Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families . t of re-corder of the County of Suffolk, which he heldmany years. Grants of land were made to him atcUfferent times for extraordinary services. Hisfamily Bible, still in the possession of the family,contains the following certificate in the hand writingof his son William. This may certify whome itmay concerne, that Edward Rawson (Secretary)was born in old England in the yeare of our Lord1615, April
Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families . t of re-corder of the County of Suffolk, which he heldmany years. Grants of land were made to him atcUfferent times for extraordinary services. Hisfamily Bible, still in the possession of the family,contains the following certificate in the hand writingof his son William. This may certify whome itmay concerne, that Edward Rawson (Secretary)was born in old England in the yeare of our Lord1615, April i6th, and departed this life August27th day, in the yeare of our Lord 1693, i NewEngland, aged 78 years. This Bible is doubt-less over 250 years old. To Edward Rawson wereborn twelve children: the eldest was a daughter,name not given, who remained in England ; Edwardgraduated Harvard College 1653, and returned toEngland in 1655; Rachel married William Au-bray of Boston; David, born 1644, went to Eng-land ; Perne, married Rev. Torrey; Susan diedyoung; William; Rebecca died young; Rebecca(2) married Thomas Rumsey; Elizabeth, marriedRev. Mr. Broughton; John; and Grindal marriedSusannah <^MJ^i^^A-0 ^^(^OO COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 569 William Rawson, son of the emigrant, was bornMay 21, 1651, in Newbury. He married July 31,1673, Ann, daughter of Nathaniel Glover. It seemsthey complied with the first and great commandgiven to man—to be fruitful and multiply—for inthe space of twenty-five years they had twenty liv-ing children, eleven sons and nine daughters. Heresided in Boston, where the births of ten of hischildren are recorded. He removed to Dorchesterwhere two more were born, thence to Braintree,now Ouincy, to the ancient Rawson farm which hepurchased of the immediate descendants of the Wilson of Boston, his great uncle. This farmadjoins the homestead of Hon. Josiah Quincy, latePresident of Harvard College. The mother of AnnGlover was the only c
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