This double tombstone was photographed at the Old North
Beverly (Conant Street) Cemetery in Beverly, Massachusetts. Most of the burials here were parishioners of the Second Congregational Church (Second Parish).
Here lyes Buried
Here lyes Buried
the Body of Mr. the Body of Mrs
NATHANIEL RAYMOND
REBECKAH RAYMOND
Who Departed this
Wife to NATHANIEL
Life Janry ye 8 1749 RAYMOND Who
Aged 78 Years Departed this life
& 10 Months Decr ye 2d 1760
Aged 80 Years
& 11 Months
Nathaniel Raymond was the son of John Rayment and Judith
Glover, born on 15 March 1670/ 71 in Beverly, and died 8 January 1749/50 in
Beverly. He married Rebecca, daughter of
Lot Conant and Elizabeth Walton, granddaughter of founding father Roger
Conant. Rebecca was born 31 January 1671
in Beverly and died 5 December 1760 in Beverly.
They had eight children. One of
their daughters, Mary Raymond (born 1710) married my 5th great grand
uncle, William Preston (1705 – 1766) and resided in Chester, New Hampshire. Another son, George Raymond (1707 – 1807)
married Abigail Kettle (1710 – 1786), my 6th great aunt born in
Charlestown, Massachusetts.
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Nathaniel and Rebecca Raymond, Beverly, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 22, 2016, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/11/tombstone-tuesday-nathaniel-and-hannah.html: accessed [access date]).
