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| 4901 | James attended East Greenwich Academy, then Brown University, where he was valedictorian in 1862. His oration, which was on the "Scholar's Relations to Humanity," was delivered in the uniform of a captain of infantry beneath the traditional scholastic gown. In September 1862, he was mustered into the army as captain of Company H, 7th Regiment, RI Infantry. He was wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, VA, on 13 December 1862, sustaining a hit from a musket ball which shattered his lower jaw. It was a compound fracture in which the bone was "badly shattered and imperfectly united." After a period of recuperation at a hospital in New Haven, CT, he was officially discharged due to disability on 2 May 1863. Having returned to Rhode Island in April 1863, he was elected to the RI House of Representatives from Warwick, but soon resigned this political position to return to military service with a group known as the Invalid Corps, renamed Veterans Reserve Corps. He accepted a captain's commission and served in several different units, including one which guarded rebel prisoners at Camp Chemung in Elmira, NY, from November 1864 to June 1865. While stationed at Elmira, James studied law in his spare time, and was appointed to serve as Judge Advocate of a General Court Martial in Albany, NY, from May to December 1865. He was later assigned to serve from January 1866 to November 1868 as an officer in Virginia for the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. In this agency his job was to help people transition from wartime to a peacetime economy, and to assist and protect newly freed African-Americans. The organization established schools and distributed food, clothing, and firewood to the needy. James also used his legal expertise to aid individuals in the courts. During his convalescence at New Haven, CT, James had met a young woman named Ellen "Nellie" F. Howard, with whom he established a lasting friendship and carried on a correspondence. They were married in Brooklyn, NY, in 1868. Shortly after this he entered into law practice in Portsmouth, VA. In 1872 they moved to Brooklyn, where he practiced law in New York City for the remainder of his life. His business focused on tax, patent, and real estate law. James H. Remington was one of the earliest members of the NY State Bar Association, and president of the US Law Association from 1881 to 1899. In the 1870 Federal Census, James H. Remington is age 31, b RI, a lawyer, living in a hotel at Portsmouth, VA. His wife's name is not listed, although she may very well have been living there with him. In the 1880 Federal Census, James & Ellen are living in Brooklyn with their two children, as well as Ellen's mother and brother. James H. Remington was Paymaster of the Kentish Guards c1860 (source: Acts and Resolves of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Passed at the May Session, 1858). The additional following information on James H. Remington is found in a biographical sketch in "The Seventh Regiment of RI Volunteers in the Civil War, 1862 - 1865," by William P. Hopkins; Providence, RI: Snow & Farmham Printers, 1903; Personal Sketches, pp. 352 - 354: "Captain James Henry Remington, son of Benjamin F., was born at Warwick, R.I., Nov. 9, 1838, on the old homestead, which, up to 1892, at least, had been in the Remington family since it was purchased from the Narragansett Indians. The father was a member of the Rhode Island legislature . . . "Dec. 30, 1865, General Hooker, by order of the secretary of war, appointed Captain Remington judge advocate of the court of inquiry convened at Rochester, N.Y., to investigate certain charges against Col. E. G. Marshall, a graduate of West Point, attached to the Fifth United States Infantry, who had previously distinguished himself as the commander of the Thirteenth New York Volunteers. The case was hotly contested for several weeks, but resulted in the exoneration of the colonel. In this famous trial he clearly exhibited the ability, learning, and tact that afterward distinguished him at the bar. Subsequently he served at Winchester, Wytheville, and Norfolk, Va., as military commissioner, assisting in the reconstruction of the state and gaining the respect of all parties for his firmness and impartiality. He resigned in September, 1868, having been commissioned major by brevet for gallantry and good conduct to date, from March 13, 1865, and henceforth devoted his attention exclusively to the law. "Dec. 8, 1868, Mr. Remington was admitted to the bar at Norfolk, and immediately commenced practice in the courts of Virginia. Pending reconstruction he was appointed by General Canby, who commanded the first military district of Virginia, attorney for Norfolk, Princess Anne, Nansemond, South Hampton, and Isle of Wight counties. So satisfactorily did he discharge his duties that when the state had become reconstructed, he was at once elected by the people attorney for Norfolk County and the City of Portsmouth. When the organization of the Grand Army of the Republic commenced he became one of its leaders, and it was largely through his personal influence that the Department of Virginia was established. In December, 1870, he was appointed its commander by Gen. John A. Logan, then commander-in-chief of the order, but previously had been chosen commander of the Farragut Post at Portsmouth . . . "Mr. Remington was a member of the Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, and for many years a warm friend and admirer of Henry Ward Beecher . . . He was also a supporter of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences." From website of Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY: REMINGTON JAMES H. Burial date 1899-02-11 Lot 26526 Section139 | Remington, James Henry (I04153)
