Just some tidbits from "History of Cecil County, Maryland" by George Johnston, 1881, reprint 1998, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD. The Henry HOLLINGSWORTH who bought the land from John SMITH came to PA, as did also his brothers, Valentine and Thomas, in the ship Welcome, with William PENN, in 1682. Their father, Valentine HOLLINGSWORTH, md: the daughter of Henry CORNISH, who was one of the sheriffs of London (London then had two sheriffs with co-equal power) in the troublesome times of James II.... Henry, who was named after his maternal grandfather, was a man of much distinction and assisted Thomas HOLMES in laying out the city of Philadelphia, being at that time about 18 years of age. After the death of CORNISH his son-in-law, Valentine HOLLINGSWORTH, removed to Ireland where his son, Henry, made the acquaintance of Lydia ATKINSON whom he md: in 1688 having in that year returned to Ireland for that purpose. He represented New Castle Cnty in the Assembly in 1695, and was also sheriff of Chester cnty the same year; was deputy master of the rolls in 1700, and coroner of the last-named cnty in 1706. He removed to Elkton about 1712 in which year he was founder of the HOLLINGSWORTH family in this county and the grandfather of Colonel Henry Hollingsworth who was so intimately identified with the cause of the colonies during their struggle for independence. He died in Elkton in 1721. Some HOLLINGSWORTHs found in Cecil Cnty Land Abstracts 1673-1753: Abraham, Abram, Ann, Catherine, D.B., Grace, Henry, Jacob, Jesse, John, Joseph, Lidia, Mary, Stephen, Thomas, Zebulon

According to THE WELCOME CLAIMANTS PROVED, DISPROVED AND DOUBTFUL, by The Welcome Society, The Hollingsworths, both Valentine and his son, Henry, were NOT on the Welcome, and their names actually appear on the Disproved list, a group of names that claim to have been on the Welcome, but have been proven not to be. There are pages and pages on this family, in the book As I posted earlier, Henry arrived on the Lion of Liverpool, and the name Valentine appears on no list..... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/394 - Release Date: 7/20/2006