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     Some Rawls data from Dorset that may or may not be connected to my ancestors

      Most of this comes from the L.D.S. International Genealogical Index, it is included because of being in the same area

           and same time frame as Henry Rawls (My GGG Grandfather whose parents and siblings I’m trying to find.)

 

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John Rawles b 06 oct 1806  d 11 dec 1874

Mary Rawles b 11 apr 1809  d 08 aug 1887

 

All from Netherbury, Dorset

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Joseph Rolls m Honor Philips 1793 , Bothenhampton, (Bridport, 5m S of Netherbury) Dorset

Children:-  all shown as children of Honor Philips and Joseph Rolls or Joseph Rolles of Bothenhampton.

                 Elizabeth Rolls c 1793

                 Mary Rolls c 1795

                 Thomas Rawles c 1803 (Father given as Rolls)

                  John Rawles b10 nov 1805 c 1805  (Father given as Rolls,unconfirmed that this is the same John as above)

                  Joseph Rolles b 1808 c Joseph Rawls 1809!! (Father given as Rolles)

                  Frances Rolles c 1812 (Father given as Rolles)

                  John Rawles b10 nov 1805 c 1805  (Father given as Rolls)  m  Mary Gillam  b abt 1812

                  Children;-  Elizabeth  Clarke b 1836  c 19 feb 1836 d 22 mar 1870 (records show both Rawls and Rawles)

                                    Honor  b  1844   (records appear as Rawls but with father as Rawles!)

                                    Ann b  1846   (records appear as Rawls)

                                    Thomas  b  1846          (records appear as Rawls)

                                    Richard  Clarke c 6 feb 1834  (records appear as Rawles)

                                    Jane  c  10 mar 1841  (records appear as Rawles)

 

NOTE the changes in spelling from 1793 to 1812 (from LDS and Netherbury Parish records)

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John Rawls  m  Edwina 

Children;-   Isabella  b  1793  m  Benjamin Dunham  1821

                  Harriet    b  1799

 

All from Bridport, Dorset (near Netherbury)

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Henry Rawles  m  Joanna Downton 22 july 1776

Children:-    Ann  c 25 jan 1789 Bloxworth

                   Joanna  c  18 mar 1782 Bere Regis

                   Mary  c  20 apr 1777 Bere Regis

                   Elizabeth  c  30 july Bloxworth

                   Henry  c  6 aug 1780 Bere Regis

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William Rawles m sept 1740 Joan b abt 1719

Children:-  William c 31 mar 1745

                  Ann  c 3 mar 1750

                  Stephen  c 3 nov 1754

                  Jno  c  20 nov 1757

 

All from Bere Regis

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The following assembled from Winfrith Newburgh Parish Register listings

 

William Rawles m Hanna d 28 nov 1777 (may be William c 27 jul 1727 in W. N. and William Dec. lists)

Children:- Hanna c 28 feb 1749

                Mary c 5 nov 1747

                Betty c 18 mar 1752

                Sarah c 5 nov 1757

                 Richard c 10 apr 1758

 

Richard Rawles m Jane  (may or may not be the above Richard!)

Children;-  Mary Pitman c 27 mar 1796

                  Maria c 22 nov 1802

                  Martha c 11 may 1800

                  George c 2 may 1805

                  Priscilla c 16 aug 1807

                   Children;-Sarah Ann c 24 feb 1833

                                   George c 2 may 1836

                                    Jane c 4 apr 1828

 

John Rawles m Elizabeth Burt  6 may 1793

Children:- Ann c 12 feb 1794

 

John Rawles m Amy Gilbert  11 june 1723

Children:-  Ann  c 3 july 1732

 

 

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR

 

    ref.  PE/BER/OV 5/3/3  - date: 10 Jan 1720/1

             Order confirming the order of removal of William Rawles, Mary his wife and William and John their children to Bloxworth

 

      APPRENTICESHIP INDENTURES

 

          ref.  PE/BER/OV 6/1/56  - date: 4 Oct 1775

            Thomas Rawles the younger to Stephen Lambert of Okeford Fitzpaine, tailor and staymaker

 

  

      BASTARDY BONDS

 

          ref.  PE/BER/OV 7/1/18  - date: 16 Sep 1777

            George Parsons (reputed father) of Charlton, Dorset, shepherd; Mary Rawles of Bere Regis, single woman

 

      BASTARDY ORDERS

 

          ref.  PE/BER/OV 7/2/10  - date: 23 Jan 1818

             George Manuel of Bloxworth, yeoman, and Mary Ann Rawles, concerning a female child born in Dec 1814

 

         ref.  PE/BER/OV 7/2/11  - date: 23 Jan 1818

            George Manuel of Bloxworth, yeoman, and Mary Ann Rawles, concerning a male child born in Dec 1816

 

         ref.  PE/BER/OV 7/2/18  - date: 27 Oct 1821

            Samuel Clark of Bere Regis, labourer, and Dinah Rawles

 

 

Parish of Bloxworth 1851 CENSUS HO 107  1856  Transcribed for the OPC Project by Julia Chaplin

 

13;    Bloxworth;    Elizabeth;    RAWLS;    Daug;    Widow;    55;    Buttoner;    Blandford;    HO107.f478p3

 

13;    Bloxworth;    Emily;    RAWLS;    GranDaug;    Unmarr;    22;    Buttoner;    Morden;    HO107.f478p3

 

13;    Bloxworth;    Emma;    RAWLS;    GranDaug;    Unmarr;    19;    Buttoner;    Morden;    HO107.f478p3

 

13;    Bloxworth;    Mary;    RAWLS;    GranDaug;    Unmarr;    13;    Scholar;    Morden;    HO107.f478p3

 

Parish of Bothenhampton  MARRIAGES 1636 -1812

 

Thomas RAWLS & Jane CAMEL married 13-Feb 1764 by licence

 

Death - 1844 22 Mar RAWLS Margaret 78  Mapperton Netherbury PR's 

 

Birth - 1844 19 Mar RAWLS Honor John  Mary . Netherbury

 

 

There are many more Rawles or variations,  in the area around that time which may somehow be related, It now seems that Henry Rawls moved from Winfrith Newburgh where links going back to the early 1700s or before have been found. Most of the listings are spelt Rawles . (see my Dorset page)  This area includes Bloxworth, Corfe Castle and many other small villages. The nearest town is Wareham.

The Netherbury area includes the following Villages and/or Parishes

Beaminster, Bridport, Broadwinsor, Melplash, Mapperton, Stoke Abbot, Waytown, Powerstock,

And many other small villages. The nearest large towns are Yeovil to the north and Dorchester to the south east.

 

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