Family of Richard Raymond

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1. RICHARD² RAYMOND (HENRY¹) was born 1602 in Dunmow or Halstead, Essex, England¹. He married JUDITH WILLIAMS May 14, 1634 in Salem, Essex Co., MA. She was born Abt. 1612 in probably England, and died 1692 in Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, CT.

Notes for RICHARD RAYMOND:

1. Richard's pedigree in this database is not confirmed!

2. Richard removed from Salem to Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut in 1662 and from there to Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut in 1663. He was among those who joined the Salem church before December 1636 [SChR 5], and presumably before May 14, 1634 based on date of freemanship (May 14, 1634 (as "Rich: Raymond") [MBCR 1:369].

3. Richard held the following offices: Essex jury, June 27, 1636, December 27, 1636, June 27, 1637, June 26, 1638 [EQC 1:3, 4, 6, 8]; petit jury, February 25 1641 [EQC 1:33]; Salem fenceviewer, 1636 [STR 1:40]. Rater, 1637 [STR 1:57].

4. In the Salem land grant of 1636, "Ricd Raymt" received one hundred eighty acres in the freemen's lands (or perhaps sixty acres) [STR 1:19, 27]. "Rich[ard] Raymond" received one acre in the December 25, 1637 division of marsh and meadow, with a household of six [STR 1:102]. "Mr. Raym[en]t" was one of eight men who on January 16, 1636/7 each received half an acre of land at Winter Harbor "for fishing trade, & to build upon" [STR 1:33]. On January 4, 1654/5 he was granted one hundred acres of upland and ten acres of meadow in Wenham bounds upon Pleasant Pond and the great swamp and ten acres of meadow in the great meadow; "this was a former grant omitted to be entered" [STR 1:181]. He had two cows in the town herd in 1657 [STR 1:207]. On August 27, 1660 "Richard Rayment of Salem, mariner," sold to Walter Price one-quarter of the ketch Hopewell of Salem, now at anchor in Boston harbor, for a year and a day [ELR 2:3]. On August 10, 1662 "Richard Rayment of Salem, mariner," sold to John Gardner of Salem two and a quarter acres of salt marsh; signed by "Richard Rayment" and "Judeth Rayment" [ELR 2:48]. On October 13, 1662 "Mr. Edmund Batten & Judeth Raymond attorneys of Richard Raymond late of Salem, mariner," sold to Oliver Mannering of Salem, mariner, a dwelling house in Salem with about three-quarters of an acre of land and ten acres in the South Field [ELR 2:127]. On June 25, 1668 "Richard Rayment late of Salem now of Saybrooke at Coneticotts river's mouth," deeded to "son-in-law Oliver Mannering" two acres in the South Field at Salem [ELR 3:44]. On April 7, 1685 "Richard Raymond of Seabrooke" bequeathed to "my well beloved son-in-law Humphry Coomb which was and is married unto my daughter Barshua Raymond alias Cooms" one-quarter of an acre in Salem and five hundred acres (one-quarter of the thousand acres he had from Joshua Indian) [ELR 14:159]. On October 27, 1662 Ralph Keeler of Norwalk sold to "Richard Raimond" of Salem his homelot, dwelling house and four acres adjoining [Norwalk TR 1:64-65]. As a consequence of this purchase Richard Raymond was granted several parcels of land by the Norwalk proprietors, even though he very soon moved to Saybrook [Norwalk TR 1:193-95]. On November 16 1663 Richard Raymond bought of John Olmsted two acres of meadow, four acres of meadow, one hundred pound right in the Ox Pasture and one hundred pound right in the town commons [Saybrook TR 1:90]. On May 21, 1677 Richard Raymond sold to John Nicholson three and a quarter acres of meadow [Saybrook TR 1:91]. OnJanuary 2,1690[/1] Richard Raymond of Saybrook deeded to "my son Daniel Raymond of Saybrook" several parcels of land [Saybrook TR 164, 230].

More About RICHARD RAYMOND:

Occupation: Fisherman and coastal trader

Notes for JUDITH WILLIAMS:

"It seems probable that Judith, wife of Richard Raymond, was either a sister of Mary, wife of Nathaniel Williams, or else Mary, wife of Nathaniel Williams, was a sister of Richard, as John Raymond, Richard's oldest son, 'pledged all of his livestock and everything he owned . . . to Mistress Mary Williams of Boston.'"

From "Genealogies of the Raymond Families of New England", by Samuel Raymond, 1886

More About RICHARD RAYMOND and JUDITH WILLIAMS:

Marriage: May 14, 1634, Salem, Essex Co., MA

Children of RICHARD RAYMOND and JUDITH WILLIAMS are:

i. JOSHUA³ RAYMOND, b. Abt. 1638, Salem, Essex Co., MA; d. April 24, 1676; m. ELIZABETH SMITH, December 10, 1658, New London, New London Co., CT; b. 1641, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT.

More About JOSHUA RAYMOND and ELIZABETH SMITH:

Marriage: December 10, 1658, New London, New London Co., CT

ii. HANNAH RAYMOND, b. Bef. February 12, 1642/43, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; d. December 18, 1717, New London, New London Co., CT; m. OLIVER MANWARING, 1666, New London, New London Co., CT; b. Bef. March 16, 1632/33, Dawlish, Devon, England; d. Nov 2, 1723, New London, New London Co., CT.