THE HOLLINGSWORTH REGISTER, VOLUME I., NUMBER 3. |
OCTOBER, 1965 |
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"of my estate one feather bed and furniture one tract of land containing twenty five acres more or less on the rockey mountain, an other tract of land containing one Hundred acres, one Chesnut Sorrel mare and two Cots and Yearlings. In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal this 21 (?) day of February 1816 - I do hereby appoint and ordain Jacob Holiingsworth Junr and John Morgan my lawfull executors to this my last uill and testament - |
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| Signed, Sealed & delivd | his | In prsents of us |
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| /s/ David Henderson, test | (SEAL) | |
| /s/ Joseph Brock | ||
| /s/ Samuel gordon | ||
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Proved 20 March, 1816, Wm. Rice, Ordinary. Book B-1 of Wills, page 23.(26?) |
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| NOTE: Mr. Noel Hollingsworth, Mexia, Texas, has kindly sent us copies of these very helpful documents. He is trying to connect his llne in Union County, South Carolina, with the older generations. His ancestor, James Daniel Hollingsworth, born in South Carolina Apr. 12, 1822, moved to Benton (now Calhoun) County, in Alabama about 1846 or 1849. His son Daniel Barton Hollingsworth, was born Oct. 16, 1862, and was the father of our correspondent. Daniel's older brother, Robert Asberry Hollingsworth, a soldier in the Confederate Army, Co. E, 30th Alabama Regiment, was born Apr. 15, 1843, in "Union County, South Carolina." If any of you have further data on the brothers, or parents, of James Daniel, let us know. | ||
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CHRONOLOGY OF AMERICAN HOLLINGSWORTHS | ||||
| This is an attempt to bring "under one roof" all the data we possess as to the ,first date about the first settlers in America, of our surname. See the reference tables to follow. | ||||
| 1. 1635 | May 2. EDWARD HALLINGWORTH, aged 46, set sail in the ship "Alexander," Capt. Gilbert Grimes, Master, from "ye Port of London," bound for the Island of Barbados. In the passenger list also was a "David Collingworth," aged 22. This is the earliest record of the surname to be found in the Western Hemisphere, of which we are presently aware. So Edward has the privilege {possibly only temporarilly) of being "first" Hollingworth in America, although there is no indication he came to mainland. Barbados is an island in the Lesser Antilles chain, s.e. of Cuba. It has been a British Possession since about 1605. | |||
| 2. 1635 | July 13. RIC. HALLINGWORTH, aged 40, wife Suzan, 30, & children William 7, Ricr., 4, Eliz. 3, & Suzan 2, set saii from London in the ship "Blessing" bound for New England, John Lester, Master. There were 25 other passengers, each bringing a certificate of conformity in the English Church. He was a shipwright. He settled at Salem, Massachusetts. Descendants lived there, and later, the fifth generation lived at Fairfield, Connecticut after 1820. (See Register, July, p. 63 No. 1.) | |||
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