Abraham Hollingsworth was a Quaker who was born in Delaware in 1686. He came to this area about 1729 and settled in the area called Shawnee Springs where his son, Isaac Hollingsworth, built "Abram’s Delight" in 1754. Family tradition says that Abraham Hollingsworth paid for his land three times: "First a cow, a calf, and a piece of red cloth to the Shawnee Indians: next a sum of money to the King’s agent; and finally a sum of money to Lord Fairfax." Abraham and his family were members of Hopewell Friends Meeting, which was formed in 1734. Hopewell is located in Frederick County near Clearbrook. The Hollingsworth family established a flourmill near the springs and was engaged in many other enterprises.
Notes for Abraham Hollingsworth:
Lived near Winchester Va for a while. 1732 Bought 582 acres from Alexander Ross and moved there in 1733. Situated on Abraham's Creek and he called it "Abrahams Delight" Erected the first flour mill in the county.. In 1754 his son Isaac (1722) built the first manor house in Fredrick Co. on the site. It is still standing and and has been carefully restored and is the Counties Historical Society. Abraham was born near Winchester, Frederick CO., VA in 1739. He resided in Frederick CO. until 1774 when he moved to Dunmore (now Shenandoah) CO., VA and resided there until 1777 when he moved to North Carolina and later to Laurens CO. South Carolina
Jeremiah Wollaston, "of the County of New Castle on Delawre River in North America, yeoman," and Catharine Robinson, of the same county, were married 9 mo. 21, 1716, at Newark Meeting. She appers to have been the daughter of George and Catharine Robinson, and graddaughtre of Valentine Hollingsworth. The children of Jeremiah and Ctharine Wollaston were seven in number. He was married to Catharine ROBINSON on 21 Nov 1716 in Newark Mtg., New Castle, PA.
All of the notes and quotes on the Chads family are compliments of David Chads, England. Information will be updated as I receive it.
"We can trace our ancestry back to Henry Chads who
was born in about 1650 and is recorded as being a
ship-owner and merchant in Belfast, Northern Ireland.""Henry Chads (of Belfast) had five sons. The eldest,
Henry (we shall call Henry Chads of USA) was born in
about 1680 and emigrated with his family to America in
about 1725 having sold up all his possessions in
Northern Ireland. We know little of Henry of USA’s
four younger brothers.""Henry Chads of USA married and had five children
three sons and two daughters. We only have records for
one of the sons, another Henry who we call Henry Chads
of Philadelphia who was born around 1710 and died
around 1752.""We believe Henry Chads of Philadelphia was the
master of the brig “King David” which is listed in the
shipping movements published in ‘The American Weekly
Mercury’ and ‘The Pennsylvania Gazette’ during 1739
and 1740.""Henry Chads of Philadelphia and Ann (died 1760) had
three children another Henry who we call Henry
Chads of Chichester and two unnamed daughters. Henry
of Chichester (born 1739) was sent to England in 1752,
after the death of his father to live with his English
uncle James Chads whose family lived in Chichester.
James was a distinguished Royal Naval Officer. Henry
of Chichester entered the Royal Navy and reached the
rank of Captain. He returned to America in about 1780
and was appointed ‘agent of transport’ during which
time he married (his second wife) Susannah Cornell of
Ithaca in 1783 believed to be the daughter of Samuel
Cornell, founder of Cornell University. Henry and
Susannah’s eldest son, Henry Ducie Chads, was 1st
Lieutenant on board HMS Java during the naval battle
with USS Constitution in 1812 of which there is much
detail on the internet!""From the above genealogical evidence it would seem
possible that Elizabeth Chads, born in 1705 according
to your records and who married Enoch Hollingsworth,
might have been one of the unnamed daughters of Henry
Chads of USA or even either of his brothers Thomas or
James who we know were alive in 1710?"
237. Hannah Hollingsworth
Apparently both John & James were Quakers. It also appears that John Moore's father was probably a Quaker as well, but after he died his wife Hannah remarried & was subsequently disowned by the New Garden M.M. (New Garden Township, PA) in 1730. This might be where my Moore's Quaker association declined [?]....I don't know.
Hi Tom,
I was looking over some Moore /O'More genealogical info, and recalled in your first email asking if John Moore, who married Hannah Hollingsworth was a Quaker. I do not know if John was, but I found the following regarding his grandfather (James O'More) & great-grandfather (John O'More):
"John (O'More) emigrated from near Glasgow, Scotland during 6th month, 1612, to County Antrim in Ireland due to religious persecution by King James I, who united the English and Scottish thrones. Subject was apparently a very strong Puritan Non-Conformist.
