Nicholas Dorsey

1690 - 1717  (27 years)

• Name	Nicholas Dorsey
  Birth	1690	Middle Neck Hund, MD
  Gender	Male
  Death	1717	Major's Choice, Baltimore County, MD
  Burial	23 Sep 1717	All Hallow's Par, Baltimore County, MD
  Person ID	I1615	Carl
  Last Modified	20 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Edward Dorsey, Colonel,   b. 1645, VA d. 1705, Major's Choice, Baltimore County, MD (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Sarah Wyatt,   b. 1657, Of Anne Arundel, MD d. Abt 1690, Anne Arundel County, MD (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	Bef Nov 1670
  Family ID	F581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Hughes,   b. 18 May 1692, St. James Parish, Herring Creek, MD
  Marriage	20 Dec 1709	St. Anne's Paris, MD
  Children	1. Thomas Dorsey   2. Nicholas Dorsey + 3. Benjamin Dorsey,   b. Abt 1713, All Hallow's Par, Baltimore County, MD d. Bef 27 Jul 1749, Anne Arundel County, MD (Age ~ 36 years)   4. Edward Dorsey,   c. 17 Sep 1717   bur. Bef Sep 1721 (Age ~ 3 years)
  Family ID	F577	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014

  
  

• Notes

  "ANNE ARUNDEL GENTRY--DORSEY FAMILY" by Harry Wright Newman "Nicholas Dorsey, son of Col. Edward Dorsey and his wife, Sarah Wyatt, was born about 1690 in Middle Neck Hundred of St. Anne's Parish. At the writing of his father's will in 1704, he was mentioned as being less than 16 years of age. From his father's estate he inherited 100 acres of 'Long Reach', which lay in old Baltimore County Nicholas died at a young age leaving a widow and four infants. He was buried on Sep. 23, 1717, according to the records of All Hallow's Parish. His last will and testament, dated Sep. 15, 1717, was probated in Baltimore County on Feb. 13, 1717/18.(Wills, Liber 14, folio 478) To sons Thomas, Nicholas, Benjamin, and Edward personalty at 21 years; sons to have liberty to choose guardians at 18 To son Benjamin the dwelling-plantation at the decease of his mother. (Inventories, Liver 1, folio 40) The appraisement of personal estate on Jul. 4, 1718, reported a value of L347.15.9, including eight negroes. It seemed as if the Widow Dorsey was a poor manager and by 1724, as 'Frances Dorsey, Widow, of Baltimore County' she prayed relief from her creditors, yet at the final account filed by her on Jul. 30, 1725, there was a balance due the heirs of L 117.15.11 (Adm. Accts, Box 3, folder 68; Archives Vol. 35, p. 6)" "THE DORSEY BOOK" by Maxwell Dorsey and Jean Muir Dorsey, 1947 "Nicholas Dorsey received by deed of gift in 1700 from his father, 100 acres of Major's Choice, and by his father's will in 1704, he was left 100 acres of Long Reach, 2 silver spoons, a new gun, and a horse named Dick to be delivered to him at the age of 16 years." "The estate of Nicholas Dorsey was appraised on July 4, 1718...the inventory included a Bible, testament, spelling book, psalter, money scales, pocket sack (?), 2 small deal boxes, chest, lock and key, negroes, Tom, Hagar, Jenny and child, Isaac, Esther, Maria....The estate valued at L347.15.9 1/2 (Invts. 1, f.40)"