This bibliography is presented to aid the research of descendents of George Rayment of Glastonbury, whose two sons, William and John, immigrated to New England about 1652. Locations where the books are available are presented, to the extent they are known. "Cat. card #" is the Library of Congress catalog number. FHL refers to call numbers or microfilm numbers at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Copies of FHL microfilms are available in branch Family History Centers throughout the world.

Raymond Genealogy Bibliography

• The Ancestry of Bethia Harris, 1748-1833, wife of Dudly Wildes of Topsfield, Massachusetts, by Walter Goodwin Davis, 1934, 149 pages. Chapter 14 is "Rayment of Beverly." It was republished in 1988 by the New Hampshire Historical Society in Massachusetts and Maine Families, Volume III, pp. 203-206. (See below.)
  • FHL US/CAN Film 1321004 Item 4.
  • FHL 929.273 H24d.
  • Chapter 14, "Rayment of Beverly," was formerly available online at www.westfamilygenealogy.com.
  • Available online via subscription at Ancestry.com .
    
    
• The Ancestry of George Raymond of Glastonbury, County Somerset, England, by John Marshall Raymond, 1982, 39 pages. Excellent material that I hope to someday republish on the web.
  • FHL BRITISH Fiche 6024434.
  • FHL 929.242 A1 no. 150.
    
    
• Essex County, Massachusetts Registry of Deeds.
  • Raymond Family 17th Century Deeds of Essex County is available online as a web-book containing images of all Raymond-related deeds from the first 50 Essex County deed books. These Raymond deeds span from 1656 to 1728.
  • Books 1 to 20, 1639-1709, are available online at the Essex County Registry of Deeds .
  • Available on FHL microfilm. Consult the Family History Library Catalog for film numbers .
    
    
• Genealogies of the Raymond families of New England, 1630-1 to 1886 : with a historical sketch of some of the Raymonds of early times, their origin, etc., by Samuel Raymond, 1886, 298 pages. Contains some inaccuracies. Was the definitive book for descendents of Richard, John, and William Raymond prior to Samuel Edward Raymond's books, Raymond Genealogy Volume I: Descendents of Richard Raymond and Raymond Genealogy Volume II: Descendents of John and William Raymond (see below).
  • Genealogies of the Raymond families of New England... is available on our website in text form.
  • Available online at BYU Lee Library Online Collections .
  • FHL US/CAN Film, 1036140 Item 6.
  • Available for purchase at Higginson Book Company .
  • Available online via subscription at Ancestry.com .
    
    
• Massachusetts and Maine Families, New Hampshire Historical Society, 1988. Volume III, pp. 203-206 is a republishing of The Ancestry of Bethia Harris..., Chapter 14, "Rayment of Beverly." Four Raymond families are covered: Robert Rayment of Charlton Mackrell, his son George, and his sons John and William.
  • Massachusetts and Maine Families is available for purchase in printed form or on CD at www.genealogy.com .
  • It is available on CD-ROM or online subscription at Genealogy.com
    
    
• Notes on Raymond, Abbot, Jackson and allied families... (also called Raymond, Abbot, Jackson and allied families), by John Marshall Raymond, Palo Alto: Runnymede Press, 1962, 181 pages. An excellent book for descendents of William Raymond.
• Available for purchase on CD-ROM from Quintin Publications .
• FHL 929.273 R214r1962.
  
  
• The Old Planters of Beverly in Massachusetts and The Thousand Acre Grant of 1635, by Alice Gertrude Lapham, 1930, 133 pages. The thousand acre grant of 1635 went to five old "planters" (colonists): Roger Conant, John Woodbery, William Trask, John Balch, and Peter Palfrey. William Trask's two hundred acres passed to Thomas Scruggs. In 1654, Scruggs' estate passed to his son-in-law, John Rayment.
  • This book is available at the FHL (974.45/B2 H2L), as is an index of names (974.45/B2 H2L index).
  • Available for purchase from the Beverly Historical Society . (978-922-1186) for $12.50+$5.00 shipping (in 1999).
  • Available for purchase online at Higginson Book Company for $19.50+$3.50 shipping (in 1999). To set your expectations: these reprints are just photocopies. The photographs are copied poorly and line art is less than stellar. But the text is very legible.
    
    
• Raymond Genealogy: Researched Back To The Mayflower Pilgrims, by Joanalice Raymond Campbell and Lorraine Raymond Ginsburg, 1995/6?, Decorah, Iowa: The Anundsen Publishing Company, Library of Congress catalog card #95-83943, 260 pages.
  • A printed copy is available at the FHL (929.273 R214c).
    
    
• Raymond Genealogy Volume I: Descendants of Richard Raymond (also called Raymond Family Genealogy Volume 1), by Samuel Edward Raymond and Louvera Horn Raymond, published and bound in four parts. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Genealogical Society. Pt. 1, 1969, 227 pages. Pt. 2, 1970, 340 pages. Pt. 3, 1971, 534 pages., Pt. 4, 1972, 510 pages. This book contains extensive sources and, together with volume II, is the definitive replacement for Genealogies of the Raymond families of New England...
• Data from these books are available online in Raymonds of New England , a database by Raymond Barnett HOWARD.
• FHL 929.273 R214ra.
• Available for purchase at Higginson Book Company .
  
  
• Raymond Genealogy Volume II: Descendants of John and William Raymond, by Samuel Edward Raymond and Louvera Horn Raymond, Tacoma, Washington: Homestead Press, 1972, cat. card #77-108111972, 886 pages. This book contains extensive sources and, together with volume I, is the definitive replacement for Genealogies of the Raymond families of New England...
• Data from these books are available online in RAYMONDs of New England , a database by Raymond Barnett HOWARD.
• FHL 929.273 R214ra.
• Available for purchase at Higginson Book Company .
  
  
• A Raymond History, by June Raymond Gorman, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Endeavor Studios, 1981?. Cat. card #81-50-126. Traces the descendants of the ninth child, Daniel, of Richard Raymond.
• FHL 929.273 R214g.