James (O'More) probably had other siblings but he is the only child documented; Society of Friends frequently held meetings at his house in Ireland. Friends in Ireland were also cruelly persecuted until 1696."
Apparently both John & James were Quakers. It also appears that John Moore's father was probably a Quaker as well, but after he died his wife remarried & was subsequently disowned by the New Garden M.M. (New Garden Township, PA) in 1730. This might be where my Moore's Quaker association declined [?]....I don't know.
Anyhow, thought I'd pass these tidbits along to you.
Regards,
Terry H.
The family had been members of the Society of Friends. Because Phillips was not a member, the marriage was not sanctioned by the church, and Barbara and her family were "turned out" of the Quaker membership. This branch of the Hollingsworths never reinstated their membership in the Friends.
When James's will was read, trusted friend Thomas Carleton Jr., and others like Samuel Harlan and Thomas Harlan helped with executing the will.
86. Valentine Hollingsworth 3rd
Valentine left small pittances to his children, Valentine, Elizabeth and Sarah. He may have disapproved of their conduct within the Quaker religion.
Elizabeth HOLLINGSWORTH-was born in 1720 in Kennett Twp, Chester, Pennsylvania. She died after 1754 in , Union, South Carolina. She was buried in Family Farm, , South Carolina. She married Samuel HARLAN "Sr"-29702 in Aug 1745/1746 in Old Sweedes Hundred, Wilmington, Delaware
They had the following children:M i George HARLAN "Sr"-
M ii Samuel HARLAN "Jr"-
M iii William HARLAN- died in 1808.
F iv Betty HARLAN- was born in 1746 in , Chester, Pennsylvania.
M v Aaron HARLAN- was born in 1746 in , Chester, Pennsylvania.It appears that /Elizabeth's mother in law was also her sister, both daughters of Valentine Hollingsworth Jr.
Samuel HARLAN "Sr"- was born about 1726 in Kennett Twp, Chester, Pennsylvania. He died in Near Union, Court House, Union, South Carolina. He was buried in On His Farm, Union, South Carolina. He married Elizabeth HOLLINGSWORTH-16093 in Aug 1745/1746 in Old Sweedes Hundred, Wilmigton, Delaware.
Alternate place of death: Laurens District, South Carolina....
Sarah was one of two daughters of Valentine II to marry into Harlan Family....alternate date of marriage Mar 1745/1746.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah HARLAN-29709.
M ii Samuel HARLAN-29728.
M iii Joshua HARLAN-29730 died in , , South Carolina.
M iv George HARLAN-29731 died in 1813.
M v Jacob HARLAN-29733.
F vi Elizabeth HARLAN-29735.
F vii Mary HARLAN-29737 was born in 1748.
M viii Aaron HARLAN "III"-29739 was born in 1752. He died on 6 Aug 1806.
M ix James HARLAN "Sr"-29741 was born on 8 Jun 1765. He died on 5 Sep 1842.
M x Valentine HARLAN-29743 was born on 8 Oct 1766. He died on 16 Nov 1852.BALDWIN-29705. married Charity HARLAN-29704.
Aaron HARLAN "II"-29703 was born in 1724 in Kennett Twp, Chester, Pennsylvania. He died in 1798 in , Union, South Carolina. He was buried in Old Harland, Graveyard, Union Dist., S.C.. He married Sarah HOLLINGSWORTH-16094 in May 1746 in Holy Trinity, Old Swedes Church., Wilmington, Delaware.
Aaron's parents:
Aaron HARLAN "I"-29695.Aaron married Sarah HEALD-29696.
Sarah HEALD-29696.Sarah married Aaron HARLAN "I"-29695.
They had the following children:M i George HARLAN-29701.
F ii Charity HARLAN-29704.
F iii Mary HARLAN-29706.
F iv Elizabeth HARLAN-29694 was born in 1709/1720. She died on 26 May 1768.
M v Aaron HARLAN "II"-29703 was born in 1724. He died in 1798.
M vi Samuel HARLAN "Sr"-29702 was born about 1726.
93. Rev. Stephen Valentine Hollingsworth
"STEPHEN HOLINSWORTH." (This is their son, probably their eldest, who later became the preacher.)
