James Dorset

James Dorset

Male 1660 - 1720  (60 years)

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  • Name James Dorset  [1, 2
    Born 1660  Warwick, Bermuda Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Bef 1676  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1676  Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Received an additional 240 acres. 
    Residence 1677  Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Was granted by the Proprietors 202 acres of land in the vicinity of Middletown. 
    Occupation 1688  Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Constable 
    Residence 1690  Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Received another 100 acres. 
    Died 1720  Dorset Town, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Dorsett Town Historic Cemetery, Morrell Corners, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2586  Kreider Moyer
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2020 

    Father James Dorset,   b. 1609, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1692, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Anne Harriot 
    Married 1629  Bermuda Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F953  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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  [4
    Children 
    +1. Joseph Dorset,   b. 21 Apr 1681, Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1741, Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2020 
    Family ID F937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1660 - Warwick, Bermuda Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - Bef 1676 - New Jersey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Received an additional 240 acres. - 1676 - Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Was granted by the Proprietors 202 acres of land in the vicinity of Middletown. - 1677 - Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1680 - Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Constable - 1688 - Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Received another 100 acres. - 1690 - Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1720 - Dorset Town, 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, James d 1720 20180617_164727.jpg
    Dorsett, James d 1720 20180617_164727.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.
      THE DORSETS
      James Dorset.
      James Dorset came from Burmuda, and in 1676 took by patent from "The Proprietors," several tracts of land, about 500 acres, lying in the township of Middletown, about four miles westerly from the ancient village of that name; and about two miles southeasterly from the modern village Key Port; the "Bethany" Meeting House* stands on what was his land, a little to the north of the center of his tract.
      The ancient Burying Ground of the family is situated on the Easterly side of the road running south from the Bethany Meeting House*, about 100 yards southwesterly from the present dwelling on the old Dorset property. The first dwelling was built south of and near the burying ground.
      *Since this was written, the Meeting House was removed a mile and more to near Keyport. A. T.
      The place and date of his birth are unknown. He had died in 1721. He was probably unmarried when he came in. His children:
      Joseph.
      a daughter married a Cheesman.
      a daughter married a Wilson.
      a daughter married a Bassett.
      another daughter married a Mobison (there was an Aaron Mobison).
      Joseph Dorsett* was born April ye 21st, in ye Year of Our Lord, 1681.
      [1]
    • 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
      Page 214 DORSET Of MONMOUTH COUNTY
      JAMES DORSET came from Bermuda to New Jersey. He located in the vicinity of Middletown, where he was granted by the Proprietors, June 20, 1677, two hundred and two acres of land [elsewhere, May, 1677].
      1676, November. He received an additional two hundred and forty acres, and finally, March 26, 1690, one hundred acres, both in Middletown. He may have been rich in lands, but in purse he was poor.
      In 1687, when called upon for the Quit rent of his two hundred and two acres, amounting to £8-8-4, he paid nothing and the tax collector was constrained to enter "Received Nothing he is poor." His joint properties, amounting to five hundred acres, lay about four miles west of Middletown, and two miles south east of Keyport.
      1688. James Dorset was Constable.
      A little north of the center of what was his property, stood the Bethany Meeting House for many years. It has however since been moved a mile and more toward Keyport. The first dwelling on this property was built directly south of the old Dorset burying-ground; the later structure stands today, with the graveyard lying about one hundred yards to the south west of it, and on the east side of the road running south from the site of the Old Bethany Meeting House.
      The origin of James Dorset is unknown. He died in or prior to 1721.
      It is thought he married after his arrival in this vicinity.
      Issue
      2 Joseph Dorset
      3 A Daughter; who married Mr. Cheeseman.
      4 A Daughter; who married Mr. Wilson.
      5 A Daughter; who married Mr. Bassett.
      6 A Daughter; who married Mr. Modison. [There was an Aaron Modison, an early settler in Middletown.]
      7 A Daughter [?]; married Jobs.
      [3]
    • Possible first wife: Elizabeth 1644-1675 BIRTH 1644, Devonshire, Bermuda DEATH 1675, Devonshire, Bermuda

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

    2. [S51] A history of Monmouth and Ocean counties : embracing a genealogical record of earliest settlers in Monmouth and Ocean Counties and their descendants, the Indians, their language, manners and customs, important historical events ..., Edwin Salter, 1890.

    3. [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).

    4. [S47] Ancestry.