2. Vallentine Hollingsworth Sr.
The first known fact of the Hollingsworth family history is that an ancestor was an Anglo-Saxon who came to Britain during the invasion of the sixth and seventh centuries and eventually settled in what is now the village of Mottram Cheshire County England on approximately 1,000 acres. It was located on the east side of town on the high ground. According to a very ancient pedigree, the family has been seated at Hollynworthe Hall since 1022 and became part of the nobility under King James 1. (This is not a proven fact stated by Harry Hollingsworth in his Hollingsworth Register. We know now the above statement could be wrong and that Henry could have been planted from Scotland.)
According to the Quaker records of Lurgan Meeting, written in the 1660's, Vallentine Hollinsworth was born in Ballymacrandall, Parish of Deago, Co. Armagh, in July, 1632. (taken from Vol 1 of the Hollingsworth Register)
Valentine Sr. settled on a plantation of nearly 1000 acres in Brandy Wine Hundred, Delaware. Shortly after his arrival a meeting was established at his house, and in 1687 he granted [p.206] "unto friends for a burying place half an acre of land for ye purpose, there being already friends buried in the spot." He was a member of the first Pennsylvania Assembly 1682-83, and of the Assemblies of 1687, 1688, 1695, and 1700. He was a signer of William Penn's Great Charter and a justice for New Kent County. He was an overseer of Friends' meeting many years. His second wife died Aug. 17, 1697, and his death occurred about 1711. Both Valentine Hollingsworth Sr. and his second wife are buried in the Friends' graveyard at Newark, Del., which he had given them in 1687. By his first marriage he had 11 children.1682 Valentine Hollingsworth, progenitor of the American Hollingsworth family arrives December 10 with his wife and family (including a son Henry) on the Delaware River. They settle on 986 acres granted by William Penn in Pennsylvania which he names Newworke.
William Edmondson brought the Quaker message to Ireland. He formed the first recorded Meeting for Worship in Lurgan, Co. Armagh in 1654.In 1667 William Penn, (his wife's name was Gulielma Maria Springett) at the age of 22, was in Cork in connection with estates belonging to his father, Admiral William Penn, and joined Friends. Some years later a huge tract of land in America was transferred to the Admiral's estate to repay a large loan made to the King years before. The story has been told many times of how Penn, from 1683 onwards, transformed this land into Pennsylvania, with an enlightened government (that lasted until 1756) based on his beliefs as a Quaker.
Witnesses to marraige
5.19.1682 John Fausett & Judith Thwayte, wit., Valentine, Henry & Ann Hollingsworth. This later marriage happened about the time that Valentine and his family, except Henry, sailed for Penna.Vallentine Hollingsworth son of Henry Hollingsworth of Bellenickcrannell, in the parish of Sego and County of Ardmagh and of Katheran his wife, was borne at Bellenickcranell, aforesaid, about the sixth month in the yeare 1632, and upon the seaventh day of the fouerth month - Anno Domini, 1655, he tooke to wife Ann the daughter of Nicolass Ree of Tanragee in the County of Ardmagh aforesaid, and of Ann his wife who was borne in Tanragee aforesaid about the yeare, 1628, and had by her children borne
And it came to pass that on the first Day of the second month Anno Domi. 1671, the aforesaid Ann (wife to ye said Vallentine Hollingsworth) Died, and upon the twelueth day of the fouerth month, Anno Domi. 1672, he againe tooke to Wife Ann the Daughter of Thomas Calluart of Dromgorr in the parish of Sego and County of Ardmagh aforesd, and of Jane his wife) Who was borne in Killwarling in ye County of Down, about ye ninth month Anno Domi. 1650 and had by her children borne as followeth----
Valentine Hollingsworth, from Co. Armagh, Ireland. He arrived on Delaware River about one month before William Penn, in 1682.
The ship and list of passengers when Valentine Sr. and his son Henry came to America.
Arrived 13 August 1682Individual Ships of Penn's Fleet and their passengers complete list found here:
http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/individual_ships_of_penn.htm
The Lion August 13, 1682, John Compton, master Dr. Edward and Mary Wynne Jones and children Martha and Jonathan William ap Edward and 2nd wife Jane and daughters Katherine and Elizabeth (Williams) Edward ap Rees and wife Mably and children Rees and Catherine (Price) 8th month, 14, 1683, John Crumpton, master Benjamin Acton Lemuel Bradshaw Alice Cales Benjamin Clift Margaret Colvert (Calvert) William Conduit Richard Curtis Edmund Doyle Joseph and Elizabeth Fisher and children: Martha, Mary and Moses Henry Furnace Joseph Furnace Rachel Furnace Rowland Hambridge Valentine Hollingsworth and son Henry Elizabeth Johnson Robert Kilcarth Edward Lancaster Robert Lloyd Peter Long William Long Phillip Packer John Reeves William Robertson Robert Selford Thomas Tearewood Mary TooleRobert Turner, late of Dublin, in Ireland, mercht. came in ye "Lion of Liverpool", John Crumpton Mr; arrived here the 14, 8 MO, 1683; child Martha; servants, Robt. Threwecks, 4 yrs, HEnry furnice, 4, Robt. Selford, 4, Ben Acton, 4, John Reeves, 4, Robt. Hambidge, 4, Richard Curtis, 4, John Furnace,4, Dan; Furnace, 9, Robt. Threwecks, 13, Oemuel Bradshaw, 4, Robt. Loyd, 4, Wm; Long, 4, "Hen' Hollingsworth", 2, Ailolce Cales, 4, Kath/ Furnace, 6, Jos; Furnace, 4. JOseph Fisher and Elizabeth his wife, late of Stilorgin near Dublin, in Ireland, yeoman, borne in Elton in Cheshire, came in ditto ship; cnildren Moses, Joseph, Mary, Martha Fisher; servants Edward Lancastr, 4, Wm. Robertson, 4, Ed; Doyle, 4, Ben; Clift, 4, Tjp' Tearewood, 4, Rob. Kilcarth, 8, Petr. Long,2, Phill; Packer, 4, Wm. conduit, 4, Mary Toole, 4, Eliz. Johnson, 4. Mary Calvert late of Dublin, came in ditto ship.
The Lion August 13, 1682, John Compton, master Dr. Edward and Mary Wynne Jones and children Martha and Jonathan William ap Edward and 2nd wife Jane and daughters Katherine and Elizabeth (Williams) Edward ap Rees and wife Mably and children Rees and Catherine (Price) 8th month, 14, 1683, John Crumpton, master Benjamin Acton Lemuel Bradshaw Alice Cales Benjamin Clift Margaret Colvert (Calvert) William Conduit Richard Curtis Edmund Doyle Joseph and Elizabeth Fisher and children: Martha, Mary and Moses Henry Furnace Joseph Furnace Rachel Furnace Rowland Hambridge, "Valentine Hollingsworth and son Henry", Elizabeth Johnson Robert Kilcarth Edward Lancaster Robert Lloyd Peter Long William Long Phillip Packer John Reeves William Robertson Robert Selford Thomas Tearewood Mary Toole
Valentine and his father Henry had dealings with the Blacker family in county Armagh. Harry Hollingsworth in Vol 7, June 1971, #2, No.26, Page 88, makes reference of a Commander Robert Stewart Blacker, Royal Navy, of Woodbrook, Killane, Enniscorthy, County Wexford. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT A HOLLINGSWORTH BLOOD RELATIVE TO VALENTINE CAME DOWN TO COUNTY WEXFORD WITH COMMANDER BLACKER??? And what was the significance of so many Blackers named Valentine???
