Individual Details

Sgt Thomas Rand, son of Robert Rand, was born in England, about 1627, died at Charlestown, August 4, 1683.
He was a sergeant in the Massachusetts Militia and cordwainer by trade. He was admitted a freeman in 1660.
He married, March 25, 1656, Sarah Edenden, died June 26, 1699, aged sixty three, daughter of Edmund and Eliza (Whitman) Edenden.
Children, born in Charlestown:
1. Thomas, February 1, 1657, married, June 17, 167_, Sarah Longley; drowned in the Mystic river in a canoe accident, October 3, 1695.
2. John, October 6, 1659, died December 19, 1659.
3. Sarah, baptized January 6, 1661, died young.
4. Elizabeth, baptized February 2, 1661, married John Penny/Penney.
5. John, born May 25, 1664, mentioned below.
6. Sarah, August 15, 1666, married Thomas White.
7. Robert, April 18, 1668, died of small pox, 1678.
8. Edmund, January 27, 1670, died 1683.
9. Hannah, February 21, 1672, married Nathaniel Frothingham.
10. William, September 11, 1674.
11. Deborah, September 28, 1676, died February 16, 1701.
12. Samuel, May 3, 1679.

Birth	8 Apr 1627	Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Marriage	12 Mar 1656	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Sarah Edenden
Death	4 Aug 1683	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Burial		Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Spouse	Sarah Edenden ( - 1699)
Child	Sarah Rand (1666 - 1749)

Father	Robert Rand Jr. (1593 - 1650)
Mother	Alice Sharpe (1593 - 1691)

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