John Raymond Jr. Explained

John Raymond Jr.
Office:Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk[1]
Term Start:October 1716
Term End:May 1717
Predecessor:John Copp,
John Betts
Alongside:Joseph Platt
Birth Date:9 September 1665[2] [3]
Birth Place:Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Death Place:Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Restingplace:East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut
Residence:Willow Street, Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Occupation:surveyor[4]
Spouse:Elizabeth St. John (m. March 7, 1690)[5]
Children:Mary Raymond Street, Hannah Raymond Finch, Lemuel Raymond, Jabez Raymond, John Raymond, Elizabeth Raymond, Elija Raymond, Sarah Raymond Burwell, Zuriel Raymond, Ashael Raymond
Rank:Captain (1710)
Unit:Norwalk Trainband

John Raymond Jr. (September 9, 1665 – April 12, 1737) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut Colony, in the October 1716 session.

He was the son of John Raymond and Mary Betts.[5]

On December 16, 1713, Raymond was appointed by a majority vote of a town meeting to a committee including Joseph Platt and James Stewart to establish a road to Ridgefield.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=YCgBAAAAYAAJ&q=%22John+Raymond%22&pg=PA78 An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Connecticut
  2. "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9995-5QD : accessed 2014-05-19), entry for John Raymond.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=4ZHHdjDYyyYC&dq=John+Raymond+norwalk&pg=PA427 NEHGR
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=ARQUAAAAYAAJ&dq=Captain+John+Raymond+norwalk&pg=PA6 Genealogies of the Raymond Families of New England
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=FulEAAAAYAAJ&q=John+Raymond&pg=PA125 Norwalk vol. 1
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=vwYCAAAAYAAJ&q=raymond+ridgefield&pg=PA105 The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut