William Lynch and Elinor Dorsey
Husband William Lynch
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Marriage:
Wife Elinor Dorsey
Born: 4 Mar 1715 - St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States Christened: Died: 6 Oct 1760 Buried:
Father: Caleb Dorsey of Hockley in the Hole [son of Capt. John] (1685-1742) Mother: Elinor Warfield (1683-1752)
Other Spouse: Thomas Todd ( - )
Children
Research Notes (Husband)
Source: The Dorsey Family by Maxwell J. Dorsey, Jean Muir Dorsey and Nannie Ball Nimmo,2006, p. 155. Elinor Dorsey's second husband.
Research Notes (Wife)
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdannear/firstfam/dorsey/d7433.htm#P7433
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Eliza AnnE Dorsey
Husband
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Wife Eliza AnnE Dorsey
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Col. Richard Dorsey (1756-1826) Mother: Ann Wayman ( - )
Children
Research Notes (Wife)
From the book The Dorsey Family by Maxwell J. Dorsey, Jean Muir Dorsey and Nannie Ball Nimmo,2006, p. 158:
"The will of Elizabeth Dorsey made May 3, 1802 and proved December 10, 1803 left:
To son Richard Dorsey, one-half of a tract of land in Anne Arundel County
To orphan children of son John, remainder of tract of land
To son Richard Dorsey in trust, all lands in Montgomery County, which I derive from my brother Joshua Dorsey, to be held by said Richard for the use and benefit of daughter Elizabeth Boggess during her natural life and after her death to granddaughter Elizabeth Dorsey Boggess
To grandchildren Mortimer and Eliza Anne, children of son Richard, Caleb and Peggy Dorsey, children of son John, and Ellen stringer, daughter of daughter Eleanor, personalty
To son Richard Dorsey, all other property
Exr: son Richard Dorsey (A.A. Co. Wills J.C. No. 2, f. 259)"
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John Dorsey [son of Caleb] and Elizabeth Dorsey
Husband John Dorsey [son of Caleb]
Born: 7 Oct 1708 - St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, [United States] Christened: Died: 22 Jul 1765 - New Year's Gift, Anne Arundel, Maryland, [United States] Buried: - Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
Father: Caleb Dorsey of Hockley in the Hole [son of Capt. John] (1685-1742) Mother: Elinor Warfield (1683-1752)
Marriage:
Wife Elizabeth Dorsey
Born: 6 Mar 1720 - Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States Christened: - Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States Died: Dec 1803 - Montgomery Co, Maryland, United States Buried: 8 Dec 1803 - Montgomery Co, Maryland, United States
Father: Mother: Ann Ridgely ( - )
Children
1 M Caleb Dorsey [son of John of Anne Arundel]
Born: 8 Jul 1740 - Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, [United States] Christened: Died: 10 Jul 1795 - Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States Buried:Spouse: Sophia Dorsey ( -Bef 1760) Marr: 1 Nov 1759 - Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United StatesSpouse: Rebecca Hammond (1741-1797) Marr: 23 Nov 1762
2 F Eleanor Dorsey
AKA: Elinor Dorsey Born: 5 Sep 1743 - Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, [United States] Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Richard Stringer ( - ) Marr: 16 Dec 1762
3 F Achsah Dorsey
Born: 17 May 1746 - Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, [United States] Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Dr. Ephraim Howard ( - )
4 F Ann Dorsey
AKA: Anne Dorsey Born: 11 Dec 1748 - Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, [United States] Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Philemon Dorsey ( - ) Marr: 16 Aug 1770
5 F Elizabeth Dorsey
Born: 27 Sep 1753 - Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, [United States] Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Samuel Boggess ( - )
6 M Col. Richard Dorsey
Born: 6 Dec 1756 Christened: Died: 1826 Buried:Spouse: Ann Wayman ( - ) Marr: 22 Feb 1796
7 M Col. John Dorsey
Born: 31 Mar 1751 - Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, [United States] Christened: Died: Bef 1802 Buried:Spouse: Margaret Boone ( -Bef 1802) Marr: 19 Mar 1782
Research Notes (Husband)
From the book The Dorsey Family by Maxwell J. Dorsey, Jean Muir Dorsey and Nannie Ball Nimmo,2006, p. 158:
"John, who signed his name, John Dorsey son of Caleb, received from his father in 1732 a tract of land containing 700 acres called New Year's Gift. In 1735 John Dorsey and his father Caleb deeded two acres of this tract for a site for Christ Church of which John was a member. (Arch. of Md. XXXIX, 167, 229) He bought other tracts of land and lots in Frederick Town...
