William Dodson (1734)

Born 1734 in Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

William Dodson

Origin

William was born in 1734 at Chester County, Pennsylvania, a son of George Dodson.

Notes

William Dodson Disputed Son of George Dodson:

Note NI0165This William is claimed as son of George & Margaret by person on internet?? (William Franklin Blanton?)

William Dodson has been listed as a son of George Dodson without any documented proof. This William Dodson's birth is given as 1734 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is known from the parish records of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia that George Dodson and his wife Margaret were living in Richmond County, Virginia from the time of their marriage in 1726, and had a son, Rawleigh Dodson born in 1730 and another son Thomas Dodson born in 1735. The records of North Farnham Parish do not have a record of George and Margaret Dodson having a son named William. The manuscript of the Rev. Elias Dodson, as quoted in the The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History and Genealogy of Their Descendants," also does not name a William Dodson as being a son of George Dodson.

A Wm born in 1733 in VA was in Asby's company.

Aug 21 1757 William Dodson from VA Age 24 5 ft 9 inches, farmer enlsted in Capt John Ashby's 2nd Company of Rangers.

THE ASHBY FAMILY.

Captain John Ashby, of 3rd. Va. Reg., Continental line, 1775—1783, b. Fauquier about 1750, m. Miss Turner; had Sairuel, who m. dau. of Col. Clarkson, and had 1. John Henry, 2. Jamison, m. Adams, having Luther,

Henry and Scott, all living in; Fauquier in 188!): 3. Wm. Clarkson; and five daus., Wm Clarkson Ashby m. Miss Strother and has descendants in Culpeper

John Ashby, son of Capt. John, m. Miss Smith, and had William, Shirley and Wirt. Nimrod, son of Capt. John, m. Miss Adams, and had Albert, died single; Nimrod, has children in Fauquier; and.Samuel T., who in. Miss Chinu and had Bernard, Hunter, Norman, Mrs. Grace Houck, Mrs. Maekall, Mrs. Lambert, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Birney, and Samuel T.

Capt. John Ashby was the son of Col. John Ashby, b. ,1707, d. 1797. and Jean Combs, whom he m. May, 11, 1741. Col. A. , was :captain 2nd. Co. ,Va. Rangers, Oct. 21, 1755. Gen. Daniel Morgan was a private in his company. He was with Washington during the Braddock Campaign. "He bore Washington's dispatches, containing the news of Braddock's defeat, from Winchester to Williamsburg, and returned with Gov. Dinwiddie's reply before the English commander supposed he had started on his journey. A letter from Williamsburg, June 2, 1774, says that at the battle of Pt. Pleasant the Indians had killed the noted Capt. Ashby, who, in the last war, brought the ..first account of Braddock's defeat to this city with amazing expedition."

Sources

• Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina.

Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana, Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.  ?