Tom McCabe's Genealogy 2026

Elizabeth DODSONAge: 82 years1701–1783

Name: Elizabeth DODSON

Given names: Elizabeth

Surname: DODSON

Married name: Elizabeth Gann

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Birth	about 1701 North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co, VA Note: Named in her father Charles Dodson’s will, dated 11 Jan 1703 (FSL film #007646142, images 100-101/144
Death of a father	Charles DODSON about 1706 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a son #1	Nathan GANN about 1729 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son #2	Adam GANN about 1733 (Age 32 years) Frederick Co VA Note: Date updated from 1727 by Gann researchers.
Birth of a son #3	William Clement GANN about 1733 (Age 32 years) Frederick Co VA
Birth of a son #4	John GANN 1736 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son #5	Samuel GANN 1748 (Age 47 years) Frederick Co VA
Birth of a son #6	Samuel GANN 1748 (Age 47 years) Frederick Co, VA
Death of a husband	Samuel GANN before 1762 (Age 61 years) Frederick Co VA
Marriage of a child	Samuel GANN — Mary (Polly) Sharp — View this family July 7, 1772 (Age 71 years) Guilford Co, NC
Death	after 1783 (Age 82 years) Rockingham Co, NC Note: Probably

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ann … Charles DODSON Jr Thomas DODSON Sr Bartholomew Richard DODSON William DODSON Lambeth DODSON Sr Ann DODSON John DODSON Elizabeth DODSON Charles DODSON Birth: about 1649 Death: about 1706
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Charles DODSON Charles DODSON Jr Thomas DODSON Sr Bartholomew Richard DODSON William DODSON Lambeth DODSON Sr Ann DODSON John DODSON Elizabeth DODSON Ann …
elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Charles DODSON Jr Birth: about 1679 — North Farnham Parish, Old Rappahannock Co VA Death: August 1, 1715 — Farnham, Richmond Co VA
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Thomas DODSON Sr Birth: May 15, 1681 — Old Rappahannock Co VA Death: November 20, 1740 — Richmond Co VA
3 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Bartholomew Richard DODSON Birth: about 1683 Death: about 1734
3 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships William DODSON Birth: about 1685 Death: after 1703
5 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Lambeth DODSON Sr Birth: 1689 — Farnham, Richmond Co VA Death: about 1780 — North Carolina
sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Ann DODSON
elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships John DODSON Birth: about 1700 — North Farnham, Richmond Co, VA Death: 1784 — Shenandoah Co VA
2 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Samuel GANN Nathan GANN Adam GANN William Clement GANN John GANN Samuel GANN Elizabeth DODSON Birth: about 1701 — North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co, VA Death: after 1783 — Rockingham Co, NC

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husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth DODSON Nathan GANN Adam GANN William Clement GANN John GANN Samuel GANN Samuel GANN Birth: about 1705 Death: before 1762 — Frederick Co VA
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Samuel GANN Nathan GANN Adam GANN William Clement GANN John GANN Samuel GANN Elizabeth DODSON Birth: about 1701 — North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co, VA Death: after 1783 — Rockingham Co, NC
son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Unknown ABEL Nathan GANN Birth: about 1729
5 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jane ABEL John (Steadfast) B GANN Ignatius Nathan GANN Isham GANN Thomas GANN Adam C. GANN Elizabeth GANN Daniel L GANN Nancy GANN Family with spouse … CHRISTEN Peggy GANN Hannah GANN Samuel GANN Adam GANN Birth: about 1733 — Frederick Co VA Death: August 6, 1812 — Dandridge, Jefferson, TN
1 year son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse … UNKNOWN Daniel L GANN Jacob GANN William Adam GANN Unknown GANN Dolly GANN William Clement GANN Birth: about 1733 — Frederick Co VA
4 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships John GANN Birth: 1736
13 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary (Polly) Sharp Thomas Gann James Gann John Gann Family with spouse Anna Holt Samuel GANN Birth: 1748 — Frederick Co VA Death: 1843 — Madison Twp, Rockingham Co, NC

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Birth	Named in her father Charles Dodson’s will, dated 11 Jan 1703 (FSL film #007646142, images 100-101/144
Death	Probably
Note	The discovery of the Gann/Dobson connection is due to Thea Baker, Researcher for the Gann Society. The following summary is from her presentation att the 2025 Gann Society Meeting. Charles & Ann Dodson were parents of six sons and two daughters (Ann and Elizabeth) who settled in 1680s Virginia. Mentioned in her father’s will Elizabeth Dodson is the discovered wife of Samuel Gann. By 1748, but probably before, Samiel and Elizabeth lived in Frederick Co Va. Elizabeth’s husband Samuel Gann was most likely the first-born son of John Gann (b. est. 1675-1680), an emigrant of 1701 proved in Charles City County (Richmond, VA), arriving as an unmarried man in a group of 20 transports of Capt. Francis Epps, William Epps, and Littlebury Epps in exchange for headright land. The Epps family were from Kent, in Southeast England, had maintained family and business ties there, and from their familiar homeland likely recruited emigrants to America.