Sarah (Hollingsworth) Nichols (1706 - bef. 1796)

Born 7 Oct 1706 in Rockland Manor, New Castle, Delaware

Ancestors

Wife of John Dixon — married 29 Oct 1724 in Delaware

Descendants

Died before 1796 before age 89 in Pennsylvania

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Biography

Sarah Hollingsworth was born on 7 October 1706 in Rockland Manor, New Castle, Delaware and was christened in Newark MM, New Castle, Delaware.^[1][2] Her parents were Thomas^[3] and Grace (Cooke) Hollingsworth. She married John Dixon on 29 October 1724,^[4] as recorded in the Newark Monthly Meeting:

John DICKSON of Mill Creek Hundred, NCC [New Castle County], and Sarah HOLLINGSTH. [Hollingsworth] of Christiana Hundred, afsd. co. 29-8-1724 at Center meeting house.^[5][6]

She was listed as Sarah Dixson in an abstract of her father's will:^[7]

Thomas Hollingsworth. Chris. Hd. Oct. 30, 1725. April 13, 1727....Wife, Grace; sons, Abraham, Thomas, Jacob and Joseph; dau., Elizabeth Strode; dau., Hannah Dixson; dau., Sarah Dixson, Grace Hollingsworth, William and Litisher Obery. Exc. wife, Grace Hollingsworth; son, Thomas Hollingsworth.^[8]

Sarah Dixon's marriage to Daniel Nichols was recorded at the Kennett Monthly Meeting, Chester County, Pennsylvania, in April 1743.^[9] She died prior to Daniel writing his will on 7 April 1795 which included a bequest to "late-wife's children, Charles and Grace (Dixon) Gause."^[10]

Research Notes

Some researchers say that Sarah died on 8 September 1738 in Upper Providence, Chester, Pennsylvania.^[1] That assertion will be re-evaluated if primary sources are found.

Children

The following profiles were attached as children of John and Sarah (Hollingsworth) Dixon as of 7 September 2019. Please see their profiles, and John's for sources found to support the attachment (in most cases, better sources are needed, which is why this list is under Research Notes).

• Mary Dixon
• Grace Dixon
• John Dixon
• Sarah Dixon
• Ann Dixon
• Isaac Dixon

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Online tree: Entry for Sarah Hollingsworth, posted by Earl Lee Jones & Shirley Jane Wilson (accessed 7 September 2019). Notes for the entry were
   1. Hollingsworth Heritage Volume XI No. 1 gives alternate date of birth: 7 Aug 1706: date of death Aft 30 Oct 1725: marriage: 29 Aug 1724 at Old Swedes Church, Willmington, Delaware. Note - birth/marriage were in 8th month, which would be October, not August. ~ ls
   2. Bobby R. Huggins book reports Sarah married a George Martin on 17 Jul 1747, which, cannot be because she died on 8 Sep 1738....and this writer shows her second marriage was to Aaron Harlan March. Note - wife of George Martin was probably the daughter of John & Sarah; perhaps she was wife of Mr. March also. ~ ls
   3. www.hollygardens.com lists date of marriage to John Dickson as 29 Aug 1724. Note - again, August is a "misconversion" of 8m (which in 1724 would be October, not August). ~ ls
2. ↑ See also John Dixon's profile, citing Immigration of the Irish Quakers Into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, page 315: "Sarah b 8 Mo 7 1706" (8m would be October).
3. ↑ Thomas reportedly came to America aboard the Antelope with his father Valentine (from a Family Tree Maker record)
4. ↑ data entry had August 29, but 8m would be October in 1724 (changed data entry on Feb. 21, 2015)
5. ↑ Newark MM marriages
6. ↑ From the Wikipedia article on Friends Meetinghouse (Wilmington, Delaware) (accessed 7 September 2019): "After William Penn became proprietor of the "Three Lower Counties," as Delaware was then known, regular meetings were formed in Newark, Centre and New Castle."
7. ↑ this reference refutes 1724 death date proposed by one profile, which also allows for more than one child with John
8. ↑ A calendar of Delaware wills, New Castle County, 1682-1800, By National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Delaware. Historical Research Committee. Available online from Google books. First date is when will was made; second, when it was probated.
9. ↑ Ancestry.com, online database with images, "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935" > Pennsylvania > Chester > Kennett Monthly Meeting > Men´s Minutes, 1739-1791 > Daniel Nichols and Sarah Dixon, April 1743; Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania), "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes - Men's Minutes, 1739-1791"; Call Number: MR-Ph 267. Ancestry Record 2189 #1099493126 with attached Image.
10. ↑ F.H. Hitchcock. A Calendar of Delaware Wills, New Castle County, 1682-1800 (National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Delaware. Historical Research Committee: 1911), page 144 (accessed 27 October 2019).

• Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750 : with their early history in Ireland
  • page 315

Following list of sources was provided by Michael Lechner for numerous profiles; they may or may not be accessible and may or may not apply to this person:

• Coate/Dudick "Ancestrees" (Linda Coate, lcoate[at]ancestrees.com; www.ancestrees.com/pedigree/index.htm accessed December 6, 2005, link dead at 6 May 2021). Text: Sarah HOLLINGSWORTH, Born: 7 Aug 1706, Rockland Manor, New Castle Co., DE, Marriage: John DIXON 1724 Died: After 1725, after age 19 Note:
  • Jolliffe, William, Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652-1893, (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, c1893).
  • Stewart J. Adger, comp, Descendants of Valentine Hollingsworth, Sr., (John P. Morton & Co., 1925).
  • John W. Wayland, comp, Hopewell Friends History 1734-1934, Frederick Co, Virginia, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975).
  • Walter I. Farmer, In America Since 1607, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. , 1987).
  • Eli JAY, Centennial Anniversary of W.Branch MM of Friends as presented in the Miami Valleyrecords, Vol. VI, Quaker Records, by Lindsay M. Brien, 1935 Miami Valley Rec, Quaker Rec, Vol.VI, 1935, (c1907).
  • New Castle County, Calendar of Delaware Wills.
• Michael Ray Lechner, Notes of Michael Ray Lechner, Editor of "Lechner Family History" (2000-2005)
• Earl L. Darrah, Holged07.ged, http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/a/r/Earl-L-Darrah/index.html 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. Text: Birth: 7 Aug 1706, Rockland Manor Father: Thomas /Hollingsworth/, (b. 1 Jul 1661, Bellevickcrannel,Ireland), (d. 2 Apr 1727, New Castle,Delaware), ref: 226, vol II, no. 1. Arrived in America on the WELCOME, with William Penn. Gives marriage date 1684, at Rockland Manor, New Castle, Del. Mother: Grace /Cook/, (b. 1673, Concord,PA.), Died after 2 May 1741, exact date not known. Marriage 1 (3): 1724, John /Dixon/, m. 1724 Son: Abt 1725, Isaac /Dixon/ (b. Abt 1725, ), (d. Abt 1762, ), Delaware Gen Soc., Vol 18, No. 3, May 1997 Daughter: Grace /Dixon/ Daughter: Sarah /Dixon/
• D. Hoskins, "Descendants of Henry Hollingsworth" ([users.ev1.net/~dhoskins/web/henryholl/index.htm#TOC page not found] January 4, 2015). Text: 35 F viii Sarah HOLLINGSWORTH was born on 7 Oct 1706 in New Castle Co, De. Sarah married (1) Aaron Harlan MARCH in Wilmington, De. Sarah married (2) George MARTIN on 17 Jul 1747. D. Hoskins site (accessed Feb. 4, 2015, courtesy of archive.org's Wayback Machine). Note - wife of George Martin was probably the daughter of John & Sarah; perhaps she was wife of Mr. March also.
  • Ancestry board post also includes marriages after John that are not hers: SARAH, b. October 7, 1706 in Rockland Manor, New Castle County, Delaware, m. (1) September 5, 1724 to John DIXON, (2) July 17, 1747 to George MARTIN, (3) on an unknown date to Aaron Harlan MARCH
• Emily A. Brown, Ancestors of Emily Brown, Dec 13, 2003 (no longer available, January 4, 2015)

Acknowledgements

• The WikiTree profile Hollingsworth-1343 was created through the import of DIXON.GED on October 11, 2011 by Glenn Dixon.
• The WikiTree profile Hollingsworth-1431 was created through the import of 60a.GED on January 11, 2012 by Michael Lechner. It was merged into Hollingsworth-1343 on August 18, 2012. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.
• The WikiTree profile Hollingsworth-1357 was created on October 19, 2011 by Charlene Chambers through the import of ChambersBarneshistory.ged (prior to import, this record was last changed 2 DEC 2005). It was merged into Hollingsworth-1343 on August 27, 2012. It included the user ID: A67D4D2F22BA6A41BD34CF1E3555351FE26F.
• The WikiTree profile Hollingsworth 1636 was created by Raymond Nichols on 12 Nov 2013. It was merged into Hollingsworth-1343 on 27 October 2019. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Raymond and others.