Descendants of Henry Hollingsworth (born 1598), father of Valentine
Sr.
and the County Wexford - Wicklow families. Failte!
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A Bit of Irish Quaker History
More Quaker History from Bob
Sinton's website.
Some researchers think Henry was born in Ireland, England, or even Scotland. Henry was listed in
an English
militia (as Hen Hollinworth) and could have
gone
as a member of the Ulster
Plantation & Ulster-Scots
to Ireland.
This activity was arranged by the CROWN and the "undertakers" or
landed gentry between 1609 - 1630 for the sole purpose of taking (stealing) the
land from the Irish using any means
such as murder and
starvation. Henry is listed in the 1630 muster
roll for Onealland Barony, Ulster Plantation in County Armagh.
Another fact in question is the maiden name of Henry's wife Kathryn,
was she a Cornish or a Blacker?
This editor believes she was a Blacker, due to the close relationship
between
the
two families, this fact still to be proven either way, and might never
be known for sure.
Here is a second opinion:
"There is some speculation
that Kathryn wife of Henry was a "Blacker" and that Valentine was named
after her father Valentine Blacker. I wonder if Valentine escaped
with the "Blackers" and Henry and Kathryn died during the
rebellion.....just a thought. Maybe you will find some answers in
Co. Wexford!"
(John...of Giles...Valentine)
John Hollingsworth ..John..of Giles...Valentine,
has my sincere
thanks and gratitude for finding Valentine's true
official seal on his 2005 trip to Belfast PRNOI. At this point our American cousins appear to not recognize
the significants of this great discovery.
In Ireland the Stag
was one of the most ancient of charges and was regarded as the most
handsome. The Stag represents the very ancestors of the Celtic race.
( Partial Update November
11, 2007).........My
DNA matches
the family linked to Henry and my ancestor was most likely a brother to
Valentine Sr. Many years ago when
I was first contacted by Harry Hollingsworth (Hollingsworth Register) I
believed my family was from England based on the fact that Sgt
James Nicholas
Hollingsworth (Born 1811) claimed he was from Winwick and
Warwick on
two
separate census. Recently it was found on his army enlistment papers he
was from Ballycanew, Ireland.
There are two men believed to be brothers, the birth dates
are close and the names used in the family are the same,
DNA has proven the two families
are related and both lived in Ballycanew,
County
Wexford. Samuel born 1767 and
Nicholas born 1762
The DNA match was made with Donald
Page Hollingsworth in
Edmonton, Alberta and Thomas James
Hollingsworth, this links our two families, both having roots in
Ballycanew, County
Wexford. I know by family tradition Sgt. James Hollingsworth's
father was named Samuel
because his first son was Samuel, his
second
son was named John after his grandfather, again tradition of the older
families.
Samuel's
brother was Nicholas born 1762
and is the
proven connection to our Canadian cousins. Both Samuel born 1767 and
Nicholas
born 1762 named their first son John after their father, more proof of
their relationship. DNA results:
Compared to the "Apparent Ancestral Signature of Valentine Sr."
(Tom: 25/25
35/37 64/67)
(Don: 25/25
35/37 63/67)
An old Irish
toast. "May you be in heaven before the devil knows
you
are dead."
...........
................
1878 Brooklyn, New York
1897
Millville, New
Jersey
About 1927-1928 Millville, New
Jersey
Ten years after arrival in Boston.
Same family 19 years later.
About 1925 Millville, New
Jersey
Hollingsworth
DNA Project Newsletter (MSWord file) Thanks to John & Doug
Hollingsworth: March 30,
2008
Wonderful 24/7 Irish internet music:
http://www.midwestirishradio.com/mwir/index.htm
Thanks to the
following generous contributors of family history.
Harry Hollingsworth : Editor of the Hollingsworth Register
(Posthumously)
Clarence Miller Hollingsworth (Posthumously)
Donald
Page
Hollingsworth
Catherine Hollingsworth Murdock
Donna Hollingsworth
Hocking
Betty Hollingsworth Sefcilk
Diane Hollingsworth
Anderson
Elayne Hollingsworth Fitzner
Dolores Langley
Solberg
John Hollingsworth (John of Giles........of Valentine)
Sheila
Sue Cannon
Justice
Doug Hollingsworth
Thomas Edgar
Hollingsworth
Jo Hollingsworth & Simon Hollingsworth (Where did our
ancestors come from?)
Possible Henry Hollingsworth origin theory by Harry Hollingsworth in
his "Hollingsworth Register",
Volume Two, December 1966, that can't be set aside as not plausible.
Another Clue
Is Valentine Kin to the Family at Hollingworth
Hall? By Douglas R. Hollingsworth A Second Clue
NEW:
OUR HOLLINGSWORTH RELATIONSHIP TO ARTHUR COLLEY, THE DUKE OF
WELLINGTON: CLICK HERE
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