Hannah Raymond

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Raymond was born on 21 November 1745, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Eliakim Raymond, was 25 and her mother, Hannah Street, was 23. She married Lemuel Brooks on 19 September 1764, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 30 December 1803, in Rye, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lemuel Brooks
1741–1815
Hannah Raymond
1745–1803
Marriage: 19 September 1764
Hannah Brooks
1765–
Lemuel Brooks Jr.
1767–1847
Henry Brooks
1769–1796
Benjamin Brooks
1772–
Anna Brooks
1775–1858
Esther Brooks
1778–
George Brooks
1781–
Eli Brooks
1783–1786
Charles Brooks
1785–
Mary B. Brooks
1790–

Sources (29)

  • Hannah Raymond, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Hannah in entry for Lemuel Brooks, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
  • Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Spouse and Children

World Events (4)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1784

Post office est. July 5, 1784

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Normand, Andre, Camille, Jacques, Lucien, Armand, Francois, Emile, Fernand, Gilles, Laurier, Marcel.

English and French: from the Norman personal name Raimund or Raimond, from ancient Germanic Raginmund, composed of the elements ragin ‘advice, counsel’ + mund ‘protection’. Compare Ramo and Raymo .

Americanized form of Italian Raimondo and German Raimund, cognates of 1 above. Compare Raimond .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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The Village

Hannah Raymond married Lemuel Brooks Sept 19, 1764 who lived in what was anciently called "the Village", a hamlet not a great distance from Stewart's Landing and between "Old Well" and Belden's Point. …

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