First General Assembly Of Pennsylvania
First meeting of the Council in Philadelphia, March 10, 1683
http://www.accessible.com/amcnty/DE/Delaware/delaware9.htmThe Legislature met for the first time in Philadelphia, the Council and Governor coming together on the 10th of March, 1683, the General Assembly two days later. The members of the Council were: William Markham, Thomas Holme, Lasse Cock, Christopher Taylor, James Harrison, William Biles, John Simcock, William Clayton, Ralph Withers, William Haige, John Moll, Edmund Cantwell, Francis Whitwell, John Richardson, John Hilliard, William Clark, Edward Southrin, and John Roads. The members of the Assembly, from the three lower counties on the Delaware, were: New Castle.— John Cann, John Darby, VALENTINE HOLLINGSWORTH, Gasparus Herman, John Dehraef, James Williams, William Guest, Peter Alrichs, Hendrick Williams. Kent.— John Briggs, Simon Irons, Thomas Hassold, John Curtis, Robert Bedwell, William Windsmore, John Brinkloe, Daniel Brown, Benoni Bishop. Sussex.— Luke Watson, Alexander Draper, William Fletcher, Henry Bowman, Alexander Moleston, John Hill, Robert Bracy, John Kipshaven, Cornelius Verhoof.
Taxable Land Owners in New Castle Delaware North Christian Creek
North Christiana Creek constablery had sixty-five taxables. Of these, John Ogle and VALENTIN HOLLINGSWORTH(16*) each owned 1000 acres; Morgan Druitt, 500 acres, in the "Bought" on the Delaware; Thomas Wallaceton, deputy sheriff from 1673 to 1679, 370 acres, on White Clay Creek and 100 on Mill Creek; Conrad Constantine, 560 acres, on which Newport was located; Jacob Vandever, 500 acres, on Brandywine Creek, opposite Wilmington; John Nommers, in Mill Creek Hundred, on White Clay Creek, three-quarters of a mile above its mouth; John Conn, 500 acres, on White Clay Creek in Mill Creek Hundred; Arnoldus De Lagrange, 1150 acres, of which a portion was in Christiana Hundred, where he resided; Broor Sinnexsen, 770 acres, 400 of which adjoined the estate of De Lagrange, in Christiana Hundred, where he lived; Abraham Mann, 570 acres on Bread and Cheese Island and west of Red Clay Creek, where he resided (he was justice of the peace two years, and was chosen sheriff in 1683); John Moll, president of the court from 1672 to 1683, 210 acres, in Mill Creek Hundred, above Bread and Cheese Island; Joseph Borne, 350 acres adjoining Moll’s.
Valentine Hollingsworth came to this country prior to the arrival of William Penn and returned to Ireland soon after 1685. His three sons, Valentine, Henry and Thomas, came over in the "Welcome" in 1682 and in 1687, and subsequently owned large tracts in Brandywine Hundred. Henry represented New Castle in the General Assembly in 1695 and filled other offices of importance in Pennsylvania. He was the founder of the family in Delaware and Maryland.
Valentine Hollingsworth was a man of extraordinary ability and influence is demonstrated from the fact that almost immediately after his arrival in the New World, he was called upon to hold office and participate in public affairs. He was a member of the first Assemble of the Province of Pennsylvania, shortly after William Penn's advent, that of 1682-3; also of the Grand Inquest empaneled October 25, 1683, to consider the famous case of Charles Pickering and others charged with counterfeiting. He served in several subsequent sessions of the Assemble, those of 1687, '88, '95 and 1700, from New Castle County, and was a Justice of the Peace from the same county. He was also a Signer of Penn's Great Charter and a member of the Pro-Provincial Council. He died about 17ll. His second wife, Ann Calvert, died August 17, 1697. Both were buried in the old burial ground at Newark, Del., which he had presented to the Friends in 1687.
Ann was born 1628 in Tandgree, Kilmore, Ireland. Ann was the daughter of Nicholas Ree and Ann Ree. Ann died April 1, 1671 at 42 years of age. Buried in Friends Burial Ground in Moyraverty and about 2 miles northeast of the farm at Ballyvickcrannell. A popular place for the Friends. Marriage certificate is on record at Lurgan Ireland Book of Records.
She was born in the wake of the execution of King Charles 1, and living in that part of Ireland, even though it was nearly a decade after the Rebellion and the massacre at Portadown Bridge. Later she was to live at Ballyvickcrannell, just 14 miles over the Lagan River from her home.
Vallentine Hollingsworth son of Henry Hollingsworth of Bellenickcrannell, in the parish of Sego and County of Ardmagh and of Katheran his wife, was borne at Bellenickcranell, aforesaid, about the sixth month in the yeare 1632, and upon the seaventh day of the fouerth month - Anno Domini, 1655, he tooke to wife Ann the daughter of Nicolass Ree of Tanragee in the County of Ardmagh aforesaid, and of Ann his wife who was borne in Tanragee aforesaid about the yeare, 1628,1.12.1675 James Greer & Eleanor Rea, wit. Ann Hollingsworth & Mary Rea. Mary Rea was the sister of Valentine's first wife, Ann Rea. Ann Calvert was the 2d wife of Valentine (who did not sign). This shows a friendship between the two families.
Ann Hollingsworth wife of Vallentine Hollingsworth of Ballyvickcrannell, deceased the first day of the second month ANNO DOM: 1671 and was bured in ye buring place of ye people of god at Monreauerty.
John Hollingsworth visited the cemetery near Portadown where Ann Ree Hollingsworth is buried
and this is part of his email in reference to his visit there in March 2005.The cemetery is small perhaps a 1/4 of an acre (just a guess) with a stone wall surrounding it. It is well kept and green with grass. I recall that it is located on Bluestone road and curiously there are a lot of smooth blue stones located in the little cemetery.
Only a few graves are marked....maybe half a dozen as I understand the Quakers did not believe in marking their graves. There is a large plaque on the wall that lists the date of death, Surname, First name, Relationship and Townland of those buried there.
1671/02/01 HOLLINGSWORTH ANN WIFE OF VALENTINE BALLYMACRAMELL
I believe Ann is the only Hollingsworth buried thereAnn REE-508 [Parents] was born in 1628 in Tanderagee, Ballymore, County Armagh, Ireland. She died on 1 Feb 1671 in Ballyvickcrannel, County Armagh, Ireland. She was buried on 4 Feb 1671 in Moyraverty Cemetery, County Armagh, Ireland. She was sealed to her parents on 5 Apr 1996 in the Jordan River Utah temple. She was baptized on 30 Sep 1994 in the Jordan River Utah temple. She was endowed on 4 Apr 1995 in the Jordan River Utah temple. She married Valentine "The Imigrant" HOLLINGSWORTH "I"-507 on 7 Apr 1655 in Down County, Parish of Shankill, Ireland..
"Ann Calvert, daughter of Thomas Calvert, and granddaughter of "John Calvert of Moresome neere Gisborough in ye county of Yorkshire in Old England...." who came to northern Ireland before 1617. (Lurgan Quaker Record Book, County Armagh.)
Ann Calvert first daughter of Thomas Calvert and Jane Glasford his wife was borne in Killwarlin (now Hillsborough) in the County of Down about the ninth month, Anno Domini, 1650- The Calverts of Maryland were the first family of Maryland from 1632 until the American Revolution, this faimily six generations of them, the sovereign hereditary Lords of the Province. The Maryland Calverts descend from one Leonard Calvert of Denby Wiske, Yorkshire, England.
All the meetings (except the meeting for worship) keep records of their proceedings. These are our precious Quaker records. It was to this group that Valentine Hollingsworth and his family identified themselves. Quaker marriage ceremonies are unique. When the couple decides to marry, they present a request to their Monthly Meeting. A committee is appointed to look into the request and see that there have been no previous engagements or anything that would prevent the marriage. At the next succeeding Monthly Meeting, the couple make a second request. The committee is heard from and if the committee reports favorable, they are "passes," that is, they are permitted to marry. The time is left up to the couple, when they shall appear at a public meeting, usually called for the purpose, and each will make a public declaration, after which the certificate of marriage is signed by all who witness the ceremony. The signed certificate is not immediately given to the couple, but is handed to the "Recorder," who will copy it in the marriage book.
