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From: "p williams" <>
Subject: Re: Dorsett
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 23:12:32 -0600


Looking up the name in my trusty Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames the
name means "from Dorset" which can be spelt "Dorset, Dorsett, or Dossett."
The entry goes on to say that the first record of the name was "Alexander de
Dorset" 1225 AssSo, (I think Assize roles,); Ralph Dossett 1602 FrY,
(Register of the Freemen of the City of York.) From Dorset.

Thats it,

Hope it helps,

From

Peter Williams

in hot, humid and buggy, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
-----Original Message-----
From: Rollins <>
To: <>
Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 10:06 AM
Subject: Dorsett

>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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