The Rawson Family: A Revised Memoir Or Edward Rawson, Secretary of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, from 1650-1686; with Genealogical Notices of His Descendants, Including Nine Generationsfamily, 1875 - 334 pages |
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... College ; W. C. , Williams College , and also for Waterville College ; H. C. , Harvard College ; B. C. , Bowdoin College ; B. U. , Brown University . A blank " Family Record " will be found at the end of each book , where the different ...
... College ; W. C. , Williams College , and also for Waterville College ; H. C. , Harvard College ; B. C. , Bowdoin College ; B. U. , Brown University . A blank " Family Record " will be found at the end of each book , where the different ...
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... College Graduates . So far as information was received , it has been placed under the individual's name in the body of the book . In the Appendix may bo found printed copies of Letters , Deeds , & c . , which will bo of interest to many ...
... College Graduates . So far as information was received , it has been placed under the individual's name in the body of the book . In the Appendix may bo found printed copies of Letters , Deeds , & c . , which will bo of interest to many ...
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... College , or College of Arms , for several hundred years . It Is composed of an escutcheon , representing an old knightly shield , the lower half ( sable ) black , the upper half ( azure ) blue ; in centre of the shield a castle , with ...
... College , or College of Arms , for several hundred years . It Is composed of an escutcheon , representing an old knightly shield , the lower half ( sable ) black , the upper half ( azure ) blue ; in centre of the shield a castle , with ...
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... College , A. D. 1G53 . Dr. Calamy , in his history of ejected ministers , says that Edward Rawson was piesented to a living in Horsmanden , in Kent , in lOvo , and adds that he was a New England man , » violent Presbyterian . " The ...
... College , A. D. 1G53 . Dr. Calamy , in his history of ejected ministers , says that Edward Rawson was piesented to a living in Horsmanden , in Kent , in lOvo , and adds that he was a New England man , » violent Presbyterian . " The ...
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... College in 1711 , and took the degree of Master of Arts in course ; was ordained in charge of the First Church in Men- don on the 25th day of February , 1716 , and so continued until his death , which occurred on the 9th of March , 1768 ...
... College in 1711 , and took the degree of Master of Arts in course ; was ordained in charge of the First Church in Men- don on the 25th day of February , 1716 , and so continued until his death , which occurred on the 9th of March , 1768 ...
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ABBIE ABIGAIL Abner ANNA April 23 April 9 Benjamin BETSY Boston Brown CALVIN Capt CAROLINE CATHERINE CHARLES child Clark College Conn DANIEL daughter David died Dorr Ebenezer EDMUND GRINDAL Edward Rawson Elijah ELIZA ELIZABETH ELLEN EMILY EMMA England EUNICE farmer following children FRANCES GEORGE grad Grafton GRINDAL RAWSON Hale HANNAH HARRIET Hazeltine HENRY HIRAM HOLMES infancy JAMES JANE John Jonathan Joseph Josiah JULIA July July 12 July 25 June 17 June 20 LAURA Lemuel LEVI liam lived LOUISA Lucy LUTHER LYDIA March 14 March 28 March 30 March 9 MARIA MARTHA MARY ANN Mass Mendon Milford N. Y. Children NANCY Nantucket Nathan Nathaniel Norridgewock Northbridge Ohio OLIVE Perne POLLY RACHEL RAWSON Family REBECCA resides Samuel SARAH Sept settled Silas Simeon SOPHIA SUSAN Sutton Taft thaniel Thomas town Uxbridge ward Wardsboro wife William Wilson Worcester young
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