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- (1) Irish Quaker Immigration into Pennsylvania [database online], Orem, UT: Ancestry.com, 1998:
Henry Hollingsworth, b. 9 Mo. 7, 1658, at Belleniskcrannell, is thought to have come over to Pennsylvania as a redemptioner to Robert Turner, in 1683. Subsequently he lived for a time with his father in New Castle County. In 1688, he returned to Ireland for a wife and on 6 Mo. 22d of that year was married to Lydia Atkinson, of Parish of Segoe, County Armagh, whom he shortly after brought to Pennsylvania. For a number of years he was Deputy Surveyor of Chester County. In 1695, he resided in Chester, and was Sheriff of the County. He also represented New Castle County in the Provincial Assembly. In 1700, and for some time after he was Clerk of the Courts, and Coroner of Chester County. He removed to Elkton, Md., about 1712, in which year he was appointed (3 Mo. 9 by Lord Baltimore) Surveyor of Cecil County. His manuscript commonplace book, which is a medley of receipts, poetry, astrology, alchemy, chemistry, some of which is in Latin, is in the collection of the Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker, of Philadelphia. He died 2 Mo. or 3 Mo. 1721. His children were: Ruth, m. George Simpson, 12 Mo. 24, 1706; Stephen, who m. Ann, was a Magistrate in Cecil County, Md., in 1730, removing subsequently to Virginia, where, in 1734, he obtained a grant of 472 acres of land on the west side of the Shenandoah River, in Orange County; Zebulon, b. 1696, d. Cecil County, 8 Mo. 8, 1763, m. 4 Mo. 18, 1727, Ann, daughter of Col. Francis Mauldin; Catharine m. Dawson, of Kent County, Md.; Abigail, m. Richard Dobson, in 1720; and Mary.
(2) Stewart, J. Adger, Descendants of Valentine Hollingsworth, Sr., John P. Morton Company Inc., Louisville, KY: 1925, p. 2a:
HENRY HOLLINGSWORTH
Eldest son of Valentine) and Ann (Ree) Hollingsworth, Sr. Born at Belleniskcrannel, Ireland, September 7, 1658. Came to America, August 14, 1683, in the good ship "Lion of London"; died at Elkton, Cecil Co., Md., March, 1721. Will dated February 23, 1721, probated March 12, 1721. Was a surveyor. When only 18 years old, he assisted Thomas Holmes in laying out the City of Philadelphia. He was a large land owner in Chester Co., Pa., also in New Castle Co., Del. Was Sheriff of Chester Co., Pa., 1695. Coroner of Chester Co., and Clerk of the Court, from 1700 to 1708. He represented New Castle Co. in the assembly of Pa. in 1695, the same year with his father. In 1711-12 he removed to the head of Elk River, now Elkton, Cecil Co., Md., and was appointed Surveyor of the County by Lord Baltimore, March 9, 1712. He was the founder of the Hollingsworth family in Maryland. Married August 22, 1688, in the Parrish of Sligo, County Armagh, Ireland, Lydia Atkinson.
children:
I.Ruth-Born 1689. Married December 24, 1706, George Simpson.
II. Stephen-Born 1690. Married Anne _____. Was a Magistrate in Cecil Co., Md., in 1730. Removed to Virginia, and in 1734 obtained a grant of land of 472 acres on the west side of the Shenandoah River, Orange Co.
III. Zebulon-Born in Chester Co., Pa., 1696. More of Zebulon later. Died August 8, 1763, in Cecil Co., Md.
IV. Catherine-Married _____ Dawson, Kent Co., Md.
V. Abigail-Married Richard Dobson, 1720.
VI. Mary.
(3) According to the Northern Ireland Place-Name Project , the Irish town in which the HOLLINGSWORTHs lived is now named Ballymacrandal.
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