Catherine Hollingsworth

1663 - 1746  (83 years)

• Name	Catherine Hollingsworth  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	May 1663	, , , Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Jun 1746	Newark, New Castle, DE   [1]
  Person ID	I11318	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Valentine Hollingsworth, Sr. *,   b. Abt 1632, Ballyvickcrannel, Sego, Armagh, IRL d. 1711, Newark M.M., New Castle, DE, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ann Ree, *,   b. Abt 1628, Tanderagree, Armagh, Ireland d. 1 Feb 1671, Beleniskcrannel, Sego, Armagh, Northern Ireland (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	7 Apr 1655	Tanderagree, Armagh, Ireland
  Family ID	F3313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Robinson,   b. Abt 1666, , , , Ireland d. 8 Sep 1738, Newark, New Castle, DE (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	2 Nov 1688	Newark M.M., New Castle, DE, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F4186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Catherine was a "zelous Quaker Minister". Her husband, known as Big George Robinson was not born a Quaker. This caused some concern when she married him. They first declared their intention of marriage on the 3rd day, 1st mo, 1687 at tark/Kennett Monthly Meeting in what was then Pennsylvania When they declared it a second time on the 7th day, 2 mo, 1688, friends asked them to wait to marry as they were still uncertain of it. This normally would have been the meeting where they would have been given consent. They again asked for consent on the 4th mo, 1688 and members were appointed to inquire of them on these intentions. The 5th mo, 1688, the meeting finally gave their consent. They finally married athe the monthly meeting held at Catherine's father's house on the 11th mo, 5th day, 1688. They had six children. Eli Jay has her listed as the d. of Valentine and Ann Calvert. That is because he has the marriage date of these two a decade earlier than most other sources. (C-1546, 2169E)

  
  

• Sources

  [S85] Marshall, Mike, Email 2000 sent to Steve Pearson and forwarded to Linda Coate from michaelm@inna.net. [S73] 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). [S88] Walter I. Farmer, In America Since 1607 (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. , 1987). [S89] William B. Holllingsworth, Hollingsworth Genealogical Memoranda in the United States, from 1682-1884 (1884).