Mary (Hollingsworth) Malin (1656 - abt. 1746)

Born 25 Mar 1656 in Belleniskcrannel, County Armagh, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Conway — married 28 Jun 1682 in Belleniskcrannell, Segoe, Armagh, Ireland

Descendants

Died about 1746 at about age 89 in Newark, New Castle, Delaware

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Biography

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Mary was a Friend (Quaker)

Mary Hollingsworth, the eldest child of Valentine was born in Ireland. She was married there to Thomas Conway or Connaway. They came to Delaware with Valentine and settled near him in Brandywine Hundred. Conoway died in 1689 leaving her with three very young daughters. Four years later she and Randall Mallin (or Malin) laid their intentions of marriage before the Newark Meeting. Mary Sharpley and Casandra Druitt were appointed to inquire concerning Mary's clearness. But the rights of a widow's children must be secured before she may re-marry, so Mallin promised to pay for their use six pounds (£6.0.0) before the first day of the next month. Mary's brother, Thomas Hollingsworth, promised to pay £4. (four pounds) for the purpose, and Mary herself set aside 'one more and her increase,' leaving the mare in her brother's custody. Thus with about forty-five dollars in cash, together with the mare and her future colts, the rights of the three girls were properly secured, and their mother became the wife of Randall Malin. It is said that he became a Quaker minister and that they moved within the limits of the Goshen Meeting.^[1]

Birth

In County Armagh, Ireland, the Lurgan Quaker Meeting's register book of births and deaths has the clerk's account of the family record of Valentine Hollingsworth, Sr. on page 203, and it says, "Mary Hollingsworth first daughter of Vallentine Hollingsworth and of Ann his wife was borne at Bellenickeranell in the parish of Sego and County of Ardmagh, the five and twentieth Day of ye first month Anno Domini, 1656." (25 March 1656).^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

The standardized spelling on modern Ordinance Survey maps is Ballymacrandal for her birthplace.

Marriage

Mary Hollingsworth married first, Thomas Conway or Connaway of Lisburn, County Antrim on 28 June 1682 at the house of Francis Robson in Parish of Segoe, County Armagh In Ireland.^[6]

Widow Mary Conway married second, Randall Malin on April 1692, probably in Chester County, Pennsylvania.^[6]

Immigration

On 10 August 1682, Mary's father, Valentine Hollingsworth, and his family accompanied by her husband, Thomas Connaway, and John Musgrave, an indented servant, sailed on Ship "Antelope" from Belfast for Delaware and landed at New Castle, Delaware on 10 September 1682. They settled on a large plantation of nearly a thousand acres on Shelpot Creek in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, about five miles northeast of the present city of Wilmington.^{[7][8][9][10][11]}

Death

She died in 1746 in New Castle County, Delaware.^[3][5]

Research Notes

Mary and her husband, Thomas Conway did not come to the colonies until receiving a certificate of removal dated 15th day, 7th month, 1686 (15 July 1686). Mary probably died within the area of the Goshen Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania where she had moved with her second husband in 1727 apparently from Delaware.

