Benjamin Dorsey

Abt 1713 - Bef 1749  (~ 36 years)

• Name	Benjamin Dorsey
  Birth	Abt 1713	All Hallow's Par, Baltimore County, MD
  Christening	17 Sep 1717
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 27 Jul 1749	Anne Arundel County, MD
  Person ID	I1611	Rhodes Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Nicholas Dorsey,   b. 1690, Middle Neck Hund, MD d. 1717, Major's Choice, Baltimore County, MD (Age 27 years)
  Mother	Frances Hughes,   b. 18 May 1692, St. James Parish, Herring Creek, MD
  Marriage	20 Dec 1709	St. Anne's Paris, MD
  Family ID	F577	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sophia Howard,   b. 1726, Anne Arundel County, MD d. 21 Feb 1788, Baltimore County, MD (Age 62 years)
  Children	1. Cassandra Dorsey   2. Benjamin Dorsey   d. 1775   3. Elisha Dorsey,   b. Abt 1743, Anne Arundel County, MD d. 1802, Dorsey's Plains, Baltimore County, MD (Age ~ 59 years)
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014
  Family ID	F575	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "ANNE ARUNDEL GENTRY--DORSEY FAMILY" by Harry Wright Newman "Benjamin Dorsey, son of Nicholas and Frances (Hughes) Dorsey, was born in All Hallow's Parish, and baptised at the parish church on Sep. 17, 1717. On Feb. 3, 1741/2, Benjamin Dorsey, then of Anne Arundel County, sold 100 acre portion of 'Major's Choice' on Elk Ridge, which had been granted to Edward Dorsey. On Aug. 24, 1741, he purchased for L 223, a portion of 'Talbot's Last Shift' on the main falls of the Patapsco in Anne Arundel" Benjamin Dorsey died intestate. Letters of adm. were granted to his widow, Sophia Dorsey, on Jul. 27, 1749....the appraisement of the personal estate was made on Sep. 15, 1749...value of L 248.17.6 (Inventories, Liber42, folio 34) Death date taken from Ancestral file