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Matches 7,451 to 7,500 of 7,783
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| 7451 | This was her second marriage. | Family F02055
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| 7452 | This was his second marriage, at age 24, and her first marriage, at age 17. | Family F02053
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| 7453 | This was John's second marriage and Emily's first; he was age 60 and she was 36. | Family F10725
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| 7454 | This was Patience's second marriage. Her first husband, Jeremiah Hopkins, probably died sometime before 1875. | Family F01898
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| 7455 | This was Willard's second marriage and Mary's first. | Family F08407
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| 7456 | This Wealthian may have died young, after which there was another Wealthian born to John and his second wife, Susannah, around 1758 to 1760. RI Vital Records: New Series, Vol. 7, p. 51, states that Wealthian, of John & Jemima, was born 1758 or 1760, and died 1860 or 1862, age 102, Mrs. Charles Brown. | Briggs, Welthian (I07188)
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| 7457 | Thomas & Alice had 10 children, some of whom died young. They are listed in "The Tillinghasts in America, the First Four Generations" by Wayne G. Tillinghast, p 369 (pub RI Genealogical Society, 2006). Thomas was in the shipping trade and had a sloop named Albany. Note from Edward Harold Allen: "I would like to ask some of these living Allens in Quidnessett, RI, if they know about the problems of Thomas Allen, husband of Alice Tillinghast, who died in 1826 in Albany, NY. This Thomas Allen d 1826 was a failure as a husband and also a farmer. His father gave him the huge farm and he failed. So he went into the freight business with his sloop out of Allen's Harbor, in what is now Davisville, RI. He transported freight from RI to New Haven, New York City, and Albany. On one of these trips, he died in Albany, NY. His body was brought back to RI for burial in the Allen Cemetery on his farm in Quidnessett, RI. I have seen his gravestone. This Allen Cemetery is overgrown and the 1938 hurricane knocked over most of the gravestones. "This Thomas Allen d 1826 took up with another woman [Honor Tourjee] and his wife, Alice Tillinghast, was not pleased. She divorced him with the help of George Tillinghast, a relative. This divorce went down in 1818. The splitting up of the farm was a mess. But Thomas Allen got one half of the farmhouse and he was living there in the 1820 federal census. Please let me know if any living Allens related to William Allen of Portsmouth, Prudence Island, and Barrington know about this situation or have heard about it. It must have been a big deal in the Allen and Tillinghast families of that time." | Allen, Thomas (I26088)
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| 7458 | Thomas & Anne had no children of their own, but they did raise two of his brother Henry's children: Thomas & Martha Rice. The will of Thomas Rice of Warwick, Esquire, was dated 31 July 1797, proved 12 Jan 1798. It is a lengthy will that mentions many individuals, including his late wife Anne, brother Henry, sisters Barbara Arnold and Elizabeth Arnold; nieces and nephews, etc. | Rice, Thomas (I04942)
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| 7459 | Thomas & Bertha both died on the same day. Information on this family was provided by a descendant, Stephaun Paul. | Yule, Thomas Wilson (I09043)
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| 7460 | Thomas & Dinah were married by Joseph Jenckes, Ass't. | Family F03031
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| 7461 | Thomas & Jael were twins. | Sabin, Thomas (I10050)
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| 7462 | Thomas & Lydia settled in Dutchess Co., NY, by Nov 1759. | Lake, Thomas (I16392)
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| 7463 | Thomas & Patty are at Ashford, Cattaraugus County, NY in the 1880 Federal Census. Living with them is Thomas's brother Andrew. I have made an assumption that Thomas died at Ashford. | Stevens, Thomas (I07987)
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| 7464 | Thomas & Penelope were married by Nehemiah Knight, Justice. | Family F05269
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| 7465 | Thomas & Sarah had about 14 children. | Hierlihy, Thomas James (I14108)
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| 7466 | Thomas & Sarah were married by Justice Thomas Rice. | Family F01496
