Joshua Dorsey1

#28427, (1712 - before 14 October 1784)

Family

Florah Fitzsimmons b. s 1710, d. c 1784
Children 1.Frederick Dorsey6 (1735 - )
 2.Peregrine Dorsey6 (1737 - )
 3.Providence Dorsey6 (1739 - )
 4.Joshua1 Dorsey Jr.6 (1739 - )
 5.Greenberry Dorsey6 (1741 - )
 6.Hametel Dorsey6 (1742/43 - )
 7.Elizabeth Dorsey6 (1744 - )
 8.Joshua Dorsey Jr.6 (1745/46 - )
 9.John Dorsey7 (s 1748 - )
 10.James Dorsey7 (s 1750 - )
 11.Rebecca Dorsey7 (s 1752 - )
Birth*1712He was born in 1712.2 
Marriage*3 November 1734He married Florah Fitzsimmons, daughter of Nicholas Fitzsimmons and Martha Morgan, on 3 November 1734 at Anne Arundel Co., MarylandG.3 
11 October 1743He was mentioned in the will of Nicholas Fitzsimmons on 11 October 1743 at Baltimore Co., MarylandG.4 
Death*before 14 October 1784He died before 14 October 1784.5 

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. [S521] Robert W. Barnes, compiler, Baltimore County Families 1659-1759 (Baltimore: Clearfield Company, 1989, 1986), pp. 180-181.
  3. [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.
  4. [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.
  5. [S520] VWH, date of the last will of his wife Flora Fitzsimmons.
  6. [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.
  7. [S2420] Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Wills, 1777-1912, (Anne Arundel County: Orphans' Court). Last will of Flora Fitzsimmons Dorsey, 1784, q.v.