Henry Hollingsworth

Removed two wives per www.redbirdacres.net/hollingsowth.html

According to this source, Henry was only married to Katherine Cornish.

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NOTE: There is a great deal of unverified and conflicting information about Henry Hollingsworth in the following accounts. Any definitive and well-sourced research would be appreciated.

Based upon local historical records, the correct name of the community in Armagh in which they resided was the townland of Ballyvickcrannell (now Ballymacrandal) in Seagoe Parish (see http://www.craigavonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/rev/chapmanearlyemigra...)

Regarding muster rolls for County Armagh, the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland lists the following which are available:

http://www.proni.gov.uk/no.12_-_militia__yeomanry___muster_rolls__7...

Co. Armagh

MIC/637/10
(D/1759/3B/5) Muster Roll, 1618

T/934/1 Muster Roll, 1631

T/808/15235 Militia Officers, 1761

D/1928/Y/1 Militia Lists by parish in the barony of O’Neilland West, 1793-1795

T/1115/2A-C Militia Pay Lists and Muster Rolls, 1798-1800

T/808/15248 Roll of Armagh Corps of Supplemenary Yeomanry, 1798- 1803

T/561/1 List of Officers of Armagh Militia, 1808

T/2701 Crowhill Yeomanry pay list, c.1820

D/296/1 Ardress Yeomanry Book, c.1796 - 1798

D/321/1 Churchill Yeomanry Book, c.1796

From http://rea-williams.com/getperson.php?personID=I3999&tree=tree1

Wolfram states that he was said to be born in Cheshire, England to be exact. He was in an English militia and went with them to the Ulster Plantation in Ireland for the purpose of planting. This activity was often arranged by the "undertakers" or landed gentry between 1609 and 1630. Henry is listed in the 1630 muster roll for Onealland Barony, Ulster Plantation in County Armagh. The terms "sword and calleuer (caliver)" appear after his name telling what arms he owned. This suggests that he was a man of more than average means. The caliver was a calibrated gun for which standard bullets could be made. He actually lived on Richard Cope's half of the 2000 acre estate. He, wife Catherine and family might have returned to England during the 1641 Irish Rebellion.

In 1632, Henry received 120 acres of land in the Co. Armagh. Sometime between 1641 and 1660 during the Irish Rebellion, the Blackers took possession of it. His son, Valentine, legally took issue with the Blackers ownership of the land in 1674, and was favorably received. A semi-shared arrangement of the land occured. Henry is listed as lately deceased in an Oct. 27, 1675 record around this event. Previous to that he was a witness to a marriage in 1671 in the Lurgan Friends Book. (C-956)

Some theorize that Henry Hollingsworth was killed in the mass murders of the Irish Rebellion and that the Henry in the 1671 and 1674 records are referring to a Henry Hollingsworth who was married to an Elizabeth and settled in County Down before 1693. It is Farmer's contention that it is likely that Henry and his family fled to England during the massacres of the Rebellion. They lived on the east side of the Bann River from where many were able to escape. Farmer says our Henry lived through this and witnessed an Oct. 8, 1671 marriage in Co. Armagh, IRL and died shortly before the 1675 deed enactment. His reasoning is given in detail in his book: "In America Since 1607". (C-193)

As to Henry's place of origin in England, Henry Hollingsworths have only been found in Derbyshire and Staffordshire. Although we only know of one of Henry's children, Valentine, there were other Hollingsworths in Ireland that could be his children. Gent. Henry Hollingsworth of King Hill, in County Down (b. 1635-1643), or John, Hugh or Francis Hollinsworth serving in the army in 1644 in Dublin were all possible sons of our Henry. (C-956)

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Robert and Joan Hollingsworth's son Henry was born in Ireland after his parents had emigrated to Ireland. When he was about 34 years old, he married Catherine Cornish,who lived in his hometown. They had a son whom they named Valentine.

Notes for Henry Hollingsworth:

He was a tenant farmer, a yeoman a Man at arms in time of rebellion. He served with the militia in the Ulster Plantation before 1630, as he appears in the 1630 Muster Roll for Onealland Barony in County Armagh. The terms "sword and caliver" appear after his name, telling what arms he owned. This would suggest that he was a man of more than average means. The caliver was a calibrated gun for which standard bullets could be made. He appears in the Muster Roll of the Ulster Palntation of 1630 County Arnagh, Ireland, where he is the 5th name in a list of 24 tenants on the 2000 acre estate held by Mr. Richard Cope and Michael Obins. The land lay just east of the present town of Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland.

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From the Hollingsworth book, it has been assumed that Robert Hollingsworth is the father of Henry. No brothers or sisters are known, and the name of his wife is not known. Henry Hollingsworth was born about 1600 in Cheshire, England, and emigrated to Ireland with his family. He died in Ireland.

Publication: Ancestors and Descendants of the James Family, The Hollingswo rth Family And Collateral Lines of Atkinson And Ree. Written in 1996 by Ernest C. James, PE, 3009 Leta Lane, Sacramento, CA 95821

See Also:

http://www.valentinehollingsworth.com/index.php?option=com_content&...

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Henry per Wikipedia
Henry may have been born in England in Cheshire. He was in the English Militia and went with them to the Ulster Plantation in Ireland for the purpose of planting. This activity was often arranged by the "undertakers" or landed gentry between 1609 and 1630. (The English conquered Ireland in 1603 after the Nine Years War. The Ulster Plantation was thousands of acres confiscated from the Irish owners. The English then sent the Protestants over to "farm" the land).

Henry is listed in the 1630 Muster Roll for Onealland Barony, Ulster Plnatation in County Armagh.  The terms "sword and calleuer (caliver)" appear after his name telling what arms he owned.  This suggests he was a man of more than average means.  The caliver was a calibrated gun for which standard bullets could be made.  He actually lived on Richard Cope's half of the 2,000 acre of alnd in County Armagh.  Between 1641 and 1660, during the Irish Rebellion, the Blackers took posssessionof it.  His son, Valentine, legally took issu and in 1874 was "favorably received."  Thereafter, there was "shared ownership." 

Henry is listed as deceased October 27, 1675.

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/53917178/person/13878549857/media/4?...

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GEDCOM Source

@R800445422@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Database online. Record for Thomas Hollingworth http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=2968

GEDCOM Source

@R800445422@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Database online. Record for Henry Hollingworth
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=2968