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Edward Dorsey, first son of Edward Dorsey and Anne his wife, was born in Virginia and came up to the Severn during the days of the commonwealth in Maryland. On August 25, 1664, he with his two brothers received jointly 400 acres of "Hockley-in-the-hole".
Edward, Joshua and John, sons of Edward Dorsey who settled in Maryland in 1650. Hockley-in-the-Hole, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Before November 1670, Edward Dorsey married Sarah, a daughter of Nicholas Wyatt. Sarah died about 1690-92.

5 children by Edward Dorsey and 2]Margaret Larkin
1. Francis Dorsey
b. 1696, St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland
d. 17 Feb 1750, Baltimore County, Maryland - probate (Age 54 years)
2. Anne Dorsey
b. Abt 1699, Baltimore County, Maryland
d. 1 Jul 1786, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - probate (Age ~ 87 years)
3. Edward Dorsey
b. Abt 1702, Baltimore County, Maryland
d. 15 Mar 1753, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - probate (Age ~ 51 years)
4. Charles Dorsey
b. Bef 1703, Baltimore County, Maryland
d. 25 Oct 1733, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - inventory (Age 30 years)
5. Levin Dorsey
b. Bef 1703, Baltimore County, Maryland
d. Aft 1750, Baltimore County, Maryland
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Edward Dorsey was interested in many civic endeavors. In 1681 he petitioned the Commissioner of Accounts to pay him for 15 days of service to the Province. The same year he was in receipt of 375 lbs. tobacco and at another time 300 lbs. tobacco. He was placed on the Commission in 1683 for the advancement of trade and for the laying out of ports in Anne Arundel County. The same year he with Henry Ridgely, Nicholas Gassaway and William Richardson was on a committee to erect a building for the Courts and Assembly of the Province, and for the keeping of the Secretary's office.
In 1686 he was stylized Captain Edward Dorsey of His Lordship's army. As Anne Arundel County Major of Horse, 1689., he joined Capt. Edward Burgess in asking for additional arms and ammunition for defense. He rose in the provincial forces from Captain to Colonel, a grade which he held at the time of his death. Captain of the Militia in 1685; Major, 1687; Field Officer of Calvert County, 1694; Colonel, 1702.
Edward Dorsey was a staunch and loyal supporter of the Calverts, for on November 28, 1689, he with many other prominent men of the Province endorse a petition to the "Most Gracious Majesty King William III" setting forth the privileges which they had received under the deposed Charles, Lord Baron of Baltimore, and protested against the intrigue of John Coode who with others undermined the Proprietary Government.
In politics Edward Dorsey was a supporter of the House of Stuart and an acknowledged member of the Jacobean Party. Frequently his home at Annapolis furnished the meeting place for some of its conclaves. He however was outspoken in his political views, for information was given the Council in 1692 that "Major Edward Dorsey had made several mutinous and seditious speeches on board Captain William Hill Ship."
The following excerpt from a letter of Colonel Nicholas Greenbury to his Excellency Lionel Copley Esq, Governor of the Province, throws much light on the Jacobean leaders of that day. "Sire I have been creditably informed lately of a Great Cabal in our Country held by the grand Leaders of the Jacobite Party (vizt) Colonel Coursey, Major Sayer, Colonel Darnall, Major Dorsey, Richard Smith, Samuel Chew, and John Hinson their Rendezvous was at Darnalls, Chews, Dorseys, and one Marion Duval but the Occasion of meeting is not known." The letter was dated "Severn River 25 July 1692."
Sarah, Col Dorsey's wife, died about 1690. He took for a second wife Margaret, ca 1693. All indicators point to the fact that she was one of the daughters of John Larkin, innkeeper, by his wife Katherine.
Before 1700 Colonel Edward Dorsey of Anne Arundel County moved to Major's Choice. John Dorsey acquired his brother's interest in Major's Choice.
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NOTE: Major's Choice was on the dividing line.
In 1658, the proprietary government refused to recognize Thomas Marsh's right to Majors Choice, because of his rebellion. It was on the dividing line between Anne Arundel and Calvert Counties.
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