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John Rayment (abt. 1622 - 1703)

John Rayment aka Raymond, Raymont
Born about in Glastonbury, Somerset, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Son of and [mother unknown]
Brother of [half], [half], [half], and [half]
Husband of — married about 20 Aug 1650 (to 2 May 1666) in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, New Englandmap
Husband of — married after 26 Apr 1668 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Died at about age 81 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Contents

Disputed Associations

A baptismal entry at St. John's, Glasonbury, dated 3 March 1616 is sometimes said to be about John, thus associating him as the son of Joan, buried Glastonbury 1618, believed the first wife of George Rayment. An examination of the 1616 record found it was not about John and his association as Joan's son was severed. See Research Notes.

Biography

John Rayment was born, probably Glastonbury, Somerset, England, about 1622 (testimony as to age). He died in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 18 January 1702/3, aged "abt. 87 y."[1][2] John was the son of George Raymond of St. John's parish, Glastonbury. The identity of John's mother is unknown or unproven.

John Rayment married (1), probably in Salem, Essex County, by about 1648 or 1650, perhaps 20 August [1650], Rachel2 Scruggs,[3][4] baptized St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, 23 May 1627.[5][6] She died at then Salem, Essex County, 2 May 1666,[7][8] shortly after the birth of her youngest child. Rachel was the daughter of Thomas Scruggs and his wife, Margery,[9] who settled at Salem in 1635,[10] having immigrated about that time.[11]

John married (2), probably Beverly, after 26 April 1668,[12] Judith (Finne) Woodbury, the widow of William2 Woodbury.[13][14] Judith was baptized at St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Middlesex, England, 12 April 1629, said 7 days old, the daughter of William Finne and his wife, Mary (Charwood) Lofte.[15][16] Judith died at Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 31 October 1702.[17][18]

John Rayment testified in court three times as to his age--in June 1660, he was about age 38;[19] in September 1680, he was about age 60;[20] in June 1682, he was about age 60.[21] See Research Notes.

George Raymond, whose house was in the St. John's church yard, wrote a will 26 June 1651, proved 30 October 1651,[22] naming children Dorothy Robyns, Maurice Rayment, William Rayment, Elizabeth Rayment and John Rayment. Of William, Elizabeth and John, he wrote,

... to William Rayment my son that is in New England six pounds, to be paid if he ever doth come to Glaston to demand it.
... to Elizabeth Rayment my daughter that is in New England twenty shillings, to be paid if she ever doth come to Glaston to demand it.
... to John Rayment my son that is in New England one shilling.

Immigration

Nothing has been proven regarding John Rayment's immigration to the colonies. More than one John and William Rayment are known to have been early at New England. See Research Notes. Assuming Rachel was the mother of his eldest child, John was at Essex County, Massachusetts Bay, by about say 1647/8--in time to have met and married her. (They were the parents of two children by say 1653.)

At Massachusetts Bay

John Rayment was granted fifty acres of land at Salem on "2nd first [mo] 53" [2 March 165[2/]3],[23]

Granted vnto John Remont 50 ackres of l[and] lying next to that ffarme that was mr Alfords pvided that whereas the said land was formerlie gr[anted] vnto Jacob Barney if the said Jacob Barney doe quietlie possess and enjoy that 50 acres laid out to h[im] in liew of it otherwise he Jacob Barney is to enjoy the aboue said land.

Rachel's father, Thomas Scruggs, died before 24 June 1654 (date of inventory),[24][25] and on that date the widow, Margery, deeded to "her son-in-law, John Raymont," her land and goods, "for maintenance."[26] From the court record,[27]

Margery (her mark) Scruggs of Salem, widow, 24 : 6 : 1654, conveyed to her son-in-law, John Raymont, her land and goods, in consideration of £5 in hand to be given to her directly and £5 at the hour of her death to be freely at her disposal ; she was to have £20 per year, paid quarterly as long as she lived and to have the use of necessary household effects. Wit: Roger Conant, Nicholas Patch and William Dodg. The last two witness made oath before Elias Stileman, clerk.

