Dodson Genealogy, 1600-1907 Published 1908, 235 pages Indexed, searchable ************************************************************************** Digitral Book CD Requires Adobe Reader to View; Autoboot Menu *************************************************************************** $9.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200289306688 The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas merely whetted his appetite for genealogy research when he first published his 1958 book Genealogy of the Dodson (Dotson), Lucas, Pyles, Rochester and Allied Families (also known as The Dodsons (Dotsons) of Southwest Virginia). It would be 30 years before he published his blockbuster twin volumes The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia and established himself as the acknowledged authority on the Virginia Dodson clans. Not as well known, but useful in its own right, is the Rev. Thomas P. Ege book Dodson Genealogy 1600-1907. Don’t be fooled by the simplicity of the title. Compared to Lucas, Ege merely explores the Virginia Dodsons. But in sharp contrast to Lucas, Ege also provides valuable detailed information on Dodson branches in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Ege first identifies the earliest Dodsons in the American colonies: - Unidentified owner of the 1632 Virginia Dodson Plantation mentioned in the Virginia Annals (most likely the John Dods who landed at Jamestown in 1607 and was included in the Musters of 1623 & 1624.) - Anthony (1650) Scituate, Massachussets - John (1656) Calvert & Charles Counties, Maryland - John, Thomas & Mary (1677) Burlington, New Jersey (from Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England). These Dodsons are the basis for the Ege research. John left New Jersey and settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and is the progenitor of the PA Dodsons. His brother Thomas left New Jersey and settled in Talbot County, MD, and is the progenitor of the MD Dodsons. Thomas’s son John went to Virginia around 1725, and is the progenitor of Dodson branches in VA and NC. This CD names and provides information on approximately 800 Pennsylvania Dodsons, 300 Maryland Dodsons, and 275 Virginia & North Carolina Dodsons. A worthwhile addition to your Dodson/Dotson genealogical research library!