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William Ridgely (of Robert, second,) was a merchant at Elk Ridge in 1763. His will of 1779 named his wife, Margaret, and heirs, Rachel, Amelia, William, Zephaniah, Robert, Charles, Nancy Orem and Sarah Ridgely.
Charles Ridgely (of Robert, second,) held "Discovery," which he sold to Henry Howard and Philip Warfield. He left all to his wife, Hannah (Higgins) Ridgely, to descend to "nephew, Basil Ridgely, and sister, Sarah Ridgely." He named his brothers, William and Nicholas; nieces, Elizabeth Mercer, Susannah Warfield, Sarah Norwood, Mary Norwood, Hannah Spurrier; nephew, Joseph Hobbs (of Joseph); sisters, Mary Hobbs and Deborah Purdie. Wife and nephew, Thomas Hobbs, executors.
Amelia Ridgely (of William) remembered when the old Friend- ship Meeting House was built in 1800. This was located on the hill overlooking Rattle-Snake Spring.
Sarah Ridgely, widow; Nicholas R. Ridgely and Ruth, his wife; Dennis Dorsey and Rutha, his wife, sold a part of "Thomas' Lot," adjoining Vachel Warfield, to Beale Ridgely.
GLENELG.
This word spells the same from either end. It was given by General Tyson to his estate near by and was later adopted as the name of the post-office. The site is upon "Dorsey's Grove." The late Frank Shipley's modern house stands upon Sarah (Dorsey) Howard's part of "Dorsey's Grove." West of the post-office is Day's
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store, post-office, creamery and residence, the home of Mrs. Day, mother of Senator George Dorsey Day. Still further west is the home of Joshua Day. An attractive church and modern school complete this settlement. Along this extended line may be seen the heights of Poplar Spring.
Between Triadelphia and Glenelg are located the estates of former Commissioner Gillis Owings and the late Thomas O. Warfield, both progressive farmers. North of Glenelg, near Ivory post-office is the estate of the late Enoch Selby, near which was built, in 1750, "The Chapel of Ease." Mr. Selby's homestead was formerly Mr. Peter Barnes', one of the vestry of that Chapel of Ease. In sight of this was the home of Levin Lawrence, who sold the site of that Chapel. Peter Barnes and Henry Howard surveyed "Henry and Peter," upon which tract Judge William Day, of the Orphans' Court, now resides.
In a field of that tract lies buried Rebecca, wife of Dr. Henry Howard and mother-in-law of Colonel John Hammond Riggs.
Just south, upon "Round about Hills," is the home of Senator George Dorsey Day. His daughter is the wife of John O. Selby, School Commissioner of Howard, whose new dwelling near Glenelg is one of the attractions of that section. A daughter of Mr. Selby was crowned Queen at the Glenwood Farmer's Club Tournament in 1904.
Levin Lawrence was seated upon a portion of "Dorsey's Grove," on Poplar Spring branch, in 1741. He was the son of Benjamin Law- rence, the Quaker, of West River, and Rachel Mariarti (of Edward and Honor Mariarti), of Anne Arundel. Benjamin held "Benjamin's For- tune," which descended from his father, Benjamin, who married Elizabeth Talbott, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Ewen. This Benjamin was the son of Benjamin Lawrence, of "The Deserts," whose wife was Ann Lawrence. It is now claimed that the original Benjamin was a brother of Sir Thomas.
Leaving the Quaker settlement of West River, Levin and his brother Benjamin came up to Upper Anne Arundel and both married daughters of John and Honor Elder Dorsey, who, in 1735, by deed of partition, granted them equal parts of "Dorsey's Grove," at Glenelg. Benjamin died childless. In 1741, Levin built a brick house on Susan Dorsey's estate. It has only recently been torn down by Mr. Hammond Grimes, now owner of it.
Levin and Susan Lawrence had four sons, all engaged in the War of the Revolution. Benjamin removed to "Delaware Hundred;" John removed to the Linganore; Richard was upon " White Hall," at Guilford; Levin Lawrence, Jr., remained upon "Dorsey's Grove."
As early as 1750, the new church of Queen Caroline Parish was too remote for the western members of the Parish, as seen by the following records:
"Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish. At a vestry holden on the 1st day of May, 1750, were present the Rev. James Macgill, Mr. John Dorsey, son of Edward; Mr. Basil Dorsey, Mr. Cornell Howard, Mr. Henry Howard, Mr. Philemon Dorsey, Mr. Robert Davis, vestrymen. Mr. John Hood, church warden.
