Samuel Hollingsworth

1673 - Aft 1748  (> 75 years)

• Name	Samuel Hollingsworth  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	27 Jan 1673	Ballyvickcrannel, Sego, Armagh, IRL
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 30 Aug 1748	Birmingham Twp., Chester, PA, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I14320	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 Calvert,   b. 9 Nov 1650, Kilvaring, Down, Ire d. 17 Aug 1697, Newark M.M., New Castle, DE, USA (Age 46 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	12 Apr 1672	Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland
  Family ID	F3314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Harlan,   b. 4 Feb 1681, Donnahlong, Down, Ulster, Ire d. Aft Sep 1748, Kennett M.M., Chester, PA (Age > 67 years)
  Marriage	8 Jun 1701	Newark M.M., New Castle, DE, USA
  Family ID	F4937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel was a member of the Assembly under Penn from 1725-1728. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1729 and 1735 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania In 1740, his testimony is often in the court records for the case that ended with the famoun Dixon line. (C-956) In court records he affirmed that he had been in Pennsylvania since 1782, in New Castle County until 1701 and Chester County last. Samuel and his wife had five children by the names of Enoch, John, Samuel Jr., George and Elizabeth. (C-1445)

  
  

• Sources

  [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). [S87] Stewart J. Adger, comp, Descendants of Valentine Hollingsworth, Sr. (John P. Morton & Co., 1925). [S88] Walter I. Farmer, In America Since 1607 (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. , 1987). [S90] Jolliffe, William, Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652-1893 (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, c1893). [S3342] J.R. Hollingsworth to Linda Coate E-mail letter dated 3/20/1998 at humble.ob.doc@MCIONE.com (C-1445). [S1726] Alpheus H. Harlan, History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family and Particularly of the Descendants of George and Michael Harlan Who Settled in Chester Co, Pa, 1687, as provided by Charlotte Coats Siercks. (c1912).