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SAPPINGTON FAMILY.
At Sappington station, Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad, stands a well preserved type of the cottage homes of early days. It was built by Caleb Sappington, son of John. On the Little Patuxent is "Sappington Ford," named for a kindred family. Both later had representatives in Howard County. Caleb Sappington's mother was Ann Everitt, who later became Mrs. Ridgely; his father, John Sap- pington, Jr., took up "John's Luck," near Savage. Caleb sold his interest in that tract to his sisters, Ann, Rebecca, Martha, Elizabeth and Caroline Sappington. It adjoined "Brown's Purchase," "Warfield's Contrivance," and "Food Plenty." Caleb of John- Margaret Gambrill, daughter of Augustine and Sarah Baldwin, widow of Lieutenant Henry.
Nicholas John Sappington, of Augustine and Mrs. Julia (Sewell) Worthington inherited the homestead of Sappington. ,
The Sappington estate on the Patuxent was sold by William Warfield, trustee to Dr. Anderson Warfield, both nephews of Caleb Warfield, who married into that family.
The will of Thomas Rutland in 1731 named Thomas Sappington, "his grandson." This Thomas Sappington removed to Howard County and bought of Absolute Warfield a portion of "Venison Park" and of Alexander Warfield a part of "Warfield's Range," which he resurveyed under the title of "Sappington Sweep." He married Frances Brown, daughter of Mark Brown, who bought of Neale Clark an adjoining tract to "Sappington Sweep," known as "Neale's Delight; this was given to his daughter, Frances (Brown) Sappington.
Thomas Sappington, Jr., Dr. Francis Brown Sappington and Mark Brown Sappington were the sons. They were all engaged in the revolutionary struggle. Thomas Sappington, Jr .- Polly Ridgely, daughter of Colonel Henry and Ann (Dorsey) Ridgely, of "Mont- pelier." In his will of 1783 he gave all of his estate to his son, Henry Sappington, and his three daughters, Frances, Henrietta and Ann. He appointed his brother, Dr. Francis Brown Sappington, trustee of his son Henry. Any dispute with Francis Simpson concerning lands bought of Absolute Warfield was to be settled by a commission, viz., Henry Ridgely, Jr., and Dr. Francis B. Sappington. He named his wife, Polly Sappington. In a neglected graveyard, just west of Thomas Sappington's old homestead, immediately upon Hammond's Great Branch, and within sight of the public road leading from Laurel to Senator A. P. Gorman's, I found tombstones to the memory of "Polly Sappington," "Frances Sappington" and "Henrietta Sappington."
The following transfers show the last heirs of this estate: " Zede- kiah Moore and Anne Louisa, his wife, sell to Anne Prather, 'Venison Park,' 'Warfield's Range,' 'Sappington Sweep' and 'Two Sisters,' taken up in the name of Francis B. Sappington and Henrietta Sappington, conveyed by Francis Brown Sappington to said Frances, Henrietta and Louisa, daughters of Thomas Sappington."
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Dr. Mark Brown Sappington inherited the upper portion of the estate adjoining Alexander Warfield; he was upon the committee of Observation for Anne Arundel County and witness to the will of Dr. John Warfield.
Dr. Francis Brown Sappington-Ann Ridgely, daughter of Greenberry and Lucy (Stringer) Ridgely, a cousin of his brother's wife. With her he removed to Liberty, Frederick County. Their son, Colonel Thomas Sappington, who was in the War of 1812, and six times senator of Frederick County, married Sarah Coale, sister of General James M. and Major Richard Coale, of Liberty. Issue, Dr. Thomas Sappington, late of Baltimore; Dr. Greenberry Sap- pington, of Frederick County; Dr. Sydney Sappington, of Liberty; Dr. August Sappington, of Liberty; William Coale Sappington, attorney-at-law, and Frank Sappington. The daughters of Dr. Thomas Sappington are Mrs. Caroline Davis and Sarah Sappington.
Martha, daughter of Dr. Francis Brown Sappington, became the wife of Dr. Richard Dorsey (of John and Margaret [Boone] Dorsey).
Harriet Sappington (of Dr. Francis Brown) was engaged to marry Dennis Howard (of Ephraim), a large land holder of Liberty. He introduced her to Dr. Peregrine Warfield as "the most beautiful woman in Maryland." Dr. Warfield must have thought so too, for Harriet Sappington became his wife and Mr. Dennis Howard remained a bachelor.
