Margaret (Hollingsworth) Carter (1715 - aft. 1749)

Born 28 Mar 1715 in Cecil County, Province of Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Carter — married about 1730 (to 1748) in Orange, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1749 after age 33 in Frederick County, Virginia

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Biography

Biography

Margaret (Hollingsworth) Carter was a Virginia colonist.

Margaret Hollingsworth was born 28 March 1715 in Cecil County, Maryland, to Abraham Hollingsworth and Ann Robinson.^[1] She married Benjamin Carter about 1738 in Orange County, Virginia.

She was not mentioned by name in her father’s will of 1748, however he did mention Benjamin Carter as his son-in-law.^[2] Her mother made her will 2 March 1748/9 and left “a Quantity of Linnen yarn that I have at the weavers to my 2 Daughter Margaret Cartar & Lydia Neill.”^[3] That is the last known reference to Margaret Hollingsworth Carter.

Research Notes

Her year of marriage is based on her birth year and the estimated birth years of her children.

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 , database with images, Ancestry, Birth Record of Margaret Hollingsworth, 1715, (accessed 18 June 2021); citing Records of Kennett Monthly Meeting, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. “Margaret Hollingsworth Daughter of Abraham and Ann Hollingsworth Born ye 28th of ye 1 Mo 1715.”
2. ↑ Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1983, images, Ancestry, The Will of Abraham Hollingsworth, written 23 September 1748, proved November 1748, (accessed 15 June 2021); citing Frederick County, Virginia, Will Book 1, page 203.
3. ↑ Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1983, images, Ancestry, The Will of Ann Hollingsworth, written 2 March 1748/9, 5 April 1749, (accessed 15 June 2021); citing Frederick County, Virginia, Will Book 1, page 273.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Hollingsworth-1256 created through the import of Lupton file.ged on Jul 7, 2011 by Kim Ostermyer.
• WikiTree profile Hollingsworth-1291 created through the import of CGarner_2011-05-09.ged on Aug 3, 2011 by Charles Garner.

Margaret was born in 1715. She passed away in 1799. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 , database with images, Ancestry, Birth Record of Margaret Hollingsworth, 1715, (accessed 18 June 2021); citing Records of Kennett Monthly Meeting, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. “Margaret Hollingsworth Daughter of Abraham and Ann Hollingsworth Born ye 28th of ye 1 Mo 1715.”
2. ↑ Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1983, images, Ancestry, The Will of Abraham Hollingsworth, written 23 September 1748, proved November 1748, (accessed 15 June 2021); citing Frederick County, Virginia, Will Book 1, page 203.
3. ↑ Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1983, images, Ancestry, The Will of Ann Hollingsworth, written 2 March 1748/9, 5 April 1749, (accessed 15 June 2021); citing Frederick County, Virginia, Will Book 1, page 273.
4. ↑ Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume VII Hollingsworth Family Sally (Seay) Smith.