David was born on 13 January 1691 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, a child of Nathaniel Rayment and Rebecca Conant.[1][2]
David died before 1 July 1769, the date of a deed in which he is "our sd brother David Raymond, dec'd."[3][4]
He is possibly the David Raymond, deceased Beverly, "_____ 1766."[5]
Sources
↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Towns Records, 1579-2001
↑ B. Raymond and others to J. Raymond, deed dated 1 July 1769, recorded 2 March 1790, "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986"; images, FamilySearch (image 460 of 637), otherwise Essex County Deeds, 151:128; deed mentions, "our sd brother David Raymond, dec'd."
↑ Sidney Perley, "Beverly in 1700, No. 1," Essex Institute Historical Collections, 55 (1919):90-91 (Nathaniel Rayment House); digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ David Raymond 1766 death entry, citing "C. R. 2. [church record, Second Congregational Church]," Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 2:539 (Raymond); 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.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZZ5-HQC : accessed 28 October 2015), David Rayment, 13 Jan 1691; citing BEVERLY,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0962871 IT 2.
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHZQ-4NB : accessed 28 October 2015), David Raymond and Abigail Balch, 05 Dec 1713; citing reference p 19; FHL microfilm 760,604.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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The evidence below presents a conflict. Would seem the David Raymond-Abigail Balch association should be disputed.
See Galusha Burchard Balch, Genealogy of the Balch families in America (Salem, Mass., E. Putnam. 1897), 33 (56. Abigail [Balch]), 33n; digital images, Hathi Trust.
Author reports the Daniel Rayment-Abigail Balch marriage is of Daniel^3 Raymond, born 25 November 1691, son of William^2 (William^1) and his wife Mary Kettle (daughter of John and Elizabeth Kettle), writing further
"William [Raymond] ... was killed Jan. 1701 by a falling tree in Beverly woods. Mary [(Kettle) Raymond] died shortly after, Their children were cared for their uncles, Edward Raymond and James Kettle."
Reports four children to this William^2 and Mary Raymond,
Mary Raymond
William Raymond; married Deborah Balch
Daniel Raymond; married Abigail Balch
Paul Raymond; married Tabitha Balch.
See, separately, Daniel Rayment-Abigail Balch 1713/4 marriage, Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1906–1907), 2:256 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.
See Galusha Burchard Balch, Genealogy of the Balch families in America (Salem, Mass., E. Putnam. 1897), 33 (56. Abigail [Balch]), 33n; digital images, Hathi Trust.
Author reports the Daniel Rayment-Abigail Balch marriage is of Daniel^3 Raymond, born 25 November 1691, son of William^2 (William^1) and his wife Mary Kettle (daughter of John and Elizabeth Kettle), writing further
"William [Raymond] ... was killed Jan. 1701 by a falling tree in Beverly woods. Mary [(Kettle) Raymond] died shortly after, Their children were cared for their uncles, Edward Raymond and James Kettle."
Reports four children to this William^2 and Mary Raymond,
Paul Raymond; married Tabitha Balch.
See, separately, Daniel Rayment-Abigail Balch 1713/4 marriage, Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1906–1907), 2:256 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.
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