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Johnny Carson

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Edward Rainsford

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• • 10th Great-grandfather of Johnny Carson — 13th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4394 
  • Father:
  • Robert Rainsford 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Kirton   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 10 Sep 1609 
  • Christening Location:
  • Staverton, Northamptonshire, England 
  • Death Date:
  • 16 Aug 1680 
  • Death Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary -----
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  • Children:
  
  

  Josiah Rainsford

  Mary Rainsford (Ahnentafel No:2197 )

  • Notes: 

  • Edward Rainsford's surname is also seen as Raynsford.

• Additional marriages for Edward Rainsford

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth - - - - - -

• Sources for Edward Rainsford

  • ¹ Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), p. 15128.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 10/14/2014).
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1906, Vol. 60, p. 129.
  • ⁴ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 1, A-F, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 129.
  • ⁵ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 3, P-W, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 1543-1548.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 83.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 127.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 374.