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Dorsey, Edward, Balto. Co.,26th Oct., 1704; 31st Dec., 1705.
To son Levin at 21 yrs. and hrs., 100 A., "Hockly" on main falls of Patapsco R., and personalty including boy William Jackson.
To sons Charles, Levin, Francis and Edward and their hrs., all land on n. side Patapsco R., all "Taylors Forrest" if it be bought at testator's death.
To dau. Ann, personalty.
To son Joshua and hrs., 100 A., "Barnes Folly."
To son Samuell, part of "Major's Choyce" and also that which he has received by deed of gift.
To son Nicholas, 100 A., part of "Long Reach" at Elk Ridge and personalty at 16 yrs. of age.
To son Benjamin, 100 A., part of "Long Reach" and personalty at 16 yrs. of age.
To son John, 148 A., residue of "Long Reach" at 16 yrs. of age.
To dau. Sarah Petticoate and 3 child. of dau. Hannah Howard, personalty.
Wife Margaret, extx. and residuary legatee.
Test: Katherine Organ, John Huntsmen, John Dorsey and John Ball. 3. 725.
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Col. Edward Dorsey 26.100 I BA £528.8.11 Apr 1 1706
Servants mentioned: James Tibbett, Jackson.
Appraisers: Thomas Hamond, William Talbott.
Mentions: Samuell Dorsey.
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Col. Edward Dorsey 27.59 A BA £534.18.11 £256.5.4 Aug 7 1707
Received from: John Hatherly, Mr. William Bladen.
Payments to: William Mannington, Mr. Thomas Macnemara for use of John Dorsey in Anne Arundel County, John Dorsey, Jr., John Dorsey, Jr. from deceased as executor of Joshua Dorsey, John Israel & John Dorsey, Sr., John Richardson paid to Ja. Crooke, Thomas Bordley, William Taylard (gentleman), Mr. William Taylard from deceased as administrator of Edward Dorsey, Jr., Jane Crofts.
Executrix: Margrett Israel (relict), now wife of John Israel (gentleman)
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Col. Edward Dorsey 32A.84 A BA £688.10.11 £694.19.11 Oct 24 1710
Mentions: George Harris, Samuel Young, Abraham Child.
Received from: William Chew, Walter Murrough, John Hatherlee, Capt. Hyde, Aquila Paca.
Payments to; John Mash, Darby Ragan, Christopher Randall, John Dorsey, Sr., Thomas Hawkins, John Brice per Abraham Woodward, Mr. Hunt for defence of the estate vs. Joshua Dorsey, Laurence Gary paid to Thomas Bordley, William Bladen, Esq., Edward Dorsey, Jr., Nathaniel Stinchcomb which was paid to Christopher Randall.
Mentions: children (unnamed).
Administrator (de bonis non): John Israel (gentleman).
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Daniell Taylor 2.285 I AA #22585 Sep 18 1676
Appraisers: William Jones, Henry Ridgely.
List of debts: Edward Moriarty, Edward Dorsey, John Jacob, Samuel' White, John Wheeller, John Barker, William Hynms, Walter Phelps, Henry Arthur, George Greene, Thomas Bland, Robert Gudgeon, William Farmer, Samuell Butterfield, John Gray.
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Dorsey, Joshua, A. A. Co., 28th Feb., 1687; 21st June, 1688.
To wife Sarah,1/3 of estate, real and personal.
To cousins, John, Samuel, and Matthew Howard, and Sarah
Dorsey, personalty.
To only son John, residue of estate, real and personal. Exe.: Brothers Edward and John Dorsey.
Test: Jno. Rockhould, Thos. Blackwell, Jno. Rockhould, Jr., Joe. Robinson, Edw. Houle. 6. 8
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Joshue Dorsey 10.314 A AA £199.15.1 £200.2.8 {1693}
Payments to: Dr. John Barkley, Henry Bonnar, Thomas Dryfield, Henry Constable, Ralph Backhorn, John Larkin, Francis Downes, Robert Proctor, Daniel Maccone, Madam Priscye, John Smith, Edward Panck, Phillip Bradshaw, Thomas Blackwell.
Distribution to: Maj. Edward Dorsey, Mr. John Dorsey, Sarah Blackwell, wife of Thomas Blackwell.
Witnesses: Capt. Richard Hill, Mr. Phillip Howard, Mr. John Rockhold, Mr. John Howard, Sr., Mr. Charles Stevang.
