William Rathbun
(1681-Bef 1757)
Sarah Mott
(1688-1757)
Daniel Rathbun
(1706-1789)
Thankful Higgins
(1717-1792)
William Rathburn
(1742-1804)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lucy Banning

2. Lucy Sterling

William Rathburn 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 1 Jan 1741/42, Lyme, , Connecticut, United States 1 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Lucy Banning in 1764 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
  • Marriage (2): Lucy Sterling about 1795 1
  • Died: 17 Oct 1804, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States at age 62 1

  Noted events in his life were:

• Military: French and Indian War, Between 1759 and 1763. 1 6 He had an extensive record during the war, beginning in 1759 when he enlisted in Captain Zebulon Butler's Company under Col. Eleazar Fitch. He was with this company when it joined General Phineas Lyman's Regiment in 1761, and in 1762, when he was promoted to sergeant. (Volume 3, Number 1 Page 9, January 1983)

William served as a private and sergeant during the French and Indian War. (Volume 4, Number 3, Page 46, July 1984)

• Military Service: American Revolution, May 1778. 7


William married Lucy Banning in 1764 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States. (Lucy Banning was born in 1743 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States 1 and died on 21 Nov 1793 in Hartland, Hartford, Connecticut, United States 1 8.)


William next married Lucy Sterling about 1795.1 (Lucy Sterling was born on 15 Mar 1753 in Lyme, , Connecticut, United States 9 and died on 1 Nov 1849 in Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States 1.)


Sources


1 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 4, Number 3, Page 46, July 1984. Source Medium: Magazine

2 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 1, Page 39, July 1981. Source Medium: Magazine

3 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 2, page 45, July 1982. Source Medium: Magazine

4 Connecticut Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), 1: 5, William Rathburn; digital image, "Lyme Vital Records 1667-1852," Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: 3 Jun 2011).

5 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 2, Number 3, Page 45. 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 3, Number 1 Page 9, January 1983. Source Medium: Magazine

7 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 4, Number 4, Page 9, January 1984. Source Medium: Magazine

8 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 4, Number 2, Page 41, April 1984. 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 10, Number 4, Page 57, October 1990. Source Medium: Magazine


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