Florah Fitzsimmons1

#28426, (say 1710 - circa December 1784)
Relationship1st cousin 8 times removed of Nelle Belle Bridges
Father*Nicholas Fitzsimmons1
Mother*Martha Morgan1 (s 1678 - )

Family

Joshua Dorsey b. 1712, d. b 1784
Children 1.Frederick Dorsey7 (1735 - )
 2.Peregrine Dorsey7 (1737 - )
 3.Providence Dorsey7 (1739 - )
 4.Joshua1 Dorsey Jr.7 (1739 - )
 5.Greenberry Dorsey7 (1741 - )
 6.Hametel Dorsey7 (1742/43 - )
 7.Elizabeth Dorsey7 (1744 - )
 8.Joshua Dorsey Jr.7 (1745/46 - )
 9.John Dorsey6 (s 1748 - )
 10.James Dorsey6 (s 1750 - )
 11.Rebecca Dorsey6 (s 1752 - )
Her married name was Dorsey.1 
Birth*say 1710She was born say 1710 at MarylandG.1 
Marriage*3 November 1734She married Joshua Dorsey on 3 November 1734 at Anne Arundel Co., MarylandG.2 
11 October 1743She was named in the will of Nicholas Fitzsimmons on 11 October 1743 at Baltimore Co., MarylandG.3 
20 October 1784She left a will on 20 October 1784 at Anne Arundel Co., MarylandG.4 
Death*circa December 1784She died circa December 1784.5 
Probate*14 December 1784Her estate was probated on 14 December 1784 at Anne Arundel Co., MarylandG.6 

Citations

  1. [S1447] Jane Baldwin Cotton and Roberta Bolling Henry, compilers, The Maryland Calendar of Wills (Baltimore: Kohn & Pollock, 1904-1928), Will of Nicholas Fitzsimmons, 1743, q.v.
  2. [S452] Robert Barnes, compiler, Maryland Marriages 1634–1777 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975), online Ancestry.com, p. 53. Joshua Dorsey and Flora Fitzsimmons, marr. Anne Arundel Co. 3 Nov 1734; citing AA-108, also 3 BA-152.
  3. [S1447] Jane Baldwin Cotton and Roberta Bolling Henry, Maryland Calendar of Wills, VIII:267
    To male hrs. of testator’s dau. Florah Dorsey, Wife of Joshua, “Knighton’s Fancy” and “Muscal’s Rest” on s. side of Patapsco R. Shd. she be Without male hrs. sd. land to go to poor of Anne Arundle Co. who belong to church of England or are Quakers.
    “ male hrs. of dau. Mary, dwelling plantation “Thomas’s Range,” “Bennett’s Range,” “Ball’s Addition.” Shd. she be without male hrs. to go to poor afsd.
    “ oldest dau. of dau. Florah, afsd. and her hrs., 1/2 of "Bullfords” or “Dear Bitt” at head of Back R. in lieu of such hrs. land to be distributed among daughters of Florah, afsd. and in lieu of such daus. to hrs. of testator.
    “ eldest dau. of testator's dau. Mary, residue of “Bullfords” or Dear Bitt,” in lieu of hrs. to be divided among daus. of Mary afsd. and in lieu of such daus. to hrs. of
    testator.
    " dau. Mary, extx., residue of estate.

    Witn. John Orrick, Jr., Alex Cromwell, Sarah Cromwell. Probate 2 Jan 1743/4, Liber 23, p. 501.
  4. [S2420] Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Wills, 1777-1912, (Anne Arundel County: Orphans' Court). Liber TG no. 1 v. 34 (1780-1786), pp. 230-232, Film 005077619, imgs. 178-179/590. Last will of Flora Dorsey, Ann Arundel Co., 20 Oct 1784. Gives to absent sons, Frederick, Peregrine, Greenbury, Joshua, John and James, "if they be living," 5 shillings; to son Nicholas, 20 pounds yearly; to dau. Providence Lane, 150 acres of "Mascalls Rest" including that part formerly leased to son-in-law Richard Lane; to dau. Rebecca Dorsey, the remainder of "Mascalls Rest" as well as "St. Knightons Fancy" and the estate residue. Names Rebecca sole Executrix. Witn. Richard Cromwell, Philemon Dorsey and Elizabeth Cromwell. Proved 14 Dec 1784 and 29 Dec 1784.
  5. [S520] VWH.
  6. [S2420] Anne Arundel County Wills, 1777-1912. Last will of Flora Fitzsimmons Dorsey, 1784, q.v.
  7. [S154] Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995, online FamilySearch.org, Children of Joshua and Flora Dorsey born Westminster Par., Anne Arundel Co., MD, citing FHL film 13279.