The Hollowell Family
The Hollowell family, which has a family crest and Coat of Arms, has been recorded in England since before the Conquest of Normandy in the year 1066, and is found in the “Domesday Book,” “Hangman’s Roll,” and “The Rolls of the Hundreds,” which were Norman census books for tax purposes. The name was originally “Holy-well” in Sussex, a place name. It is now found as Halliwell, Hallawell, Hallewell, Hallowell, Holliwell, Hollowell, and Holloway.
Generation 3. Our earliest known ancestor of the English family was John Hollowell, who was born about 1560, and died 15 September 1601. He was married about 1582, to Isabel ___, who died in 1627/8. They were the parents of William Hollowell.
Generation 2. William Hollowell was born 27 January 1592, and died in 1645. He was married about 1622. We do not know his wife’s name. He was the father of Thomas, our immigrant ancestor.
Thomas Hollowell, was born 4 February 1625, in Lancashire, England, son of William Hollowell
He was married about 1647, to Alice _. In April 1649, Stephen Gill took Thomas, Alice, and their two children to Virginia, where they were granted three patents for 650 acres of land on the west side of the Western Branch of Elizabeth River. He was known as Thomas Hollowell of Elizabeth River.
When the Society of Friends came into Virginia in 1656, the family left the Church of England and became members of the Society. Both Thomas and Alice were ministers in the Quaker faith, and were active members of the Chuckatuck Monthly Meeting.
He died 25 March 1687, and his will was proved in court, 17 May 1687, in Lower Norfolk County, Colony of Virginia. It is now on file at the new Chesapeake Civic Center, in Great Bridge, Virginia. (Book 5, file 22, Norfolk County) Alice died 19 November 1700 in Virginia.Children:
Bibliography
The Hollowells, by Lucy Elliott Hollowell, 1969
Encyclopedia Of American Quaker Genealogies V,4 . Hinshaw
One Ladd’s Family By Ruth Cline Ladd
Southern Historical Assn. Publications, Vol 6, p 555