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Thomas Hollingsworth (1661 - 1727)

Thomas Hollingsworth
Born in Bellevickcrannel, Sego, County Armagh, Irelandmap
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Biography

Thomas Hollingsworth was born the beginning of the third month Anno Domini, 1661 at Bellenickcranell in the parish of Sego and County of Ardmagh, Ireland. (Old style date[1]) Christening in Quaker or Friends Church.

He was the son of Valentine and Ann (Ree) Hollingsworth. They immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1682 for "William Penn's land" from Belfast. Valentine's certificate is dated July 6, 1682. About Dec. 10, 1682, Valentine arrived on the Antelope under the master Edward Cooke. Traveling with Valentine and his wife Ann were their children Mary Conway, Catherine, Thomas, and Samuel and son-in-law Thomas Conway. Missing from the 1682 immigration were sons Henry, age 23, Enoch, age 7, and Valentine, age 5 and daughter Ann, age 2. Perhaps they were on the ship the Sea Lion as the GAB states that Valentine immigrated on the Sea Lion instead in 1682.

After coming to New Castle County, Thomas settled on his share of Valentine's original grant now owned by the Weldin family (1965), but soon moved to the west side of the Brandywine, where in 1687 he became one of the organizers of Center Meeting.

Thomas Hollingsworth died 2mo 2d 1727 in Christiana Hundred, New Castle Co., Delaware.[2] His son Abraham moved to near Winchester, Virginia. During a visit to his son, Thomas is said to have been killed by a buffalo, while on a hunting expedition near North Mountain.[3]

He is buried in Center Friends Burying Ground in Christiana Hundred which is now a part of Delaware.[4]

Birth

  • the beginning of May 1661, at Bellenickcranell in the parish of Sego (sometimes Segoe) and County of Ardmagh, Ireland[5]
    • Note that Old Style date for third month would mean May (the year beginning in March); "the beginning of" does not necessarily mean the first day
    • Other locations/spellings given: Killurigan, Armagh, Belleniskcrannell, Ballinscrannell, Grange, Rockland Manor, New Castle, Delaware

Parents

  • Valentine Hollingsworth and Ann (most say Ann Ree;[6] some say Ann Calvert)[7][Note: the Irish Quaker MM records of the marriage very clearly state she is Ann Ree (Rea); Calvert is entirely erroneous.]
  • Valentine Hollingsworth (b. Jun 1632, Bellenishcrannell, Armagh, Ireland) and Ann Ree (b. about 1630, Armagh, Ireland; d. 2 Feb 1671)[6]

Immigration

  • 1682, New Castle, Delaware, Pennsylvania.[8]
  • From 10.8.1682 TO 10.9.1682, arrived on Delaware River (landing at New Castle, Delaware) on Ship Antelope. (Text for source for arrival aboard Antelope: Arrived in America on the WELCOME, with William Penn[9])
  • Valentine and his son Thomas probably came to America on the ship "Antelope" in December, 1682, and settled in Delaware.[10]
  • Valentine Hollingsworth, wife-Ann; children: Mary Conway; Catherine; Thomas; Samuel; and son-in-law, Thomas Conway, immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1682 for "William Penn's land" from Belfast. His certificate is dated July 6, 1682. About Dec. 10, 1682, Valentine arrived on the "Antelope" under the master "Edward Cooke". Missing from the 1682 immigration were sons Henry, age 23, Enoch, age 7, and Valentine, age 5 and daughter Ann, age 2. Perhaps they were on the ship the "Sea Lion" as the GAB states that Valentine immigrated on the Sea Lion instead in 1682. (C-429, 592)[8]

