Genealogies of the Raymond Families of New England
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WAR RECORDS OF MASSACHUSETTS.

All these military records, excepting the first, are taken exclusively from the military records of the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut, and include all of the name of Raymond found therein. They apply only to the troops when under State control, excepting, perhaps, the "Roll of the Continental Army" found herein among those of Massachusetts. By far the most important records relating to the soldiers from both these States in the wars of the Revolution and of 1812 are to be found in the archives at Washington.

MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS IN THE WARS WHILE UNDER
THE CROWN OF ENGLAND.

BENJAMIN, of ----, mentioned in Drake's "History of The French and Indian War."

DANIEL, son of William, of Beverly, and his eldest son (name unknown), died in the Canada Expedition of 1745.

EDWARD, of Salem or Beverly, held a lieutenant's commission in Capt. Hawthorn's Co. under Major Sedgwick's command at the capture of St. John and Port Royal, Nova Scotia, 1654.

GEORGE, son of Nathaniel, of Beverly, was in the Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Expedition, 1758.

JOHN, son of John, of Beverly, is probably the same that is named in history as the first soldier to enter the Indian fort in the Narragansett fight, Dec., 1675. [267]

JOHN, son of Benjamin, of Hardwick, at the age of 16, enlisted in the French and Indian War of 1756-63.

JONATHAN, of ----, was in Capt. Thomas Pike's command in the 8th Massachusetts Regiment, in the Louisburg Expedition of 1745.

JOSEPH, of Beverly, enlisted in 1744 as drummer in Capt. Ives' Co. for the Louisburg Expedition.

NATHAN, of ----, was in Capt. Edward Cole's, the 10th Co. of the 7th Massachusetts Reg't, Col. Shubel Gorham, in the Louisburg Expedition, 1745.

REUBEN, of Lexington, was in the French and Indian War in 1756.

SAMUEL, of Lexington, enlisted in 1760 in the French and Indian War, when more troops were called for.

THOMAS, son of John, of Beverly, was in the Narragansett fight with the Indians, in Dec., 1675 (King Philip's War). 

WILLIAM, brother of John the emigrant, was in the Narragansett fight with the Indians in Dec., 1675. He also commanded a company in the Canada Expedition of 1690.  [268]

LEXINGTON ALARM ROLL OF APRIL 19, 1775.

Before this time the towns throughout the commonwealth had organized, equipped, and drilled their militia, to be ready to march against the British at the call of their provincial leaders. In March, 1775, a British armed force had invaded Essex County to seize stores at Danvers, and now, no sooner had British troops begun their march to seize stores at Concord, than messengers on horseback were sent in every direction with orders for the minute-men to march against the enemy. On their way to Concord the British fought at Lexington, and after committing atrocious acts, marched onward to Concord. The War for Independence was now inaugurated. On their return their movement was highly accelerated by the shotguns of the patriots from behind the walls and from the forests that bordered their line of march.

AMOS, of Holden, in Major Paul's Co., marched through Concord to Cambridge.
BENJAMIN, of Beverly.
EBENEZER, of Middleboro, in Capt. William Shaw's Co., marched to Marshfield.
EBENEZER, of Beverly.
JOSEPH, of Richmond, lieutenant.
JOSEPH, of Beverly, in Capt. Dodge's Co.
JOSEPH, of Danvers, in Capt. Hutchinson's Co.
JOSEPH, of Littleton, in Lieut. Aquilla Jewett's Co.
NATHAN, of Beverly.
NATHANIEL, of Beverly.
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NATHANIEL, of Ipswich, in Capt. Wade's Co.
NATHANIEL, of Ipswich, in Capt. Whitney's Co., marched Apl. 19th to Mystic and returned 22d.
PAUL, of Holden, major in command of a company, marched through Concord to Cambridge.
SAMUEL, of Middleboro, in Capt. William Shaw's Co., marched to Marshfield.
SAMUEL, of Middleboro, in Capt. Wood's Co., marched to Marshfield.
SOLOMON, of Middleboro, in Capt. William Shaw's Co., marched to Marshfield.
SYLVANUS, of Middleton, drummer in Capt. William Shaw's Co., marched to Marshfield.
WILLIAM, of Holden, in Major Paul's Co., marched through Concord to Cambridge.
WILLIAM, of Richmond, marched with others, and then enlisted in the army.
WILLIAM, of Middleboro, in Capt. Wood's Co., marched to Marshfield.

ROLL SIEGE OF BOSTON AND BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, 1775.*

This is also called the "Coat Roll," 13,000 coats having been requested of the towns in Massachusetts and Maine, and a coat promised to every soldier who should serve eight months. The stipulated term of service was May to December, both included. The rolls comprise the Massachusetts men who fought at Bunker Hill as well as many from Maine, and two or three companies in large part from New Hampshire.

