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Joseph Hollowell

12 October 1755–17 August 1820 (Age 64)
Rich Square, Northampton, North Carolina, British Colonial America

The Life of Joseph

When Joseph Hollowell was born on 12 October 1755, in Rich Square, Northampton, North Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Hollowell, was 40 and his mother, Leah Spivey Hill, was 41. He married Martha Butterworth on 11 September 1780, in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 10 daughters. He died on 17 August 1820, at the age of 64.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Joseph Hollowell

1755–1820

Martha Butterworth

1759–

Marriage: 11 September 1780

Agatha Hollowell

1782–1852

Joseph Hollowell

1786–

Thomas Hollowell

1788–1822

Stephen Hollowell

1790–1820

Betsy Hollowell

1796–1819

Gulia Anna Maria Hollowell

1800–

Sarah Hollowell

1804–

Leah Hollowell

1806–1824

Martha Hollowell

1794–1850

Caleb Hollowell

1794–1836

Mary Hollowell

1797–

Celia Hollowell

1800–1860

Charlotte Hollowell

1802–1857

Thomas Hollowell

1804–

Joseph Hollowell

1806–

Phebe

1806–

Stephen Hollowell

1808–

William Hollowell

1810–

Spouse and Children

Joseph Hollowell

Male1755–1820Male

Martha Butterworth

Female1759–Female

MARRIAGE
11 September 1780
Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

children

(18)

Agatha Hollowell

Female1782–1852Female

Joseph Hollowell

Male1786–Male

Thomas Hollowell

Male1788–1822Male

Stephen Hollowell

Male1790–1820Male

Martha Hollowell

Female1794–1850Female

+13 More Children

Parents and Siblings

Joseph Hollowell

Male1715–1768Male

Leah Spivey Hill

Female1714–1768Female

siblings

(6)

Jane Hollowell

Female1754–1793Female

Joseph Hollowell

Male1755–1820Male

Lawrance Thomas Hollowell

Male1762–1806Male

Exum Hollowell

Male–1813Male

Leah Hollowell

Female–Female

+1 More Child

World Events (3)

1767 · Tryon Palace

Age 12

Built on August 26, 1767, the Tryon Palace became the capitol building for North Carolina. The building was named after William Tryon a British officer and colonial official.

1774 · Edenton Tea Party

Age 19

On October 25, 1774, the Edenton Tea Party took place. It was the first organized women's protest. They put their cups down and refused to buy any tea.

1775

Age 20

Many people believe that North Carolina was the first state to declare independence from England with the Mecklenburg Declaration of 1775.

Name Meaning

Hollowell

Joseph

English: habitational name from any of numerous places named with Old English hālig ‘holy’ + well(a) ‘well’, ‘spring’, such as Holwell in Dorset and Oxfordshire. (Reaney suggests it could also have been a topographic name with the same etymological origin.) However, the present-day concentration of the name in Northamptonshire would suggest that Holwell in Leicestershire, which has a different etymology, from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + wella, was most likely the primary source of this form of the surname. There is also a Holwell in Hertfordshire of the same derivation, as well as places called Halwill and Halwell in Devon, Holywell in Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Clwyd, and Northumberland, and Halliwell near Manchester, all of which could have contributed to the surname.

Possible Related Names

Halliwell

Helliwell

Sources (3)

Joseph Hollowell in entry for Agatha Outland, "Indiana, Church Records, 1743-1966"
Joseph Hollowell in entry for Aggatha Outland, "Indiana, Church Records, 1743-1966"
Joseph Hollowell, "North Carolina, Church Records, 1700-1970"

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