The will of John Dorsey made April 8, 1765 and proved in 1765 left:
To sons John Dorsey, Richard Dorsey and their heirs to be equally divided, the tracts Dorsey's Range, the Addition to Dorsey's Range, Duvall's Range, the Defendant, Mineral Hill, and part of a tract What's Left, and also a parcel of land that Philemon Dorsey is to convey to me, and if either die without heirs, the whole to go to survivor and if both should die without heirs to be divided among other children
To son Caleb Dorsey, 3 negroes
To daughters Elinor Stringer, Achsah Dorsey, Ann Dorsey, Elizabeth Dorsey, and sons John Dorsey and Richard Dorsey, 150 pounds Sterling and 1 negro each
To granddaughters Elizabeth Dorsey and Mary Stringer, 1 negro each
To wife Elizabeth, 200 pounds Sterling, 8 negroes, one-third of estate
Exrs: wife Eliazabeth and son Caleb Dorsey, empowered to sell house and lot in Frederick Town (Wiulls 35, f 258)"
Also http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdannear/firstfam/dorsey/d8035.htm#P8035
Possibly this John Dorsey:
From index of Maryland Historical Archives
1758 Nov.
Grant of tract of land called Walker's Lane, Anne Arundel Co., to John Dorsey. Originally granted to Joseph Walker.
From the book Inhabitants of Baltimore County 1763-1774 by Henry C. Peden, Jr., Westminster, Maryland, 1989, pp. 7-8:
"DELAWARE HUNDRED, 1763
[Among those listed are:]
Dorsey, Edward
Dorsey, John, Qtrs.
Wells, Valentine
"Note by William N. Wilkins: The last six pages of Delaware Hundred are missing. Last page of this Hundred is marked as #22. The names on these missing pages however, can be deterined from the index; thus, all of the names are shown.
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: The Dorsey Family by Maxwell J. Dorsey, Jean Muir Dorsey and Nannie Ball Nimmo,2006, p. 158.
Also http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdannear/firstfam/dorsey/d8035.htm#P8035
From the book The Dorsey Family by Maxwell J. Dorsey, Jean Muir Dorsey and Nannie Ball Nimmo,2006, p. 158:
"The will of John Dorsey made April 8, 1765 and proved in 1765 left:
To... wife Elizabeth, 200 pounds Sterling, 8 negroes, one-third of estate
Exrs: wife Eliazabeth and son Caleb Dorsey, empowered to sell house and lot in Frederick Town (Wiulls 35, f 258)
Elizabeth Dorsey... inherited 20 pounds Sterlind from her father in 1747,... and a portion of her mother's estate, 1771....