* A portion only of the besieging army were in the battle of June 17th.

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BENJAMIN, of Beverly, in Capt. Ebenezer Francis' Co., Col. Mansfield's Reg't.
BENJAMIN, of Middleboro, drummer in Capt. Earl Clap's Co., Col. Cotton's Reg't.
CALEB, of Plymouth, in Capt. John Bridgeham's Co., Col. Cotton's Reg't.
EBENEZER, of Middleboro, in Capt. Joshua Benson's Co., Col. Cotton's Reg't.
EBENEZER, of Beverly, in Capt. John Low's Co., Col. Mansfield's Reg't.
JAMES, of Middleboro, in Capt. John Bridgeham's Co., Col. Cotton's Reg't. Discharged Sep. 7.
JOHN, of Hutchinson (?) Barre, in Capt. John Black's Co., Col. Jonathan Brewer's Reg't.
JOHN, of Hardwick, serg't in Capt. Hazeltine's Co., Col. Fellows' Reg't.
JOSEPH, of Beverly, drummer in Capt. Ebenezer Francis' Co., Col. Mansfield's Reg't.
NATHANIEL RAMAR, (?) of Marblehead, in Capt. Merritt's Co., Col. Glover's Reg't.
RUFUS RAYMENT, of Taunton, in Capt. Samuel Tubbs' Co., Col. Walker's Reg't.
SAMUEL, of Middleboro, Capt. Joshua Benson's Co., Col. Cotton's Reg't.
SHUBEL, of Boston, in Capt. Theodore Bliss's Co., Col. Patterson's Reg't.
SYLVANUS, of Middleboro, Capt. Joshua Benson's Co., Col. Cotton's Reg't.
WILLIAM, of Richmond, in Capt. David Noble's Co., Col. Patterson's Reg't. [271]

ROLL OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY.

This roll is to be found among the State records at Boston. It was probably made from the Washington records. No reference to these regiments is found on the State records.

ABNER, of Beverly, 11th Continental Regiment, 36 months.
BENJAMIN, of Beverly, 11th Continental Regiment, 36 months.
BENJAMIN, of Middleboro, 14th Continental Regiment, 46 months and 16 days, $50 bounty.
CESAR, of Beverly, 11th Continental Regiment, 4 months and 17 days, dead. Probably colored.
EBENEZER, of Middleboro, 14th Continental Regiment, 34 months and 13 days.
JOHN, of Wilbraham, 3d Continental Regiment, 36 months.
JOSEPH, of Beverly, 11th Continental Regiment, 36 months.
JOB, of Falmouth, 12th Continental Regimental, 1 month and 5 days, dead.
JOSEPH, Lieut., Col. Tupper's Regiment, 3 months and 5 days, ending Dec. 31, 1780.
JAMES, of Sandwich, 14th Continental Regiment, 36 months.
SAMUEL, Washington's Dragoons, 35 months and 13 days. Place not stated.
SOLOMON, of Middleboro, 5th Continental Reg't, 45 months and 19 days.
THOMAS, Ticonderoga (?), 7th Continental Regiment, 36 months.
THOMAS, of Boston, 9th Continental Regiment, 37 months and 10 days.
ZURIEL, of Williamstown, 2d Continental Regiment, 46 months and 15 days. Bounty, 200 acres land. [272]

This list includes the name of every Raymond found on the military records of Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War. It will be noticed that the same soldier is sometimes recorded with his town residence, at other times his county, and again without any residence. 

