Mary Remington Congdon

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"Mary Congdon sailed with her parents on the Hannah Thornton

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"RI Vital Records: New Series" Vol. 6, p. 66, gives his date of birth as 6 Aug 1822. However, the RI Cemetery Database has his mother's year of death as 1820, so one of them must be wrong. He is age 30 in the 1850 Federal Census, so I am using 1820 as the year of birth. In 1850 the family is living at East Greenwich with Cynthia's mother, Lydia Sprague.

John Remington Congdon is mentioned in the will of his grandfather, Henry Remington.

John married Cynthia Anthony Sprague 6 Mar 1842. Cynthia (daughter of John Sprague, Jr. and Lydia A. Anthony) was born Abt 18 Dec 1817, East Greenwich, RI; died 25 Dec 1880, East Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]

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See notes for her father, Captain John Sprague.

"Cynthia and her husband had a deeply commited relationship. They had two children, Mary Remington Congdon (1842-1916) and George Barrell Congdon (1846-1902). George was named after the master of the bark Index, the first vessel on which his father sailed. Both children, along with their mother, accompanied John Congdon on sea voyages at various times between 1852 and 1862. During the first few years of her marriage, Cynthia had remained at home when her husband sailed; but by 1852, the emotional hardship she endured during his absences induced her to accompany him to San Francisco on the brig Hannah Thornton, along with young George. In a letter to John dated March 12, 1851, she lamented,

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"Peleg Congdon was born in Exeter, Rhode Island, the son of John Congdon and his third wife, Abigail Carr. Peleg married Mary Remington (1792-1820) of Warwick in 1816; she was the daughter of Henry Remington and Margaret LeValley. Besides being a sea captain, Peleg kept a hotel in the village of Apponaug, in Warwick, from 1819 to 1832; after this period, he moved to East Greenwich. He later was employed by the federal government, directing ship-building.

"Peleg and Mary

Peleg married Mary Remington 7 Jan 1816, Warwick, RI. Mary (daughter of Henry Remington and Margaret LeValley) was born 13 Apr 1792, Apponaug, RI; died 14 Nov 1820; was buried , Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, RI. [Group Sheet]

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Mary was first cousin to our ancestor Maplet.

In the Providence Gazette, Deaths, of 14 Nov 1820: "Mrs. Mary Congdon, wife of Capt. Peleg, only daughter of Hon. Henry Remington, at Warwick, in 29th year, suddenly."

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I am not sure if this is the correct Captain John Sprague who was the husband of Lydia and the father of Cynthia. There is not another one in the cemetery database. Records show that Cynthia was born between 1819 and 1821 (to Capt. John & Lydia A. Sprague), but supposedly this Capt. John Sprague d.1817. Perhaps there was a misread of his gravestone, as it is in a very old cemetery.

John — Lydia A. Anthony. Lydia (daughter of Stephen Anthony and Sarah Luther) was born 6 Mar 1794, Somerset, MA; died 1 Jan 1877, East Greenwich, RI; was buried , St. Luke's Church Cemetery, East Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]

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In the 1850 Federal Census, Lydia Sprague is living at East Greenwich, and with her are daughter Cynthia and son-in-law John R. Congdon and their two children, Mary & George.

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John had 9 children by his first wife, Mary; 5 by his second wife, Naomi; and 4 by his third wife, Abigail. Naomi and Abigail were first cousins.

John married Abigail Carr 8 Mar 1778, Exeter, RI. Abigail (daughter of James Carr and Abigail Cary) was born 6 Dec 1749, Jamestown, RI; died 19 Oct 1831; was buried , Historical Cemetery 43, North Kingstown, RI. [Group Sheet]

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Henry's will mantions his wife Lucy Ann; his daughters Margaret Arnold Remington, Sarah Holden Remington, & Mary Ann Remington; sons Henry Clay Remington & Thomas Remington; grandsons Henry Remington Congdon & John Remington Congdon.

According to the book "History of Warwick," Henry was a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1801 to 1808, and a fluent, energetic debater. He also served in the Revolutionary War as a Private in the Pawtuxet Rangers, 1781 (see "Rev. War -- Burial Place & Service of RI Patriots" at the Knight Library in Providence).

On 20 September 1800, a meeting of the Warwick Town Council was specially convened. Those present were Benjamin Arnold, Henry Remington, Jonathan Ellis?, and Squire Millard. Henry Remington was appointed to inspect the stage "that runs from East Greenwich to Providence through Warwick." He was "empowered to stop said stage and to examine said stage"; and the stageman was to be directed not to land any passenger or baggage in Warwick without his permission. The penalty was $100. James Rhodes was appointed to likewise inspect the stage at the Village of Pawtuxet. (record found at RI Historical Society Library, Manuscript Room)

BSR includes another son named John Pearce Remington, b. c. 1787, who had a daughter Elizabeth. (? no documentation given ?)

From the booklet "The Walking Tour of Historic Apponaug Village," published by the Warwick Economic Development Department, and originally produced in pamphlet form by The Warwick Museum in 1989 -- concerning the Henry Remington House (ca. 1800/01, with later alterations), 3376 Post Road: "This gable-roofed, center-chimney Federal dwelling with pedimented fanlight doorway was remodeled during the Victorian era when the sash was replaced and a bay window added on the south side. It is used as a storehouse for the building at the rear, which was once a favorite haunt of quahoggers and rough & tumble seamen, but is now a family restaurant. The house was built by Henry Remington, a Revolutionary War soldier and judge of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. This area became known as 'Judge's Row,' and was once the most significant part of the Village."

This is now The Remington House Inn, a very nice restaurant.

Henry married Margaret LeValley 18 Sep 1785, Warwick, RI. Margaret (daughter of Peter LeValley and Mary Haynes) was born 26 May 1762, Warwick, RI; died 19 Sep 1823, Apponaug, Warwick, RI; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI. [Group Sheet]

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Mrs. Margaret Remington, wife of Hon. Henry, died at Apponaug in 62nd year. (Providence Gazette, 19 Sep 1823)

Some of the newspaper announcements of her death call her Martha.

Stephen — Sarah Luther. [Group Sheet]