Sources

1. ↑ Hollingsworth, John V. “The Quaker Hollingsworths.” Hollingsworth Register, vol. 1, no. 3, Oct. 1965, pp. 98.
2. ↑ Hollingsworth, John V. “The Quaker Hollingsworths: Posterity of Valentine.” Hollingsworth Register, vol. 1, no. 1, Apr. 1965, p. 8, citing "Mary Hollingsworth first daughter of Valentine Hollingsworth and of Ann his wife was borne at Bellenickcranell in the parish of Sego and County of Ardmagh, the five and twentyeth Day of ye first month Anno Domini, 1656."
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Darrah, Earl L. Hollingsworth: Westward Migration and Settlement of the Valentine Hollingsworth Family. E.L. Darrah, 1995, p. 3. (call number CS74.H74 1995.)
4. ↑ Jones, Earl L. “Mary Catherine Hollingsworth.” Earl Lee Jones & Shirley Jane Wilson Family Tree, Ancestral Quest, 2018, https://www.earljones.net/aqwg563.htm#14839. (secondary source.)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Hoskins, David. “Descendants of Henry Hollingsworth.” Henry Hollingsworth, 2001, https://users.freepages.rootsweb.com/~kykinfolk/web/henryholl/pafg03.htm#26012. (secondary source.)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Myers, Albert Cook. Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania 1682 - 1750 with Their Early History in Ireland. "Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting." The Author, 1902, p. 314, Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/immigrationofiri00myer/page/314/mode/2up, Accessed 30 Jan. 2023, citing "Mary Hollingsworth, born 1 Mo. 25, 1656, at Belleniskcrannell, married, first, 4 Mo. 28, 1682, at the house of Francis Robson, Parish of Segoe, County Armagh, to Thomas Conway or Connaway, of Parish of Lisburn, County Antrim. They came to the Delaware with her father in 1682, and settled near him in New Castle County. Thomas Connaway died 11 Mo. 30, 1688-9, his widow, in 1693, married, secondly, Randal Malin, widower, of Upper Providence, now Delaware County (originally of Great Barrum, Cheshire, England). Randal Malin became a Quaker minister and in 1727 removed with his wife and family within the limits of Goshen Monthly Meeting."
7. ↑ Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, p. 1038.
8. ↑ Myers, Albert Cook. Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania 1682 - 1750 with Their Early History in Ireland. "Places of Settlement." The Author, 1902, pp. 118-119, citing "About 1682, several Friends with their families arrived and settled near each other on the east side of Brandywine Creek, in New Castle County. Among these were: Valentine Hollingsworth, from Parish of Segoe, County Armagh, justice of the peace and for many years a representative to the Provincial Assembly; his son-in-law, Thomas Conway, or Connaway, from Lisburn, County Antrim."
9. ↑ Myers, Albert Cook. Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania 1682 - 1750 with Their Early History in Ireland. "Newark or Kennett Monthly Meeting." The Author, 1902, p. 313, citing "In 1682, Valentine Hollingsworth and his family, accompanied by his son-in-law, Thomas Connaway, and by John Musgrave, an indented servant, sailed from Belfast for the Delaware, and, as we have already stated, settled on a large plantation of nearly a thousand acres on Shelpot Creek in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, about five miles northeast of the present city of Wilmington."
10. ↑ Hollingsworth, John V. “The Quaker Hollingsworths: Posterity of Valentine.” Hollingsworth Register, vol. 1, no. 2, Jul. 1965, p. 55, citing "Thomas and Mary Conway came to the Delaware River with Mary's father in 1682, and settled near him in New Castle County. Thomas Conway died 11.30, 1688/89, and his widow, in 1693, married secondly, Randel Malin, widower, of Upper Providence. More of Randel and Mary later."
11. ↑ 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 on 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) (This information came from the book "IMMIGRANTS OF THE IRISH INTO PENNSYLVANIA, 1682-1750".)

19th-century sources

• Smith, George. History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Territory Included Within Its Limits to the Present Time, with a Notice of the Geology of the Country, and Catalogues of Its Minerals, Plants, Quadrupeds, and Birds. United States, Delaware County Institute of Science, 1862, p. 481.

• Stern, Jacob Taggart, et al. Our Kindred: The McFarlan and Stern Families, of Chester County, Pa., and New Castle County, Del., in Two Parts. United States, F.S. Hickman, 1885, p. 8.

• Register of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia. United States, The Society, 1897, p. 93.

• American Ancestry: Giving the Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence A.D. 1776. Vol. XI. "Embracing Lineages from the Whole of the United States. 1898. United States, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1898, p. 124.

20th-century sources

• MacKenzie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of the United States of America, 7 volumes, New York, NY, USA: 1907.

• Myers, Albert Cook. Immigration of the Irish Quakers Into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750: With Their Early History in Ireland. United States, The Author, 1902, p. 314.

• Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs. United States, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911, p. 1038.

• Hadden, James. Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania. United States, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912.

• Parkinson, Preston Woolley. The Utah Woolley Family: Descendants of Thomas Woolley and Sarah Coppock of Pennsylvania. With Brief Notices of Other Families of the Name. United States, Deseret News Press, 1967, p. 55.

• Crawford, William Lusk. Ancestors & Friends: A History & Genealogy. United States, Farmer Genealogy Company, 1978, p. 155.

• Farmer, Walter Ings. In America Since 1607: The Hollingsworth, Farmer, and Judkins Families, Their Ancestors, Descendants, and Many Related Families. United States, Gateway Press, 1987, p. 230.

• Mansur, Ina Babb, and Sargent, Jean A.. Babb Families of New England and Beyond. United States, J.A. Sargent, 1987, p. 20.

• Sargent, Jean A.. Babb Families of America. United States, J.A. Sargent, 1994, p. 23.

• Wise, Erbon W.. Wise Footsteps from England and Ireland: An Ancestral Study of Wise and Allied Families. United States, E.W. Wise, 1995, p. 73.

• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

• This handwritten document comes from family archives. The writer did not date nor sign it. It is possible that the author was Hannah Rebecca Cope Plimpton. It is an extensive genealogy of the Cope line, and has been confirmed by other sources. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qTxm0M8I-T3GrY1TiJQ77laU9VGrBOOQ/view?usp=sharing.