Marriages and Children

Margaret Calvert: Thomas Hollingsworth married Margaret Calvert, and they had one son, Abraham Hollingsworth.
  • Thomas HOLLINGSWORTH, son of Valentine HOLLINGSWORTH Sr. and Ann REE, married Margaret CALVERT, daughter of Thomas CALVERT and Jane GLASFORD, in 1684. (Margaret CALVERT was born on 24 Jun 1661 in Ireland and died in Jan 1687 in Newark M.M., New Castle Co., DE, USA.) Margaret married in 1684. (Thomas HOLLINGSWORTH was born on 1 May 1661 in Sego, Armagh, IRE and died 2mo 2d 1727 in Christian Hundred, New Castle Co., DE)[9]
  • Marriage abt APRIL 1686, Rockland Manor,New Castle, Delaware.
  • married Margaret CALVERT, 1684 in Salem, New Jersey; married Margaret CALVERT about 1684 in Rockland Manor, New Castle Co, Delaware[11]
  • Margaret (Calvert) had married Thomas Hollingsworth by 17 May 1686, when John Calvert, Margaret's brother, entered his Caveat in the Surveyor General's Office (Book D-65, p. 83) [12]
Grace Cooke: Thomas married Grace Cooke in 1692
  • Grace Cooke, 1692. Thomas married Grace COOK on 31 Mar 1692 in Concord MM, Chester, Pennsylvania.[13][14]
  • 1.31.1692, Concord Mm, Chester, Pennsylvania. (Note: Old style date: 31st day of 1st month, March, 1692)[5][9]
  • Grace Cook and Thomas were married at the home of Grace's step-father, Nathaniel Park.[13]
  • "Thomas next married Grace COOKE, daughter of Unknown COOKE and Elizabeth FOX, on 31 Mar 1692 in Concord, Chester Co., PA... (Grace COOKE was born in England and died after 19 Jun 1752.) ... (C-956)"[8]
  • Thomas married Grace Cooke (dau. of William and Elizabeth Cooke of Darby or Concord, Pennsylvania).[15] They had the following children:[5]
  1. Isaac Hollingsworth
  2. Elizabeth Hollingsworth
  3. Hannah Hollingsworth, b. 17 January 16S7'[sic] d. 1777 m February 1718, William [Dixon?], b. 1695, d. 1760
  4. Thomas Hollingsworth
  5. Ann Hollingsworth
  6. Jacob Hollingsworth
  7. Sarah Hollingsworth
  8. Joseph Hollingsworth
  9. Grace Hollingsworth

Residence

  • Mackenzie states that Thomas settled on the west side of the Brandywine.[16]
  • After coming to New Castle County, he settled on his share of Valentine's original grant now owned by the Weldin family (1965), but soon moved to the west side of the Brandywine, where in 1687 he became one of the organizers of Center Meeting.[17]
  • Rockland Manor, New Castle, Delaware[16]
  • Winchester, Virginia[16]

