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1804), who married Benjamin Warfield; Sarah,
who married Vachel Warfield; and Amelia (1749-
?), who married Samuel Biggs (?-1814). CHIL-
DREN. SONS. Philemon; Vachel, who married Anne
Poole; and Michael, who married in 1796 in Fred-
erick County, Elizabeth Poole. DAUGHTERS: Cath-
erine, who married Charles Warfield; Ruth, who
married in 1788 Gassaway Watkins; Eleanor, who
married in 1785 Basil Burgess; and Elizabeth (?-
ca. 1789). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Mr., by 1773.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Convention, Anne
Arundel County, 5th, 1775. LOCAL OFFICE: Com-
mittee of Observation, Annapolis and Anne Arun-
del County, elected 1774 and 1775. MILITARY
SERVICE: colonel, Elk Ridge Battalion, Anne
Arundel County Militia, by 1776. WEALTH DUR-
ING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 860
acres in Anne Arundel County (150 acres inher-
ited from his grandfather, John Dorsey, and 231
acres acquired through his marriage). WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED, between January 28 and March 9,
1779, in Anne Arundel County. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: TEV, £2,536.0.3 current money; FB,
£2,042.5.2 (before distribution). LAND: 893 acres
in Anne Arundel County.
DORSEY, JOHN HAMMOND (1718-1774)
BORN: in 1718 in Baltimore County; youngest son.
NATIVE: third generation. RESIDED: in Baltimore
County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER John
Dorsey (ca. 1682-?). MOTHER. Comfort (ca. 1684-
ca. 1747). AUNT: Rachel Stimpson (?-1748/49),
who married first, Charles Greenberry (1672-
1713), and second, Charles Hammond ( 1692/93-
1772). BROTHERS. Joshua (1711-by 1784); Green-
bury (1711-?); and Vincent (?-1753). SISTERS: Sa-
rah (?-died young); Venetia (?-died young); Com-
fort (1710-?); Sarah (?-by 1788); and Venetia.
FIRST COUSIN: Ann Hammond (1716-?), who
married second, William Go vane (1716/17-1768).
NEPHEW: Richard Cromwell (1749-1802). MAR-
RIED in 1742 Frances, daughter of John Watkins
(?-1743), of Anne Arundel County, and wife Mary
(?-1768). Her brothers were John; Stephen; and
Nicholas. Her sisters were Anne, who married
Samuel Smith; Sarah, who married first, (first
name unknown) Gassaway, and second, (first
name unknown) Keene; Mary; Hester, who mar-
ried (first name unknown) Lane; and Jean (Jane),
who married Anthony Smith. CHILDREN. SONS
John Hammond, Jr. (1744-1748); Stephen (1747-
1749); John Hammond, Jr. (1754-?), who married
Ann Maxwell; and Stephen (1758-?), who married
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Rachel Ewing. DAUGHTERS. Mary Hammond
(1749-?), who married John Hammond Cromwell;
Rebecca (1752-?), who married John Lane; and
Frances (1756-?). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION:
literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION. Anglican. St.
John's Parish, Baltimore County. SOCIAL STATUS
AND ACTIVITIES: Mr., by 1766; Gent., by 1770.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter; kept a "publick
house," ca. 1748; merchant, by 1764. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Baltimore County, 1757-1758, 1758-1761 (Arms
and Ammunition Cv 1, 1, Cv 2, 2; Public Offices
Cv 3), 1762-1763. LOCAL OFFICES: St. John's Par-
ish Vestry, Baltimore County, in office 1747-1748
(discharged for keeping a "publick house" ) and
1762-1765; justice, Baltimore County, commis-
sioned 1753. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, by 1756.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 687 acres in Baltimore and Cecil
counties (27 acres in Cecil County by patent,
1746; 99 acres in Baltimore County by purchase,
1744-1748; 561 acres inherited from John Ham-
mond in 1739, which was part of Dorsey's father's
home plantation which had been sold to Ham-
mond in 1726 probably to keep it from being at-
tached for payment of his father's debts. SIGNIFI-
CANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH purchased 204 acres in
Baltimore County and 1 lot in Joppa Town,
Baltimore County; leased 255 acres in Baltimore
County in 1765, of which he relinquished 176
acres in 1773; conveyed 303 acres in Baltimore
County to his son, 1771. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: in 1774 in Baltimore County. PERSONAL
PROPERTY TEV, £1,361.12.8 current money (in-
cluding 15 slaves); FB, £1,067.7.7 (after first ac-
count). Testamentary proceedings mention a large
number of creditors with money due from the es-
tate. LAND: 588 acres in Baltimore and Cecil
counties, and 1 lot in Joppa Town, Baltimore
County, plus probably a lease on 79 acres in
Baltimore County.
DORSEY, JOSHUA (?-1818). BORN in Anne
Arundel County, of age by 1771; younger son.
NATIVE: at least second generation. RESIDED: in
Frederick County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FA-
THER: Capt. Philemon Dorsey (1714-1772), re-
sided in Elkridge, Anne Arundel County, a dis-
trict surveyor, and the son of Joshua Dorsey.
Philemon married first, in 1738/39 Catherine (?-
ca. 1750), daughter of Col. Henry Ridgely.
MOTHER: Rachel. HALF BROTHER: Philemon
(1743/44-?). HALF SISTERS: Ann (1740-1795),
who married John Dorsey (1734-1779); Elizabeth,
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