Thomas Dodson Sr

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Dodson Sr was born in 1685, his father, John Dodson, was 30 and his mother, Leticia Bunting, was 24. He married Mary Ann Frances Prigge on 14 February 1718, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Coventry Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1746. He died in 1760, in East Nantmeal, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, at the age of 75, and was buried in East Nantmeal Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Dodson Sr
1685–1760
Mary Ann Frances Prigge
1699–1793
Marriage: 14 February 1718
Jane Dodson
1717–1718
Thomas Dodson Jr
1724–1802
James Dodson
1729–
John Dodson Sr.
1720–1818
Michael Dodson
1722–1783
Ann Dodson
1727–1790
William Dodson
1729–
Richard Samuel B Dodson
1731–1785
Mary Dodson
1736–1778
Joseph Dodson
1737–1810
Hannah Dodson
1737–1805
Samuel Dodson
1738–1795
Esther Dodson
1740–1741
Thomas Dodson
1747–1825

Sources (7)

  • Thomas Dodson, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
  • Thomas Dodson in entry for Michael Dodson, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Thomas Dodson, "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940"

Name Meaning

patronymic from Dodd ; ‘son of Dod(d) or Dud(d)’ from Middle English Dodd(e), Dudd(e), Old English Dodd(a), Dudd(a), + -son. Alternatively, the name may arise from a Middle English form of Old English Dodesunu, a compound personal name formed from the same elements as above and impossible to tell apart from the Middle English patronymic.

post-medieval variant of Dodgson with simplification of the medial dgs.

English:

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Samuel and Elizabeth Rhodes Dodson Line.

"Samuel Dodson was the youngest son of Thomas and Mary Prigg Dodson, of Chester County, Pa. After his marriage he removed to Northampton County, in a portion of what is now Lehigh County. He took up l …

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