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On the freeholder list of Braintree dated January 10, 1698 (NS). He was elected constable in 1710. In 1716, John received compensation for the use of his land for public access to town land.      

children of John Hollis and Mary Yardley:1

John, b. 26 November 1691
Mary, b. 16 November 1696
Dorothy, b. 15 December 1700
Elizabeth, b. 28 May 1703
Hannah, b. 8 October 1705
Thomas, b. 13 March 1710 (the town records don't make it clear it this was an Old or New Style date)
James, bap. 20 July 1712
Sarah, b. 20 August 1715 (171- in town records, prob. due to page damage, bap. 9 October 1715, Rev. Niles's records, see below)

vital records sources: his death is in Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793, ed. Samuel Austin Bates (Randolph:1886), 724. The year isn't double-dated, but it's among a group of death records (taken from Rev. Samuel Niles's journal, p. 207, image 72) in January and February that are double-dated as 1717/18.

1. births are from Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793, ed. Samuel Austin Bates (Randolph:1886), 674, First Church of Braintree record images at congregationallibrary.org.