Jesse Dodson, of North Farnham Parish

Warning

Williams and Lucas, "The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia", Vol. 1, p. vi, Publisher's Preface:

"A word of warning concerning trying to claim kinship with people with whom we cannot prove a relationship, i.e.: Are we kin to the "John Dodson, 1607 of Jamestown, Virginia, or Benjamin Dodson, c. 1652 of Essex County, Virginia?

Some people would like to say that these men are the direct ancestors of Charles Dodson who died in 1701. They state that a John Dodson came with Captain John Smith in 1607 and the John Dodson had sons Jesse and William Dodson. It is further stated that the aforementioned Jesse Dodson was the father of Charles Dodson, born about 1649 and died about 1701, in Richmond Co., Virginia....(and so on, then)

"it must be stated unequivocably that no legal records exist to prove this hypothetical descendancy of Charles Dodson."

Williams and Lucas looked for decades on the Dodsons.

Additionally -

Jesse Dodson's birthdate, 1621, is a guess, based on unknown assumptions or connections. There is no evidence and no documents to show that Jesse Dodson even existed. There is no evidence and no documents that show his date or place of birth; the name of his parents; no marriage record; no land records, and there are no records in Richmond county or adjacent counties, Virginia showing that he ever lived there and died there.