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Thomas Rawlings

Thomas Rawlings[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

Male 1593 - 1660  (~ 67 years)


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  • Name Thomas Rawlings 
    Birth BY Abt 1593  [9, 10
    Gender Male 
    Migration 8 Apr 1630  Yarmouth, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55

    the Winthrop Fleet
    Arbella
    William & Francis
    Hopewell
    Mayflower
    Ambrose

    Talbot
    Charles
    Whale
    Success
    Trial
    • Role: Family25
    Freeman 18 May 1631  [2, 6, 10, 56
    Removed to BY 1634  Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    From: Roxbury
    Property 1 Sep 1634  Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    was granted three acres at Naponset
    Property 22 Nov 1634  Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    was granted six acres
    Removed to 1638  Scituate, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    From: Dorchester
    Event 4 Dec 1638  [10
    one of eight men fined for "receiving strangers & foreigners into their houses & lands without licence"
    • They were all discharged in July 1639.
    Property 29 Sep 1639  [10
    several parcels of land
    Member Aug 1643  Scituate, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [57
    the List of Those Able to Bear Arms 
    • Role: Member
    Property 12 May 1645  [10
    twenty acres of upland marsh
    Property 1 Jan 1646/7  Scituate, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    a small parcel of land
    Court 8 Jun 1649  [10
    "Mr. Hatherle was ordered by the Court to set at right such things as concern Thomas Rawlins & John Damman, by reason of & concerning some costs & chares bestowed by the said Thomas Rawlins upon the lands of the aforesaid Mr. Gillson"
    Parties Involved:
    Timothy Hatherly
    • Role: Plaintiff
    Property 20 Feb 1649/50  Scituate, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    his island of upland by Conihassett harbor, and eighteen acres of upland, and six acres and a half of marsh meadow in the great marsh, and six and a half acres of marsh meadow in the great neck, as well as his thirtieth part of Conihassett land and one thirtieth part of Mr. Timothy Hatherly's quarter
    Removed to 1652  Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 58
    From: Scituate
    Property 26 May 1652  Scituate, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    four acres with a dwelling house, which land was "sometimes in the possession of Henery Cobb," three acres of upland, also formerly belonging to Henry Cobb
    Property 10 Feb 1657/8  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 10
    "all that their piece or parcel of marsh ground which they purchased of the town of Boston aforesaid containing by estimation sixty foot in breadth & a hundred foot in length"
    Event 8 Jun 1658  [10
    "Mannasses Kemton Senir" of Plymouth and "Thomas Rawlins Senir of Boston" agreed on the division of Ephraim and Joanna's estate and agreed to share responsibility for two children each
    Joanna Rawlings
    Manasseh Kempton
    Ephraim Kempton 
    Will 12 Mar 1659/60  [10, 59
    conveying property to his wife Sarah; and to his son Thomas, a house in Boston, provided he live there with his mother as heretofore; to his son Nathaniel, a farm in Scituate, etc. It is added in the record of probate that "Thomas Rawlins, ye sonne, declared that knowing his father to have left his mother-in-law, Sarah, too little, he was free and willing, and did give her nine pounds more," etc.
    Death 15 Mar 1659/60  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 9, 10, 59
    Inventory 23 Mar 1659/60  [10
    Alternate Name Thomas Rawlins  [6, 10]
    Occupation carpenter, housewright and planter  [6, 10]
    Probate 4 Apr 1660  [10
    Person ID I10581  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 24 Dec 2019 

    Father ________ Rawlings 
    Mother ________ ________ 
    Family ID F18065  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary ________,   b. Abt 1600   d. Abt 1639, Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 39 years)  [6, 7, 10
    Marriage Abt 1618  [4, 10, 59
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Rawlins, Jr.,   b. SAY 1618   d. 7 Jul 1693, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years)
     2. Mary Rawlins,   b. SAY 1620   d. Aug 1651, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 31 years)
    +3. Joanna Rawlings,   b. SAY 1624   d. 31 Mar 1656, Scituate, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 32 years)
     4. Nathaniel Rawlins,   b. SAY 1626   d. 23 Dec 1662, Scituate, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 36 years)
     5. John Rawlins,   b. SAY 1628
    Family ID F3983  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Emma ________   d. 27 Dec 1655, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Marriage Aft 1639  [9, 10, 59
    Family ID F4051  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

    Family 3 Sarah ________ 
    Marriage 2 May 1656  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 59
    Notes 
    • Thomas and Sarah took on the responsibility of raising two of his grandchildren after their parents died young. [60]
    Children 
     1. Ephraim Kempton,   b. 1 Oct 1649   d. Between 1 Jan 1712/3 and 12 Apr 1714, Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     2. Ruth Kempton   d. 16 Oct 1714, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F4052  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMigration -

    the Winthrop Fleet
    Arbella
    William & Francis
    Hopewell
    Mayflower
    Ambrose
    Talbot
    Charles
    Whale
    Success
    Trial
    - 8 Apr 1630 - Yarmouth, Hampshire, England
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Roxbury - BY 1634 - Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted three acres at Naponset - 1 Sep 1634 - Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted six acres - 22 Nov 1634 - Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Dorchester - 1638 - Scituate, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMember - the List of Those Able to Bear Arms  - Aug 1643 - Scituate, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - a small parcel of land - 1 Jan 1646/7 - Scituate, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - his island of upland by Conihassett harbor, and eighteen acres of upland, and six acres and a half of marsh meadow in the great marsh, and six and a half acres of marsh meadow in the great neck, as well as his thirtieth part of Conihassett land and one thirtieth part of Mr. Timothy Hatherly's quarter - 20 Feb 1649/50 - Scituate, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Scituate - 1652 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - four acres with a dwelling house, which land was "sometimes in the possession of Henery Cobb," three acres of upland, also formerly belonging to Henry Cobb - 26 May 1652 - Scituate, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 May 1656 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "all that their piece or parcel of marsh ground which they purchased of the town of Boston aforesaid containing by estimation sixty foot in breadth & a hundred foot in length" - 10 Feb 1657/8 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Mar 1659/60 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Coats of Arms
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  • Notes 
    • During his residence in Scituate he was a man of note and usefulness, having been appointed by the General Court a member of the Grand Jury of the Colony in 1641, 1642, and 1646; he was also a surveyor of Scituate, 1642, 1644, and one of the Town Committee in 1643; he was also one of the Deputies from Scituate at the special session of the General Court held at Plymouth, Sept. 27, 1642, for the purpose of providing forces against the Indians, for an offensive and defensive war, at which session "Miles Standish was appointed Captain of the forces to be raised; Mr. Thomas Prence to be his counsel, and to advise in the wars; William Palmer, leftenant, and Peregrine White, auncient bearer.

      Oct. 10, 1643, he was again a delegate to the General Court, convened on the occasion of the insurrection of the Indians against the Dutch and English.

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