Mary Remington

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

The birth record at Jamestown says she was the "1st daughter of Stephen & Penellopy, born 29 (?) Sept 1686 at Narragansett." The numbers are difficult to read.

Mary married James Langworthy Abt 4 Apr 1705, Jamestown, RI. James was born Abt 1680. [Group Sheet]

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The marriage record at Jamestown says James Langworthy was "of Newport," and states that both he and Mary Rementon were single. The year is no longer legible.

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(If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.)
The RI Cemetery Database lists the grave of a Capt. Stephen Remington in the Friends' Cemetery on Eldrid Ave. in Jamestown. It says he lived from c. 1661 to 19 Feb 1739. Is this the same individual? Probably. However, his brother Daniel was born in Oct 1661, so that makes it less likely that Stephen was born that year, unless he was a twin.

The old records at the town hall in Jamestown, "Proprietors Records, Vol. I, 1672 - 1859," contain clerks' notes on the town meetings over the years. Many of these proprietors' meetings, convened quarterly (at least), were held at "Stephen Remmentun's house." For example, on the following dates the meetings were at his house: 18th day of 1698, 19 July 1698, 18 July 1699, 17 Oct 1699, 16 July 1700, 15 Oct 1700, 20th of May 1701, 15 July 1701, 21 Oct 1701, and possibly others. Meeting notes also show that Stephen was listed as present and a member of the Town Council in May 1702 (unclear date?) and 20th day of 5th month 1703 (this would have been 20 July).

On 15 March 1697/98, Stephen Rementon was chosen Grand Juryman. Stephen Remmgtun was chosen one of the foremen of the Town Council on 20 April 1703, along with Joseph Morey, John Hull, and John Weeden.

The notes for 20 July 1697 record that "Stephen Reminton is licensed to keep a house of Entertainment for Strangers & Town dwellers for one whole year." Besides telling a lot about this individual, these various notes mentioned above show the many creative spellings of the name, and also provide clues as to how it was pronounced.

On 27 Oct 1708, Jahleel Brenton, as executor of the will of William Brenton, deceased, filed an appeal with the RI General Assembly against Stephen Remington. At issue were 256 acres on Jamestown. The decision was in favor of the appellant, allowing him to redeem the mortgage of this land. However, Stephen appealed to The Crown and -- although the wording is somewhat obtuse -- was favored by the outcome. An official royal document (probably the original) is on file in the RI Historical Society Library manuscript archives, giving the details of the royal decree: "at Court of Kensington 31 July 1710 . . . Present, The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty and six others named . . . the petition and appeal of Stephen Remington in the Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, from a Decree given against him at a General Assembly in the Colony in Oct. 1708 in favor of Jahleel Brenton & it appearing that the proceedings in the applicant's cause hath been erroneous & that the Court had no jurisdiction therein. Her majesty with the advice of the Privy Council is pleased to order as it is hereby ordered that the government . . . of the Colony take notice & govern themselves herein as to them shall respectively appertain."

Angela Cosby's data indicates that Stephen was born in 1659 at Rowley, Essex, MA. She is a descendant. Other info from Angela: 1688, Grand Jury; 15 July 1695 elected Ensign and subsequently was Captain.

Boyd Scott Remington's ancestry chart says Stephen became a freeman in 1696, and was a Captain in the Jamestown militia.

Alden G. Beaman gives his year of birth as c. 1666, and says he administered his estate 2 March 1738. He and his family lived in Jamestown, RI, according to "Representative Men of Old Families of Southeastern MA," V. I, p. 173.

More information on Stephen and his family can be found in John O. Austin's "The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island."

Stephen married Penelope Parker Abt 1685. Penelope (daughter of Peter Parker and Sarah Cooke) was born 1666, England or Shrewsbury, NJ; died Aft 1740, Jamestown, RI; was buried , Historical Cemetery 6, Jamestown, RI. [Group Sheet]

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(If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.)
The will of Thomas Cook, dated 6 Feb 1674 at Portsmouth, mentions a Penellope Parker under age 18, daughter of Peter & Sarah (prob. Cook) Parker. She would have been born after 1656. Also, an estate settlement of Peter Parker, d. 3 Oct 1727 Westerly, mentions a daughter Penelope.

