Rev. Grindall Rawson

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Rev Grindall Rawson

Also Known As: "2nd cousin marriage to Susanna (Wilson) Rawson"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Boston, Sufolk, Massachusetts
Death: February 06, 1715 (56)
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Edward Rawson and Rachel Rawson
Husband of Susanna Rawson
Father of Edward Rawson; John Rawson; Susannah Reynolds; Edmund Rawson, Sr.; Wilson Rawson and 6 others
Brother of Edward Rawson, II; Rachel Aubrey; Mary Torrey; Margaret Woodmansey; David Rawson and 8 others

Occupation: Reverend of the First Church of Boston
Managed by: Ned Reynolds
Last Updated:

About Rev. Grindall Rawson

Burial

Find A Grave Memorial# 7303594 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/93N8-64F

Notes

He was graduated in 1678 at Harvard College, Cambridge, MA. He resided at Mendon, Worcester Co., MA. He was a minister at Mendon, Worcester Co., MA.

Grindal Rawson was the author of a work entitled "Confession of Faith," written in the Indian and English tongues. Two, at least, of his sermons were published ; one, an Artillery Election sermon, " preached to and at the request of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, in 1703 ;" the other, an Election sermon.

Source

The Rawson Family: memoir of Edwardhttps://archive.org/details/rawsonfamilyrevi00cran/page/n61/mode/1up?q=Rev.+Grindall+Rawson Rawson.

Family

https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marshall/esmd224.htm

5. Rev. Grindal Rawson (Edward3, David2, Edward1); b. 23 Jan 1659/60 at Boston, MA; m. Susanna Wilson, daughter of Rev. John Wilson and Sarah Hooker, 30 Aug 1682; d. 6 Feb 1714/15 at age 55.

He was graduated in 1678 at Harvard College, Cambridge, MA. He resided at Mendon, Worcester Co., MA. He was a minister at Mendon, Worcester Co., MA.

Susanna Wilson was born on 1 Dec 1664. She died on 8 Jul 1748 at age 83.

Known children of Rev. Grindal Rawson and Susanna Wilson were as follows:

  • i. Edward Rawson; d. 21 Nov 1683.
  • ii. Edward Rawson; b. 1684; d. 21 Nov 1688.
  • iii. John Rawson; b. 26 Apr 1685; d. 26 May 1685.
  • iv. Susanna Rawson; b. 31 Oct 1686 at Mendon, MA; m. Benjamin Reynolds, son of Capt. Nathaniel Reynolds; d. 11 Aug 1762 at age 75.
  • v. Edmund Rawson; b. 8 Jul 1689; m. Elizabeth Howard. He was a farmer. He resided at Uxbridge, MA.
  • 7. vi. Wilson Rawson, b. 23 Jun 1692; m. Margaret Arthur.
  • vii. John Rawson; b. 1 Oct 1695; m. Mercy Hayward 23 Jan 1719. He resided at Uxbridge, MA. He was a farmer.
  • viii. Mary Rawson; b. 22 Jun 1699; m. Rev. Joseph Dorr, son of Edward Dorr and Elizabeth Hawley, 9 Apr 1724; d. 9 Apr 1766 at age 66.
  • ix. Rachael Rawson; b. 6 Sep 1701; m. Samuel Wood; d. 1802.
  • x. David Rawson; b. 25 Oct 1703; d. 18 Jan 1704.
  • xi. Grindal Rawson; b. 6 Sep 1707 at Mendon, Worcester Co., MA; m. Dorothy Chauncey, daughter of Rev. Isaac Chauncey, 19 May 1738; d. 27 Mar 1777 at East Haddam, CT, at age 69. He was graduated in 1728 at Yale College, New Haven, CT. He resided in 1732 at South Hadley, MA. He and Dorothy Chauncey had 6 children. He resided in 1741 at East Haddam, CT.
  • xii. Elizabeth Rawson; b. 21 Apr 1710; m. Abner Hazeltine 11 Feb 1730; 1st husband; m. James Wood; 2nd husband.

References

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Rev. Grindall Rawson's Timeline

1658
November 30, 1658
Of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
1659
January 23, 1659
Boston, Sufolk, Massachusetts
1683
November 12, 1683
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusets, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
1685
April 26, 1685
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusets, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
1686
October 31, 1686
Mendon, Worcester , Massachusetts
1689
July 8, 1689
Mendon, Worcester County, Dominion of New England
1692
June 23, 1692
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1695
October 1, 1695
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1699
June 22, 1699
Massachusetts, United States