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OUR HOLLINGSWORTH FAMILY IN AMERICA
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of tobacco, a certain tract of land containing fifty acres, being in Talbot County, part of three hundred acres of the same, formerly belonging to Alexander Manfield. The witnesses were Joseph Wainwright and Jonas Greenwood, John and Jane Hollingsworth signed with their respective marks. |
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| In the year 1683 John Hollingsworth, of Talbot County, received a warrant for one hundred and fifty acres of land called "Fox Harbour," now in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. In February of the same year he and his wife sold the same to William Carroll for the sume of "Three Thousand ffive hundred pounds of good tobacco. It lay on the south side of Chester River, on the branch of Hambleton's Creek. |
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| The last deed that I have been able to find was dated 15 June, 1686 in which he and wife Jane deeded to William Hemsley, of Talbot County, for four thousand pounds of good tobacco, the tract called "Jerusalem," lying on the south side of Chester River, containing 300 acres. |
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| The last will and testament of John Hollingsworth was dated 23 April 1698. It does not mention his wife; evidently she preceded him in death. It appoints three men whom I have always believed were his sons-in-law, as Executors. It states that his land is to be divided equally between his sons, "John, William and Thomas Hollingsworth," and the personal estate to be divided equally between his sons and daughters. The daughters were not named. Witnesses were Nicholus Cloud, John Shepard and Dennis Corty. John Hollingsworth Jr. purchased his brothers' share of their inheritance of their father's estate and remained in Talbot County, Maryland. Thomas purchased a tract of land known as "Forrest Lodge" from Patrick Forrest in 1735. He married first Miss Margaret Wells, prior to 1712 and married second, the widow Fowler, who was Miss Levania Jarman before her first marriage. |
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| The man of our interest, William Hollingsworth, was born in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland; the many references I have searched are as follows: Annapolis, Md., Land Office "List of Early Settlers in Maryland, Land Office, "Volume AB H, p.276. "Land Warrants," Vol. VII., p. 235, Vol. VIII., pp. 117-18; Vol. XXI., p. 230; "Maryland Archives," Vol. XLI., pp. 175, 252, 504; Vol. XXIX., p. 110. "Tolbot County Deeds," Vol. I., pp. 51, 72, 129-34; Vol. III., p. 278. Rent Rolls of Calvert County, Maryland, or Calvert Papers, No. 881 (1658-1722), pp.18, 23, 215, 235, etc. William followed in his father's footsteps and became a planter. He also owned many acres of land, buying and selling. One tract known as "Solomon's Friendship" now lies in Queen Anne's County. Another purchase of 100 acres, in 1707, by warrant, for "The Beginning." Also in 1724 he purchased another tract known as "Refuge," originally in Talbot, but now in Queen Anne's County. The home where he lived and where his family was born and raised was originally in Talbot County, but the division of the counties caused search in Kent, Talbot, Queen Anne's and Calvert counties' records. |
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| William Hollingsworth was in Kent County, Md. when one John Ponder sold him a tract of land called "Shephard's Forrest" for 7000 lbs. of tobacco. William married Sarah, daughter of William Boulton. In 1720, he and Sarah sold to Thomas Slanton, a planter of Queen Anne's County, a tract called "The Forrest of Sherwood." The payment was made in "ye Sum of four thousand pounds of Good Sound Merchandise Tobacco." |
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| The children of William & Sarah (Boulton) Hollingsworth were, Isaac, born about 1706, and died about 1751; married Rosanne______; Vincent Hollingsworth (my line) born about 1707/8 died 1744; married Mary Herbert, daughter of William Herbert; Mary Ann (married a Mr.____Stone), and John, born about 1712 - all born in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. |