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Laurence Dobson was born in 1756 in Ulrome near Skipsea (on the coast) toward the northern end of the plain of Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire. [1]
Laurence Dobson marries Elizabeth Hobson of Skirlaugh late in 1782. [2]
Laurence Dobson born in Wawne 4 miles (6km) west the following year is clearly a child of this marriage. There may be other children. Carrick Dobson born in Skirlaugh 1799 may have a different mother (and father?) as his forename hints. The lists below are tentative, based on family trees but not yet tested against sources
SIBLINGS Thomas Dobson 1743 - ? Mary Dobson 1745- ? Robert Dobson 1747- ? Catharine Russell (born Dobson) 1749 - ? George Dobson James Dobson 1753-1833 Ann Lidster (born Dobson) 1758 - 1839
CHILDREN Laurence Dobson 1783 - ? Robert Dobson 1784 - 1868 William Dobson 1788 - ? John Dobson 1790 - ? James Dobson 1791 - 1855 George Dobson 1795 - ? Carrick Dobson 1799 - 1853 George Dobson 1811 - ?
The eldest Laurence Dobson died and was buried in Skirlaugh in 1821.[3]
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