- Thomas Sowerby/Sorsby
- 1753, VA Grant to Thomas Sorsby, adjacent
John Burge (old grant of Thomas Kirkland)
- Samuel Sorsby, d. bef. October 14, 1790, NC, married
Elizabeth, d. bef. June 4, 1799
- January 17, 1764, Conveyance,
William Whitehead to Moses Cox, witness, Samuel Sorsby
- January 17, 1765, Conveyance,
William Whitehead to Samuel Sorsby
- October 6, 1766, Conveyance,
Moses Cocks to Wm. Whittington, witness, Samuel Sorsby
- November 10, 1779, Land
Grant to Richard Man???, adjacent owner, Samuel Sorsby
- November 10, 1779, Land
Grant to Samuel Sorsby
- November 10, 1779, Land
Grant to Benjamin Merritt, adjacent owner, Samuel Sorsby
- November 10, 1779, Land
Grant to Joel Wiggens, adjacent owner, Samuel Sorsby
- October 25, 1782, Land
Grant to Samuel Sorsby
- October 9, 1783, Land
Grant to William Whitehead, adjacent owner, Samuel Sorsby
- October 21, 1783, Conveyance,
Thomas Atkinson to Jeremiah Burge, witness, Samuel Sorsby
- December 15, 1783, Conveyance,
Joel Wiggens to Ethelred Jelks, adjacent owner, Samuel Sorsby
- April 17, 1784, Conveyance,
Jeremiah Burge to Jacob Underwood, witness, Samuel Sorsby
- 1788, Conveyance,
William Whitehead to Frederick Hines, witness, Samuel Sorsby
- January 5, 1788, Conveyance,
Samuel Sorsby to daughter Elizabeth Buckner Burge
- Samuel Sorsby Probate,
October 14, 1790, Nash Co., NC
- Elizabeth Sorsby, wife of Samuel, Probate,
June 4, 1799, Nash Co., NC
- Other Sowerby/Sorsby/Soesby in the same area of
NC, may have Sussex Co., VA roots
- Children
- William Sorsby married Elizabeth Kirkland circa
1791
- October 8, 1789, SC Conveyance,
Samuel Sorsby to William Sorsby.
- October 14, 1790, William inherits
land on south side of Wateree River in SC.
- January 18, 1797, William separates
from Elizabeth.
- February 10, 1797, Elizabeth indentures5
year old son, Samuel.
- November 14, 1797, Conveyance,
Micajah Hughes to Jeremiah Burge, William was a witness
- February 2, 1798, Conveyance,
Susannah Burge to Reubin Harrison, a slave, William was a witness
- 1799, Conveyance, Henry Pettipool and wife
Susannah to ????, William a witness
- Children
- Alexander Sorsby, d. bef. Februry 2, 1818, NC,
married Rebecca Williams, b. Mar 15, 1782, Halifax, NC, d. 1868 (family from
Isle of Wight)
- Alexander W. Sorsby, <21 at probate
- Battle Sorsby, <21 at probate
- Nancy D. Sorsby, <21 at probate
- John Taylor Sorsby, <21 at probate
- Stephen Sorsby, <21 at probate
- William Clinton Sorsby, <21 at probate
- Thomas Sorsby, <21 at probate
- Nicholas Turner Sorsby, <21 at probate
- Elizabeth Sorsby married
Jeremiah Burge, 1781, NC
- Francis Sorsby married Unknown Dew after October
14, 1790
- Unknown Sorsby, d. bef. October 14, 1790, married
Archibald Davis