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Benjamin married Mary Simmons on 21 Mar 1782 in Frederick Co., Maryland. Mary and died. [Group Sheet]

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William Dawson was the third son of Nicholas and Mary Doyne Dawson. He was born about 1710 in Prince George's County, Maryland. He married before 1734 Elizabeth Marbury, daughter of Francis Marbury by his first wife, Mary Green. The Marbury will named the daughter as Elizabeth Dawson. She was a half-sister to Martha Ann Marbury who married William's oldest brother, John, in 1735.
The Rent Rolls of Lord Baltimore show that William owned several plantations in the Province, some of which he inherited from his mother's estate. William died in 1756 in Prince George's County. No will is on record. An inventory of his estate is on file and bond was given on 14 October 1756 by John Dawson, John Harris, Jr., and Andrew Hilton. Witnesses were Luke Marbury, William's brother-in-law and Pete Dent. It is not known just how many children William and Elizabeth had but it is believed they had several. - Through Three Centuries With a Dawson Family, Lee Orval Dawson

William Dawson, the son of Nicholas Dawson and Mary Doyne, is thought to have been born in about 1710/1712 in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Based upon the estimated birth dates of his children, and the documented fact that he could not have married Elizabeth Marbury until sometime after July 1748, William definitely appears to have been married twice during his life. William is believed to have married first in Prince George’s County, Maryland shortly before his mother passed away in 1734 to a woman whose identity is currently unknown. William’s first wife, however, is believed to have been the mother of at least two of William’s children, namely Lawrence Dawson and William Dawson, Jr.
Sometime after July 1748, William apparently married for a second time to a widow named Elizabeth (Marbury) Davidson. Elizabeth, who was also a native of Prince George’s County, Maryland, was the daughter of Francis Marbury and his first wife, Mary Greene. 42 She was also the widow of a man named John Davidson (also written Davison), whom she had married on 5 February 1732/1733 in Prince George’s County, Maryland. 12 That Elizabeth Marbury was married first to a man named John Davidson was also confirmed by the will of Elizabeth’s father, Francis Marbury, which was dated 11 January 1734/1735 and probated on 22 January 1734/1735. - The Dawson Family of Maryland.....and elsewhere, Jack MacDonald, 2015

William married Elizabeth Marbury about 1748 in Maryland. Elizabeth (daughter of Francis Marbury and Mary Greene, daughter of Francis Marbury and Mary Greene) was born on 8 Oct 1710 in Prince George's Co., Maryland; died in Aug 1750 in Piscataway, Prince George's, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

