Dorothy (Gee) Rawlins
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Dorothy (Gee) Rawlins (1625 - 1682)

Dorothy Rawlins formerly Gee aka Butler
Born in Bromham, Wiltshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 9 May 1646 (to 22 Dec 1669) in Devizes St John the Baptist, Wiltshire, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 56 in Bromham, Wiltshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Dorothy was baptised on the 15th of May 1625 in Bromham.[1] Dorothy's parents were Stephen and Edith Gee.[2]

Dorothy was a Friend (Quaker)

Dorothy was a Quaker.[3][4]

Dorothy married Daniel Butler alias Rawlings on the 9th of May 1646 in St John the Baptist, Devizes.[5]

In October 1670, Dorothy was 'fined 40l for suffering a Meeting at her House, and 15s for being at it: She was … so poor, that all her Goods were sold for 40s'.[6] Dorothy son, Stephen Rawlins, was also fined 15s for being at the meeting.[7] His table and wearing apparel worth 1l were taken.[8] According to Kay S Taylor, Dorothy and Stephen were left in 'extreme poverty'.[9]

Dorothy was buried in Bromham on the 2nd of February 1682.[10] Dorothy was said to be a widow at the time of her passing.[11]

Notes

  • Butler alias Rawlings surname mentioned in burial record.[12]

Sources

  1. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 518/3.
  2. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 518/3.
  3. Besse, Joseph. A Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers: For the Testimony of a Good Conscience from the Time of Their Being First Distinguished by that Name in the Year 1650 to the Time of the Act Commonly Called the Act of Toleration Granted to Protestant Dissenters in the First Year of the Reign of King William the Third and Queen Mary in the Year 1689. London: Luke Hinde, 1753. https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/A_Collection_of_the_Sufferings_of_the_Pe/RaNAAQAAMAAJ.
  4. Kay S Taylor, “Chalk, Cheese, and Cloth: The Settling of Quaker Communities in Seventeenth-Century Wiltshire,” Quaker Studies 10, no. 2 (2006): 170.
  5. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Reference Number: 518/3.
  6. Besse, Joseph. A Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers: For the Testimony of a Good Conscience from the Time of Their Being First Distinguished by that Name in the Year 1650 to the Time of the Act Commonly Called the Act of Toleration Granted to Protestant Dissenters in the First Year of the Reign of King William the Third and Queen Mary in the Year 1689. London: Luke Hinde, 1753. https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/A_Collection_of_the_Sufferings_of_the_Pe/RaNAAQAAMAAJ.
  7. Besse, Joseph. A Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers: For the Testimony of a Good Conscience from the Time of Their Being First Distinguished by that Name in the Year 1650 to the Time of the Act Commonly Called the Act of Toleration Granted to Protestant Dissenters in the First Year of the Reign of King William the Third and Queen Mary in the Year 1689. London: Luke Hinde, 1753. https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/A_Collection_of_the_Sufferings_of_the_Pe/RaNAAQAAMAAJ.
  8. Besse, Joseph. A Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers: For the Testimony of a Good Conscience from the Time of Their Being First Distinguished by that Name in the Year 1650 to the Time of the Act Commonly Called the Act of Toleration Granted to Protestant Dissenters in the First Year of the Reign of King William the Third and Queen Mary in the Year 1689. London: Luke Hinde, 1753. https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/A_Collection_of_the_Sufferings_of_the_Pe/RaNAAQAAMAAJ.
  9. Kay S Taylor, “Chalk, Cheese, and Cloth: The Settling of Quaker Communities in Seventeenth-Century Wiltshire,” Quaker Studies 10, no. 2 (2006): 170.
  10. Wiltshire Burials Index 1538-1990. https://www.findmypast.com.au/transcript?id=PRS%2FWILT%2FBURS%2FBH%2F1464642.
  11. Wiltshire Burials Index 1538-1990. https://www.findmypast.com.au/transcript?id=PRS%2FWILT%2FBURS%2FBH%2F1464642.
  12. Wiltshire Burials Index 1538-1990. https://www.findmypast.com.au/transcript?id=PRS%2FWILT%2FBURS%2FBH%2F1464642.




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