Joseph Dorset

Joseph Dorset

Male 1681 - 1741  (60 years)

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  • Name Joseph Dorset  [1, 2
    Born 21 Apr 1681  Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Oct 1741  Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Dorsett Town Historic Cemetery, Morrell Corners, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2571  Kreider Moyer
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2023 

    Father James Dorset,   b. 1660, Warwick, Bermuda Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1720, Dorset Town, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Ann Pew,   b. Abt 1660, Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1761  (Age 102 years) 
    Married Abt 1680  Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Poling,   b. 25 Oct 1679, Long Island, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1759, Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 23 Jul 1702 
    Children 
     1. Rachel Dorset,   b. 14 Apr 1703, Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1757, Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 53 years)
     2. John Dorset,   b. 29 Sep 1708,   d. 29 Sep 1765  (Age 57 years)
     3. James Dorset,   b. 29 Dec 1710,   d. 1761  (Age 50 years)
     4. Samuel Dorset,   b. 16 Apr 1713, Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1741, Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
     5. Martha Dorset
     6. Elizabeth Dorset
    +7. Joseph Dorset,   b. 16 Aug 1722, Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1770, Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F929  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Apr 1681 - Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Oct 1741 - Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Dorsett Town Historic Cemetery, Morrell Corners, Monmouth County, NJ Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    1861 Monmouth Co New Jersey full map
    1861 Monmouth Co New Jersey full map
    1861 map of Homdel, Monmouth Co, New Jersey
    1861 map of Homdel, Monmouth Co, New Jersey

    Headstones
    Dorsett, Joseph d 1741 20180617_165157.jpg
    Dorsett, Joseph d 1741 20180617_165157.jpg
    Dorsett, Joseph d 1741 20180617_165207.jpg
    Dorsett, Joseph d 1741 20180617_165207.jpg

    Histories
    Dorset of Monmouth County: from Historical and genealogical miscellany: data relating to the settlement and settlers of New York and New Jersey, John Edwin Stillwell, (1903).
    Dorset of Monmouth County: from Historical and genealogical miscellany: data relating to the settlement and settlers of New York and New Jersey, John Edwin Stillwell, (1903).
    Historical and genealogical miscellany: data relating to the settlement and settlers of New York and New Jersey, by John Edwin Stillwell, 1903
    https://archive.org/details/historicalgeneal03instil/page/n5/mode/2up
    Jerseyman19031905deat.pdf
    Jerseyman19031905deat.pdf

  • Notes 
    • Source: The Jerseyman. Volume 9, No. 1. 1903, page 6 or page 19 of the pdf.
      Joseph Dorsett was born April ye 21st, in ye Year of Our Lord, 1681.

      Elizabeth Poling was born October ye 25th, in ye Year of Our Lord, 1679.
      Joseph Dorsett and Elizabeth Poling entered into bonds of Holy Matrimony July ye 23d, in ye Year of Our Lord, 1702,
      Rachel Dorsett (daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsett) was born April ye 14th, in ye Year of our Lord, 1703.
      Dorsett (son of Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsett) was born December ye 29th, in ye Year of Our Lord, 1708.
      James Dorsett (son of Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsett) was born December ye 29th, in ye Year of Our Lord, 1710.
      Samuel Dorsett (son of Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsett) was born April ye 16th, in ye Year of our Lord, 1713.
      Martha Dorsett (daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsett) was born April ye 26th, in ye Year of Our Lord, 1716.
      Elizabeth Dorsett (daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsett) was born October ye 18th, in ye Year of Our Lord, 1719.
      *Since this was written, the Meeting House was removed a mile and more to near Keyport. A. T.

      Martha Dorset; married Richard Herbert.
      Rachel Dorset; married Joseph Collins.

      The Jerseyman volume 2 page 11
      The Farm, the old "Dorset Town" estate, on which he died, was a part of the original tract, taken up in 1676 by James, the first; it had descended "from sire to son" in the line of Josephs until the death of this one, when it passed to his son-in-law, Joseph Taylor; and after his death in 1836, it went out of the family.
      The first Joseph appears to have divided up the large tract that his father had left him, apportioning to his son James a farm on the northwesterly part, since Murphy; to John a farm on the northeasterly part, since Gershom Stilwell; to Samuel farm on the southwesterly part, since Bedle; to his daughter Martha Herbert, the southeasterly part, retaining a farm in the center which was laid at 140 acres when sold in 1839; the central farm and locally was always called "Dorset Town."
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    • Full text of "Historical and genealogical miscellany: data relating to the settlement and settlers of New York and New Jersey" https://archive.org/details/historicalgeneal03instil
      Historical and Genealogical Miscellany. Early Settlers of New Jersey and their Descendants, by John E. Stillwell, M.D. Vol 3, New York 1914

      Page 214 DORSET Of MONMOUTH COUNTY

      JOSEPH DORSET, eldest son and heir of James Dorset, 1, born Apr. 21, 1681; died, Oct. 12, 1741, aged 60 years, 5 months, 21 days. He married, July 23, 1702, Elizabeth Poling, who was born, Oct. 25, 1679, on Long Island. She died 1759.