ABNER,		Private in Capt. Billy Porter's Co., Col. Tupper's Regt., was at West Point, 1779.
ABNER,	Beverly,	1780, æ. 20, 1781, 1782.
AMOS,	Worcester Co., Petersham, etc.,	1777, 1778.
BELDEN,		In the Guards at Boston.
BENJAMIN,	Middleboro,	1777, 1780.
BENJAMIN,		Drummer and Fifer, Capt. Samuel Page's Co., Massachusetts Battalion, Col. Benjamin Tupper's Regt. was mustered in at West Point, Mar. 3, 1779.
BENJAMIN,		In Col. Brook's Regt., 12 months, 1781.
CALEB,	Berkshire Co.,	1780.
CALEB,	Halifax,	1777.
CALEB,	Newcastle, Me.,	1776.
DANIEL,	Worcester Co.,	1780.
DANIEL,	Princeton,	1782.
DANIEL,	Berkshire Co.,	1777.
DANIEL,	Sheffield,	1780.
EBENEZER,	Middleboro,	1780, 1781.
EBENEZER,		In Col. Brooks' Regt., 4 mo., 1781.
EBENEZER,	Barnstable Co.,	1778.
EDWARD,	Middleboro,	1777, 1778.
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EDWARD,		Prisoner at Halifax, 1778.
ELIAKIM,	Northampton,	1784.
EZEKIEL,	Plymouth Co.,	1777.
GEORGE,		Sergt. in Capt. Berry's Co., Col. Poor's Essex Co. Regt., was at King's Ferry, Fort Clinton, and West Point, 1778, and again at King's Ferry, 1779.
HENRY REMON (?),	Oxford,	In Col. Whitcomb's Regt. at Prospect Hill, Oct. 4, 1775.
JAMES,	Plymouth Co.,	1778, 1781.
JAMES,	Middleboro,	1777.
JAMES,		Private in Capt. Job Pierce's Co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regt., in the secret expedition to Tiverton, R. I., 1777.
JAMES,		In Col. Brooks' Regt., 4 mos., 1781.
JAMES, JR.,	Plymouth Co.,	1781.
JOHN,	Plymouth Co.,	1776, 1788.
JOHN,	Middleboro,	1776, 1778, was at Roxbury, Apl. 1, 1776, in Capt. Nathaniel Wood's Co., Col. Simeon Cary's Regt.
JOHN,		Drummer in Col. Vose's Regt., 11 mos., 1781, 2 mos., 1772.
JOHN,		In Capt. Aaron Haynes' Co., Col. Whitcomb's Regt., at Ticonderoga, 1776.
JOHN,	Berkshire Co.,	1777, 1780.
JOHN,	Sheffield,	1778.
JOHN,	Hardwick,	Segt. of Capt. Timothy Page's Co., Aug. 21 to Aug. 31, 1777.
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JOHN,	Templeton,	1779.
JOHN,	Falmouth, Me.,	1776.
JOSEPH,		in Guards at Boston, 1777.
JOSEPH,	Berkshire Co.,	Sergt. 1777, a Joseph was Sergt. of Capt. Rathburn's Co. in 1777.
JOSEPH,	Becket,	Lieut., 1777.
JOSEPH,	Berkshire Co.,	Commissioned Captain, Apl., 1778, on Regimental Officers' Pay Roll, 1779. In army, 1780.
JOSEPH,		Commissioned Ensign, 1780, in Col. Tupper's Regt.
JOSEPH,		Commissioned Lieutenant, 1780, in Col. Tupper's Regt.
JOSEPH,		Sergt. in Capt. Samuel Page's (of Danvers) Massachusetts Battalion. Col. Benjamin Tupper's Regt. was mustered in at West Point, Mar. 3, 1779.
JOSEPH,	Boston,	1780.
JOSEPH,	Worcester Co.,	1776.
JOSEPH,	Wenham,	1777.
JOSEPH,	Middleboro,	1780.
JOSHUA,	Plymouth Co.,	1778.
JOSIAH,	Lincoln Co. (Me.),	1777.
JONATHAN,	Westminster,	1777, 1778, 1789.
JONATHAN,	Leominster,	1777.
JEDEDIAH, Remont (?),	Berkshire Co.,	1781.
JONAS,		In Capt. Haskell's Co. of Boston Alarm list, 1773.
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LEMUEL,	Middleboro,	was in Capt. Nathaniel Wood's Co., Col. Simeon Cary's Regt., at Roxbury, Apl. 1, 1776; Mar. 4, 1777, he was in Capt. Pierce's Co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regt., in the secret expedition to Tiverton, R. I. He was also in the army, 1778, 1779, 1781.
LEMUEL,	Becket,	1777.
LEMUEL,	Cumberland Co., Me.,	1779.
LEMUEL,	Newcastle, Me.,	1776.
NATHAN,	Danvers,	1777.
NATHAN,		Sergt. in Capt. Berry's Co., Col Poor's Essex Co. Regt., was at King's Ferry, Fort Clinton and West Point, 1778, and again at King's Ferry, 1779.
NATHANIEL,		in Capt. William Hooper's Co., 1776.
NATHANIEL,	Marblehead,	1776.
NATHANIEL,	Wenham,	1777.
PAUL,	Berkshire Co.,	1777, 1780.
PAUL,	Cumberland Co., Me.,	1775.
PAUL,	Holden,	Commissioned Major, Feb. 2, 1776, of Col. Denny's 1st Worcester Co. Regt., June, 1776; Commissioned Lt.-Col. of new Worcester Co., Col. Holman's Regt. for service in Canada and New York. On rolls 1777.
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PAUL,	Worcester Co., Spencer, etc.,	Sergeant, 1778.
PHINEAS,		at West Point, 1781.
RUFUS,		Signed receipts in New York, 1776.
RUFUS,	Plymouth Co.,	1780.
RUFUS,	Freetown,	1780.
ROBERT,		Drummer in Col. Brook's Regt. 2 mos., 1782.
SAMUEL,		for between 6 and 12 mos. previous to 1777 was in Capt. Billy Porter's Co. (of Wenham).
SAMUEL,	Plymouth Co.,	1778.
SAMUEL,	Middleboro,	1776, 1777, 1780.
SOLOMON,	Middleboro,	1777.
SOLOMON,		Sergt. in Col. Putnam's Regt. 1 mo., 1781.
STEPHEN,	Wareham,	1780, æ. 16, in the army, 1782.
STEPHEN,	Plympton,	1778, æ. 16 years, 5 ft. 4 in., light complection.
STEPHEN,		in Col. Putnam's Regt. 4 mos., 1781.
SYLVANUS,	Plymouth Co.,	1776, 1778. 3 mos. man, 1776.
SYLVANUS,	Middleboro,	1776, 1777.
SYLVANUS,		1777.
SYLVANUS,		Drummer in Capt. Nathaniel Wood's Co., Col. Simeon Cary's Regt., at Roxbury, April 1, 1776.
THOMAS,	Princeton,	1778.
WILLIAM,	Worcester Co.,	1779.
WILLIAM,	Worcester (?), 1781.
WILLIAM,	Rochester,	1776.
WILLIAM,	Templeton,	1777.
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WILLIAM,	Athol, etc.,	1777.
WILLIAM,	Middleboro,	1777. 3 mos. man, 1776.
WILLIAM,	Plymouth Co.,	1778.
WILLIAM,	Beverly,	1776.
WILLIAM,	Barnstable Co.,	1778.
WILLIAM,	Scituate,	1776.
WILLIAM,		1777, 1780.
WILLIAM,		in Capt. James Perry's Co., 16th Regt., 1776.
WILLIAM,		in Capt. Nathan Hamilton's Co., Col. Brewer's Regt., 1776.

