R/RFHA Newsletter, December 1989 P.2

BITS AND PIECES

From the Marriage records of Culpeper Co., VA 1781-1853

MOSES RAWLINGS to Mary Smith, both of Culpeper county (?), July 4, 1787. MOSES was born ca. 1762, and MARY ca. 1766.

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From the records of Charles Parish, York County, VA, P.161 (1648 – 1789)

REBECCA RAWLINGS, b. Oct.30/1763, child of VINCENT' and SUSANNAH RAWLINGS. She was his 1st wife.as second wife was BETSY, b. ca. 1742, York County, VA. They had 9 children:

EDWARD, b. 24 Feb. 1766

MARY, b. 20 Sept. 1767

JOSEPH, b. 5 Sept. 1769

SAMUEL b. 4 Oct. 1773

BETSY b. 15 Oct. 1773

ANNE, b. 8 Oct. 1775

JOHN BAPTISTE, b. 11 Sept.1779

Disey/Dicey, b. 11 Feb. 1783

ANNE b. 23 June, 1785 (the first Anne must have died young)

VINCENT was b. 1738, VA.

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From EARLY CHILD IMMIGRANTS TO VIRGINIA 1619-1642 by Robert Hume

RAWLINS, JOHN: "This Courte being informed that JOHN RAWLINGS, one of the apprentices of his hospital, will not be ruled by his Master nor take any good course, but desireth to goe to a plantation, doth thereupon order that he shall have leave to goe beyond seas to a plantation”. 27 Nov. 1640 Folio 320v

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From Maryland State Papers - Oath of Fidelity Taken 7 Feb. 1778

GASSAWAY RAWLINGS

JONATHAN RAWLINGS

RICHARD RAWLINGS

From the Maryland Gen.Soc.Bulletin, Spring 1989

March 5 ,1840 - Married by Rev.J.C.Baker ROBERT N. RAWLINGS of Cecil Co., MD, to Miss Mary McVey of Little Britain, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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Married on 13 June, 1839, by Rev. Dr. Baker, Henry McVey to Miss ELIZABETH T. RAWLINGS. both of Cecil County, MD.

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From Maryland Historical Magazine – September 1939:

DEED - Nov. 2, 1686 - Miles 'Gibson, for 9,000 pounds of tobacco, conveying to JOHN RAWLINGS planter, 150 acres, being half of tract "Collets Neglect" at Elk Neck Creek in Gunpowder River, said tract formerly granted to Geo. Holland and later being the tilling plantation of Michael Judd. Witnesses: Mark Richardson & Miles Gibson. John Hall, subsheriff, recv'd. 6 shillings from RAWLINGS for alienation. (?)

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From the Illinois State Archives Federal Census(s) :

MICHAEL ROLLINS - 1 wh. male, 2 others Crawford County -1820

NATHAN ROLLINS - 3 wh. males, 2 others Crawford County - 1820

PROVINCE ROLLINS - 1 wh. male, 1 other Crawford County - 1820

MICAL ROLLINS - 1 wh. male, 9 others Franklin Co. 1820

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From the "Dictionary of Landed Gantry" P. 273

"The name of RAWLINGS occurred in Wilton and Warminster, Wiltshire, during the reigns of Henry VIII, Mary and Elizabeth I. At present the neighborhood of Calve or Colne is the home of the name, but as RAWLENCE it still occurs in Wilton."

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