William RAWSON

1651 - 1726  (75 years)

• Name	William RAWSON  [1, 2]
  	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. [1]
  Birth	21 May 1651	Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Sep 1726	Braintree, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I93077	Main Tree
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Edward RAWSON,   b. 16 Apr 1615, Gillingham, Dorsetshire, England d. 27 Aug 1693, New England (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Rachel PERNE   d. 11 Oct 1677
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1634 or 1635	England   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F38907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne GLOVER,   b. Abt 1656, Prob. Dorchester, Massachusetts d. 1730 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	31 Jul 1673	Boston, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. David RAWSON,   b. 13 Dec 1683   d. 20 Apr 1752, Braintree, Massachusetts (Age 68 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F38906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 21 May 1651 - Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Marriage - 31 Jul 1673 - Boston, Massachusetts Death - 20 Sep 1726 - Braintree, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S10188] E.B. Crane, A Revised Memoir of Edward Rawson, Secretary of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. [S10793] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2019, Vol. 173 Summer.