Harriet Fisk Jones

Notes:

Nehemiah Jones was a descendant of John Alden & Priscilla Mullins.

One genealogy says he died in Dresden, NY.

Nehemiah married Eliza Remington 1816, Heuvelton, St. Lawrence Co., NY. Eliza (daughter of Jairus Remington and Lois Shephard) was born 28 Jul 1798, Putney, VT; died Between 1867 and 1868. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

"Eliza Remington Daughter of the Reverend Jarus Remington Born of his wife Louis July the 28th 1798"

The online genealogy of John Alden & Priscilla Mullins says Eliza died on 6 Feb 1868 in NY.

Notes:

The St. Lawrence Historical Association Quarterly says Eliza & Nehemiah were married in 1819, but I think it was 1816, since their first child was born in 1817.

Notes:

The Congregational Church in Putney, VT: MR. JAIRUS REMINGTON, he was ordained, Feb 19, 1800 and dismissed, Feb. 15, 1803. Two were added to the church under his ministry.
(The above from: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vtwindha/vhg5/putney.htm#_Toc92296976)

The following notes are adapted from the St. Lawrence County Historical Association Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2, April 1960, Canton, NY, available through PERSI:

Rev. Jairus Remington was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Templeton and also Poultney (or Putney?), VT. He moved to Heuvelton, NY, in Nov 1806. His only daughter Eliza, then 8 years old, rode on horseback for the entire journey. There were then three houses, all built of logs, where the village of Heuvelton now stands, and one of them being vacant, Rev. Remington moved into it. In place of glass in the windows, oiled paper was used the first winter of his occupancy. Meat was obtained form the Indians who were friendly and numerous.

Mr. Remington took up three thousand acres of land, running one mile on the river, including all water privileges . . . As soon as lumber could be sawed he built a large house on the site . . . This house was used by the travelling public and was called a tavern and it also became a boarding house for the twenty men or more who were engaged in clearing the land. To this house some of the wounded at the Battle of Ogdensburg (War of 1812) were brought . . . Mr. Remington soon had a large number of acres cleared and began the raising of horses and cattle, and so prosperous had he become that he soon had all this large tract of land paid for except the last payment of a few hundred dollars . . . The contract expired with only this small amount of payment overdue . . .

About that time a Mr. Van den Heuvel came from Holland and bought a large tract of land that included the acreage owned by Mr. Remington. In giving the deed to Mr. Van den Heuvel, Judge Ford acknowledged the "equitable claim of Jairus Remington." Mr. Remington entered the matter in court, but soon after this he died and the matter was never resolved.

After the death of Jarius, his wife moved into a house on DeKalb Rd. Not long after this, her only son Hiram died, and then she removed to Wrentham, MA, which had likely been her former home. There she remarried to David Fisher, a banker, with whom she lived eight years. Mrs. Fisher died at age 87, about 1857, in Massachusetts. Her maiden name was Lois Shepard, daughter of Benjamin Shepard of Wrentham, MA. Mr. Shepard owned the first cotton factory in America and he was also a commissary under General Washington, supplying him with provisions for the army.

My notes: Heuvelton, NY, is on NY State route 812 in St. Lawrence County, and is just southeast of Ogdensburg. The river by Jarius Remington's land may have been the Oswegatchie River or another nearby tributary of the St. Lawrence River.

Jairus married Lois Shephard 1 Feb 1795, Wrentham, Norfolk Co., MA. Lois (daughter of Benjamin Shephard) was born Abt 1770; died Abt 1857, MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In her daughter Eliza's baptismal record, Jairus's wife is called Susan. However, in the birth record his wife is mentioned as Lois. I am assuming this was a clerk's or transcriber's error.

1795 REMINGTON Jarus and Lois Shephard of Wrentham, int. Feb. 1, 1795. more Marriage Abington

1795 SHEPHARD Lois of Wrentham, and Jarus Remington, int. Feb. 1, 1795. more Marriage Abington

Lois Fisher, age 70 b MA (b c1771), is living at Wrentham, Norfolk Co., MA, in the 1850 Federal Census (dwelling 266, #292). This is most likely Lois (Shephard) (Remington) Fisher.

The following notes are adapted from the St. Lawrence County Historical Association Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2, April 1960, Canton, NY, available through PERSI:

After the death of Jarius, his wife moved into a house on DeKalb Rd. Not long after this, her only son Hiram died, and then she removed to Wrentham, MA, which had likely been her former home. There she remarried to David Fisher, a banker, with whom she lived eight years. Mrs. Fisher died at age 87, about 1857, in Massachusetts. Her maiden name was Lois Shepard, daughter of Benjamin Shepard of Wrentham, MA. Mr. Shepard owned the first cotton factory in America and he was also a commissary under General Washington, supplying him with provisions for the army.

This Benjamin Shepard had three sons -- George, Silas, & Benjamin; his daughters were Mrs. Deuce, Mrs. Rev. Fisk, Mrs. Nelson, & Mrs. Jairus Remington.

Mrs. Remington had an uncle who was taken prisoner by the Indians in Vermont and brought to Ogdensburg when it was an Indian village and without a single white inhabitant. He was treated kindly and after eight years was restored to his family.

Notes:

Thomas' will in 1813 leaves money to his grandchildren Julia Ann Remmington, Charlotte Remmington, and Caroline Remington, the children of his son William Remmington deceased; also to sons Jairus and Thomas, and daughters Sarah Beal and Rachel Shaw. (source: email from Ann Remington with image of will)

Some genealogies show Jonathan b Sep 1761 (md. Martha Sprague) as a son in this family.

Also, some genealogies show no Stephen here (see notes for Stephen).

Thomas married Rachel Stowell 30 Sep 1751. Rachel (daughter of Samuel Stowell, III and Susannah Lambert) was born 27 May 1734, Hingham, Plymouth, MA; died 28 Jan 1815, Abington, MA. [Group Sheet]