Henry Hollingsworth (1658 - 1721)

Born 7 Apr 1658 in Bellenickcranell, Sego, County Armagh, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia Elizabeth (Atkinson) Hollingsworth — married 22 Aug 1688 in County Armagh, Ireland

Descendants

Died 12 Mar 1721 at age 62 in Elkton, Cecil, Maryland, British Colonial America

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Biography

Henry was a Friend (Quaker)

Henry, son of Valentine Hollingsworth and Ann Ree, was born at Bellenickcranell (Ballymacrandall), parish of Sego (Seagoe), county Ardmagh (Armagh), Ireland on the 7th day of the 2nd month 1658^[1] According to the editor of the "The Hollingsworth Register," this is copied from the Lurgan Quaker Meeting Book of births and deaths^[2]. This date has been misinterpreted as Sept 1658, and Feb 1658, but should be 7 April 1658. One source lists the date as 9 mo, 7, 1658, ^[3] which would be November.

Eldest son of Valentine and Ann (Ree) Hollingsworth. Came to America, August 14, 1683, on the "Lion of London". He was a surveyor, and at the age of 18, assisted Thomas Holmes in laying out the city of Philadelphia. He was a large landowner in Chester Co., PA and in New Castle Co., DE. He represented New Castle Co., as Sheriff and a member of Assembly of Pennsylvania in 1695; as Coroner and Clerk of the Court, 1700-1705. About 1711, he moved to the head of the Elk River, now Elkton, Cecil Co., MD, and was appointed Surveyor of the county by Lord Baltimore, March 9, 1712.

Henry witnessed several marriages taken from the Lurgen Monthly Meeting (Ulster, Ireland) Marriage Books: 8.4.1671 Alexander Mathews & Elizabeth Harding; 9.17.1678 George Harland & Elizabeth Duck; 1.28.1682 Thomas Conaway & Mary Hollingsworth (also witnessed by Ann, the mother; Katherine, the sister; Valentine, the father; Henry & Thomas Hollingsworth, brothers of the bride also Elizabeth & Margaret Calvert); 5.19.1682 John Fausett & Judith Thwayte, wit., Valentine, Henry & Ann Hollingsworth.^[1]

Henry immigrated to America, a year after his father, in 1683, on the ship "Lion," as an indentured servant to Robert Turner. (Penn'a Mag. VIII., 334 cited)^[3]

In 1688, Henry sailed back to Ireland, and that same year on "the two and twentieth day of the sixt moneth (vulgarly called) August in the yeare 1688"^[4], ie. Aug 22, 1688, married Lydia Atkinson of the Parish of Sego, Co. Ardmah. The couple sailed to America and settled in Chester, Pennsylvania^[1][3].

"Henry: surveyor; large land owner in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and New Castle County, Delaware; Coroner of Chester County; Clerk of the Court from 1700 to 1708; Representative from New Castle County to the Delaware Assembly in 1695, (the same year with his father.) ^[5][3][1]

Henry, as valuable a man as he was, was also human. About 1705, Henry was disowned by the Quakers, for being out of unity with the Society, over a matter of Henry defaming Randall Vernon, and about 1708/9 he was accused of fathering the bastard child of Elinor Morfey. He became a member of the Episcopal Church and asked forgiveness for his past sins in his will.^[6]

"About 1712: Moved to the "Head of Elk River," (now Elkton,) Cecil County, Md.; was appointed Surveyor of the County by Lord Baltimore, March 9th, 1712.^[5][1]

“Elk Landing” plantation at the head of the Elk River, was started by Henry Hollingsworth in 1711 and expanded by his son Zebulon Hollingsworth in 1727 and 1735. Most of the settlement called "Sahakitko" by the Swedes and Fins was absorbed into the plantation. ^{[7] [8]}

Recorded history of this site dates back to 1655 when the Minquas (Susquehanna) Indians presented Governor Rising of New Sweden with "Chakakitque" on the Elk River and other lands in exchange for the promise that the Swedes would establish a trading post there. This Indian place-name became etymologized to "Sahakitko" {meaning literally "squeaky saw" in Finnish) among the Swedes and Finns and to "Successor" among the English.

On February 8, 1678/9, the Province of Maryland issued a patent to John Browning and Richard Nash for a 500-acre tract called "Successor" lying in a fork of Elk River in Cecil County. With the influx of English settlers after 1700, the Swedish and Finnish residents gradually sold out or otherwise lost their lands.

