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From: "Art Miller" <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Miller and related families in Washington Co., Pa.--Edward Dorsey
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:23:00 -0400
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Gale,
Granted. I haven't done extensive research of Edward Dorsey. That was all
I had on him. Hoping others could fill in some blanks. Thanks for
interest.
Art

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gale Honeyman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 10:57 AM
Subject: RE: [BRE] Miller and related families in Washington Co.,
Pa.--Edward Dorsey


> Art,
>
> It would be difficult if not impossible to identify the Edward Dorsey
> who was in Washington Co PA with simply his name as a neighbor of your
> David Miller. The index in Harry Wright Newman's "Anne Arundel Gentry"
> lists the name of Edward 94 times. The proliferation stems from the
> 1646 emigration of the progenitor Edward Dorsey.
>
> GESH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 9:04 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [BRE] Miller and related families in Washington Co.,
> Pa.--Edward Dorsey
>
> > Continuing with these families, I next have Edward Dorsey. I have him
> with land
> > next to my David Miller on Ten Mile Creek which was surveyed and
> patented 1786.
> > I don't find him on 1790 nor 1800 census in West Bethlehem. Did the
> family
> > leave Washington Co.,Pa. before 1790? Were they Brethren?
> > I have a couple versions of Edward Dorsey in Maryland per
> Ancestry.com: (1) born
> > 1740 in Anne Arundel Co., Md. s/o Col. Nicholas Dorsey with wife Sarah
> Todd and
> > (2) born 1794 s/o Edward Dorsey with wives Sarah Cumming and Ann Moody
> Boyd and
> > died 1824 in Washington Co., Ky., a son is shown with birthplace of
> Frederick
> > Co., Md. Anyone know which version goes with the Edward Dorsey in
> Washington
> > Co., Pa.? I have a 1755 Frederick Co., Md. deed wherein Jacob Miller
> son and
> > heir of Abraham Miller sold tract "Resurvey of Miller's Chance" to
> Edward Dorsey
> > of Annapolis. Anyone know who this Abraham Miller was?
> > Did the Washington Co., Pa. Edward Dorsey go to Ky.? Where, when,
> etc.?
> > Any further info about this family and their relationship to the
> Miller family
> > would be greatly appreciated.
> > Art Miller, Louisville
> >
> >
> >
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