Josiah RAWSON

Josiah married Hannah BASS on 28 Aug 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary RAWSON was born on 23 Nov 1757; died on 14 Jan 1825 in Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Old Oak Street Burial Ground, Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.

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David Rawson's will is recorded in the Suffolk records, Liber 46. He lived on the farm which was occupied by William, his father, near the Neponset Bridge in quincy, and left to his heirs a valuable estate. he was a persevering business man, and distinguished for energy of character. He d. inBraintree, now Quincy, April 20, 1752. His wife survived him, and her will is recorded in the records of Suffolk, vol. 51. Her personal property was valued at L212 12s 4d. He was buried at Quincy, and the following inscription may be found on his grave-stone, a few yards from the family tomb of the late Ex-President, J.Q. Adams:

"Here lies ye body of Mr. David Rawson, who departed this life, April ye 20, 1752, in the 69th years of his age."

David married Mary GULLIVER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Capt. John Gulliver of Milton.

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William Rawson, third son of Edward, was educated to a mercantile life, and became a prominent merchant and an importer of foreign goods. up to the time of his marriage, in 1673, he resided with his father in Rawson's Lane, now Broomfield Street, Boston, where he kept a dry goods store. At the age of 22 years he was married to Anne Glover, only daughter of Mr. Nathaniel and Mary (Smith) Glover of Dorchester, Mass., as the following certificate, copied from the ancient Bible, will show:

"This may certify all whomsoever it may concern,e that on ye 11th day of July, 1673, on a certificate I received, that William Rawson and Anne Glover, ye daughter of ye late Mr. Nathaniel Glover, had been duly and legally published, I joined them in marriage at the house and in the presence of Mr. Habackuk Glover, his wife, Mr. Edward Rawson, father of ye sd William Rawson, and friends. As witness my hand, this 31st of July 1673.

Edward Tyng, Ass't."

It seems they were faithful to the great and first command given to man - to be fruitful and multiply - for in the space of twenty-five years they had twenty children. Only five sons of them, however, living to grow up and have families of their own. He purchased a house of Mr. John Glover of Boston (an uncle of his wife), and must have resided in Boston some years.
In 1689, he sold his estate back to Mr. Glover, of whom he purchased, and removed with his family to Dorchester, where he resided upon a portion of "Newbury Farm", inherited by his wife. he afterwards purchased of the heirs of his great uncle, the Rev. John Wilson, a tract of land situated in Braintree, "being a portion of the land granted to this most worthy and distinguished Divine by the General Court of the Colony," which he made into a homestead, and which is now known as the "Ancient Rawson Farm." It is situated near Neponset village, adjoining the homestead of the Hon. Josiah Quincy. It has been passed down from father to son, unto the fifth generation. From William to his son David, who left it to his son Jonathan in 1760, then to Jonathan, Jr., and his sister Mary, in 1782, between whom it was divided. In 1819, Jonathan, Jr., left his portion to his son Samuel, who died in 1854, unmarried; leaving it to his sister Clarissa, now 75 years of age, and the only one of the children of Jonathan, Jr., still living. The other portion, owned by Mary and her husband, Mr. Lemuel Billings, passed into the hands of their son, John Billings, who left it to his son, Lemuel, who now owns the whole estate, having recently purchased of Clarissa Rawson her interest in the same. His house is on the same spot, where the house of William Rawson once stood. Here, upon this spot, sacred to their memory, William and Anne lived nearly forty years; here they died. He, Sept. 20, 1726, in his 75th year. She, about 1730, aged 74 years.

William married Anne GLOVER on 31 Jul 1673 in Boston, Massachusetts. Anne was born about 1656 in Prob. Dorchester, Massachusetts; died in 1730. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Only daughter of Mr. Nathaniel Glover and Mary Smith of Dorchester, Mass.