MARRIED on August 23, 1767, Eleanor (ca. 1739-1805), daughter of Richard Dorsey (1714-1760), of Anne Arundel County, and wife Elizabeth (1711-ca. 1776);
- granddaughter of John Beale (?-1734);
- niece of both Edward Dorsey (1718-1760) and Mary Dorsey (1725-ca. 1787), who married John Ridgely (?-1771).
Her brothers were Caleb, who married Mary Rutland; Richard; and Edward.
Her sisters were Mary (?-1816), who married John Weems (1727-1794); Anne, who married Benjamin Beall; Elizabeth, who married first, (first name unknown) MacGoway, and second, Elijah Harrison.
Her first cousins were Thomas Dorsey (?-1790); Harry Dorsey Gough (ca. 1745-1808); Charles Ridgely, of John (?-ca. 1787); Eleanor Dorsey (ca. 1739-1805), who married Upton Sheredine (1740-1800); Achsah Dorsey (1746-1799), who married Ephraim Howard (1745-1788); Rebecca Dorsey (1739-1812), who married Charles Ridgely (1733-1790); Deborah Ridgely (1749-1817), who married John Sterett (1750/51-1787); and Mary Ridgely (?-1804), who married Benjamin Nicholson (?-1792).
CHILDREN. Died without progeny.