John Nicholson (of Hollowstones)1
Son of John Nicholson and Isabelle Hartley, baptised on the 1st of November 1710 at Eskdale Chapel, Cumberland4
Married Rachel Kitchen on the 30th of December 1738 in Nether Wasdale, Cumberland
Children
Mary, baptised on the 3rd of May 1740 at Muncaster, Cumberland (from Hollowstones)
John, baptised on the 20th of November 1742 at Muncaster, Cumberland (from Hollowstones)
Isaac, baptised on the 26th of May 1744 at Muncaster, Cumberland
Sarah, baptised on the 23rd of November 1745 at Muncaster, Cumberland
Hannah, baptised on the 13th of February 1747/8 at Muncaster, Cumberland
Anne, baptised on the 28th of October 1749 at Muncaster, Cumberland
Stephen, baptised on the 11th of May 1751 at Muncaster, Cumberland
Henry, baptised on the 7th of June 1754 at Muncaster, Cumberland (from Hollowstones) (buried Aug 31)
Transferred Hollowstones to his son John in 1782 by which time he is living in Randlehow (possibly after his brother Stephen had moved to Muncaster).
?Buried
??Buried on the 26th of January 1801 at Eskdale, Cumberland from Hollowstones.5
Notes
1 John Nicholson6 in Margaret Russell's book "The Family Forest"
2 John Nicholson of Randal how
3 There is no reason to believe that Isaac, Sarah, Hannah, Anne and Stephen are not children of the same parents. Stephen and Alice Nicholson of Hollowstones had child Dinah in 1802
4 John's daughter Mary, who marries James Russel, is mentioned in the will of John Nicholson
5 I had a date of 1779 in a family tree from Joan Shrewsbury but have no evidence to support this date. However Rachel did die in 1779 (buried on 11th January 1779 from Randlehow)
6 John Nicholson built up his interest in Hollowstones (in addition to Randlehow) over the period 1722 to 1801. Over the same period his brother Stephen was buying up the Miterdale tenancies to add to his Randlehow tenancy. However Stephen had a single son, who himself had one son (and one surviving daughter). That grandson styled himself 'gentleman'. John's three sons gave him 11 surviving grandsons, quite apart from his other grandchildren. No concentration of wealth here to support a 'gentleman'.