John was chosen as a one of the "suruerors" fences for the Cape Ann Side, the "Gen'all field from the base Riu'r to Mackrell Coue" in 1657/8.[28] John was a Beverly selectman in 1670 and 1676.[29]

John was engaged to appraise a number of estates at Salem and Beverly, including the estate of Agnes Balch in 1657. His wife is probably the Rachill Rayment who, among several, testified in the related case of Balch's illegal will. From the court record,[30]

Widow Anis Woodbery, Nicholas Patch, her brother and his wife, John Hill and his wife, Abigail Hill, Rachill Rayment, Hanah Woodbery and John Grover testified that they knew Anes Ballch more than two years before her death, during her long sickness, and judged that all her estate would not pay Bengeman Balch and his wife for their trouble, labor and charge.

Other estates John appraised were John Friend (1655), Samuel Porter (1660), Nehemiah Hayward (1665), Roger Haskell (1667), Henry Herrick (1671), Richard Dodge (1671), Lot2 Conant (1674), John Batchelder (1675), Osmond Trask (1676), Edith Dodge (1677), Roger1 Conant (1679) and John Herrick (1680).[31]

In 1659, William Ellett's wife was presented and fined for calling John Rayment's wife, Rachel, "a firebrand from hell, for her lying tongue."[32][33] WIP ... John was deposed as part of a 1682 lawsuit between Benjamin Balch and William Dodge about a sixteen-acre parcel that was part of the "1000" acres granted by Salem to the five "old planters" in 1635.[34]

Estate and Probate

No record of John Rayment's estate or probate has been located. Prior to his death, he had sold or deeded the bulk of his real property, mostly to his sons, son-in-law or step-son-in-law.

  • John Rayment, Sen'r, yeoman, for £14 sells to , to John Richards, weaver, a parcel of upland ground . .. two acres in Beverly ...bounded to the south by land of William Haskell, to the east by land in possession of Ambrose Gale, to the west by land of Edmund Gale. "It is to be understood that there was formerlly a deed given to ye said Richards by me sd Rayment for this same land which deed is lost ...; witnesses, Peter Woodbery and Samuel Hardie. Deed dated 26 April 1688, recorded 5 April 1695.[35] [John Rayment, Sr. to step-son-in-law John Richards.]
  • On 12 January 1696/7, John Rayment, sr., of Beverly, yeoman, "in consideration of my paternal love & afection" with the "Consent & aprobation of ... now wife Judith Rayment," transferred to his "sonne John Rayment Junr" of Beverly, yeoman, about sixty acres of land at Beverly and another four and one-half acre parcel at Bunkers Meadow in Topsfield.[36][37] [John Rayment, Sr. to son John Rayment.]
  • On 15 January 1696/7, John Rayment, sr., of Beverly, yeoman, with the consent of his "now wife Judith," "in consideration of my Paternal love and afection" transferred to his son Nathaniel Rayment, "my mansion house," barn and land.[38][39] [John Rayment, Sr. to son Nathaniel Rayment.]
  • On 1 February 1696/7, John Rayment senr, yeoman, deeded "for & in consideration of mine own love & affection unto my son in law william Bradford" of Beverly, husbandman, "& ye love I bear unto the chilldren of his by his former wife my Daughter Ratchell," a twenty acre parcel of "Upland & swamp Ground situate ... in ye Township of Beverly" and "one Mare & two Cows & some other moveable goods of mine," which are already in his possession.[40] [John Rayment, Sr. to son-in-law William Bradford.]
  • On 5 September 1702, John Rayment of Beverly, yeoman, deeded "for & in considercion of divers good consideratins thereunto me moveing especially for yt naturall Love & affection yt I have for my Son Thomas Rayment of Salem," about "twenty & three acres of Land which is his homelott on wch his Dwelling house now Standeth" and also "two oxen & one cow & two Heifers & one pewter platter & a bed," that are already in his possession.[41] [John Rayment, Sr. to son Thomas Rayment.]

Noteworthy also, on 10 July 1704, John Rayment, then of Middleborogh, with the consent of his "now wife Martha," sold ten acres of "upland and Swampy ground" at Beverly to his "Brother Jonathan Rayment, of Beverly, bounded in part by "land which I Sold to my uncle Capt. William Rayment & his son George Rayment," and in part by "the land which I Sold to my Brother Thomas Rayment," and that of "my Son Samuel Rayment."[42]

Family

John and Rachel (Scruggs) Rayment were the parents of eight children (uncertain birth order),[43][44][45]

  1. John Rayment, born about 1648 (church records, 1722/1725)[46] or about 1650, died 5 June 1725.[47] (See G2G, A Rayment-Scruggs timeline conundrum.) He married Martha2 Woodin (John1).[48] John served in King Philip's war; said to have been the first soldier to enter the stockade in the Narragasentt Fort fight, 1675; perhaps the John Raymond shot through both legs during the 1690 expedition to Canada, while serving under Capt. William Raymond, his uncle.[49]
  2. Thomas Rayment; born say 1652 or 1653, died Salem, before 23 October 1732;[50] married Mary _____.[51] Thomas was a soldier in King Philip's war.
  3. Bethia Rayment, born Salem, 14 : 4 m : 1655 [14 June 1655],[52] died there 4 : 10 m : [after 1655].[53]
  4. Abigail Rayment, died Salem, 18 : 10 m : 1662 [18 December 1662].[54]
  5. Rachel Rayment, born Salem, 14 : 12 m : 1659 [14 February 1659],[55] baptized Beverly, 13 November 1670,[56] died before 1 February 1696/7;[57] married Beverly, 14 November 1676, William Bradford of Beverly.
  6. Elizabeth Rayment, died Salem, 25 : 10 m : 1662 [25 December 1662].[58]
  7. Abigail Rayment, born after 18 December 1662 and probably before May 1665 (birth of brother, 1666), baptized Beverly, 13 November 1670.[59] Did she marry Lot Conant Jr (1656-1744)?[60] See Research Notes and Conundrum - Abigail Rayment and Lot Conant.
  8. Jonathan Rayment (Ensign), born then Salem, 25 or 27 April 1666,[61] baptized Beverly, 13 November 1670;[62] married 6 or 20 February 1688/9,[63] Sarah3 Woodbury (Peter2, John1).

John and Judith (_____) Rayment were the parents of two children, born and/or baptized Beverly,

  1. Nathaniel Rayment, born 15 March 1670,[64] baptized 6 August 1671;[65] married Rebecca3 Conant (Lot2, Roger1).
  2. Benjamin Rayment was born 25 August 1672,[66] died 1 September 1672.[67]

Research Notes

See also--

John Rayment Collaboration
Rayment-Raymond Charlton Mackrell Records.
Rayment-Raymond Glastonbury Records. (WIP)
Notes on St. Johns Glastonbury FHL film 1526630 DGS 4021891
John Rayment Notes
Conundrum - Abigail Rayment and Lot Conant
G2G, A Rayment-Scruggs timeline conundrum

WIP -- Several more research notes to add.

Born about 1622. A prior version of this profile reported John was born "3 Mar 1616 at St Johns, Somerset, England." There is a baptismal entry so dated at St. John's, Glastonbury, and this date is often given as his baptism--for example, FamilySearch Family Tree (PID LC9J-6LT) and FindAGrave (memorial 60336123). However, a review of that record finds the gender is more likely a female (a "filia"), the parent's given name is unlikely George; the surname is unlikely Rayment or Raymond. See the restricted access record in "Parish Registers for St. John's Church, Glastonbury, 1603-1900"; images, FamilySearch (FHL film 1,526,630, DGS 4,021,891 (image 1632 of 2362). A snippet of the parish record has been uploaded to St. John's 3 March 1615/6 Snippet. No other baptismal record has been identified about John Rayment. According to George Lansing Raymond, "All the [St. John's] records are missing between about 1621 and 1653."[68]

Another record suggests John might have been born about 1616--the vital record of his death, 18 January 1702/3, reporting he was then "a. abt. 87" (unidentified informant).

Despite this vital record, John Rayment testified three times in court as to his age. First in 1660, he was about age 38 (EQC 2:219). In 1680, he was about at 60 (EQC 8:7), and 1682, he was again about age 60 (EQC 8:323).

Recent published reference to John Rayment's birth is found in David Curtis Dearborn and John Bradley Arthaud, "William1 Woodbury of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 175 (2021):207-222, at 215. These authors reported John was born "about 1622," citing "Ferris, Dawes-Gates ... , 2:697-699."

Identifying Judith Finne. Research to identify John's second wife, Judith (Finne) Woodbury, began when Charla Woodbury shared some some English Woodbury-Finne/Fine records. See Charla Woodbury, "Children of William Woodbury ... of Beverly MA," message board posting of January 22, 2009; web content, GenForum. Subsequent threaded posts cite FHL films #595,417, 595,418, and 597,248 for baptisms and deaths at St. Dunstain of children born to William Woodbury (var. spellings] "of Ratcliff Mariner" and wife Jdth/Judeth/Judith.