"This is to certify the truth to all people that Valentine Holl- enworth in ye psh of Sego in ye county of Armagh, and Anne Calvert of the same psh having intentions of marriage according to the ordinances of God, and Gods joining, Did lay it before mons meeting before them their marriage being propounded, then ye meeting desired them to wait some time, wch they did, so the meeting makeing inquiry between the time whether ye man be free from all other women, and the woman free from all other man, and so the second time they comeing before the mens meeting, all things being clear, so they being left to their freedome. A meeting of the people of god being appointed and assembled together at the house of Marke? Wright, in the psh of Shankell the twelfth day of the fourth month in ye yeare 1672 whene they tooke one another in marriage in the presence of god and of his people according to ye law of god, we are witnesses of the same whose names are hereunto subscribed ye day and yeare aforesaid Val: Holengworth. Anne Holengworth.
Witnesses: ffrancis Robson, William Williams, Jo' Calvert ,Chris Hillery, Hugh Stamper, George Hodgshon, Jam. Harison ,dorothy Hillery, Roger Webb ,Will pearson ,Nic' Harison, Elis' Gaus ,Robert Hoope, Marke Wright ,John Wright, Alice Williams ,Michael Staise ,Timo' kirk ,James Bradshaw, An. Bradshaw, Tho. Wederall, Rob Chambers ,Tho. Calvert ,deborn Kirk ,Will dixon ,Antho. Dixon ,fergus Softly ,Alice Wright ,dinc Kirke, Mary Walker .
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Enoch Hollingsworth second son of Vallentine Hollingsworth and of Ann his wife was borne at Bellenickcranell, aforesd, the seauenth Day of the sixth month Anno Dom. 1675---
Is this the same Henry Hollingsworth who is listed in the 1666 Subsidy Roll, County Dublin? And the Henry Hollingsworth who was married to Elizabeth Newell?
This Henry was at King Hill, County Down in 1696 and back there again by 1711, if it is the same Henry.
It is possible Henry was a younger brother of Valentine's, born in late 1630s or 1640s, being in 1693 in his fifties.
4. Thomas Hollingsworth Link toTom,Bill,Don 6th gr grandfather
I believe this Thomas is the son of Henry and brother to Valentine Sr. I also think it was brother Thomas and brother Robert who signed as a witnesses on the land transfer in 1674. Harry of HR thinks a later signature by Valentine's son in 1725 is very similar to the 1674 signature that he believed to be by Valentine's 14 year old son. Both are shown in Thomas's scrapbook for comparison, and I feel they are very different.
It is believed at this time Thomas went to England as a Quaker and is proven to have been a member in 1680 of the Devonshire House Mens Meeting in London, on the 7th day of December 1680. Thomas is listed at attending the meeting. Shortly after this meeting he might have gone back to Ireland for a visit and got caught up in the unlawful assembly. Very likely this Thomas was the brother of Valentine. I must add that Harry Hollingsworth was first to gather this information and to think Thomas is the brother to Valentine.
Thomas Hollingsworth has no occupation or residence listed, he was a Quaker Friend. He was arrested with many others for having participated at an unlawful, tumultuous and riotous Assembly, in White-hart-Court on 12 October then last past. All were brought in quilty. Others being sent to Newgate, for varying terms, it seems Thomas Hollingsworth escaped this time. The year was 1684. But on 18 April of 1686, certain informers came to the Devonshire-house Meeting, where Thomas worshipped. Two Constables, shut the doors and refused to allow anyone to leave, non Quakers included. "In the Scuffle which ensued, one of the Informers, Christopher Smith, had his head broke. Although nobody knew who did it, the Poultry Counter signed by Robert Jerffery, Mayor, as of above date, called the meetings riotous and unlawful Assembly. Thomas married Martha Scampton, a widow, on 23 July 1687.
24. Thomas Hollingsworth the Pirate
There was a notorious pirate named Thomas Hollingsworth who sailed with Captain William Kidd, and was last known to history as he sailed his ship to escape the chase of a French privateer..."Into Dublin Harbour" and up the Liffey River. Was he the father of John, Samuel and William Hollingsworth, that particular "spelling" but really a family continuously using that spelling, is to be found mainly in the Parish of Wigan, Lancashsire, not far from Manchester, nor for that matter, from Mottram, Cheshire. (this was taken from Harry Hollingsworth's HR March 1988 issue)
Thomas sailed with Captain Kidd during the 1690s as a privateer and went on to captain his own ship.
The following is from Pirates of the Eastern Seas (1618-1723), by Charles Grey,
On page 30 in the chapter marked "Avery and Kidd," a brief history of the final exploits of the main gang of the pirates is given. After having befuddled and conned many prominent officials, including those of the British East India Company, warrants for them went out. . After not getting a pardon for themselves from the Govenor of Jamaica (he refused their bribe of L20,000), they split up and attemted to disappear, some doing so in New England - names not given.
The remainder bought sloops at New Providence in the Bahamas (warning: in the old documents it is called simply "Providence" which confused us as to whether Rhode Island was meant), in a final desperate attempt to get home. One Captain Farrell skippered the "Sunflower" carrying Henry Avery and 19 of his crew, which let them off at Dunfanahan on the north Irish coast. From there they went to Dublin. Another sloop commanded by Captain Hollingsworth took sixteen pirates to Dublin. After more than a thousand pounds reward was put up by the British Admiralty and the East India Company, on 19 Oct 1696, 24 of the pirates were arrested and tried, which resulted in six being hanged and the rest transported as slaves to Virginia. Apparently Thomas Hollingsworth was not among the 24 who were apprehended. (Harry Hollingsworth in his HR says the Wexford Hollingsworths were associated with Dublin at this time. Did Thomas turn good, go straight and become our Arklow, County Wicklow and County Wexford progenitor???)
Thomas Hollingsworth the Pirate !!
by Harry Hollingsworth
A lot of people live in fear that some well-meaning ancestor-hunter in their family, will some day find the "horse-thief" of the clan! Your editor has found the Pirate in the Hollingsworth clan! (Run for cover, and for shame!). This fellow was a bona fide water-bourne highwayman of the late 17th century, a contemporary of, and perhaps an acquaintance of, the infamous Captain Kidd! At least, they both were on the high seas at the same time in the same dirty business. Old England didn't frown on their business quite like the French, or others, who seemed to be their target, however.
In the Calendar of (British) State Papers, Colonial, America & West Indies, Volume containing correspondence, etc., for the years 1696 & 1697, (Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.) we find the scurrilous reports: (p.259 et seq.).
"East India House #517. Secretary to the East India Company to William Popple. Forwarding certain documents respecting certain ports in America from which the ships concerned in the late piracies in the Red Sea where set forth, (signed) Ro. Blackborne (Endorsed) Dec. 18, 1696. Annexed: (517 i) T. South to the Lords Justices of Ireland. Dublin, 15 August, 1696. The best place to send shipping to meet the pirates is to Fernando, an island in latitude 3 or 4 degrees where they must touch to water in Feb., or March. The owners of Capt. Wake's ship live in Boston, New England, and were going in a brigantine to bring clothes and necessities to meet him at Fernando; but hearing that we were coming to Providence they followed us thither but did not arrive till after we came away. THOMAS HOLLINGSWORTH now sailed from Galway will meet Wake at Providence, where Wake will certainly be within six or eight weeks, or else not till after Christmas. HOLLINGSWORTH left money for Governor Trott. Wake had already had a pardon for piracy in King James's time... All the ships that are now out (except Tew, from New York & Want, from Carolina), are from New England. They build their ships in New England..."
(517 iii-ibid) "Narrative of Philip Middleton, of the Ship Charles Henry, to the Lords Justices of Ireland, given on 4 August, 1696 (he himself a pirate - Ed.)... another sloop commanded by HOLLINGSWORTH was chased into Dublin by a French Privateer. She had 16 more of the crew of Charles Henry aboard.
