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Family: Joseph Dodson / Martha Ann Fairfax (F5944)  [1, 2

m. 23 Nov 1785


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  • Father | Male
    Joseph Dodson

    Born  21 Feb 1725  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1773   
    Buried     
    Married  23 Nov 1785  Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Thomas Dodson, Jr. | F5945 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth Rose | F5945 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Martha Ann Fairfax

    Born  Abt 1729  N. Farnham, Richmond Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Father   
    Mother   

    Child 1 | Male
    Elias Dodson

    Born  Abt 1760  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1815  Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Nancy Stamps | F5943 
    Married  23 Nov 1785  Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    + Caleb Dodson

    Born  1752  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1836  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Elizabeth Petty | F5986 
    Married  1773  Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources 
    1. [S84] Rootsweb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=will%5Fstamps&id=I16952.
      Marriage Info: from "Marriage Bonds and Ministers Returns of Halifax
      County, Virginia 1753-1800", p. 6

      dd. Nancy Stamps was born in 1768. She married Elias Dodson, Jr. on Nov 23, 1785. They took out a license to marry in Halifax Co., VA. Thomas Dodson was surety and Nancy's father signed the certificate. Rev. Lazarus Dodson, of Pittsylvania County, married them. He was born to Joseph & Martha Ann Dodson ca. 1760. Joseph was the son of Thomas Dodson, Jr.

      Toward the end of 1812, Elias fell and injured himself while walking across the joists of the home he was building. He did not recover. He died in 1815 at the age of 55 years. His will is to be found in Will Book 12, pages 171-173, Halifax County 1815. Nancy died at the age of 70 in February of 1837.

      Nancy may have been born in Halifax, Va (as per www.familysearch.com)
      Children of Joseph Dodson and Martha Ann Fairfax
      Children
      Thomas DODSON b: ABT 1746 in Halifax Co., VA
      Letty DODSON b: ABT 1748 in Halifax Co., VA
      Caleb DODSON b: ABT 1751 in Halifax Co., VA
      Mary DODSON b: ABT 1752 in Halifax Co., VA
      Rhoda DODSON b: ABT 1752 in Halifax Co., VA
      Nancy Anne DODSON b: ABT 1754 in Halifax Co., VA
      Elizabeth DODSON b: ABT 1757 in Pittsylvania Co., VA
      Joshua DODSON b: ABT 1757 in Halifax Co., VA
      Elias DODSON b: ABT 1760
      Elizabeth "Betty" DODSON b:BEF 1763, Fauquier Co., VA
      Joseph DODSON Jr. b: 5 Feb 1771 in Halifax Co., VA

    2. [S127] Geni, https://www.geni.com/people/William-Dodson/6000000001572083222.
      William Dodson
      Birthdate: April 1737 (95)
      Birthplace: Richmond County, Virginia
      Death: May 06, 1832 (95)
      Wilkes or, Iredell County, North Carolina, United States
      Immediate Family:

      Son of Reverend Thomas Jesse Dodson, Jr and Elizabeth Dodson
      Husband of Mary Dodson and Winnifred Dotson
      Father of Simon Dodson; Sallie Dodson; Elijah Dodson; Annis Dodson; Rosannah Dodson; William Dodson, Jr.; Winifred Lawson; Mary Polly Dotson and William Dotson « less
      Brother of Joseph Dodson; Thomas "Second Fork" Dodson; Mary Dodson; Sarah Neville; Elizabeth Betty Bennett; Alice Dodson; George Dodson; Rhoda Dodson Creel; Rev Jesse Dodson and Rachel Dozier « less