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Colonial Charlestown, Massachusetts
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The first known record of Robert Rand, my 9th
great grandfather, was of his wife Alice being admitted to the church in Charlestown
in 1635. I don’t know when they arrived in Massachusetts from England. They had seven children born in England and
Charlestown. Robert Rand owned a house
on the west side of “Windmill Hill” (now Town Hill) in Charlestown, along with sixty-six acres
and three commons. When Alice Rand died in 1691 her will mentions sons
Nathaniel and Thomas, and grandchildren.
I descend from their son, Thomas, born about 1627. He was a cordwainer (shoemaker) and was made
a freeman in 1660. He was elected
sergeant and cowherdman in Charlestown. He
married Sarah Edenden and had twelve children, seven of whom married and left
descendants.
In my lineage, the first four generations of Rands were born
and lived in Charlestown until my 6th great grandfather, Caleb Rand,
removed to Nantucket. His son, Caleb
Rand my 5th great grandfather, removed to Cornwallis, King’s County,
Nova Scotia and raised eleven children there.
His daughter, Mary Rand my 4th great grandmother, was the end
of my Rand line. Her grandson, Caleb
Rand Bill (1833 – 1902) my great great grandfather, removed back to
Massachusetts.
Some Rand sources:
A Genealogy of the Rand Family in the United States, by
Florence Osgood Rand, 1898 (available at Google Booksearch).
“The Lynn Descendants of Robert Rand of Charlestown”, The Essex Genealogist, Volume 21, 2001, pages
28 to 35.
There is a sketch of Robert Rand in The Great Migration, by
Robert Charles Anderson, 2009, Volume VI, pages 1 to 5.
My Rand lineage:
Generation 1: Robert Rand, born about 1594 in England, died in
Charlestown, Massachusetts sometime before 1691 when his wife died a widow;
married in England to Alice Sharpe, who died 5 August 1691 in Charlestown. Seven children.
Generation 2: Thomas
Rand, born in April 1627 in Charlestown, died 4 August 1683 in Charlestown;
married on 25 March 1656 in Charlestown to Sarah Edenden, daughter of Edmund
Edenden and Elizabeth Whitman. She died
26 June 1699 in Charlestown. Twelve
children.
Generation 3: John Rand, born on 6 February 1662 in
Charlestown, died 4 September 1737 in Charlestown; married on 2 December 1685
in Charlestown to Mehitable Call, daughter of John Call and Hannah
Kettell. She was born about 30 June 1668
in Charlestown, and died 25 November 1727 in Charlestown. Fourteen children. John Rand married second to Mary Randall.
Generation 4: Caleb Rand, born 6 December 1703 in Charlestown,
died 3 January 1766 on Nantucket; married on 4 August 1726 in Charlestown to
Katherine Kettle (his second cousin), daughter of Jonathan Kettle and Katherine
Hands. She was born 14 February 1708 in Charlestown and died 10 May 1756 on
Nantucket. Eight children.
Generation 5: Caleb Rand, born 10 January 1730 in
Charlestown, died 25 September 1776 in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia; married to Mary
Mayhew, daughter of John Mayhew and Ruth Davis.
She was born 22 May 1734 and died in Nova Scotia. Eleven children.
Generation 6: Mary Rand, born 1758 and died 19 February
1845; married on 18 June 1778 in Cornwallis to Asahel Bill, son of Ebenezer
Bill and Patience Ingraham. Eleven
children.
Generation 7: Reverend Ingraham Ebenezer Bill m. Isabella
Lyons
Generation 8: Caleb Rand Bill m. Ann Margaret Bollman
Generation 9: Isabella Lyons Bill m. Albert Munroe Wilkinson
Generation 10: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise
Roberts (my grandparents)
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Copyright 2013, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
