Edward Raynsford

Bef 1609 - 1680  (> 70 years)

• Name	Edward Raynsford
  Birth	Bef 10 Sep 1609  [1, 2, 3]
  Baptism	10 Sep 1609	Staverton, Northamptonshire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Aug 1680	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I39990	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LD
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Raynsford,   b. Bef 7 Feb 1567   d. 15 Apr 1629, Staverton, Northamptonshire, England (Age > 62 years)
  Mother	Mary Kirton   d. Aft 20 Apr 1634
  Marriage	14 Dec 1602	Croydon, Surrey, England   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F23480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth   d. 16 Nov 1688, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Marriage	Bef 15 Dec 1633  [1, 3, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Jonathan Raynsford,   b. Oct 1636, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 11 Mar 1671, Barbados (Age ~ 34 years)
  Family ID	F23479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  One of LD's five "gateway ancestors." He was a fisherman, a merchant, and a slaveowner. He emigrated to Masaschusetts in 1630 and settled at Boston. In 1637 he was one of the supporters of the Rev. Wheelwright who were ordered disarmed. On about 22 Nov 1637 he acknowledged his error in signing the petition in favor of Wheelwright.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7198] James A. Rasmussen, "Edward Raynsford of Boston: English Ancestry and American Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 139:225, 139:296, 1985. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011., year only.