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Captain Joshua Dorsey
(1686-1747)
Ann Ridgely
(-1771)
Henry Ridgely III
Elizabeth Warfield
Captain Philemon Dorsey
(1715-1772)
Catherine Ridgely
(1723-Bef 1759)
Philemon Dorsey
(1744-1807)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Anne Dorsey

Philemon Dorsey 1 2 3

  • Born: 7 Feb 1744, Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, (United States)
  • Marriage (1): Anne Dorsey on 16 Aug 1770 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, (United States)
  • Died: Jan 1807 at age 62

  Research Notes:

From Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel, p. 54:

"Married Anne Dorsey in 1770 and had seven children: George Dorsey, John Dorsey, Elizabeth Dorsey Stringer, Elenor Dorsey Banks, Mary Dorsey Gardiner, Anne Dorsey Dorsey, and Catherine Dorsey (Ref: R-68). Philemon was one of the petitioners to form an independent rifle company in July, 1776 (Ref: B-3), and took the Oath of Allegiance before Hon. Reuben Meriweather on March 2, 1778 (Ref: B-25)."

  Birth Notes:

Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel, p. 54, has born 7 February 1743.


Philemon married Anne Dorsey, daughter of John Dorsey (son of Caleb) of "New Year's Gift" and Elizabeth Dorsey, on 16 Aug 1770 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, (United States). (Anne Dorsey was born on 11 Dec 1748 in Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel, 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/b15233.htm#P15233.

2 Peden, Henry C., Jr, <i>Revolutionary Patriots of Anne Arundel County Maryland</i> (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2006.), p. 54.

3 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. 159.

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