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This site displays part my family tree and is dedicated to all my ancestors. It is their blood that runs through me and I am who I am because of them. I would like to thank David Dorsett for most of the information. If it weren't for him, I never would have known this.

1- John Willard Duke ---Daniel Joseph Duke---Teresa Faye Duke

Children of

2- Betty Dorsett Duke m. Joe Bill Duke

daughter of

3- Jesse Willard Dorsett m Dorothy Faye Burt

son of

4- William James Dorsett m Ida Florence James (Courtney)

Note* Ida was the daughter of Jesse Woodson James

To read more of that CLICK HERE

son of

5- Edwin R. Dorsett m Susan A. Parks

son of

6- William J. Dorsett m Mary Eleanor Shaw

son of

7- Capt. Theodore Dorsett m Mary Jane Murphrey

Capt. Theodore Dorsett (1863 - Company C, Mounted Company for frontier protection, 21st Brigade, TST)

Frontier Regiment / Frontier Organization - Texas State Troops (TST) (1861 - 1865)

Throughout the Civil War, the Texas State legislature provided laws and appropriations to organize companies of men to provide frontier defense. these men were not part of the Confederate States Army but served under the command and control of officers in the employ of the State of Texas, although the organization of the troops was along military lines. The first of these groups was the Frontier Regiment, which existed from mid - 1861 until December 1863 when the group was mustered into the CSA. They were replaced by the Frontier Organization, which was in existence until the end of the war in 1865. In the official State records these groups are often referred to as the Texas State Troops. A short description of the organization and responsibilities of these units can be found in The Handbook of Texas, volume 3. A more in-depth treatment of State Troops during the years 1861 - 1865 can be found in David Paul Smith's Frontier Defense in the Civil War. The following list is not a complete listing of commanders for these years and will be modified as new information comes to light. http://www.texasranger.org/ReCenter/Captains.pdf

son of

8- John Dorsett m Susanna (last name unknown)

son of

9- John Dorsett b. 1723 in Prince George County, MD m. Eleanor Culver b. in Prince George County, MD

daughter of

10- Henry Culver m. Catherine Beaven

daughter of

11- Charles Beaven 1645-1699 m. Mary Marsham 1668 or 1669, and d. 1712 or 1713

daughter of

12- Richard Marsham Richard Marsham was born ca. 1630, and died 1713, son of Thomas Marsham of London m. Katherine Brent born about 1649 or 1650.

daughter of

13- Giles Brent b. 1600, d. 1671 m Kittamaqund or Kittamquna

Note* later called Mary, daughter of the chief of the Piscataway Indians

*see the Giles Brent Page for more information

son of

14- Sir Richard Brent, Lord of Admington and Stoke 1573-1652 m Elizabeth Reede

daughter of

15- Giles Reed, Lord of Tusburie and Witten b. 1540 m. Katherine Greville b. 1545 d. 1611

daughter of

16- Sir Fulke Greville b. before 1524, d. 10 November 1569 m Elizabeth Willoughby, Baroness de Broke b. before 1517, d. 1560 http://www.thepeerage.com/p1692.htm

daughter of

17- Edward Willoughby between 1484 and 1487 d. 1517 He was the son of Robert Willoughby, 2nd Lord Willoughby de Broke and Elizabeth Beauchamp. m Margaret Neville b. March 9, 1494

daughter of

18- Sir Richard Neville, 2nd Lord Latimer was born in 1468. m Ann Stafford b. before 1460

daughter of

19- Humphrey Stafford of Grafton (Sir Knight) m Catherine Fray

son of

20- Humphrey Stafford de Grafton b 1400 Grafton, Worcestershire, England d. after 1467 Bromade, Worcester, England m Eleanor Aylesbury b. 1407 d after 1467

Note* Governor of Calais. Commissioner 1436. His wife brought Blatherwyke to the Staffords.

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/images/Stafford,Humphrey(tomb)02.jpg

son of

21- Humphrey Stafford of Blatherwicke County b. 1370 / 1384 d. Feb 20, 1419 m Elizabeth Burdet b. 1375 d. 1434

son of

22- Ralph Stafford b. about 1354 in Chebsey, Staffordshire, England. d. March 1, 1410 m. Maud Hastang (Hastings) b. about 1383 in Chebsey, Stafford, England.

Note* Ralph Stafford was the Steward of the Household to Edward III.

son of

23- Sir John Stafford b about 1315 m. Margaret Stafford b 1330/1336, Tunbridge, Kent, England

son of

24- Lord Ralph Stafford, b. Sept. 24, 1301, Stafford, England d. August 31, 1372, Tunbridge Castle, Stafford, England, buried in Priory of Tunbridge, beside his wife Margaret and at the feet of her parents, Hugh Audley and Margaret de Clare.