Henry died in 1721, between Feb. 23d 1721, (will dated), and March 12, 1721 (will probated.)^[5] One source gives a specific death date of March 1, 1720/1, at Elkton, Cecil Co., Maryland^[9] Henry's Will^[10]

Question The date of Henry's will reads: twenty-third day of Febry in the Year of Our Lord God One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty One Two. Doesn't this mean 1721/2 not 1720/1 as sometimes interpreted?

Bequests to wife Lydia a third part, eldest son Stephen, daughter Ruth Simpson, the rest of my children.

Children^[9]

1. Ruth /Hollingsworth, (b. 1689, ), Married George Simpson, 24 Dec 1706.
2. Stephen /Hollingsworth, (b. 1690, Chester Co.,Penn.), (d. Abt , New Hanover Co.,NC.), Magistrate in Cecil Co, Md. in 1730. Moved to Virginia in 1734, Orange Co.
3. Catherine /Hollingsworth, (b. Abt 1691, ) ?? Other sources list only the later Catherine
4. Zebulon /Hollingsworth, (b. 1696, Chester Co.,PA.), (d. 8 Aug 1763, Cecil Co.,,MD.), Large land owner.
5. Catherine /Hollingsworth, (b. Abt 1699, ), Married "Dawson" in Kent Co, Md.
6. Abigail /Hollingsworth (b. Abt 1704, ), Married Richard Dobson,
7. Mary /Hollingsworth (b. Abt 1708, )

Additional Information

Henry was the paternal seventh great-grandfather of Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} The Hollingsworth Register. VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1, APRIL, 1965 pg 4-8 and Vol I Number 3 Oct. 1965 p. 100 continued "THE QUAKER HOLLINGSWORTHS POSTERITY OF VALENTINE" BY John V. Hollingsworth, Chadds Ford, Penna.
2. ↑ Lurgan Quaker Meeting, Co. Armagh, Ireland, Book of births & deaths, Page 203
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Myers, Albert Cook. Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania 1682-1750. Swarthmore, PA, USA: Albert Myers Cook, 1902. Page images at Ancestry.com. Immigration of Irish Quakers to Pennsylvania, 1682-1750 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
4. ↑ Marriage Certificate of Henry Hollingsworth and Lidia Atkinson Hollingsworth, 1688 This is not the actual certificate but a typed and print set transcription, that was copied at the Historical centery [sic] in Elkton, MD, and attached to an Ancestry Tree.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Hollingsworth, William B. Hollingsworth Genealogical Memoranda in the United States from 1682-1884. Baltimore: W.K. Boyle & Son, Printers, 1884.
6. ↑ The Hollingsworth Register. VOLUME 29, NUMBER 35, Sept. 1973, pp. 75-79. "The Disunity of Henry Hollingsworth"
7. ↑ National Parks Service, National Register of Historic Places – “Elk Landing” Cecil County, Maryland. CE-132, Item: 8, Pg:4-6
8. ↑ Maryland Historic Trust, Inventory of Properties "Elk Landing" (preferred) , Hollingsworth House ( historic)
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Darrah, Earl L. Hollingsworth: Westward Migration and Settlement of the Valentine Hollingsworth Family. 1995. 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.
10. ↑ The Hollingsworth Register. VOLUME 24, NUMBER 95, Sept. 1988, pp. 48/9 "The Last Will and Testament of Henry Hollingsworth"

• Hollingsworth, Henry Albert (editor) (publisher) The Hollingsworth Register. These look as though they are well worth perusing for relevant articles.
• Mackenzie, George Norbury, Colonial Families of the United States of America (7 volumes, New York, NY, USA: 1907)
• Linda Coate Dudick Title: Coate Dudick "Ancestrees" Abbreviation: Coate Dudick "Ancestrees" Publication: http://www.ancestrees.com/pedigree/
• Stewart, J. Adger, comp. Descendants of Valentine Hollingsworth, Sr., Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton & Co., 1925.
• Farmer, Walter Ings & Margaret Farmer Planton. In America since 1607: the Hollingsworth, Farmer, and Judkins Families, Their Ancestors, Descendants, and Many Related Families. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1987.
• Carol Bryant, Abstracts of Chester Co., Pennsylvania Land Records, Volume 1, 1681-1730,
• Hollingsworth Family DNA Project

See also - other family trees:

• FamilySearch Person: LZPF-7NR for Henry Hollingsworth (1658–1721).