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Nicholas Dawson, a probable son of John Dawson and Rebecca Doyne, was born in Charles County, Maryland. He was later married in about 1704 to his cousin, Mary Doyne, at “Fendall’s Delight,” a plantation in Charles County which had been acquired by Mary’s father shortly before his death in 1689. Mary, who was also a native of Charles County, Maryland, had been born there in about 1682/1683. She was the daughter of Robert Doyne and Mary Stone. Mary’s mother, Mary Stone, was the daughter of William Stone, the first Protestant governor of Maryland.
Although Nicholas and Mary resided for a few years after their marriage at “Fendall’s Delight,” in 1710 they sold their interest in this plantation, as well as an adjoining plantation named “Lyon’s Denn,” to William and Sarah (Doyne) Hutchinson. Sarah (Doyne) Hutchinson was Mary’s older sister. Nicholas and Mary subsequently moved to a plantation called “Saturday’s Work,” where they appear to have resided for the remainder of their lives. 1 “Saturday’s Work” had been acquired by Mary’s father in 1688, and was situated in that part of Charles County that was later formed into Prince George’s County, Maryland in 1695.
It is interesting to note that when “Saturday’s Work” was first granted, the Lord Proprietor offered those wishing to settle in Maryland all the land they could ride around in one day. James Bodkin, the original grantee, acquired his plantation in that manner on a Saturday, and hence the name “Saturday’s Work.” This land was situated approximately six miles south of present-day Washington, D.C.
Aside from “Saturday’s Work,” “Fendall’s Delight,” and “Lyon’s Denn,” Mary also inherited several other plantations from her father which she later left by will to her children. These were “Constant Friendship” along the Bush River in Baltimore County, “Spring Banks” in Somerset County, and “Sligo” in Prince George’s County, Maryland. In addition, Nicholas and Mary petitioned the proprietary government for the right to take up lands for which warrants had previously been issued to Mary’s father, Robert Doyne, but which he had not executed.
As a result of their petition, Nicholas and Mary were allowed to claim 2,000 acres “in any part of the Province not formerly laid out nor cultivated by any person, nor reserved for the use of his Lordship.” Although a portion of this acreage was taken up near Port Tobacco in Charles County, it appears to have been sold shortly thereafter. The remainder was not taken up during Nicholas Dawson’s lifetime, but was eventually acquired by his eldest son, John.
Nicholas Dawson died in 1727 in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Although Nicholas does not appear to have left a will, an inventory of his estate was completed on 12 July 1727, with John Dawson and Thomas Dawson identified as nearest of kin, and his widow, Mary Dawson, as Executrix of his estate. Nicholas Dawson’s widow, Mary, subsequently acknowledged that the inventory of goods and chattels was “just and perfect” on 29 September 1727.
Mary, on the other hand, appears to have died in 1734 in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Her will, which was dated 14 December 1734, was subsequently probated in Prince George’s County on 24 January 1734/1735. 7 Although Nicholas and Mary are believed to have both been buried on their home plantation, “Saturday’s Work,” a Dawson family memorial monument currently stands at Oxon Hill in Prince George’s County, Maryland. - The Dawson Family of Maryland.....and elsewhere, Jack MacDonald, 2015

Nicholas married Mary Doyne about 1704 in Fendall Delight, Charles, Maryland. Mary (daughter of Robert Doyne and Mary Stone) was born in 1683 in Charles Co., Maryland; died on 14 Dec 1734 in Charles Co., Maryland. [Group Sheet]

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Francis married Mary Greene in 1700 in Prince George's Co., Maryland. Mary was born in 1675 in Port Tobacco, Charles, Maryland; died on 11 Sep 1713 in St Mary's, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

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John Dawson is said to have emigrated from the north of England sometime before 1700. Whether he came from Whitehaven, in Cumberland, or from Yorkshire is uncertain. By some he is said to have gone into Maryland by way of Philadelphia, where he tarried for a while; others understand that he emigrated directly to Maryland.....His death is supposed to have occurred before 1720, from the fact that his son Thomas, who died in 1800, aged 92, and was, consequently, born in 1708, barely remembered the event as one which happened in his childhood. He married Rebecca Doyne, daughter of John Doyne, an Irish gentleman, who had a grant of land on Chickamoxon creek, in Charles county, about thirty miles below the place where the city of Washington now is. They settled on Broad creek, near the Potomac River, about twelve miles below the site of Washington, in Prince George county, where he died. - A Collection of Family Records, Charles C. Dawson, 1874

John Dawson came to Maryland from Yorkshire, England prior to 1700. Grant of two manors of Land, one near Port Tobacco on the Potomac and the other was in Prince George Co. (now Montgomery Co.) in Maryland near the town of Dawsonville. His wife Rebecca Doyne was a daughter of a Irish Gentleman who had a grant on Chickamaxon Creek in Charles Co., Md. - Colonial Families of USA by MacKenzie, Vol. lV, pp 115/120.

John married Rebecca Doyne. Rebecca (daughter of John Doyne) was born in 1650 in Ireland; died in 1720 in Kent, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

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Robert married Mary Stone. Mary (daughter of Gov. William Henry Stone and Verlinda Cotton) was born in 1651 in Nanjemoy, Charles, Maryland; died in 1675 in Carrichfergus, Charles, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

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Francis married Elizabeth Mowry in 1675 in Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born on 27 Mar 1643 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 24 Mar 1717 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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Gov. married Verlinda Cotton about Jul 1637 in Virginia. Verlinda (daughter of ANDREW COTTON and JOANNE) was born in 1618 in Bunbury Heath, Cheshire, England; died on 13 Jul 1675 in Charles, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

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