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John Dorsey (son of Caleb) of "New Year's Gift"
(1708-1765)
Elizabeth Dorsey
(1720-1803)
John Wayman Sr.
Ann Warfield
Col. Richard Dorsey
(1756-1826)
Anne Wayman
(-1830)
Mortimer Dorsey
(1797-1866)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Anne Marie < >

Mortimer Dorsey 1 2 3

  • Born: 24 Jan 1797
  • Marriage (1): Anne Marie < >
  • Died: 18 Feb 1866, Howard Co., Maryland, United States at age 69
  • Buried: Glenwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Glenwood, Howard, Maryland, United States

  Research Notes:

From The Dorsey Family, 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)"

  Burial Notes:

At least one source says he is buried at:
Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Roxbury, Howard, Maryland, United States

However, I located his headstone at Glenwood Baptist Church Cemetery in Howard County, MD, on www.findagrave.com kjf.


Mortimer married Anne Marie < >. (Anne Marie < > was born on 8 Nov 1799, died on 29 Dec 1870 and was buried in Glenwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Glenwood, Howard, Maryland, United States.)


Sources


1 Dorsey, Maxwell Jay, Jean Muir Dorsey, Nannie Ball Nimmo, <i>The Dorsey family: descendants of Edward Darcy-Dorsey of Virginia and Maryland for five generations, and allied families</i> (Orig. Pub. M. J. Dorsey, 1946; reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.), p. 158.

2 <i>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi</i>. Rec. Date: 25 Aug 2001, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdannear/firstfam/dorsey/b54569.htm#P54569.

3 <i>www.findagrave.com</i>, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Dorsey&GSfn=Mortimer&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=22&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=34805511&.


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