Outerbridge Horsey
| Outerbridge Horsey | |
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| U. S. Senator from Delaware | |
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In office January 12, 1810 – March 3, 1821 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel White |
| Succeeded by | Caesar A. Rodney |
| Member of the Delaware House of Representatives | |
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In office January 6, 1801 - January 3, 1804 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 5, 1777 Sussex County, Delaware |
| Died | June 9, 1842 (aged 65) Frederick County, Maryland |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Spouse(s) | Eliza Lee |
| Residence |
Georgetown, Delaware Wilmington, Delaware |
| Profession | lawyer |
There are at least seven Outerbridge Horseys.
Nathanial Horsey (born 12 October 1689 at Manokin, Somerset County, Maryland) married Martha Outerbridge (from Bermuda) in Accomack, Virginia. Nathaniel was the son of Nathaniel Horsey and Sarah Revell and the grandson of Stephen Horsey and Sarah Williams. Stephen arrived in Northamption County, VA from England c. 1643 and was an early settler and leader in Somerset County, MD. Among the children of Nathaniel and Martha Horsey was Outerbridge Horsey who was born in 1715. He married Mary Dixon and had five sons: Nathaniel, Outerbridge, Stephen, Isaac and William. Outerbridge Horsey died before 3 November 1785 in Somerset County, MD.
He was the son of Outerbridge Horsey I (and brother of William Horsey who married Eleanor Wailes). He was born in Rehobeth, Coventry Parish, Somerset County, Maryland on 4 Mar 1751. He lived in Ohio with his brother Stephen.
Outerbridge Horsey III (March 5, 1777 – June 9, 1842), was the son of William Horsey and Eleanor Wailes. He was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Delaware Attorney General and as United States Senator from Delaware.
Horsey was born March 5, 1777 in Little Creek Hundred, near Laurel, Delaware. First living in Georgetown, Delaware, he moved to Wilmington, and studied the law there under James A. Bayard, who remained his lifelong political mentor. He was admitted to the New Castle County bar in December 1807, and began a practice in Wilmington. He married Eliza Lee, daughter of Thomas Lee of Maryland.
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