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Note: r daughter Eleanor Dodds Starr.. These notes were passed on to my sister and myself. My grandmother wrote them in 1940.
Samuel Dodds Great grandfather of Harry John Dodds and father of John Dodds came from England by ship Elizabeth port of London England. Sailed June 14 to 21st, 1774. Bound for Maryland. Samuel was 21 years old. He came from Rother Heights on the Surry side of the river Thames, 2 1/4 miles from St Pauls Cathedral and by occupation he was a wig maker.
Samuel Dodds served in the Revolutionary war, he was a Cadet from East Bennsborough township, Cumberland Co., Penn. He served in Co. of Capt. James Laird in 1777. He was on the Tax rolls of that county at that time. And afterwards emegrated to Kentucky. Grandpa John Dodds was born in Christian Co., Kentucky Sept. 24, 1808.
Information received from Wanda Sheets. It came from "Direct Lines of Ascending Ancestry, Paternal and Maternal, of Frank Tade and His Brothers and Sisters, Children of Benjamin Franklin Tade and Elizabeth Jane Dodds Tade. It came from a circulating correspondent letter dated Dec. 28, 1939 written by Frank and Elizabeth Tade from the Sacramento, Calif. Area.
Note: Notes received from my grandmother Minnie M. Morrison Dodds that were held in storage by he
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