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Descendants of John Dawson

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN¹ DAWSON was born Abt. 1650 in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England ^1,², and died Abt. 1712 in Charles Co., MD². He married REBECCA DOYNE, daughter of JOHN DOYNE. She was born Abt. 1650 in Ireland², and died in Maryland ³.

Notes for JOHN DAWSON:
From Colonial Families of Usa, by MacKenzie, Vol. IV., pp 115/120

John Dawson came to Maryland from Yorkshire, England, prior to 1700. Grant of two manors of land: one near Port Tobacco on the Potomac; the other in Prince George Co., [now Montgomery Co.] Md., near Dawsonville, Md.
He married Rebecca Doyne, daughter of an Irish gentleman, who had a grant on Chickamaxon Creek, Charles Co., Md.

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From: History of Fayette & Greene Counties, Pa., pg 595

The Dawsons came to Fayette county from Maryland in 1768, and have been prominent in the civil and professional life of the county. Their first settlement was in North Union township, that and Uniontown being the principal family seats.
[1] John Dawson came to the American colonies prior to the revolution, sailing from Whitehaven, England. He settled in Prince George [now Montgomery Co.] Maryland, where he died. He married Rebecca Doyne, also born in England, daughter of John Doyne. They had issue including a son, George.

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From: Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver Co., Pa, by John W. Jordan, Vols 1&2 pg 796

The Emigrant ancestor of the branch of the Dawson family [of Beaver County, PA] was John Dawson, who came from the north of England, either from Whitehaven, in Cumberland, or from Yorkshire, to Maryland, previous to 1700. It is uncertain whether he made direct settlement in Maryland or found his way to that colony by way of Philadelphia. It is recorded that he emigrated when a young man and was quite advanced in years when his death occurred. This is supposed to have taken place before 1720, from the fact that his son Thomas, who died in 1800, aged ninety-two years, barely remembered the event as one which happened in his childhood. He married Rebecca, daughter of John Doyne, who was an Irish gentleman who held a grant of land on Chickamoxon Creek, in Charles county, about thirty miles below the present site of the city of Washington, D.C. They made their home on Broadcreek, in Prince George county, where he died. Children of John and rebecca [Doyne] Dawson: 1. John, died unmarried in early life. 2. George, a resident of Montgomery county, Maryland. 3. William, died in early life, unmarried. 4. Thomas, [see family page]. 5. Nicholas, lived in Loudon county, Virginia, 6. Eleanor, married a Mr. Bayne.

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More About JOHN DAWSON:
Church:: Church of England ⁴

More About REBECCA DOYNE:
Church:: Roman Catholic⁴

Children of JOHN DAWSON and REBECCA DOYNE are:

CHARLES² DAWSON, b. Abt. 1675, St. Mary's, MD ⁵; d. Loudon Co., VA⁵.

Notes for CHARLES DAWSON:
Notes by Florence Hoffman Collins

Charles is said to have migrated to Loudon Co., VA

2.	ii.	EDWARD DAWSON, b. Abt. 1677, Durham Co., MD; d. 1732, Prince George Co., MD.
	iii.	JOHN DAWSON, b. Abt. 1679, Charles Co., MD⁵; m. ELIZABETH HIRST, 1692, Charles Co., MD ⁶.
	iv.	THOMAS DAWSON, b. Abt. 1681, Charles Co., MD ⁷.
3.	v.	NICHOLAS DAWSON, b. Abt. 1683, Charles Co., MD or abt 1670 in England; d. 1727, Prince George's Co., MD.

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