Pages 23-25: "(List of) The names of such as have been removed by death...1722, 6th month (i.e. August-Ed.) JOHN HOLINSWORTH”. Page 27:"(Removed to other meeting houses for good reasons): "KATH. HOLLINSWORTH to the Philadelphia Meeting House, 1722...STEPHEN HOLLINSWORTH to the same, January 7, 1727..."
Stephen was born about 1707 in Salem Co, NJ. He married Mary? (born 1715 in Kennett Township, Chester Co, PA) before 7 October 1744. Rev. Stephen was the oldest child, of John (Valentine) and Katherine (Tyler) Hollingsworth, who both were born into the Friends' Association, but converted to the Welsh Baptist Church about 1710-11, when Stephen was a child, but probably old enough to understand what was happening in his parents' new church.
Most of Rev Stephen Hollingsworth's descendants adhere to the Baptist faith to this day. His most prominent son was Samuel Hollingsworth, a signer of the Cumberland Association, a pre-Declaration of Independence anti-British document.Cape Fear Baptist Church He was the founding pastor of Cape Fear Baptist Church in Jan 1756, and was a devoted, if not too zealous, hardshell Baptist preacher. His main thrust was to try to convert Quakers, because his parents had both been of that religion. Stephen was the founding pastor. The church is located on Route 7, Box 177-R, Fayetteville, NC. His occupation is listed as a cordwainer (shoemaker).
In 1735, he was awarded 640 acres on the NW branch of the Cape Fear River by the British Crown (land patents – see map). In 1763, the Bladen County Tax Record lists Stephen, two sons - John and Samuel, and 1/2 brother Robert. In 1784, a Clerk made name appear as "Hopkin" when recopying a deed.
Death of Rev. Stephen Hollingsworth Rev. Stephen Hollingsworth died in February 1779, in Bladen Co, NC. He is buried on his farm in the Welsh Tract on NW Cape Fear River, northeast side, a square acre of ground now lost by plowing. In 1784, his son Samuel sold 150 acres to Jesse Carver, and set aside this acre for burial of his father and other family members. It is believed that his wife Mary preceded him in death, and possibly buried in the same graveyard. His will is dated February 1779, Estate administered (old church bible, small bible old books, shoemaker's tools).
SAMUEL Sr, was born in 1740 in PA and died in 1814 in Cumberland Co, NC. > He married (1) Mary? before 1804 in Cumberland Co, NC. He married (2) > Sarah Murphy on December 25, 1804 in Cumberland Co, NC. He was one of the > signers of the Cumberland County Association, 20 Jun 1775, opposing the > English Government. Served in the Revolutionary War.
272. Isaac Hollingsworth
ISAAC was born 1750. He married Mary? He served in the Revolutionary War. 1778 is the first indication that he owned property. There is no information on him after the 1787 Sheriff’s sale. After 1787, he may have settled in Twiggs Co., GA.
100. Samuel Hollingsworth link to Bill in Blackrock
"Parish Church of Ballycanew January 1, 1760" That the seat (pew) next to Roger Woodroofe, John Hollingsworth and Richard Robinson shall belong to James Redmond, Samuel Hollingsworth, Benjamin Thackaberry, Fossey Thackaberry and their successors..." Signed by John Hollingsworth, Church Warden and others.
Samuel was believed to have been born abt 1710 , location not known. Samuel was probably formally from Cronelusk, Arklow Parish, County Wicklow and settled in Coolookbeg right next to Ballinakill.
He married prior to 1730, no record of the marriage has been found mainly due to the loss of all parish records. This Samuel is the first of a long series of Samuels in this line.
In Hollingsworth Register articles in Vol 4, pp.87-89 and 5 pp 156-161, this writer (Harry Hollingsworth) asserted that Nicholas Hollingsworth (1762) of Ballycanew townland, farmer, was possibly the son of John Hollingsworth of Ballinakill (1713-1791). John's will did not name a son Nicholas, but did mention a "nephew Hollingsworth". Further investigation - still without proof - could indicate Nicholas was the son of Samuel Hollingsworth of Coolookbeg, brother of John in the Arklow Family.
Samuel was a gentleman farmer and the father of Daniel Hollingsworth (1736-1811) who inherited Coolookbeg, believed to be the ancestor of the Hollingsworths of Scotch Plains, New Jersey who were noted hat and fur manufacturers from 1870 to about 1920.
In May 1769 Samuel signed a lease with his brother John for the Coolookbeg land, one of the witnesses was John Hollingsworth, his nephew who would have been 21 years old at the time. Samuel's oldest son Daniel was named in the lease as was John's oldest son John.
