Person:John Dorsey (17)

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John Dorsey, of Elk Ridge
b.1699 Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
d.Bef 8 Sep 1761 Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. John Dorsey, of Elk Ridge1699 - Bef 1761
Spouse and Children
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m. 1730
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John Dorsey, of Elk Ridge1699 - Bef 1761
  • W.  Elizabeth Brown1700 - 1775
m.
  1. Ely Dorsey1720 - 1794
  2. Basil DorseyAbt 1720 - 1799
  3. Samuel Dorsey1724 - 1779
  4. Benjamin DorseyAbt 1725 -
  5. John DorseyAbt 1728 - 1815
  6. Lucy DorseyAbt 1732 - 1808
  7. Rachel Dorsey1740 - 1792
  8. John Dorsey1751 - 1791
  9. John Dorsey
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Facts and Events
Name[1] John Dorsey, of Elk Ridge
Gender Male
Birth? 1699 Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
Marriage 1730 Maryland, United StatesCitation needed
to Elizabeth Lawrence
Marriage Maryland, United StatesCitation needed
to Elizabeth Brown
Residence[1] 1748 Anne Arundel County, MD
Death? Bef 8 Sep 1761 Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States[probate] Elk Ridge
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Research Notes

  • Note of Caution #1: John Dorsey's will supports one wife named "Eliza." Proof is needed to support the marriages to which his page is currently attached.
  • Note of Caution #2: John Dorsey's will supports one son named John. There are currently 3 attached. Additional proof is needed to sort out which son John is the correct one.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jackson, Ron V. Maryland, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890.

    Residence date: 1748
    Residence place: Anne Arundel County, MD
    _APID: 3552::10914272

  2.   Will Abstract of John Dorsey, in Gibb, Carson. Abstracts of Wills
    MSA S538, Liber 31, 1760-1764 [1].

    Liber 31, folio 460
    15 June 1761
    DORSEY, JOHN, Jr., of Elk Ridge in Anne Arundel Co., Gent.
    To my son Samuell Dorsey, 456a of Dorseys Search, 125a of Sams Lott, & 25a of Pleasant Valley.
    To my son Benjamin Dorsey, 100a of Long Beach, the land taken by warrant f resurvey adj. Dorseys Search, & 248a of Partnership laid out by Jos. Plummer.
    To my son John Dorsey, 50a of Jnos Goodluck.
    To William Hall of Elk Ridge, the residue of Partnership.
    To my dau. Rachael Hall, L 10.
    To my dau. Lucy Dorsey, mulatto boy James.
    To all my childn. but Rachael Hall, equ. div., the residue.
    Extrs: my wife, Eliza. Dorsey, & my son Basil Dorsey.
    Witn: [Dr.] Joshua Warfield, Capt. Edwd. Dorsey, John Beall.
    8 Sept. 1761, sworn to by Warfield, [who wrote the will?] & Dorsey.

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