Second great grandnephew of Rev. Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and the third son and seventh child of Edward and Rachel Perne Rawson, William was a prominent merchant and importer of foreign goods in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1673 he married Anne Glover, the only daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Smith) Glover of Dorchester, Mass. They had twenty children, only five of whom survived infancy or early childhood: William, David, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Edward, and Peletiah Rawson.
Ref: The Rawson Family: A Revised Memoir of Edward Rawson, by E. B. Crane. Worcester, 1875
William, third son and seventh child of Edward and Rachel (Perne) Rawson, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, May 21, 1651, and was educated for a mercantile life. He became a prominent merchant and importer of foreign goods. Upon the times of his marriage he resided with his father in Rawson Lane, now Bromfield street, Boston, where he kept a dry goods store. In 1689 he sold his estate and removed with his family to Dorchester, where he lived upon a portion of the "Newbury Farm" inherited by his wife. He afterwards purchased a tract of land in Braintree, which is now known as the ancient Rawson farm. It is situated near Neponset Village and has been passed down from father to son to the fifth generation. The present house is on the same site where William Rawson built his homestead. Here he lived nearly forty years and died September 20, 1726, in his seventy-fifth year. He married, 1673, Anne Glover, only daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Smith) Glover of Dorchester. She died about 1730, aged seventy-four years. In twenty-five years they had twenty children: Anne, died in infancy; Wilson; Margaret; Edward, died young; Rachel; Dorothy, died young; William; David; Dorothy; Ebenezer, died young; Thankful; Nathaniel; Ebenezer; Edward; Anne; Patience; Peletiah; Grindal; Mary.
William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, vol 1, pp. 377-378.
From the family Bible:
This is to certify to all whomsoever this may Concern that on this/ 11th
day of July 1673 on a certificate I received that Wm Rawson// and Ann Glover ye
Daughter of the late Nathanael Glover/ had been duly and legally published, I
joyned them in marriage at the/ house and in the Presence of Mr Habackuck
Glover, his wife, Mr/ Edward Rawson Father of ye said William Rawson & other/
Friends as witness my hand this 31th July 1673/
Edward Tyng Assist.
Ref: The Rawson Family: A Revised Memoir of Edward Rawson, by E. B. Crane. Worcester, 1875
William, third son and seventh child of Edward and Rachel (Perne) Rawson, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, May 21, 1651, and was educated for a mercantile life. He became a prominent merchant and importer of foreign goods. Upon the times of his marriage he resided with his father in Rawson Lane, now Bromfield street, Boston, where he kept a dry goods store. In 1689 he sold his estate and removed with his family to Dorchester, where he lived upon a portion of the "Newbury Farm" inherited by his wife. He afterwards purchased a tract of land in Braintree, which is now known as the ancient Rawson farm. It is situated near Neponset Village and has been passed down from father to son to the fifth generation. The present house is on the same site where William Rawson built his homestead. Here he lived nearly forty years and died September 20, 1726, in his seventy-fifth year. He married, 1673, Anne Glover, only daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Smith) Glover of Dorchester. She died about 1730, aged seventy-four years. In twenty-five years they had twenty children: Anne, died in infancy; Wilson; Margaret; Edward, died young; Rachel; Dorothy, died young; William; David; Dorothy; Ebenezer, died young; Thankful; Nathaniel; Ebenezer; Edward; Anne; Patience; Peletiah; Grindal; Mary.
William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, vol 1, pp. 377-378.
From the family Bible:
This is to certify to all whomsoever this may Concern that on this/ 11th
day of July 1673 on a certificate I received that Wm Rawson// and Ann Glover ye
Daughter of the late Nathanael Glover/ had been duly and legally published, I
joyned them in marriage at the/ house and in the Presence of Mr Habackuck
Glover, his wife, Mr/ Edward Rawson Father of ye said William Rawson & other/
Friends as witness my hand this 31th July 1673/
Edward Tyng Assist.
