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By the will of Major Holland’s widow, dated at Tryon River, P.E.I., November 9, 1822, she bequeaths to her daughter, Charlotte, all her lands for life, and at her death to revert to her grandson, Samuel Francis Holland, and granddaughter, Josette Charlotte Holland, son and daughter of her son, Frederick Braham Holland. This will was registered on March 15, 1825, from which it is to be inferred that her death occurred in 1824 or early in 1825.

Charlotte Holland (spinster), of Tryon River, executed her will August 26, 1833, devising her farm and house where she lived to her nephew, Samuel Francis, one horse to her niece, Josette, and residue of her lands in Upper Canada and Lower Canada to Samuel Francis and Josette. This will was registered November 1, 1833. This will contains the only reference to lands in Upper Canada, but the location was not mentioned.

The will of Frederick Braham Holland was made at Tryon River, September 14, 1835, and was registered February 10, 1837. His death occurred at Quebec on September 14, 1836. He left his entire estate to his wife, Frances (Gretkay).

John Frederick Holland's will was executed at Charlottetown, December 16, 1845, although he was probably a resident of Quebec after being superannuated. It is reported that he died at Quebec on December 17, 1845, the day after the will was executed. The document was registered January 26, 1846. He gave to his grandson, Robert Barker, all his property known as the Chateau Garden, in the Upper Town of Quebec, also his share in the Township of Kingston, in Lower Canada, and a sum due him from John Grubb for the purchase of Holland Grove, sold by him to John Grubb in Charlottetown. He appointed his friends, Conn D. Rankin and Charles Welsh, of Charlottetown, as his executors.

As Major Holland bequeathed his real estate to his widow for life, it is probable that she continued to reside at “Holland House" after his death for some years. Frederick Braham’s interest in the property was acquired in 1817 by Wm. Wilson, waiter and searcher in His Majesty's Customs at Quebec, from which it might be inferred that Wilson had leased it from Mrs. Holland before this date. Eventually he purchased the claims of all the heirs and in 1835 was in full possession.

Widow Holland and her daughter, Charlotte, were residing at Tryon River,

P.E.I., before 1822.

Major Samuel Holland's career was an eventful one, whether from the standpoint of the Canadian historian or of the British military officer. He saw service in the Dutch army when a young man, then without interlude entered the service of the British, serving in America for four years in the war with France, which terminated in the cession of Canada to the British Crown. In these campaigns he distinguished himself by a devotion to duty that commended him to General Wolfe and other officers. Upon the conclusion of peace in 1763, he was rewarded for his services by receiving the appointment of Surveyor- General for the northern part of British America. For eleven years he was actively employed on surveys on the River St. Lawrence, the Gulf and the New England Coast. This work was interrupted by the American Revolution and again we find Major Holland on active military duty for three or four years in support of the Royalist cause, notwithstanding tempting offers had been made to him by the ”Patriots.” Shortly before the termination of the war he took