Birth of son John. This son was reported "in his 74th yr" in 1722, and age 77 when he died "5 'Ju' 1725," according to Israel W. Putnam, First Church in Middleborough, Mass. (Boston : C.C.P. Moody, printer, 1854), 84 (1722); digital images, Hathi Trust. His gravestone reportedly as "died 5 June 1725, in his 77th year"; see John W. Willard, "Gravestone Records from the Old Cemetery at 'The Green,' Middleborough, Mass.," Mayflower Descendant 12 (1910):65, 142, 198, 256 ; 13 (1911):23, 117; 14 (1912):80, 130, 214, at 14:84 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.

Walter Goodwin Davis seems to have mis-read the Middleborough church records when he wrote, "he died "Middleboro June 5, 1725, age 74." (The Ancestry of Bethia Harris ... ,131). Mary Walton Ferris (1931) placed his birth "about 1650"; further, of the Rayment-Scruggs marriage, Ferris wrote, "probably as early as 1647-8." (Dawes-Gates 2:699)

Did daughter Abigail marry Lot Conant, Jr? Walter Goodwin Davis suspected this was the case. See Conundrum - Abigail Rayment and Lot Conant.

Mary Cook. A 1672 court record refers to one "Mary Cook" as the cousin of John2 Rayment.[69] John Rayment is presumed the son of Rachel Scruggs--the only surviving child born to Thomas Scruggs and his wife, Margery. As such, this cousin, Mary Cook, might have been the niece of the immigrant, John1 Rayment.

Deed research.
(a) Essex County grantor index, 1640-1799 (Scruggs, etc.), at image 394 of 808.
(b) Essex County grantee index, 1620-1986 (Scruggs, etc.), at image 153 of 457.

(c) Essex County grantor index, 1640-1799 (Rayment, etc.), begins at image 276 of 808.
(d) Essex County grantee index, 1620-1986 (Rayment, etc.), begins at image 76 of 457.

(e) Robert Raymond, "Raymond Family: 17th Century Deeds of Essex County"; web content, Cover and Table of Contents, Rootsweb.

See especially,
Essex (Massachusetts) Deeds 3:77, FamilySearch. Roger Connant, John Rayment and Benjamin Balch, of Bass river side, planters, to Isack Hull, cooper, nine acres at Beverly, part swamp and part upland neere his now dwelling house being bounded by John Woodbury sen. dated 23 March 1670 [?69/70, see acknowledgement], recorded 13 February 1670; witnesses William Dodg and Peter Woodbury.
Essex (Massachusetts) Deeds 3:78, FamilySearch. William Dodg, John Rayment, Roger Conant, Benjamin Balch, Peter Woodbury of Basse river in Salem "freely give" to Isack Hull, cooper; each grants one acre of land [in "ye whole five acres"], located near to the southeast corner of the "greate pond" adjoining a "parcell of land of Raiments"; the land can't be sold to strangers; dated 7 June 1664, recorded 13 February 1670 [acknowledgement 23 : 1: 69/70].

