[According to this obit, his birth and death days were the same: May 30.]
Lancaster Gazette, Saturday, 09 Jun 1810, page 3.
On Wednesday se'nnight, William Holgate, the son of Mr. Wm. Holgate, of Settle, aged 20. This amiable young man had been long afflicted with an agonizing disease, which he bore with truly Christian fortitude. During the latter part of it, he seemed to be fully impressed with a presentiment of his approaching end, and while life was gradually wearing away, attempted to console his weeping friends with assurances that death was stripped of its terrors to him. On the last day, nearly at the last hour of his life, his expression to an esteemed friend was, "This is my birth-day, and this evening will be my close." Not long after, he reclined his head, and expired without a groan. His remains were embalmed by the tears of all who knew him. His memory will ever live in the minds of those who were acquainted with his endearing virtues.
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