Nancy Sappington, her sister, married Mr. McSherry, grandfather of James McSherry, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of Mary- land.
COLONEL HENRY RIDGELY'S "UPPER MONTPELIER."
Henry, second son of Colonel Henry and Elizabeth Ridgely, was born 1728. In 1752 he raised a company of volunteers in answer to the call of Governor Sharpe, and joined him at Fort Cumberland to resist the threatening Indians upon the western frontier. After a successful campaign, in which the Maryland forces were publicly complimented by Governor Sharpe, Captain Ridgely was promoted to Colonel in charge of the militia. He lived up to the time of the Revolution. The archives record the personal contest between Colonel Henry and his brother-in-law, Colonel Thomas Dorsey, upon the organization of the Elk Ridge Militia in 1775. In his letter to the Council of Safety, Colonel Ridgely, alluding to his former military service, and referring to the demand of his neighbors that he should again lead them, yielded his place to Colonel Dorsey and contented himself in offering his service as a private in the ranks.
Colonel Ridgely also wrote a protest against some of the officers in Captain Burgess' company of militia from Elk Ridge and succeeded in securing new officers under Captain Burgess.
Colonel Ridgely was located at "Montpelier," adjoining "War- field's Range." A description of this homestead is elsewhere given. His wife was his cousin, Ann Dorsey, daughter of Joshua and Ann
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(Ridgely) Dorsey. In the midst of his military career, and for that service he secured a large landed estate. His only son, Henry Ridgely, the bachelor, after the marriage of all of his sisters held the homestead until his death.
Elizabeth Ridgely (of Colonel Henry) married Dr. Charles Alex- ander Warfield, and upon her dower of several hundred acres of "Ridgely's [Great Park" was built " Bushy Park," elsewhere noted.
Polly Ridgely married Thomas Sappington, son of Thomas and Frances (Brown) Sappington, of "Sappington's Sweep."
Rachel Ridgely married Jesse Tyson, near Laurel.
Ann Ridgely married Major Thomas Snowden and transferred her residence further down the Patuxent in Prince George and pre- sided over new "Montpelier," a still more magnificent home. Her record belongs to the Snowdens. She inherited "Summerville," near Annapolis Junction, and there lived and died her bachelor son, Thomas Snowden. Both "Montpeliers" have now passed into stranger hands.
Late in life, 1770, Colonel Henry assigned unto Brice Thos. Beale Worthington, his brother-in-law, fifteen tracts, negroes and black cattle, to pay a debt due Daniel Dulaney and Ann Tasker.
The homestead of Colonel Henry, as above described, is now the property of Mr. Wessel, who has restored it.
FULTON.
All the area around Fulton, south of Columbia road, upon the Patuxent, was embraced in "Snowden's Second Addition to Birming- ham Manor."
North of Fulton, Colonel Henry Ridgely and Thomas Worthing- ton took up "Partnership" and "Hickory Ridge."
Upon "Partnership," opposite Fulton, Major Thomas Gassaway was seated.
This later became the home of Brice John Gassaway. It is now the Moore property.
Fulton has a church and cemetery, a store, blacksmith shop and several residences.
A good road, now nearly macadamized, connects it with High- land.
THE GASSAWAYS OF HOWARD.
The Gassaways, of Howard, were decendants of Nicholas Gassaway (of John) and Nicholas Gassaway (of Major Thomas), both grandsons of Colonel Nicholas Gassaway, of South River.
Nicholas Gassaway (of John) sold his interest in his father's estate on South River to his uncle, Major Thomas Gassaway, and removed to the parish of Queen Caroline. His will of 1757 records:
"I Nicholas Gassaway, of Queen Caroline Parish, give to my deceased daughter, Ann Pierpont's heirs, Samuel Pierpont; to my daughter Susannah Mansill; to my son Nicholas, each one shilling: I bequeath to my three sons, Benjamin, Richard and Robert Gassa- way, all my tract called 'Talbotts Resolution Manor.'
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"I appoint my wife, Rachel Gassaway, executrix, and to her and my children, Thomas and James Gassaway, Hannah Porter, Mary Gassaway and Lucy Nicholson, Benjamin, Sarah, Richard, Robert and Rachel Gassaway, I give my personal estate."