Mentions: Mr. Ridgeley.
Executors: Edward Dorsey, John Dorsey.
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Edward DORSEY was born 1646 in ,,VA, and died 31 Dec 1705 in Majors Choice,Baltimore,MD. He was the son of 4. Edward DORSEY and 5. Anne.
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Anne Arundel County, Maryland land records IH3:62-63, FHL microfilm 0,013,208.
6 Dec. 1681 Edward Dorsy, "Son and heir of Edward Dorsy late of the County of Anne Arundell" sold the parcel Hockley in the Hole granted to "the said Edward Dorsy, Joshua Dorsy and John Dorsey my brothers" on 20 Aug. 1664.
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Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 6
[p.48] ISSUE BY FIRST MARRIAGE
I. Col. Edward DORSEY, of Major's Choice was the heir-at-law of Edward Dorsey, The Immigrant; he m. (firstly) Sarah WYATT, dau. of Nicholas WYATT, the pioneer surveyor of the Severn; m. (secondly) Margaret LARKIN, dau. of John LARKIN, a wealthy land owner of the Patapsco, from whom Mrs. Potter PALMER, of Chicago, is a descendant. Col. Edward DORSEY inherited from his father the tract of land known as Dorsey, which his widow, Margaret Larkin DORSEY, sold to John BLADEN in 1706. In 1681, he together with his brother Joshua, sold their right to Hockley-in-the-Hole, to their youngest brother the Hon. John DORSEY. The other estates of Col. Edward DORSEY were HOCKLEY, Barnes Folly, Major's Choice, Long Reach at Elkridge and Long Reach. He moved from Annapolis to Major's Choice, west of Waterloo and north of the Old Brick Church in Anne Arundel County, prior to 1700; he was at that time m. to Margaret LARKIN. From 1680 to 1705, Major DORSEY, as he was then titled, was in every movement looking to the development of the colony. From 1694 to 1696, he was Judge of the High Court of Chancery, during which time he was commissioned to hold the Great Seal. In 1694 he was a Member of the House of Burgesses for Anne Arundel County and from 1697 to his death in 1705, he was a member from Baltimore County (now Howard). His will is dated 1705.
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Nicholas Wyatt 2.246 A AA #154802 #120213 {abt Jul 17 1676}
Servants mentioned: Mary Evans, John Mallett, Edward_Morgan.
Payments to: Mr. Taylor, Henry Ridgeley, George Parker, John Browne, Capt. Burgesse, Richard Beade, Mr. John Body, Mr. Parker, John Hillen, Thomas Turner, Edward Wheellock, John Hamond, Mr. Standly, Mr. Constable, James Keeler Mr. Connaway, George Parker, Mr, Heathcote, Col. Samuell Chew at John Larkin, Mr. Boughton, Mr. Hallett, Davis, William Carpender, Mrs. Lambert, John Welsh, Thomas Francis, Richard Whackfield, estate of Francis Pyne, Nathaniell Evett, Vince Porter, Willett.
List of suits: Thomas Francis, John Mallett, Edward Morgan, William Carpender, Vince Porter, Edward Dorsey.
List of debts: Ralph Salmon, Christopher Denny, William Wake, Thomas King, Ralph Powell, George Robins, John Spilles.
For confirmation of will: Mary Evans, Sarah Cooper, Nicholas Sheppard, Robert Gudgron, Mary Welch, Ellen Hall.
Executrix: Damous Bland (relict), whose attorney is Edward Dorsey.
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Chancery Court Proceedings, 1676-77
http://aomol.net/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000051/html/am5 1--197.html
Charles &C To the Sheriff of Ann Arundell Co.ty Greeting Whereas Complaint is made unto us by Edw.d [Dor]sey adminr of the Goods & Chattells Rights & Credits of Nicho.s Wyatt that Thomas Bland & Demoras his wife have disposed of the Est the Said Nicho.s Wyatt & denys to Render any account thereof to d Edw.d Dorsey And wheras the S.d Edw.d Dorsey hath Commenced acon in our Provinciall Court ag.t the Said Thomas Bland & Demoras his wife for the Compelling them to Render an accompt of the S.d Estate of the S.d Nicho.s Wyatt to his S.d Adm.r & that the Said Tho: Bland is upon Departure out of this province & may depart before he hath Answered the Said Aeon as af.d brought & thereby no Redress or Relief can be had for him the S.d Edward Dorsey These are therefore to require you that you take the Body of him the S.d Thos Bland if found within your Bailywick & him Safely keep till he hath Entred into Recognizance with Sufficient Sureties to our Said Court not to depart this province untill he Answer the sd Suit And to do & perform what our Said Court Shall do & determine therein And hereof fail not at your peril And that you make Return of the Execution of this writt into our Court of Chancery by the Seventeenth day of Aprill next where- (fol. 196) soever it Shall then be Wittness our Self at our City of S.t maries
the 19.th day of ffeb: in the 2d year of our Dominion &a Annocp Dni 1676
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AA Middle Neck-Hall - Page 45
Dorsey (Edward Dorsey) 9/16/1668 - 60/93 acres. L12/136 SR7354.