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| 7467 | Thomas & Susannah had about 8 children. He had another child by his second wife, Lydia. From RI Potters: "Thomas Potter, born Portsmouth, RI, about 1663; died before 11 June 1728 when his will was entered for probate. Married Susannah Tripp, and it is possible Thomas and Susannah were second cousins. Thomas married (2) Mrs. Lydia (Wilcox) Sherman 20 Dec. 1720. About 1692 Thomas moved to Kingston where he remained. He was on a list of SK freemen dated 16 Sept 1723, incorporating an earlier list dated 1696. Kingston land records reveal Thomas signed deeds with a mark, reproduced as a very heavily inked T. He may have followed a fairly common practice of imitating the English custom of adopting a seal for signing documents. The inventory of his estate shows an item 'books,' so perhaps he was not Illiterate." | Potter, Thomas (I01555)
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| 7468 | Thomas Allen and Anna Barnes were Maried September the 24:1694; Swansea, MA | Family F02265
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| 7469 | Thomas and his brother Allen settled at Ellisburgh, Jefferson Co., NY. In the 1860 Federal Census, Thomas & Laury are living with his parents at Lorraine, Jefferson Co., NY. In the household is Mary, 8, whom I assume to be their daughter. In the 1870 Federal Census, Thomas & Laura are living at Ellisburgh, and with them is Tom's mom, Dinah, age 85. Next door is Dewitt Remington and his young wife Ella. DeWitt may be his first cousin. | Remington, Thomas H. (I09641)
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| 7470 | Thomas and his family must have lived in Vermont for a while, because his son Silas was born at Rupert, VT, in 1792, according to Boyd Scott Remington's chart. Also, the 1860 census shows Thomas's birthplace as VT. The 1790 census lists Thomas Remington at Rupert (indexed at Ancestry.com as Bennington); the 1800 census shows Thomas & Silas "Remmington" at Rupert. They are the only Remington families there at the time. My assumption is that the Silas on the census is Thomas's brother, b. 1776. The following notes are from "Reunion of Descendants of Alvah Remington, 1797-1888" at Online Collections at BYU: Thomas & Olive moved to Rupert, VT, in 1787. Thomas was Selectman, Captain of the Militia, and a prominent resident of Rupert for twenty-five years. | Remington, Captain Thomas (I03466)
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| 7471 | Thomas and his heirs received land in Scituate from his father Joseph, 15 March 1743 (Scituate Land Evidence, Vol. 3, p. 27). This was the same land that Joseph had bought in 1731. There is a record at Scituate dated 28 Jul 1759 of Thomas, resident of Scituate, and his family moving to Portsmouth, RI. (source Barbara Chase) On 21 Feb 1761, Thomas Remington of Portsmouth sold land and house in Scituate to George Roberts of Warwick. (Sc. Land Ev. Bk 5 p. 319; source Barbara Chase) He may be the Thomas Remington, son of Joseph, listed at Warwick in the 1774 RI Census. If so, this would mean that he moved from Portsmouth to Warwick. He may also be one of the 4 Thomas Remingtons listed in the 1790 census at Warwick. The births of five of Thomas & Mary's children are recorded at Scituate. However, they may have been born elsewhere and recorded there after the family moved to Scituate. | Remington, Thomas Sr. (I02987)
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| 7472 | Thomas and Mary, his wife, were first cousins. | Remington, Thomas (I08269)
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| 7473 | Thomas Arnold is mentioned as son-in-law in the will of Roger Burlingame. Or dob 4 March 1675 -- published dates differ. | Arnold, Thomas (I07502)
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| 7474 | Thomas Arnold, of Providence, son of Richard, and Elizabeth Burlingame, of Roger, 5d 10m 1706 (Narragansett Record of Friends) | Family F02904
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| 7475 | Thomas became blind in his later years, but was skilled enough to cut his own tombstone (see Diman genealogy by Dorothy Chapman Saunders, Ph.D.). He died at the age of 90. Information on the baptism of Thomas & Salome's four older children was found in "Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. II," p. 395 (on Family Tree Maker CD 180). | DIMAN, Esq. Thomas (I02281)
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| 7476 | Thomas bought land about one mile north of the present railroad depot in South Kingstown, from Caleb Arnold. The family settled there and this was the family homestead for many years. | Shearman, Thomas (I03378)
