John Rathbone
(Abt 1655-1723)
Ann Dodge
(1660-Abt 1725)
Rev Joshua Rathbone
(1696-1779)
Mary Wightman
(1705-Abt 1777)
Rev John Rathbone
(1729-1826)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Content Brown

Rev John Rathbone 1 2 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 26 Jun 1729, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States 1 4 5 7
  • Marriage (1): Content Brown on 8 Jan 1750/51 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States 1 2 3
  • Died: 2 Aug 1826, Willington, Windham, Connecticut, United States at age 97 1 8
  • Buried: Aug 1826, Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, United States

   Cause of his death was Fall down a few steps from one room to another..4

  General Notes:

Rev. John used the Rathbun spelling until mid-life, when he adopted Rathbone.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Baptist Minister, 1751. 1 9

• Residence, 1775, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. 4

• Residence, 1779, Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, United States. 4

• Ordination: Pastor Of The Ashford's First Baptist Church, 15 Mar 1781. 4 10


John married Content Brown, daughter of Humphrey Brown and Tabitha Holdredge, on 8 Jan 1750/51 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States.1 2 3 (Content Brown was born on 31 Aug 1733 in Rye, Westchester, New York, United States 1 2 and died on 30 Sep 1804 in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, United States 1 2.)


Sources


1 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 2, Number 2, Page 27, April 1982. Source Medium: Magazine

2 [Annie Arnoux Baxton], editor, Signers of the Mayflower Compact; ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : downloaded 15 Sep 2009), 76.

3 Connecticut Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), 3: 69, Content Brown and John Rathburn; digital image, "Stonington Vital Records," Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: 15 Sep 2009).

4 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 1, Page 3, January 1981. Source Medium: Magazine

5 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 1, Number 3, Page 45, July 1981. Source Medium: Magazine

6 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 2, Page 19, April 1982. Source Medium: Magazine

7 Connecticut Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), 3: 66, John Rathbun; digital image, "Stonington Vital Records, 1658-1854," Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: 7 Aug 2011).

8 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 1, Page 3, January 1981. Death resulted from a fall down a few steps from one room to another. Source Medium: Magazine

9 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 1, Page 3, January 1981. Served as a Baptist Minister for 75 years. Source Medium: Magazine

10 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 2, Page 27, April 1982. Source Medium: Magazine


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