Falk Relations: Raymond Family

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George Raymond♦ (b. 20 Jan. 1578, d. c. Oct. 1651, Glastonbury, Somerset), 1m. by 1611 to Joan ---, 2m. by 1621 to Abigail ---

Dorothy Raymond (ch. by 1m., b. Oct. 1611, Glastonbury, Somerset)
George Raymond (ch. by 1m., b. Mar. 1616, Glastonbury, Somerset, d. 1617)
John Raymond ♦(ch. by 1m., c. 1617, Glastonbury, Somerset, d. 18 Jan. 1703, Beverly MA), 1m. 20 Aug. 1650 at Beverly MA to Rachel Scruggs (bap. 23 May 1627, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, d. 22 May 1666, Beverly MA), 2m. 20 Aug. 1668 at Beverly MA to Judith Glover (b. c. 1627, d. 31 Oct. 1702)

John Raymond♦ (ch. by 1m., b. c. 1651, Salem MA, d. 5 June 1725, Middleboro MA), m. by 1677 to Martha Woodin (b. 12 Feb. 1655, Hampton NH)

John Raymond (b. 24 Nov. 1677, Beverly MA, d. 5 July 1755, Middleboro MA), m. 26 Jan. 1699 at Beverly MA to Deborah Perry (b. 1 May 1678)
Samuel Raymond (b. 18 May 1679, Beverly MA, d. by 1683)
Martha Raymond (b. 24 May 1681, Beverly MA, d. by 1692)
Samuel Raymond (b. 6 Dec. 1683, Beverly MA), m. 21 Nov. 1704 at Marblehead MA to Eunice Norman
William Raymond (b. 12 Apr. 1685, Beverly MA)
Thomas Raymond (b. 23 June 1687, Beverly MA), m. 25 May 1708 in Massachusetts to Mary Coombs (b. 3 Sep. 1689, Salem MA)
James Raymond (b. 5 June 1689, Beverly MA, d. Mar. 1760, Pomfret CT), 1m. 27 Dec. 1716 at Middleboro MA to Mercy Tinkham (b. 1687, Massachusetts, d. 17 Apr. 1723, Middleboro MA), 2m. 30 Jan. 1724 at Plympton MA to Elizabeth Fuller (b. 1697, Massachusetts)
Martha Raymond (b. 11 Aug. 1692, Beverly MA, d. after 17 Nov. 1766), m. 28 Feb. 1718 at Wareham MA to Edward Bumpas (b. 16 Sep. 1688, Rochester MA, d. 14 Nov. 1745, Wareham MA)

Thomas Raymond (ch. by 1m., b. c. 1653, Salem MA)
Bethia Raymond (ch. by 1m., b. 14 June 1655, Salem MA, d. 10 Dec. 1662)
Abigail Raymond (ch. by 1m., b. c. 1657, Salem MA, d. 10 Dec. 1662)
Rachel Raymond (ch. by 1m., b. 14 Feb. 1659, Salem MA, d. 1696, Beverly MA), m. 14 Nov. 1676 at Beverly MA to William Bradford (b. 11 Mar. 1655, Plymouth MA, d. 15 June 1717, Beverly MA)
Elizabeth Raymond (ch. by 1m., b. c. 1662, Salem MA, d. 25 Dec. 1662)
Jonathan Raymond (ch. by 1m., b. 27 Apr. 1666, Salem MA, d. 14 Jan. 1745, Beverly MA), m. 6 Feb. 1689 at Beverly MA to Sarah Woodbury (b. 1668, Massachusetts, d. 17 Feb. 1747, Beverly MA)
Abigail Raymond (ch. by 1m., b. 27 Apr. 1666, Salem MA)
Nathaniel Raymond (ch. by 2m., b. 15 Mar. 1670, Salem MA, d. 8 Jan. 1749, Beverly MA), m. by 1692 to Rebecca Conant (b. 1670, Massachusetts, d. 5 Dec. 1760)
Benjamin Raymond (ch. by 2m., b. 24 Aug. 1672, Salem MA, d. 17 Sep. 1672)

