Francis Hughes DORSEY, Sr

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Francis Dorsey
Birth:about 1696 Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
Death:1749 Scotchman's Desire, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Burial:Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland
Elizabeth Baker
Birth:about 1706 Baltimore,Baltimore,Maryland
Death:before 1749 , Anne Arundel Co., MD

Francis married "Eliza" Elizabeth BAKER about 1724. "Eliza" (daughter of Maurice Morris BAKER and Sarah NICHOLSON) was born in 1706 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Colony of Maryland, British Colonial America; died in 1749 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, British Colony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Priscilla DORSEY was born on 22 Mar 1725 in Baltimore, Maryland; died in 1752.
2. Venetia DORSEY was born on 16 Oct 1728 in Saint Pauls, Baltimore, Maryland; died in 1790.
3. Sarah DORSEY was born on 28 Jan 1730 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland; died on 20 Oct 1795 in Washington, Pennsylvania.
4. Elizabeth DORSEY was born on 16 Aug 1733 in Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America; died in 1809 in Tyler, Virginia.
5. Kezia DORSEY was born on 25 Apr 1735 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland; died in 1752 in Anne Arundel, Maryland.
6. Margaret DORSEY was born on 18 Jan 1738 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland; and died.
7. Andrew DORSEY was born on 23 Jun 1741 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America; died on 15 Jan 1807 in Academy Junction, Anne Arundel, Maryland.
8. Francis DORSEY, Jr. was born on 23 Jun 1741 in Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America; died on 5 Sep 1769.
9. Larkin Lacon DORSEY was born on 13 Feb 1747 in Baltimore, Maryland; died in 1818.

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• LifeSketch: ; Edward Dorsey was a planter, merchant, and contractor in colonial Maryland. He was likely born in Lower Norfolk, Virginia around 1643. Edward was the oldest son of Edward Dorsey (?-1659), who immigrated from Middlesex, England, and who was in his later ye
• TitleOfNobility: ; Colonel
• Public service per Wikitree Edward Dorsey: 1679, Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America; 1679 Public Service
• Land Acquisition: 1702, Anne Arundel, Maryland; Margaret's brothers, Thomas and John transfer their father's land to edward Dorsey
• Will: 31 Dec 1705, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America

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Edward Dorsey was a planter, merchant, and contractor in colonial Maryland. He was likely born in Lower Norfolk, Virginia around 1643. Edward was the oldest son of Edward Dorsey (?-1659), who immigrated from Middlesex, England, and who was in his later years a Quaker. Edward the younger immigrated with his parents and siblings from Virginia to Maryland in 1649.

He married, first, Sarah Wyatt around 1670; and second, Margaret Larkin, who later married John Isaac aka Israel.

Edward served in the lower house of the Maryland colonial legislature, first as a representative of Anne Arundel County 1694-1697, and later for Baltimore County 1701-1705, dying in office. He was also a county justice in both Anne Arundel and Baltimore, and chancery judge.

His strong support of Lord Baltimore in 1689 brought his dismissal from his justiceship and militia commission after the overthrow of the proprietary government; he testified against the Protestant Associators in England on 1690. He was accused of being a Jacobite in 1692.

The probate of Edward's will indicates that at the time of his death he held over 1,247 acres, enslaved 13 persons and held 2 indentured servants.

The Dorsey DNA project has shown that the first Edward Dorsey was from Ireland, and that Colonel Dorsey was his son. They probably did have Jacobite leanings but enough political savvy to keep their money! Another error above is about wife Margaret Larkin, daughter of another wealthy planter, John Larkin. Edward bought out her brothers' share of Father's estate.

Edward married Margaret LARKIN about 1692 in Maryland. Margaret (daughter of John LARKIN and Katherine HOLLAND) was born in 1650 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America; died in 1707 in Maryland, British Colonial America; was buried in 1707 in Virginia, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Margaret ISRAEL
• Name: Margaret LACON
• Will: Ruth Larkin Chew called Ruth Green in Will of Larkin Chew, possible divorce

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• LifeSketch: ; Edward Dorsey (d. 1659) immigrated first to Lower Norfolk, Virginia, and later to Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He took up a tract of land on the Severn River (then called the Bush River) at what is now Annapolis, which he named Hockley-in-the-Hole.
• Immigration: 1642, Virginia, British Colonial America
• Occupation: Between 1649 and 1659, Severn, Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America; Shipwright
• Drowned off the Isle of Kent.: Bef 2 Aug 1659, Kent Island, Maryland, British Colonial America

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Edward Dorsey (d. 1659) immigrated first to Lower Norfolk, Virginia, and later to Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He took up a tract of land on the Severn River (then called the Bush River) at what is now Annapolis, which he named Hockley-in-the-Hole.

Two of his sons, Col. Edward Dorsey and Hon. John Dorsey, were planters whose descendants were prominent figures in Maryland for centuries.

Edward married Anne about 1643 in Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America. Anne was born about 1625 in Ireland; died about 1651 in Virginia, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Katherine HOLLAND. Katherine was born about 1625 in Cumberland, England; died about 1710 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America; was buried on 7 Feb 1686 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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