John Raymond II (1665 - 1737)

Born 9 Sep 1665 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (St John) Raymond — married 7 Mar 1690 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

Husband of Katharine (Hanford) Raymond — married 24 Dec 1719 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1737 at age 71 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

• Birth date may be Sep 9, 1665^[1]

John married 7 March 1699 Elizabeth Saint John, daughter of Samuel Sessions, alias Saint John. ^[2]

CAPT. JOHN RAYMOND JR. was born in 1665 in Norwalk, Connecticut. He was the son of John Raymond and Mary Betts.

He married Elizabeth St. John (1673-1737), daughter of Samuel St. John and Elizabeth Hoyt, around 1690.

They had 10 children: John; Mary; Elizabeth; Hannah (1700-1790); Lemuel; Jabez; Asahel; Elijah; Sarah; and Zuriel.

He was a captain of a train band (militia), as well as being a land surveyor. In 1699 he, with his brothers and sister, sold land to William Haynes. In 1710 he was part of a settlement with his uncles regarding splitting up his grandfather’s property, where he took a portion of the land under is father’s share. In 1713 he was appointed to a committee by the town in order to build a road to Ridgefield. He was also the representative for Norwalk in the General Assembly in 1716.

He died in 1737 in Norwalk, Connecticut.

His will is dated 7 April 1737 and proved on 4 May 1737 in Fairfield. his inventory was taken on 13 May 1737.^[3]

John was born in 1665. John Raymond ... He passed away in 1737.

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Sources

1. ↑ No. 20, iii, pg. 25 - The St. John Genealogy; Descendants of Matthias St. John, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1640, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1643-1645, and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1650 by Orline St. John Alexander, 1907 - https://ia802703.us.archive.org/22/items/stjohngenealogyd00alex/stjohngenealogyd00alex.pdf
2. ↑ Hall, Edwin, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut with a Plan of the Ancient Settlement, and the Town in 1847, Heritage Publishing, Bowie, MD, original published 1847, reprint 1997, p.195
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-T2S5  : 6 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627301, image 691-693, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 8, 1725-1740, Page 411-415.

• Van Hoosear, David Hermon. A Complete Copy of the Inscriptions Found on the Monuments, Headstones, &c., in the Oldest Cemetery in Norwalk, Conn. (The Standard Association, Bridgeport, Conn., 1895) Page XXVI
• Betts, Frederic H., 1888. Thomas Betts, of Guilford and Norwalk, and his Descendants. (based on the work of Caroli Wyllys Betts, deceased) pages 22-3
• No. 20, iii, pg. 25 - The St. John Genealogy; Descendants of Matthias St. John, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1640, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1643-1645, and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1650 by Orline St. John Alexander, 1907 - https://ia802703.us.archive.org/22/items/stjohngenealogyd00alex/stjohngenealogyd00alex.pdf
• Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (1985) Pg. 613
• Fairfield, Connecticut Probate Records, Vol. 6-8, Pg. 691
• Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol. 37, Pg. 402
• Geneaologies of the Raymond families of New England (1886) Pg. 6
• Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut (1847) Pg. 196
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74X-MHJ : 11 February 2018), John Raiment, 09 Sep 1665; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KF-X2Z : 9 February 2018), Capt. John Raymond, 12 Apr 1737; citing , reference 402; FHL microfilm 3,355.
• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7XY-T3P : 9 February 2018), John Raymond, 02 Apr 1737; citing Norwalk, Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,189.