(Ibid, Volume for 1700. Page 277, citation #466 xi) "Examination (dated March 25, 1700) of James Brown who sailed from Rhode Island in 1695 on the Susanna, Thomas Wake, Commander, as a privateer with a Commission from the Governor or Deputy Governor. The company were all upon shares. In the seas of India they met with the Phancy, Henry Every, Commanding, who plundered the Susanna. Examinant being weary of being aboard in those parts, with one Capt. Smithsend, and THOMAS HOLLINGWORTH (sic), embarked on the Phancy, which was then designed for Providence." (NOTE: Captain Kidd is referred to in the same group of papers.)
(Ibid, Page 417, cit. #636 ii) "Copy of a Deposition of Sampson Pendley, Master of the Mayflower of Boston. In 1696 he heard Daniel Smith, William & Benjamin Griffin, THOMAS HOLLINGSWORTH, ____ Mincks, Anthony Packer & Thomas Joy, several times declare that they came to Providence in the Fancy with Henry Avery (sic) the Pirate." Dated July 12, 1700 at Bermuda.
Well, that is the extent of the record available to us. This writer has not seen any extraneous matter on this man. Obviously he is not the Thomas Hollingsworth, son to Valentine the Quaker, and surely not the Thomas Hollingsworth of London, also a Quaker of the same period! Some records of Providence, Rhode Island, Boston or the Royal Navy, may give more about this man. "Hollingsworth " may have been a pseudonym, but this suggestion is doubtful, it would be a highly unusual alias to take.
Continued next week.........A bit of Hollingsworth History:
The following additional information about the Indian Ocean Pirates and our own "Thomas Hollingsworth the Pirate" was sent to me by our member, Simon Hollingworth of Australia. (I included Capt. Kidd's "farewell speech" from a website on the internet.)
Thanks Simon for sending this interesting "follow-up"!
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Thomas Hollingsworth the Pirate !!
(Follow-up information from Simon Hollingworth regarding the article included in the March, 1967 issue of the Hollingsworth Register (Vol. 3, No. 1) written by the late Harry Hollingsworth)
Indian Ocean Pirates
With the decline of the Spanish Main towards the end of the 17th century many pirates shifted their unwelcome intentions towards growing trade in the East. The treasure ships of the Indian Mogul and the merchant men of the various East India Companies provided attractive targets. Most pirates made off for the island of Madagascar (off the east coast of Africa). However, such was the damage to trade and resulting European feeling in India, that governments (and sometimes the traders) were forced to act against the pirates often engaging privateers to seek out and capture pirate ships. Madagascar Pirates -For 30 years from 1690 - 1720 the island of Madagascar was the principle base of the pirates preying on the rich trade of the Indian Ocean. Not colonized and barely explored, Madagascar was the ideal bolt hole for pirates driven out of the Caribbean. A visitor at the end of the 17th century accounted 17 pirate vessels and an estimated population of 1500 men. At various times the island played host to many of the most notorious pirates of the time, including Captain Kidd, Thomas White and Thomas Tew.William Kidd (1645-1701) Captain Kidd experienced a short-lived pirating career but in it he managed to have a great many people killed, some of which he himself murdered in cold blood. Eventually captured and shipped to England from New York, Kidd experienced a terrible death: the hangman’s rope broke twice, the third time it held. Once he was dead: his body was dipped in tar and hung by chains along the Thames River. Kidd’s body served as a warning to all would-be pirates for years to come.
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Kidd's farewell speech (unconfirmed):My name was Captain Kidd, when I sail'd, when I sail'd,
And so wickedly I did, God's laws I did forbid,
When I sail'd, when I sail'd.
I roam'd from sound to sound, And many a ship I found,
And then I sunk or burn'd, When I sail'd.
I murder'd William Moore, And laid him in his gore,
Not many leagues from shore, When I sail'd.
Farewell to young and old, All jolly seamen bold,
You're welcome to my gold, For I must die, I must die.
Farewell to Lunnon town, The pretty girls all round,
No pardon can be found, and I must die, I must die,
Farewell, for I must die. Then to eternity, in hideous misery,
I must lie, I must lie.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Thomas White (1720's)
Henry Avery (aka John Avery, Long Ben/Capt. Bridgeman) (1665-1728?). In September 1695, Avery's ship, Fancy waited outside Mocha for the pilgrim fleet to arrive. Avery was joined by several American pirates:
Captain Joseph Faro on Portsmouth Adventure from Rhode Island
Captain Want on Dolphin from Philadelphia.
Captain William Maze on Pearl from Rhode Island
Captain Thomas Tew on Amity from New York
Captain Wake on Susannah from Boston.This new group effectively doubled the pirate crew numbers and were able to plunder the pilgrim fleet and the Great Mogul's ship producing about 1000 lbs. of loot for each crewman.
It would appear Thomas Hollingsworth provided relief to Captain Wake on the Susannah of Boston (see below).
Calendar of State Papers (CO 323 2 Nos 25, 25i-iv) in the UK National Archives.
T South to the Lords Justices of Ireland Dublin, 15 Aug 1696. I have this morning obtained the following account:- The best place to send shipping to meet with the pirates is to Fernando, an island in latitude 3º or 4º, where they must touch to water in February or March. The owners of Captain Wake’s ship live in Boston, New England, and were going in a brigantine to bring clothes and necessaries to meet him at Fernando; but hearing that we were coming to Providence they followed us thither but did not arrive till after we came away. Thomas Hollingsworth, now sailed from Galway, will meet Wake at Providence, [p.260] where Wake will certainly be within six or eight weeks, or else not till after Christmas. Hollingsworth left money with Governor Trott. Wake had already had a pardon for piracy in King James’s time. Thomas Jones is concerned in Captain Want’s old barque and lives in Rhode Island. Want is gone to the Persian Gulf and in all probability is either at Rhode Island or Carolina by this time. He broke up there about three years ago after a good voyage, and spent his money there and in Pennsylvania. Captain Tew had a commission from the Governor of New York to cruise against the French. He came out on pretence of loading negroes at Madagascar, but his design was always to go into the seas, having about seventy men on his sloop of sixty tons. He made a voyage three years ago in which his share was £8,000. Want was then his mate. He then went to New England and the Governor would not receive him; then to New York where Governor Fletcher protected him. Colonel Fletcher told Tew he should not come there again unless he brought a store of money, and it is said that Tew gave him £300 for his commission. He is gone to make a voyage in the Red Sea, and if he makes his voyage will be back about this time. This is the third time that Tew has gone out, breaking up the first time in New England and the second time in New York. The place that receives him is chiefly Madagascar, where they must touch both going and coming. All the ships that are now out are from New England, except Tew from New York and Want from Carolina. They build their ships in New England, but come out under the pretence of trading from island to island. The money they bring in is current there, and the people know very well where they go. One Captain Gough who keeps a mercer’s shop at Boston got a good estate this way. On first coming out they generally go first to the Isle of May for salt, then to Fernando for water, then round the Cape of Good Hope to Madagascar to victual and water and so for Batsky (sic), where they wait for the traders between Surat and Mecca and Tuda, who must come out at a certain time because of the trade-wind. When they come back they have no place to go but Providence, Carolina, New York, New England and Rhode Island, where they have all along been kindly received. It is hoped that by means of this information they may be taken. Signed T South. 1½ pp.
Thomas Hollingsworth - Pirate or Privateer?
