Hollingworth, Jabez.

Jabez Hollingworth, a young English laborer, left Huddersfield in October, 1826, bound for New York. He was soon joined by his brothers and a sister, his father, an aunt and uncle, and several cousins and acquaintances. Often separated, the family kept in touch by letter. The family settled first in Leicester, Mass. and worked at Leicester Manufacturing Company, a maker of woolen cloth. By 1830 some were living in Southbridge, Mass. and working at Hamilton Woolen Company. About the same time others moved to Woodstock, Conn., where they took a three-year lease on the Muddy Brook-Pond Factory. They apparently did not buy the factory and later letters find the family dispersed to various places.

From the description of Hollingworth letters. 1826-1837. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 48447981