Sixth Generation

245. Milcah GOODWIN was born about 1782.³²⁸ She was buried in 1850 in St John's Cemetery, , Howard, MD.^570,571 She died on 25 September 1850 at the age of 68 in Mt. Hilson, Elkridge, MD.^570,572 Milcah has reference number 837.

Milcah GOODWIN and Thomas Beale DORSEY were married on 28 January 1808.⁵⁷³ They^⁵⁷³ appeared in the census in 1850 in Howard District, Anne Arundel, MD.^574,575 Thomas Beale DORSEY, son of John Worthington DORSEY and Comfort WORTHINGTON, was born on 17 October 1780 in Anne Arundel Co, MD.⁵⁷³ He graduated in 1799 at St John's College in Annapolis, MD.⁵⁷⁶ He was appointed United State Attorney in 1811 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD Thomas was appointed member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1815 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD⁵⁷⁷ He was appointed Attorney General of Maryland in 1822–1824 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD^577,578,579 He was appointed trustee of the University of Maryland in 1826 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD⁵⁸⁰ On 18 March 1834 Thomas was a Bank trustee in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.^581,582 He woods are burned on 27 April 1847 in Ellicott Mills, Anne Arundel, MD. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals in 1848–1851 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD^577,583 Thomas was appointed Chief Justice, Court of Appeal for Maryland in 1848 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD^584,585,586 He was buried in 1855 in St. John's Churchyard, Ellicott City, Howard, MD.^570,587,588 He died on 26 December 1855 at the age of 75 in Anne Arundel Co, MD.^570,573 Thomas has reference number 747.^576,589 Archives of Maryland, Biographical Series
Thomas Beale Dorsey (1780-1855)
Born in Anne Arundel County, October 17, 1780. Son of John Worthington Dorsey and Comfort Worthington Dorsey. Attended St. John's College, Annapolis, graduated 1799; Studied law; admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1803. Married Milcah Goodwin; ten children (four sons and six daughters), born between 1809 and 1827. Probably Episcopalian. Resided near Ellicott City. Died December 26, 1855. Buried in St. John's Churchyard, Ellicott City, Howard County.

Lawyer. Planter. Member, House of Delegates, Baltimore City, 1807. Member, Committee of Grievances & Courts of Justice; Committee on Laws to Expire; Committee to Examine Laws of Maryland Regulating the Election of Members of Congress. U S District Attorney for Maryland, 1811-12. Attorney General of Maryland, 1822-24. Chief Judge, First Judicial District, 1824-1831. Associate Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1824-; Chief Judge, 1848-1851.

Milcah GOODWIN and Thomas Beale DORSEY had the following children:

+383	i.	Rebecca Comfort DORSEY.
+384	ii.	Samuel Worthington DORSEY.
385	iii.	Priscilla Milcah DORSEY was born in 1813.⁵⁹⁰ She died in 1892 at the age of 79.⁵⁹¹ She was buried in St John's Cemetery, , Howard, MD.⁵⁹²
+386	iv.	Mary Ann Tolley Worthington DORSEY.
+387	v.	William Henry Goodwin DORSEY.
+388	vi.	John Thomas Beale DORSEY.
389	vii.	Elizabeth R DORSEY was born in 1823. She died in 1845 at the age of 22. She has reference number 843.
390	viii.	Sarah Ann DORSEY was born in 1824. She has reference number 844.
391	ix.	Charles Caleb DORSEY was born in 1827. He died in 1831 at the age of 4. He has reference number 845.