John Remington Mumford

Notes:

At the reunion in Newport, RI, on 23 Aug 1859, John R. Mumford and his brother Benjamin A. Mumford identified themselves "of NY."

Benjamin married Hannah R. Remington 9 Apr 1797, Newport, RI. Hannah (daughter of John Remington and Sarah Hopkins) was born 5 Apr 1775, Newport, RI; was buried , Island Cemetery, Warner St., Newport, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I am not absolutely sure that this date of death, or this spouse and children, belong to John Remington, son of John & Susanna. However, the family group was from Newport, which is just a short boat ride across the water from Jamestown, home of John & Susanna and their Remington forebears. Also, the names of at least three of the children (Benjamin, Abigail, Peter) reflect the names of the children and Remington forebears of John & Susanna. Lastly, the dates for both John & Sarah from the RI Cemetery database seem to coincide with the date of birth we have for John, and the marriage date of 1772.

Newenglandancestors.org, Jamestown Vital Records, has his date of birth as 6 Jan 1746.

John married Sarah Hopkins 30 Dec 1772, Newport, RI. Sarah was born Abt 1752; died 26 May 1792, Newport, RI; was buried , Common Burial Ground, Newport, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sarah Remington, wife of John, died at Newport in her 41st year (US Chronicle of 7 Jun 1792, in Arnold's).

Notes:

James N. Arnold's VRs has the marriage date as 31 Dec 1772 (Vol. 7, p. 361.

Notes:

(If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.)

This is an estimate of John's date of birth. I have placed him in this family group primarily on the basis of the names of his children, which clearly seem to reflect Penelope Parker and her parents. I have found a birth record for neither John nor his presumed sister Hannah, but in her case the marriage record identifies her parents.

I am not absolutely sure that Susannah & Abigail were two wives of the same John Remington, but it is a reasonable assumption based on the Jamestown records, which admittedly are confusing at points.

Boyd Scott Remington's ancestry chart lists another child, Peleg, in this family group; but that may just be a guess, as Peleg is not in the vital records. BSR gives no date of birth for Peleg, but as his marriage was in 1772, he could possibly fit into this family group. Unfortunately, BSR notes no sources.

John married Abigail Greene 8 Aug 1743, Jamestown, RI. Abigail (daughter of David Greene and Sarah Barber) was born 25 Mar 1715, Jamestown, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The births of Penelope and Sarah are not recorded in Jamestown records. However, the will of David Greene, Abigail's father, mentions by name his daughter Abigail Remington, as well as two granddaughters, both under 18: Penelope and Sarah Remington. The will is dated 21 Jul 1759; therefore, these two of Abigail's daughters must have been born in 1741 or later. His will does not mention the other children of Abigail.

Notes:

They were married by Edward Carr, Warden.

Note that I am not sure which John Remington Abigail married; his parentage is assumed in my placing him here with these parents.