Benjamin Dorsey (abt. 1763 - abt. 1829)

Born about 1763 in Baltimore, Province of Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Amelia (Sellman) Dorsey — married 30 Nov 1784 in Baltimore Co MD

Descendants

Died about 7 Sep 1829 at about age 66 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Dorsey was born about 1763 in Baltimore, Maryland to parents Edward Dorsey and Deborah Maccubbin. He married firstly Amelia Sellman on 30 Nov 1784 in Baltimore, Maryland. Children: Amelia, Jonathan Sellman, Ruth. After Amelia died in 1790 he married secondly Catherine Perrin on 5 Apr 1803 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland. Children: Benjamin. He died on 7 Sep 1829 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Sources

• US Federal Census 1800 Image. Anne Arundel, Maryland; Series: M32; Roll: 9; Page: 82; Image: 50; Family History Library Film: 193662; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010.

• "Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NK-45G : accessed 19 September 2015), Benjamin Dorsey and Pamelia Sellman, 30 Nov 1784; citing Baltimore, Maryland, reference p 51 # 40; FHL microfilm 13,693.

• Anne Arundel Gentry: A Genealogical History of Twenty-Two Pioneers of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and their Descendants by Harry Wright Newman, Maryland Pioneer Series, 1933, page 102.