Dorcas Turner

1741 - 1778  (36 years)

• Name	Dorcas Turner  [1]
  Birth	21 Apr 1741	Trinity Parish, Charles County, Maryland
  Gender	Female
  Death	1778	Stafford County, Virginia
  Person ID	I3543	Tree1
  Last Modified	29 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel Turner,   b. Abt 1704, Charles County, Maryland d. 3 Nov 1764, Trinity Parish, Charles County, Maryland - Probate (Age ~ 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Verlinda McPherson,   b. Abt 1720, Charles County, Maryland d. 29 Dec 1753, Trinity Parish, Charles County, Maryland (Age ~ 33 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1736	Trinity Parish, Charles County, Maryland
  Family ID	F2837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joseph Dyson,   b. 1730, Charles County, Maryland d. 10 Nov 1769, Trinity Parish, Charles County, Maryland - Probate (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	1763	Trinity Parish, Charles County, Maryland
  Children	1. Mary Dyson,   b. 28 Jul 1763, Trinity Parish, Charles County, Maryland d. 9 Nov 1845, Fauquier County, Virginia (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Samuel Turner Dyson,   b. 29 Jul 1766, Trinity Parish, Charles County, Maryland d. Aft 1794, Charles County, Maryland (Age > 29 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F2868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Henry Clarkson,   b. Between 1731 and 1735, King George's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland d. Aft 1778, Stafford County, Virginia (Age ~ 48 years)
  Marriage	11 Feb 1772	Trinity Parish, Charles County, Maryland
  Children	1. William Clarkson,   b. 3 Apr 1773, Stafford County, Virginia d. 22 Feb 1818, Fauquier County, Virginia (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F2870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Dorcas Turner -- b. 2-14-1741 or 4-21-1741 or 11-21-1741; d. 1778; m. (1) Joseph Dyson 1762, (2) Col. Edward Henry Clarkson 1772 === TURNER, SAMUEL, Charles Co,, planter. 9 Sep, 1761; 3 Nov 1764 Wife Mary (exclusive of 1/3 of personal estate), 3 Negroes, Sam, Frank and Rachel. wife to relinquish claims by right of dower to tract., "Turners Forrest", 1/3 of personal estate to wife and remainder to my children: Zephaniah (eldest son), Hezekiah, Dorcas, Deborah, Martha, Anna and Mary and John Beal Turner. That daus., Dorcas, Deborah, Martha, Mary and Anna have a place of abode on "Turners Forrest" when living single, Son Zephaniah, ex, Wit: Isaac Campbell, Henry Reeder, Alexander Wilkinson Mcpherson, MCW 33.5 === Charles County MD Will Book 1777-1780; Page 415. Joseph Dyson's Additional & Final Acct. Oct 30, 1779. The additional account of Henry Clarkson and Dorcas, his wife, Caleb Dyson, and Bennet Dyson, executors of Joseph Dyson, late of CC, decd. Debts include: the balance of a former account, passed Jul 7, 1773 with Walter Hanson, Esq, the then Deputy Commissary, amounting to 533 £4 shillings 7 pence; money recd of Peter Walker. Total: 667 £2 shillings 2.75 pence. Disbursements went to afd Bennet Dyson; Hugh AuBryde; James Craik; Doctor Joseph Adderton, the executors of Doctor John Carry; Walter Winter, Walter Hanson, Esq; Ann Burch, executrix of Justn Burch; Peter Walker; Daniel Jenifer for stating, passing, and recording this account. The balance to be disposed of according to the decd's will: 582 £2 shillings 8M pence. securities: Thomas Creever and James Turner- Proved on Oct 30, 1775 by Henry Clarkson and Dorcas, his wife, late Dyson, and Bennet Dyson, executors of Jos" Dyson, late of CC, decd.

  
  

• Sources

  [S52] Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume: 8.