Maurice Raymond (ch. by 2m., b. Apr. 1621, Glastonbury, Somerset)
Elizabeth Raymond (ch. by 2m.)
William Raymond (ch. by 2m., b. May 1637, Glastonbury, Somerset, d. 29 Jan. 1709), m. c. 1665 to Hannah Bishop (b. 12 Apr. 1646)

Our Descent

George Raymond (1578-1651), m. by 1611 to Joan ---

John Raymond (c1617-1703), m. 1650 to Rachel Scruggs (1627-1666)

John Raymond (c1651-1725), m. by 1677 to Martha Woodin (1655--)

Martha Raymond (1692-c1766), m. 1718 to Edward Bumpas (1688-1745)

Eleanor Bumpas (1729--), m. 1750 to Abraham Jackson (1726-1791)

Abraham Jackson (1751-1833), m. by 1782 to Mary Button (1750-1826)

Jerusha Steele Jackson (1790-1863), m. 1812 to Benjamin Felch (1790-1864)

Mary Jane Felch (1820-1898), m. 1837 to Horatio Higgins (1812-1890)

Harvey Alva Higgins (1864-1928), m. 1889 to Lillian Belle Agee (1868-1947)

Elsie Laura Higgins (1895-1959), m. 1915 to George Washington Falk (1895-1969)

Documentation ♦

George Raymond (1578-1651): 1m. Joan ---, 2m. Abigail ---

Waters, Henry F., Genealogical Gleanings in England, 1901. In 2:984, "George Rayment of the parish of St. John's in Glaston in the Co. of Somerset, 26 June 1651, proved 30 October 1651. My body to be buried in the churchyard of St. John's &c. To my daughter Dorothy Robyns and her child forty shillings, and all the goods that I have in the house that I lived in, in the churchyard, I give to said daughter Dorothy Robins, and my best breeches and jacket and my best shoes to my daughter Dorothy's husband of Streete. To the wife of my son Maurice Rayment and her child forty shillings. Item, I give and bequeath to William Rayment my son that is in New England six pounds, to be paid if ever he doth come to Glaston to demand it. Item. I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Rayment my daughter that is in New England twenty shillings, to be paid if ever she doth come to Glaston to demand it. To John Seemer, the son of William Seemer, twenty shillings. To Luce Seemer, the daughter of William Seemer of the said Glaston, twenty shillings. Twenty shillings I give to discharge my funeral expences. All the rest of my goods &c. I give to Maurice Rayment my son, whom I make my whole and sole executor. For overseers I do appoint William Seemer and William Billocks. ... Item, I give to John Rayment my son that is in New England one shilling. The witnesses were William Seemer, William Zealee (by mark) and George Rosier. [Here we have the family of William and old John Rayment of Beverly ... Present representatives of that family now write their name as Raymond. ... John Rayment, I believe, succeeded to the ownership of the farm belonging once to Thomas Scruggs, one of the Old Planters, and the old Rayment house (I hope) stands there to-day. ... Henry F. Waters.]"

John Raymond (c1617-1703): 1m. Rachel Scruggs (1627-1666), 2m. Judith Glover (c1627-1702)

