Hon. Capt. Randall Holden

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Randall Holden (c. 1612—1692) was an early inhabitant of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, was one of the original founders of Portsmouth, and one of the co-founders of the town of Warwick. Coming from Salisbury in England, he is first recorded in New England as one of the signers of the compact establishing the settlement of Portsmouth by followers of the banished dissident minister, Anne Hutchinson. Following a few years on Aquidneck Island (called Rhode Island), he joined Samuel Gorton and ten others in establishing the town of Warwick in early 1643, on land purchased of the Indian sachems.

Notes for Randall HOLDEN: Hon. Randall Holden 1612 - 1692 Frances Dungan 1632 - 1697

from "Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemange's Descendants;, Vol. III by G. Orton Buck and Timothy Filed Beard, 1996 Edition. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. pp. 136, 137, 138. Genealogies of RI Families, 1983, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, V. 1. p473

Randall Holden-Marshall and Corp. at Portsmouth, RI. 1638, Assistant, 1647 et seq., Capt. 1664, Deputy 1666-86

Again, from Austin:

Randall HOLDEN, b. 1612, d. 23 Aug 1692, m. 1648 Frances DUNGAN, b. ca. 1630, d. 1697, dau. of William & Frances (LATHAM) DUNGAN. He was from Salisbury, England. On March 4, 1637, he and Roger Williams were witnesses to the deed of Aquidneck from Canonicus and Miantonomi to William Coddington. Aquidneck is the island which Portsmouth and Newport are on. On March 7, 1638, he was one of the 19 signers of the compact establishing the colony of Portsmouth. On January 12, 1643, he and 10 others bought a tract of land from Miantonomi called Shawomet, which became the colony of Warwick. He was a follower of Samuel Gorton and became embroiled in the controversy between Warwick and the Pawtuxet settlement. He was ordered to appear in Boston on the complaint of two Indian sachems. When he did not appear, soldiers from Massachusetts captured him and took him to Boston for trial. He and others were charged with heresy and sentenced to prison in Salem 3 Nov 1643. In March of 1644, he was released from prison, but banished from Massachusetts and Warwick. He, along with Samuel Gorton and John Greene, went to England to obtain vindication of the rights of the Warwick settlers. He returned 13 Sep 1646 with the desired results. Randall held several government position, including deputy to the General Assembly in the years 1666, 1667, 1669-1673, 1675, 1680, and 1686.

John Osborne Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island

RANDALL HOLDEN AND SURGEON JOHN GREENE Randall Holden was born in 1612; married Frances Dungan of William and Frances (Latham) Dungan, She was born 1630 and died 1697. Randall Holden died August 28, 1692. He was of Salisbury, Wilts County, England. John Greene was a surgeon at Salisbury. March 4, 1637, Randall Holden and Roger Williams were witnesses to deed of Aquinidneck, etc., from Canonicus and Miantonomi to Wm. Coddington, for forty fathoms of white beads and ten coats and twenty hoes to be given by Maintonomi to present inhabitants, who were to remove before winter.

March 7, 1638--Portsmouth. One of 19 signers of a compact at Portsmouth. He was Marshal; also elected Corporal, He had a grant of five acres same year. March 16, 1641, disfranchised with three others (one of these was Surgeon Greene) and their names cancelled from the Roll of Freemen of Newport. March 17, 1642, it was ordered that if he and four others came upon the Island armed, they should be disarmed and give surety for good behavior. The same year, he and others desiring to be reunited "are readily embraced by us."

January 12, 1643--Warwick. He and ten others bought of Miantonomi, for 144 fathoms of wampum, tract of land called Shawomet (Warwick). September 12, 1643, he, with others of Warwick, was notified to appear at General Court at Boston (Greene was one of these too) to hear complaint of two Indian sachems as to "some unjust and injurious dealing toward them by yourselves." The Warwick men declined to obey, declaring they were legal subjects of the King of England and beyond the limits of Massachusetts, to whom they would acknowledge no subjection. Soldiers were soon sent, who besieged the settlers in a fortified house. In a parley it was now said "that they held blasphemous errors which they must repent or go to Boston trial, and they were soon carried there, except John Greene, who fortunately escaped. His companions were imprisoned till the next March, and then they were banishd. They were charged with heresy and sedition.

March, 1644, Randall Holden, John Greene, and Samuel Gorton went to England to obtain redress for their wrongs.

September 16, 1646, he and John Greene landed in Boston with a safe conduct through that territory from the Commissioners of Plantations, having obtained the desired vindication of rights of Warwick settlers.

(The Warwick and Pawtuxet settlers were at srife some years. Randall Holden warned Pomham to appear at the court at Plymouth, to answer for some Indians who had engaged in a brawl with some Warwick men, but Pomham answered he "would appeal to have his cause tried by the court of Massachusetts." The Pawtuxet settlers at this time and for ten years after were subject to Massachusetts government, and seem to have espoused the cause of Pomhamas against the Warwick men.)

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Biography

Randall Holden's origins are unknown, according to the Great Migration Directory. So the birth information and parents currently shown here should be viewed with skepticism.

Randall appeared in the very earliest records of Rhode Island. On 24 March 1636/7, the Narragansett sachems Cannonnicus and Miantunnomu (a.k.a. Miantonomi) conveyed the entire Island of Aquidneck (now officially Rhode Island) to William Coddington and others. In this deed, the mark of Miantunnomu was witnessed by Randall Holden.[1]

He was a signer of the Portsmouth Compact on 7 March 1638.[2]

Randall lived in Old Warwick and Warwick, Rhode Island. Abt. 1638: settled Portsmouth, Rhode Island. 1642: settled Warwick, Rhode Island 1647: Governor Assistant. 1664 - Capt. 1666-1686 Deputy, General Court. 1644: Went to Eng. with JOHN GREENE and SAMUEL GORTON (Also Grandfathers).

From "Ancestry of Jeremy Clarke of Rhode Island and Dungan Geneology", P. 112: "II. Frances Dungan, d. of William & Frances (Latham) Dungan, b. circa 1630, died 1697@ Warwick Rhode Island, m. 1648, Hon. Randall Holden , b.1612, died Aug. 23, 1692 @ Warwick, Rhode Island. He was one of the signers of the agreement entered into March 7, 1638, with 18 others, at the founding of the Colony at Portsmouth; his signature is the last affixed, and is separated from the others by a line, and it is therefore assumed he was not one of the original purchasers. He served as a member of the House of Deputies, and was reelected 19 times, and was a member of the Governor's Council for 10 years. In 1679 he was sent to England as the representative of the Colony and in 1683, he was appointed by the Assembly to draft a letter to the King. During the years 1687 and 1688, he officiated as Justice of the Court.

Randall and Frances were the parents of eleven known children

Randall Holden II (1612 - 1692)

Randall Holden II

Born 21 Mar 1612 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Son of Randall Holden and Margaret (Gale) Holden
[sibling%28s%29 unknown]
Husband of Frances (Dungan) Holden — married 1648 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Islandmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Frances (Holden) Holmes, Elizabeth (Holden) Rice, Mary (Holden) Carder, John Holden, Sarah (Holden) Stafford, Randall Holden, Margaret (Holden) Eldred, Charles Holden, Barbara (Holden) Wickham, Susannah (Holden) Greene and Anthony Holden
Died 23 Aug 1692 at age 80 in Warwick, Rhode Islandmap
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