NOTE.—The names of John and James Ramor, Jonas and Thomas Ramore, and John Ramon, all of Princeton, are excluded from the foregoing list in consequence of uncertainty of name.

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REVOLUTIONARY NAVAL ROLL.

Among the military records of Massachusetts is to be found the following list of seamen, the vessel in which they served and the year of such service, probably as privateers.

BENJAMIN, Resource, æ. 25, 1780. Dead List.
JOHN, Ship Mars, 1781.
NATHAN, Resource, æ. 26, 1780. Dead List.
NATHANIEL, Brig Massachusetts, 1777.
NATHANIEL, Ship Protector, 1781.
ROBERT REMOND, Beverly, Junius Brutus, æ. 28, 1780. Dead ist.
WILLIAM, Sloop Winthrop, 1782.
WILLIAM, " Aurora, æ. 24, 1780. Dead List. To which I add from N. Eng. Gen. and Historical Register:
ROBERT, of the ship Essex, Aug. 25, 1781, was captured and confined in Mill Prison, Eng.

ROLL IN THE WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN, 1812-15.

BENJAMIN,	Private,	Capt. John White's Co., Col. Merrill's Regt.
BENJAMIN, 2d,	"	Capt. Nathl. Lamson's Co., Col. Levi Dodge's Regt.
DANIEL,	"	Capt. Henry Willmarth's Co., Col. Chamberlin's Regt.
EZEKIEL,	Sergeant,	Lieut. Robert Hunter's Co., Col. Merrill's Regt.
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ELIJAH,	Private,	Capt. John Lilleburn's Co., 40th U. S. Infantry.
JAMES,	"	Capt. Ebenr. Hatch's Co., Col. Merrill's Regt.
JAMES G.,	"	Capt. Abram Lord's Co., Col. Levi Dodge's Regt.
JOSHUA,	"	Capt. N. Eddy's Co., Lt.-Col. Howard's Regt.
JOHN,	"	Capt. Samuel Stall [artillery], Col. Benj. Lincoln's Regt.
JOSIAH,	"	Capt. Nathl. Lamson's Co., Col. Levi Dodge's Regt.
LEVI,	"	Capt. N. Eddy's Co., Lt.-Col. Howard's Regt.
SOLOMON,	"	Sergt. Lewis' Co.
STEPHEN,	"	Capt. Moses Ames' Co., 1st Regt.
THOMAS,	"	Capt. Benjn. Loring's Co.
THOMAS,	"	Capt. G. Gilbert's Co., Col. Foot's Regt.
THOMAS,	"	Capt. John Smith's Co., Lt.-Col. Sweet's Regt.
WILLIAM,	"	Sergt. Wm. B. Willis' Co.
WILLIAM, JR.,	"	Capt. Nathl. Lamson's Co., Col. Levi Dodge's Regt.
ZENAS,	Corporal,	Capt. I. Le Barron's Co., Lt.-Col. Howard's Regt.

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