TWELFTH GENERATION

2052. Francis Rand was born about 1616 in England. He died on 28 Sep 1691 in Sandy Beach, Rye, NH. Killed by Indians at Sandy Beach, which is what is now Rye, NH. He came to America as one of Mason's men.

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Capt John Mason's "stewards and servants" sent to New Hampshire
Source: The Brackett Genealogy book by H.I. Brackett, published in 1907

"There is extant a list of names purporting to be of those persons whom Mason
sent to his plantation as his "stewards and servants." There are fifty-one
names in the list and one of them is William Brackett. They are as follows:

Walter Neal, steward; Ambrose Gibbons, steward; Thomas Comack, William
Raymond, Francis Williams, George Vaugh, Thomas Wonerton, steward; Francis
Norton, steward; Sampson Lane, steward; Henry Jocelyn, steward; Reginald
Furnald, surgeon; Ralph Gee, Henry Gee, William Cooper, William Chadborn,
Ffrancis Matthews, Humphrey Chadborn, William Chadborn, Jr., Francis Rand,
James Johnson, Ant. Ellins, Henry Baldwin, Thomas Spencer, Thomas Fural,
Thomas Herd, Thomas Chatherton, John Crowther, John Williams, Roger Knight,
Henry Sherburn, John Goddard, Thomas Furnald, Thomas Withers, Thomas Canney,
John Symonds, John Penley, William Seavy, William Berry, Henry Langstaff,
Jeremy Walford, James Wall, William Brokin, Thomas Walford, Thomas Moor,
Joseph Beal, Hugh James, Alexander Jones, John Ault, William Bracket, James
Newt, eight Danes and twenty-two women. "Stewards and servants" as used by
the author of the list, do not mean persons of service, but employees of
Mason, his overseers and workmen. He was married to Christina (Christian) about 1633.

2053. Christina (Christian) died on 28 Sep 1691 in Sandy Beach, Rye, NH. Killed by Indians at Sandy Beach, which is what is now Rye, NH
Children were:

1026 i. Thomas Rand.