Re: Ruth Dorsey Talbott of Ellicott City MD
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Re: Ruth Dorsey Talbott of Ellicott City MD
Eleanor 10/06/98
I have nothing on parents for Pleasance. On Ruth it has been suggested she was Ruth Hill but I believe her last name is still up in the air without further evidence.. Here is a reference: Harry Wright Newman, "Anne Arundel Gentry", vol. 2, pages 117-119.His wife Ruth was unknown, but she may have been the traditional "Lady Hill", daughter of Captain Richard Hill. Edward and Ruth had only two sons.
At the time of his father's will, in 1714, he was "Edward Dorsey
deceased." [sic] She became, first, [after John's death] Mrs. John Greeniff
and then the wife of John Howard, grandson of Matthew Howard, of the
Severn. Her will of 1747 named "her two sons, John and Edward Dorsey, her
executors." She was then residing in Queen Caroline Parish, perhaps with
one of them.