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... Philemon Dawson, born in Dorchester County, Maryland about 1770. Philemon Dawson was a merchant sea-captain. He was married on May 22, 1794 to Jane Lowes who was a daughter of James and Ann Lowes of Whitehaven, Cumberland County, England. She was at that time a widow and is listed as Jane Henderson in Maryland Marriages, manuscript copies of the Maryland Historical Society. Seven children were born to this marriage, following in chronological order: Jane Lowes Dawson, James Lowes Dawson, Mary Ann Dawson, Martha Dawson, William Le Compte Dawson, Charles Le Compte Dawson and Emily Dawson. ...