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"The vestry having been applyed to by the inhabitants of the upper part of the Parish, requesting that, as they live at too great a distance from the church, a Chappel of Ease may be built in some place convenient to them, the vestry, thinking the proposal reason- able, agreed to go and look out for a place fit for it, and, after viewing several places, it was this day put to vote where it should be built, and, by a majority of voices, it was determined to be at a place known by the name of Poplar Springs, on a tract of land belonging to Levin Lawrence, upon which the vestry agreed to prefer a petition to his Excellency and the Assembly for a law to levy a tax of twelve pence per poll on each taxable inhabitant in the Parish yearly for the next ensuing three years."
The vestry met on August 20th at Poplar Springs and agreed to give Mr. Levin Lawrence fifty shillings for one acre, including the spring, on a part of which acre they proposed to build a chapel forty feet long and twenty-four feet wide.
On June 15th, 1751, the vestry, with Mr. Joshua Dorsey and Henry Ridgely, church wardens, met to let out the building. Mr. William Fee offered to do it the cheapest. He is to have one hundred and fourteen pounds, ten shillings, for building it according to the directions explicitly stated in the contract, "to be weather-boarded with good sound feather-edge plank, neatly planed and beaded, clear of sap and wind shakes, to be nailed on with twenty penny nails-to be completed by 1752."
In February, 1753, the vestry, then consisting of Mr. John Warfield, Mr. Philemon Dorsey, Mr. Greenberry Ridgely, Mr. John Dorsey, son of Caleb and Mr. Peter Barnes, considered the proposition to "Under Pinn the chapel and saw plank for flooring the same." Mr. Levin Lawrence undertook the job for £10. He also agreed to gett the sleapers, put in the "Lites," and finish the chapel for £39.10.
This delay was caused by an apprehension that Mr. Fee had not built the chapel according to contract. Mr. Joseph White was selected by the vestry to examine it and Mr. Robert Barnes was chosen by Mr. Fee. They must have decided against Mr. Fee, as the work was finished by Mr. Levin Lawrence.
This chapel was built about one century before Howard District was made into a county, and yet when I started out to locate the site on which it had stood, after consulting six of the oldest residents of that section, I found that three of them had never heard of it. One thought I was in search of the old election-house which came near being the county-seat.
An old lady (Mrs. Day) thought she had heard of some one haul- ing brick from the supposed locality and one, the late Mr. Enoch Selby, actually in sight of the location, pointed out "chapel road" and "chapel marsh," at the head of which was " chapel spring." It was close by Levin Lawrence's old brick house, which had been built in 1741, the ragged walls of which were still standing. Near by was the neglected burial ground, marked only by rude headstones. In sight were the storm-beaten brick houses of the former vestrymen
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of the "Chapel of Ease," but not a stone could be seen of the chapel itself. I was in the footsteps of F. Alden Hill, who had come from Boston in 1883 to trace the Lawrence, Dorsey and Townley families.
At that spring met, a century and a-half ago, many kindred families in Howard. To-day none are left to even know that such a place of meeting ever existed, and yet my notes record the pounds of twenty-penny nails used in its construction.
"JOHN LAWRENCE, OF LINGANORE HILLS."
The Archives of Maryland show John Lawrence upon severa committees of Frederick County, previous to the Revolution, but leading to it. He married Martha West, of "The Woodyard." Her family traces back to the English peer, Lord De La Ware.
Stephen West, the immigrant, son of Sir John of "Houghton," married Martha Hall, 1720. Stephen West, Jr.,-Hannah Williams, daughter of Captain Williams, of Wales, and his wife, Christiana Black, of Scotland. Captain Williams bought from his brother, Mr. Black, of London, the property called "The Woodyard," upon which Henry Darnall, brother-in-law of Lord Baltimore, had built a large brick house, but from reverses was not able to hold and sold it to Mr. Black, his creditor. It was inherited by Hannah Williams, wife of Stephen West, Jr. It was surrounded by a park in which was English shrubbery and was one of the most beautiful of our colonial homes. It is now a wreck by fire.
John Lawrence-Martha West, daughter of Sir Stephen. Issue, Colonel John Lawrence, Jr., of the militia of Frederick County, who married the only daughter of Peter Shriner, a wealthy farmer, of Frederick County. Issue, Josephine-Marcellus Warfield, of Sykes- ville. Their daughters are Mrs. Robert Ward and Miss Ella Lawrence Warfield.
