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Caleb Dorsey, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, British Colonial America
Death: October 1742 (56)
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States of America
Immediate Family:

Son of Captain John Dorsey and Pleasance Dorsey
Husband of Elinor Dorsey
Father of Basil Dorsey; Achsah Fotterell; Sophia Gough; Caleb Dorsey, Jr.; Samuel Dorsey and 9 others
Brother of Edward Dorsey, I; Deborah Anne Ridgely; Anne Boring; Hannah Dorsey; Samuel Dorsey and 6 others

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About Caleb Dorsey, Sr.

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Among other generous bequests to his children (most of the land he had already put in trust for them), is Item - To daughter Elinor Lynch, who for her disobedience, I exclude from any part of my estate, five shilling Sterling.

The inventory of his estate included 21 Russia leather chairs, 21 napkins, 2 cases knives and forks and 34 slaves.

He was deeded Hockley in the Hole by his father. He owned thousands of acres in Anne Arundel Co. and lots in Annapolis, Maryland, as well.


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Caleb Dorsey, Sr.'s Timeline

1685
November 11, 1685
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, British Colonial America
1705
July 25, 1705
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
July 25, 1705
Hockley, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
1707
March 20, 1707
Anne Arundel, MD, United States
1708
October 7, 1708
Hockley-in-the-Hole, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
1710
July 18, 1710
St Annes Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland
1712
March 1712
Anne Arundel, MD, United States
1714
June 10, 1714
Hockley in the Hole, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Colonial America
1716
January 4, 1716
Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States