Joshua RAYMOND: Darlene's Family Genealogy

Abt 1697 - 1763 (66 years)

Generation: 1

Joshua RAYMOND was born about 1697 (son of Joshua RAYMOND and Mercy SANDS); died on 12 Nov 1763 in Montville, Connecticut.

Joshua married Elizabeth CHRISTOPHERS on 31 Aug 1719. Elizabeth died on 12 May 1730. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Mercy RAYMOND was born on 14 Dec 1721.
Joshua RAYMOND was born on 22 Dec 1723 in New London, Connecticut; died on 14 Sep 1789.
Christopher RAYMOND was born on 17 Jul 1729; died on 14 May 1793 in Montville, Connecticut.

Joshua married Sarah LYNDE on 23 Nov 1730. Sarah was born about 1696; died on 19 Oct 1771. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Joshua RAYMOND was born on 18 Sep 1660 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA (son of Joshua RAYMOND and Elizabeth SMITH); died in 1704 in Block Island, Rhode Island.

Notes:

Name:
In 1688 he was on the Grand Jury at newport, R.I. In 1696 he was deputy from New Shoreham to the General Assembly at Newport. It is his wife of whom the legendary tale is told, which contains a mixture of truth and fable, concerning the notorious pirate Captain Kidd, related in Caulkins' History of New London. After the death of her husband, she with John Merritt purchased 600 acres of land in the North Parish of New London (now Montville). In 1722 they gave in trust two acres of the same on "Raymond Hill" for a church, etc.

Joshua married Mercy SANDS on 29 Apr 1683. Mercy died about 1743. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mercy SANDS died about 1743.

Other Events and Attributes:

Fact: Daughter of James Sands, of Block Island, R.I.

Children:

1. Joshua RAYMOND was born about 1697; died on 12 Nov 1763 in Montville, Connecticut.