By Bill Hollingsworth (January 2009)
Thomas Hollingsworth first appears in the Indian Ocean and disappears again from Galway City, Ireland. Where he came from, or went to, I don't know. Neither do I know whether he is related to the American or Irish Hollingsworths, or in fact if he is the son, born about 1670 or 1678, of Thomas Hollingsworth and Martha Scampton. Charles Grey in his book "Pirates of the Eastern Seas" suggested Hollingsworth sailed with Captain Kidd in the Sunflower and landed in Dunfanahan on the north-west coast of Ireland. Actually, he may not have done either. But though his appearances are brief, he does manage to pop up in the middle of one of the great sea odysseys of the so-called "Golden Age of Piracy". To give context to his appearance, and perhaps to give a clue as to his origins or his later fate, here is the full tale as I perceive it: La Coruna, Galicia, Spain 7 May 1694: The crew of the frigate Charles II had been unpaid for months. While the captain was drunk, the crew mutinied, led by the former first mate, Henry Every. Every declared "I am captain of this ship now. I am bound to Madagascar, with the design of making my own fortune, and that of all the brave fellows joined with me." They renamed the ship "The Phancy" or "The Fancy" and set sail for Cape Verde. Heading south along the African coast, the pirates plundered three British vessels at the Cape Verde Islands and took two Danish vessels near Sao Tomé/Principé off the west coast of Africa. Early in 1695, they reached Johanna Island (Anjouan) in the Comoros, where Every seized a French pirate ship loaded with booty. Most of its crew joined him, making them more than 170 men. After a brief stop at Madagascar to replenish supplies and wait for suitable weather, Every set sail for Perim Island at the mouth of the Red Sea with the intent of intercepting vessels carrying pilgrims traveling between Mecca and India. He reached Perim by September 1695. Several American pirates were already there - Captain Joseph Faro (Farrell) on Portsmouth Adventure from Rhode Island and Captain William Want on Dolphin from Philadelphia. These two new ships each had a crew of about 60, so the pirate fleet now had three ships and over 350 men. Three days later, even more American pirates arrived - Captain William Maze on Pearl from Rhode Island, Captain Thomas Tew on Amity from New York, and Captain Thomas Wake on Susannah from Boston. On 8 September 1695, the pirate fleet sighted two vessels. The first was the Fateh Mahmamadi, an unarmed merchantship owned by Abd-ul Ghafur, which carried gold and silver valued at more than £50,000. The second ship proved more significant; it was the Gang-i-Sawai, one of the Great Moghul's largest ships. Armed with forty to eighty great guns and four hundred musketeers, captained by Muhammed Ibrahim. Although the forty-six gun Fancy was no match for the larger ship, Every didn't hesitate to attack. One of the pirates' first shots broke the main mast and one of the Gang-i-Sawai's guns exploded, killing or wounding a number of sailors. The Gang-i-Sawai didn't surrender, though, and the battle at Cape St. John, raged for hours. Every's crew looted their prizes at the island of Socotra and split the booty at Réunion Island, where most of the French pirates remained. The East India Company estimated the plunder at 325,000 pounds. After giving small sums to the other pirate ships, each man received about 1,000 in cash plus some of the jewels, Every taking two shares as captain. Somewhere here Thomas Hollingsworth joined the Phancy. Some reports state that Henry Every tricked the other crews into putting all the booty onto the Phancy and then he sneaked away. Others suggest that Thomas Wake's ship, the Susannah, was looted. For whatever reason, Thomas Hollingsworth, Captain Smithsend and James Brown came aboard the Phancy, which then sailed for the Bahamas, stopping at Sao Tomé before crossing the Atlantic. "Examination (dated March 25, 1700) of James Brown who sailed from Rhode Island in 1695 on the Susanna, Thomas Wake, Commander, as a privateer with a Commission from the Governor or Deputy Governor. The company were all upon shares. In the seas of India they met with the Phancy, Henry Every, Commanding, who plundered the Susanna. Examinant being weary of being aboard in those parts, with one Capt. Smithsend, and THOMAS HOLLINGWORTH, embarked on the Phancy, which was then designed for Providence." Also "Deposition of Sampson Pendley, Master of the Mayflower of Boston. In 1696 he heard Daniel Smith, William & Benjamin Griffin, THOMAS HOLLINGSWORTH, ??? Mincks, Anthony Packer & Thomas Joy, several times declare that they came to Providence in the Fancy with Henry Avery (sic) the Pirate." Dated July 12, 1700 at Bermuda." So, if Thomas Hollingsworth was on Wake's Ship, it might mean he originated in Boston too. In the next section Thomas makes more appearances before falling off the radar on reaching IrelandWe have no record of the Ulster Hollingsworths from the mid 17th Century. But then, a Samuel (son of Thomas?) pops up in County Wexford from nowhere in the early 1700s. Were Thomas' family disposessed in Ulster and driven underground in the 1640s? Did his position force him to become a pirate or "sea tory"? Is he the origin of the Dublin and Wexford Hollingsworth?
8. Louis Sedilot (connected for family link only)
Louis Sedilot, ancestor of the Sedilots and the Montreuils of Canada, was born about 1600 at Montreuil-les-Bresches (or Montreuil sur Bresche) in Picardie, France. He went to Paris in 1626 as a young man, and there met and married Marie Challe. They had a daughter, Marie, born in 1627. Marie Challe died in 1630 and Louis married a second time to Marie Grimoult,{sometimes spelled Grimou), widow of Bonaventure Pagnon, from Gif-sur-Yvette Arrondissement of Palaiseau, Archdiocese of Paris (Essonne) in 1636.
The following year, 1637, Louis and wife Marie crossed the Atlantic Ocean to Canada. Sometime before their departure Louis placed his daughter Marie, born of his first marriage to Marie Challe, with the Feuillantes Nuns of Rue St. Jacques in Paris and had advanced these nuns maintenance fees of 500 pounds, which amount covered the expense for a four or five years stay. There is some question as to exactly when Louis returned to France for his daughter, Marie. It is presumed to be around 1639 when Marie was 12 or 13 years of age. Upon arrival in Quebec Louis contracted to the 100 Associates Company to clear and break ground for tillage. He worked for them until 1640 and then was hired by the company that succeeded them, The New France Co.
In 1645, he decided to acquire his own land. He gained a concession from the Governor of New France, Charles Huault de Montagny, at Cote Sainte-Genevieve. In 1651 he obtained a new land concession from the third Governor, Louis d'Ailleboust. Finally in 1660 he received a third concession from Governor d'Argenson.
The 1667 Census recorded proof of his life and work. He owned 40 arpents (60 acres), cleared, and three head of stock in his barn. He had seven children in his two marriages, three sons and four daughters. Each of the three sons adopted a different surname. Adrien took the surname of de Brisval. Etienne called himself Desnoyers and Jean took the name, Sedilot dit Montreuil. Jean is the first link of our decendency from Louis and Marie Grimoult. Grimou in her notes.
1627 Jean Nicolet de Belleborne (Metis? (1598-1642)) married a Algonquian or Huron woman. According to Champlain the population of Quebec is 67 including children . This would imply the existence of a Metis population.
In 1643, one hundred and nine years after the first unloadings of Cartier, there were only three hundred immigrants in Quebec. Twenty years later, only five hundred people.The following is part of an e-mail sent to me from Harry E. Montroy.
