John Raymond was born in 1651 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts. He and
Martha Woodin were married before 1677 in Beverly or Middleborough, Massachusetts.
1 He died on 5 June 1725 at age ~74 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
2 He was buried in Old Cemetery, Middleborough, Massachusetts.
Check "The Great Migrations Begins..." for Richard Raymond, who had a son John b. 1635 m Mary Betts, dau. of Thomas Betts, in Norwalk December 10, 1664. There may be confusion between the John Raymond, Jr., who lived in Norwalk and the John Rayment, Jr., who lived in Middleborough. The MIddleborough John died in1725, age 74 (born 1651?). See Torrey's marriages, also Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleborough, 1905.
He was soldier in King Philip's War and took part in the Rhode Island campaign in December 1675.
He was member #104 of the First Church of Middleborough, admitted April 29, year? (p. 84, The First Church of Middleboro, 1854, also in Thomas Weston, History of Middleborough, 1905, appendix) His son John and grandson Barnabus were also members of this church.
Son of John Rayment 1616-1703 and Judith ----- Woodbury 1627-1702 (widow of William) m. August 20, 1668 in Beverly. Torrey CD
Anne Coggeshall had a daughter, Anne, who married Richard Raymond. They had three children: John, Richard, and Elizabeth.
George Raymond of Ipswitch, England, died April 10, 1617. He had a son George who had sons John, George, and James.
A George Rayment of St. John's, Glaston, Somerset, England, died before June 26, 1651. He had sons William and John living in New England in the Beverly/Salem area.
A John Rayment went to Virginia on the ship Friendship December 2, 1629.
Thomas Weston, History of Middleborough, p. 335: "Raymond Neighborhood... A hundred years ago its population was quite numerous. They were the descendants of John Raymond, who came from Salem during the witchcraft excitement. While a resident of Salem, he early enlisted in King Philip's War in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Gardner, and was one of the bravest and most efficient men in his command. He was in the great battle at the taking of the Indin form in the Narragansett country on the afternoon of Sunday, December 19, 1675 and is sid to have been the first soldier who entered the fortification. After this campaign, he continued in various commands until the close of the war...Some of his descendants, along with other residents of Middleboro, moved to Woodstock, Vermont." John Raymond had person sources.
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