Events

1.28.1682, Lurgen Monthly Meeting (Ulster, Ireland) Marriage Books, witness to a marriage, Thomas Conaway & Mary Hollingsworth.[18]
1687, became one of the organizers of Center Meeting.[17]
4.6.1687, Upper Providence township in Chester Monthly Meeting, land dispute: "A difference arose between John Calvert and Thomas Hollingsworth,-a step nephew - over the division of their lands in Upper Providence township in Chester Monthly Meeting, of which John Calvert was then a member, mentions this difference in their minutes of 4.6.1687. But let the minutes tell the story: 'There being a difference between Thomas Hollingsworth & John Calvert about ye deviding their lands in ye township of Upper Providence. This meeting now ordereth Bartholomon Coppock ye younger, John Cashing, James Ginerly and Caleb Pusey to inspect and to hear ye testimony in ye said dispute and to give an account thereof to ye next meeting.' Chester Monthly Meeting"[17]
5.4.1687, Chester Monthly Meeting held at Walter Faucett's: "And at the next meeting held at Walter Faucett's on ye fourth day of ye fifth month, 1687. The difference opening between Thomas Hollingsworth & John Calvert was reported to ye next quarterly meeting & that ye said Thomas Hollingsworth & John Calvert be desired by this meeting to come at ye next quarterly meeting as also John Cashing, Bartholomon Coppock, James Ginerly & Caleb Pusey. Chester Monthly Meeting"[17]
6.1.1687, Chester Quarterly Meeting held at Walter Faucet's of Ridley. It appears that John Calvert did not accept the committee's recommendation, as the Quarterly Meeting held at Walter Faucet's of Ridley, the first day of the sixth month, 1687, says, "Agreed that a paper of testimony against John Calvert be given forth to public view if after he had heard it read to him he gives not cause tot he contrary," and it is further "Agreed that Caleb Pusey and Walter Faucet read the paper to John Calvert that is given forth against him and give account to the next meeting thereof ..." This meant disownment. However, nothing further is said of the matter, and it was probably dropped, as there are later references to John Calvert in the minutes.[17]
1693, First meeting house of friends at Chester built.
February 4, 1701, received warrant for eight hundred and eighteen acres in Christiana Hundred. A warrant was issued to him in 1701 for four hundred acres on the west side of the Brandywine, a plot of which, surveyed by his brother Henry, appears in the Book of Surveys, page 268. This tract seems to have been located in the vicinity of Guyencourt and to have included in the property of Mrs. William G. Ramsey. When building her residence on this property, Mrs. Ramsey incorporated therein an old log cabin, with its fireplace, oven, and woodwork in their original simplicity. According to tradition this cabin was the house of Thomas Hollingsworth.[17]
May 20, 1703, Christiana Hundred, Thomas Hollingsworth received warrants for several tracts of land as follows: February 4, 1701, eight hundred and eighteen acres; May 20, 1703, two hundred acres; Samuel Hollingsworth, January 27, 1685, three hundred acres. The last-mentioned tract was released to Thomas Hollingsworth and was confirmed by patent May 7, 1705.[19]
May 7, 1705, received land patent for three hundred acres in Christiana Hundred.[19]
Thomas was a member of the Provincial Assembly, like his father and brothers.[17]
1713, Thomas purchased land in Cecil Co., Maryland known as "Jacob's Adventure" in 1713 but never lived on it. He willed this land to son Jacob on the 10th month, 30 day of 1725. Jacob sold this land in 1788. Thomas also sold 400 acres to John Thomson in New Castle Co., PA on Jan. 18, 1725. (C-956)[20] He willed this land to son Jacob on the 10th month, 30 day of 1725.[8]
Moved to Winchester, Virginia: William and John Dixon, with their wives and Thomas Hollingsworth, their father-in-law, migrated to Winchester, Va., where Mr. Hollingsworth died. Later, the two sons entered land in Anson County (then North but now South).[15]
April 13, 1727, adminstrative account, Christian Hundred, New Castle Co., DE[8]

