David Rawson

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• Name	David Rawson
  Birth	Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1617	City of London   [1]
  	Merchant Tailor
  Death	Nov 1617
  Burial	2 Dec 1617	St Gregory by St Paul, City of London   [2]
  	Cause: householder
  Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: Edward Rawson   d. 1604, Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire Maternal Line: Bridget Warde
  Person ID	I6204	Colnbrook
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Edward Rawson   d. 1604, Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire
  Mother	Bridget Warde
  Family ID	F1253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Wilson
  Marriage	1612  [3]
  Children	1. William Rawson,   b. Before 1617   2. Edward Rawson,   b. Before 1617
  Family ID	F1256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - - Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire Occupation - Merchant Tailor - 1617 - City of London Burial - Cause: householder - 2 Dec 1617 - St Gregory by St Paul, City of London
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• Sources

  [S45] Prerogative Court of Canterbury PROB 11, Will of David Rawson Class: PROB 11; Piece: 131. [S436] St Gregory by St Paul Register 1559-1627 , P69/Gre/A/001/Ms10231. [S1243] Joseph Gardner Bartlett , Ancestry & Decendants of Rev. John Wilson of Boston, Mass., (New England Genealogical Society ), page 5. MARGARET, m. (1) about 1612, David Rawson, merchant, of London (son of Edward and Bridget Rawson of Colebrook, Langley Marsh, Bucks), who d. in 1617, leaving three children, of whom the second son, Edward, b. Apr. 16, 1615, settled in New England, was Secretary of the Mass. Bay Colony for 35 years, and left numerous descendants; m. (2) as his second wife, William Taylor, who d. in 1651, merchant, of London, and bore him three children (REGISTER, ante, vol. xxxviii, pp. 308-11; vol. xlii, pp. 177-8).