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(If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.)
According to Boyd Scott Remington's genealogy chart at RIHSL, John, Jr. was born in 1633 in Rowley, England. He defended Jamestown against the Indians on 28 August 1669, and was granted land in East Greenwich in 1677. He resided in Haverhill and Rowley, MA, and Jamestown & Warwick, RI.

According to Carl Boyer III in "Ancestral Lines Revised," and genealogist Gordon L. Remington, John Remington II was born 1623-1624. However, a more recent article by Gordon L. Remington places John's birth c 1630 (source: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 147, p. 371).

Alden G. Beaman's article "A Line of Descent from John Remington of Jamestown and Warwick" (RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 20, p.39) gives his year of birth as c. 1625.

According to genealogist Armand Lariviere, "John Remington, the founder of the Rhode Island branch of the Remington family, first settled in Haverhill, MA, and became a citizen of Portsmouth, RI in 1669."

In Haverhill, MA, in 1661 when 53 lots were drawn, John Remington is listed among the names. He is also among the recipients of land in July 1667, when he received 4 acres in Haverhill. (source: "History of Haverhill Since Settlement in 1640" pp. 92 & 106; on Family Archive CD #502)

Some of the following information is from:
Paul Remington's web site: http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/Paul-Remington/REMFAM/
"Some History and Genealogy on the Remington Line in England and America" by J. W. Remington
"History of Warwick" by Oliver Payson Fuller (at Rhode Island Historical Society Library)
"Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts" by Blodgett & Jewett

John Remington II, eldest child of John Remington I, was probably born about 1630 (ref: Gordon L. Remington). This John Remington is our ancestor. Boyd Scott Remington's ancestry chart gives his birth year as 1633. John, Jr. was with his family in Newbury in 1637 and in Rowley in 1638. In Rowley records he is mentioned as "junior" and in deeds as "carpenter." He most likely remained there with his father until 1649, when he married Abigail Acie/Acey, and then about 1654 he removed to Andover, where there is a record of him from 1654 to 1656. Around 1661 he settled in Haverhill, MA, but did not remain there very long, because shortly after 1664 he was identified as a member of the colony of Jamestown, RI. Later, in a deed dated June 2, 1670, he described himself as "of the Island of Quanonagutt" (probably phonetic spelling for Conanicut, native name for Jamestown, RI) in the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." This deed transferred a parcel of land in Rowley to Anthony Crosby.

[The record states that] "On August 28, 1669, he (John Remington) and two others (John Holmes & Michael Kelly) were named as Conservators of the Peace, and ordered to assemble the inhabitants of Conanicut Island, to consider what may be most suitable for their defense and preservation against any invasion or insurrection of the Indians."

Also, in 1677 it was ordered that a certain 5,000-acre tract of land in the East Greenwich area be divided into 100-acre lots, to accommodate inhabitants of the colony as needed. "And further this Assembly do enact, order and declare, for the services rendered during King Philip's War, the persons here named" . . . There follow the names of fifty persons [to receive land] among which is that of John Remington. [Note: likewise our ancestor Capt. Benjamin Gorton, whose daughter Maplet later married Thomas Remington, Jr., grandson of John Jr.] On 6 Sept 1687, John Remington, Junior is on a list for taxes under Gov. Andros, assessing estates of the Towne of Rochester in the King's Province. (Rochester is a former name for North Kingstown, RI.) My observation -- this John Remington could be his son, who married Abigail Richmond and lived in South Kingstown.

Around this time [John Remington II] removed to Warwick, RI, where he on Aug. 13, 1709 confirmed an earlier deed of May 24, 1695 in which he had given to his son Thomas Remington of Warwick "all my right which I had at Haverhill, Mass. and [said deed being somehow damaged and nearly illegible], being willing gift, should stand, therefore for love, etc." His son Thomas received a house and town lot at Haverhill containing four acres, also two orchards and 40 acres called "Fishing River." [Note: this son Thomas is our ancestor.] John Jr. died in 1709 in Warwick, RI. Many of his descendants remained in this spot five or more generations later.

Like his father John the first, John Jr. was a carpenter. His eldest son, John, was born 12 March 1651 in Rowley, MA; he resided in Newport and Kingston, RI, and died in Jamestown, RI (not sure about this). [This son John (the third) married Abigail Richmond. His brother, John Jr.'s third son, named Thomas, married Mary Allen; this couple are our ancestors.]

