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Excerpt from A Cyclopedia of American Medical Biography, Vol. 2: Comprising the Lives of Eminent Deceased Physicians and Surgeons; From 1610 to 1910
Dr. Holyoke was twice married, first to Judith, daughter of Benjamin Pickman, who, with her only child, died in 1756; and second, to Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Viall, a Boston merchant. They had twelve children. Mrs. Holyoke died in 1802, and all but two of the children died before their father.
Dr. Holyoke was below the middle height in stature, tough and wiry in build. In demeanor he was dignified, mild, placid and agreeable.
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