Sources

  1. ↑ John Rayment 1702/3 death entry, Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 2:539 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  2. ↑ John Rayment 1702/3 death entry, "Births, marriage intentio...rriages, deaths 1663-1784" in "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"; digital images, FamilySearch (Births, deaths, marriages and intentions of marriage, 1663-1784, FHL film 864.851, Item 2, DGS 4.029,870).
  3. ↑ As "by about 1650," citing "ELR 1:33; Bethia Harris Anc 140-31; TAG 24:156-60," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S (2009), 221-223 (Thomas Scruggs), at 222; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  4. ↑ Rayment-_____ [before 1666] marriage, Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 2:257 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust; entry reports the marriage as "August 20, _____, [bef. 1666]."
  5. ↑ Walter Goodwin Davis, "Scruggs of Salem, Mass." in "Genealogical Research in England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 85 (1931):388-395, at 391; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  6. ↑ Rachell Srugges 1627 baptism, "Parish registers for St. Nicholas' Church, Yarmouth," in "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997"; images, FamilySearch (Baptisms, marriages and burials, 1558-1769, FHL film 1,526,327, Items 16 - 26, DGS 4,033,324, image 770 of 2160); mother's name as "Rachell."
  7. ↑ Rachell Rayment 1666 death, citing "CT. R. [Court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court]," Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1916-), 6:176 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust; "Rachell, w. John."
  8. ↑ Rachell Rayment 1666 death (county court record), "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001" images, FamilySearch (County court births, marriages, deaths 1654-1795, FHL film 877,468, items 1-4, DGS 7,009,706. image 259 of 610).
  9. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S (2009), 221-223 (Thomas Scruggs), at 222; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  10. ↑ Referencing Thomas Scruggs admission to the Salem church by 2 September 1635 as "SChR 6," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S (2009), 221-223 (Thomas Scruggs), at 221; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  11. ↑ For marginal note, "att New England," in entry regarding an English order of February 1634/5, citing "Act Book, Archdeaconry of Norwich," Walter Goodwin Davis, The ancestry of Bethia Harris, 1748-1833 ... (Portland, Me., The Southworth Press, 1934), 135-141 (Scroggs) at 140; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  12. ↑ William P. Upham, Records of the First Church in Beverly, Massachusetts 1667-1772 (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1905), 86; digital images, Hathi Trust; "allso Baptized: 26 : 2 : 68 William & Jude sonne & daughter of Jude Woodbury widdow by her husband William Woodbury lately deceased." [Judith is still called William's widow on 26 April 1668.]
  13. ↑ William P. Upham, Records of the First Church in Beverly, Massachusetts 1667-1772 (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1905), 86; digital images, Hathi Trust; "allso Baptized: 26 : 2 : 68 William & Jude sonne & daughter of Jude Woodbury widdow by her husband William Woodbury lately deceased." [Judith is still called William's widow on 26 April 1668.]
  14. ↑ Citing "William P. Upham, Records of the First Church in Beverly, Massachusetts 1667–1772 (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1905), 86, 'allso Baptized: 26: 2 [April]: 68 William & Jude sonne & daughter of Jude Woodbury widdow by her husband William Woodbury lately deceased,'” and ''Vital Records of Beverly ..., 1:275, birth of Nathaniel Rayment, 'son of John, 15 March 1670[/1?],'" David Curtis Dearborn and John Bradley Arthaud, "William1 Woodbury of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 175 (2021):207-222, at 215.
  15. ↑ Citing "Parish registers of the Stepney parish church," Charla Woodbury, James Hamlin and Gene Preston, "Identifying Judith Finne and the Early Family of William2 (William1) Woodbury of Stepney, Middlesex, England, and Beverly, Massachusetts," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 176 (2022):138-148; digital images by subscription, via pdf download, AmericanAncestors.
  16. ↑ Judith finne 1629 baptismal record, Parish registers of the Stepney parish church (baptisms); digital image, FamilySearch, FHL Digital Collection, DGS 7,906,338, image 335 of 717], baptism is 12 April 1629, she is 7 days old; parents as "Wm finne of Ratcliffe shipwright & Mary."
  17. ↑ Judith Rayment 1702 death entry, Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 2 vols, 2:539 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust; she is "Judith, w. John, Oct 31, 1702, a abt. 75 y."
  18. ↑ Judith Rayment 1702 death entry, "Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"; database of unindexed, images, FamilySearch; Judith Rayment, 30 October 1702. [Vital Records of Beverly ...' reports 31 October 1702].
  19. ↑ George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911–1989), 2 (1656-1662):219-20 (Herrick presentment); digital images, Hathi Trust; court held at Salem, 26 June 1660.
  20. ↑ George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass. : Essex institute, 1911-1975), 8:7 (Dodge v Bach); digital images, Hathi Trust ; court held at Ipswich, 28 September 1680.
  21. ↑ George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911–1989), 8 (1680-1683):323 (Balch v Dodge); digital images, Hathi Trust; court held at Salem, 27 June 1682.