The above testator was thrice married First, to Elizabeth Hawkins; second, to Sarah Shipley, daughter of Robert; third, to Rachel Howard, daughter of Joseph (of John) and Rachel (Ridgely) Howard. Witnesses, John Dorsey (of John) and Caleb Dorsey (of John). These locate the testator near the old Brick Church.
MAJOR NICHOLAS GASSAWAY (OF MAJOR THOMAS AND SUSANNAH [HANSLAP] GASSAWAY).
Major Nicholas Gassaway (of Major Thomas and Susannah [Hanslap] Gassaway) married Catharine Worthington and resided also in Queen Caroline parish upon his wife's portion of "Partner- ship," between Highland and Fulton. Her father, Thomas Worth- ington, assigned to Nicholas Gassaway, husband of his daughter Catharine, 369 acres of "Partnership" taken up by Colonel Ridgely and himself. Major Nicholas' will, witnessed by Brice and Azel Warfield, was probated 1775, and reads:
"I give to my wife Catharine the whole of my personal estate. I give to my son Thomas what he already has from me, except his bond. To son Henry what he has already received. To daughter Susannah Rogers what she has already received and fifty acres to be laid out of a tract I bought of Richard Snowden, called 'Second Addition to Snowden's Manor,' to descend to grandson Nicholas Gas- saway Rogers.
"To son Charles what he has already had. To son Brice John all the residue of 'Second Addition to Snowden's Manor,' and also the tract 'Partnership' on which I now reside. I give to daughter Ann Warfield, wife of Richard, what she has already received and also stock. Wife Catharine and sons Thomas and Henry executors."
Thomas Gassaway, executor of Major Nicholas, married, first, Sarah, daughter of Edward and Sarah (Todd) Dorsey, widow of C. Geist; second, Sarah Watkins.
Sarah Geist held "Uplands," near Triadelphia, from her first husband. As the wife of Thomas Gassaway she sold it to Wm. Cot- ter and rebought it. After her death Thomas Gassaway married Sarah Watkins, to whom he left his whole estate and made her executrix.
She sold "Uplands" to Jos. Dick, who later sold it to Captain Joseph Burgess.
Thomas Gassaway's son, Nicholas Gassaway, married Amelia Berry and held "Dorsey's Addition to Thomas' Lot," near Glenelg. His will granted his wife, Amelia, a life estate in "More houses Generosity" and "Dorsey's Addition to Thomas' Lot." His three sons, Hanson, John Gassaway and Berry Gassaway, were granted
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personal property, and upon coming to manhood were to receive their shares of real estate, including lands in Alleghany County. Witnesses, Chas. Alex. Warfield, Joseph Burgess and Deborah Berry. Probated 1806.
Their son John Gassaway-Eliza Dorsey (of Caleb and Mary [Gassaway] Dorsey), and will be later noticed.
Captain Charles Gassaway (of Nicholas and Catherine)-Ruth Beall, daughter of "Ninian, of Ninian." Issue, Charles-Catherine Noland, of Virginia, lived near Leesburg and left no issue; Thomas -Henrietta Dawson, 'of Virginia, no issue; Sally was engaged to Captain Samuel Dawson, brother of Henrietta; he died on their appointed wedding day; Rachel-Mr. Owings; Elizabeth-Mr. Darne, issue, Anne-Captain Smoot, U. S. N., issue Sidney Smoot; Maria Darne-Dr. Lacy; Cecelia-Dr. Beall; Louisa-Mr. Beall, issue, Ann, Mattie, Kate and Alexander, a lawyer of New York; Alexander Hanson Darne-Mary Gassaway (of John), a cousin.
Mary Gassaway (of Captain Charles and Ruth Beall)-Caleb Dorsey, only child of Caleb and Dinah Warfield (of Dr. Joshua and Rachel Howard, issue, Evelina A., Eliza and Deborah Lydia Ridgley -Evelina A .- first, William Prince, of Kentucky, issue, Cyeanne- Nicholas Dawson, of Montgomery County, issue, William, Thomas, Charles and Mollie; Evelina (Dorsey) Prince married, secondly, be- fore twenty-one, her cousin, Amos Dorsey, of Howard County, issue, Napoleon, Pulaski, Judge of the Orphans' Court of Howard, Harrison, Ann Eliza Simpson and Ellen, wife of Otis Worthington, Kate and Laura, wife of Hammond Carr.
Eliza (of Caleb and Mary)-John Gassaway (of Nicholas and Millie Berry), her cousin, issue, Nicholas, John Hanson-Kate Armstrong, issue, John, Alexander-Bettie Miller, issue, John and Norman.
