Life of Edward H. Rollins
by James Otis Lyford (9780217233996)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. ANCESTRY AND EARLY LIFE 1 James Rawlins, from whom Edward H. Rollins was descended, landed in America in 1632, and went to Ipswich, Massachusetts. No less than ten families by the name of Rawlins came to this country between 1630 and 1680. Some settled in Maryland, some in Virginia, and their descendants remained in those States or migrated to sections of the South or to the West, Others, however, came North and settled in New England. The families in the South continued to write the name as it was originally spelled: Rawlins. The New England families, however, even prior to the Revolutionary War, generally changed it to Rollins. The history of James Rawlins before he came to this country is not clear. The Rawlins family in England is very ancient. The name has been a fixed surname for more than five hundred years. It is an old family in Cornwall, and more ancient in Hertfordshire. The name Rawlins is supposed to be derived from Rawle, and Rawle from Ralph, which was contracted from 1 Prepared by the late John F. Rollins, youngest brother of Edward II. Rollins. Radolph or Rudolph, and Rudolph is the same as the French Raone. The name Raone is derived from, or is the same as, Rollo, originating with Rollo, the Scandinavian, conqueror of the North of France about A. D. 911, who became Duke of Normandy. The conclusion of antiquaries is that Rawlins was originally Scandinavian, then French, then English. In tracing the family in England, it is noticeable that its members seemed to lean strongly toward the Church, for no less than twenty-five of the name were prominently identified with various parishes. One was Bishop of St. David's; another, Prioress of Brome- hall Priory; and one was an ardent follower of Luther in the Reformation. The family also contr...

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