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Edward Rawson

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Mendon, Worcester County, MA, United States
Death: February 11, 1807 (82)
Leicester, Worcester County, MA, United States
Place of Burial: Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Wilson Rawson and Margaret Rawson
Husband of Mary Morse
Father of Elizabeth Chapin; Dr. Edward Rawson; Arthur Rawson; Hooker Rawson; Mary Willard and 3 others
Brother of Wilson Rawson; Thomas Rawson; Priscilla Coffin; Grindall Rawson; Stephen Rawson and 2 others

Occupation: minister
Managed by: Ned Reynolds
Last Updated:

About Edward Rawson

From Pane-Joyce geneaology:

“Edward settled in Mendon, where he was deacon of the church. ‘Nature did much for him and he was a leading man in the affairs of the town. Being a staunch opposer of British rule, he was generally a member of the vaoius committees, and was freqently a member of the Legislature previous to and during the Revolutionary war.’ He was also a member of the Convention to form a Constitution for the State in 1779. In the latter part of this life he removed to Leicester, where he d. Feb. 11, 1807, at an advanced age, having lost his eye-sight several years previous to his death.”

GEDCOM Source

@R253341452@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

GEDCOM Source

Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=156136913&pi...

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Edward Rawson's Timeline

1724
April 19, 1724
Mendon, Worcester County, MA, United States
1750
April 4, 1750
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1754
June 19, 1754
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1758
1758
1807
February 11, 1807
Age 82
Leicester, Worcester County, MA, United States
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