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John V. Hollingsworth, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, has been interested
in Quaker research for a number of years. He also maintains that faith
in his own life, perpetuating the belief of the founder of his line.
Consequently, he has become familiar with the Quaker Meeting records. Your
editor received a letter of recent date, from Mr. Hollingsworth, in which,
we think, hitherto unexploited information has been brought to light. In a
discussion about the Quaker records, he relates that, on page 200, of the
same record book, the following appears: (We quote only in brief.)
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Thomas Calvert, son of John Calvert, of Moresome, neere Gisbrough in
Yorkshire, in England, and of Gwale his wife, was borne at Lygakowy (now
Lurgan) in the County of Ardmagh, in Ireland, in the year 1617 and about
the 11th of ye 2nd month, 1647 he took to wife Jane, daughter of Hugh
Glassond and of Margaret his wife, of Stranmillis (now Belfast) in the
County of Antrim, and had by her children borne as followeth, ----
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Ann Calvert first daughter of Thomas Calvert and Jane his wife was borne
in Killwarlin (now Hillsborough) in the County of Down about the ninth
month, Anno Domini, 1650-----
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Four children are noted, Ann being second. Hillsborough is a town a few
miles east of Lurgan, over the line in County Down. This Calvert family
came first into Lurgan, and then moved to what is now Hillsborough, and
then back to Lurgan. But the invaluable information is their original
English Parish home. We know that all descendants of Valentine
Hollingsworth will be pleased to take the ancestry back farther, even if
it be on the "distaff" side!
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"Moresome" neer Gisbrough is correctly called "Great Moresome," now often
written "Great Moorsholm." It lies within the Parish of Skelton-in-
Cleveland, and is a township thereof, being six miles east by south, of
the town of Guisborough, in North Riding of the County of York, England.
(See: Samuel Lewis: Topographical Dictionary of England.)
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From an examination of the records of Yorkshire Parish Register Society,
there is little doubt that the Calverts did indeed, originate in Moorsholm.
Volume XIX., p. 28, of "Wills in the York Registry Office," covering years
from the 1400's until the late 1600's show:
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| "Calverde,Thomas | Ibrson
Psh of Skelton | Will | July 1, 1572 | 19-370 |
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| "Calverd, John | Morson
Par. Skelton | Will | Oct. 10, 1562 | 17-427 |
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| "Calvart, Thomas | Great Morson
(bur Skelton) | Will | July 12, 1598 | 27-524 |
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| "Calvart, Robert | Skelton | Will | Dec. 16, 1597 | 27-450 |
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| "Calvart, John | Gisburn, Cleveland | Adm. | Sept. 30, 1613. | ----- |
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| "Calverde,Thomas | Westbye hall
Parish of Gysbrn | Adm. | Sept. 15, 1553 | - |
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| "Calvarde,Robert | Morsome | Adm. | Mar. 5, 1574. | ------- |
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| "Calvard, Elizabeth | | Adm. | May 6, 1584. | ------- |
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As far as we know, anyone may apply to York Registry Office, York, England,
and obtain photocopies. The numbers given to the right of the dates in the
wills above, refer to Volume and page of original registry. No doubt, one
or more of the above persons are directly in the ancestry of Ann Calvert
Hollingsworth. Good luck to you, trying to read 16th century English!
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NOTE: The name of the townland where Valentine Hollingsworth resided is
correctly spelt BallyMacRandall, but formerly (in his days)
"BallemcCrannell." It is difficult to decipher in old writing. Thomas
Calvert (Calluart) resided in a nearby townland now and then called
"Drumgor," called here "Dromgorr."
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