JOSHUA DORSEY: Owings Stone Family Genealogy — 20,000+ ancestors and their relatives

Birth 1686 Middle Neck Hundred, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland [4]

Gender Male

Also Known As Captain Joshua Dorsey

Death Note To his wife Ann he bequeathed for life the dwelling plantation which was a 250 acre portion of Major’s Choice, slaves and other personalty. After her death, the plantation was to go to his youngest son, Charles. Henry received “Dorsey’s Angle” and “Dorsey’s Hills”, both tracts containing 200 acres each. [3]

Discover/Founder In 1732 he was appointed one of the commissioners to buy land and lay out the town of Elk Ridge near the head of the Patapsco River. [2]

Military Note In 1742 he served as Captain of the Elk Ridge, Maryland, Militia., [2, 3]

Real Estate In 1700, before he became of age, his father gave him 100 acres of Major’s Choice in Baltimore Co., and in 1705, at the time of his father’s death, he received the plantation known as Barnes Folly and 100 acres of land called Long Reach. [2]

Died 8 Nov 1747 Major’s Choice, Baltimore Co., Maryland

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Father EDWARD DORSEY, b. Bef 1645, Virginia

Mother SARAH WYATT, b. Bef 1650, prob. Virginia

Family ID F163 Group Sheet

Family ANN RIDGELY, b. Bef 1690, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland

Married 16 May 1711 Baltimore Co., Maryland, Queen Caroline’s Parish [3]

Children

	1. HENRY DORSEY, b. 8 Nov 1712, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
	2. Philemon Dorsey, b. 20 Jan 1715, Maryland
	3. Rachel Dorsey, b. 6 Jul 1717, Maryland
	4. Elizabeth Dorsey, b. 6 Mar 1720, Maryland
	5. Joshua Dorsey, b. 6 Mar 1723, Maryland
	6. Nicholas Dorsey, b. 2 Jun 1725, Maryland
	7. Catherine Dorsey, b. 21 Dec 1727, Maryland
	8. Anne Dorsey, b. 15 Oct 1730, Maryland
	9. Sarah Dorsey, b. 27 May 1733, Maryland
	10. Charles Dorsey, b. 11 Nov 1736, Maryland

Family ID F194 Group Sheet

Notes	At the age of about 18 he and his brother Samuel, along with their cousin Edward Dorsey, were apprenticed on British merchant ships which traveled to and from the old country. Eventually he settled on Major’s Choice, which had been willed to his brother Samuel. He took an active part in the affairs of the state. On 30 Oct. 1711 he was commissioned Justice of Baltimore Co., and again in 1714 and 1715., Toward the end of his life he was often indisposed, complaining of what he called “fits” - the source says they may have been vertigo. These caused him to ask to be relieved of his public responsibilities. [2, 3]

Sources

[S34] Warfield, J.D., (Kohn & Pollock, Baltimore), p. 79
[S76] Dorsey, Maxwell J., Jean Muir Dorsey & Nannie Ball Nimmo
[S82] Newman, Harry Wright, (Maryland Pioneer Series)
[S83] Barnes, Robert W., (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.)

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