  22. ↑ Citing "Grey, 196," Henry F. Waters, "Genealogical Gleanings in England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 49 (1895):136 (George Rayment will); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  23. ↑ Sidney Perley and Martha O. Howes, Town Records of Salem, Massachusetts, 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex Institute, 1868- ), 1:173; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  24. ↑ Citing "EQC 1:359; EPR 1:185-86," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S (2009), 221-223 (Thomas Scruggs), at 222; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  25. ↑ "Estate of Thomas Scruggs of Salem," George Francis Dow, The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1916-1920), 1:185-86; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  26. ↑ Citing "EQC 1:359; EPR 1:186," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S (2009), 221-223 (Thomas Scruggs), at 222; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  27. ↑ George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass. : Essex institute, 1911-1975), 1:359, 359n; digital images, Hathi Trust' court held at Salem, 29 : 4 : 1654.
  28. ↑ Sidney Perley and Martha O. Howes, Town Records of Salem, Massachusetts, 3 vols. (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1868, 1913, 1934), 1:214; digital images, Hathi Trust
  29. ↑ George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass. : Essex institute, 1911-1975), 4:323, 6:172; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  30. ↑ George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass. : Essex institute, 1911-1975), 2:60n; digital images, Hathi Trust' court held at Salem, 24 : 9 : 1657.
  31. ↑ George Francis Dow, The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1916-1920), 1:206 (Samuel Porter), 238-39 (John Friend); 2:17-18 (Nehemiah Hayward), 87-89 (Roger Haskell), 219-22 (Henry Herrick), 230-33 (Richard Dodge), 420-21 (Lot Conant); 3:41-42 (John Batchelder), 124-27 (Osmund Trask), 198-99 (Edith Dodge), 335-36 (Roger Conant), 348-49 (John Herrick); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  32. ↑ Citing "Records and Files, II:166," Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Bethia Harris ... (Portland, Me., The Southworth Press, 1934), 129-132 (Rayment), at 130; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  33. ↑ George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass. : Essex institute, 1911-1975), 2:166; digital images, Hathi Trust' court held at Salem, 28 June 1659.
  34. ↑ George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911–1989), 8 (1680-1683):323-25 (Balch v Dodge); digital images, Hathi Trust; court held at Salem, 27 June 1682.
  35. ↑ Essex County Deeds 10:150, FamilySearch,
  36. ↑ John Rayment Sr. to John Rayment Jr, deed dated 12 January 1696/7, "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986"; images, FamilySearch (image 138 of 665), otherwise Essex County Deeds, 14:128, recorded 23 April 1701.
  37. ↑ Sidney Perley, "Beverly in 1700, No. 1" in Essex Institute Historical Collections, 55 (1919):93-94 (John Rayment House); digital images, Hathi Trust. note: the deed references reported by Perley, seem to skip this deed (Essex County Deeds, 14:128), causing the string of deeds therein cited to be out of sync.
  38. ↑ Sidney Perley, "Beverly in 1700, No. 1," Essex Institute Historical Collections, 55 (1919):90-91 (Nathaniel Rayment House); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  39. ↑ John Rayment to Nathaniel Rayment, deed dated 15 January 1696/7, "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986"; images, FamilySearch, image 38 of 538; otherwise Essex County Deeds 12:32a, recorded 11 August 1697.
  40. ↑ John Rayment, Sr., to William Bradford, deed dated 1 February 1696/7, "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986"; images, FamilySearch (image 161 of 600); otherwise Essex County Deeds 28:154, recorded 27 April 1716.
  41. ↑ John Rayment to Thomas Rayment, deed dated 5 September 1702, "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986"; images, FamilySearch ; image 213 of 896), otherwise Essex County Deeds 22:203, recorded 26 October 1710.
  42. ↑ John Rayment to Jonathan Rayment, 1704 deed, "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986"; images, FamilySearch (image 279 of 646), recorded 9 October 1704, otherwise Essex County Deeds 17:24.
  43. ↑ Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Bethia Harris ... (Portland, Me., The Southworth Press, 1934), 129-132 (Rayment), at 131; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  44. ↑ Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines .., 2 vols. (Milwaukee: privately printed, 1931-43), 2: 697-701 (John Raymond) at 699; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  45. ↑ Samuel Raymond, Genealogies of the Raymond Families of New England, 1630-1 to 1886 ... (1886), 121 (John Raymond); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  46. ↑ Israel Warbuton Putnam, First Church in Middleborough, Mass. (Boston : C.C.P. Moody, printer, 1854), 84 (1722); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  47. ↑ John W. Willard, "Gravestone Records from the Old Cemetery at 'The Green,' Middleborough, Mass.," Mayflower Descendant 12 (1910):65, 142, 198, 256 ; 13 (1911):23, 117; 14 (1912):80, 130, 214, at 14:84 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  48. ↑ Janet Ireland Delorey, "John1 Woodin, Brickmaker, of New Hamsphire, Massachusetts, and South Carolina," The American Genealogist, 64 (1989):65-74, 150-156, 238-245, at 151-152 (marriage, spouse and children) and 245 (Addenda Et Corrigenda, for parentage); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors
  49. ↑ Citing, in part, "Massachusetts Register of the Society of Colonial Wars, 1898, p. 141," Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines .., 2 vols. (Milwaukee: privately printed, 1931-43), 2: 697-701 (John Raymond) at 699; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  50. ↑ Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate, case 23283, Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  51. ↑ Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines .., 2 vols. (Milwaukee: privately printed, 1931-43), 2: 697-701 (John Raymond) at 699; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  52. ↑ Bethia Rayment 1655 birth, citing "CT. R. [Court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court]," Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1916-), 2:224 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  53. ↑ Bethia Rayment [after 1655] death, citing "CT. R. [Court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court]," Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1916-), 6:176 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  54. ↑ Abigaile Rayment 1662 death, citing "CT. R. [Court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court]," Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1916-), 6:176 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  55. ↑ Rachel Rayment 1659 birth, citing "CT. R. [Court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court]," Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1916-), 6:176 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  56. ↑ Rachell, Abigall and Jonathan Raymund 1670 baptism, William P. Upham with annotations by Augustus A. Galloupe, Records of the First Church in Beverly, Massachusetts ... (Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1905), 89; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  57. ↑ Rachel (Rayment) Bradford, mention [as deceased], John Rayment, Senr, to William Bradford, 1 February 1697 deed, "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch, Essex > Deeds 1713-1716; otherwise Essex County Deeds 28:154; recorded 27 April 1716.
  58. ↑ Elizabeth Rayment 1662 death, citing "CT. R. [Court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court]," Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1916-), 6:176 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  59. ↑ Rachell, Abigall and Jonathan Raymund 1670 baptism, William P. Upham with annotations by Augustus A. Galloupe, Records of the First Church in Beverly, Massachusetts ... (Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1905), 89; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  60. ↑ Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Bethia Harris ... (Portland, Me., The Southworth Press, 1934), 129-132 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  61. ↑ As born "25 : 2 : 1666," Jonathan Rayment 1666 birth, citing "CT. R. [Court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court]," Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1916-), 6:176 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  62. ↑ Rachell, Abigall and Jonathan Raymund 1670 baptism, William P. Upham with annotations by Augustus A. Galloupe, Records of the First Church in Beverly, Massachusetts ... (Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1905), 89; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  63. ↑ Rayment-Woodberry 1688/9 marriage, citing in part, "CT. R. [Court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court]," Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 2:257 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust; date as "Feb 6 [20 CT. R.], 1688-9."
  64. ↑ Nathaniell Rayment 1670 birth entry, Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 1:275 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  65. ↑ Nathaniell Rayment 1671 baptism, William P. Upham with annotations by Augustus A. Galloupe, Records of the First Church in Beverly, Massachusetts ... (Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1905), 89; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  66. ↑ Benjamen Rayment 1672 birth entry, citing, in part, "C. R. I. [church record, First Parish Unitarian Church]," Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 1:274 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  67. ↑ Benjamen Rayment 1672 death entry, Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 2:539 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  68. ↑ George Lansing Raymond, "English Ancestors of John and William Raymond of Beverly, Mass.," Americana (American Historical Magazine), 12 (1918): 343-351; digital images, Internet Archive.
  69. ↑ Citing "Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Mass., V, 25," Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines .., 2 vols. (Milwaukee: privately printed, 1931-43), 2: 697-701 (John Raymond) and 703-709 (William Raymond), at 699n; digital images, Hathi Trust.
See also--
  • Charla Woodbury, James Hamlin and Gene Preston, "Identifying Judith Finne and the Early Family of William2 (William1) Woodbury of Stepney, Middlesex, England, and Beverly, Massachusetts," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 176 (2022):138-148; digital images by subscription, via pdf download, AmericanAncestors.
  • Ancestry.com. [database on-line].Accessed 22 Nov 2020." Raymond, Samuel. Genealogies of the Raymond families of New England, 1630-1 to 1886 : with a historical sketch of some of the Raymonds of early times, their origin, etc". New York: J.J. Little, 1886. page 121.