The person making this inquiry is Harry E. Montroy. 03/13/2004 Your message is interesting, but I would like to know which Montreuil, France you speak of. I have visited several and haven't found the correct one yet. I think that Montreuil sur Bresche is the correct one. Montreuil sur Mer is not the correct one. Please respond.My answer to Harry was;
I consider Harry an authority on the Montroy family, so if he believes it is "Montreuil sur Bresche", that is good enough for me. I would have to dig out my papers, but it seems to me Louis married his first wife in Paris and I believe she was from Paris, but I can't say that for sure. And, I remember Montreuil as sort of a small village on the edge of Paris, I believe. If there is more than one, and obviously there is, I will take Harry's opinion over anyone, that is for sure. When I get that far back either on my mother's side or my father's side it becomes a little guest work, ESP and feelings in the bones so to speak. I will add Harry's opinion to my family history notes on Louis Sedilot if he doesn't mind. Best Regards, TomMarch 15, 2004: An e-mail from Harry E. Montroy
Tom: Harry, now if we could find one named Dick with our interest we would be one fine trio. I just read the information you sent to Joan it shows excellent work. My work is strictly tunnel, a straight line of all marriages of father to son to our m, arriage in 1952, Joan and I. My efforts were greatly helped the University of Quebec to include visits to their genealogy department or Societe de genealogie de Quebec. I did no lateral work except finding some marriages of the children. I have great difficulty with my Jean Baptiste 1826 marriage to Marie Ann Harr (Hore) and the second marriage to Julia Andrews (Eason) with no deaths or divorces my my my --- in 1841. It is getting late and I'm too windy, but we visited Montreuil. It is the remains of an old walled city on the sea above Calia. We were the first Montroy-Montreuil to return. None in the telephone book. The visitor's center made a fun thing of it telling us there were forty such Montreuil di Mere or Breche etc of people leaving the town carrying the name of origin. Breche is a river north of Paris, there is a sector of Paris called Montreuil. A Pierre Montreuil designed Notre Dame ??? Good night; Harry
Today, Monday the twenty-sixth day of April, in the year one thousand six hundred thirty-eight, there appeared before us, Charles Huault de Montmagny, Lieutenant for His Majesty throughout the entire region of the St. Lawrence River of New France and deputy commissioner acting for His said Majesty, to sovereignly judge without appeal, both civilly and criminally and Louis Sedilot, land-clearer and ploughman, husband of Marie Grimou, who is recorded as having made complaint to us that on the said day, at between five and six o'clock in the morning, leaving his dwelling to go to work, claimed that he heard Olive{a blank) wife of Anthoine Sallardin. also a land-clearer and ploughman, both living at Quebec, in the country of New France. in the service of the members of the Company of this place, who was threatening to knockdown and to kill his wife and that, saying that she had intended to do so for a long time, to which he, the plaintiff, claimed he replied that she certainly should not do so & after some little time had elapsed that he, the plaintiff, being at his work near his dwelling, claimed he heard his said wife cry out, going to the aid of said cry, he claimed he ran to see what the matterwas and, he claimed he saw, being at his house, that the (blank) was holding down the wife of him, the plaintiff, under her feet against the ground---that she was all bloody and unable to speak, and the said Sallardin was said to have stated, when coming on the scene, tohis wife that she should kill her, and said plaitiff claimed to have asked the son of the (blank) what his mother used to wound his wife; he (the son) was claimed to have replied that he did not know, except that his mother did have a knive with which shde used to scrape turnips, which knife is being held at our office--its blade is entirely defective & broken in the handle, moreover that he, Sallardin, was claimed to have threatened her several times to kill her, and that he indeed would, but for the time being would refrain from so doing, calling her a rogue and uttering other atrocious profanities, moreover, he the plaintiff, claimed that he learned from his wife that, when she was cast onto the ground, the Sallardin woman held the knife and would have struck her in the stomach, had she not parried the blow with her arm, and further, that the said Sallardin woman hit the wife of said plaintiff with firebrands, and the plaintiffs wife was unable to judge what she was wounded with was near her & the plaintiff declared he could not write nor sign and therefore only made a mark. (mark of Sedilot).**
Curiosity of: Robert Edward Montreuil Montroy (1924) The 1667 Census recorded proof of his life and work. He owned 40 arpents (60 acres), cleared, and three head of stock in his barn. He had seven children in his two marriages, three sons and four daughters. Each of the three sons adopted a different surname. Adrien took the surname of de Brisval. Etienne called himself Desnoyers and Jean took the name, Sedilot dit Montreuil. Jean is the first link of our decendency from Louis and Marie Grimou. LOUIS SEDILOT IS OUR GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER.
At the beginning of colonization in the 16th and 17th centuries, new families arriving from France were often listed separately by their birthplace city's name, for the purpose of registration. Montreuil was the birthplace name used with the Sedilot family. The dit (called or known as) was used, so the family name became Sedilot dit Montreuil. The name took several variations. I have found it spelled Sedilot, Cedilot and Cedilotte in the church records I have researched. Most family genealogies are by word of mouth handed down from generation to generation. Items are related about family history as best as they "can recall." Names and dates inadvertently change. There were many people that were unable to write their names; when they had to have documents recorded, the Priests, Clerks, Notaries etc. would spell the names the way they sounded. Consequently, the same name could be found with three or four different spellings, and the person having the recording done would sign his or her "X" not knowing the difference. Regarding the name Sedilot, I found a book on the origin of French names which listed the name as follows: SEDILOT - of Chediac (a town of New Brunswick, in France near the Belgian border), a community of the hills (or in the hill community of), county of St. Gauden; vicinity of the capital (Liege).
My name is listed on my Baptismal and Birth Certificate as Robert Edward Montreuil in the records at Notre Dame Church and City Hall, Ogdensburg, New York. On the 1870 census of Ogdensburg, New York our family (probably Great Grandfather Antoine) adopted the English spelling of Montroy. I did uncover a Jean-Baptiste Cedilot married to Judith Cholette living in Ogdensburg in the 1850's. Tracing back I found a common ancestor in Jean-Baptiste Sedilot dit Montreuil's sons, Michel and Jean-Gabriel. Jack Cholette is descended from Michel who was married to Marie-Josephte Lalonde. We are descended from Jean-Gabriel and Marie-Amable Miville.
The main reason the Montreuil families and others moved to Eastern Ontario and Northern United States was the poor economic and political climate of the late 1700's and early 1800's. Between 1760,( the year the British "invaders" took power in Nouvelle France) and 1838, there were many conflicts between French-Canadians and English newcomers. All these conflicts ended with the Rebellion of 1837-1838, when radicals tried , without success, to stop the English domination by way of a civil war. The largest part of that war took place in Vaudreuil-Soulanges county. So for almost a century the region was under military domination. For those who were not farmers, there were few jobs.
Regarding the various dates of birth; some of these dates are actually baptismal dates which were shown in the church records instead of the date of birth. Usually the child was baptized within two or three days.
In researching at the Ogdensburg Public Library, I came across several items of interest regarding the Sedilot/Montreuil family. I found a reference to a (Role des engage du dit cannot) which gave Louis Montreuil in June 1743, Charles Montreuil de Soulanges in June 1752, and Francois Montreuil & Joseph Montreuil in June 1745, a Trade Passport to go into the interior by canoe to trade with the Indians for furs. I found a reference to a French Canadian fur trader named Louis Montra in a history of Chetek, Wisconsin, where I now live. He was married to an Indian Lady and ran a trading post in Chetek. He is buried where Lake Pokegama now covers the spot. Although the spelling is different, the pronounciation of Montreuil is the same??????? I am researching for more information. Of Louis' children: Marie married Bertrand Fafard in 1640 At St Maurice Parrish, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. Jacqueline married Jean Chenier in 1651; Adrien married Jeanne-Angelique Briere in 1661; Etienne married Madeline Carbonnet in 1664; Marguerite married Jean Aubuchon in 1655; Marie (Louis & Marie Grimou's daughter) married twice: She married Rene Filiatrault 11 June 1657 when she was 13. This marriage was annulled and she married Julien Trottier in 1660 when she was 16 years old. Jean(our direct descendent from Louis) married Marie Claire LaHogue in 1669 and then Charlotte-Francoise Poitras in 1689 after Marie died. Marie Claire LaHogue came to Canada as one of the Filles du Roi (Kings Daughters). These women were afforded passage to Canada to become wives of the French settlers presently in Canada and to create families to populate Neuville France. (Source: Listing of "Kings Daughters" at http://204.50.177.183/roots/fillesdu htm).
Benoit Montreuil, who lives in Coteau Landing, Quebec (Near St. Polycarpe) sent me some copies of several pertinent pages of the marriage record of Soulanges County. This is where I found my Great Grandfather Antoine Cedilot dit Montreuil, and began my search to go back as far as possible. The Parrish of St. Polycarpe was not founded until 1851, so all families there were on the records of St. Joseph du Soulanges at Les Cedres, Quebec. If I found them in the St. Joseph register I entered that as a birth-place, they may have been born in St. Polycarpe or the nearby area. I found marriages to men and women named Paquet, Fournier, Leroux, Pilon, Lalonde, Poirier, Martin, Bray, Lefebre, Daoust, Smith, Monpetit, Sauve (Sovie), Duval, Picard, Cholette, Gauthier, Doucet, Rapin, Pharand, Cholet, La Framboise, Giroux, Briere, Chenier, Carbonnet, Aubuchon, Trottier, Auclair, Jodoin, Legris, Brunet, de laHaise, Sabatier; just to name a few of the families we are related to.