Grant for 60 acres of land ifsued to Edward Dorsey of the County of Ann Arundal, Planter, bearing the date 9/16/1668. Consideration by afsignment from George Yate the afsignee of Capt. James Conaway part of a Wart for 510 acres of land formerly granted to the s'd Conaway. Applicable Conditions of Plantation dated 7/2/1649 as amended 9/22/1658. Cert GG Folio 43 name Dorsey. Manor of Ann Arundell. Yearly rent one shilling two pence, halfpenny. The same fine upon every alienacon of the land in the usual form. Witnessed: Charles Calvert Esq. The patent reference cited in the MSA index did not include a land description or boundary courses. The second reference found included incomplete course information. The tract was drawn using the one complete course, calculating the creek, river and cove angles and distance, and borrowing the angle of the south line of the northward adjoining tract (Norwood).
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AA Middle Neck-Hall - Page 50
Hockley in the Hole (Edward, Joshua & John Dorsey) 8/225/1664 - 400 acres. L7/378
SR7349. Know Yee that Wee for and in consideration that Edward, Joshua, and John Dorsey of this Province, Planters, hath due unto them four hundred acres of land within this Province being the plantation they now liveth upon called Hockley In The Hole lying in Ann Arundall County on the south side of the Severn River in the woods. Upon such considerations and terms as are exprefsed in our Conditions of Plantation of our Province of Maryland, do hereby grant unto the s'd Edward, Joshua, and John Dorsey a parcell of land called Hockley in the Hole lying on the South side of the Severn River in the woods beginning at a marked Red Oak, it being a bound tree of Cornelius and Samuel
Howard. Note 1: The present day Annapolis Water Works is located within the bounds of this parcel. Note 2: Edward Warfield (The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, reprinted by Heritage Publishers, 1995, Page 30) notes that, "In 1664, the three sons of Edward Dorsey took up and patented their father's survey of Hockley In The Hole." However, this patent makes no mention of an early survey. Note 3: The tract cannot be drawn because the fourth boiundary course lacks distance
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Major's Fancy (Major Edward Dorsey) 11/10/1695 - 186/187 acres. L23/257 SR7364.
Know yee that wee for and in consideration that Major Edward Dorsey of Ann Arundell County in our s'd Province of Maryland hath due unto him one hundred eighty six acres of land within this Province due unto him by virtue of a warrant for eight hundred fifty acres granted to him by the s'd Dorsey on 3/1/1694, as appears in this land office. Upon such conditions and terms as are exprefsed in our Conditions of Plantation of this our Province of Maryland, we doe therefore hereby grant unto the s'd Major Edward Dorsey all that tract of parcell of land called Major's Fancy lying in the s'd County between the South and Severn Rivers beginning at a bound tree on the land of Captain Richard Hill called Littleworth. Note 1: The location of this tract is not certain. The grant document states that the tract is located between the South and Severn Rivers adjoining a tract called Littleworth. Maryland Rent Rolls Page 224 also states that it is so located and includes it among Middle Neck Hundred tracts but does not indicate an adjoining tract. Page 258 (Rent Rolls) further indicates that Littleworth is located on the north side of the Severn River as does the patent document (IB&IL Ci/181 SR7 368-1). I have included this tract because it may be in the targeted area. Note 2: A duplicate of this patent is found in L23i/313 AR7365. Note 3: (from MSA Tract Index 73): By agreement between Edward and Samuel Dorsey, Samuel to give up claim of title to Round Bay to brother Joshua Dorsey in return for rights for Major's Fancy from Edward (PK1708/417).
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1646 - 1705 (59 years)