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| Rainsford Family Genealogy
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| Details for Rainsford Family |
| See Descendency Chart for direct line to the Hart Family |
| Ancestry.com users - See Rainsford Family Tree for individual charts. |
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Henry Rainsford - was born about 1410, lived in Oxfordshire, England and died before 3 May 1469 .
Henry married Elizabeth Wilcotes. Elizabeth was born about 1413. She is the daughter of John Wilcotes and Elizabeth Cheney.
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Esquire William Rainsford - was born about Jan 0450, lived in Oxford, Berkshire, England and died on 5 Aug 1487 .
He was the son of Henry Rainsford and Elizabeth Wilcotes.
Esquire William married Alice Anne. Alice was born about 1450. She is the daughter of John Anne.
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Esquire John Rainsford - was born about 1474, lived in Great Tew, England and died after 22 Apr 1551 .
He was the son of Esquire William Rainsford and Alice Anne.
Esquire John married Alice Danvers. Alice was born about 1490. She is the daughter of Sir William Danvers and Anne Pury.
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George Rainsford - was born about 1515 in North Weald, Bassett, Essex, England and died before 27 Mar 1559 .
He was the son of Esquire John Rainsford and Alice Danvers.
George married Katherine Taverner. Katherine was born about 1515. She was the daughter of Walter Taverner. She died before 24 Sep 1558 in North Weald, Bassett, Essex, England .
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Richard Rainsford - was born about 1540, lived in Epping, Essex, England and died on 14 Feb 1603/1604 .
He was the son of George Rainsford and Katherine Taverner.
Richard married Anne Meade. Anne was born about 1540. She was the daughter of Thomas Meade. She died before 6 Jul 1585 .
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Robert Rainsford - was born before 7 Feb 1566/1567 in Epping, Essex, England and died on 15 Apr 1629 in Staverton, Northapmton, England .
He was the son of Richard Rainsford and Anne Meade.
Robert married Mary Kirton on 14 Dec 1602 in Croydon, England. Mary was born about 1566 in Epping, Essex, England. She was the daughter of Thomas Kirton and Mary Sadler. She died about 1629 in Staverton, Northapmton, England .
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Deacon Edward Rainsford - was born about 1606 in Staverton, Northapmton, England and died on 16 Aug 1680 in Boston, MA and was buried in King's Chapel, Boston .
He was the son of Robert Rainsford and Mary Kirton.
Deacon Edward married Mary in 1622. She died Jun 1632 in Boston, Mass . Mary - Edward's first wfe died in Boston in June 1632 (no doubt as a result of the birth of her twins). In 15 Dec 1633, "Elizabeth Ransford the wife of our brother Edward Ransford" was admitted to Boston church" - she died at Boston on 16 November 1688. Deacon Edward - occupation: fisherman - 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. (Sources: - 1)
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Mary Rainsford - was born on 1 Jun 1632 in Boston, Mass. and died on 12 Apr 1694 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Mass. .
She was the daughter of Deacon Edward Rainsford.
Mary married Deacon William Bassett II in 1652. Deacon William was born in 1624 in Plymouth, Mass.. He was the son of William Bassett I and Elizabeth (Mary) Tilden. He died on 16 Aug 1670 in Sandwich, MA . Deacon William - occupation: yeoman/innkeeper - lived in Boston in 1630. Then Mary married Sir James Pervical Jun 1671 in Sandwich, Mass.. Sir James was born about 1630 in England. He died in 1691 in Sandwich, Mass. .
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| 1 Legends - Markj's Complete Ancestry on the Web Web: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~legends/rainsford.html |
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