Henry HOLLINGSWORTH

1658 - 1721  (63 years)

• Name	Henry HOLLINGSWORTH  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1658	Belleniskcrannel, Armagh, IRL   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Mar 1721	Elkton, Cecil, MD, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I16135	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  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, Ballyvickcrannel, Sego, Armagh, IRL (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	7 Apr 1655	Tanderagree, Armagh, Ireland
  Family ID	F3418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth (Lydia) ATKINSON,   b. 1660, Seagoe, Armagh, Ire d. Abt 1740, , Cecil, MD, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	22 Oct 1688	Seagoe, Armagh, Ire
  Family ID	F5631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Henry witnessed several marriages in County Armagh, Ireland starting at age 20 in 1678. He signed his name Henry Hollingsworth. His grandfather, Henry, signed his name as Hen: Hollensworth. Henry made a couple trips to the American co, one in 1683. He made this trip on the "Lyon" as an indentured servant to Robert Turner of Dublin for two years starting Oct. 8, 1685. He apparently traveled back and forth to Ireland as he is a witness to several marriages from Oct. 1685 through 1688. He is during this same time period in the Newark Kennett Monthly Meeting Records in what was then Pennsylvania. He was in them in the 9th mo., 1687 when he declared his intentions to return to Ireland to marry and when he was appointed to check on the order of the Whitely Creek Monthly Meeting. On the 12th mo, 4th day, 1687, Newark decided to grant him a certificate to Ireland to achieve just that. In 1688 he married Lydia Atkinson in Co. Armaugh, IRL. The same month in which he married, he probably assisted with the sale of his father's lands to Rev. Henry Jenney. In Pennsylvania, Henry was known for his surveying skills. He even helped layout the current city of Philadelphia. He also worked as a blacksmith and home builder according to his son Zebulon. Like his father, Valentine, he was a member of the Assembly under Penn's government, but for just one session in 1695. He became a large landowner in Chester Co., PA and New Castle Co., DEL. In 1697, he is likely the Henry Hollingsworth that was a witness in a deed in Chester Co., PA between John Simcock and Henry Swift. (C-2136) Again in 1709 he is listed as a witness in a deed record for Chester Co., PA according to Bryant's book of abstracts. Deed. On 16 Apr 1709 Isaac FEW, late of Chester, yeoman, to John FAWCETT, of Ridley, carpenter, for

  
  

• Sources

  [S140] Stewart J. Adger, comp, Descendants of Valentine Hollingsworth, Sr. (John P. Morton & Co., 1925). [S141] Walter I. Farmer, In America Since 1607 (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. , 1987). [S198] William B. Holllingsworth, Hollingsworth Genealogical Memoranda in the United States, from 1682-1884 (1884). [S135] Carol Bryant, Abstracts of Chester Co., Pennsylvania Land Records, Volume 1, 1681-1730 (Transcriptions from this book also provided in email by Annie Natalelli Waloszek). [S1352] Valentine Hollingsworth Pedigree Chart entitled "The Immigrant". [S2953] Singleton, Ann Brown, Email dated 2008.