Will

Dated 10.30.1725, Christiana Hundred. Filed at Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, from New Castle County (now Delaware), Pennsylvania Wills & Admns.: Misc. Wills, Vol. 1, (1717-1776) pp. 186, 187.
An abstract of his will is as follows:
Chris. Hd. Oct. 30, 1725. Apr. 13, 1727. Misc. I.186.
Wife, Grace; sons, Abraham, Thomas, Jacob, and Joseph.; dau., Elizabeth Strode; dau., Hannah Dixson; dau. Sarah Discon, Grace Hollingwroth, William and Litisher Obery. Exc. wife, Grace Hollingsworth; son, Thomas Hollingsworth. CONT CONT Will, 30 Oct 1725, Wilmington, New Castle, DE, USA. 12 or Oct. 30, 1723. (C-1546)[8]
His will was dated 30 Oct 1723 [sic] and filed at Wilmington. Transcription as follows:[13]
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THOMAS HOLLINGSWORTH in Christeena Hundred in the County of New Castle being very wake of body but of perfect sence and memory and when my body is deasently inturd and my Just debts and legacies payed, my will is as followeth
Item, I bequath three hundred ackers of land lying in Sisall County Maryland unto my son ABRAHAM HOLLINGSWORTH and his heirs forever upon this sircumstance the abo above sd Land is given that he doth pay the just and full of Twenty pounds Lawful Corant money of Pennsylvania to be paid at or before the thirtyth day of the Tenth/mo. in the year one thousand seven hundred and thirty unto his mother GRACE HOLLINGSWORTH and then his mother is to make him a title to the above sd land.
Item, I bequeath two yews and lambs unto my Daughter ELIZABETH STRODE.
Item, I bequeath one yew and Lamb unto my daughter HANNAH DIXSON.
Item, I bequeath unto my Daughter SARAH DIXSON one yew and Lamb and my Daughter GRACE, I Leave to her mother's disposell.
Item, I bequeath unto my son THOMAS HOLLINGSWORTH and his heirs forever all that tract of land that I now Live upon containing five hundred ackers all the apurtenances thereunto belonging, but the aforesd premesis is to continue in the name of GRACE HOLLINGSORTH as Long as Shee retaineth the name and at her expiration the whole is to belong unto THOMAS HOLLINGSWORTH as aforesd, and the sd THOMAS HOLLINGSWORTH is to pay half the payment of two hundred and twenty five ackers of Land that I give to my son JACOB HOLLINGSWORTH and to his heirs forever the sd Land lying in WILLIAM & LETESHA ABERYS manner of Steening * and also the sd THOMAS HOLLINGSWORTH is to pay the whole payment of one hundred and fifty ackers of land Lying in the aforesd manner that I give to my son JOSEPH HOLLINGSWORTH and to his heirs forever.
Item, I leave my well beloved wife GRACE HOLLINGSWORTH, my sole Executors and my Son THOMAS HOLLINGSWORTH my sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament Leaving them in full authority to perform every article of the above sd Will either in Law or Equity.
(Signed) THOMAS HOLLINGSWORTH
/s/ALPHONSUS KIRK Attest.
/s/ CHRISTOPHER WILSON Attest.
/s/ WILLM. BURCH. </br>
Proved 13 Apr., 1727
* William & Letitia (Penn) Aubrey's 'Manor of Steyning.'

Death

Thomas Hollingsworth died 2mo 2d 1727 in Christiana Hundred, New Castle Co., Delaware. He was buried in Center Friends Burying Ground, New Castle, Delaware.[13]
Thomas died 1732/3, Winchester, Va.[15]
Thomas was killed by a wounded buffalo while exploring the wilderness.
His son Abraham moved to near Winchester, Virginia. During a visit to his son in 1733, Thomas is said to have been killed by a buffalo, while on a hunting expedition near North Mountain.[17]
Note: According to the book "Hopewell Friends History, 1734-1934", Thomas was killed by a bison near North Mountain, VA in 1733 when visiting his son Abraham. This has been discerned to be in error as far as date goes. He died at the age of 66 and is buried in the Center MM Friends Burial Ground in Christiana Hundred which is now a part of Delaware.[8]

Buried

Thomas Hollingsworth died on 2 Apr 1727 in Christiana Hundred and was buried in Center Friends Burying Ground in Christiana Hundred, New Castle, which is now a part of Delaware.[14][8][21]

