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Dorcas Anderson 1772–1855 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1772

Birth Location: Pennsylvania

Death Date: 1855

Death Location: Grundy County, Tennessee, USA

Father: William Anderson

Mother: Cary Brashears

Spouse(s): Moses Sr

Children(s): Sarah Guest, Martin Guest, John Guest, Lilly Guest, William Guest, Mary Guest, Lydia Guest, Moses Guest, Dorcus Guest, Ann Guest, John Guest, Elizabeth Guest

Dorcas Anderson was born in 1772 in Pennsylvania, the child of William Clark Anderson And Cary Cassandra Brashears. Dorcas Anderson married Moses Guest Sr, and had children including Ann Guest, Dorcus Guest, Elizabeth Betsy Fanny Guest, John Martin Guest, John Moses Guest, Lilly Ann Guest, Lydia Guest, Martin Guest, Mary Guest, Moses Shane Guest, Sarah Ann Sallie Guest, William Guest. Dorcas Anderson passed away in 1855 in Grundy County, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • Dorcas Anderson was born in 1772 in Pennsylvania, the child of William Clark Anderson And Cary Cassandra Brashears.
  • Dorcas Anderson married Moses Guest Sr, and had children including Ann Guest, Dorcus Guest, Elizabeth Betsy Fanny Guest, John Martin Guest, John Moses Guest, Lilly Ann Guest, Lydia Guest, Martin Guest, Mary Guest, Moses Shane Guest, Sarah Ann Sallie Guest, William Guest.
  • Dorcas Anderson passed away in 1855 in Grundy County, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

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Dorcas Anderson's Ancestors

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Dorcas Anderson
1772–1855
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Parents
William Clark Anderson
1754–1810
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Cary (Cassandra) Brashears
1756–1838
Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Grandparents
Samuel (Brashears) III
1718–1794
Calvert, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Rachel
1729–1794
Anne Arundel, Maryland
Great-Grandparents
Samuel BRASHEAR
1696–1772
Elizabeth Brashear
1701–1775
John Brashear
1702–1733
Mary Dowell
1701–1777
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Brashears
1673–1740
Anne Jones
1673–1720
Samuel Brashears
1673–1740
Anne Jones
1673–1720
Phillip Dowell
1677–1733
Mary Tydings
1683–1716

Dorcas Anderson's Descendants

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Dorcas Anderson (1772–1855) m. Moses (Guest) Sr (1766–4 Dec 1854)
  1. 1. Sarah (Ann "Sallie") Guest 1814–1894 m. William ("Billy") Lusk 1807–1848
    1. 1. Martha (Ann) Lusk 1840–1927 m. Joseph (Arkansas) Cunningham 1831–1909
      1. 1. Thomas (Lenoir) Cunningham 1860–1918 m. Rebecca (Catherine "Kate") Simpson 1860–1948
        1. 1. Ethel (Virginia Meadows) Cunningham 1889–1922 m. Joseph (Burr) Bryan 1891–1965
      2. 2. George Cunningham 1856–1940
      3. 3. Sarah Cunningham 1858–
      4. 4. Mary (T) Cunningham 1867–
    2. 2. Rosa (Aina) Lusk 1844–1916
    3. 3. Darcus (Ann) Lusk 1838–1911
    4. 4. Byrd Lusk 1832–1900
    5. 5. William (Harrison) Lusk 1841–1927
    6. 6. James (A) Lusk 1838–1870 m. Catharine (Lusk) Campbell 1843–1894
      1. 1. William (Forest) Lusk 1868–1943 m. Jesse (Ardelia Thomas) Lusk 1874–1959
        1. 1. Lionel (Earle) Lusk 1910–1936 m. willie (hester) kuykendall 1917–1969
    7. 7. Anderson (Colville) Lusk 1834–1912
    8. 8. Rebecca (Lusk -) Cunningham 1831–1867
    9. 9. Rhoda ("Rosanah" Ann) Lusk 1843–
  2. 2. Martin Guest 1790–1849
  3. 3. John (Moses) Guest 1794–1855
  4. 4. Lilly (Ann) Guest 1799–1854
  5. 5. William Guest 1803–1862
  6. 6. Mary Guest 1791–1857
  7. 7. Lydia Guest 1796–1855
  8. 8. Moses (Shane) Guest 1806–1879
  9. 9. Dorcus Guest 1809–1830
  10. 10. Ann Guest 1792–
  11. 11. John (Martin) Guest 1794–1852
  12. 12. Elizabeth (Betsy 'Fanny') Guest 1796–1860

Dorcas Anderson's Timeline

2 Records

1772
1772
Birth of Dorcas Anderson in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
1855
1855
Age 83
Death of Dorcas Anderson in Grundy County, Tennessee, USA
Grundy County, Tennessee, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1772
    Event Place: Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1855
    Event Place: Grundy County, Tennessee, USA

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