Samuel was buried on Jan 11, 1799 in Ballycanew Protestant churchyard, County Wexford, at the age of about 89, no stone marks the burial place. Samuel's unknown wife was deceased before his death.
Samuel may have died as a result of the 1798 Rebellion, which had raged from 23 May until October, only eight months before his death. As did thousands of suffering loyalists, as they were named, Samuel Hollingsworth entered a claim for his losses, which were in the amount of 9 pounds plus, with the loss of meadow and household goods, sustained at the home residence in the townland of Coolookbeg. His claim was filed Nov 20, 1798.
275. Samuel Hollingsworth
Samuel's wife Diana died most likely in childbirth, there is no record at this time of Samuel remarrying or any record of children.
William was believed to be a seaman and is thought to have died a bachelor.
101. John Hollingsworth link toTom,Don,Michael gggg grandfather
John Hollingsworth and Elizabeth lived at Ballinakill at least from 1746, and probably earlier. In 1746 when John Hollingsworth obtained his first sublease on the lands from John Colley ( John Colley had gotten the lands from Nicholas Tackaberry) of Ballywater, he was given the whole farm "except Mogue and Daniel Murray's holdings." The Colley name appears in the St. Mogue's vestry records along with our Hollingsworth, and the Colleys were interrelate with other families of the "minor gentry" around County Wexford.
Elizabeth's husband,John Hollingsworth,in 1746,obtained his first sublease on the lands, at Ballinakill,County Wexford,from John Colley who had obtained the lands from Nicholas Tackaberry, believed to be Elizabeth's father.At the time of the 1746 Lease John Hollingsworth was living at Monroe and,most probably,with Nicholas Tackaberry,his,believed, father-in-law.
The Hollingsworth name is an early Saxon name originating around 1022 when this family moved into northeast Cheshire, England and purchased an estate named Hollingsworth Manor. The name means a "Farm of Holly Trees". The Doomsday survey made during the Norman Conquests lists this manor as lying on the edge of a great woods at Macclesfiel. A visitation by an official herald in 1580 included the gentry, John Hollingsworth, Gentleman and Robert Hollingsworth of Hollinsworth. A further record of the time period states that Robert of Hollingsworth Hall is of whom the family descends. He was listed as the Magistrate for the counties of Cheshire and Lancaster. The church and hall belonging to this family that contain the Hollingsworth Coat of Arms is still standing. The last family member to own the hall, Capt. Robert Hollingsworth died in 1865. The motto included was "Learn to suffer what must be borne." NO PROOF THAT THE COUNTY WEXFORD FAMILIES HAVE ANY RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHESHIRE, ENGLAND EVEN THOUGH DESCENDENTS CONSTANTLY MADE THE CLAIM THERE SURNAME CAME FROM ENGLAND. NO MENTION OF COUNTY ARMAGH, WE NOW KNOW THE WEXFORD HOLLINGSWORTHS AND VALENTINE HOLLINGSWORTHS ARE A DNA MATCH.There are at least two generations missing between the birth of Thomas Hollingsworth abt 1634 and John born 1713 of Ballinakill Ireland. (I believe those lost generations to be a Thomas and one John.) TJH
The Wexford-Wicklow family tell us that their first settlement was made at Ballinakill, Parish of Ballycanew, Co. Wexford, in 1665. But others of the same family say that the first man came with Cromwell. So, take your pick. NEITHER IS PROBABLY TRUE, ARMAGH TO DUBLIN TO CRONELUSK TO BALLINAKILL IS MORE LIKELY. Time and much research may establish the veracity of one or another of these traditions. It is obvious now in 2005 because of DNA match to the Henry-Valentine Sr., that this family migrated from County Armagh most likely in the mid to late 1600s.
John's father is lost to history at this time, although it is quite possible his grandfather was Thomas Hollingsworth, brother to Valentine Sr. Taking the opportunity to advance an educated guess, like Harry Hollingsworth liked to do, I imagine John's father and maybe grandfather moved to the Dublin area or England and then the family moved south to Cronelusk. From Cronelusk branched out to Ballinakill and the Ballycanew area in the 1730-1740s.
Harry Hollingsworth in Vol 4, Sept 1968 on page 92, says "I have a sneaking suspicion that THOMAS HOLLINGSWORTH was the father! the fact that he appears no more after 1765, and that John's eldest son was named Thomas, are my two reasons, both of them good ones." This lays before us the implication that John and his brother Samuel came down from Arklow around 1740.
