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Mahala Remington

Female 1815 - 1894  (78 years)


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  1. 1.  Mahala Remington was born 7 Dec 1815, Smithfield, Providence Co., RI (daughter of Caleb Remington and Martha Mowry); died 24 May 1894, East Oxford, Oxford Co., ME.

    Notes:

    In the 1850 Federal Census, Mahala Paine is age 35, living at Smithfield, RI, in the Aldrich household. Also there are her mother, sisters, brother-in-law, and nephews & nieces, for a total of nine individuals.

    In 1860 she is Mahala Lewis, age 45, living at Mendon, Worcester Co., MA. She has remarried to Griffin Lewis, age 47 in the census.

    In 1870 they are back in Smithfield, RI, ages 66 & 55, and in 1880 they are at Woonsocket, RI, as are the other two sisters.

    Notes from Prudence Fish, a descendant: "Mahala Remington married Smith Paine who later abandoned her and apparently went to Missouri where he had another family."

    After the death of her second husband, "she moved from Smithfield, Rhode Island, to Oxford, Maine, and lived with her only child, George Paine, and his wife and son."

    Mahala married Smith Wilbur Paine 21 Mar 1841, Smithfield, Providence Co., RI. Smith was born 1 Oct 1818, Smithfield, Providence Co., RI; died , MO. [Group Sheet]

    Notes:

    Pain, Smith W., of Wilber, and Mahala Remington; m. by Ephraim Sayles, Justice, Mar. 21, 1841. (source: The Narragansett Historical Register; James N. Arnold, Ed. The Record of Old Smithfield from 1730 to 1850, Vol. VII, 1889 -- From Records in Town Clerk's Office, Lincoln.)

    Children:
    1. George Remington Paine was born 25 Oct 1842, North Smithfield, RI; died 3 Feb 1908, Baldwinville, MA; was buried , Greenlawn Cemetery, Baldwinville, MA.

    Mahala married Griffin Lewis 1 Mar 1855, Smithfield, RI. Griffin (son of Jeremiah Lewis and Rebecca Reynolds) was born 25 Oct 1804, Coventry, RI; died 21 Aug 1890; was buried , Pine Grove Cemetery, Washington & Knotty Oak Sts., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Caleb Remington was born Abt 1770, RI; died Aft Feb 1815.

    Notes:

    We have not yet been able to figure out who Caleb's parents were. According to his children's data in the 1880 census, he was born in RI.

    This household apprears to be listed in the 1820 census at Smithfield, RI, with Caleb Remington as head of family; but no male of his age is included in the data. Here are the totals: 2 free white males under 10, 1 free white male 10-16 (Lyman?), 2 free white females under 10 (Martha & Mahala?), 2 free white females 16-26 (Zilpha & Ann Eliza?), and 1 free white female 26-45 (wife Martha). Where is Caleb, and who are the two young males?

    Caleb married Martha Mowry 1 Nov 1795, Smithfield, Providence Co., RI. Martha (daughter of Job Mowry and Zilpha Sayles) was born 10 Jun 1772; died 1857; was buried , Old Town Burial Ground, Great Road, North Smithfield, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Martha Mowry was born 10 Jun 1772 (daughter of Job Mowry and Zilpha Sayles); died 1857; was buried , Old Town Burial Ground, Great Road, North Smithfield, RI.

    Notes:

    In the 1850 Federal Census, Martha Remington is age 79, living at Smithfield, RI. She is living with Robert & Martha Aldrich and their two children, Orville & Ellen. Also in the household are Mahala (Remington) Paine, Ann (Remington) Follett, and her two children, William & Lucia.

    Children:
    1. Zilpha Remington was born Abt 1799, RI; died 26 Feb 1885, Woonsocket, Providence Co., RI; was buried , Arnold-Vose Cemetery, East Orchard St., Woonsocket, RI.
    2. Ann Eliza Remington was born Between 1803 and 1805, RI; died 15 Feb 1889; was buried , Aldrich Lot, Old Louisquissett Pike, Rt. 246, Lincoln, RI.
    3. Lyman Remington was born Between 1810 and 1814, RI; died 14 Feb 1903; was buried , State Institutions Cemetery, Pontiac Ave, Cranston, RI.
    4. Martha M. Remington was born Between 1812 and 1813, RI; died 19 Jul 1896; was buried , Old Town Burial Ground, Great Road, North Smithfield, RI.
    5. 1. Mahala Remington was born 7 Dec 1815, Smithfield, Providence Co., RI; died 24 May 1894, East Oxford, Oxford Co., ME.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Job Mowry was born 1739 (son of Oliver Mowry and Dorcas Whipple); died 1822.

    Job — Zilpha Sayles. Zilpha was born 1743; died 1826. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Zilpha Sayles was born 1743; died 1826.
    Children:
    1. 3. Martha Mowry was born 10 Jun 1772; died 1857; was buried , Old Town Burial Ground, Great Road, North Smithfield, RI.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Oliver Mowry was born 22 Sep 1699 (son of Joseph Mowry and Alice Whipple); died 2 Mar 1756.

    Oliver married Dorcas Whipple 18 Dec 1727. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Dorcas Whipple
    Children:
    1. 6. Job Mowry was born 1739; died 1822.