6 July 1664, "Be it knowne unto all men by these psents that I John Rayment of Salem in New England yeoman for & in Consideration of twelve pounds to to me in hand already paid, be ... the reseipt whereof, I doe acknowledg & these with my selfs fully satisfied & paid Have Bargained & Sold & doe by these psents Bargained, sell, alienate, assigne ... unto Richard Dodg Senir of the Same place yeoman a certaine psell of medow containing fower ackers be it more or less as it now lyes Bounded with som land of the said Rich Dodge on the north, & a smale brooke on the South & som medow of Zachariah Herrick on ye East To Have & to hold the said fower Ackers of meddow, more or less with all the privilidges & profitts thereunto belonging unto the said Richard Dodg his heires Execturos, Administrators & Assignes & the said John Rayment doe by these psent Couenat & ... that I am lawfully ... on the prmisses for that I have good right full power & lawfull authority in my owne name to Bargaine sell & ... the same (as afoursaid) that the Bargained prmisses & every ... of are free & cleere & freely & cleerly accquitted & discharged of from all other bargainis sales guifts graunts titles & Incumbrances what soeuer had made done or suffered to be done by me the said John Rayment or my assignes And that it shall & may be lawfull to & for ye said Richard Dodg, his heires or assignes or any of them to occupy possess & ... to Injoy the aforementioned Bargained prmisses, & euery pt thereof, to theire owne ... & behoofe for euer heare after, without any lest hinderance molestation or Incumberance what so ever from me ye sd Jon Rayment, or from my heires or assignes or any of them, or from any other pson or psons what soeuer laying claime thereto; by from or under me or any ... from me, And lastly Rachell my wife doe by these prsents ... & willingly yeild up all her right title, dower & Interest of ... prmisses unto ye said Richard Dodg his heires executors Administrators & assignes for euer, In witness heare of I the said John Rayment & Rachell my wife haue sett to our hands & Seale this twenty ... of June in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand Six hundred sixty & three. John Rayment with a Seale, the marke of Rachell Rayment with a seale. John Rayment acknowledged this to be his act & deed, & Rachell Rayment freely yeilded up her ... 7 mo 63 before Mr ... Hathorne" [Massachusetts, Essex County Deeds, Book 2, p. 157]
23 Apr. 1701, "John Rayment Senir to John Rayment Junir Aprill 23d 1701. Be it known unto all men by these presents that I John Rayment Senr of ye Towne of Beverly in the County of Essex in his Majties proince of ye Massachusetts in New England yeoman for & in Consideracon of my paternall love & afection unto my Sonne John Rayment Junr of ye Same Towne & County yeoman and other Rationall Consideracons thereunto moving me doe of my owne free will & with ye Consent & aprobation of my now wife Judith Rayment Give grant aliene assign Set over & have by these presents fully freely Clearly & absolutely Given Granted aliened assigned Enfeoffed Set over & for ever Confirmed unto my Sd Sonne John Rayment Junr his hiers Executors administrs and assignes for Ever all that parcell of land Containing about Sixty acres be it more or less Scituate lying & being in ye Town of Beverly aforesd & being bounded Northerly with ye land of Isaack Hall & of Benjamin Balch westerly & by ye Countrey Road Southeasterly & Northwesterly by ye lands of ye Herricks & Jno Conant & alsoe an other parcell of Meadow Ground Scituate & lying and being in ye Township of Topsfield in yt place Commonly called Bunkers Meadow Containing four acres & an halfe be it more or less & being bounded Northerly by ye Meadow of Isaack Woodbery partly & Soe along by ye land of ye Parkinses unto a poplar Tree & Westerly by ye land of ye Perkinses Southerly by ye Meadow of Joshua Ray & Easterly with ye river and alsoe I doe Give unto my sd sonne John Rayment all my right Title & Interest in & unto a Certaine parcell of land lying on Wenham Neck adjoyning Easterly to Meadow belonging unto Beverly men & alsoe I doe further give unto my sd sonne John Rayment all my other Moveable Estate which he hath already received of me To Have & To Hold ye sd parcells of land & Meadow grounds with all the right Title profits priviledges & apurtenances in any wise thereunto pertaining or belonging Together with ye Moveables Estate aforesaid to be to ye proper use & behoofe of him my sd sonne Jno Rayment & his hiers Executors administrators & assignes for Ever free & Clear & freely & Clearly acquitted & discharged of & from all former & other Gifts grants Sales Mortgages Dowers right & Title of Dower & all other acts and Encumbrances what soever heretofore Made Enacted or done & I ye said John Rayment Senr doe hereby Covenant promise & Engage for