Harry Hollingsworth (HR) has been unable to find any reference to John Hollingsworth before 1746 in County Wexford. Where was he and his father Thomas before 1746? When we find this out then we will know how and when our family migrated from Armagh to Wexford.
Ballycanew Church: John Hollingsworth signed his name and was present at a vestry meeting on 8 April 1765.
John Hollingsworth was at the vestry meeting on 20 April 1778. Ditto, 6 April 1779
7 Oct 1761 A Vestry held in the parish Church of Ballycanew appointing Mr. John Millar and John Hollingsworth overseers for the high roads in the Parish of Ballycanew.
A letter dated 30 October 1963 from the Land Registry Central Office in Dublin addressed to Harry Hollingsworth (HR) states that John Hollingsworth was part owner of lands connecting Ballinakill, Monroe and Tomagaddy. (Interesting these three areas were connected.) It goes on to say the as of 30 April 1930 the land was transferred to Elizabeth Warren and that the present owner is John O'Brien of Ballinakill.
Thomas Hollingsworth the Pirate !!
by Harry Hollingsworth....(continued from last week)
The fact that Ireland, and the cities of Galway and Dublin, are involved here, adds a glow to another spark of our memory: Refer, please, to HOLLINGSWORTH REGISTER, Vol. 1, No. 1, April, 1965, page 48, under the heading, "The Spottiswoode Fortune." There, you will read the story of a "sailor" or mariner, named "John Hollingsworth," who plighted his troth to the only daughter and heir of "Lord Spottiswoode," supposedly a Peer in East India a long time ago. John and Eleanor Spottiswoode ran off (against her father's express command) and married. The old man cut them off from his huge fortune, but set clauses in his will whereby those "of the 7th generation afterward" could collect the money, etc., etc....Now, this story is a popular tale among the Hollingsworth of today, in Dublin and the County Wicklow. But few, if any, take any stock in it, least of all, your editor. There apparently were just "no such people." Certainly no "Lord Spottiswoode", a Peer or any other kind of a gentleman, in any period who fits this description, has been found. But sudden discovery of this THOMAS HOLLINGSWORTH, Pirate, is the nearest to any of the details we have yet come, and here is why:
The Legend of the Spottiswoode affair is varied by the different members of the families of the County Wicklow or County Wexford Hollingsworths who remember it. Perhaps it is varied again, each time it is retold! But one variation says that "the first Hollingsworth who came to Ireland came from America...." Add to this the legend that he was a mariner or sailor, but not one of any class standing! Could he have been this Thomas Hollingsworth? Could he have returned to Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland, settled down and raised a family? The reader, now and in the future when this article is reviewed, must realize that this writer is in no way attempting to "start a rumor." This article, aside from the fact of the two separate Hollingsworth references, is not attempting to make fact out of a fancy or a tradition! This should be remembered.
Arklow has been a haven for mariners and involved in a maritime industry for centuries. At least four Hollingsworths were ship's captains, owning their own vessels, or mariners, out of that seacoast village-port, in the nineteenth century, and descendants collateral are still in the business there and in Dublin and Wicklow today! Arklow was the home - the parish, Manor or Lordship thereof- of the Hollingsworth from at least 1750 as shown by deeds registered at Dublin. (See REGISTER, Vol. 2, No. 2 page 71, #128949.) They were Gentleman Farmers in Cronelusk, a townland just south of Arklow town, about one mile. The mountains called Big Arklow Rock and Little Arklow Rock are in that neighbourhood, and the Arklow Lightship, once commanded by a grandson of one of these Hollingsworths, is off the coast, in St. George's Channel. The countryside near that place is described and the most beautiful in all Ireland. It is about forty miles south of Dublin.
This writer is certain that the family at Cronlush (sic) in the early eighteenth century, was the original "planting," from which his own branch at Ballycanew, Co Wexford, grew, starting in 1746 when John Hollingsworth, Sr. (1713-1791) made his first lease of the farm called Ballinakill. (REGISTER, July, 1965 p. 60 #8, Reg. #105099.) John was one of three known brothers, the others being Samuel of Coolookbeg, Co Wexford, and William of Cronelusk, Arklow, Co Wicklow (1724-1808). The original lease for Cronelusk has never been found. (This writer has been looking for it for two years and it appears never to have been recorded.) But we know from later deeds that it was for the lives of William Hollinsworth and of his brother, Samuel. The implication here is that there was a third party omitted in this recital. Land tenure for lives was usually for three lives: A man, his two sons, or a man, his brother and his son, or wife and his brother, etc. Perhaps one of the "lives" had literally expired. The land was paying a yearly rent of L11.0.6d, according to the Head-Rent deed cited 128949, a detail left out in our other article above alluded to.