I have added other Sedilot/Cedilot/Montreuil families to this family history. They are not in a direct line to our parents but are related as Great Aunts and Uncles, first, second etc. cousins. I add them as a matter of interest and also in case other Montroy families wish to trace back on their own family. My Aunt Lena Montroy (Melina Lena's) maiden name was Montroy. I am researching at present to trace the branch family she is descended from. I think the possibility exists that she may be descended from Jean Baptiste's son Michel who would be our 6th Great, Uncle. { JULY 9, 2000....I have completed research re: Aunt Lena Montroy. Retracing her ancestry I found she did indeed descend from Jean Baptiste's son Michel). If I am correct She and her husband Napoleon Henry would have been 4th cousins.I am indebted to many people for this information, besides the Mormon Family History Center in Barron, Wisconsin and several genealogical books. They are (Cousin)Benoit Montreuil, Coteau Landing, Quebec, Canada, My brothers, Dick and Paul Montroy, My sister-in-law, Carol Montroy, my cousins, Marie, Carmen & Gerald Montroy, my "cousine" Elizabeth Montroy Cox, Washington, D.C., French Canadian researcher Father Youville LaBonte, Auburn, Maine, Persis Boyesen,(Ogdensburg and Town of Oswegatchie Historian). All have provided some bits of information which have assisted me.
Other sources of information are the parrish records of St Joseph du Soulanges, Les Cedres, Quebec, the parrish records of St Polycarpe, Quebec, marriage records of (Comte de Soulanges), Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Francais (1668-1760)Tome II, Dictionnaire genealogique des familles du Quebec (Rene Jette), Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadiennes(Mgr Gyprien Tanguay) Septieme Volume, Repertoire Alphabetique des Mariages des Canadiens-Francais de 1760-1935, Parrish records of St. Zotique, Quebec, St. Foye,( Notre Dame) Quebec, St. Ignace, Coteau-Du-Lac, Quebec, and Parrish records of Notre Dame Church, Ogdensburg, New York.
It has been most enjoyable for me to research the Parrish records (on Micro-film) all in French longhand. I have learned many new French words in translating and feel closer to our original French heritage. I still wish that some of the Priests entering the information would have taken penmanship lessons!!17 October 1997
I have made contact with another cousin, Patricia Rapin Binns, in Boulder, Colorado. Mrs. Binns has sent me a wealth of information on the Rapin Family and where we tie together. Thank you Pat.21 April 1998
I have been contacted by Mrs. Judy Varrette from Edmondton, Alberta,Canada. She has been researching the Montreuil family as to an Algonquin Indian connection. I find it fascinating and will anxiously await her research information, as well as trying to locate some of my own. There were rumors in the family when I was growing up as to a possible connection with the Iroquois Nation, Mohawk Tribe. However I have not been able to substantiate this. It would probably have been through the Lamping or Tyo Families, to which I am related.Cannot find the connection between her Great Grandfather Alexis Montreuil and Louis' line. Alexis' son Joseph married an Algonquin Indian.
Will continue to research. Records are difficult to research as they are kept on the Indian Reservation. I understand from Mrs. Varette that they will be available in the near future.I have made more contacts. Sharon & Wayne Montroy of Ottawa, Canada, Cindy and Dave Fregoe of Massena, New York, Jack Cholette, Rochester, New York, Christine Dussault, Sudbury, Ontario, Suzanne Stearns, Massena, N.Y, Harold & Mary Ellen Upell, Phoenix, AZ and Donald Lamping, Salmon, Idaho. We are presently exchanging information regarding our family ties of Sedilot/Montreuil/Montroy, Gougeon, Upell, and Lamping.
21 May 2000
Received large packet of information from Judy.
Judy's information shows that a Joseph Montreuil married Marie Kakawabit, an Algonquin Indian in Chapeau, Quebec on 24 February 1852. Joseph's parents are Alexis Montreuil and Marguerite Davant aka Josephte Davenne.August 2001
Back in contact with Judy Varrette. We have exhausted our research so far as to the parents of Alexis Montreuil. This would allow us to find the line back to Louis Sedilot.
Cannot find the connection between her Great Grandfather Alexis Montreuil and Louis' line. Alexis' son Joseph married an Algonquin Indian named Maria Kahawabik on 24 February 1852 in Chapeau, Quebec.October, November, December 2001
Will continue to research. Records are difficult to research as they are kept on the Indian Reservation. I understand from Mrs. Varette that they will be available in the near future.
We have postings on many of the surname boards. Let us hope one of them will be successful.
In the meantime I have been researching some other of the Montroy Families from Ogdensburg, NY who are not directly in my line.
Received a large envelope August 16th from Mrs. Corinne Chapman of Farmington, Missouri containing her research of Louis Sedilot. Spellings differ in some instances but I know they are the same people. Thank you Corinne.October 23, 2002
I have interspersed throughout my original research, information that Corinne has furnished. Her information is well documented and has changed some dates and has also furnished many interesting items I was not aware of. I have included a part of a notarized affair regarding Marie Grimou in her notes.
Francois Marie Grimou was the widow of her second husband Bonaventure Pagon. She was listed in the census of 1681 as 74 years of age. She was a domestique at the Hotel-Dieu in Quebec. She was confirmed at the age of 48 on 10 August 1659. There seems to be a discrepancy between the two records as to her age. The census record of 1681 would show her as being born in 1607. If she was confirmed at age 48 in 1659, she would have been born in 1611. Monsigneur Cyprien Tanguay in his Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadiennes , Septieme Volume, shows her as being born in 1606.
Free traders and Coureurs des Bois are branded as criminals, and the penalty could be death. This is deemed necessary, as up to 25% of the colony goes native in one year.
In New France, the people have no political rights. Public meetings are banned. The people must be indoors by 9:00 P.M. Farmers are forbidden to move into town. Farmers can't own more than two horses. Books are banned, except for devotional matter. Two children are whipped for saluting the Governor before saluting a priest. Men must marry by age 20 and girls by age 16 or the parents are fined. Many girls are married at the childhood ages of 10 to 12 years. Immigrants to New France are forced to become Roman Catholic or be deported.Louis Sedilot (1600-1671) arrived Kebec 1637 with 2nd wife Francois Marie Grimoult.
28. Adrien Sedilot dit Montreuil de Brisval
December 18: Kebec, birth (II)-Adrien Sedilot, died March 1, 1715, son (I)-Louis Sedilot (1600-1672) and Marie Grimoult, b-1606
9. Henry Sampson Samson (connected for family link only)
Henry Samson was the son of James Samson and Martha Cooper of Henlow, Bedford, England. James was the son of John Samson. The family changed the name to Sampson after arriving in America.
Martha Cooper was the daughter of Edmund Cooper and Mary Wyne. Edmund Cooper was the son of Michael Cooper and Elizabeth Page. Michael Cooper was the son of Michael Cooper and Margaret (---). Michael Cooper is the son of John Cooper and Joan (---).
Henry Samson was the son of James Samson and Martha Cooper of Henlow, Bedford, England. James was the son of John Samson. Martha Cooper was the daughter of Edmund Cooper and Mary Wyne. Edmund Cooper was the son of Michael Cooper and Elizabeth Page. Michael Cooper was the son of Michael Cooper and Margaret (---). Michael Cooper is the son of John Cooper and Joan (---).