      1741, Sep. 26. Will of Joseph Dorset, of Middletown, yeoman, sick; proved Oct. 29, 1741.
      Wife, Elizabeth
      Negroes
      Deceased son, Samuel
      Three sons, John, James and Joseph Dorset.
      Grandson, Andrew Dorset, a minor, £25.
      Six children, Rachel, John, James, Martha, Elizabeth and Joseph.
      To son, James, his "long gun."
      To son, Joseph, "my Cedar Bedstead and my other Gun."
      Executors: friend, James Mott, and sons, John and James Dorset.
      Codicil, Sep. 26, 1741. In case my "son Joseph should die of his present sickness;" mentions Elizabeth, daughter of his son Joseph; in case of death of his son John, by his present illness, then his share to the testator's son James.
      Signed Joseph Dorset.

      Inventory of Joseph Dorset. Amount £436-5-6K- Taken Nov. 17, 1741, by Corneles Dooren, Joseph Smith, Jarratt Wall.
      1742 Inventory of Joseph Dorset's Estate. To paid Doctor Mills, £5-16-5. To paid Dr. Nichols, £0-18-0.
      "Joseph Dorsett was born April ye 21st in ye year of Our Lord 1681.
      Elizabeth Polin" was born Oct. ye 25th in ye year of Our Lord 1679.
      Joseph Dorset and Elizabeth Poling entered into ye bands of Holy Matrimony July ye 23rd in ye year of Our Lord 1702.
      Rachel Dorsett Daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsett was born April ye 14th in ye year of Our Lord 1703.
      John Dorsett, Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsett was born September ye 29th in ye year of Our Lord 1708.
      James Dorsett, Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsett was born December ye 29th in ye year of Our Lord 1710.
      Samuel Dorsett Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsett was born April ye 16th in ye year of Our Lord 1713.
      Martha Dorsett, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsett was born April ye 20th in ye year of Our Lord 1716.
      Elizabeth Dorsett, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsett was born October ye 18th in ye year of Our Lord 1719.
      Joseph Dorsett, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsett was born August ye 16th in ye year of Our Lord 1722.
      Samuel Dorsett, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsett departed this life September ye 11th in ye year of Our Lord 1741 aged 28 years, 4 months and 25 days.
      Joseph Dorsett, husband to Elizabeth Dorsett, departed this life October ye 12th in ye year of Our Lord 1741, aged 60 years, 5 months and 21 days."
      The foregoing record is a copy of a yellow, torn leaf, from the old Dorset Bible.

      A Tru Inue[n]tery of the Mouible Estate of Joseph Dorset Deceesed.
      (see printed will)
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    • Findagrave:
      Joseph Dorsett was born to James and ? Dorsett in Middletown, New Jersey. He married July 23, 1702 Elizabeth Poling daughter of John and Mary (nee unknown) Poling. Joseph and Elizabeth Dorsett had seven children: Rachel, John, James, Samuel, Martha, Elizabeth, and Joseph. He died on October 12, 1741 in Middletown.
      [5]
    • Info about Dorset Burial Ground: http://www.gjoynson.com/dorset.htm
      (Alphabetical list of burials.) The Dorsett Town Historic Cemetery is located on Telegraph Hill Road at the intersection of Cresent Road. A sign says it was established 1700. As of July 20, 2000, it is overgrown and unkept. A few markers are visible, a few American flags, a few broken sandstone markers and one small piece of a brownstone marker were visible from the road. A list was compiled by Henry C. McLean of Red Bank, May 30, 1938, and a copy of it was supplied by the Monmouth County Historical Association Library & Archives.

  • Sources 
    1. [S45] The Jerseyman, Deats, Hiram Edmund, (1891).

    2. [S52] Sons of American Rev application.

    3. [S47] Ancestry.

    4. [S37] Dorset of Monmouth County in Historical and genealogical miscellany: data relating to the settlement and settlers of New York and New Jersey , John Edwin Stillwell, (1903).

    5. [S38] Find A Grave database.