Juliana Lawrence (of John and Miss Shriner)-Evan Dorsey, Jr., (of Evan, Sr.) and removed to Ohio.
Susannah Lawrence (of John and Martha)-Evan Dorsey, oldest son of Judge Basil Dorsey, of Frederick.
Their son, Evan, Jr .- his first cousin, Juliana Lawrence (of John Lawrence, Jr. and Susan Dorsey (of Evan and Susannah)-William Hobbs, Jr., (of William and Henrietta [Lawrence] Dorsey). Issue, Roderick, Ulysses, Edward, Mrs. Dr. Maynard and Mrs. Captain Ignatius Dorsey.
Mrs. Matilda J. Brent and Mrs. Barbara Compton, of Baltimore, descend from John Lawrence, of Linganore.
CAPTAIN LEVIN LAWRENCE.
The Archives of Maryland record Captain Lawrence, of "The Flying Camp," and his services during the Revolution. He inherited the homestead after the sudden death of his father upon the hunting field. Captain Levin Lawrence-Sarah, daughter of Caleb Dorsey and Rebecca Hammond.
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Caleb referred to "his daughter, Sarah Lawrence, having already had her portion."
Captain Levin and Sarah (Dorsey) Lawrence had issue, Caleb Lawrence and Hammond Dorsey Lawrence, the executor of his father, who sold the homestead and removed to Baltimore. His son was the late France La Fayette Lawrence, of Baltimore, whose son is Warrington G. Lawrence, of the firm of Fornacon, Lawrence & Donnell, Architects, 111 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Caleb Lawrence (of Captain Levin) inherited the law library of his uncle, William Dorsey, attorney at Annapolis. Captain Levin inherited all of William Dorsey's lands in Illinois.
Major Richard Lawrence, of "White Hall," was born after the the sudden death of his father, Levin Lawrence. His official service in War of the Revolution is on record. He married, first, Ann Warfield (of Rezin and Honor Elder Howard), of " White Hall." Issue, Otho Lawrence, who studied law under Joshua Dorsey, of Frederick, and became an eminent attorney in Western Maryland. He married Cath- erine Murdock Nelson, only daughter of Roger and Mary (Brooke Sim) Nelson. Issue, Richard Henry Lee Lawrence, attorney-at-law, Baltimore, who married Rose, daughter of Judge Madison Nelson, of Frederick. Issue, Zulma Marcilly and the late Otho Lawrence, of Baltimore.
Ann Warfield Lawrence (of Otho)-Professor Samuel Humes Kerfoot, of the College of St. James, son of Richard Kerfoot of "Castle Blaney," Moneghan County, Ireland. Issue, six children; Mrs. Ker- foot is seventh in line from Richard Warfield, of the Severn, and for six years has been State Regent of Illinois in the Society of "The Daugh- ters of the American Revolution," and for five years the president of the Society of Colonial Dames of America, of Illinois, being also a member of the Maryland Society of Colonial Dames of America. Mrs. Kerfoot has made investigations through "the county visitations" of the English office of Heraldry, and has proof of each link of two lines of her mother's ancestors (the Nelsons), reaching back to two Norman Barons, of William, the Conqueror. Mrs. Kerfoot's summer home is " Dawn in the Dells," Kilbourn City, Wisconsin. Her winter house is in Chicago.
Major Richard Lawrence-second, Charlotte, daughter of Lieu- tenant Joseph Warfield, of Smallwood's Battalion. Issue, Nicholas Otho Lawrence and Richard Joseph Lawrence, both under twenty-one years in 1857.
The daughters of Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsey Warfield were Eliza Offutt, Juliet Williams, Charlotte Lawrence. The only son was Nicholas Dorsey Warfield.
"DORSEY'S GROVE," LATER HOME OF DR. EPHRAIM HOWARD.
Dr. Ephraim Howard (of Henry) held "lands lying on Chapel road" and "Howard's Resolution." He married a daughter of John Dorsey, of Old Brick Church. He was also a large surveyor and a man
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of prominence in business enterprises, including a mill and forge for manufacturing steel. He held several thousand acres in Kentucky. Dr. Henry Howard, Brutus, Cincinnatus, Sarah and Elizabeth Howard were his heirs.
