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- 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.
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- 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.
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