Edward DORSEY

Abt 1620 - Bef 1659  (~ 39 years)

• Name	Edward DORSEY  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1620	Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1642	Virginia, British Colonial America   [2]
  Occupation	Between 1649 and 1659	Severn, Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America   [2]
  	Shipwright
  Drowned off the Isle of Kent.	Bef 2 Aug 1659	Kent Island, Maryland, British Colonial America   [2]
  	Drowned off the Isle of Kent.
  LifeSketch	[2]
  	LifeSketch
  _FSFTID	9M7L-VTH
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9M7L-VTH
  _UID	7EFE6470D5F64C3487BA7A696E83C582F7C8
  Death	Bef 2 Aug 1659	Kent Island, Maryland, British Colonial America   [1]
  Burial	Burial: Body lost at sea Specifically: Drowned in the Chesapeake Bay, off the Isle of Kent   [1]
  Person ID	I594764242	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2022

  
  

  Family	Anne,   b. Abt 1625, Ireland d. Abt 1651, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age ~ 26 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1643	Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America   [2]
  Children	1. Colonel Edward DORSEY, Jr,   b. Abt 1643, Maryland, British Colonial America d. Between 25 May 1705 and 31 Dec 1705, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America (Age ~ 62 years)   2. Joshua DORSEY,   b. Abt 1645, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Between 20 Feb 1687 and 3 May 1688, Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America (Age ~ 42 years)   3. Hon. John DORSEY,   b. Abt 1648, Lower Norfolk, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Between 26 Nov 1714 and 22 Mar 1715, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America (Age ~ 66 years)   4. Sarah DORSEY,   b. Abt 1650, Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America d. Bef 1691, Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America (Age ~ 40 years)
  Family ID	F536728231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2022

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 6 Dec 2022), entry for Edward Dorsey, person ID MJQ5-KKM. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 6 Dec 2022), entry for Edward Dorsey, person ID 9M7L-VTH. (Reliability: 3).