• The Holt family arrived in New York on 6 July 1866 via the ship Arkwright. Though the overland company records only list heads of household, it records that William's mother, Elizabeth, purchased 3 adult food rations, indicating that her children accompanied her on the overland journey as well.

Daniel Thompson Company (1866)

• Age at Departure: 15

Sources

• Captain Daniel Thompson, memoranda book (1), 1866.
• Holt, William J., [Reminiscences], in Jane Jennings Eldredge, "Records and Historical Sketches of Residents of Davis County, Utah," 9 vols. (1916), 4:118.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886 Ledger B, p. 353.