According to Carl Boyer III, in "Ancestral Lines Revised," p. 337, John II married second to Martha (Unknown).

See also:
http://www.bugthorpe.eril.net/Bugthorpe%20Village.htm
http://www.bugthorpe.eril.net/churches_in_the_garrowby_hill_group_of_paris hes.htm
"The Remingtons of Utah, Their Ancestors and Descendants," by Ward J. Roylance

John — Abigail ACIE. Abigail (daughter of William ACIE, Jr. and Margaret HAITON) was born Abt 1628. [Group Sheet]

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This marriage is listed in "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" ( by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1985), which gives the year of the birth of their first child as 1650, and locations of record as Rowley/Haverhill/Andover.

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The family lived in Shrewsbury, NJ, until at least 1680, but Peter was in Jamestown by 8 Dec 1694 when he signed a deed witnessed by Oliver Arnold (his daughter Phebe's first husband), Ephraim Turner, and Joseph Mory.

Peter married Sarah Cooke Abt 1663. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Cooke, III and Thomasin Unknown) was born Abt 1647; died Abt 1680, Shrewsbury, NJ. [Group Sheet]

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John Remington, the first Remington ancestor in America, came here about 1637 and settled at Newbury, MA (just north of Boston), where he became a freeman (full-fledged citizen) 22 May 1638 (one source says 1639). About two years later he moved to Rowley, MA (probably to be with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and his party from Rowley, Yorkshire, England), and was commissioned a lieutenant of the first military company there on 13 May 1643, under the command of Capt. Sebastian Brigham. He had a two-acre house lot there (Rowley is close to Newbury, a little to the southwest). Later he moved to Roxbury, MA (now a city neighborhood just south of Boston), and reconstructed its meetinghouse in 1658. He became a proprietor there and is also mentioned in the town records of April 1662 as "late inhabitant of Rowley now of Roxbury." He sold land there in 1659 and 1662. His wife Elizabeth died at Rowley in 1657, after which he married Rhoda Gore, widow of John Gore. Some online genealogies have her maiden name as Rose (?). She survived him and later married Edward Porter as her third husband. (See "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" by Clarence Almon Torrey; also Rootsweb's Worldconnect -- Debora Heath's data)

Genealogist Armand Lariviere tells his story with some variations: John Remington, the youngest of 10 children, came to America in 1638 with Ezekiel Rogers [but he probably came earlier] and a group that included 20 families from Rowley, England. They founded Rowley, MA, where John became a freeman on 22 March 1639 [38?]. Other records show the following about him: was granted land on Weathersfield St., 1643; was made Sergeant of the militia, 14 May 1645; was lieutenant of the Rowley Co., Pequot War, 26 May 1647; was a carpenter and a schoolteacher, 1656; was left L300 capital and L30 annuity by his father, and L10 annuity by his brother Timothy. John Remington moved to Roxbury between 1659 and 1662; married (2nd) Rhoda Gardner Gore (widow of John Gore) b. 1607, d. 1693. Rhoda later married Edward Porter, on 13 June 1674 (he b. ca. 1610, d. 1677).

His estate was administered by son Jonathan and son-in-law John Stedman of Cambridge, MA.

Some genealogists and many Remington family members connect this first Remington immigrant to the lineage of Archdeacon Richard Remington, who married Elizabeth Hutton, daughter of Archbishop of York Matthew Hutton. These families are associated with several locations in England: Rowley, Lund, Garrowby, Lockington, and Kirby Underdale in Yorkshire; and Rimington, now in Lancashire but (I think) formerly in Yorkshire (before county boundaries were changed). There is some evidence for believing that John Remington is indeed of this lineage, but no absolute proof has been found. At the very least, there are definite indications that he had ties to Yorkshire.

(See also "Ancestral Lines Revised" by Carl Boyer III, pp. 336 & 337 for similar information with some slight variation in dates.)

