William Holt (mayor)

William Holt (born 1737) [ [http://history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biohol.cfm Colonial Williamsburg Website] ] was a Colonial American mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1776 to 1777 and again from 1782 to 1783. [ [http://www.williamsburgva.gov/dept/votreg/history.htm City of Williamsburg, Virginia Website] ]

Holt was born in Virginia the son of David and Margaret Holt. His brother John Holt also was mayor of Williamsburg. He married Mary Steward. He started a Presbyterian settlement in New Kent County, with the Reverend John Jeffrey Smith and owned several mills and a forge in a five hundred acre (2 km²) tract of land.

On November 16, 1761, Holt became a member of the Commission of the Peace for York Co., Virginia. [ [http://history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biohol.cfm Colonial Williamsburg Website] ] He served on the commission until 1771, when he became a justice for James City Co., Virginia. [ [http://history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biohol.cfm Colonial Williamsburg Website] ]

His children were Elizabeth (1762), William (1765), Daniel, Henry, Samuel, Jane, Mary and John Holt.

Holt was made the quarter master of Williamsburg's militia in 1762. [ [http://history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biohol.cfm Colonial Williamsburg Website] ] In 1776, Holt began his year long term as the mayor of Williamsburg and on December 17, 1776, he was appointed to the Admiralty Court by the Virginia legislature. [ [http://history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biohol.cfm Colonial Williamsburg Website] ]

His daughter Elizabeth is said to have married William Coleman who would also become a mayor of Williamsburg and his daughter Jane married Rev. Samuel Davies October 4, 1748.

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* [http://history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biohol.cfm Biography]
* [http://www.williamsburgva.gov/dept/votreg/history.htm Williamsburg Mayors]
* [http://www.pastportal.com/Archive/Research%20Reports/Html/RR1383.htm Archive]