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| 4902 | James C. Remington applied for seaman's insurance on 20 June 1856. At that time he was said to be age 16, born in New Bedford, 5', and with light complexion, brown hair, and grey eyes. Remington, James C.; New Bedford 1878; Vol 301 p 115 - Death; the record identifies his parents as Joseph and Mary W. He died at age 37 of Dropsey, occupation Mariner. | Remington, James C. (I06497)
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| 4903 | James Clarke was pastor of Newport's Second Baptist church from 1700 to 1736. | Clarke, Rev. James (I02791)
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| 4904 | James died at the age of one year and four months. The RI Death Index identifies him as a son of Cyrus & Susan. However, the date there is 21 July 1887. According to the cemetery records at Pocassett, James was first buried in North Providence, but reinterred at Pocasset on 22 Jan 1913, along with his sister, Annie. | Remington, James Arthur (I14417)
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| 4905 | James died with the whole crew on the brig "Eliza." | Holden, James Wolf (I03880)
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| 4906 | James is "under 21" in his grandfather John Rice's will of 17 Aug 1753. | Rice, James (I06300)
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| 4907 | James is mentioned in his father's will. | Carr, James (I02222)
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| 4908 | James is mentioned in the will dated 18 May 1774 of his grandfather Joseph Fenner, of Cranston. | Fenner, James (I13579)
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| 4909 | James left the East and moved to Grundy, Illinois in 1855. Later he moved to Livingston, where he farmed for many years. He retired and moved to Dwight, where he died in 1899. | Austin, James Smith (I00488)
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| 4910 | James married Irma Schulz. | Fontaine, James (I20891)
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| 4911 | James N. Arnold records this marriage as Huldah Whitford and Jesse Sweet, Oct. 15, 1772. | Family: Jesse Sweet / Hulday Whitford (F00614)
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| 4912 | James N. Arnold's "Vital Record of Rhode Island" has the year as 1756. They were married by William Burton, Justice. | Family: Matthew Remington / Martha Randall (F01911)
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| 4913 | James N. Arnold's "Vital Record of RI" gives the marriage date as 9 Jan 1804, while the "RI Genealogical Register" Vol. 13 p. 222 says 29 June 1804. | Family: George Munroe / Martha "Patty" Lindsey (F04833)
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| 4914 | James N. Arnold's "Vital Record of RI" has Ezekiel's date of birth as 3 June 1776, but Alden G. Beaman's "Vital Record of RI, New Series" says 2 Jan 1776. His gravestone has been photographed, in Historical Cemetery #21 off Weaver Hill Rd., West Greenwich. It says he died "aged 74 yrs 2 mos & 13 days." This agrees with the date of January 2. Ezekiel's will is summarized in the "Rhode Island Genealogical Register," Vol. 5, #1, p. 71. Ezekiel & Sarah lived on Weaver Hill Road in West Greenwich, RI. The house and farm were in the Whitford family for nearly 100 years. The house is still standing and occupied. (See notes for his grandfather Nicholas) | Whitford, Ezekiel (I01949)
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| 4915 | James N. Arnold's transcriptions of East Greenwich marriages shows an Ezekiel Whitford, son of Ezekiel deceased, marrying Mary Hill, of Thomas, on 9 March 1755. That Ezekiel could possibly be a son of this one who died in 1754. However, Craig Rice shows him as son of Ezekiel Whitford and Mary Stafford. | Whitford, Ezekiel (I01278)
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| 4916 | James N. Arnold's VRs has the marriage date as 31 Dec 1772 (Vol. 7, p. 361. | Family: John Remington / Sarah Hopkins (F01567)
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| 4917 | James was a blacksmith. In the 1880 census the family is living in Lincoln, RI | Anderson, James (I24301)
