Early in October 1826, being the seventh year of the reign of His Majesty, King George the Fourth, a young English laborer took a coach from Huddersfield to Liverpool, where he boarded an American ship named Hamilton bound for New York. One of the first of his immediate family to emigrate, Jabez Hollingworth was soon joined by his brothers and sister, mother, father, an aunt and uncle, several cousins and various acquaintances.
The family of weavers settled initially in Leicester, Massachusetts, a town with a population of about 1,200 people. John and Jabez, the first to arrive, went to work for the Leicester Manufacturing Company, which made woolen cloth. The mill complex included 3 major buildings, the largest of which was 4 stories high, 100 feet long, and 40 feet wide. The company also owned a dye house, a store, and 11 homes for employees. In December 1827, Joseph, James, Edwin, and their father, George, joined John and Jabez in Leicester. When they arrived, they found Jabez in the machine shop and John Slubbing. Joseph went to work in the finishing room, James spun, and Edwin, the youngest, served as a warp winder. Mr. George Hollingworth apparently worked as a weaver.
John and Jabez moved to Woodstock, Connecticut, population ca. 2,900, about 1830 to work in the Muddy Brook-Pond Factory, which they leased. They were joined within a year by their other brothers and their father. Their attempt to run the Woodstock factory as a family venture is the last reasonably full account we have of their life in America. The family apparently kept the factory for the original three year lease, but they did not purchase the mill. Jabez moved to Sturbridge sometime during 1832 and, with his father, disappeared from the record. James Hollingworth moved back to Southbridge, where his children were born over the course of the next decade. Edwin temporarily submerged, but appeared again in Waterford, Connecticut, as a young father before moving to McDonough, New York, where as late as 1874, E. Hollingworth and Son were manufacturing cassimere’s and flannels. John stayed in Woodstock, where he bought a farm in 1835.
Name: Jabez Hollingsworth
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1826
Event Place: New York City, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Nationality: Great Britain
Birth Year (Estimated): 1804
Ship Name: Hamilton
Affiliate Publication Number: M237
Affiliate Publication Title: Passenger Lists of vessels arriving at New York, 1820-1897
Affiliate Film Number: 9
GS Film Number: 000002254
Digital Folder Number: 004674050
Image Number: 00336
Citing this Record:
"New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVPX-23GG : accessed 13 March 2015), Jabey Hollingsworth, 1826; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .
This certifies that Jabez Hollingworth and Miss Martha Haigh both of North Woodstock were married. Monday August 29th by me Foster Thayer North Woodstock Conn 1831. The above is a true copy of the original Certificate Attest Benjamin Webster Town Clerk.
The family of weavers settled initially in Leicester, Massachusetts, a town with a population of about 1,200 people. John and Jabez, the first to arrive, went to work for the Leicester Manufacturing Company, which made woolen cloth. The mill complex included 3 major buildings, the largest of which was 4 stories high, 100 feet long, and 40 feet wide. The company also owned a dye house, a store, and 11 homes for employees. In December 1827, Joseph, James, Edwin, and their father, George, joined John and Jabez in Leicester. When they arrived, they found Jabez in the machine shop and John Slubbing. Joseph went to work in the finishing room, James spun, and Edwin, the youngest, served as a warp winder. Mr. George Hollingworth apparently worked as a weaver.
John and Jabez moved to Woodstock, Connecticut, population ca. 2,900, about 1830 to work in the Muddy Brook-Pond Factory, which they leased. They were joined within a year by their other brothers and their father. Their attempt to run the Woodstock factory as a family venture is the last reasonably full account we have of their life in America. The family apparently kept the factory for the original three year lease, but they did not purchase the mill. Jabez moved to Sturbridge sometime during 1832 and, with his father, disappeared from the record. James Hollingworth moved back to Southbridge, where his children were born over the course of the next decade. Edwin temporarily submerged, but appeared again in Waterford, Connecticut, as a young father before moving to McDonough, New York, where as late as 1874, E. Hollingworth and Son were manufacturing cassimere’s and flannels. John stayed in Woodstock, where he bought a farm in 1835.
Name: Jabez Hollingsworth
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1826
Event Place: New York City, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Nationality: Great Britain
Birth Year (Estimated): 1804
Ship Name: Hamilton
Affiliate Publication Number: M237
Affiliate Publication Title: Passenger Lists of vessels arriving at New York, 1820-1897
Affiliate Film Number: 9
GS Film Number: 000002254
Digital Folder Number: 004674050
Image Number: 00336
Citing this Record:
"New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVPX-23GG : accessed 13 March 2015), Jabey Hollingsworth, 1826; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .
This certifies that Jabez Hollingworth and Miss Martha Haigh both of North Woodstock were married. Monday August 29th by me Foster Thayer North Woodstock Conn 1831. The above is a true copy of the original Certificate Attest Benjamin Webster Town Clerk.
