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From: Paul Benyon< >
Subject: Re: Dorsett
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 22:05:20 GMT


Hi

Yes there is reference to it as far back as 13th Cent per Oxford English
Surnames Dict., but it would mean someone was probably from Dorset and that
they were, therefore living some where else! That won't narrow your
search down much - except to say probably not Dorset, but that isn't to say
he didn't return at a later date <G>.

As an aside a variation of STRICKLAND - i.e. STICKLAND is not common, but
it isn't rare in Dorset though.

regards
Paul
Portland, Dorset.

On Sun, 02 Aug 1998 12:06:23 -0400, you wrote:

>My Dorsett ancestor, Melinda Vilmdey Dorsett, married William Strickland
>in Campbell County, Georgia, USA, in 1850. Other Dorsetts in the area
>at that time were born in South Carolina, USA.
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>Did the Dorset family name originate in England?
>L. Rollins
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