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 Fact #1: If Thomas'
father had been named William, one of his children would have
been named William. The first occasion of the name William in
the Hollowell family was the son of John and Elizabeth Scott
Hollowell who named one of their sons William after Elizabeth's
father, William Scott. Seventeenth century naming practices were
to name the first son and daughter after the father's parents,
the second son and daughter after the mother's parents, the third
son and daughter were named after the parents, and other children
were named after siblings and other relatives. Although this
was not set in stone, Thomas and Alice did name their third daughter
Alice. Since we do not have proof of their parents, the names
of their older children cannot be certain.
Fact #2: Thomas
Hollowell, of the Western Branch
of Elizabeth River, Colony of Virginia, first appeared in the
public record as a "headright" of Stephen Gill in a
patent registered in 1649. (Nugent, C&P, #1, p. 180).
The term "headright" in connection
with a patent for land has been subject to much misunderstanding.
For the purpose of stimulating immigration and the settlement
of the Colony, the London Company ordained that any person who
paid his own way to Virginia should be assigned 50 acres of land
"for his own personal adventure," and if he transported
"at his own cost" one or more persons he should, for
each person whose passage he paid, be awarded 50 acres of land.
It is not to be assumed that the claim for land in consequence
of a person transported was made immediately after the arrival
of the "headright" in the Colony. The headrights may
have arrived in the Colony long before the patentee had entered
claim for land thereby due.
Stephen Gill received 1150 acres
for the transportation of 23 persons including Thomas Hollowell
which should dispel the rumor that his wife, Alice, and two oldest
children, Sarah and Thomas, came with him. (23 x 50 = 1150).
Fact #3: Thomas
Hollowell's exact time of arrival in the Colonies is not known.
He first appears as a "headright" in a land patent
of Stephen Gill in 1649. A search of immigration lists to this
date have proven fruitless in identifying either the exact date
of arrival or the name of the ship.
Fact #4: The
only proven children of Henry Hollowell are his daughter, Elizabeth,
who married Richard Ratcliffe on 18 day of 7 month 1700. (Hinshaw,
Vol. 6, p. 34) and his son, Thomas, mentioned in the will of
Joseph Hollowell as "Thomas Hollowell the son of Henry Hollowell."
(Norfolk DB7, p. 88). It is possible there were other children,
but there is no proof available at this time.
Fact #5: John
Scott, the son of William Scott of Chuckatuck married Elizabeth
Belson, the daughter of Elizabeth Belson, the 19 day of 8 month
1682. (Early Quaker Records in Virginia, White, p. 6).
Henry Hollowell of Elizabeth River and
Elizabeth Scott of Nansemon County married on the 20th day of
2 month 1693. (Hinshaw, Vol. 6, p. 30).
Benjamin Small and Elizabeth Hollowell
of Nansemond County married 12 day 1st month 1699. (Monthly Meeting
of Friends, Nansemond Co., VA, p. 27).
Elizabeth Small, wife of Benjamin Small
of Nansemond County, born 31st of 6th month 1666. Her parents,
Edmund and Elizabeth Belson were pious Friends; taken ill the
21st of the seventh month 1717, being the first day of the yearly-meeting
at Chuckatuck... quietly departed the 25th of the 7th month 1717,
aged 52, a minister about 11 years. (A Collection of Memorials...of
the People Called Quakers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Parts
Adjacent, from Nearly the First Settlement thereof to the Year
1787).
Fact #6: Because
of the repetitive use of given names within families, the term
JR. meant "the younger" and SR. meant "the elder."
Although these terms could denote "son of" or "father
of", the most common usage during colonial times was to
differentiate between two individuals living in an area who both
had the same name. The younger individual was identified as JR.
and the elder individual as SR.
Fact #7: There
were at least four other persons named Hollowell who were transported
to the Colonies during the 17th Century, and many others later.
Fact #8: The
1850 census of Washington Co., IN lists Smithson Hollowell with
two children named Silas living in his household. Only the Silas
aged 14 is his son. The other Silas M. Hollowell was the son
of John and Hannah Self Hollowell. The Bible of John and Hannah
Self Hollowell lists their son, Silas M. Hollowell, born January
28, 1841. (See Bible
of John and Hannah) 7 Apr. 1859. JONATHAN
LINE and SMITHSON HOLLOWELL, Gdn. Of Ex. Parte partition of MERRIAM
HOLLOWELL, et al -- Partition 20 acres of SW 1/4 of SE 1/4, except
7 acres in NW corner; also 13 acres in NE 1/4 of SE 1/4, the
SE corner of said land; also 39 acres off SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of
Sec. 22, T1S, R1E to be made by WILLIAM HOLADAY, ALEXANDER MORRIS
and JOHN M. FREE, disinterested resident freeholders, not kin
to any of the parties; to JONATHAN LINE 1/2, MARIAM HOLLOWELL
1/6, LEE HOLLOWELL 1/6, and SILAS HOLLOWELL 1/6. (Orange Co.,
IN Probate Order Book Common Pleas 3, p. 32). |