Early in October 1826, being the seventh year of the reign of His Majesty, King George the Fourth, a young English laborer took a coach from Huddersfield to Liverpool, where he boarded an American ship named Hamilton bound for New York. One of the first of his immediate family to emigrate, Jabez Hollingworth was soon joined by his brothers and sister, mother, father, an aunt and uncle, several cousins and various acquaintances.
The family of weavers settled initially in Leicester, Massachusetts, a town with a population of about 1,200 people. John and Jabez, the first to arrive, went to work for the Leicester Manufacturing Company, which made woolen cloth. The mill complex included 3 major buildings, the largest of which was 4 stories high, 100 feet long, and 40 feet wide. The company also owned a dye house, a store, and 11 homes for employees. In December 1827, Joseph, James, Edwin, and their father, George, joined John and Jabez in Leicester. When they arrived, they found Jabez in the machine shop and John Slubbing. Joseph went to work in the finishing room, James spun, and Edwin, the youngest, served as a warp winder. Mr. George Hollingworth apparently worked as a weaver.
John and Jabez moved to Woodstock, Connecticut, population ca. 2,900, about 1830 to work in the Muddy Brook-Pond Factory, which they leased. They were joined within a year by their other brothers and their father. Their attempt to run the Woodstock factory as a family venture is the last reasonably full account we have of their life in America. The family apparently kept the factory for the original three year lease, but they did not purchase the mill. Jabez moved to Sturbridge sometime during 1832 and, with his father, disappeared from the record. James Hollingworth moved back to Southbridge, where his children were born over the course of the next decade. Edwin temporarily submerged, but appeared again in Waterford, Connecticut, as a young father before moving to McDonough, New York, where as late as 1874, E. Hollingworth and Son were manufacturing cassimere’s and flannels. John stayed in Woodstock, where he bought a farm in 1835.
Name: Jabez Hollingsworth
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1826
Event Place: New York City, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Nationality: Great Britain
Birth Year (Estimated): 1804
Ship Name: Hamilton
Affiliate Publication Number: M237
Affiliate Publication Title: Passenger Lists of vessels arriving at New York, 1820-1897
Affiliate Film Number: 9
GS Film Number: 000002254
Digital Folder Number: 004674050
Image Number: 00336
Citing this Record:
"New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVPX-23GG : accessed 13 March 2015), Jabey Hollingsworth, 1826; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .
This certifies that Jabez Hollingworth and Miss Martha Haigh both of North Woodstock were married. Monday August 29th by me Foster Thayer North Woodstock Conn 1831. The above is a true copy of the original Certificate Attest Benjamin Webster Town Clerk.
The family of weavers settled initially in Leicester, Massachusetts, a town with a population of about 1,200 people. John and Jabez, the first to arrive, went to work for the Leicester Manufacturing Company, which made woolen cloth. The mill complex included 3 major buildings, the largest of which was 4 stories high, 100 feet long, and 40 feet wide. The company also owned a dye house, a store, and 11 homes for employees. In December 1827, Joseph, James, Edwin, and their father, George, joined John and Jabez in Leicester. When they arrived, they found Jabez in the machine shop and John Slubbing. Joseph went to work in the finishing room, James spun, and Edwin, the youngest, served as a warp winder. Mr. George Hollingworth apparently worked as a weaver.
John and Jabez moved to Woodstock, Connecticut, population ca. 2,900, about 1830 to work in the Muddy Brook-Pond Factory, which they leased. They were joined within a year by their other brothers and their father. Their attempt to run the Woodstock factory as a family venture is the last reasonably full account we have of their life in America. The family apparently kept the factory for the original three year lease, but they did not purchase the mill. Jabez moved to Sturbridge sometime during 1832 and, with his father, disappeared from the record. James Hollingworth moved back to Southbridge, where his children were born over the course of the next decade. Edwin temporarily submerged, but appeared again in Waterford, Connecticut, as a young father before moving to McDonough, New York, where as late as 1874, E. Hollingworth and Son were manufacturing cassimere’s and flannels. John stayed in Woodstock, where he bought a farm in 1835.
Name: Jabez Hollingsworth
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1826
Event Place: New York City, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Nationality: Great Britain
Birth Year (Estimated): 1804
Ship Name: Hamilton
Affiliate Publication Number: M237
Affiliate Publication Title: Passenger Lists of vessels arriving at New York, 1820-1897
Affiliate Film Number: 9
GS Film Number: 000002254
Digital Folder Number: 004674050
Image Number: 00336
Citing this Record:
"New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVPX-23GG : accessed 13 March 2015), Jabey Hollingsworth, 1826; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .
This certifies that Jabez Hollingworth and Miss Martha Haigh both of North Woodstock were married. Monday August 29th by me Foster Thayer North Woodstock Conn 1831. The above is a true copy of the original Certificate Attest Benjamin Webster Town Clerk.
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