John Dawson and Rebecca Doyne

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Husband John Dawson ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - England
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       Marriage: 

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Wife Rebecca Doyne ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - England
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         Father: John Doyne (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M John Dawson ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: while young
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M George Dawson ^{1 2 4 5}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1785
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         Spouse: Eleanor Lowe (      -      ) 1
           Marr: Maryland

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3 M William Dawson ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: while young
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M Thomas Dawson ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1708 - Broad Creek, Prince George's Co, MD 2
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           Died: Aug 1800 - Montgomery Co, MD 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Lowe (      -      ) 2 3

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5 M Nicholas Dawson ²

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6 F Eleanor Dawson ²

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         Spouse: [Unk] Bayne (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - John Dawson

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The emigrant ancestor of this branch of the Dawson family, he came to America 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, and they made their home on Broad creek, in Prince George County, Virginia.

This family which was planted in America by three brothers, John, Thomas and George Dawson, who came here from England in the seventeenth century. John Dawson became enamored of an Irish girl, whom he met on board the ship which brought them to America; he proposed to her and was accepted. They were married by a minister who was among the passengers. At the end of the voyage they landed at New Haven, Connecticut, and thence proceeded to New York, which had but recently passed into the possession of the British. From New York they went as far as Chesapeake Bay, and settled at a place called Chesapeake, whence their descendants dispersed to many of the central and southern states.

He came to the American colonies prior to the revolution, sailing from Whitehaven, England. He settled in Prince George, now Montgomery County, Maryland, where he died. He married Rebecca Doyne, also born in England.

Refering to his grandson, Benoni Dawson:
He was a descendant of an old English family, who were given a large grant of land in Maryland, by King George; in recognition of this favor, the Dawsons were loyal to the mother country. They firmly believed it to be to the best interest of the community to maintain allegiance to the British empire. During the Revolutionary War they were Tories, and owing to their influence and the respect they commanded in their neighborhood, they proved themselves valuable allies of the English.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 595.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 796.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 327.

4 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 428, 674.

5 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 157.