Archbishop Hutton was sympathetic toward Puritans at a time in history when they were being marginalized and punished. (See Wikipedia article)

The following information is from three sources:
"Some History and Genealogy on the Remington Line in England and America" by J. W. Remington
"History of Warwick" by Oliver Payson Fuller (at Rhode Island Historical Society Library)
Paul Remington's web site: http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/Paul-Remington/REMFAM/

John was baptized in Yorkshire, England, Feb. 7, 1599/1600. (This is the date of baptism of John Remington, youngest son of Archdeacon Richard Remington 1548-1615 of Yorkshire, England. It is believed very likely that this is the same individual as John Remington, the first Remington immigrant. However, absolute "proof" does not exist.)

The departure of the Remingtons from England was probably on religious grounds. Three thousand persons left for America from different parts of England in 1637. In 1638 the Reverend Ezekiel Rogers, rector of Rowley, near Beverly - 20 miles from Garrowby, left for America with all the farmers of his parish for religious reasons. Rogers, a Puritan sympathizer, had been suspended for not conforming to certain regulations for public worship, as prescribed by Charles I and Archbishop Laud.

On reaching America these colonists [with Rev. Rogers] found other Yorkshire people near Boston [including John Remington and his family]. They joined forces with these earlier settlers and formed a new settlement near Salem, Mass., which they called Rowley after the old home of so many of them. The town charter was dated 4 Sept 1639. For nearly five years they held land and labored in common. It was not until 1643 that a home lot was laid out for each family.

All the records seem to agree that John Remington the first [immigrant] landed at Newbury, in what is now known as Massachusetts, in the year 1637. It also seems clear that his first child, John the second, was born in England about 1623-24. The date of birth of John Remington the first is not known, but it may be assumed that if his first child was born in 1628, he may have been married about 1626, and it would be reasonable to think that he was about 22 or 23 years of age when he married. If all these assumptions are correct, he may have been born about 1604/5.

The records show that he remained at Newbury for two years and at the end of that time he was made "freeman" and removed to Rowley, Massachusetts. The move to Rowley was made in 1639 and in that connection, it may be of interest to note that Reverend Ezekiel Rogers, who was the founder and first minister of Rowley [Massachusetts], came to America in the ship John, sailing from Hull, Yorkshire, and landed at Boston, New England, on December 2, 1638. Rogers and his company wintered in Salem, Ipswich, and Boston, whence they began to look for a permanent home . . . They finally selected a place on the shore between Newbury and Ipswich where they, with about forty other families who had joined them, settled in 1639. [Ezekiel Rogers' new plantation was called Rowley. Rev. Rogers had been born in 1590, and had been a minister for 17 years at Rowley, Yorkshire, before coming to America.] These facts regarding Rogers are given because they seem to point strongly to the possibility that John Remington the first joined Rogers' company and went to Rowley with [them]. Bear in mind that he, too, came from Yorkshire. (*see addional notes below on Rogers)

The streets of the town were officially laid out in 1643 . . . One of the lots went to John Remington . . . two acres, bounded on the west side by the commons . . . It appears that John Remington the first resided at Rowley until about June 1657, when he conveyed to Jochim Reyner his dwelling house, lot, and pasture. In April 1662 he described himself as late of Rowley, now of Roxbury . . . It is also stated that by deed dated October 22, 1662, he, then of Roxbury, conveyed four score acres of land in Rowley on the Merrimack River to William Sterling of Rowley.

Boston Records, Roxbury, Vol. 43, states as follows: "The name of Lieutenant John Remington is associated with the First Church of Roxbury, which was a crude and unbeautiful structure with a thatched roof, destitute of shingles or plaster, without a gallery, pew, or spire. The people sat on plain benches, the women and men on opposite sides of the house. In 1646 the first house was put in 'safe repair' and in 1656 the ends were clapboarded . . . [On] January 12, 1658, it was agreed that the meeting-hawes be repaired for the warmth and comfort of the people; namely that the hawes is to be shingled and also two galleries built, with three seats in a gallery, one at the one end of the hawes and the other at the other end. Also the hawes to be plastered within side with plaster and haire; also for the seting out of the howse, that some pinakle or other ornament be set upon each end of the hawse . . . and the charge to be borne by the several inhabitants of the town by way of a rate. For which work Lieut. John Remington is to have twenty-two pounds; more, if the work deserveth more; less, if the work deserveth less."

