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From: "John Hebley" <>
Subject: Re: Dorsett
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 18:38:50 CDT


Now down here in Texas we have a fine football player by that name. I
wonder what his connection could be!

John

> From: (Paul Benyon)
> Subject: Re: Dorsett
> Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 22:05:20 GMT
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> Hi
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> 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.
>
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> On Sun, 02 Aug 1998 12:06:23 -0400, you wrote:
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> >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.
> >
> >Did the Dorset family name originate in England?
> >L. Rollins
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