Mary (of John and Eliza)-Alexander Hanson Darne, her cousin, issue, John, William, Ella, widow of the late Thomas Anderson, Jane (of John and Eliza)-Alexander Peter, issue, Mrs. Beall, Mrs. Offutt, Mrs. Dr. Nurse, Evie and Willie; William (of John and Eliza)- Mary Farrow, half-sister of Bishop Cummings, issue, Sallie, wife of Rev. Mr. Griggs; Mary-Mr. Redding; Florence-Rev. McNair; William Gassaway, Jr.
Lavinia (of John and Eliza)-Hon. George Peter, son of Major George Peter, U. S. A., relative of General Washington; Mr. Peter was State Senator; issue, John, attorney; Sallie-Wm. Laird Dun- lop, son of Judge Dunlop; issue, James and William Dunlop.
Mary (of George and Lavinia)-Thomas Dawson, Clerk of Mont- gomery; Edward (of George and Lavinia)-Mary, daughter of Judge Thos. Vincent-he was State's Attorney; Robert (of George and Lavinia)-a daughter of Judge Lowry, U. S. A .; Kate-Hugh Nelson (of Rev. Cleland K. Nelson); Arthur is a lawyer of Washington.
Laura (of John and Eliza)-George Bradley, issue, Thomas Gaither, of the "Rough Riders," complimented by Colonel Roose- velt; Harry, lives in the west; George-a daughter of Captain McDonald, late M. C .; Laura and Sadie Bradley.
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Deborah Lydia Ridgely Dorsey (of Caleb and Mary), admired by both W. W. Corcoran and Richard M. Johnson-Dr. Charles Grey Edwards, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Ellzey Minor, of Loudoun County, Virginia; issue, Benjamin, Caleb, Thomas Lee, Ann, Virginia Grey and Laura.
Ann-Dr. Richard H. Edwards, surgeon of Eighth Virginia Regi- ment, issue, Rachel-Dr. T. L. McGill, of Frederick; issue, Dr. Lloyd, Dr. Charles, William and Nannie, the young widow of Charles Hil- finstein. Dr. Charles Grey Edwards (of Dr. R. H. Edwards) served in the Loudoun Guards, 17th Virginia Regiment, and was badly wounded; removed to Louisville, Kentucky, where he married Ida, daughter of Dr. Edmund T. Perkins, the distinguished Rector Emeritus of St. Paul's; issue, Edmund, Ida, Harry and Margaret Grey. William Howard (of Dr. R. H. Edwards) served in Colonel Lige White's battalion, was torn to pieces by a shell; a comrade of young Edwards had a leg taken off by the same shell; upon Decoration Day he may be seen upon crutches, meditating, or decorating the grave of his companion. Thomas W. Edwards (of Dr. R. H. and Ann) -- Lily S., daughter of Colonel Rush, of West Point, whose wife was Ida Lee, great-granddaughter of Richard Henry Lee; issue, William Howard and Ida Lee. Laura P. (of Dr. Charles Grey)-Dr. Richard E. Bland, of St. Louis, Missouri, descendant of Colonel Theodorick Bland, of Virginia, and relative of John Randolph, of Roanoke. She has one son, Richard Bland, of the West. John Randolph Bland, President of the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, of Baltimore, is the son of Dr. R. E. Bland by a former marriage to Miss Williams, of Norfolk.
Virginia Grey Edwards (of Dr. Charles Grey Edwards)-William Worsely, son of John Worsley, of Girton, Nottinghamshire, England, and Elizabeth Daniel, of Virginia. Their homestead, " Hedgeland," was named from the hawthorn hedge which separated every field. Issue, Lizzie and Nannie, of Leesburg, Virginia, and Thomas Lee Worsley, of St. Louis, who married Moselle, daughter of Judge Gustavus De Launay, of Columbus, Georgia. Issue, Corinne, William D., a student-at-law, Moselle and Charles Grey Edwards.
Henrietta Gassaway, daughter of Dr. Charles Grey Edwards, was the third wife of her cousin on three lines; Warfield, Dorsey and Beall. He was Nicholas Dorsey Offutt, whose mother was a daughter of Nicholas Dorsey Warfield, of Lieutenant Joseph and Elizabeth (Dorsey) Warfield. He was also the grandson of Zachariah Offutt and Ellinor Beall, of Ninian.
