James RAWSON 1
- Born: Cir 1725, Grey Abbey, Co. Kildare, Ireland
- Marriage (1): Anne JAMES on 11 May 1751 in St. Bride, Dublin, Ireland
- Died: After 1799, Punchestown, Co. Kildare , Ireland
General Notes:
of Glassealy House, Co Kildare
Close to the eastern Punchestown rath are to be seen the
ruins of what is now called Punchestown House or Castle,
formerly the property of a Lord Alen, probably the then repre-
sentative of the family of Alens, who in 1685 received from
James II a grant of the manor of Typer, or Allenswood, which
included Haynestown, Pouthestown (Punchestown), Rathmore,
Craddockstown, &c. Most of these lands had been previously
(in 1540), by Patent Roll, conveyed from Sir Thomas Rawson,
Knight, Prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, to the
Alens, '* because,'' as was stated, ** the said preceptory was
situated in the marshes near the Irish enemies, the Tholes^
where resistance and defence are necessarily required."
A Rawson appears to have lived there as late as 1798, accord-
ing to local tradition ; for I am informed that at that time one
Rawson was shot at, but not killed, at the spot where the gate
leading on to the race-course now stands.
Stephen Killin: James Rawson senior was still alive in 1799, when he wrote to another son, Keating Rawson, who emigrated with his wife Annie Eustace, to Lancingburgh, New York State, USA.
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James married Anne JAMES, daughter of John JAMES D. L. and Unknown, on 11 May 1751 in St. Bride, Dublin, Ireland. (Anne JAMES was born circa 1729 of Ballycrystal, County Wexford, Ireland and died on 30 Jan 1793 in Punchestown, Co. Kildare , Ireland.)
Marriage Notes:
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/reels/prs11-bride-42.pdf
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