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If there are no objections, I plan to update the LNAB of his second wife to Finne. Will update the profile research notes accordingly. :-) Gene

See Charla Woodbury, James Hamlin and Gene Preston, "Identifying Judith Finne and the Early Family of William^2 (William^1) Woodbury of Stepney, Middlesex, England, and Beverly, Massachusetts," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 176 (2022):138-148; digital image by subscription, via pdf download, AmericanAncestors.

Edited to add. The space page, "John Rayment Collaboration," includes an incomplete item, "Raymond(s) of Newichawannock." Some of the related research is found on one of the many helpful web pages by Robert Scott Raymond, "Historical Context for the Immigration of John and William Rayment," last revised 18 February 2001. See https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~raymondfamily/genealogy/ImmigrationContext.html

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GeneJ X
If there are no objections, I would like to make some updates to the profile. These are mostly minor, in order to be more specific. --Gene

Have already updated the Rayment-Scruggs marriage to note that the corresponding vital record is damaged, so that the year has been devised. (The record is also silent as to the bride's name.)

I will look over the child list in the hope of spotting anything that has not been well documented.

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GeneJ X
I have updated the profile, including an update to his date of birth.

Are there any objections to severing his connection to mother, Joan, buried 1618 at St. John's. --Gene

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GeneJ X
John Rayment testified twice as to his age--in 1660 and 1682. Both times, his birth was about 1622.

The first testimony was June 1660, in the Herrick presentment. He was then about age 38. See George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911–1989), 2 (1656-1662):219-20 (Herrick presentment); digital images, Hathi Trust; court held at Salem, 26 June 1660

The later-dated testimony was given June 1682, in the case of Balch v Dodge, John was "aged about sixty." See George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911–1989), 8 (1680-1683):323 (Balch v Dodge); digital images, Hathi Trust; court held at Salem, 27 June 1682,

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GeneJ X
I am going to work on this profile a bit. I plan to move sources to sources. Will update sources referenced to remove span tags and link to public domain materials where possible.

If WikiTree collaborators know of additional reliable sources, research notes or other information that should be included in the profile, please comment.

Thank you for supporting WikiTree.--Gene

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Altenburg-72 Ellen Altenburg
I was unable to find him in the Great Pilgrim Migration book other than as the husband of Rachel Scruggs ( although I find American Ancestors somewhat difficult to navigate). I've been unable to find the exact birth date that is in the profile
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M Cole
Neither he nor his siblings are listed in the Great Migration Directory, so he's a later arrival. Looks like the earliest record may be the birth of his son about 1650? I looked in the Freeman's list, and I only found John Rayment of Beverly in 1686 (so probably his son), and earliest Essex Court Record was a Jury record in 1653.
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Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
So, then I will move ahead and removed him from PGM project.

M, assuming you are keeping track of these we are removing...  :)

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M Cole
I guess I will :-). Maybe I'll add a tab to the spreadsheet.
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Altenburg-72 Ellen Altenburg
Going to format and organize this profile
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Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Raymond-501 and Rayment-27 appear to represent the same person because: wives are the same and death is the same
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GeneJ X
Other than third party reports, I am unable to find evidence that John's second wife, Judith (_____) Woodbury, was born Judith Glover.

Doug Sinclair writes on his website about a Glover family. To his discussion, he adds, "William Woodbury of the Bass River part of Salem, later to become Beverly, married a woman named Judith. At some point the thought that she was a Glover was popularized, but I've found no evidence that she was." http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/glover/johnglover.htm

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GeneJ X
Just when John was born is poses some conflict in the research about him, as some descendant researchers report an earlier marriage for him at England. I have yet to read any reports about that early family to believe exhaustive work has been done by which the potential conflicts would have been sorted out. John's father is generally agreed to have been George Rayment, whose will at England was discovered by Waters in the late 1800s. [b] The will was dated/proved 1651. (There are reasonably wild notions about the further identity of this George, in part because the surname Rayment/Raymond is more common than not.)

[b] Henry F. Waters (1833-1913), _Genealogical gleanings in England_, 2 vols (1901); digital images, _Hathi Trust_ (v1 [link too long for message length]

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GeneJ X
Recent work about this John Raymond (John Rayment) did not uncover a basis for his birth "March 3, 1616." Although his death record suggests he was older, testimony by John in 1660 would place his birth at 1622.[a] Mary Walton Ferris (_Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines … 1931-43) placed his birth at "about 1622." Walter Goodwin Davis reports the date of birth "between 1616 and 1622"--the low side of that range comes from the record of John's death [VR]; the high side, from some of the testimony mentioned.

[a]_Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts_ multiple volumes; digital images, _Google Books_ (accessed 2013), 2 (1656-1662): 219-20, Zachary Herrick-Roger Hauscall; deposition of John Raymond. Note: "John Reaymond, aged about thirty-eight years, deposed ."

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