Captain Joshua Dorsey

http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/html/mss0583.html Joshua Dorsey (b. 1686), m. Ann Ridgely

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• 'Captain Joshua Dorsey1
• 'M, #183998, b. 1686, d. 8 November 1747
• Last Edited=6 Feb 2006
• ' Captain Joshua Dorsey was born in 1686 at Middle Neck, Anne Arundel, Maryland, U.S.A..1 He was the son of Colonel Edward Dorsey and Sarah Wyatt.1 He married Ann Ridgely, daughter of Captain Henry Ridgely and Katherine Greenbury, on 16 May 1711 at Elk Ridge, Queen Caroline Parish, Maryland, U.S.A..1 He died on 8 November 1747 at Elk Ridge, Queen Caroline Parish, Maryland, U.S.A..1
• 'Child of Captain Joshua Dorsey and Ann Ridgely
  • 1.Henry Dorsey+1 b. 8 Nov 1712, d. 14 Feb 1770
• Citations
• 1.[S1122] Peerage News, online http://peeragenews.blogspot.co.nz/. Hereinafter cited as Peerage News.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p18400.htm#i183998
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GEDCOM Note

Joshua was born at Middle Neck Hundred in Anne Arundel County.

On 16 May 1711, Joshua was wed to Ann Ridgely at Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Location: 39° 11.071′ N, 76° 49.626′ W. Formerly in Anne Arundel County, it is now in Columbia, Howard County, Maryland. The marker, erected by the Maryland Historical Society, is located at the intersection of Oakland Mills Road and Dobbin Road. From the marker: Christ Episcopal Church, 1711, Original log chapel of ease, Queen Anne’s Parish, erected on "New Years Gift," a present from the Proprietary to Edward Dorsey and Charles Carroll.

In October of 1711, Joshua was commissioned a Justice of the Peace for Anne Arundel County. He became Captain of the Provincial Militia.

Joshua & Ann were blessed with ten children, five sons and five daughters:

Henry Philemon (Capt.) Rachel Elizabeth Joshua Nicholas Katherine Ann Sarah Charles

Joshua's tombstone is marked "JED," indicating his middle name of Edward. Christ Episcopal Church now has two small cemeteries: the slightly remote one with older tombstones, where Joshua was laid to rest, and the one by the church with newer ones.

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