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| 4918 | James was a son of James & Cassandra Lewis. (source: M.K. & Barry Miles in Miles Files Version 7, Eastern Shore Public Library website) In the 1850 Federal Census, "James Lewis of J." and Ann Lewis are ages 40 & 36, living at Accomack, Accomack Co., VA. With them are the following children: John 13, Perry 11, Samuel 9, and Mary 4; also there is Polly Lewis, 50. In the Federal Census of 1860, the household includes: James 57, Ann 45, John 23, and Mary 14. In the Federal Census of 1870, James & Ann Lewis are 55 & 51; with them are John 32, Perry 23, and Samuel 22. They are living next to Ann's brother Charles Berry and family. | Lewis, James (I22509)
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| 4919 | James was a son of John & Sarah (Tiffany) Tyler. His first wife was Mary Place, who died 24 March 1787. (source: "Supplement to Descendants of Roger Williams, Book I, Waterman Line" p. 140) | Tyler, James (I11486)
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| 4920 | James was a son of John Sparrow & Hetty Dix. He was a widower when he married Martha Berry. (source: M.K. & Barry Miles in Miles Files Version 7, Eastern Shore Public Library website) | Sparrow, James W. (I22520)
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| 4921 | James was elder of the Six-Principle Baptist Church of North Kingstown for more than 20 years. | Wightman, Rev. James (I05810)
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| 4922 | James was of Brookfield, NY, on 30 Jul 1836. (source: RI Genealogical Register Vol 1 No 3 p 151) | Rogers, James (I24396)
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| 4923 | James was Pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Newport. | Clarke, James (I27836)
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| 4924 | James was s/o James & Hannah. | Sweet, James (I23160)
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| 4925 | James was s/o William and Catherine. | Family: James Boyle / Lydia A. Peirce (F10796)
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| 4926 | James was s/o William Reynolds, according to "New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Volume 1" ed. William Richard Cutter, p 52 (Google Books). | Reynolds, James (I03849)
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| 4927 | James was the great-grandfather of General Nathanael Greene, second in command to General George Washington during the Revolution. General Nathanael Greene's birthplace was the Greene homestead at Potowomut, Warwick, RI. Sometimes referred to as James Greene "of Potowomut," he was made freeman of Warwick and Providence Plantations in 1647. He served as Town Clerk in 1661, and was described as "as excellent penman of the old English text" ("The Greenes of Rhode Island," p. 64). Under Rhode Island's first charter, he served as Commissioner, or member of the General Assembly. Under the second charter (1663), he served as Deputy Assistant for ten years, until about 1675. His house, along with all in Warwick except one, was burned down by Indians in the Spring of 1675/76 during King Philip's War. Being warned in advance, he had fled to Portsmouth where his father-in-law, John Anthony, lived. It was some time after this, about 1684, that he located at Potowomut, where he built a house by a river which provided power for a forge which was used by his sons and grandsons to do iron work, such as making anchors. (See "The Greenes of Rhode island," p. 64) | Greene, James Sr. (I01728)
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| 4928 | James went to Irwin Co., GA, in 1828. After marrying, James & Lodoiska moved to Thomasville, GA, "where he was a postmaster and junior partner in a mercantile firm with his father, whom he . . . had come with from Pawtucket [Pawtuxet] to the South, and a Col. E. Remington. The business was known as Simon Smith Jr. and Sons." (source: obit, reprinted in the Magnolia Monthly, Jan 1964) The family moved to Flordia about 1848. James W. Smith was a Representative in the Florida Legislature from 1850 to 1860. His gravestone contains this inscription: I've safely passed the billows' roar Upon life's stormy sea And here upon the shining shore I'm waiting now for thee. | Smith, James Wolf (I10623)
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| 4929 | James's date of birth in the VRs is October, several months after the death date of his mother in the RI Cemetery Database. Perhaps her date of death was misread from the gravestone (?). | Greene, James Jr. (I21579)
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| 4930 | James's marriage recod names his parents as Henry and Betsey. | Hazard, Captain James S. (I28809)
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| 4931 | James's will dated 15 Dec 1794, at Coventry, refers to his wife, Mary. Her son-in-law David Whitford is also mentioned. Was she the widowed mother of Lydia Sweet? | Unknown, Mary (I09255)
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| 4932 | James's will is dated 9 June 1839, proved 9 Nov 1839 at Coventry. It mentions his wife Eunice and sons Horace, Oliver, and Reuben; also mentioned is Mary Andrews, wife fo George Andrews. | Greene, James (I09233)
