Other Events:

• Immigration: Bef 1676, New Jersey
• Residence: 1676, Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ; Received an additional 240 acres.
• Residence: 1677, Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ; Was granted by the Proprietors 202 acres of land in the vicinity of Middletown.
• Occupation: 1688, Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ; Constable
• Residence: 1690, Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ; Received another 100 acres.

Notes:

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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.


Possible first wife: Elizabeth 1644-1675 BIRTH 1644, Devonshire, Bermuda DEATH 1675, Devonshire, Bermuda


Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9624760/james-dorset

Settled in Hazlet/Holmdel in 1676. Buried here on his farm, part of which became a cemetery, descendants occupied the farm until 1840.

James married Ann Pew about 1680 in Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ. Ann was born about 1660 in Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ; died after 1761. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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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)


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.


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.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30138142/joseph-dorsett

Joseph married Elizabeth Poling on 23 Jul 1702. Elizabeth (daughter of John Poling and Mary Fry) was born on 25 Oct 1679 in Long Island, NY; died in 1759 in Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ; was buried in Dorsett Town Historic Cemetery, Morrell Corners, Monmouth County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married Joseph Collins in 1722 in Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ. Joseph (son of Joseph Collins and Sarah Hires) was born on 26 Mar 1695 in Lynn, Essex County, MA; died in 1757 in Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92746366/samuel-dorsett

Burial Details Unknown

Samuel Dorsett was born April 16, 1714 in Middletown, New Jersey to Joseph and Elizabeth (Poling) Dorsett. He married Rachel Brittain on October 27, 1739. Samuel died on September 11, 1741 in Middletown.

Family/Spouse: Richard Herbert. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9624761/joseph-dorsett

Family/Spouse: Mary Van Deventer. Mary was born in 1719 in Monmouth County, NJ; died on 5 Feb 1799 in Monmouth County, NJ; was buried in Dorsett Town Historic Cemetery, Morrell Corners, Monmouth County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Genealogy of the Miller and Pursel Families has her name as Sarah Collins.

Rootsweb info to be verified
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1995126&id=I97868207
Mary Collins (1724 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey - 13 Aug 1805 in Amell Township, Hunterdon, NJ. Married: 30 Nov 1743 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83063541/mary-brittain
BIRTH 1724 Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
DEATH 13 Aug 1805 Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
BURIAL Unknown

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177575937/mary-britton

Mary married William Brittain on 30 Nov 1743 in Trenton, Mercer County, NJ. William (son of Nathaniel Brittain and Elizabeth Garritzen) was born in 1725 in Staten Island, New York; died on 15 Mar 1804 in Upper Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton County, PA; was buried in Saint Andrews Church Cemetery, Richmondtown, Richmond County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _MILT: Monmouth County, NJ; Private minuteman in the Monmouth County N.J. militia

Notes:

New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988:
Name: Samuel Dorsett
Name Note: Source - History of St. Peter's Church by W. Worthy/Jones, Parish House, 183 Rector St., 1924
Event Type: Death, 1822. New Jersey
Age: 75
Birth Year (Estimated): 1747
Father's Name: Joseph Dorsett
Mother's Name: Mary Vandeventer

Birth:
Birth date on findagrave: 27 Jan 1748

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47317660/samuel-dorsett

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Stillwell. Elizabeth was born on 29 Sep 1821 in Monmouth County, NJ; died about 1829 in Monmouth County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]