my selfe hiers Executors & admins unto & with my sd Sonne Jno Rayment Junr his hiers Executors & assignes that I am ye Rightfull owner of all ye above Donated premises & that I doe warrant acquit & defend ye quiet & peaceable possession thereof unto him ye said Jno Rayment Junr his hiers & assignes for euer against all persons Whatsoever laying any claims thereunto by from or under me or my hiers for Ever as witness our hands & seals ye Twelfth Day of January in ye yeare of our Lord God Sixteen hundred Ninety & six. ye marke of John Rayment Senr & Seale. ye Marke of Judith Rayment & Seale. Signed Seald & Delivered in ye presence of us Andrew Elliott William Rayment Junr Saml Hardie. John Rayment & Judith his wife acknowledged the above written Instrument to be their act & deed & sd Judith Rayment did Freely Resign up & Relinquish her right & Title of Dower therein Beverly Aprill ye 12th 1697 before me John Hathorne Just Pe." [Massachusetts, Essex County Deeds, Book 14, p. 128]
Dow, George Francis, ed., Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1911. In 1:358-359, "Court held at Salem, 29:4:1654 ... William Scruggs of Salem died intestate, and his widow was appointed administratrix. Inventory brought in. An agreement between her and her son-in-law, John Rament, was approved. ... Inventory of the estate of Thomas Scruggs, taken 24:4:1654, by Roger Conant, Nicholas Patch, and William Dodg ... Margery (her mark) Scruggs of Salem, widow, 24:4:1654, conveyed to her son-in-law, John Raymont, her land and goods, in consideration of 5li. in hand to be given to her directly and 5li. at the hour of her death to be freely at her disposal; she was to have 20li. a 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."
Essex Institute, Town Records of Salem, Second Series, 1868. In 1:173-174, "the 2d first 53 ... Granted vnto John Remont 50 ackres of l[and] lying next that ffarme that was Mr Alfords pvided that whereas the said land was formerlie gr[anted] vnto Jacob Barney if the said Jacob Barney due quietlie possess and enioy that 50 acres laid out to h[im] in liew of it otherwise he the said Jacob Barney is to enioy the aboue said land"
First Congregational Church, First Church in Middleborough, Mass; Mr. Putnam's Century and Half Discourses; An historical Account; and a Catalogue of Members, 1854. On p. 84, "1722 Apr. 29. John Raymond sr., 'in 74th yr.'; d. Ju. 5, 1725, ae. 77th."
Raymond, Samuel, Genealogies of the Raymond Families of New England, 1630-1 to 1886, 1886. On p. 1-3, "In 1622 Sir Fernando Gorges and Capt. John Mason, a London merchant, were the joint grantees of all the land lying between the Merrimac and Sagadahoc rivers ... In 1629 the grant was divided ... Mason now formed a company or association which was called 'The Company of Laconia.' In 1630-1 this company sent out to Little Harbor (now Portsmouth, N.H.) Ambrose Gibbons, William Raymond, with other stewards and forty servants. ... Dec. 15, 1632, Mason and others of the company wrote to Gibbons from London: 'Wee thank you for assisting John Raymond. Wee pray you still to be helpful to him so that he may dispatch and come to us with such retourne as he hath and if he hath any of his trade goods remayning unsold wee have willed him to leave them with you and we doe hereby pray you to receive them into your custody and put them off with what convenience you may and to send us the retournes by the first shipp that comes.' June 24, 1633, Gibbons wrote from Newichwanick (a settlement about eight miles up the river) to the company at London: 'I have delivered unto Mr. John Raymond 76 lb 4 ounses of bever, 6 musquashes and on martain. Mr. Raymon's present departing and the intermixing of all the trade goods in my care until Mr. Vaughan com I cannot give you any satisfaction for the account of trade. I did advise Mr. Raymond to retourne with all speed unto you.' The last letter of which any record is found, is from Gibbons to the company at London, dated at Newichwanick, July 13, 1633, in which he says, 'I have taken into my handes all the trade goods that remains of John Raymon's and Mr. Vaughan and will with what convenience I may put them of.' 'George Vaughan hath a note of all the trade goods in my custody of the old store John Raymonds and George Vaughns accomtes, but the bever being disposed of before I could make a devident.' ... This is all the information discovered of our ancestors until we find Richard, John and (Captain) William at Salem and Beverly, Mass. ... That John and Capt. William were brothers is proved by a deed on record in Salem Registry, Book 17, page 24, in which John of Middleboro, who was a son of John the emigrant, conveys an estate to his brother Jonathan, describing a boundary thereof, 'until it comes to the land which I sold to my uncle Capt. William Rayment and to his son George Rayment.'"