Sources

  • S629: Tom Hollingsworth: tom[at]hollygardens.com. Descendants of Henry Hollingsworth (available online; accessed January 31, 2015)
  • S420: Scharf, Thomas J. History of Delaware, 1609-1888, Volume Two, pp. 880-898. CHAPTER XLIV. CHRISTIANA HUNDRED
  • S630: Family DNA Project
  • S421, S221: International Genealogical Index (Family Search IGI), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1980, 2002.
  • S176: Linda Coate Dudick, "Ancestrees" url
  • S320 Kim Ostermyer. Tom Hollingsworth, Decendents of Henry Hollingsworth, Father of Valentine Sr.
  • S298: Kim Ostermyer. Mackenzie, George Norbury, Colonial Families of the United States of America (7 volumes, New York, NY, USA: 1907)
  • S385: D. Hoskins, "Descendants of Henry Hollingsworth" (page not found January 4, 2015); D. Hoskins site (accessed Feb. 4, 2015, courtesy of archive.org's Wayback Machine).
  • S378: Notes of Michael Ray Lechner, Editor of "Lechner Family History" 2000-2005
  • S383: Earl Lee Jones & Shirley Jane Wilson, Ancestrial url
  • S382: Henry Albert Hollingsworth, "Hollingsworth Register" (url, 3250 West 108th St., Inglewood, California, 90303, U.S.A.). Volume I, Number 3. October, 1965; pg 98-99. The Quaker Hollingsworths Posterity of Valentine, by John V. Hollingsworth, Chadds Ford, Penna.
  • S390: Mary Belle Lontz, Our German, Pilgrim, and Quaker Ancestors (October, 1968; dead link, moved to http://www.heritagepursuit.com/, but Lontz not found - Feb. 12, 2015).
  • S381, S384: Earl L. Darrah, Holged07.ged; Descendants of Valentine Hollingsworth, Sr (broken link), edarrah[at]gte.net Tampa, FL, January 12, 1999: Hollingsworth Descendants (a page from Earl Darrah's website, accessed Feb. 4, 2015, courtesy of archive.org's Wayback Machine). Earl Darrah published a book in 1995 called Hollingsworth: Westward Migration and Settlement of the Valentine Hollingsworth Family. It's available at the Library of Congress (call number CS74.H74 1995), at the National Genealogical Society, and the Mormon Library in Salt Lake City, UT.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ meaning third month was May, not March (see Sue Roe's The Problem of Dates)
  2. ↑ perhaps the recording of his death in Friends' records said "of"? Otherwise, his death "in" Christiana Hundred, NCC, Delaware conflicts with the story of him being killed hunting buffalo at his son's place near Winchester, Virginia
  3. ↑ see later note that the story of his death by buffalo is false
  4. ↑ Entered by Michael Lechner and Sharon Moffitt Cowen, Aug. 18, 2012
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Source: #S378
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Source: #S421
  7. ↑ information added by Michael Lechner had all three; no clear indication of which was from a good source (information also included mother's names of Ann Reed and Catherine Cornish)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Source: #S176
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Source: #S381
  10. ↑ Source: #S384
  11. ↑ #S385
  12. ↑ Source: #S191: url: John Calvert's Caveat "called for a fair hearing regarding the lands in question. Abraham Hollingsworth, the only offspring of Thomas and Margaret, was born 19th of 1st Month (March) 1686/7. This may indicate that the marriage (no document has ever been found of the wedding) had taken place very recently when the Caveat was signed, possibly in April or early May 1686. They were not married as of the proving of the will, 17 (Feb) 1685/6."
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Source: #S383
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Source: #S320
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Source: #S390
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Source: #S298
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 Source: #S382
  18. ↑ (also source citation #S382): Thomas Conaway & Mary Hollingsworth, wit. Ann, Katherine, Valentine, Henry & Thomas Hollingsworth, also Elizabeth & Margaret Calvert. This was a family affair. Ann, the mother (mrl note: "should be Ann, the step-mother"); Katherine, the sister; Valentine, the father; Henry & Thomas, brothers to the bride. There is an interesting historical story in the minutes of Newark Meeting that will later be told. The Quaker Hollingsworths Posterity of Valentine, by John V. Hollingsworth, Chadds Ford, Penna. (Note: Date conflicts with other sources. mrl) (Note: "Ann, the mother" should be Ann, the step-mother. mrl)
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Source: #S420
  20. ↑ from the book Immigrants of the Irish Into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750.
  21. ↑ Source: #S221: Burial: Center Friends B, Newark, New Castle, Delaware. Burial: Center Friends, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia Note: data as of March 7, 2005

