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- It is known that Robert Rainwater was 54 when he died, sadly this not narrow down the birth and death dates as much as we would like them to.
Notes of Martha Bankson Lyle:
"Arrived from England as headright, passage being paid by John Hurt ...... Cavaliers and Pioneers -- Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants -- Volume Three: 1695-1732, Nell Marion Nugent, Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA. Page 108 (Referencing "Patent Book No. 9"):
JOHN HURT, 546 acs., King Wm. Co., in Pamunkey Neck; 2 May 1706, p. 733. Beg. 6 po. from the Ridge Path; by the Mainskin Path; to Benja. Arnold & John Hurt; down a cr. emptying into Low. (Lower) Herring Cr; down Mattopony River; to Hance Hendrick's cor. & by Richd. Yarbrough's Tobacco ground; to Mr. Wm. Hurt, Senr. (Senior). Trans. of 11 pers: Tho. Solwell, Michaell (a?) Portugees, Robert Rainwater, Sarah Hoskins, Eliza. Bosford, Anne Gill, Wm. Skyles, Mary Parte, Susanna Good, Cha. Goodrich, Anne Hum."
"I have a page from Virginia Cavaliers and Pioneers, Pg 108, that lists a Robert Rainwater as having been transported to King William County during the same 1695-1706 time frame by a John Hurt. Robert was one of eleven persons listed. I would speculate but not prove that Robert ws the Father of John due to dates and locations."
"About John Rainwater being born 1695-1705 in Danbury, VA, yes, I too have seen the earlier work that states this. However, so far, I have not seen any of these researchers, or the current ones, who can say what this statement is based on. Fine, to write that John was born in Danbury VA in 1695, but what proof is there? Why does everyone say he was born in Danbury VA? Are there any records supporting that? Are there any other Rainwaters living in that area then? If so, I, surely would like to know about that. Couldn't he just as easily, have been born in New Kent Co., where the Fussells lived? Or maybe in Prince William County where the Hurts lived? Or anywhere else in early VA, or maybe even born in another country, and came to the Colonies as a boy, or young man? You also say that a Robert Rainwater came as a headright of John Hurts in 1705. Yes, records do support that, but then you and many others come to the conclusion that Robert may be John's father. That may well be, but if that is so, and Robert only arrived in America in 1705, then, his son was NOT born in Danbury VA in 1695, and would have had to been born elsewhere, and probably came here along with Robert. Or, John would have had to have been born after 1705 in America, and then who is the mother, of John, a wife, Robert wed very soon after arrival in America. Also possible Robert is no relative to John, or an older brother, uncle, or cousin. I don't think, on the early Rainwaters, there is enough proof to come to any conclusions. The proof may exist, as yet unfound, or we may never know. It just does NOT jive, that John was born in 1695 in Danbury VA, and his father, if Robert, arrived ten years later in 1705, as an indenture, brought here by John Hurt, of Prince William Co., VA. Either these two are father and son, and John was born outside America, or if born in VA, after 1705, or their relationship is a more distant one.""
Sources:
Bob and Marty Schimmel, schimmel@northlink.com, (1998, October 20), "Robert Rainwater," BETTY L. CAPPS, Rainwater e-Mail.
Martha Bankson Lyle, Bankson Relatives, "Electronic," http://www.mlylewebconnect.com/Report%20264,%20Web%20Cards/WC01/WC01_307.HTML.
Rainwater List, RAINWATER-L@rootsweb.com, Becky A Bartley, bbartley@surfsouth.com, Wed, 19 Sep 2001, "Origin and Location of Name?"
Rainwater List, RAINWATER-L@rootsweb.com, Hal Irving, GenieHal@Worldnet.att.net, Mon, 1 Nov 1999 14:23:49 -0700, "Re: [RAINWATER] Hal Irving's post: John Rainwater."
Rainwater Researcher, Robert O. Albert, Ulineages@aol.com.
Tabor Family Notes
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1686 - Abt 1741 (55 years)
Abt 1681 - Abt 1741 (60 years)
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