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 1673 - 1748 (75 years)
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| Name |
Samuel Hollingsworth |
| Born |
27 Mar 1673 |
Ballyvickcrannel, County Armagh, Ireland  [2] |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Nov 1748 |
Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America |
| Buried |
Nov 1748 |
Birmingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America |
| Person ID |
I8073 |
TangledRoots |
| Last Modified |
22 Oct 2021 |
| Father |
Valentine Hollingsworth, b. Aug 1632, Ballyvickcrannel, Seagoe, County Armagh, Ireland , d. 13 Oct 1710, Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, British Colonial America (Age 78 years) |
| Mother |
Ann Calvert, b. Nov 1650, County Down, Ireland , d. 17 Oct 1697, Shellpot Creek, New Castle County, Delaware, British Colonial America (Age 46 years) |
| Married |
12 Jun 1672 |
Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland |
| Family ID |
F3287 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Hannah Harlan, b. 4 Apr 1681, Parish of Donaghcloney, County Down, Ireland , d. Aft 1748 (Age > 68 years) |
| Married |
1701 |
New Castle, Delaware [3] |
Address:
Newark Monthly Meeting |
| Last Modified |
16 Jan 2022 |
| Family ID |
F3216 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
He represented New Castle County in the Assembly from 1725-1728. Children: Enoch, married (1st), 23 October 1725, Joanna Crowley; married (2nd) Betty (surname not given). John married 1732, Mary Reed. Samuel maried 1738, Barbary Shewin. George, living in 1731 to 1737, died before his father. Betty, married 1734, Henry Green. [Source: George Norbury Mackenzie, "Colonial Families of the United States of America", (reprint Baltimore: Genealogical publishing County, Inc., 1966, 1995), vol VII, pg. 294]
He was one of the 11 commissioners appointed in 1728 to run the line between Chester Co. and newly formed Lancaster Co. In 1735, he owned land and lived near George Harlan, on the west side of Brandywine, 5 or 6 miles from Wilmington.
Samuel Hollingsworth lived in Birmingham Township and held several important public offices. In 1729 and 1738, he was appointed justice of the Peace for Chester County. From 1725 to 1728 he represented the county in the Provincial assembly. [Immigration of Irish Quakers in Pennsylvania 1682-1750, with their history in Ireland, Albert Cook Myers (1901), pg 315, PDF, Archive.org.]
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- [S1111] Harlan Family Vertical File, pg. 2 (Info0002).
- [S935] Book: Colonial Families of the United States of America, 973.D2., vol VII, pg. 294.
Samuel Hollingsworth b. 27th Jan 1673, in Ireland, came from Belfast, Ireland, with his father in 1682.
- [S1111] Harlan Family Vertical File, pg. 2 (Info0002).
..... m. 1791 Samuel Hollingsworth
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