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John Dorsey [of Major Edward]
(1688-1764)
Honor Elder
(1689-After 1756)
Lancelot Todd [Jr.]
Elizabeth <Rockhold>
Michael Dorsey
(1713-1776)
Ruth Todd
(Abt 1715-1789)
Ruth Dorsey
(1743-Bef 1805)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Ely Dorsey [son of Capt. Edward]

Ruth Dorsey 1 2

  • Born: 17 Mar 1743
  • Marriage (1): Ely Dorsey [son of Capt. Edward] on 1 Dec 1765
  • Died: Bef 25 Jun 1805, Frederick Co., Maryland, United States

  Noted events in her life were:

• Will, 11 Mar 1805.

• Probate: of her estate, 25 Jun 1805, Frederick Co., Maryland, United States.


Ruth married Ely Dorsey [son of Capt. Edward], son of Captain Edward Dorsey and Sarah Todd, on 1 Dec 1765. (Ely Dorsey [son of Capt. Edward] was born in 1744 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, (United States) and died on 14 Mar 1803 in Frederick Co., Maryland, United States.)

Sources

1 <i>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi</i>. Rec. Date: 25 Aug 2001, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdannear/firstfam/dorsey/b17244.htm#P17244.

2 Dorsey, Maxwell Jay, Jean Muir Dorsey, Nannie Ball Nimmo, <i>The Dorsey family: descendants of Edward Darcy-Dorsey of Virginia and Maryland for five generations, and allied families</i> (Orig. Pub. M. J. Dorsey, 1946; reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.), p. 145.

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