Dr. Henry Howard resided near Glenwood, on property now held by Judge William Day. He married Rebecca Boone. She named her heirs Henry, Margaret, granddaughter Rebecca (of Henry); grand- daughter Rebecca Boone Riggs; granddaughter Margaret, of son John B. Howard; grandson Alexander Howard; grandson Augustus Riggs; daughter Rebecca Riggs.
Dr. John Beale Howard (of Henry) held "Pheasant Ridge," "Windsor," "Safe Guard" and Levin Lawrence's lands. His wife was Elizabeth Gassaway (of Captain Thomas and Susannah Hanslap). They had two sons, John Beale Howard and Henry Howard. In 1783, Dr. Howard appointed Stephen Boone and John Dorsey trustees to hold his lands for his wife and children, reserving 490 acres purchased of Colonel Dorsey for paying debts and private use. He removed to Harford County.
Joshua Howard (of Henry) was a minor at the death of his father and then resided in Frederick County. The homestead descended to him. He purchased the interest of his nephew, Henry Nelson, in "Dorsey's Grove."
Joshua Howard married, first, Rebecca Owings (of Samuel and Urith Owings'. Issue, Mrs. Sarah Winchester, Mrs. Samuel Thomas, of Sandy Spring; Mrs. Rachel Robertson, Samuel Howard-Hannah Dorsey (of Colonel Edward); Joseph-Lucy Colston; Deborah- Dr. John W. Dorsey, of the Tripolitan War; Dr. Henry Howard, of University of Virginia-first, Hannah, daughter of James Snowden Pleasants. The wives of Professor Courtney and Professor McGuffey, L.L.D., were their daughters. Professor Howard's second wife was Eliza Elgars, of Virginia, and left Misses Eliza and Anna Howard, of Charlottesville.
Dr. Marshall Howard (of Professor Henry)-Anna Norman McCeney, of Anne Arundel County. Issue, Mrs. Samuel Riggs, Mrs. Elisha Riggs, Henry Howard, of Brookeville and Marshall P. Howard, of Baltimore. The second wife of Joshua Howard was Elizabeth Warfield, widow of Colonel Charles, of Sams Creek. Issue, John Howard, of Baltimore-Juliet, daughter of Alexander Warfield, of Sams Creek, whose daughter Jemima-Archibald Lamar, of Martins- burg, West Virginia.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Riggs, of Laytonsville, are Samuel, Lawrence, Douglass, Bessie and Anna. Mrs. Elisha Riggs left a son, William, and several daughters.
Mr. Henry Howard, of Brookeville, holds the home of his grand- father, Dr. Henry, of the University, and is also president of the Board of Trustees of Brookeville Academy, as was his grandfather. He married Florence Jones, daughter of Josiah Jones, of Montgomery.
Marshall Howard, of Baltimore, married Betty Riggs (of John), of Montgomery.
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DORSEYS OF DAYTON.
Captain Philemon Dorsey (of Joshua) settled upon "Brothers Partnership," at Dayton. He married Catharine, daughter of Colo- nel Henry Ridgely, and succeeded him as District Surveyor. He was Captain of the Hundred whose duty it was to count the output of tobacco and to levy a church tax for its support. He was one of the builders of "The Chapel of Ease" upon "Poplar Spring Branch" and attended to its building in 1750. His homestead, as seen by one of his descendants, after it had been deserted, stood upon the west of the road leading from Glenelg to Dayton, nearly opposite the later homestead of Mr. Lloyd W. Linthicum. It was a large, square frame building, well built, with curious little closets, all the wood-work hand-carved. He not only surveyed his own estate, but located the heirs of his father-in-law. His surveys reached west of his home- stead some ten miles. Philemon Dorsey Jr., was located on " Friend- ship" and "Sappington Range," near Roxbury Mills. He and his wife, Ann, corrected by deed some of the titles in the will of his father. Their son, Colonel George Dorsey, inherited the homestead, married Rachel Ridgely (of William Jr.) and left Philemon-Martha Warfield (of Azel), Julia-Henry Warfield (of Azel), Maria-David Clarke (of David), Matilda-Samuel Owings (of Samuel).
John Dorsey (of Philemon and Ann) held lands near Triadelphia; married Miss Stringer; issue, Samuel Dorsey, John, Mrs. Martin, and Mrs. Linthicum.
