The Family Puzzles - Demystified (Sort of)
Family: Henry Hollingsworth/Lydia Atkinson (F1233)
m. 22 Aug 1688-
Father | Male
Henry Hollingsworth
Born 7 Sep 1658 Belleniskcrannel, Parish of Segoe, County Armagh, Ireland Died 1 Mar 1721 Elkton, Cecil, Maryland Buried Married 22 Aug 1688 Parish of Sligo, County Armagh, Ireland Father Valentine Hollingsworth | F1226 Group Sheet Mother Ann Rea | F1226 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Lydia Atkinson
Born 1660 Armagh, Ulster, Ireland Died 1739 Elkton, Cecil, Maryland Buried Father Mother
Child 2 | Male
Stephen Hollingsworth
Born 1690 Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Died 1750 Duplin, North Carolina, USA Buried Spouse Ann Robinson | F10907 Married Bef 1716 Duplin, North Carolina, USA
Child 3 | Male
Zebulon Hollingsworth
Born 1696 Belleniskcrannel, Parish of Segoe, County Armagh, Ireland Died 8 Aug 1763 Cecil, Maryland, USA Buried Spouse Ann Mauldin | F7760 Married 18 Apr 1727 Cecil, Maryland, USA Spouse Mary Jacobs | F7759 Married 25 Jul 1741 Cecil, Maryland, USA
Child 4 | Female
Catherine Hollingsworth
Born 1698 Elkton, Cecil, Maryland Died Yes, date unknown Buried
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Notes Married:
- "Whereas Henry Hollingsworth of Pennsylvania in the county of New Castle in America & Lydia Atkinson in ye Parish of Sego and County of Ardmagh in Ireland having declared their intention of marriage with each other in the several public Meetings of the People of God called Quakers at or near Lurgan in the Province of Ulster, whose proceedings after a deliberate Consideration they with concent of Parents and Relations concerned they being clear from all others, were approved of by the sd Meeting. Now these are to certify all whom it may concern that for the full accomplishment of their sd intentions the 22 of the sixth month 1688 the sd Henry Hollingsworth and the sd Lydia Atkinson appeared in a public & Solomne Meeting of the said People met together to worship God in their public meeting-house at John Robsons, Where the said Henry Hollingsworth according to the Example of the Holy men of God recorded in the Scriptures of Truth taking the sd Lydia Adkinson by the hand did solomnly Declare followeth (Viz) In the name of God & Presence of his people did take Lydia Atkinson to be my wife; And then and there in that Assembly the Sd Lydia Atkinson did declare as followeth (Viz) In the feare of God & presence of his people I take Henry Hollingsworth to be my Husband & give myself to be his wife; And as a further confirmation thereof, the Sd Henry Hollingsworth & the Sd Lydia Atkinson did then and there before these presence Subscribe their Names as Husband & wife. We whose names are under written being present wch more at the solemnizing of their said Marriage and Subscription as afore Sd As witnesses hereunto have set our hands the Day & Yeare above written.
Henry Hollingsworth Lydia Hollingsworth 1688 "John Robson Thomas Deale Robert Hoope Thomas Bradshaw Roger Kirke John Walker Mark Wright Sarah Robson James Bradshaw Isabell Atkinson John Hoope Mary Redcliff William Richardson Abigail Atkinson Alphonsus Kirk Ellyner Hoope Jacob Robson Mary Walker Alexander Mathews Sarah Hoope Thomas Walker Jane Mathews William Porter Katherine Kirk Thomas Turner Elizabeth Lynes Thomas Wainwright Deborah Lynes John Dobbs Alice Rea Jacob Handcock Ann Hodgson James Greer Elizabeth Mason William Crooke."
- "Whereas Henry Hollingsworth of Pennsylvania in the county of New Castle in America & Lydia Atkinson in ye Parish of Sego and County of Ardmagh in Ireland having declared their intention of marriage with each other in the several public Meetings of the People of God called Quakers at or near Lurgan in the Province of Ulster, whose proceedings after a deliberate Consideration they with concent of Parents and Relations concerned they being clear from all others, were approved of by the sd Meeting. Now these are to certify all whom it may concern that for the full accomplishment of their sd intentions the 22 of the sixth month 1688 the sd Henry Hollingsworth and the sd Lydia Atkinson appeared in a public & Solomne Meeting of the said People met together to worship God in their public meeting-house at John Robsons, Where the said Henry Hollingsworth according to the Example of the Holy men of God recorded in the Scriptures of Truth taking the sd Lydia Adkinson by the hand did solomnly Declare followeth (Viz) In the name of God & Presence of his people did take Lydia Atkinson to be my wife; And then and there in that Assembly the Sd Lydia Atkinson did declare as followeth (Viz) In the feare of God & presence of his people I take Henry Hollingsworth to be my Husband & give myself to be his wife; And as a further confirmation thereof, the Sd Henry Hollingsworth & the Sd Lydia Atkinson did then and there before these presence Subscribe their Names as Husband & wife. We whose names are under written being present wch more at the solemnizing of their said Marriage and Subscription as afore Sd As witnesses hereunto have set our hands the Day & Yeare above written.