Jesse
Dodson
Born in England or Virginia Colony
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 59
in Richmond, Virginia Colony
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There is no evidence and no documents that show Jesse's date or place of birth; the name of his parents; no marriage record; no named spouse; no land records, and there are no records in Richmond county or adjacent counties, Virginia showing that he ever lived there and died there. There is no evidence and no documents to show that Jesse Dodson ever existed in Virginia if at all. All claims about him appear to have emerged from online trees.
Jesse Dodson or Dods does not appear, either as an adult or a child, in the list of those who survived the "Starving Time" and the Indian massacre of 1622 or in the list of the "Muster of the Inhabitant's of the Neck-of-Land in the Corporation of Charles Cittie in Virginia taken the 24th of January 1624[/5].[1]
Roberta Estes states that " . . . there is no record of any Jesse Dodson ever living in Rappahannock County or dying in Rappahannock County in 1680 or anytime, for that matter."[2]
Not the son of John Dods or father of Charles Dodson
One unproven assertion is that Jesse was a son of John Dods of Jamestown and the father of Charles Dodson. However, there is no evidence or documents connecting John Dods to Jesse Dodson, and then to Charles Dodson.
- John Dods and wife are listed in the "List of the Living & Dead in Virginia Feb. 16, 1623, and no children are listed in their household and there are no other individuals with the name Dods, Dodds or Dodson in the 1623 list. ". . . Att ye Neck of Land Luke Bays, Mrs. Bays, Robert Halam, Joseph Royall, JOHN DOD'S, MRS. DOD, Elizabeth Perkinson, William Vincent, Mrs. Vincent, . . ."[3]
- John Dod's and wife Jane are also listed in "The Muster of the Inhabitant's of the neck-of-Land in the Corporation of Charles Cittie in Virginia taken the 24th of January 1624. The Muster of John Dod's age 36 yeares in the Susan Constant Aprial 1607, Jane his wife aged 40 yeares." John Dod's and wife Jane are not listed as having any children in their household in 1624, when other individuals are listed with children, such as John Price, wife Ann, and Mary, a child aged 3 months.[1] There are no other Dods or Dodson's on the list. There are no records that show John Dods had a son Jesse born in 1621 or had any children born at any other time.
Not the Husband of Judith Hagger
Jesse is claimed on some online trees as having married a Judith Hagger in Jamestown, Virginia on the 17th May 1645.[4]
No reliable evidence has been found for such a marriage, and in fact, no evidence that Judith Hagger was ever in Virginia.
Not the parent of Charles Dodson, Sr
Jesse Dodson and Judith have previously been incorrectly listed as being the parents of Charles Dodson Sr., who was born about 1649, possibly in England or Virginia.
There are no sources or documents that show a family relationship between Charles Dodson Sr., and Jesse Dodson and Judith Hagger. The parents of Charles Dodson Sr. are unknown. The first records of Charles Dodson Sr. is that by 1680, he made a lease of land in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia.[5]
Disputed Death
According to Jean Freshour, Jesse Dodson died in 1680 at Richmond, Virginia Colony; however, Jean Freshour does not provide any source or documentation for the date and place of death.[5]
This profile previously reported that Jesse Dodson died in 1716 at Richmond, Virginia Colony (without evidence or source).
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Camden Hotten (ed.), “The original lists of persons of quality... and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700... from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty’s Public Record Office, England,” New York: Empire State Book Co. (1874); link.
- ↑ Roberta Estes, The Parents of Charles Dodson of Jamestown Unraveled, #163
- ↑ William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 24 No. 2, page 124. and “Colonial Records of Virginia”, R.F. Walker, Superintendent Public Printing, Richmond, VA, 1874, Clemmitt & Jones, Printers, pp 38 – 68; on-line here
- ↑ Numerous online trees and the highly derivative and questionable U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. This database states that its original records come from: "a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, queries."
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Freshour, Jean Frazier Descendants of John Dodson (sources included) accessed online 3/2/2014
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- Disproven Existence Notice: Jesse Dodson Nov 6, 2020.
- What evidence that Jesse Dodson existed, married, had children? Oct 31, 2019.
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Later Samuel Dodson marries into the william lewis line.
edited by David Martin
Rather than spending time worrying about jurisdiction, the best approach is to get the research and writing done so he can be submitted to G2G review!
There's been a g2g about his non-existence since 31 Oct 2019.
The word "disputed" was a problem for me -- it suggests that there were two sides to a discussion, whereas in fact, there is only one side -- us who believe that no facts support this person. If there is a valid dispute, that the profile should simply remain with "uncertain existence."
edited by Jack Day
And oh, I'm sure that out there somewhere is someone who will dispute his disproven existence....
But as you've seen, there simply isn't any real evidence that he did exist.
I've asked someone with a bit more recent experience with the Disproven Existence Project to take a look.
Cheers, Liz
The line is crazy, I dont think its right my self but, I think they are grandchildren of someone in that Dodson group. The problem is the DNA circle says were are all related, the tree says we go here? but like its pointed out these profiles are very iffy! but enough exist to create this issue.
the (Dodson DNA circle) on ancestry, they have evolved to time lines, so I have no idea? and will call him grandfather until someone tells me not to!
The info I have, shows a child Charles at about the dates of the children on wikitree.com is Father /mother, Jessie and Judith. But no actual proof exist that he is the man this line goes to? or if this man was just tied to the children, who also exist in the time frame and area?
kind of like this Anne Jennings is said to never have come to America, But all here sisters and brothers are found in documents but just not her? are documents lacking or did she not get recognized.
Who knows? But I do know that the Profiles below this profile are sourced to a point of that they do exist! if its caused by business, fix it. wikitree.com is free so awesome! I do not recommend any online tree, but wikitree. yes that must surprise my friends here!
The children the grandchildren, although I find dates wrong al the time. People 127 years old, this is not a perfect science. But DNA is only complicating this, by farming people for more DNA instead of just matching lines better or not at all. I mean ancestry started this! We just paid them.
So the DNA showing on the Profiles coming to this profile, is only a small number of people connected on ancestry DNA circle. this is the problem ancestry has caused by selling the info, so they should run tests or something?
https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/search.php?mylastname=DODSON&lnqualify=equals&mybool=AND
Jessie https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I030604&tree=Tree1 in my opinion their profile is incomplete, but were trying to chase ghosts.