Clapp Raymond | |
Office: | Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk |
Term Start: | May 1778 |
Term End: | May 1779[1] [2] |
Predecessor: | Samuel Cook Silliman |
Alongside: | Stephen St. John |
Successor: | Matthew Mead Samuel Cook Silliman |
Term Start2: | October 1779 |
Term End2: | May 1780 |
Predecessor2: | Samuel Cook Silliman Matthew Mead |
Alongside2: | James Richards |
Successor2: | Stephen St. John Matthew Mead |
Term Start3: | October 1783 |
Term End3: | May 1784 |
Predecessor3: | Stephen St. John |
Successor3: | Stephen St. John Thaddeus Betts |
Birth Date: | 20 June 1732 |
Birth Place: | Norwalk, Connecticut |
Death Date: | 1795 |
Death Place: | Balston Spa, New York |
Residence: | Wilton, Connecticut[3] |
Spouse: | Rebecca Betts[4] |
Children: | Asahel, Hannah, Rebecca, Clapp |
Allegiance: | United States |
Battles: | American Revolutionary War[5] |
Branch: | Connecticut Militia of Wilton |
Rank: | Captain |
Clapp Raymond (June 20, 1732 – 1795) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of May and October 1778, October 1779, and October 1783.
He was born June 20, 1732.
In February 1775, he was appointed to a committee for the inspection of fire-arms. In 1780 was on a committee constituted by the Legislature to run a line for the boundary of a religious society.
He married Rebecca Betts on August 4, 1757. He had four children: Rebecca, Hannah, Asahel, and Clapp.[6]
Clapp Raymond died in 1795 in Ballston Spa, New York, and was buried in there.