Some Rawls data from
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
All from Netherbury, Dorset
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Joseph Rolls m Honor Philips 1793
, Bothenhampton, (Bridport, 5m S of Netherbury)
Children:- all shown as children of Honor Philips and Joseph Rolls or Joseph Rolles of Bothenhampton.
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
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
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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Matthew Rawles m
Children:- Matthew Richard c
Matthew Bradpole m Elizabeth Ellery 8 mar 1821
From the Bridport / Bradpole area
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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
Jno c
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
Mary c
Betty c 18 mar 1752
Sarah c
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
Martha c 11 may 1800
George c 2 may 1805
Priscilla c
Children;-Sarah Ann c
George c 2 may 1836
Jane c 4 apr 1828
John Rawles m Elizabeth Burt 6 may 1793
Children:- Ann c
John Rawles m Amy Gilbert
Children:- Ann c
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The following from Clive Rolls who is seeking more information on Henry & Suzanna.
Henry Rolls m. Suzanna
Sarah b. 1803
Peter b. 1813
Henry William
b. 1811 – 1890
Harriet b. 1839
Henry m.
second wife Mary Ann Holly 1843 - b 1817
Annie b. 1845,
Henry b. 1848,
Alfred b. 1853,
Mary S. b. 1855,
Ketmah b. 1858,
Elijah b. 1860
William b. 1862.
George b. 1847 m. Elizabeth Kate Napton 1872 - b1850
Elizabeth Kate b. 1874,
Alfred John b. 1877 - 1962
Hedley Robert b. 1886,
William H. b. 1889,
Ursula b. 1892
Reynold George b.
1894.
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1841
William RAWLS (? ROLLS) m 30
Laborer
Susan RAWLS f 30 Laborer
Hariot [sic] RAWLS f 8 Laborer
James RAWLS m 5 Laborer
Hister (? Hesther) RAWLS f 3
Elizabeth RAWLS f 11m
1851 W Knighton F250/p9
William ROLLS; Head; Mar; 42; Ag
Lab; Dorset Knighton
Susan ROLLS; Wife; Mar; 40; ;
Dorset Radipole
Harriet ROLLS; Daur; Un; 17; ;
Dorset Knighton West
James ROLLS; Son; ; 15; Ag Lab;
Dorset Knighton West
Esther ROLLS; Daur; Un; 13;
Scholar; Dorset Knighton West
William ROLLS; Son; ; 4; Do; Dorset
Knighton West
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
ref. PE/BER/OV 5/3/3 - date:
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:
Thomas Rawles the younger to Stephen Lambert of Okeford Fitzpaine, tailor and staymaker
BASTARDY BONDS
ref.
PE/BER/OV 7/1/18 - date:
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:
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:
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:
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
Thomas RAWLS & Jane CAMEL
married
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.
The book, Mansions and
Merchants of Poole and Dorset, written by Derek Beamish, John Hillier,
and H. Johnstone, published by the Poole Historical Society in 1976 has a chapter
on the Rolls family. The Whites/Rolls mansion called Beech Hurst built by
John Rolls's son Samuel still stands in Poole, Dorset, built
with his part of the enormous fortune of the Whites. Much of the Whites
fortune went to the Rolls, because Samuel White had no sons but had a daughter
married to John Rolls. The many marriages of the Whites/Rolls brought in such
names as Garland, Jeffreys, Vallis, Seagers, Drivers, Steeles and Biddles.
James Rolls from Strurminster, Newton Castle, Dorset, England set up a merchant
premises in Barr'd Islands Fogo Island, NFLD around 1840. His daughter
Ellen married a Martin in Grate's Cove.