Some of the living heirs of Colonel George Dorsey are John O. Clarke, of Montgomery; James Clarke; heirs of the late George Clarke, Mrs. Dr. Thomas Owings, Mrs. Creager, George Dorsey Owings, William Owings, Gillis Owings, Mrs. George Ridgely, Mrs. Elisha Riggs, Mrs. Richard Lansdale, Mrs. Sheredine, Mrs. Dr. Owings and heirs of Henry Warfield.
The daughters of Captain Philemon Dorsey each received 400 acres of his estate. They were Ann-Captain John Dorsey; Eliza- beth-William Ridgely, of " White Wine and Claret;" Sarah-Vachel Warfield (of Benjamin) and Rebeckah (Ridgely) Warfield; Cather- ine-Captain Benjamin Warfield; (of Benjamin and Rebeckah); Amelia-Samuel Riggs (of John); by a second marriage to Rachel Lawrence (of Levin), his daughter Henrietta-William Hobbs (of Samuel); Ariana-Samuel Owings (of Thomas).
Joshua Dorsey, attorney-at-law, of Frederick, only son of Cap- tain Philemon and Rachel, married Janet Kennedy, of Phil. He held a large and valuable estate in and near Frederick. His only daughter, Elizabeth-Dr. Johnson, whose daughter Elizabeth-John Downey, of New Market.
Joshua Dorsey (of Joshua and Ann Ridgely) was a bachelor, holding "Locust Thicket" and " Anvil," near Waterloo.
Charles Dorsey held the homestead "Major's Choice." He left no descendants.
The living descendants of Captain Philemon Dorsey are in many States of the Union.
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Vachel Warfield (of Benjamin and Rebeckah) sold his inheritance upon "Warfield's Range" and took up a large estate adjoining his wife's estate near Dayton. He bought of Nicholas Meriweather two tracts, "Good Range" and "Exchange." He bought of Lancelot Dorsey, sheriff, and his son Darius their part of "Brother's Partner- ship," adjoining Captain Philemon Dorsey's portion of the same tract. He bought of Lancelot Dorsey and Darius their part of "Good Range." He also held "Mother's Care," "Brother's Love," "Small Land," "Intervene," "Moorehouse's Generosity," "Any- thing," "Everything" and "Dorsey's Addition to Thomas' Lot," all adjoining each other in the neighborhood of Dayton, near the home- stead of Captain Philemon Dorsey, his father-in-law. His will of 1815 was witnessed by Dennis Dorsey, Thomas Batson, Joshua D. Owings and Charles G. Ridgely. The sons of Vachel were Lloyd, Philemon Dorsey, Greenberry, Joshua, Allen. The latter alone married and left Greenberry and Allen.
Catharine Warfield (of Vachel) married Lancelot Linthicum and had issue, Vachel W., Lloyd W., Sarah and Mary Linthicum.
Mr. Lloyd Linthicum's homestead is a part of Captain Philemon Dorsey's homestead. Mr. Linthicum's wife was a sister of the late Aquila Jones.
TRIADELPHIA.
This little Patuxent village is named for three brothers-in-law, all Quakers. Its site is upon Colonel Richard Dorsey's tract " What's Left," which was sold by him to Caleb Bentley, Richard Thomas and Thomas Moore. They gave it its name, "Three Brothers," about half a century ago. This was a thrifty little manufacturing centre; its mill, stores, church upon the hill; its comfortable houses, in one of which were several handsome daughters, gave Triadelphia a far-reaching reputation, but a flood came and it was swept off. Under Mr. Miller it was a success, under Mr. Thomas Lansdale it was destroyed.
Just below Triadelphia was the homestead of Captain Joseph Burgess and his son, Captain Vachel Burgess, of the Revolution.
The survey was "Upland" or "Burgess' Look Out." It was bought from Mr. Dick, of Bladensburg. It is now the Underwood property.
At Triadelphia Benjamin Gaither took up "Benjamin's Lot." It was left to his daughter, Elizabeth Davis, widow of Thomas (of Greenwood), and later widow of Mark Brown.
Captain Joseph Burgess, commanded a company of Elk Ridge militia. He had six sons in the Continental army.
