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who married William Ridgley, son of William
Ridgley; Catherine (1745-1804), who married
Benjamin Warfield; Sarah (1747-?), who married
Vachel Warfield; Amelia, who married Samuel
Riggs; Henrietta (?-1798), who married William
Hobbs; and Ariana, who married Samuel Owings.
MARRIED Jane Kennedy, of Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania. CHILDREN. DAUGHTER: Elizabeth, who mar-
ried Dr. Thomas W. Johnson. PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: trained as a lawyer. RELIGIOUS AF-
FILIATION: Anglican, All Saints' Parish, Frederick
County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Esq.,
1796. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: lawyer, admitted
to the Frederick County bar in 1785. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Fred-
erick County, 1789 (Laws to Expire), 1792. OTHER
STATE OFFICE clerk, Senate, elected 1783, re-
signed 1789. LOCAL OFFICES: churchwarden,
Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel County,
elected 1776; justice, Frederick County, in office
1796; Maryland Senate elector, Frederick County,
elected 1796. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: assessed value £380.0.0, includ-
ing 2 slaves in Upper Fork and Bearground hun-
dreds, Anne Arundel County, 1783. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION 420 acres in Anne Arundel
County (inherited from his father). SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION
AND DEATH: purchased 257 acres in Frederick
County, plus 1 lot in Frederick Town, Frederick
County, 1801. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will pro-
bated on November 28, 1818, in Frederick
County. LAND: possibly 677 acres in Anne Arun-
del and Frederick counties, plus 1 lot in Frederick
Town.
DORSEY, THOMAS (?-1790). BORN: in Anne
Arundel County, of age by 1762; second son. NA-
TIVE: fifth generation. RESIDED: in Huntington
Hundred, Anne Arundel County. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Basil Dorsey (1704-1763), of
Anne Arundel County, a planter. MOTHER: Sarah
(1715/16-?), daughter of Thomas Worthington (ca.
1691-1753) and wife Elizabeth Ridgely. UNCLES:
Edward Dorsey (1718-1760); Ence T. B. Worthing-
ton (1727-1794); and Nicholas Worthington
(1734-1793). AUNT: Mary Dorsey (1725-ca. 1787),
who married John Ridgely (?-1771). BROTHERS:
Caleb (1734-1763); Dennis (?-1788). SISTERS: Sa-
rah, who married John Burgess; Ariana, who mar-
ried Thomas Sellers; Eleanor, who married Upton
Sheredine (1740- 1800); and Elizabeth, who mar-
ried Ephraim Howard Jr., of Frederick County.
FIRST COUSINS: Harry Dorsey Cough (ca. 1745-
1808); Achsah Dorsey (1746-1799), who married
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Ephraim Howard (1745-1788); Rebecca Dorsey
(1739-1812), who married Charles Ridgely (1733-
1790); Eleanor Dorsey (ca. 1739-1805), who mar-
ried John Hall (1729-1797); Mary Dorsey (?-
1816), who married John Weems (1727-1794);
Charles Ridgely, of John (?-ca. 1787); Deborah
Ridgely (1749-1817), who married John Sterett
(1750/51-1787); Mary Ridgely (?-1804), who
married Benjamin Nicholson (?-1792); John G.
Worthington (1764-1797); and Catherine Wor-
thington (1761-1814), who married Baker Johnson
(1747-1811). MARRIED first, Elizabeth, daughter
of Col. Henry Ridgely (?-1750) and wife Elizabeth
Warfield; niece of Elizabeth Ridgely (?-1734), who
married Thomas Worthington (ca. 1691-1753).
Her brothers were Greenberry (1726-?); Henry
Ridgely (1728-1791); Nicholas (?-died young);
Benjamin (1732-?); Joshua (1734-?); Charles G.
(1735-?); Thomas (1740-?); and Nicholas G.
(1742-?). Her sisters were Catherine (1723-ca.
1751), who married Philemon Dorsey (1714-
1772); Anne (1725-?), who married Brice T. B.
Worthington (1727-1794); and Sarah (1745-?),
who married Charles Green bury Griffith (1744-
1792). Her niece was Anne Dorsey (1740-1795),
who married John Dorsey (1734-1779). MARRIED
second, on June 21, 1761, Elizabeth (1745-1815),
daughter of Judge Nicholas Ridgely, of Delaware.
CHILDREN. SONS: Daniel (1757-?), who married
Eleanor Dorsey; Archibald; Theodore, who mar-
ried Elizabeth Dorsey; and Nicholas. DAUGHTERS:
Mary, who married in 1788 in Baltimore County
Samuel Norwood; Elizabeth Ridgely, who married
Benjamin Berry; Juliet, who married in 1801 in
Baltimore County William Hawkins; Harriet, who
married in 1803 in Baltimore County John Berry;
and Matilda, who married in 1814 in Baltimore
County John Sullivan. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican,
Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel County.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., by 1763;
Esq., by 1777. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter,
1763; merchant; land speculator. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Conventions, Anne Arun-
del County, 1st, 1774, 2nd-3rd, 1774, 5th, 1775.
LOCAL OFFICES: Queen Caroline Parish Vestry,
Anne Arundel County, in office 1762; justice,
Anne Arundel County, 1768-1778 (appointed, but
did not qualify in 1778); Committee of Observa-
tion, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County,
elected 1774 and 1775; commissioner of tax, Anne
Arundel County, 1777-1782; purchasing agent,
Anne Arundel County, appointed 1778. MILITARY
SERVICE: colonel, Elk Ridge Battalion, Anne
Arundel County Militia, by 1777. WEALTH DUR-
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