The Dobson Family

Elizabeth Dobson

Married: Shaw King on 17 April 1757
The London Magazine April 1757 p203
MARRIAGES and BIRTHS.
April 17. Shaw King, of Thorpe, near Colchester, in Essex, Esq; to Miss Elizabeth Dobson, of Clerkenwell, with a fortune of 8000l.

The Gentleman's Magazine April 1857 p189
List of Marriages for the Year 1757.
Shaw King of Thorp, Essex, Esq; - to Miss Dobson of St John's, Clerkenwell.

Children:

Shaw King (1759/60 - 1817)
John King
Robert King (1760 - 1802)
Charles King
5 other children who died young

Notes: Elizabeth was evidently a lady of some wealth. One of her marriage announcements (The London Magazine April 1757 p203) notes that she has "a fortune of £8000". Her marriage settlements, sign on 15 and 16 April 1757, are concerned with "the estates of Elizabeth Dobson, in Northhamptonshire" (Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery: from the year 1789 to 1817, Volume 6 p438).

The marriage announcements state that Elizabeth is "of St John's, Clerkenwell".

Death: 1802-4

Sources:

Marriage: The London Magazine April 1757 p203
Children: Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery: from the year 1789 to 1817, Volume 6 p440
Death: Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery: from the year 1789 to 1817, Volume 6 p440 - this case was argued after Elizabeth's death and took place in 1804, so Elizabeth must have died before then, but after the death of her son Robert, also mentioned in the case, which death took place in 1802.
Burial: The Tendring hundred in the olden time p57 (J. Yelloly Watson, 1877)

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