John Raymond (c1651-1725): m. Martha Woodin (1655--)

23 Apr. 1701, "John Rayment Senir to John Rayment Junir Aprill 23d 1701. Be it known unto all men by these presents that I John Rayment Senr of ye Towne of Beverly in the County of Essex in his Majties proince of ye Massachusetts in New England yeoman for & in Consideracon of my paternall love & afection unto my Sonne John Rayment Junr of ye Same Towne & County yeoman and other Rationall Consideracons thereunto moving me doe of my owne free will & with ye Consent & aprobation of my now wife Judith Rayment Give grant aliene assign Set over & have by these presents fully freely Clearly & absolutely Given Granted aliened assigned Enfeoffed Set over & for ever Confirmed unto my Sd Sonne John Rayment Junr his hiers Executors administrs and assignes for Ever all that parcell of land Containing about Sixty acres be it more or less Scituate lying & being in ye Town of Beverly aforesd & being bounded Northerly with ye land of Isaack Hall & of Benjamin Balch westerly & by ye Countrey Road Southeasterly & Northwesterly by ye lands of ye Herricks & Jno Conant & alsoe an other parcell of Meadow Ground Scituate & lying and being in ye Township of Topsfield in yt place Commonly called Bunkers Meadow Containing four acres & an halfe be it more or less & being bounded Northerly by ye Meadow of Isaack Woodbery partly & Soe along by ye land of ye Parkinses unto a poplar Tree & Westerly by ye land of ye Perkinses Southerly by ye Meadow of Joshua Ray & Easterly with ye river and alsoe I doe Give unto my sd sonne John Rayment all my right Title & Interest in & unto a Certaine parcell of land lying on Wenham Neck adjoyning Easterly to Meadow belonging unto Beverly men & alsoe I doe further give unto my sd sonne John Rayment all my other Moveable Estate which he hath already received of me To Have & To Hold ye sd parcells of land & Meadow grounds with all the right Title profits priviledges & apurtenances in any wise thereunto pertaining or belonging Together with ye Moveables Estate aforesaid to be to ye proper use & behoofe of him my sd sonne Jno Rayment & his hiers Executors administrators & assignes for Ever free & Clear & freely & Clearly acquitted & discharged of & from all former & other Gifts grants Sales Mortgages Dowers right & Title of Dower & all other acts and Encumbrances what soever heretofore Made Enacted or done & I ye said John Rayment Senr doe hereby Covenant promise & Engage for my selfe hiers Executors & admins unto & with my sd Sonne Jno Rayment Junr his hiers Executors & assignes that I am ye Rightfull owner of all ye above Donated premises & that I doe warrant acquit & defend ye quiet & peaceable possession thereof unto him ye said Jno Rayment Junr his hiers & assignes for euer against all persons Whatsoever laying any claims thereunto by from or under me or my hiers for Ever as witness our hands & seals ye Twelfth Day of January in ye yeare of our Lord God Sixteen hundred Ninety & six. ye marke of John Rayment Senr & Seale. ye Marke of Judith Rayment & Seale. Signed Seald & Delivered in ye presence of us Andrew Elliott William Rayment Junr Saml Hardie. John Rayment & Judith his wife acknowledged the above written Instrument to be their act & deed & sd Judith Rayment did Freely Resign up & Relinquish her right & Title of Dower therein Beverly Aprill ye 12th 1697 before me John Hathorne Just Pe." [Massachusetts, Essex County Deeds, Book 14, p. 128]