"On Tuesday, March 4th, 1777, it was ordered, That the West- ern Shore Treasurer pay to Captain Joseph Burgess one thousand dollars for recruiting service." On September 19, 1777, commission was issued to Thomas Worthington, son of Nicholas, in Captain Joseph Burgess' Company of Elk Ridge Battalion of Militia. Captain Burgess signed the protest against the removal of Captain Norwood for
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criticising General Smallwood. About 1750 Captain Joseph Burgess married Elizabeth Dorsey, daughter of Michael and Ruth Todd. Their sons were John Burgess, born 20th November, 1751; Joseph, born 1753; Michael, born 1754; Vachel, born 1756; Richard, born 1757; Joshua, born 1760; Philemon, born 1761; William, born 1771; Joseph, Jr., 1780.
The younger, Joseph, was born and named after the death of Lieutenant Joseph Burgess, who died during the war. He and his brother William were made executors of Captain Joseph's will in 1805, probated 1806.
After the war lots at Fort Cumberland were assigned to his sons who survived.
Michael Burgess, ensign, will be noticed at Marriottsville.
Vachel Burgess (of Captain Joseph) entered the army as ensign, in his nineteenth year, coming out as captain. He died at his resi- dence at Triadelphia in 1824. Attached for seven years to the Mary- land Line, he won the eulogies of his commanding officers at Guilford Court House, Eutaw Springs and the Battle of Camden, under Baron DeKalb. He was an upright, hospitable, cheerful, kind-hearted man of intelligence, and a religious citizen who was deeply lamented by a large family and a still larger circle of friends. Captain Vachel Bur- gess married Rebecca Dorsey, daughter of Thomas Dorsey (of Henry) by Mary, only daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca (Ridgely) Warfield. His sons were Perry, Thomas and Vachel, who removed to Kent County; the daughters were Anne, wife of Basil Burgess and mother of Arthur Burgess; Elizabeth became Mrs. William Hines, father of Vachel Burgess Hines, long of the Health Department, Baltimore; Harriet became, first, Mrs. William Pitt Watkins, and, second, Mrs. Jeremiah Howard; Mary became Mrs. Nicholas Owings, and Rebecca married Nicholas Dorsey Warfield (of Beni). The living descendants of these sons and daughters are Vachel B. Hines and his wife, Henrietta, daughter of Thomas Burgess; Mrs. Minnie Gartrell, Oliver Watkins, Brice Worthington Howard, Mrs. Harriet Mathews, Mrs. Henrietta Henderson, Vachel Warfield, of Arkansas, Thomas and Alfred Burgess, (of Thomas) of Kent County, who bore many of the pleasing characteristics of their distinguished father.
Lieutenant Joseph Burgess (of Captain Joseph) died during the war in 1780. A deed of conveyance of a tract of land, "Dispute Ended," from his grandfather, Michael Dorsey, was executed by Lancelot Dorsey, executor of Michael, in the name of Michael Burgess, older brother of Joseph, Jr., in 1783.
Lieutenant Joshua Burgess was under Colonel Otho Williams, of the First Maryland Regiment.
Philemon Burgess (of Captain Joseph) married Mary Ridgely Dorsey, sister of his brother Vachel's wife. He resided upon a portion of "Worthington Range," near Clarksville.
Ruth Burgess (of Captain Joseph) married Elisha Warfield (of Benjamin and Rebeckah Ridgely).
In 1790 they removed to Kentucky and left a long line of distinguished sons and daughters.
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ROXBURY.
An aged, dilapidated store-house, wherein Mr. James B. Mat- hews, three-quarters of a century ago, began business; a new store and post-office, a mill and a blacksmith shop, with its residence, all upon the Cat-tail River, with a modern building upon the site of "Roxbury Hall," make up this rocky and romantic settlement.
This survey of the Cat-tail was made by Colonel Richard Dorsey, of "Happy Retreat," or inherited by him from his father, John Dor- sey, of the Old Brick Church. Mr. John Wolfe, present owner of " Roxbury Hall," in tearing down the chimney, after its destruction by fire, found a stone marked "R. D. 1776." This house was the home of Samuel Thomas, a minister of Friends, husband of Ann, daughter of Major Charles Alexander Warfield. It was sold by Colonel R. Snowden Andrews, of Baltimore, to Allen Bowie Davis, and by his heirs to Mr. Samuel Banks, from whom Mr. Wolfe holds. South of Roxbury, upon the "rolling road," is the fine estate of Mr. George Washington Linthicum, descendant of Westley Linthicum and Mary Meriweather (of Reuben and Sarah Dorsey, of "Round About Hills").
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