ABNER8 RAWSON (ABNER7, NATHANIEL6, NATHANIEL5, WILLIAM4, EDWARD3, DAVID2, EDWARD1) son of ABNER RAWSON and LUCRETIA JEFFORDS. He was born 15 Jan 1789 in West Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 05 May 1857 in Batavia, Kane Co., IL. He married SARAH SABRINA BLACK Bef. 1816, she may be the daughter of WILLIAM BLACK and POLLY MILLER. She was born Abt. 1796 in New York, and died 20 Sep 1870 in Blackberry, Kane Co., IL.
Notes for ABNER RAWSON:
Burial:
May 1857, East Side Cemetery, Batavia, Kane Co., IL
Census:
1810 - Census Place: Ontario, Ontario, New York; Roll: 33; Page: 781; Image: 212.00.
Others on this 1810 census include: Amariah Rawson, Elihu Lawson, William Black, Jonathan Miller
1820 - Census Place: Ontario, Ontario, New York; Roll: M33_62; Page: 142; Image: 76.
Others on this 1810 census include: Amariah Rawson, Norrine L Rawson, Polly Black
1830 - Census Place: Walworth, Wayne, New York; Roll: 117; Page: 29.
Others on this 1830 census include: Abner Rawson, Elihu Rawson, Horace Miller, David Dalrymple
1840 - Census Place: , Kane, Illinois; Roll: 62; Page: 31. (age 50-60)
Others on this 1840 census include: David Wheeler, Wm Allison, John M Sheets, Jacob Sheets, Parmino Isbell; Jona & Nathan Palmer
1850 - Census Place: Blackberry, Kane, Illinois; Roll: M432_112; Page: 164; Image: 437. (Abner Ranson)
Shown in the 1850 household of Abner Ranson (s/b Rawson) are: Abner, ag 60 MA; Sally, ag 54 NY; Sarah, ag 14 PA; Lucretia, ag 20, NY; Phlinda Cook ag 12, OH; Mary Black, ag 76 MA. Next to Abner Rawson's household is that of (Wm) Oscar Rawson, ag 22, NY and his wife, Caroline (Sheets) ag 18, NY.
ILLINOIS LAND PURCHASE:
Purchaser: RAWSON ABNER
Residence of Purchaser: UNKNOWN
Legal Description:
Aliquot Parts or Lot: SW
Section Number: 21
Township: 39N
Range: 07E
Meridan: 3
County of Purchase: KANE
Details of Sale:
Acres: 160.00
Price per Acre: 1.25
Total Price: 200.00
Type of Sale: FD
Date of Purchase: 02/04/1842
Volume: 684
Page: 197
Notes for SARAH SABRINA BLACK:
Burial:
Sep 1870, East Side Cemetery, Batavia, Kane Co., IL
1860 - Census Place: Batavia, Kane, Illinois; Roll: M653_191; Page: 0; Image: 634.
Sarah Rawson, widow, age 65, b. NY, is shown in the household next to that of her daughter and her daughter's husband, Sabrina and Wm Pratt.
1870 - Census Place: Batavia, Kane, Illinois; Roll: M593_236; Page: 196; Image: 395.
Sarah Rawson, Widow, age 75, b. NY enumerated in the household of her son-in-law, William Pratt (Batt).
Children of ABNER RAWSON and SARAH SABRINA BLACK:
i.
EVELINE9 RAWSON, b. 02 Sep 1816, Ontario, Ontario., NY; d. 12 Oct 1896, Esmond, Kingsbury Co., SD; m.
JOHN METCALF SHEETS, 17 Sep 1834, Walworth, Wayne Co., NY
ii. ELVIRA RAWSON, b. 06 May 1819, Ontario, Ontario., NY; m. CHARLES B PIERCE; b. Abt. 1814, New York;
d.Bef. 1870, Illinois.
Co., IL; m. (1) MARY ANN DANIELS, 07 Jun 1843, White Pigeon, St Joseph Co., MI; b. 22 Dec 1825, Bergen,
Genesee Co., NY; d. 28 Jan 1883, Aurora, Kane, IL; m. (2) ELIZABETH (LORD) KINNEY, 15 Dec 1884, Kane, IL.
iv.MARY C RAWSON, b. 26 Nov 1824, Ontario, Wayne Co., NY; d. Feb 1850, Blackberry, Kane Co., IL; m.
JOHN P WHEELER, 24 Nov 1842, Kane Co., IL; b. Abt. 1820, Vermont; d. Kane Co., Illinois.
v. DESDOMONA RAWSON, b. 11 May 1826, Ontario, Wayne Co., NY; d. Abt. 1827, Walworth Twp., Wayne Co., NY.
vi.WILLIAM OSCAR RAWSON, b. 20 Sep 1828, Walworth Twp., Wayne Co., NY; d. 20 Feb 1908, Spring Grove, Linn Co., IA; m. CAROLINE SOPHIA SHEETS, 17 Jan 1850, St. Charles, Kane Co.,IL; b. 04 Jul 1832, Erie Co., PA;
d.13 Jul 1906, Linn Co., IA.
vii. LUCRETIA RAWSON, b. 06 Apr 1831, Walworth Twp., Wayne Co., NY; d. 25 Aug 1921, Batavia, Kane Co., IL; m.
ROSSALVO FISK, 21 Dec 1856, Kane Co., IL; b. Abt. 1831, Pennsylvania; d. 21 Apr 1865, New Orleans,
Orleans Parish, LA.
viii. SARAH SABRINA RAWSON, b. 08 Dec 1837, Wattsburg, Erie Co., PA; d. 16 Mar 1927, Kane Co., IL; m.
WILLIAM H PRATT, 01 Mar 1859, Kane Co., IL; b. 05 Apr 1837, Wattsburg, Erie Co., PA; d. 25 Feb 1905, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana.