Margaret Audley

Note* Lord Ralph Stafford was a Knight of the Garter. 1350 Earl of Stafford. Fought in the Battle of Crecy and Battle of Sluys. Served in the Scotch and French wars and in important diplomatic missions in European countries.

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/Knights%20of%20the%20Garter.htm

Margaret Audley was the daughter of

25- Margaret de Clare b. 1293 d. April 1342 m Hugh Audley b 1289 d. 1347.

Margaret was one of the three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester and his wife, Joan of Acre, and thus a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Hugh Audley was born in Stratton Audley in the English County of Oxfordshire, the son of Hugh I de Audley (born c. 1250 in Audley, Staffordshire) and Isolde de Mortimer (born c. 1270 in Wigmore, Herefordshire) and a member of the Mortimer family of Marcher Lords, many of whom were Earl of March. Hugh Audley was the English Ambassador to France in 1341.

Note*

On April 28, 1317 Margaret de Clare wed Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester at Windsor Castle. They had one daughter:

Margaret de Audley, born between January 1318 and November 1322.

Conflict

Hugh and Margaret were among the victims of their brother-in-law, Hugh the younger Despenser. In his rashness and greed for the Clare lands, he robbed Margaret of much of her rightful inheritance. In 1321, Hugh de Audley joined the other Marcher Barons in looting, burning, and causing general devastation to Despenser's lands.

Hugh was captured at the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322, and was saved from a hanging thanks to the pleas of his wife. He was imprisoned, and two months later Margaret was sent to Sempringham priory. She remained there until 1326, when Hugh escaped prison and she was released from Sempringham.

Daughter's Death

In the meantime, her daughter Joan Gaveston had been sent to Amesbury Priory. A marriage was arranged for Joan with the son of Thomas Multon, but the girl died in early 1325.

Appeasement

Hugh and Margaret were reunited sometime in 1326. In summer 1336, their only daughter, Margaret Audley, was abducted by Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford. Her parents filed a complaint, but King Edward III of England supported Stafford. He appeased Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh Earl of Gloucester. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_de_Clare

Margaret de Clare was the daughter of

26- Gilbert de Clare 7th Earl of Hertford m Joan of Acre (dau. Of King Edward I)

Note* Joan of Acre (April 1272 – April 7, 1307) was a daughter of King Edward I of England and his first wife, Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290). Joan got her name from her birthplace, Acre, in Palestine. It differentiates her from an earlier Joan born to the couple, who died in infancy. Joan of Acre was born while her Royal parents were traveling to the Middle East on the Ninth Crusade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Acre

Gilbert de Clare was the son of

27- Richard de Clare, 6^th Earl of Hertford m Maud de Lacy (Lacie)

Note* Maud de Lacy’s father was John de Lacy a Magna Charta Surety Baron and Maud’s mother was Margaret de Quincy also descended from a Magna Charta Surety Baron

son of

28- Isabel Marshal m Gilbert de Clare, 5^th Earl of Hertford who was also a Magna Charta Surety Baron

Note* In 1215 Gilbert and his father were two of the barons made Magna Carta sureties and championed Louis "le Dauphin" of France in the First Barons' War, fighting at Lincoln under the baronial banner. He was taken prisoner in 1217 by William Marshal, whose daughter Isabel he later married.

Isabel Marshal was the daughter of

29- Sir William Marshal and Isabel de Clare

Note* William Marshal, (1146 – 14 May 1219), also called William the Marshal (Guillaume le Maréchal), was an English soldier and statesman. He has been described as the "greatest knight that ever lived" (Stephen Langton). He served five kings — Henry the Young King, Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, John and Henry III — and rose from obscurity to become one of the most powerful men in Europe. Before him, the hereditary title of "Lord Marshal" designated a sort of head of household security for the king of England; by the time he died, when people in Europe (not just England) said, "the Marshal," they meant William.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshal%2C_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke

Learn more of "William Marshal" at

http://www.williammarshal.com/

http://greenknightacademy.net

Isabel de Clare was the daughter of

30- Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland (1130 – 20 April 1176), known as Strongbow, was a Cambro-Norman lord notable for his leading role in the Norman invasion of Ireland.

and his wife

Aoife MacMurrough aka Eva MacMurrough(b. 1145, d. 1188, Irish: Aoife Ní Daimait), also known as Aoife of Leinster, was the daughter of Dermot MacMurrough (Irish: Daimait MacMurchada), King of Leinster, and his wife More O'Toole. On 29 August 1170, following the Norman invasion of Ireland that her father had requested, she married Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, better known as Strongbow, the leader of the Norman invasion force, in Christchurch Cathedral, Waterford. Under Anglo-Norman law, this gave Strongbow succession rights to the Kingdom of Leinster. Under Irish Brehon law, the marriage gave him no such rights. Aoife conducted battles on behalf of her husband and is sometimes known as Red Eva (Irish: Aoife Rua).