Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut (1847)

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Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut (1847)
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book
date
1847
reference
pp. 21, 51-52 and the lists of estates
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https://archive.org/details/ancienthistorica00hall_0
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transcript
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Abstracts and transcripts of the Norwalk town and land records. Read in the archive.org full text for Notable connections of Frances Fairchild Holbrook: the Fairchild branch and the families that married in (October 2026).

  • Richard Raymond (p. 21, from the land records): "Richard Raymond, removed to Saybrooke, gave a deed to his son John: in 1677 empowered his 'well beloved brother Thomas Betts, of Norwalk,' to record all his divisions, &c.: and in 1676, gave by will all his lands in Norwalk 'unto those children which my son John Raymond allready have or may have, by Mary Raymond his present wife.'"
  • John Raymond: his home lot, "that was Ralph Keeler's," next to Thomas Seamer's; later "home-lot of heirs of John Raymond, senr., decd."; "John Raymond, 150 00 0" in a list of estates.
  • Henry Whitney's mill (pp. 51-52): "At the sayed Meetinge (July 24th, 1665), Henry Whitney hath agreed and Ingaged with the Towne, to make, build, and erect a good and sufficient ground corne mill, and that at the mouth of Norwake River by the falles," with a home lot granted him by the town.

For King Philip's War (research/king-philips-war/), pp. 61-66: Norwalk's grants to its soldiers from 12 Jan 1676/7 (pp. 62-65) name John Roach, Daniel Benedict, Thomas Gregory, Thomas Hyatt, Joseph Platt, Jonathan Abbot, Samuel Keeler, John Crampton, James Jupp, John Belding and Jonathan Stevenson, not John Raymond; and in 1698 James Betts was granted five acres "as he sent out a man into the warres, and was at charge and expense of money on account of hireing" (p. 64).

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  2. title: "Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut (1847)"
  3. type: book
  4. date: "1847"
  5. reference: "pp. 21, 51-52 and the lists of estates"
  6. url: "https://archive.org/details/ancienthistorica00hall_0"
  7. seen: transcript
  8. access: public
  9. ---
  10. Abstracts and transcripts of the Norwalk town and land records. Read in the archive.org full text for
  11. `research/mcmillan/Fairchild_Raymond_Woodworth.md` (October 2026).
  13. - **Richard Raymond** (p. 21, from the land records): "Richard Raymond, removed to Saybrooke, gave a deed
  14. to his son John: in 1677 empowered his 'well beloved brother Thomas Betts, of Norwalk,' to record all his
  15. divisions, &c.: and in 1676, gave by will all his lands in Norwalk 'unto those children which my son John
  16. Raymond allready have or may have, by Mary Raymond his present wife.'"
  17. - **John Raymond**: his home lot, "that was Ralph Keeler's," next to Thomas Seamer's; later "home-lot of
  18. heirs of John Raymond, senr., decd."; "John Raymond, 150 00 0" in a list of estates.
  19. - **Henry Whitney's mill** (pp. 51-52): "At the sayed Meetinge (July 24th, 1665), Henry Whitney hath agreed
  20. and Ingaged with the Towne, to make, build, and erect a good and sufficient ground corne mill, and that at
  21. the mouth of Norwake River by the falles," with a home lot granted him by the town.
  23. For King Philip's War (`research/king-philips-war/`), pp. 61-66: Norwalk's grants to its soldiers from 12 Jan
  24. 1676/7 (pp. 62-65) name John Roach, Daniel Benedict, Thomas Gregory, Thomas Hyatt, Joseph Platt, Jonathan
  25. Abbot, Samuel Keeler, John Crampton, James Jupp, John Belding and Jonathan Stevenson, not John Raymond; and
  26. in 1698 James Betts was granted five acres "as he sent out a man into the warres, and was at charge and
  27. expense of money on account of hireing" (p. 64).
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