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John Remington, Jr.

Male 1755 - 1830  (74 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Remington, Jr. was born 4 Mar 1755, MA (son of John Remington, Sr. and Mary Unknown); died 1830.

    Notes:

    John was in the Revolution (see Boyd Scott Remington's ancestry chart). He may be the John Remington who died in Watertown around Aug 1803 (see the Columbian Centinel of 17 Aug 1803). However, the age (56) is several years off.

    More likely, he is the John Remington of Watertown, MA, who graduated from Harvard College in 1776. (source: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 158, Apr. 2004, p. 158)


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Remington, Sr. was born 24 Oct 1720, Cambridge, MA (son of Jonathan (2) Remington, II and Lucy Bradstreet); died 6 Apr 1789, Watertown, MA.

    Notes:

    John was Selectman in Watertown, MA, 1764-1789

    John married Mary Unknown Abt 1754. Mary was born Abt 1730; died Between 1761 and 1769, MA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Unknown was born Abt 1730; died Between 1761 and 1769, MA.

    Notes:

    I have roughly estimated Mary's year of birth and marriage.

    Children:
    1. 1. John Remington, Jr. was born 4 Mar 1755, MA; died 1830.
    2. Lucy Remington was born 10 Jun 1757, MA; died 22 Jan 1813, West Newton, MA.
    3. Jonathan Remington was born 10 Jul 1761, MA; died Abt Nov 1795, Watertown, MA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jonathan (2) Remington, II was born 27 Jul 1677, Cambridge, MA (son of Jonathan Remington, I and Martha Belcher); died 20 Sep 1745.

    Notes:

    Martha A. Benns notes that Jonathan Jr. had at least two children: Jonathan, and H. C. 1736 - 1738.

    Jonathan was a Harvard professor (1696ff); Selectman 1712 and 1715-1719; Representative in the Massachusetts General Court 1714-1728; Judge of Probate, Boston 1725-1733; Judge of Appellate Court 1733-1745; he also served in other official capacities.

    Judge Remington was cousin to Governor Belcher.

    Jonathan married Lucy Bradstreet 5 Sep 1711, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. Lucy (daughter of Simon Bradstreet and Lucy Woodbridge) was born Abt 1680; died 18 Apr 1743, Cambridge, MA; was buried , Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, MA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Lucy Bradstreet was born Abt 1680 (daughter of Simon Bradstreet and Lucy Woodbridge); died 18 Apr 1743, Cambridge, MA; was buried , Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, MA.

    Notes:

    Inscription on her gravestone at the Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, MA:

    "Here lyes ye Body of Mrs
    Lucy Remington
    Wife of ye Honble Jonathan
    Remington, Who
    Departed this Life,
    April ye 18th, Anno Dom. 1743
    in ye 63d Year of Her Age."

    Children:
    1. Lucy Remington was born 17 Aug 1712, Cambridge, MA; died 16 Jan 1785.
    2. Martha Remington was born 24 Jul 1714, Cambridge, MA; died 31 Jul 1772, Cambridge, MA.
    3. Jonathan Remington, III was born 11 Jun 1716, Cambridge, MA; died 24 Dec 1738, Cambridge, MA; was buried , Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, MA.
    4. Mary Remington was born 22 Jul 1718, Cambridge, MA; died 27 May 1763, Kittery, ME.
    5. 2. John Remington, Sr. was born 24 Oct 1720, Cambridge, MA; died 6 Apr 1789, Watertown, MA.
    6. Simon Remington was born 31 Jul 1722, Cambridge, MA.
    7. Ann Remington was born 19 Feb 1724/25, Cambridge, MA; died 7 Sep 1764.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jonathan Remington, I was born 28 Feb 1639/40, Rowley, Middlesex, MA (son of John REMINGTON, I and Elizabeth Unknown); died 21 Apr 1700, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; was buried , Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, MA.

    Notes:

    (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and/or to other sources as noted herein.)
    His birth record at Rowley, MA, says "last day 12m 1639." At this time March was the first month of the year.

    Jonathan settled at Cambridge, MA, where he was quite prominent in public life and military affairs. At various times he was Selectman, Town Clerk, and Treasurer. He was a captain in command of a military company during the winter and spring of 1675/76, and was active in the Indian War in 1689 at Groton, and in 1691 at Wells. He served with the Cambridge men under Capt. Davenport and in the Narragansett Campaign, King Philip's War, and was at the Great Swamp Fight. In the following winter, he was active in the command and supply of some of the garrisons in the interior towns. (see "New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Register," Vol. 42, p. 96 and Vol. 8, pp. 317-320)

    From 1682 until his death on 21 April 1700, he was proprietor of the original Blue Anchor Tavern at Cambridge, which he bought from his brother-in-law Andrew Belcher, Jr. His widow, Martha (Belcher) Remington, continued to run the tavern and inn until May of 1705. Jonathan Remington left a large family, among whom was Jonathan, born 27 July 1677, who graduated from Harvard in 1696 and was a professor there from 1703 to 1707 (see "New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Register," Vol. 46, pp. 5 & 6 and Vol. 8, pp. 317-320). Later he was Judge of the Probate Court for over forty years and was very highly esteemed for his learning, ability, and high character.

    One online family tree also has a Joseph & Elizabeth among his children (no source noted). I have included them here simply because there is space and therefore children may have been born during those years.

    Jonathan & Martha probably had a daughter named Mary who died 3 Dec 1690 (Cambridge VRs).

    Jonathan married Martha Belcher 13 Jul 1664, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. Martha (daughter of Andrew Belcher and Elizabeth Danforth) was born 26 Jul 1644, MA; died 16 Jul 1711, Cambridge, MA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Martha Belcher was born 26 Jul 1644, MA (daughter of Andrew Belcher and Elizabeth Danforth); died 16 Jul 1711, Cambridge, MA.

    Notes:

    These dates for Martha are found in "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" ( by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1985).

    Children:
    1. Martha (1) Remington was born 18 Feb 1666/67, Cambridge, MA; died 23 Apr 1669, Cambridge, MA; was buried , Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, MA.
    2. Jonathan (1) Remington was born 17 Mar 1668/69, Cambridge, MA; died 16 Apr 1669, Cambridge, MA.
    3. Martha (2) Remington was born 28 Oct 1674, Cambridge, MA.
    4. 4. Jonathan (2) Remington, II was born 27 Jul 1677, Cambridge, MA; died 20 Sep 1745.
    5. Samuel Remington was born 11 Jul 1679, Cambridge, MA; died 3 Jun 1680, Cambridge, MA.
    6. Anna Remington was born 30 Jan 1680/81, Cambridge, MA.
    7. Joseph Remington was born Abt 1683.
    8. Elizabeth Remington was born Abt 1685.
    9. Sarah Remington was born 10 May 1688, Cambridge, MA.
    10. John Remington was born 6 Apr 1689, Cambridge, MA; died 6 Apr 1689, Cambridge, MA; was buried , Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, MA.
    11. Mary Remington was born Abt 1690; died 3 Dec 1690, Cambridge, MA.

  3. 10.  Simon Bradstreet

    Simon — Lucy Woodbridge. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Lucy Woodbridge
    Children:
    1. 5. Lucy Bradstreet was born Abt 1680; died 18 Apr 1743, Cambridge, MA; was buried , Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, MA.