Edward Dorsey (shipwright)
Edward Dorsey | |
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| Born | about 1615 Kent Island, Maryland |
| Spouse | Anne |
| Relatives | Edward Dorsey, son Hon. John Dorsey, son Joshua Dorsey, son Sarah Howard, daughter |
Edward Dorsey (c. 1615 – 1659) was a boat-wright and the patriarch of the Dorsey family of colonial Maryland. His name is also given as D'arcy.
Biography
It is unknown where Dorsey came from. Some have suggested
He first arrived in
Descendants
Some 40 of his descendants fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy.[2] For example Gus Dorsey was present when Jeb Stuart died. He also had descendants on the Union side. His descendant in the ninth generation, a different Augustus Dorsey, of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, was a sergeant in the 18th PA Cavalry, fought at Gettysburg, and survived nearly a year's captivity at Andersonville Prisoner of War camp.[7] Another of his many descendants was Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, wife of King Edward VIII.[8]
References
- ^ a b Newman 1933, p. 4
- ^ a b "Confederate Veteran". 1909.
- ^ Dorsey 1947, p. 1
- ^ Dorsey 1947, p. 2
- ^ Dorsey 1947, p. 4
- ^ Newman 1933, p. 6
- ^ Augustus Dorsey pension file no. 717367, National Archives
- ^ Famous Kin: Edward Dorsey
- Dorsey, Maxwell J. (1947). The Dorsey Family. [Urbana? Ill., 1947].
- Newman, Harry Wright (1933). Anne Arundel Gentry: A Genealogical History of Some Early Families of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.