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| 4933 | James's will mentions his brother John Tew of Warwick, sister Sarah Carr deceased, and four children of Sarah: William T. Carr, John W. Carr, Daniel W. Carr, & Robert Carr. | Tew, James (I15040)
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| 4934 | James's will mentions his six (living) brothers and sister Elizabeth Whitford. | Sweet, James (I02577)
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| 4935 | James's will mentions his wife Mary (not his first, by the wording); three children: Henry, Humility (Stafford), & Lucy. He also names 9 Greene grandchildren. Some online genealogies say he had a first wife named Mary Allen, and several children by her. If so, this Mary is his third wife. | Greene, James Jr. (I09251)
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| 4936 | Jamestown records identify Phebe as the 3rd daughter of Stephen & Penelope. | Remington, Phebe (I02935)
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| 4937 | Jane (Green) Andrew, c1737 - 27 Sep 1796 is buried at Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI | Greene, Jane (I09284)
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| 4938 | Jane died at age 84 y 7 m 21 d. | Wilcox, Jane Amanda (I18156)
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| 4939 | Jane Fletcher Fiske and John Redfern have John's ancestry as William & Mary, then Thomas & Margaret. Alden C. & Rita C. Manchester have his ancestry as John & Marie, then Thomas & Margaret. John was executor of his father's will. Tiverton Deed Book 1 has a deed dated 27 Jan 1754, naming John Manchester of Tiverton and his son Isaac of Tiverton. Does this pertain to this particular John Manchester? See elsewhere on this family tree, John Manchester born c1688. | MANCHESTER, John (I00974)
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| 4940 | Jane is called Jane Whitman in the will of her father William Bentley. It was proved in 1720 at North Kingstown, RI. | Bentley, Jane (I04328)
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| 4941 | Jane is mentioned in the will of her father, Thomas Carr. He also mentions four of her chidlren: Sarah, Hannah, Ruth, & Elisha. Possibly these were the youngest (living) ones when he wrote his will, 9 June 1769. | Carr, Jane (I02225)
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| 4942 | Jane may be the biological daughter of Almira's first husband, Thomas Remington, although she is listed as Jane Colvin in the 1860 census. | Colvin, Jane (I15206)
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| 4943 | Jane PEABODY d 1714 23y m John SISSON (source: The Genealogical Helper, 1964, p 79, at Google Books). The RI Historical Cemetery commission online has a phot of her gravestone: "Here lyeth ye body of Jane the wife of John Sisson who departed this life in the 23 year of her age May the first 1714" | Peabody, Jane (I02470)
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| 4944 | Jane Remington is listed in the 1774 RI Census: FAMILIES.: Remington, Jane WHITES. FEMALES. Above 16.: 2 WHITES. FEMALES. Under 16.: 1 Total.: 3 From Warwick Town Council Records (courtesy of Cherry Fletcher Bamberg): 6 April 1747 at the house of Major Joseph Stafford: Josiah Remington of Warwick, deceased "some time since," leaving a small estate in Warwick. The council offered administration first to the unnamed widow and then to the son Peleg Remington who both refused. The clerk was to post notices in Warwick and surrounding towns asking creditors to come forward at the next quarterly meeting. 13 June 1768 at the house of Maplet Arnold: Jane Remington exhibited an account for | Unknown, Jane (I22851)
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| 4945 | Jane was a daughter of William & Amey Roberts. | Roberts, Jane (I14531)
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| 4946 | Jane was named after Hester's mother, Jeanne Mahieu. | Cooke, Jane (I17270)
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| 4947 | Jane, widow, d. Augt 1801, a. 77. F. son's house (Nathl), near North Church. (source: Dexter's Memoranda of the Town of Boston) | Remote, Jane (I16091)
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| 4948 | Janie's name and parents' names came to me from Ray Moot. | Sharper, Janie Mae (I26847)
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| 4949 | Jared Warner, s. Shuba(e)l, 2d, Lucy, b. Jan. 30, 1797; 4; 276 Source: Barbour Collection at: http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cowindham/records/barbour/barbourashfords.h tm In the Federal Census of 1850, Jared & Betsey Snow, both aged 53, are living at Eastford, Windham Co., CT. With them is a daughter, Sarah F. Snow 15; and Jared's father, Shubael Snow 80. | Snow, Jared Warner (I25457)
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| 4950 | Jared, m. Betsey Peck, Nov. 27, 1817; 6; 18 Source: Barbour Collection at: http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cowindham/records/barbour/barbourashfords.h tm | Family: Jared Warner Snow / Betsey Peck (F09549)
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