We have no idea of any great implication, about the name of the father of these three men, John, Samuel & William. But one other Hollingsworth was named, in connection with this land. What was his Christian name? Why, THOMAS, of course! He had possession of the lands of Cronelusk as of March 26, 1765, as shown in our July, 1965, issue, page 60, No. 10, Registration 157152. This is the only reference to him we have! Was he the "third life" in the lease? Was he the father of the others? Was he the Pirate? You tell us! Have other members of the family put the lid on this story before?
END.....Thanks Harry for another great article!Name: John 1713-1791 Where: Ballinakill, Wexford (Ballycanew) Parents: Thomas, Cronelusk (?) Married: Elizabeth (d. 1783) 1715-1781 Died: 24 June 1791 Age 78 years (stone says William)? Birth/Bapt: 1713 a/t/a at death Children: Samuel John, Ballycanew, shopkeeper William Thomas 1740 of Tomduff (mention in deed) Elizabeth (1779 in Borbridge) Eleanor (1762 m. Pielow) Martha (1803 m. Robinson Brothers & sisters: William 1724-1808 Springfield, Cronelusk Samuel 1715 Nicholas Thomas, Springfield (Maybe father) Notes: (1) Bought Ballinakill 1746, but already living there. (Held until 1930 - Henryís 1st letter). Nephew mentioned in 1791 Will & also sons Samuel, Thomas, William, John & daughters Martha Robinson, Elizabeth Borbridge and son-in-law Pielow. - Hon. Arthur Lord Viscount Valentia made over to John, Ballinakill & Monroe 78 acres in 1786 & to son John age 16 & John, son of Nicholas age 4 years.
(2) Deed No. 156.204.105099 23 January 1746. Mentions John Cosley (Spelling?), Ballywalter, Co. Wexford, Alice & William Colling (Spelling?).
Deed No. 378.289.252924 30 September 1782 Registered 22 September 1786. Mentions: Hon. Arthur Lord Viscount Valentia. John Hollingsworth party to said lease the 16 years. John Hollingsworth, son to Nicholas, then 4 years. Witness: John Hollingsworth Jnr. son of lesee. Ballinakill & Munroe (Spelling?) in Manor of Neville Court 78 acres.
The marker over their grave is a slab of rock estimated to weigh half a ton, being some 6 feet in length, 3 or 4 feet wide, and about 5 inches thick. It was place on the grave flat. The first inscriptions read this way:
Here lies the body of Elizabeth Hollingsworth
who departed this life in November, 1781, at aged (7+ ) years.
Also the body of John ( ) Hollingsworth of Ballinakill
who departed this life May the 12th, 1791 aged 78 years.
THIS AMIABLE COUPLE LIVED IN PEACE & TRANQUILLITY AND DIED LAMENTEDAlso Buried with his parents is: Samuel Hollingsworth died March 25, 1815, age 48 yrs
Ann Hollingsworth relict of Samuel Hollingsworth
died April 1st 1849 aged 85 yrsElizabeth's brother was Nicholas Tackaberry, and for the first time in our family's history in Wexford or Wicklow the name Nicholas appears.
The two small townlands of Munro and Ballinakill are the southern most in Ballycanew Parish and butt up against Tomagaddy in Monamolin Parish and also are on the edge of Gorey Barony.
This ancient lease, recorded at the Dublin Registry of Deeds in Henrietta Street, has been in our notebooks for 20 years. It tells us just who was tenant on the lands which became the leasehold of John Hollinsworth (1714-91) in 1746, but in no way implies that Thomas Kavanagh was related to Hollinsworth. Dr McLysaght shows (Irish Families, p. 189) that it is a true Irish surname, and one of a few never to bear the prefix Mac or 0. He reports: The Kavanagh territory
Elizabeth's husband,John Hollingsworth,in 1746,obtained his first sublease on the lands, at Ballinakill,County Wexford,from John Colley who had obtained the lands from Nicholas Tackaberry, believed to be Elizabeth's father.At the time of the 1746 Lease John Hollingsworth was living at Monroe and,most probably,with Nicholas Tackaberry,his,believed, father-in-law.
Abraham is believed to have never married. He lived in Ballycanew Parish, this son is conjectured because he existed as a person, and there seems not another better likely place for him.