Thomas Francis Dorsett 1714 7525

Thomas Francis Dorsett Sex: Male

Birth Date	1714 Dorsettshire, England
Death Date	1813 Orange Co., NC
Father	Phillip Dorsett	Born: 1695 Dorset, England	Died: 1786
Mother	Dorothy Hind	Born:

Thomas Francis Dorsett
Notes:

Husband of Rachel (Prather) Dorsett â€” married 1734 in , , Marylandmap Husband of Rebecca (McSwain) Dorsett â€” married 1759 in Chatham Co NCmap

Notes:

Francis was born about 1715. He lived to c1813 Francis Dorsett came into Maryland around 1734, where he married Rachel (or Rachel Jane?) Prater (Prather). Several children were born in Maryland, by this first marriage (Henry, Ann, Jane, Rachel and John) after wife died, Francis Dorsett moved to Chatham County, NC where in 1759 he married Rebecca McSwain. During the period 1765-1771, Francis was openly a member of the "Regulators" who struggled with the English Colonial governor Tryon. Of known children born to Francis Dorsett and wife Rebecca McSwain, there are at least John born 1760, Solomon born 1763, Henry born 1777, and Nancy. Established himself as a Regulator by signing the May 1768 Advertisement No. 9 against Governor Tryon at the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

Spouse:

Rachel Prather Sex: Female

Birth Date	1711 SEP 11 Prince George's, Province of Maryland

Father	Jonathon Prather	Born: 1666 SEP 12	Died: 1736
Mother	Elizabeth Bigger	Born: 1668

Married: 1734
Rachel Prather Notes:
Individual Notes:

Spouse 2:

Rebecca McSwain Sex: Female

Birth Date	1738	Birth Place
Death Date		Death Place
Father	Jonathon Prather	Born: 1666 SEP 12	Died: 1736
Mother		Born: 1668	Died: 1668

Married: 1759

Rebecca McSwain Notes:

In most sources, her father is believed to be David McSwain b. 1700 in Scotland d. 1770 in NC and buried in Shelby, Cleveland Co. but she does not show up on any list of children for his sources (except for family trees in Family Search). Her dates here do match up for her to be a child of David McSwain and Margaret Sargeant however. Those McSwains ended up in Cleveland/Rutherford County, much farther south of Chatham County where she met and married Thomas Francis Dorsett, but they were making their way south from PA and MD over several years and some continued south to GA. In NC Land Grants, there is a McSwine receiving 300 Acres in 1788 and 400 acres in 1782, so too late for it to be her father. Also there is a David McSwine on the Early Tax List of Orange County in 1779. These are probably a brother, son of David born 1700.

Children

Birth Death

Mother

Spouse

Grand Children

Clemment Dorsett

b.
d.

Rebecca McSwain

Phillip Dossett

b.1730 ABT Orange Co. NC
d.1783 Orange Co NC

Rachel Prather

Selah Cilia

1 Susannah Dossett

2 Seney Dossett

3 William Edmond Dossett b.1760

Robert Calvin Dossett b.1787

Alfred Willoughby Dossett b.1813

John Wesley Dossett

Olivia Love Dossett

Andrew Jackson Dossett b.1818

Andrew R Dossett

Martha Ann Dossett b.1842

Elizabeth Jane Dossett Betsy b.1845

Mary C Dossett b.1848

William M Dossett b.1850

Robert Franklin Dossett b.1852

James Dossett b.1821

Robert Dossett b.1823

Sarah Dossett b.1824

John Dossett b.1829

Jane Dossett b.1830

Edmund Dorset b.1792

Martha Patsey Dossett b.1822

Keziah Kissy Dossett b.1824

William Dossett b.1826

Elizabeth Dossett b.1829

Robert Dossett b.1831

Nancy Dossett b.1834

Henderson Dossett b.1835

Nancy Dorsett

b.1780
d.

Rebecca McSwain

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Ancestors Chart

Parents 2	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024 persons	-
Phillip Dorsett b.1695 Dorset, England d.1786	Louis Henry deRosset b.1645 Midi, France d.1725	Louis Derosset Droits b.1619 La Ville, Landes, Aquitaine, France d.1705	Francoise deRousset b.1570
				Phillip Dorsett b.1695 Dorset, England d.1786
			Catherine deRocozel
				Catherine deRocozel
		DAME Catherine de Moynier b.1630 La Ville, Landes, Aquitaine, France

	DAME Gabrielle de Gondin b.1648 La Ville, Landes, Aquitaine, France	Phillipe deondin b.1622 France

		Anne deFontfroide b.1626 France

Parents 2	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024-persons	-
Dorothy Hind

2 persons	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 Persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024 persons	-

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