8515 Individuals in our Database | | | DORSETT - 10 Individuals Found | Name / Spouse | Born/Died | Father / Mother | Notes | Clemment Dorsett | b. d. | Father: Thomas Francis Dorsett Mother: Rebecca McSwain | | Francis Dorsett | b.1758 d. | Father: Mother: | | Henry Dorsett | b.1777 d. | Father: Mother: | | John Dorsett | b.1760 d. | Father: Mother: | | Mary Dorsett | b.1775 d. | Father: Mother: | | Nancy Dorsett | b.1780 d. | Father: Thomas Francis Dorsett Mother: Rebecca McSwain | | Phillip Dorsett Spouse1: Dorothy Hind | b.1695 Dorset, England d.1786 | Father: Louis Henry deRosset Mother: DAME Gabrielle de Gondin | | Rebecca Dorsett | b.1772 d. | Father: Mother: | | Solomon Dorsett | b.1763 d. | Father: Mother: | | Thomas Francis Dorsett Spouse1: Rachel Prather Spouse2: Rebecca McSwain | b.1714 Dorsettshire, England d.1813 Orange Co., NC | Father: Phillip Dorsett Mother: Dorothy Hind | Husband of Rachel (Prather) Dorsett — married 1734 in , , Marylandmap Husband of Rebecca (McSwain) Dorsett — married 1759 in Chatham Co NCmap Francis was born about 1715. He lived to c1813 Francis Dorsett came into Maryland around 1734, where he married Rachel (or Rachel Jane?) Prater (Prather). Several children were born in Maryland, by this first marriage (Henry, Ann, Jane, Rachel and John) after wife died, Francis Dorsett moved to Chatham County, NC where in 1759 he married Rebecca McSwain. During the period 1765-1771, Francis was openly a member of the "Regulators" who struggled with the English Colonial governor Tryon. Of known children born to Francis Dorsett and wife Rebecca McSwain, there are at least John born 1760, Solomon born 1763, Henry born 1777, and Nancy. Established himself as a Regulator by signing the May 1768 Advertisement No. 9 against Governor Tryon at the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina. | | | | |