Hon. John Dorsey

Hon. John Dorsey
Born	about 1645 Lower Norfolk County, Virginia
Died	1714 Troy, Baltimore County, Maryland
Spouse	Pleasance Ely[1]
Parent(s)	Edward (d. 1659) Anne
Relatives	Edward Dorsey, brother Joshua Dorsey, brother
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Coat of Arms of John Dorsey

Hon. John Dorsey (before 1646 – 1714) was a colonial settler of Maryland and Anne Arundel County, the youngest son of Edward the Shipwright.^[2] He and his brothers Edward and Joshua patented "Hockley-in-the-Hole" on the south side of the Severn in 1664.^[3] He acquired Troy in 1699.

John also owned Dorsey's Search.

References

1. Warfield, Joshua Dorsey (1 January 1905). The founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: A genealogical and biographical review from wills, deeds and church records. Kohn & Pollock. p. 61 – via Internet Archive.
2. Dorsey, Maxwell J.; Dorsey, Wright; Dorsey, Jean Muir; Nimmo, Nannie Ball (1 June 2009). The Dorsey Family. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806347493 – via Google Books.
3. http://www.aagensoc.org/upload/images/Hockley%20-%20sign.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}