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Aquilla Dorsey Sr. (1729 - 1811)

Aquilla Dorsey Sr. [uncertain]
Born in Anne Arundel County, Province of Marylandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married about 1780 in Montgomery, Maryland, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of and
Died at age 82 in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Aquilla Dorsey was born on 23 Mar 1729 in Anne Arundel, Maryland to parents Charles Dorsey and Ann ___.[1] He married first Mary ___ about 1751 in Maryland. Children: Charles 1760, Gilbert 1763. He married second Ann Nancy Griffith about 1780 in Maryland. Children: Aquilla 1789, Ann 1797. He died on 11 Jul 1811 in Tuscarawas, Ohio.

Property

On 17 MAR 1737, when he was still a child, John Howard, Gent. of Anne Arundel County conveyed to Aquilla Dorsey a 177 acre tract of land for £20.20.00 that was previously contracted by his father, Charles Dorsey. The tract was located on the Snowden's Branch of the Patuxent River in Anne Arundel County and was named Brother's Love. [2] In two separate deeds dated 17 JUL 1751, Aquilla Dorsey, blacksmith and a carpenter of Baltimore County, divided his tract called Brother's Love. He sold 67 acres of the tract to Philemon Dorsey, Gent. of Anne Arundel County for £11.07.00. The other 110 acre tract was sold for £18.13.00 to Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a minor. Both of these deeds were witnessed by Nicholas Gassaway of Thomas and Henry Howard.[3] One wonders if any of these men are related to Aquilla's mother, Ann.

Sources

  1. ↑ Aquila Dorsey in the Maryland, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911 Accessed on ancestry.com, September 2022.
  2. ↑ Anne Arundel Deeds Liber RD 3 folio 36
  3. ↑ Anne Arundel Deeds Liber RD 3 folio 392-398
  • Maryland Births and Christenings Index, for Aquilla, 23 Mar 1729
  • The Descendants of Matthew Howard of Anne County, Maryland
  • Griffith of Colonial Maryland by George R Griffiths, 1994
  • Anne Arundel Gentry: A Genealogical History of 22 Pioneers of Anne Arundel County, Maryland and their Descendants, Lord Baltimore Press, 1933




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Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Dorsey-1139 and Dorsey-812 appear to represent the same person because: identical birth, no conflicting information
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Rejected matches › Charles Dorsey (abt.1698-bef.1733)

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