Historical records matching Zebulon Hollingsworth
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About Zebulon Hollingsworth
Zebulon Hollingsworth, President of the Court of Cecil County, formed in Provincial times of nine Magistrates of the County commissioned by the Governor for that purpose resided on his paternal estate.
Zebulon at age of 43, in 1740 Testified in the Boundary Dispute case that his "father sometimes followed the business of blacksmith, sometimes building houses and at other times surveying lands in both Provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania."
Converted from Quaker to Episcopalian.
Several sources, the vestry minutes of St. Mary Anne's, land records, and his personal will, indicate that Zebulon Hollingsworth, Sr. was a Captain, presumably of the local militia. The Colonial Wars took place during his lifetime, however, no records exist confirming or denying his participation.
1740 Captain Zebulon Hollingsworth, along with several other officers, command a group of foot militia in Cecil County.
1750 About this time Zebulon Hollingsworth construct a two story brick Federal-style house approximately 30-feet square at Elk Landing.
1848 The original brick two story house constructed by Zebulon Hollingsworth is gutted by fire. It is rebuilt as a Greek Revival style three story structure with a low pitched roof. Also a right side two story addition is added and the entire structure is covered with stucco. This the essentially the house you see today.
A large land owner, a magistrate, and President County Court. (D.A.R. Records)
Total of 11 sons and 2 daughters. Stephen and Zebulon were Episcopalians and he might have changed to the Established Church of his grandfather.
Testified in the Boundary Dispute Case.
Was flour miller and moved to Philidelphia with his father
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Zebulon Hollingsworth, born in 1696, was the youngest son of Henry Hollingsworth and Elizabeth Atkinson. He was raised in Head of Elk, where he would reside all his life. Zebulon followed his father and grandfather into a life of public service. It was Zebulon Hollingsworth who, with his son Levi, first began the production of flour under the family name, founding a business that Levi would parlay into a thriving commercial force. Zebulon married twice and had thirteen children before his death in 1763.
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Zebulon Hollingsworth's Timeline
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1696
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Chester County, Pennsylvania
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| 1727 |
February 6, 1727
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| 1730 |
May 13, 1730
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Cecil, Maryland, United States
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| 1732 |
March 12, 1732
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Cecil County, Maryland, United States
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| 1735 |
May 7, 1735
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Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland, Colonial America
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| 1737 |
September 17, 1737
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Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland, British Colonial America
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| 1739 |
November 29, 1739
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Head of Elk (Elkton), Cecil County, Province of Maryland
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| 1747 |
August 2, 1747
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Virginia or St Annes Parish, Cecil County, MD, United States
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