Henrietta Gassaway Offutt left no issue.
The children of Nicholas Dorsey Offutt by Rachel were Nicholas D. William Worthington, Lee. By a third marriage to Mary Ander- son-issue, Lulie, Mrs. Dr. Campbell and Anderson Offutt.
Captain Charles Gassaway's homestead was "Pleasant Hill," near Darnestown. Its large rooms, high ceilings, carved stairway, perfect brickwork, may still be seen. Having ample means, his hos- pitality was proverbial. John Hanson Gassaway, near Germantown, now holds a part of the Beall estate, of Ruth, of Ninian.
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Brice John Gassaway (of Major Nicholas) married Dinah Warfield, daughter of Azel and Sarah (Griffith) Warfield; she was a sister of Catherine, wife of Hezekiah Griffith, who died 1796.
Brice John Gassaway's estate was "Partnership" and "Second Addition of Snowden's Manor," at Fulton. His homestead is now held by Mr. John Moore. He also held the estate of his son-in-law, James Warfield, whose family removed to Tennessee. He was a leading member of the Baptist Church and bought of Rezin Ham- mond, in 1792, one acre of "Davis' Pasture" for a Baptist Church.
Having lost his estate through the failure of his sons, he removed to Brookeville, where he died, beloved by all, an active Christian. His heirs were George, Henry, Ann, Catherine, Sarah, Elizabeth and Mary-Thomas Gibbons. George-Miss Porter and removed to North Bend, Ohio; Henry-Rachel Griffith, daughter of Dennis. Their son Henry Charles-Elizabeth Allen, daughter of Rev. Ethan Allen. Henry Gassaway removed from Baltimore to Cincinnati. His son, Stephen Griffith Gassaway, a minister of the Episcopal Church, was killed in a steamboat accident on the Mississippi.
Ann (of Brice John)-James Warfield, of "Vension Park," son of Edward and Rachel Riggs. She married, second, Nicholas Worth- ington (of Thomas) and with him and her son-in-law, Walter Warfield Waters, joined her Warfield children in Tennessee.
Walter Warfield Waters was the son of Ignatus and Ann Warfield (of Azel). His brothers and sisters were Charles Alexander, Azel, Ignatus, Richard, Samuel, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Catherine and Louisa Ann-all grandchildren of Richard Waters, of Goshen, by Eliz- abeth Williams, sister, it is said, of General Otho Holland Williams.
Catharine Gassaway (of Brice John)-Colonel Charles Ham- mond and had issue, William Alexander, Evaline, Rezin, Gassaway, Lloyd, Annie, Mary, Sallie-Ephraim Carr, whose heirs are Hammond Carr, Henry and Mrs. Earp, who holds the commodious homestead upon "Brown's Purchase." Hammond Carr inherited and holds a portion of "Worthington's Addition," a part of "White Hall."
Sarah Gassaway (of Brice John)-John Riggs Brown (of Samuel and Achsah Riggs) who held the Brown homestead of "Good Fellow- ship." Her will of 1855 named her heirs, Henry G. Brown, Samuel John R. Brown; daughters Louisa Davis, Mary Ann Smith, Eliza- beth Gorman, Kitty Ann Hood. (See Brown Record).
Elizabeth Gassaway (of Brice John) became Mrs. William Porter, of Sandy Spring. Issue, Charles and William Porter. The latter was a contributor to Edgar Allen Poe's journal. He married Mary E. Catlett, the daughter of Mary Dorsey by her second marriage. Mrs. Mary Porter established a successful school for girls, at Brookeville, which later became Briarly Hall, Poolsville. She, at an advanced age, has materially aided me in much interesting Gassa- way data. Her tribute is-"They were cultivated, courteous and gentle." Four of them entered the Revolution as commissioned officers. John, Nicholas and Henry were with General Sullivan at Long Island, in that gallant charge.
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Henry Gassaway was Lieutenant in the Fourth Maryland Regi- ment from 1781 to 1783; Brice John Gassaway rose from Lieutenant to Captain in 1780. He was taken prisoner at Camden and was paroled to the end of the war.
Charles Gassaway was Captain of militia.
The revolutionary claims entitled them to lands in West Virginia, which have never been located.
SIMPSONVILLE.
