Joshua (1) Remington

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Joshua died at about 43 years old.

Joshua married Elizabeth Trundy 13 Jun 1712, Kittery, ME. Elizabeth was born Abt 1690; died Aft 1730. [Group Sheet]

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Pat Boyden's genealogy report has Elizabeth's year of birth as 1689 and her father as George, no sources noted.

I have roughly estimated her year of birth as c1690.

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The Remington Ancestry Chart by Boyd Scott Remington has the date of marriage as 13 June 1710, and location as Kittery, Maine. Unfortunately, no source is noted. The online genealogy of Ann M. Mcallister (at genealogy.com) has their marriage on 13 June 1712 at Old Eliot (now Kittery), Maine, as does the Remington genealogy compiled by Lois Remington Smith.

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

I am not sure that Thomas belongs with these parents. However, the Remington Ancestry Chart by Boyd Scott Remington shows him here, and in the absence of other evidence, I am likewise placing him here, pending further research. See notes for his assumed father, Daniel.

Additional support for this comes from "Genealogical and Family History of Western New York" by William Richard Cutter (New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1912), p. 978: "Thomas Remington, grandson of John Remington, the pioneer in this country, settled at Hingham, MA, and married there, March 16, 1687, Remember, daughter of Samuel & Mary (Farrow) Stowell."

However, "New England Families" Vol. 1, Genealogies and Memorials, p. 381, says this Thomas was "son of Thomas." Since he wasn't Thomas II (who married Mehitable Walker), and certainly wasn't a son of Thomas II (since his son Thomas lived 1659 - 1683, and died in CT), which Thomas could he have been a son of? Either there was another Thomas Remington who immigrated from England, or else it is an error. The only known son of John whose son Thomas could have been, is Daniel, as far as my records show (limitations acknowleged).

Many of the early immigration records and town records have been destroyed by fire, so it may be impossible to determine the facts in some of these cases.

In summary, it has not been proven that this Thomas is a descendant of the first Remington immigrant, John; however, it is a reasonable assumption. If he is not a direct descendant, he is very likely a close relative, having come with the same surname to precisely the same geographical area as the other Remingtons.

Pat Boyden's genealogy has a birthdate of 15 July 1659 - no source noted. However, I know that this is the birth date of the Thomas Jr. who died at Suffield, CT, in 1683. But, Thomas & Remember had children after that date. Could the date of death recorded at Suffield, CT, be incorrect? The Suffield Historical Society has no marriage for Thomas Jr. in CT, and they have his date of death as 1683. No further information seems to be available. Therefore, it seems reasonable to believe that these are two different Thomases.

Thomas Remington appears in the records of Hingham, MA, for four or five years, approximately 1687/8 - 1694 (source: "A Remington Family History" by Lois Remington Smith, p. A-6).

Lois Remington Smith also mentions that Peter Hobart was pastor of the Old Meeting House in Hingham, which is said to be the oldest church in the US in continuous use as a house of worship (p. 3). The names Jael & Joshua were common in his family, so it is of interest to see them in this Remington family.

A discussion of Thomas's parentage is found in the above-mentioned source by Smith, pp. 1 and A-6. Among other issues, Smith raises the possibility that this Thomas may be one and the same as Thomas Remington b 4 Feb 1655/56 of RI, who married Mary Allen. However, this is impossible, because Mary Allen is named as Marie Remington in her father's will of 1685; also, his will names all the children.

A key question is, what became of Thomas after he was widowed in 1694?

Thomas married Remember Stowell 16 Mar 1686/87, Hingham, Plymouth, MA. Remember (daughter of Samuel Stowell, I and Mary Farrow) was born 22 Apr 1662, Hingham, Plymouth County, MA; died 5 Nov 1694, Hingham, Plymouth County, MA. [Group Sheet]

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Some genealogies have Remember marrying a different Thomas, a son of Daniel & Hannah. That is a possibility, if indeed Daniel had such a son. (Needs more research at Boston)

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This marriage is noted in "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" by Clarence Almon Torrey. However, the entry does not indicate who Thomas's parents are.

Their marriage bond dated 4 Mar 1687 is in Supreme Court Record No. 13011 (source: "A Remington Family History" by Lois Remington Smith, p. 1).

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

There may have been two Daniels in this family, one of whom died young. Conflicting data is given by various genealogists.

Boyd Scott Remington's chart gives his birth date as 2 Oct 1641.

"New England Marriages Prior to 1700" ( by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1985) lists a marriage of Daniel Remington to Hannah, with the birth of a child c. 1671, Boston. I am making a guess that it may well have been this Daniel, as he would have been about 29.

Did he marry second to Elizabeth (Sanford) Dyer, widow of Henry Dyer, after Feb 1690? (see above reference) I have placed her with the other Daniel, b. 1661 (son of John II), because that Daniel's first wife died before 1690, and also that Daniel himself died not long after that. Elizabeth later remarried.

A Daniel Remington was deeded property in Essex Co., MA, on 20th 6 mo (Aug) 1674 by Thomas & Mahitabell Remington (source: "A Remington Family History" by Lois Remington Smith, p. A-6).

A Daniel Remington was "of Boston" in 1680. It may have been this one, which is why I have made a tentative assumption that he died after 1680.

It is not certain that Thomas was his son, but it is a reasonable assumption, since Daniel seems to be the only one of John's sons who could have been his father.

Daniel married Hannah Unknown Abt 1662, Boston, MA. [Group Sheet]

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"New England Marriages Prior to 1700" lists this marriage as about 1670, with a child born in 1671. However, if Thomas is their child, they would have been married earlier. Some of these dates and relationships were not officially recorded, and so are subject to "educated guesses" and further research of other documents and histories.

I am not sure that Thomas b. 1662 is the son of Daniel & Hannah, but Boyd Scott Remington's chart shows him in this famnily, but with no source documentation given. He may have been guessing.

Samuel married Mary Farrow 25 Oct 1649, Hingham, Plymouth, MA. Mary was born 22 Sep 1633, England; died 24 Oct 1708, Hingham, Plymouth, MA. [Group Sheet]