Captain John JOLLIFFE

1751 - 1777  (25 years)

• Name	John JOLLIFFE  [1]
  Prefix	Captain
  Birth	18 Jun 1751	Frederick, Maryland, British Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  MilitaryService	Between 1776 and 1777	United States   [2]
  	MilitaryService
  _FSFTID	LZJ4-T85
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZJ4-T85
  _UID	EE9109908DF440D0B6E7689454C085815C85
  Burial	Abt 1777	Morristown, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States   [1]
  Death	5 Apr 1777	Morris, New Jersey, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I594788055	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	William JOLLIFFE, Jr.,   b. 1 Jan 1721, Norfolk, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 18 Apr 1770, Frederick, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Lydia HOLLINGSWORTH,   b. 1717, New Castle, Delaware, British Colonial America d. 30 Dec 1759, Delaware Colony, British Colonial America (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	9 Jun 1750	Hopewell MM, Frederick, Virginia, United States   [1]
  Family ID	F536734815	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary DRAGOO, Dragaud,   b. 14 Oct 1751, Staten Island, Richmond, New York, British Colonial America d. 24 May 1835, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1773	Frederick, Virginia, United States   [2]
  Children	1. William J. JOLLIFFE,   b. 21 Sep 1776, Frederick County, Virginia d. 30 Jun 1846, Swathmore, Frederick, Virginia, United States (Age 69 years)   2. John JOLLIFFE, Jr,   b. 26 Feb 1775, Frederick, Virginia, United States d. 2 Aug 1838, Frederick, Virginia, United States (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F536734817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Biography Daughters of the American Revolution John Joliffee is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A061737. John Joliffee is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor. NSSAR Ancestor #: P-225878 Rank: Captain John Jolliffe was born in 1751 to William Jolliffe and Lydia Hollingsworth. His mother died when he was eight years old and his father died when he was nineteen. His parents were both Quakers, but although John had a birthright membership in the Religious Society of Friends, he was disowned by them when he was about twenty for fighting in public and attending a horse-race. In the spring of 1774 he was married by a Methodist minister to Mary Dragoo, a woman of great intelligence and beauty. Mary gave birth to their son John Jr in February 1775 and became pregnant again a short time after. While Mary was pregnant, John joined the Fourth Virginia Regiment in Frederick and Berkeley Counties, quickly attaining the rank of Captain. When he was home on furlough he wrote out his will, which provided for his living son and his future child. He died at the young age of 26 during an outbreak of smallpox in the camps shortly before the birth of his second son William. [1] DAR Ancestor A061737[2] Family Information of John Jolliffe and Mary Dragoo Married in the Spring of 1774. John Jolliffe b 18 Jun 1751 Frederick County, Virginia; eldest son of William and Lydia Jolliffe Mary Dragoo daughter of Peter Dragoo Children: John Jolliffe b. 21 Feb 1775 William Jolliffe b. 21 Sep 1776[3] Sources ? Family Record of John Jolliffe and Mary Dragoo, his Wife, published in "Historical, genealogical, and biographical account of the Jolliffe family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893 : also sketches of the Neill's, Janney's, Hollingsworth's, and other cognate families" by Jolliffe, William, 1847. Publication date 1893; Topics Jolliffe, John, 1804-1868, Neal family, Neill, William, fl. 1656, Janney family, Janney, Thomas, 1633?-1696, Hollingsworth family, Hollingsworth, Valentine, fl. 1682, Sharpless, Elizabeth McCallister Jolliffe, 1806-1883, genealogy; Publisher Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott; Collection allen_county; americana; Digitizing sponsor MSN; Contributor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center; Language English; 164 pages; ; Available online at Archive.org, (https://archive.org/details/historicalgeneal00joll/page/n99/mode/2up) Page 100 (doc page 87) ? Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 20 June 2023), "Record of John Jolliff", Ancestor # A061737. ? William Jolliffe["Historical, Genealogical, and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893: Also Sketches of the Neill's, Janney's, Hollingsworth's, and Other Cognate Families"], (Publisher J.B. Lippincott, 1893) (Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison) (Digitized Jan 17, 2008) (Length 245 pages) (Free e-book. Available at Google Play) (page 87)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 26 Feb 2025), entry for Lydia Hollingsworth, person ID L6JP-NKT. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 26 Feb 2025), entry for John Jolliffe, person ID LZJ4-T85. (Reliability: 3).