American Revolutionary War Figure. He was killed during the British retreat from Concord on the first day of the American Revolution, one of fifty Americans either killed or mortally wounded on that day. An elderly and lame non-combatant, he was checking on Munroe Tavern on behalf of its combatant owner while the retreating British troops were resting there. He was compelled to serve the soldiers, but attempted to escape when the troops became too rowdy. He was shot dead a short distance from the tavern. This is a memorial plaque to the ten Lexington men killed on that day; his actual burial place is unknown.
He was the eldest son of Jonathan and Hepzibah (Leech) Raymond of Lexington. He married Rebecca Fowle, daughter of Henry and Dorothy (Secombe) Fowle of Medford, on 12 May 1763, in Medford.
The had 6 children: John, Eiakim, Reuben, Rebecca, Edmund and Isaac Royal Raymond.
(From Michael L Raymond, FindaGrave ID: 47805108)
Bloody Butchery by the British Troops (Picture) John Raymond's death is depicted by the 8th black coffin on the top row.
This broadside depicts the British troops as attacking the Americans or "provincials" with a "savage barbarity" that included "shooting down the unarmed, aged, and infirm, they disregarded the cries of the wounded, killing them without mercy, and mangling their bodies." This broadside also exonerates the Americans, claiming that "not one instance of cruelty that we have heard of was committed by our victorious militia." Rather the Americans, "listening to the merciful dictates of the Christian religion. They breathed a higher sentiment of humanity."
This broadside was printed in Salem, Massachusetts by E. Russell. Russell was a Boston printer who moved to Salem in 1774 and published the Salem Gazette. However this paper was not successful. He moved to Danvers and then eventually returned to Boston. Isaiah Thomas, in his book The History of Printing in America (1970, Weathervane Books, New York), said, "The wife of her husband in the printing house. A young woman who lived in Russell's family sometimes invoked the muse, and wrote ballads on recent tragical events, which being immediately printed, and set of with wooden cuts of coffins, etc., had frequently 'a considerable run.'" It is unknown if this woman authored the elegy that appears at the bottom of this broadside.
He was the eldest son of Jonathan and Hepzibah (Leech) Raymond of Lexington. He married Rebecca Fowle, daughter of Henry and Dorothy (Secombe) Fowle of Medford, on 12 May 1763, in Medford.
The had 6 children: John, Eiakim, Reuben, Rebecca, Edmund and Isaac Royal Raymond.
(From Michael L Raymond, FindaGrave ID: 47805108)
Bloody Butchery by the British Troops (Picture) John Raymond's death is depicted by the 8th black coffin on the top row.
This broadside depicts the British troops as attacking the Americans or "provincials" with a "savage barbarity" that included "shooting down the unarmed, aged, and infirm, they disregarded the cries of the wounded, killing them without mercy, and mangling their bodies." This broadside also exonerates the Americans, claiming that "not one instance of cruelty that we have heard of was committed by our victorious militia." Rather the Americans, "listening to the merciful dictates of the Christian religion. They breathed a higher sentiment of humanity."
This broadside was printed in Salem, Massachusetts by E. Russell. Russell was a Boston printer who moved to Salem in 1774 and published the Salem Gazette. However this paper was not successful. He moved to Danvers and then eventually returned to Boston. Isaiah Thomas, in his book The History of Printing in America (1970, Weathervane Books, New York), said, "The wife of her husband in the printing house. A young woman who lived in Russell's family sometimes invoked the muse, and wrote ballads on recent tragical events, which being immediately printed, and set of with wooden cuts of coffins, etc., had frequently 'a considerable run.'" It is unknown if this woman authored the elegy that appears at the bottom of this broadside.
American Revolutionary War Figure. He was killed during the British retreat from Concord on the first day of the American Revolution, one of fifty Americans either killed or mortally wounded on that day. An elderly and lame non-combatant, he was checking on Munroe Tavern on behalf of its combatant owner while the retreating British troops were resting there. He was compelled to serve the soldiers, but attempted to escape when the troops became too rowdy. He was shot dead a short distance from the tavern. This is a memorial plaque to the ten Lexington men killed on that day; his actual burial place is unknown.
He was the eldest son of Jonathan and Hepzibah (Leech) Raymond of Lexington. He married Rebecca Fowle, daughter of Henry and Dorothy (Secombe) Fowle of Medford, on 12 May 1763, in Medford.
The had 6 children: John, Eiakim, Reuben, Rebecca, Edmund and Isaac Royal Raymond.
(From Michael L Raymond, FindaGrave ID: 47805108)
Bloody Butchery by the British Troops (Picture) John Raymond's death is depicted by the 8th black coffin on the top row.
This broadside depicts the British troops as attacking the Americans or "provincials" with a "savage barbarity" that included "shooting down the unarmed, aged, and infirm, they disregarded the cries of the wounded, killing them without mercy, and mangling their bodies." This broadside also exonerates the Americans, claiming that "not one instance of cruelty that we have heard of was committed by our victorious militia." Rather the Americans, "listening to the merciful dictates of the Christian religion. They breathed a higher sentiment of humanity."
This broadside was printed in Salem, Massachusetts by E. Russell. Russell was a Boston printer who moved to Salem in 1774 and published the Salem Gazette. However this paper was not successful. He moved to Danvers and then eventually returned to Boston. Isaiah Thomas, in his book The History of Printing in America (1970, Weathervane Books, New York), said, "The wife of her husband in the printing house. A young woman who lived in Russell's family sometimes invoked the muse, and wrote ballads on recent tragical events, which being immediately printed, and set of with wooden cuts of coffins, etc., had frequently 'a considerable run.'" It is unknown if this woman authored the elegy that appears at the bottom of this broadside.
He was the eldest son of Jonathan and Hepzibah (Leech) Raymond of Lexington. He married Rebecca Fowle, daughter of Henry and Dorothy (Secombe) Fowle of Medford, on 12 May 1763, in Medford.
The had 6 children: John, Eiakim, Reuben, Rebecca, Edmund and Isaac Royal Raymond.
(From Michael L Raymond, FindaGrave ID: 47805108)
Bloody Butchery by the British Troops (Picture) John Raymond's death is depicted by the 8th black coffin on the top row.
This broadside depicts the British troops as attacking the Americans or "provincials" with a "savage barbarity" that included "shooting down the unarmed, aged, and infirm, they disregarded the cries of the wounded, killing them without mercy, and mangling their bodies." This broadside also exonerates the Americans, claiming that "not one instance of cruelty that we have heard of was committed by our victorious militia." Rather the Americans, "listening to the merciful dictates of the Christian religion. They breathed a higher sentiment of humanity."
This broadside was printed in Salem, Massachusetts by E. Russell. Russell was a Boston printer who moved to Salem in 1774 and published the Salem Gazette. However this paper was not successful. He moved to Danvers and then eventually returned to Boston. Isaiah Thomas, in his book The History of Printing in America (1970, Weathervane Books, New York), said, "The wife of her husband in the printing house. A young woman who lived in Russell's family sometimes invoked the muse, and wrote ballads on recent tragical events, which being immediately printed, and set of with wooden cuts of coffins, etc., had frequently 'a considerable run.'" It is unknown if this woman authored the elegy that appears at the bottom of this broadside.
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