The will of Elizabeth Dorsey made May 3, 1802 and proved December 10, 1803 left:
To son Richard Dorsey, one-half of a tract of land in Anne Arundel County
To orphan children of son John, remainder of tract of land
To son Richard Dorsey in trust, all lands in Montgomery County, which I derive from my brother Joshua Dorsey, to be held by said Richard for the use and benefit of daughter Elizabeth Boggess during her natural life and after her death to granddaughter Elizabeth Dorsey Boggess
To grandchildren Mortimer and Eliza Anne, children of son Richard, Caleb and Peggy Dorsey, children of son John, and Ellen stringer, daughter of daughter Eleanor, personalty
To son Richard Dorsey, all other property
Exr: son Richard Dorsey (A.A. Co. Wills J.C. No. 2, f. 259)"
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Elizabeth Dorsey
Husband
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Wife Elizabeth Dorsey
Born: After 1759 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Caleb Dorsey [son of John of Anne Arundel] (1740-1795) Mother: Sophia Dorsey ( -Bef 1760)
Children
Research Notes (Wife)
From the book The Dorsey Family by Maxwell J. Dorsey, Jean Muir Dorsey and Nannie Ball Nimmo,2006, p. 142:
"Sophia Dorsey, d. bef. 1760, m. Caleb Dorsey, son of John... Their daughter Elizabeth was left personalty in the will of her aunt Rachel Ridgely, 1792, and a plantation in the will of her aunt Lucy, 1808."
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Henry Griffith and Elizabeth Dorsey
Husband Henry Griffith
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Marriage: 9 Apr 1741
Wife Elizabeth Dorsey
Born: Christened: Died: 1749 Buried:
Father: Capt. Edward Dorsey (Abt 1701-1767) Mother: Sarah Todd ( -After 1767)
Children
Research Notes (Husband)
Source: The Dorsey Family by Maxwell J. Dorsey, Jean Muir Dorsey and Nannie Ball Nimmo,2006, p. 145
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: The Dorsey Family by Maxwell J. Dorsey, Jean Muir Dorsey and Nannie Ball Nimmo,2006, p. 145
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Ely Dorsey [son of Capt. Edward] and Ruth Dorsey
Husband Ely Dorsey [son of Capt. Edward]
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Capt. Edward Dorsey (Abt 1701-1767) Mother: Sarah Todd ( -After 1767)
Marriage:
Wife Ruth Dorsey
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Michael Dorsey ( -1805) Mother:
Children
Research Notes (Husband)
Source: The Dorsey Family by Maxwell J. Dorsey, Jean Muir Dorsey and Nannie Ball Nimmo,2006, p. 145
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: The Dorsey Family by Maxwell J. Dorsey, Jean Muir Dorsey and Nannie Ball Nimmo,2006, p. 145
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Francis Dorsey
Husband Francis Dorsey
Born: Christened: Died: 1749 Buried:
Father: Major Edward Dorsey of "Dorsey" (Abt 1640-After 1704) Mother: Margaret Larkin ( - )
Wife
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
Research Notes (Husband)
Source: Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, edited by Richard Henry Spencer, New York, 1919, p. 612.
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Samuel Howard and Hannah Dorsey
Husband Samuel Howard
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Marriage:
Wife Hannah Dorsey
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Major Edward Dorsey of "Dorsey" (Abt 1640-After 1704) Mother: Sarah Wyatt ( - )
Children
Research Notes (Husband)
Source: Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, edited by Richard Henry Spencer, New York, 1919, p. 612
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, edited by Richard Henry Spencer, New York, 1919, p. 612
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Henry Dorsey
Husband Henry Dorsey
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Marriage:
Wife
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
1 F Sarah Dorsey
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Benjamin Dorsey (1741- )
Research Notes (Husband)
Source: The Dorsey Family by Maxwell J. Dorsey, Jean Muir Dorsey and Nannie Ball Nimmo,2006, p. 142.
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Samuel Dorsey [son of Major Edward] and Jane Dorsey
Husband Samuel Dorsey [son of Major Edward]
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Major Edward Dorsey of "Dorsey" (Abt 1640-After 1704) Mother: Sarah Wyatt ( - )
Marriage:
Wife Jane Dorsey
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
Research Notes (Husband)
Source: Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, edited by Richard Henry Spencer, New York, 1919, p. 612.
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, edited by Richard Henry Spencer, New York, 1919, P. 612.
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