Elizabeth Page is the daughter of Robert Page and Cicily Greene. Cicily Greene is the daughter of John Greene and Edith Latimer. Edith Latimer can trace her ancestry to several Barons and Lords, including Wido de Reinbudcourt (born about 1040 AD), who was a Doomsday governor under William the Conqueror. While Henry Samson's lines do not connect to any known royalty, there are many Lords, Sheriffs, Governors, and Barons.
Henry Samson came as a young sixteen year old boy on the Mayflower, under the care of his aunt and uncle Edward and Ann (Cooper) Tilley. Henry Samson volunteered and fought in the Pequot War of 1637, and during his life took on several civil positions including constable of Duxbury, property surveyor, and tax collector. Henry Samson married Ann Plummer, whose ancestry is unknown. However, Ann had a sister Mary Plummer, who married John Barnes in Plymouth on 12 September 1633.While Henry Samson's lines do not connect to any known royalty, there are many Lords, Sheriffs, Governors, and Barons.
He was on a large number of juries and grand juries, and was appointed a surveyor on a couple of occasions. His wife died sometime between 1668 and 1684; he died in 1684 at Duxbury.
Edward Tilley and wife Agnes (called Ann by Bradford) came on the Mayflower. They died the first winter, and had no known children. Edward's brother also came on the Mayflower with his wife Joan (Hurst).
The ancestry of Agnes, daughter of Edmund Cooper and Mary Wyne, can be found under. Henry Samson's mother Martha is Agnes sister. Edward Tilley had been in Holland since at least 1616 (NEHGR 143:195-212). He and his wife brought with them on the Mayflower Humility Cooper, their recently orphaned niece, who had been born in Holland in 1619.
Henry Samson's uncle Edward Tilley.
BAPTIZED: 27 May 1588, Henlow, Bedford, England, son of Robert and Elizabeth (---) Tilley DIED: bet. 11 January and 10 April, 1621, Plymouth, MA MARRIED: Agnes Cooper, 20 June 1614, Henlow, Bedford, England, daughter of Edmund and Mary (Wyne) Cooper
Henry Tilley, b. c1465, d. 1520 === Johan (---) | Thomas Tilley, b. c1490, d. 1556 === Margaret (---) | William Tilley, b. c1515, d. Jan. 1578/9 === Agnes (---) | Robert Tilley, b. c1540, d. Feb. 1612/3 === Elizabeth (---) | Edward Tilley, Mayflower passengerhttp://members.aol.com/calebj/passenger.html
From the list of Mayflower passengers:
Samson, Henry <henry_sampson_family.htm>Bp. Henlow, Bedfordshire, 15 Jan 1603/4, son of James and Martha (Cooper) Samson, died Duxbury bet 24 Dec 1684 (will) and 5 March 1684/5 (probate). Married, Plymouth, 6 Feb 1635/6 Anne Plummer. Children: Stephen, John, Elizabeth, James, Hannah, Daughter (unknown given name), Mary, Dorcas, Caleb.Henry Samson Family
Will <../wills/henry_samson_will.htm>
Additional Reading
Mayflower Families in Progress: Henry Samson for Four Generations, Sherman & Sherman, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1992.
HENRY SAMSON. Died at Duxbury, 24 December 1684. He married at Plymouth, 6 February, 1635/6, Ann Plummer, who died after December 24 1668 (TGM 1622 citing PCLR 3:237 land record in which Henry sells a lot to Edward Gray of Plymouth) and before 24 December 1684 (husband's will in which she is not mentioned.)
Bradford's Passenger List: Edward Tillie, and his wife both dyed soon after their arivall; and the girle Humility their cousen, was sent for into Ento England, and dyed ther But the youth Henery Samson, is still liveing, and is maried, & hath .7. children.
[MD 12:31 Duxbury Vital Records, p.164] Henry Samson died the 24, December 1684.
[MD 13:84 citing PCR p. 83 1635] Henry Samson, and Anne Plumer, was maryed the . 6 . of feb:
Children:
Mayflower Families in Progress: Henry Samson for Four Generations, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1992.
Stephen, m. Elizabeth _______
John, died unmarried
Elizabeth, m. Robert Sprout
James, m. Hannah ( ) Wait, widow
Hannah, m. Josiah Holmes
Daughter, m. John Hanmore
Mary, m. John Summers
Dorcas m. Thomas Bonney
Caleb m. Mercy StandishHenry Samson Will
[MD 2:142] Henry Samson died at Duxbury, 3 January, 1685, new style, or 24 December, 1684, old style, according to the Duxbury town records. His will and inventory were recorded in the Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories, Volume IV, Part II, pages 94 and 95. [p. 94] Duxburrow this 24th of the: 20th 1684 The Last Will and Testament of henery Sampson of Duxburrow; In the Name of God Amen
Know all prsons whom it may Concerne that I henery Sampson being in my right understanding Doe thuse will and bequeth my estate to be Disposed of, after my Death
1 I Doe Comitt and Comend my soule to God that gave it mee whom I trust hath redemed it; and my body to the earth for a season; Desiering that I may be Decently buried; 2 It is my will that all prsonall Debts be payed out of my prsonall estate; and that my funerall Charges before any legacyes 3 I Doe Give and bequeath unto my son Stephen one third prte of my whole puchase of Land lying and being in the Township of Dartmouth; 4 I Doe Give unto my son John one thirds of my whole purchase of Lands lying and being within the Township of Dartmouth; 5 I Give and bequeath unto my son James the remaining prte of the other third of my Land lying within the Towneship of Dartmouth; That is thuse Joseph Russell is to have the Land which was my son Jameses sold to him the said Russell; and I signed it taken out of the Last third; and the remainder is that which I Doe bequeath to my son James for hee had the Mony for the Land that was sold to the abovsaid Russell; 6 I Doe further give and bequeath unto my son James one shilling; 7 I Doe give and bequeath unto my son Caleb one shilling; 8 I Doe Give unto my Daughter Elizabeth now the wife of Roberd Sprout one shilling; 9 I Doe Give and bequeath unto my Daughter hannah now the wife of Josias holmes one shillinge; 10 It: I Doe give and bequeath unto my Daughter Now the wife of John hanmore ten shillings; 11 I Doe Give and bequeath unto Mary my Daughter Now the wife of John Summers; one shillinge 12 I Doe give unto my Daughter Dorcas now the wife of Thomas Bony one shillinge 13 I Doe Constitute ordaine and appoint; my son Stephen to be executor of this my Last Will and Testament to pay all my Debts and Legacyes and to receive all Dues; 14 It is my Desire that my trusty and honored frind mr Wiswall would be the overseer of this my last will and Testament; Thus Desireing to waite untill my Change shalbe; and that those that come after may be att Peace; I shall subscribe with my hand and seale the Day & yeer above expressed; signed and sealed in the prsence of the witnesses: Thomas Delano Henery Sampson } seale Joseph Channdeler his H marke } Thomas Delano & Joseph Chandeler made oath in Court the 5th of March 1684/85 that they see henery Sampson signe seale and Declare this to be his Last will and Testament; and that to the best of theire Judgment hee was of a Disposeing mind when hee soe Did;
Henry Samson married Ann Plummer, whose ancestry is unknown. However, Ann had a sister Mary Plummer, who married John Barnes in Plymouth on 12 September 1633.
10. Sir Henry Colley Cowley or O'Cowley (connected for family link only)
1. Robert Cowley***** or Colley who was Bailiff of Dublin in 1515, and who must have been a very old man when he died in or before 1547 (for, in 1537 he was called "Old Colley,") married and had two sons:
I. Walter, of Drogheda, who was in 1537 "Principal Solicitor" (or what we would now call Solicitor-General); "deprived" in 1546. He married and had:
I. Henry Colley, who was Collector of Drogheda in 1571; and who is said to have been an officer in Capt. Brooke's Troop in 1562.
II. Robert Colley, of whom presently.
2. Robert Colley: son of Robert; was Clerk of the Crown in 1530, and Master of the Rolls in 1538.
Daughter of Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin