 Abt 1606 - 1680 (74 years)
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| Name |
Edward Rainsford [1] |
| Prefix |
Deacon |
| Birth |
Abt 1606 |
Staverton, Northapmton, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
16 Aug 1680 |
Boston, MA |
| Burial |
King's Chapel, Boston |
| Person ID |
I6376 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
2 May 2003 |
| Father |
Robert Rainsford, b. Bef 7 Feb 1566-1567, Epping, Essex, England d. 15 Apr 1629, Staverton, Northapmton, England (Age 62 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Kirton, b. Abt 1566, Epping, Essex, England d. Abt 1629, Staverton, Northapmton, England (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage |
14 Dec 1602 |
Croydon, England |
| Family ID |
F21342 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary (Rainsford) d. Jun 1632, Boston, Mass |
| Marriage |
1622 |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Rainsford, b. 1 Jun 1632, Boston, Mass. d. 12 Apr 1694, Sandwich, Barnstable, Mass. (Age 61 years) |
| | 2. Josiah Rainsford, b. 1 Jun 1632, Boston, MA d. Sep 1632, Boston, MA (Age 0 years) |
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| Family ID |
F3142 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2009 |
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| Notes |
The Grecian Temple on Rainsford Island
drawn by Robert Salmon in 1840. |
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admitted to Boston church as member #62 which would be winter of 1630-1; Deacon 1666 and 1667 3rd church.
Also came in the fleet of Winthrop. Edward Rainsford is listed on the ship "Abigail" 4 Jun 1635 with 220 passengers from Plymouth Egland to Boston Mass.
Rainsford Island, just off Boston, was named for one of earliest recorded settlers, Edward Rainsford, who had a farm there as early as 1636. In 1819, the Old Mansion House was built on the Great Head of Rainsford Island. Due to the structure of the house it was also known as the Grecian Temple. For many years thereafter, this was the chief summer resort on the island.
After his first wife, Mary, died in June 1632, probably as a result of complications in giving birth to twins, he remarried to Elizabeth, who on 15 December 1633 was "admitted to Boston Church." She died 16 november 1688.
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| For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site |
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| Sources |
- [S751] Legends - Markj's Complete Ancestry on the Web, (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~legends/rainsford.html).
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