James Hollinshead (1768 - 1831)

Born 31 Dec 1768 in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania

Husband of Sarah (Stroud) Hollinshead — married 13 Jul 1794 in Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania

Died 5 Mar 1831 at age 62 in Stroudsburg, Pa.

Biography

James was born on 3 December 1768 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was the son of William Hollinshead and Elizabeth (Harvey) Hollinshead. He was the 11th of 13 children.

spouse: Sarah Stroud, m. 13 July 1794 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. They had 13 children.

James died at the age of 62 on 5 March 1831 in Stroudsburg, Pa. 62

Pocono Record

The Pocono Record

Stroudsburg - The last of the still-standing Stroud series, the Frank L Patterson home on Dreher Avenue, the old stone house ... This was the home Jacob Stroud built for his fourth child Saraah, who became the wife of Dr. James Holliinshead.

With nine girls in the family, Jacob must have wondered if he'd ever get them all married, or stop building homes for them when they did. ...two of his daughters married brothers and two other daughters married cousins.

Sarah married twice. The firs was to Capt Mordecai Morgan, a Revolutionary soldier. By the time she was 18, she was a widow with a young son, Mordecai, who died young.

Sarah, born June 6, 1770, has been described as fine-looking, rather tall and of full fashion.

The new doctor, Dr. James Hollinshead, has been described as a man of "attractive personality, cheerful and inclined to mirthfulness" so they must have made a lively pair.

James Hollinshead was born in Philadelphia on December 31, 1768, the 11th of 13 children. He became a teacher in Salelm, N.N., and then studied medicine, graduating from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1792, he came to this area and settled on what is now the Posten farm across from the Beakleyville Church.

He married the young widow on July 13, 1794, and promptly set about have a total of 13 children.

They were involved in all the activities of the growing young town. He practiced medicine, and was named a justice of the peach. His brother , Dr. Peter Hollinshead, also moved to town and married Sarah's younger sister, Ann.

The Hollinshead brothers were apparently among Jacob;s favorite sons-in-law. In his will he named his son, Daniel, and James Hollinshead as guardians of his youngest son, Jacob, who died young. Both James and Peter Hollinshead were named administrators of Jacob's will.

Four of the Hollinshead children died young, and a family burying ground was set aside on Kaber's Hill. Stones mark the graves of James William Hollinshead, three; Elizabeth H, one; Robert who died the day he was born; and Ann S, 16.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/51875/News-PE-PO_RE.1975_06_09-0001?pid=511386625 Pocono Record 9 June 1975

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Acknowledgments

• Profile Hollinshead-22 was created through the import of Beck_asof_06-05-2013.GED on Jun 5, 2013 by Tom Beck.
• Profile Hollinshead-26 was created through the import of Beck_asof_06-05-2013.GED on Jun 5, 2013 by Tom Beck.