In Philadelphia, on September 15, 1791, Dorothy Crathorne married Richard Dale of Norfolk, Virginia, the eldest son of Winfield Dale and Ann Sutherland.
Dorothy and her husband Commodore Dale had six children: sons Richard Sutherland Dale, U.S.N. died 1811 (unmarried) at St. George's, Bermuda; John Montgomery Dale (1797-1852); and Edward Crathorne Dale; and daughters Mary Dale (1792-), Sarah Barry Dale, a.k.a. Mrs. Thomas McKean Pettit; and Elizabeth Dale, a.k.a. Mrs. George Campbell Read.
Note: Commodore Richard Dale was moved from Christ Church to Laurel Hill.
[Primary Source: pages 139-145. The Descendants of Joran Kyn of New Sweden, by Gregory B. Keen, LL.D. Vice President of the Swedish Colonial Society. Published in Philadelphia by The Swedish Colonial Society in 1913. googlebooks.com, 348 page .pdf]
In Philadelphia, on September 15, 1791, Dorothy Crathorne married Richard Dale of Norfolk, Virginia, the eldest son of Winfield Dale and Ann Sutherland.
Dorothy and her husband Commodore Dale had six children: sons Richard Sutherland Dale, U.S.N. died 1811 (unmarried) at St. George's, Bermuda; John Montgomery Dale (1797-1852); and Edward Crathorne Dale; and daughters Mary Dale (1792-), Sarah Barry Dale, a.k.a. Mrs. Thomas McKean Pettit; and Elizabeth Dale, a.k.a. Mrs. George Campbell Read.
Note: Commodore Richard Dale was moved from Christ Church to Laurel Hill.
[Primary Source: pages 139-145. The Descendants of Joran Kyn of New Sweden, by Gregory B. Keen, LL.D. Vice President of the Swedish Colonial Society. Published in Philadelphia by The Swedish Colonial Society in 1913. googlebooks.com, 348 page .pdf]
Inscription
In Memory of
Commodore RICHARD DALE,
Born November 6th 1756
Died February 24th 1826.
An Honest man
An Incorruptible Patriot
In all his relations
A Christion without guile
He departed this life in the triumphant hope well founded, and that of that Blessedness which await all who like him die in the Lord.
Also of
DOROTHY DALE
Relict of Commodore Richard Dale
Died Sept 4th 1832 aged 65 years.
Beloved, honored and esteemed she was faithful and exemplary in the performance of all the duties which belong to a Christian life and in an humble reliance for salvation on the merits of the Redeemer.
She too found the peace and happy assurance of a blessed immortality.
Inscription: [Source: Tombstone Inscriptions from Christ Church, page 108 (Ancestry.com)]
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