Second great grandnephew of Rev. Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and the third son and seventh child of Edward and Rachel Perne Rawson, William was a prominent merchant and importer of foreign goods in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1673 he married Anne Glover, the only daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Smith) Glover of Dorchester, Mass. They had twenty children, only five of whom survived infancy or early childhood: William, David, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Edward, and Peletiah Rawson.
Ref: The Rawson Family: A Revised Memoir of Edward Rawson, by E. B. Crane. Worcester, 1875
William, third son and seventh child of Edward and Rachel (Perne) Rawson, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, May 21, 1651, and was educated for a mercantile life. He became a prominent merchant and importer of foreign goods. Upon the times of his marriage he resided with his father in Rawson Lane, now Bromfield street, Boston, where he kept a dry goods store. In 1689 he sold his estate and removed with his family to Dorchester, where he lived upon a portion of the "Newbury Farm" inherited by his wife. He afterwards purchased a tract of land in Braintree, which is now known as the ancient Rawson farm. It is situated near Neponset Village and has been passed down from father to son to the fifth generation. The present house is on the same site where William Rawson built his homestead. Here he lived nearly forty years and died September 20, 1726, in his seventy-fifth year. He married, 1673, Anne Glover, only daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Smith) Glover of Dorchester. She died about 1730, aged seventy-four years. In twenty-five years they had twenty children: Anne, died in infancy; Wilson; Margaret; Edward, died young; Rachel; Dorothy, died young; William; David; Dorothy; Ebenezer, died young; Thankful; Nathaniel; Ebenezer; Edward; Anne; Patience; Peletiah; Grindal; Mary.
William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, vol 1, pp. 377-378.
From the family Bible:
This is to certify to all whomsoever this may Concern that on this/ 11th
day of July 1673 on a certificate I received that Wm Rawson// and Ann Glover ye
Daughter of the late Nathanael Glover/ had been duly and legally published, I
joyned them in marriage at the/ house and in the Presence of Mr Habackuck
Glover, his wife, Mr/ Edward Rawson Father of ye said William Rawson & other/
Friends as witness my hand this 31th July 1673/
Edward Tyng Assist.
Ref: The Rawson Family: A Revised Memoir of Edward Rawson, by E. B. Crane. Worcester, 1875
William, third son and seventh child of Edward and Rachel (Perne) Rawson, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, May 21, 1651, and was educated for a mercantile life. He became a prominent merchant and importer of foreign goods. Upon the times of his marriage he resided with his father in Rawson Lane, now Bromfield street, Boston, where he kept a dry goods store. In 1689 he sold his estate and removed with his family to Dorchester, where he lived upon a portion of the "Newbury Farm" inherited by his wife. He afterwards purchased a tract of land in Braintree, which is now known as the ancient Rawson farm. It is situated near Neponset Village and has been passed down from father to son to the fifth generation. The present house is on the same site where William Rawson built his homestead. Here he lived nearly forty years and died September 20, 1726, in his seventy-fifth year. He married, 1673, Anne Glover, only daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Smith) Glover of Dorchester. She died about 1730, aged seventy-four years. In twenty-five years they had twenty children: Anne, died in infancy; Wilson; Margaret; Edward, died young; Rachel; Dorothy, died young; William; David; Dorothy; Ebenezer, died young; Thankful; Nathaniel; Ebenezer; Edward; Anne; Patience; Peletiah; Grindal; Mary.
William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, vol 1, pp. 377-378.
From the family Bible:
This is to certify to all whomsoever this may Concern that on this/ 11th
day of July 1673 on a certificate I received that Wm Rawson// and Ann Glover ye
Daughter of the late Nathanael Glover/ had been duly and legally published, I
joyned them in marriage at the/ house and in the Presence of Mr Habackuck
Glover, his wife, Mr/ Edward Rawson Father of ye said William Rawson & other/
Friends as witness my hand this 31th July 1673/
Edward Tyng Assist.
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