Place
Rainsford Island
Suffolk County
Massachusetts
United States
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1636
Island granted to Edward Raynsford
Owen Rowe, to whom Edward was an apprentice, wrote to Governor Winthrop aksing that "Mr Ransford me be accomodated with lands for a farme, to Keepe my cattle, that so my stocke may be preserved."
Source:
King's Handbook of Boston Harbor
179