Col. Henry Hollingsworth and Sarah Husbands

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Husband Col. Henry Hollingsworth ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 Sep 1737 - Elkton, Cecil Co, MD 3
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           Died: 29 Sep 1803 - Elkton, Cecil Co, MD 4
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         Father: Zebulon Hollingsworth (1696-1763) 5
         Mother: Ann Maulden (      -1740) 3

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       Marriage: 1769 4

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   Other Spouse: Jane Evans (1749-1835) 4 - 14 Feb 1776 4

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Wife Sarah Husbands ⁴

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           Born: 21 Sep 1748 4
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           Died: 27 Dec 1775 4
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         Father: William Husbands (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Mary [Unk] (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Mary Husbands Hollingsworth ^{1 2}

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           Born: 26 Apr 1772 1
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           Died: 21 Nov 1850 1
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         Spouse: John Gilpin (1765-1808) 1 2

         Spouse: Frisby Henderson (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 31 Mar 1819 4

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2 M William Hollingsworth ⁴

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3 U [Infant] Hollingsworth ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Col. Henry Hollingsworth

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Well educated and of fine business ability and training, and in the prime of his life of usefulness and activity, at the beginning of the struggle for independence, he was called upon to take an active part in that struggle. His name appears on the records of the Committee of Safety of his native state as one who was relied upon in all its urgent emergencies. He was commissioned January 3, 1776, as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Elk battalion, of Cecil County militia, and was commissioned Colonel, June 7, 1781. His usefulness however lay more particularly, in the commissary department, and in the or-ganizing, equipping and forwarding much needed recruits, looking after the forwarding and furnishing supplies for the troops in the field, and the general supervision of affairs pertaining to the army for his section. His voluminous correspondence, much of which remains [1911] in the Hollingsworth mansion erected by him, and still occupied by his descendants, shows that he was in constant communication with the heads of the various departments both state and national, and was relied upon to fill many important commissions. This correspondence includes letters to and from Timothy Pickering, by order of the War Office, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, president of the Council of Maryland, who, on July 13, 1776, writes to him to secure 400 bayonets and other equipment for the Maryland troops, from Patrick Henry who in 1779 sends him fifteen Highland prisoners of war, from Generals Lafayette, Lord Stirling, Nathaniel Greene, and Horatio Gates, and other prominent commanders, principally on the providing of munitions of war, of which Colonel Hollingsworth was one of the first manufacturers. He was commissary-general for the Eastern Shore of Maryland during the greater part of the war, and had charge of the purchase and forwarding of flour and other provisions for the army in Virginia and Maryland, which by a letter from Timothy Pickering in 1778 he is directed to collect at the Head of the Elk and in Harford county. September 24, 1781, he was directed to make a tour through the Eastern Shore to see that the several requisitions of the board of war for supplying the army were put into execution, and the flour and other provisions collected at points on the navigable waters and shipped as soon as practicable for the use of Washington's army on its southern expedition against Cornwallis in Virginia.
The Hollingsworth mansion, erected by Colonel Henry Hollingsworth early in the eighteenth century, was one of the first houses erected on the site of Elkton, the present county seat of Cecil county, Maryland. It is a venerable pile, in a remarkable state of preservation, picturesquely situated upon a naturally terraced hill near the centre of the town, of ample proportions and built in the sedate colonial style. Its lofty porch is supported by round columns; its gabbled roof and keystone lintels bespeak its colonial origin; the interior retains much of its original design; the ceilings are high, the woodwork heavy and of antique design, and carved corner cupboards with circular shelves and brass-hasped hinges and knobs of the doors add unique ornamentation.
"Separate and to the east of the mansion proper stands a quaint two-storied, two-roomed building-the office. About the walls of the lower apartment are book shelves, while in both rooms are deep fireplaces and inglenooks suggesting quiet comfort. Here indeed was a retreat for the book lover, a haven of rest for the weary."
It was from this historic residence that the theodolite belonging to Colonel Hollingsworth's grandfather, Henry Hollingsworth, the noted surveyor appointed by Lord Baltimore and used in laying out the city of Philadelphia, was taken by the British soldiers when marching from the Chesapeake to attack Philadelphia just before the battle of Brandywine. Here remained intact until 1898, all the beautiful old furnishings of the period of its construction, including the family silver, cut-glass, and monogramed china handed down for generations. Tarnished coins, musty papers of historical value, implements of antique design long since dulled by rust, and the cradle that rocked the heroes to be, now gathered to their fathers, laurel-crowned. The house was occupied by Colonel Hollingsworth until his death, when it passed to his descendants of the Partridge family. At the death of their last representative in 1898, it was sold and purchased by a descendant of his daughter Mary Husbands (Hollingsworth) Gilpin, and is still [1911] retained in the family. Among the papers accumulated there, were the original proceedings of the first Maryland state assembly; a copy of the proceedings of the Maryland convention held at Annapolis, August 14, 1776, to which both Joseph Gilpin and Colonel Henry Hollingsworth were delegates, printed in 1778. There were also a great number of other papers of re-markable historic interest, most of which are still in the possession of the family. [CRFP i, 612]

He had four children with his second wife, none of whom left issue except the eldest, Hannah.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 609.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 339.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 611.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 612.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 610.