. H-ers:and Pioneers Shows Land deeded by Thomas Tacker to Thomis Holliday in Oct. 1650. Said land was "in Locust Neck and Adjoins Ric.li Neck.". Another tract, "located towards head of Tanx~ Weynoake Run," was deeded to him in 1656. As has already been stated,. Greer shows the arrival of several Holli
d~~s ~n 1637-8 andf~ 1650.

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. ,Ca~t: ",~Thomis ,ma'~ri.ed th~" .widow of. Col. J ~hii: Binton; and,she 'bore him, eleven chil'~r~n, but only t~~' ar~:'~entioned 'in: "the records of
Williamsburg _. Thomas and John.	This
Thomas is claimed as ancestor of the Hollidays of Maryland, while John was called John Marshall, founded the Virginia and Georgia Hollidays.

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No.8. John Marshall Holliday, 1690-1742, is mentioned as captain, also as colonel, and was also called Holliday Gent. He married first Anne Lewis, and second Elizabeth Brocas. He fell in Gates defeat at Camden. His home was called "Bellefonte," and the local courts often met there.

No.9. John Holliday, Jr., 1728-1781. Some writers omit this John., Some of. ,the writers ignore his existence,l;mt Hayden in "Virginia Genealogies" also Armstrong, claims a genera. tion betewen John Marshall and Elijah William. The name John seems to have been a favorite down the centuries. (The writer wondrs why his father did not call him John.)

first wife was Margaret Johnson and she is the one mentioned by most writers. His will proves that he married a second time. The second wife was Anne Ayres, and she is mentioned in his will, as legatee. Further evidence is a son named
Ayres. Ayres and son John were minors at
Elijah William's death in 1778. The old man was then about 78, so to have minor children, he certainly had a much younger wife.

If anyone is still skeptical ~s to this ancestor, they can check up on the writer's conclusion by referring to copy of his will as recorded in: "Davidson's Notable Southern Families," vol.
2, page 68. His will was probated in Wilkes county, Georgia.

No. 10. Elijah vVilliam, born sometime between 1700 and 1720. This writer can only surmise that old man Elijah William liked his middle name 'better than; he did ,the Elijah, because in signing his will, and' other papers of record, he signed simply as William Holliday. He was among the first to come from Virginia to Georgia.

Some writers also credit him with only one marriage, but there is ample evidence that his

No. 11. Thomas Holliday, also called Owen Thomas, 1750-1800. Married first Elizabeth Ray, second, Martha Dickerso~.. Children: Richard, Ivey, John, Allen, Sarah, Polly, Mary,
Thoq1as and Dickerson. Stella Pickett Hardy shows Elizabeth Ray as the wife, but there is ample evidence that Martha Dickerson was a second wife. The name Dickerson was given
to one of her sons and this name was carried through several generations. Further, Martha,

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