Burial

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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.

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References

• "Notices of the Descendants of Secretary Rawson", 1849. Vol 3, p 304, GoogleBooks
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20092770/susanna-rawson *https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZJX-K7K