72 From the endorsation on this last document it would appear that the Major's salary was restored, but it is not clear that the £65 per annum withheld from 1786 to 1795 was paid. Colonial Governors and officials of every class in British America in colonial times and later were as a general rule interested in lands acquired by grant or by purchase. Major Holland was granted a small valuable lot in Quebec , a large tract in Isle St . Jean, lands in New Hampshire , in the Province of Quebec on the St . Francis, and probably at other places. His official salary may or may not have been sufficient to support his large family and to meet the expenses of " Holland House ," which must have exceeded the revenue of the farm on which it was situated. His lands in the States were doubtless con¬ fiscated or alienated in some indirect way, he neglected his claim for the property until too late, the lands on the St . Francis were then of little value and his large possessions in Prince Edward Island were leased in most instances to settlers who failed to pay their rentals. Domestic Affairs. 1759-1801. Four years after leaving Holland for Captain Samuel Holland was at Quebec with Wolfe and for two years thereafter was Engineer and Surveyor to General Murray , leaving for England in September, 1762. He did not return until August, 1764. He was then in the prime of young manhood, a man who by his intelligence, industry and strict application to duty had been advanced in the military service. He was one of the young men whom Wolfe had honoured by his friendship, and was now rewarded by receiving the important appointment of Surveyor- General . It is not surprising therefore that he desired to settle down after his services through a seven years' war. During 1760-61 and 1762 there can be no doubt that the British officers fraternized to a greater or less extent with the leading French families, and as Major Holland spoke French fluently he would thus be welcomed where others might meet with a rebuff from their late opponents. Marie Josephte Rolette was the youngest daughter of Francois Rolette and his wife Therese Grenet , and was baptized on September 16, 1741. She is reported as having been a young woman of remarkable beauty and of distinguished manners. Her father would not consent to her marriage with a man who had fought against the French on the Plains of Abraham, but she listened to the call of her heart rather than the remonstrances of her father and eloped with Holland. No record has been found of this clandestine marriage nor has the date been ascertained. There is a tradition that an obscure priest on the about this period occasionally joined in wedlock people who might find difficulties in being married in Quebec City. Therese Grenet 's first husband was Marc Bouchette , their son being ¬ modore Jean Baptiste Bouchette . The latter was therefore half brother of Mrs. Holland .