| c. 1705-08-07 | b. Durham, formerly Walnook, meeting | TNA: RG 6/1341, /1405. RG 6/1341 gives the father as Nicholas Dodshon of Shearborn; RG 6/1405 gives the parents as Jno and Frances Dodshon. I suspect that there were indeed two children named Nicholas Dodshon, born to two different sets of parents, but that the birth registrations have conflated the dates. |
| 1736/7-03-08 | yeoman, of Low Hills, Durham; made his will | Durham wills, DPRI/1/1764/D7 |
| 1764 | will proved at Durham |
| 1758 | m. Frances Paxton (née Henshaw, 1714–1793) | Rachel Labouchere (1988) Abiah Darby of Coalbrookdale. York: Sessions |
| Children: | Betsey (? – ?) and Henshaw (1761–1764, b. Claypath, Durham) | TNA: RG 6/996, /1341; source for Betsey misplaced |
| 1761 | merchant, late of the Market Place, in the City of Durham, but now of Claypath, Durham | TNA: RG 6/1341 |
| 1764 | merchant, of Claypath, Durham City | RG 6/996, /1341 |
| 1766 | of Wine Street, Bristol | source misplaced |
| 1764 | sole executrix of the will of her brother Nicholas, under which she inherited all his lands and housing at Pittington and Sherburn, with all his goods and chattels—two thirds straight away, the other third after their mother's death | brother's will, Durham wills, DPRI/1/1764/D7 |
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