Edward Dorsey (shipwright)

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. 40 of his descendants fought in the Civil War for the Confederate States.[1] His descendant in the ninth generation, Augustus Dorsey of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, was a sergeant in the 18th PA Cavalry, fought at Gettsyburg, and survived nearly a year's captivity at Andersonville Prisoner of War camp.[2]

Edward Dorsey
Bornabout 1615
England
Died1659
Kent Island, Maryland
Spouse(s)Anne
RelativesEdward Dorsey, son
Hon. John Dorsey, son
Joshua Dorsey, son

Biography

It is unknown where Dorsey came from. Some have suggested County Cork, Ireland, but the best clue is perhaps the peculiar name of "Hockley in the Hole" for his sons' settlement.[3]

He first arrived in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia about 1642, brought by Cornelius Lloyd, and settled on land called 'Shepbush'.[1][4] By 1649 he moved to Maryland and settled on the Severn.[3][5][6] He converted to Quakerism in 1658. He drowned off Kent Island in 1659.[7][8]

References
  1. "Confederate Veteran". 1909.
  2. Augustus Dorsey pension file no. 717367, National Archives
  3. Newman 1933, p. 4
  4. Dorsey 1947, p. 1
  5. Dorsey 1947, p. 2
  6. "Ancestry® | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records".
  7. Dorsey 1947, p. 4
  8. Newman 1933, p. 6
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