Frances (Watkins) Dorsey (abt. 1720 - aft. 1759)

Wife of John Hammond Dorsey Sr — married 16 Feb 1743 in Joppa, Harford, Province of Maryland

Descendants

Biography

Year of birth is an estimate based on the year of marriage and year of husband "born about 1718" and death year is after last known son's birth, Stephen (2)

Marriage

St. John's Parish Register

" John Hammond Dorsey & Frances Watkins were married Feb. 16th 1743." ^[1]

Children

1. Mary Hammond,
2. Rebecca,
3. John Hammond,
4. Frances,
5. Stephen Hammond,
6. Anne Maxwell,
7. James Maxwell.

Sources

1. ↑ familysearch.org Register Log of St. John's Parish Joppa. page 41 (image 349 attached)

1. "Anne Arundel gentry : a genealogical history of twenty-two pioneers of Anne Arundel county, Md., and their descendants, by Harry Wright Newman." scroll down to "Joshua Dorsey (2) AND HIS DESCENDANTS" 1) John Dorsey married Comfort STINSON 2) "John Dorsey, the only child of Joshua and Sarah Dorsey, was born in Middle Neck Hundred, Anne Arundel County. On August 22, 1702, he married Comfort, the daughter of John and Rachel Stinson, according to All Hallow’s records. The births of their early children are found in the register of St. Ann’s Parish." (The CHILDREN MATCH what we have listed above)