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Edward DORSEY

Edward DORSEY

Male Abt 1620 - Bef 1659  (~ 39 years)

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  • Name Edward DORSEY  [1
    Born Abt 1620  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1642  Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Occupation Between 1649 and 1659  Severn, Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Shipwright 
    Drowned off the Isle of Kent. Bef 2 Aug 1659  Kent Island, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    FamilySearch ID 9M7L-VTH 
    LifeSketch   [2
    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. 
    Died Bef 2 Aug 1659  Kent Island, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Burial: Body lost at sea Specifically: Drowned in the Chesapeake Bay, off the Isle of Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I594764242  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2022 

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

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

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