Acknowledgements

  • Michael Lechner and Sharon Moffitt Cowen: Biography and information from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index, data as of March 7, 2005. (Please see this page for all of the information included in the profile created from their gedcom.)
  • WikiTree profile Hollingsworth-95 created through the import of Thomas Nesbit.GED on Jun 1, 2011 by Milton Nesbit.
  • WikiTree profile Hollingsworth-717 created through the import of rgy_complete.ged on Jun 23, 2011 by Robert York.
  • WikiTree profile Hollingsworth-1342 created through the import of DIXON.GED on Oct 11, 2011 by Glenn Dixon.
  • WikiTree profile Hollingsworth-1349 created through the import of ChambersBarneshistory.ged on Oct 19, 2011 by Charlene Chambers.
  • WikiTree profile Hollingsworth-1293 created through the import of CGarner_2011-05-09.ged on Aug 3, 2011 by Charles Garner.
  • WikiTree profile Hollingsworth-1258 created through the import of Lupton file.ged on Jul 7, 2011 by Kim Ostermyer.
  • WikiTree profile Hollingsworth-1458 created through the import of 60a.GED on Jan 11, 2012 by Michael Lechner.
  • The WikiTree profile Hollingsworth-1752 was created by Jim Sneed, Tuesday, August 12, 2014. (No sources given.)




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Stanton-3574 T Stanton
I believe this profile could be greatly improved to streamline and remove confusion. There continue to be significant conflicts in this Penn Project profile. Abraham is stated to be the only son of the first marriage to Margaret Calvert and yet has a birth date some years after her death and the marriage date given for the marriage to Grace Cooke.

A number of the Sources and citations given have no primary source documentation for their statements (thus questionable citations) and a number of links are no longer valid. A great deal of information on the parents is in this profile and causes confusion. Much of that should be moved to the parent's profile(s) or removed if redundant. Any objections to the suggestions for improvement?

posted by T Stanton
Stanton-3574 T Stanton
Liz, yes that was the basis for my hasty legal marriage comment (that info also found at hollingsworthregister.com).

Also curious: look at the Will and the Abstract. He lists the mother of Abraham as Grace Hollingsworth (not Margaret Hollingsworth). Grace->Abraham clear in the full will, not the abstract. Transcription error or has this been missed in the past? I've not yet seen anything suggesting Margaret was known as Grace. Is there a "first" wife...just pondering.

If Margaret, wife of Hugh Walker, is not a child of this family, perhaps the other thing to look at in detail is was she a daughter of Joseph Hollingsworth, brother of Thomas. I think he eventually settled Frederick, Virginia and is thought to have had three children but they are unknown (according to hollygardens). I think those may be the only unknown children of that generation but I have not verified that.

posted by T Stanton
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
#S191 had no target (reference for Abraham being only son) - found the following in Changes:

Source: #S191 Page: http://www.hollygardens.com/hollingsw/images/sb5f1.htm Data: Text: Margaret (Calvert) had married Thomas Hollingsworth by 17 May 1686, when John Calvert, Margaret's brother, entered his Caveat in the Surveyor General's Office (Book D-65, p. 83) which called for a fair hearing regarding the lands in question. Abraham Hollingsworth, the only offspring of Thomas and Margaret, was born 19th of 1st Month (March) 1686/7. This may indicate that the marriage (no document has ever been found of the wedding) had taken place very recently when the Caveat was signed, possibly in April or early May 1686. They were not married as of the proving of the will, CONT 17 (Feb) 1685/6.</ref

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Stanton-3574 T Stanton
All 112 issues of the Hollingsworth Register (exceptionally well done citations): https://hollingsworthregister.com/112-issues/
posted by T Stanton
Stanton-3574 T Stanton
There does not appear to be a credible source for a daughter Margaret (linked as a daughter but not listed in the profile) by the first wife Margaret Calvert. It appears the marriage to Margaret happened quickly perhaps for legal reasons. Is it certain there were no children by her other than Abraham? Abraham Hollingsworth appears in multiple land records regarding a Margaret Hollingsworth and Hugh Walker her husband.
posted by T Stanton
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
source for middle name Valentine?

attached profiles include two siblings named Valentine & one name "John Valentine". I doubt either Thomas or John were given the middle name Valentine.

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Pieterse-13 Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Hollingsworth-2546 and Hollingsworth-95 appear to represent the same person because: Same dates and same child
posted by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen

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