Upon the Middle Patuxent, nestled under hills on all sides, was an old-time mill, lately destroyed, which dates back to the earliest days of the settlers. In some of the Howard wills it was called " Dr. Warfield's Mill." In others, of later date, it was known as "Richard Owings Mill." It is now known as Simpsonville. Upon a southern hill stands the large and comfortable residence of the late Major Owings. Around this centre located Dr. Joshua Warfield, Ephraim Howard, Cornelius Howard, and his sons, the Howard Merchants, one of whom was Captain Brice Howard, commander of the Elk Ridge Militia, and here was Richard Owings, the merchant.
HOWARDS OF SIMPSONVILLE.
Two Howard families were in Upper Anne Arundel. Governor John Eager Howard invested in lands near Woodstock, in 1786, for his son George Howard, the Governor of 1832, but long before that Joseph Howard, son of Captain Cornelius Howard, of the Severn, had surveyed some four thousand acres upon both sides of "Dough- oregan Manor," upon which he seated his three sons, Henry, Cor- nelius and Ephraim, one hundred years before Howard District was organized.
Joseph Howard and Margery Keith, his wife, lived upon the Severn homestead and there handed down a continued line of Joseph Howards, but following his neighbor Thomas Worthington into the neighborhood of Clarksville and Simpsonville, Joseph took up "First Discovery," "Howard's Passage" and "Joseph's Gift," between Simpsonville and Elioak, and then went west of Dough- oregan and extended "Second Discovery" toward Glenelg.
To his oldest son, Henry Howard, he willed "Kil Kenny," "Howard's Passage" and portions of the First and Second "Dis- covery."
Henry Howard's descendants claim that he was "Sir Henry Howard, the British Commissioner, of 1706." He held a house at Elk Ridge Landing, which seems to confirm the idea that he was connected with that Port of Entry, but he was not born until 1708. No records to confirm the tradition have been found. He married Sarah Dorsey (of John and Honor Elder), of "Long Reach," and through her came into possession of a portion of "Dorsey's Grove" at Glenelg. This adjoined his "Second Discovery." At the time of his death he owned a greater part of "Dorsey's Grove" and had extended his surveys to Glenwood.
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He also came into possession of 500 acres of his brother Ephraim's inheritance.
His will of 1773, shows him a man of marked intelligence, of determination, and an extensive landholder. At the time of writing it he seems to have resided at Glenelg, now the property of Frank Shipley's heirs.
He named his heirs, Ephraim, John Beale, Vachel Denton, James, Joshua, Mrs. Sarah Nelson, Mrs. Honor Davidge and Mrs. Rachel Warfield. Three of his sons, Dr. Ephraim, Dr. John Beale and Joshua, having inherited the Dorsey Grove estate, will be noted in Upper Howard.
Captain Vachel Denton, James and the daughters, holding lands near Simpsonville, will now be noticed.
Captain Vachel Denton Howard (of Henry) was with Colonel Richard Dorsey in the Revolution. He left Colonel Dorsey a memorial watch, which marked the hours by the twelve letters of his name. It was held by the late Richard Dorsey, of Glenwood, who handed it to his nephews.
Captain Vachel died a bachelor and left 500 acres of " Discovery" to his niece, Dinah (Warfield) Dorsey.
James Howard (of Henry) was the executor of his father and his brother-in-law, Dr. Joshua Warfield, of Simpsonville.
He was an attorney, but left no heirs that can be found.
Sarah Howard (of Henry)-Burgess Nelson, of Montgomery County. Issue, Henry, Benjamin, Rachel, Sarah-Vachel Dorsey (of Vachel); Elizabeth-Charles Griffith; Mrs. Nelson became the wife of Major Richard Green, of Montgomery County, and mother of Ruth, Mary, Amelia-Michael Dorsey, third, Israel and Mrs. John Cole.
Rachel Howard (of Henry)-Dr. Joshua Warfield (of Alexander and Dinah Davidge). Issue, Sarah, Dinah, Ruth, Rachel and Joseph Warfield.
Dr. Joshua Warfield resided at Simpsonville. His field of prac- tice covered that whole section.
Sarah, his daughter, died single; Dinah-Caleb Dorsey; Ruth -Richard Owings; Rachel-Nicholas Worthington Dorsey and had Ezra, of Texas; Lloyd, Nicholas, Noah, Alfred, Reuben, Mor- timer, Clarissa, Matilda and Joshua Warfield Dorsey, of Laytons- ville. He married Miss Waters and Miss Childs. Issue, Mrs. Thomas Dorsey and Mrs John Warfield, of Laytonsville.
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