The exact date on which John the first removed from Rowley and settled in Roxbury is not known. However, historians fix the date as about June 1657 . . . [He] lost his first wife, Elizabeth, in 1657/58 and was married a second time, possibly sometime in 1659, to Mrs. Rhoda Gore, widow of John Gore . . . who had settled at Roxbury in 1635. John Remington died at Roxbury 8 April 1667 [should be June], leaving no will.

About Yorkshire, from the website origins.net:
Prior to 1974, when new boundaries were introduced, Yorkshire was by far the largest county in England. Split into three Ridings - North, West and East - derived from the Viking word "thrithing," meaning third part, Yorkshire boasted over 3.75 million acres and laid claim to a recognizable identity dating back to Anglo-Saxon times.

* Additional notes on Rev. Ezekiel Rogers from Rootsweb's mailing list archives for Eng-East Yorks, 2000: "Ezekiel Rogers was a 17th century Rector of Rowley (sw of Beverley in the East Riding) who disapproved of games being played on a Sunday. Because of this, he refused to read out the Book of Sports in his church, in spite of an order that it should be read in every church in the country. As a consequence of this, he was turned out of his living and, together with 20 families from Rowley, emigrated to America . . . Ezekiel Rogers held the degrees of bachelor and master of arts from Christ's College Cambridge. After serving as chaplain in the family of Sir Francis and Lady Joan Barrington, the latter the aunt of Oliver Cromwell, at Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, he was presented by his patron to the rectorship of St Peter's at Rowley, in Yorkshire which drew its congregation from the neighbouring hamlets of Bentley, Hunsley, Riplingham, Risby and Little Weighton. He was there for 17 years where he embraced the principles of non separating Congregationalism. He apparently met with no molestation as long as Tobie Matthew, George Montaigne and Samual Harsnett held the see of York. With the advent of Richard Neile, conditions changed however, and for "refusing to Reade that accursed Booke that allowed sports on Gods holy sabbath" he was suspended. Despite efforts by Archbishop Neile over a period of two years to reclaim him to orthodoxy, he gathered a small company of Yorkshire adherants and set for for London (they sailed from Hull). In the spring of 1638 he resigned his living at Rowley from aboard ship sailing for new England . . . The families who went with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers in 1638 (18 years after the Mayflower) to Massachusetts Bay were mostly of 'good estate.' There were 20 families . . . The Town of Rowley was founded in 1639 by the Reverend Ezekiel Rogers and a band of 20 families from Rowley, Yorkshire, England. The group sailed on the ship John of London bringing with them the first printing press to be used in America, the famous "Daye Press" which was to be set up in Cambridge." The Rowley Manor Hotel in East Yorkshire is said to have been built by Rev. Rogers in 1621 as the rectory to Saint Peter

John married Elizabeth Unknown Abt 1623, England. Elizabeth was born Abt 1605, England; died Abt 22 Dec 1657, Rowley, Essex Co., MA; was buried 24 Dec 1657, Rowley, Essex Co., MA. [Group Sheet]

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Her surname may have been Knight.

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This marriage is listed in "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" ( by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1985), which gives Elizabeth's year of death as 1657, and the years of births of their oldest known children as 1629/1630.

William married Margaret HAITON 25 Jan 1620/21, Kirk Ella, Yorkshire, England. Margaret died Abt 10 Feb 1674/75, Rowley or Ipswich, MA; was buried 12 Feb 1674/75. [Group Sheet]

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Her name is given as Margaret by Rev. W. R. Shepherd in "The History of Kirby Underdale" (1928) p. 10.

Margrit ACIE: Margrit, w. William, bur. Feb. 12, 1674. Death, Rowley, MA (NEHGS online records)

Her name is sometimes given as Mary Hayton, Margaret Haiton, or other variations.

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One source says that Thomas was b. 1626-28, married in 1653, and had four sons -- Thomas, Stephen, Ebenezer, & Benjamin, and one daughter -- Hannah. It also says that the oldest son, Thomas, was b.1654 and went to Shrewsbury, NJ, settling near land there which had been purchased by his uncle, John Cooke, and his aunt's Borden brothers, and other Rhode Islanders. This Thomas Cooke III was a member of the House of Deputies of East New Jersey in 1693. He died at sea on a voyage to England, leaving a wife and three children, including a son William who later held various government positions in New Jersey.

Thomas — Thomasin Unknown. Thomasin was born Abt 1627. [Group Sheet]