Caleb Dorsey [son of John of Anne Arundel]

  Research Notes:

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...son Caleb Dorsey, 3 negroes...
Exrs: wife Elizabeth and son Caleb Dorsey, empowered to sell house and lot in Frederick Town (Wiulls 35, f 258)...

The will of Elizabeth Dorsey made May 3, 1802 and proved December 10, 1803 left:
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"


From the book Inhabitants of Baltimore County 1763-1774 by Henry C. Peden, Jr., Westminster, Maryland, 1989, pp. 16-23:

"INDEX TO AQUILA HALL'S ASSESSMENT LEDGER, 1762-1765

Aquila Hall was High Sheriff of Baltimore County and after Harford County separated from Baltimore County in 1773 he was appointed Colonel of Militia and one of the Lord Justices of the new county of Harford from 1774 to 1779. While serving as Sheriff of Baltimore County he compiled a tax assessment ledger of 145 pages which named 1,380 persons, their land tracts, and their assessments... Its index contains the following names...

"William Cockey,... Joshua Cockey,... Edward Cockey,... John Hammond Dorsey,... Caleb Dorsey, Bazil Dorsey, Edward Dorsey,... Caleb Dorsey,... Richard Dorsey,...John Sorsey,...Samuel Owings,... John Owings, Joshua Owings,... Sarah Owings,... Stephen Owings,... Samuel Owings,... Elijah Owings,... Henry Owings,... Christopher Randell,... John Ridgley,... Charles Ridgley, Jr.,... Capt. John Stinchcombe,... Nathan Stinchcombe,... Edmund Talbott, Thomas Talbott,... Philip Thomas,... Edward Talbott,... Samuel Underwood,... Benjamin Wells,... James Wells,... William Wells, James Wells, Jr.,... Charles Wells,... Elex Wells..."

From the book Inhabitants of Baltimore County 1763-1774 by Henry C. Peden, Jr., Westminster, Maryland, 1989, pp. 23-24:

"LIST OF LETTERS IN THE BALTIMORE POST OFFICE, 1766

The following is a list of letters remaining in the Post Office in Baltimore Town on July 18, 1766 as published in the Maryland Gazette on August 7, 1766... Dennis Croghan (to the care of Bar. Hughes),... Mssrs. Caleb Dorsey and John Howard,... Thomas Vaughan (at Caleb Dorsey's),..."

  Noted events in his life were:

• Will: Signed will, 22 Jul 1795.

• Probate: Estate probated, 10 Aug 1795, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States.

Caleb married Sophia Dorsey on 1 Nov 1759 in Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States. (Sophia Dorsey died before 1760.)

Caleb next married Rebecca Hammond, daughter of William Hammond and Unknown, on 23 Nov 1762. (Rebecca Hammond was born in 1741 and died in 1797.)