Betty Dotson Renick wrote: > > I've been sent information from a WFT entry that shows a first ancestor > as Daniel Dodson b abt 1630 m Susanne; > Children: John b abt 1654 d aft 1725 (no wife shown), Mary, Dorothy, > Thomas, Susanne, William & David > John b abt 1654-- Son Thomas Dodson b abt 1685 m Mary Prigg > Children: John, Michael, Ann, Hanna, John William b Aug 1729,Richard b > 1731, Thomas, James, Mary Joseph, Samuel, Esther > > Does this line ring any bells with anyone? I am particulary interested > since I am a DoTson, and this line seems to have changed the Dodson to > Dotson (before the Tennessee Dodson/Dotsons). In Egles PA notes, I > found a record of the baptism of 3 of the children of Thomas and Mary > Prigg Dodson, and the name of the father and children are shown as > Dotson. I have found the DAR record of Thomas m Mary Prigg (same > family), but they lump the Dodson/Dotson name together also in their > groupings. I am glad to finally see some familiar names! I was beginning to think that this mailing list was for an entirely different DODSON family and I was getting ready to unsubscribe! I CAN tell you that the name was NOT changed to DOTSON at that point. It may have been an error on the part of the minister who baptized the children. I am a descendant of Thomas and Mary Prigg Dodson's eldest son John and they have been DODSONs right down the line (and all residents of Pennsylvania until my grandfather left the family farm). - Joyce Smith Maryland and New Jersey