Polly Graves

Polly married Joseph Smith 12 May 1811. Joseph died 12 Feb 1869. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

According to the Graves family website, Jesse was born in either New Cambridge (now Bristol), Hartford Co., CT; or in Waterbury, New Haven Co., CT. The family lived in Salisbury, VT. Jesse built the first cider mill in Salisbury in 1803.

Jesse married Ruth Remington Between 16 Feb 1780 and 1790, Cummington, MA. Ruth (daughter of Joshua (2) Remington, II and Ruth Clay) was born 5 Aug 1755, Hingham, MA; died 29 Apr 1839, Salisbury, Addison Co., VT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Graves family website has the year of marriage as 1780, while the Cummington, MA, VRs (published transcription) says 1790.

The pension application states that Ruth was married in the winter after she was 32 years old, which would make it 1788. At the time she made that statement, Ruth was in her 80s and may have forgotton the exact details.

Affadavit of Chauncey Graves in behalf of Ruth Graves, widow of Jesse Graves, Revolutionary soldier from VT:
" . . . My brother the said Jesse Graves, after the war, returned to Salisbury, and some years afterwards was married in Cummington Massachusetts to Ruth Remington, who is still living as his widow, at Salisbury. The said Jesse Graves died some years ago at Salisbury, and his widow has ever since remained unmarried." (dated 19 Sep 1838)

Notes:

There is some very interesting historical information on Joshua at the Graves family web site: http://www.gravesfa.org/gen166.htm

Joshua married Rhoda Bronson 5 Apr 1750. Rhoda (daughter of John Bronson and Comfort Baldwin) was born 30 Mar 1729; died 16 Sep 1807. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

(If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me -- Lois Sorensen, Remington researcher -- and/or to other sources as noted herein. Some of the information on this family came from Lois Remington Smith in "A Remington Family History.")

Joshua Remington, Sr. was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

The family moved from Abington, MA, to Cummington, MA, sometime between 1772 and 1776. Joshua's three lots in northwest Cummington are in the area known as Remington's Hill (also called Bryant Mt., after the poet William Cullen Bryant who was born in Cummington).

In 1780 there was a controversy concerning Joshua Remington in the local church, in which his name appears in the church records quite a bit. Among other accusations was that he was causing schisms in the church by his charges against the pastor.

Joshua and family are in the 1800 census, but not the 1810. His son Benjamin was appointed Administrator of Joshua's estate on 15 Oct 1811 (Probate records of Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA).

Lois Remington Smith has noted his date of death as Sep 1811.

Joshua married Ruth Clay Abt 1754. Ruth was born Abt 1734; died Aft 1800. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Ruth's surname may have been Clay, Clap, Cary, or Clary.

John — Comfort Baldwin. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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]

Notes:

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.

Notes:

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.