Colonel Stephen Rawlings

Colonel Stephen Rawlings

DAR Ancestor #: A093469
Birth: 1721 IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND
Death: 1783 IN BERKELEY COUNTY, VIRGINIA

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Father: Aaron Rawlings (1667-1741)
Mother: Susannah Holland Rawlings (Jones) (1675-1749)

He married Elizabeth Tyler (1721-1795) about 1740, probably in Prince George's County, Maryland.

They had nine children that are currently documented:

• Susannah Rawlings Snodgrass (1742-1820)
• Aaron Rawlings (abt. 1743-1827)
• Edward Rawlings (about 1745-1796)
• Mary Rawlings Kennedy (about 1747–?)
• Stephen Rawlings (1749-1830)
• Priscilla Rawlings Forman (1753-1826)
• Elizabeth Rawlings Hedges (1755-1824)
• Ruth Rawlings Turner (1757-1814)
• Sarah Rawlings Kennedy (about 1760-aft 1814)

Many say that Stephen's grandfather was Anthony Rawlings, but there is no documented proof of that relationship. In fact, there is not a single male called Anthony in any of Aaron Rawlings's descendants. Instead, there is a steady repetition of Daniel, Moses, Aaron, Edward, and Stephen among the men in the family.

Stephen and Elizabeth were in Berkeley County, now West Virginia, by 1752, when he bought property on Back Creek. Stephen was operating what became known as the Snodgrass Tavern in the 1750s; the tavern was passed to his oldest son-in-law, Robert Snodgrass. The building still stands.

Name Stephen Rawlings
Residence Date 1778
Residence Place Oath of Fidelity, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
Form type Fidelity Oath
Page 023
Maryland Early Census Index

Name Stephen Rawlings
Gender Male
Marriage Date 6 Jan 1779
Spouse Eleanor Lusby
Spouse Gender Female
County Anne Arundel County