9 Oct. 1704, "John Rayment to Jonathan Rayment recorded October 9th 1704. Be it knowne unto all men by there presents that I John Rayment Senr of the towne of Middlebrrow in the Countey of Plimouth in her Majites Province of the Massachusetts in New England yeoman with the Consent of Martha My Now wife for an in Consideration of twenty five pounds in Currant Silver Money of New England to us in hand paid to our full Satisfaction and Content by My Brother Jonathan Rayment of the towne of Beverly in the Countey of Essex in the province of the Massachusetts in New England aforesd have bargained and Sold and doe by these presents fully freely Clearly and absolutely bargaine sell aliene assigne Enfeoffe Set over and forever Confirme unto him My Said Brother Jonathan Rayment his heires executors, Administrators and Assignes forever a Certaine percell of upland and Swampy ground Containing ten acres by due Measure scittuate lying and being in the towne of Beverly aforesaid and being bounded as followeth Southerly upon the Country Road and being Sixteen pole wide at the End and to Run Northward the lenth of My land untill it comes to the land which I Sold to my uncle Capt William Rayment & to his son George Rayment takeing what breadth at that End is Needfull to make ten acres as aforesaid Westerly upon the land which I sold to my Brother Thomas Rayment and Easterly upon the land of my son Samuel Rayment To Have And To Hold occupy and possess the said ten acres of land with the fruit trees and all other trees on said land as before stated and bounded with all other Rights titles proffitts priviledges and appurtences in any wise thereunto pertaining or belonging free and Cleare and freely and Clearly acquitted and discharged of & from all former and other acts and Incumbrance whatsoever heretofore made Enacted or done and from the day of the date hereof to be unto the proper use and behoofe of him My Said Brother Jonathan Rayment and to his heires Executors Adminis and Assignes foreuer as a right of Inheritance In fee simple furthermore I the Said John Rayment doe anouch My Selfe to be the true and Rightfull owner of all and Singuler the bargained premises and doe by these presents bind My Selfe, my heires Executors Administrators and Assignes to warrant acquitt and defend the Quiet possession of the bargained premises and eury part thereof unto him My Said Brother Jonathan Rayment his heires Executors administrators and assignes for euer and against all other persons laying lawfull Claim thereunto whatsoever In Witness whereof I have set hereunto My hand and Seale this tenth day of July in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand Seven hundred and four and in the third yeare of the Reigne of our Soueraig Lady Ann of England &c Queen Anno Domini 1704. John Rayment his mark & a Seale. Martha Rayment her mark & seale. Signed Sealed and delivered in the present of us wittnesses Hazadiah Smith Andrew Eliott Ebenezer Woodbery. Essexss Beverly July the 10th 1704 Then John Rayment and Martha his wife personally appeared and acknowledged the above written Instrument to be their act and deed Before me Robert Hale Just. of peace." [Massachusetts, Essex County Deeds, Book 17, p. 24-25]
Weston, Thomas, History of the Town of Middleboro, 1906. On p. 335, "RAYMOND NEIGHBORHOOD. In the change of population, this place has, within the past fifty years, lost much of its significance. It is situated between Waterville and Thomastown, and although in the early settlement its soil was productive, it is now one of the poorest and most uninviting parts of the town. 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 Indian fort in the Narragansett country on the afternoon of Sunday, December 19, 1675, and is said to have been the first soldier who entered the fortification. After this campaign, he continued in various commands until the close of the war. He united with the First Church, April 29, 1722, and was a worthy, devoted christian, a man of much influence, commanding the respect of all. He died July 5, 1725, in the seventy-seventh year of his age. Some of his descendants, with other residents of Middleboro, moved to Woodstock, Vermont."