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| 7477 | Thomas came to America around 1638 with his mother and stepfather, Jeremiah CLARKE. Thomas studied for the ministry under both Roger WILLIAMS and Rev. William VAUGHN, who became his mother's fourth husband. In 1677 he was named with forty-seven others who took grant of 5,000 acres to be called East Greenwich. He deeded his cousin (i.e. nephew) Thomas WEAVER, of Newport, 100 acres in East Greenwich, for love and in 1682 he and his wife Elizabeth sold John BAILEY, late of Portsmouth, 50 acres in Newport. In 1684 Thomas DUNGAN and his family moved to Cold Spring, PA and established a Baptist church, of which he was the first pastor. Morgan EDWARDS gives the following account of him. "In 1684, Thomas DUNGAN removed from Rhode Island and settled at a place called Cold Spring, Bucks County, between Bristol and Trenton." After alluding to the breaking up of the church in 1702 (an old graveyard stone marking the site of the church in 1770 when Edwards wrote), he further says of Mr. DUNGAN, "The Rev. Thomas DUNGAN, the 1st Baptist minister in the Province, now (1770), exists in a progeny of between 600 and 700." Thomas DUNGAN died in 1688 and was buried in the churchyard in Cold Spring. (Source: excerpted from a biographical sketch by Norman Wesley Merritt with notes by America's First Families from The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island; website of America's First Families, Ancestor Roll of Honor) | Dungan, Thomas (I10957)
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| 7478 | Thomas Co., GA - Marriage Notices from the "Southern Enterprise" of Wednesday, June 13, 1866: "Another Wedding -- The delicate samples of wedding cake left on our sanctum table, remind us that we had the pleasure at 8 1/2 o'clock p. m., on the 7th instant [the present month], of witnessing the nuptial ceremonies of Mr. Frank J. Winn and Miss Sallie R. Davies, which took place at the Presbyterian Church: 'For she is wise, if I can judge of her; And fair she is, if that mine eyes be true; And true she is, as she hath proved herself; And therefore like herself, wise, fair and true, Shall she be placed in my constant soul.' This, doubtless, was the soliloquy of the happy bridegroom. May the resolution never be shaken, and may they both live in sweetest harmony and great prosperity throughout life. 'The printer boys' were also kindly remembered, and while subscribing most heartily to editorial sentiment expressed above, indulge in the wish; that their several lots may be like 'An eve intensely beautiful; An eve, calm as the slumbers of a lovely girl, Dreaming of Hope.' Married On the 7th instant [present month], by the Rev. A. W. Clisby, at the Presbyterian Church, in Thomasville, Mr. Francis J. Winn and Miss Sallie R. Davies, all of Thomas County, Ga. May love, health and prosperity, go hand and hand for many years to come, and when life's duties are all o'er, may they find safe anchorage in that clime where every eye beams love and the flowers never fade." | Family F05585
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| 7479 | Thomas Cooke, his wife, and 3 children came to America in 1637, sailing from Weymouth, Dorset, England on the ship Speedwell. They first settled in Taunton, MA (at least by 1639), where in 1643 Thomas took the freeman's oath of fidelity. Records seem to indicate that Thomas had two wives, both named Mary. The first Mary was the mother of his children, and signed deeds with a mark, not a signature. By contrast, the second Mary signed deeds with a neat signature, so was likely more educated. It is quite possible that she was Mary Shearman, daughter of Secretary of the Colony of Rhode Island, Philip Shearman (our ancestor). Also, the second Mary was probably much younger than Thomas, since she outlived him and remarried, having many more years in that marriage. I have gone along with this assumption and entered her name as Mary Shearman (see "Thomas Cooke of RI" Vol. I, p. 13, by Jane Fletcher Fiske). Another source says Thomas was born in 1603 at Karl's Colne, County of Essex, England, and that he came to America in 1635. This other source says his son George was b.1633, and that Thomas also had a daughter Sarah b. 1632. | COOKE, Thomas "Butcher" Jr. (I05061)
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| 7480 | Thomas died of consumption. | Remington, Thomas (I16140)
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| 7481 | Thomas died of smallpox. | Larkin, Thomas (I02867)
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| 7482 | Thomas E. Remington, along with his mother and two brothers, is mentioned in the will of Thomas Holden of Warwick dated 14 Oct 1820. Thomas volunteered as a soldier in the Army of the United States, 30 September 1862, at the age of 51, for a period of nine months. He was assigned to the 12th Regiment of the RI volunteers, which saw action at Fredericksburg, VA. In the 1850 Federal Census, the family is residing at Coventy, RI, near Thomas's brother Henry R. Remington. In 1870, the family is living in Warwick, RI; they are next door to Ferdinand & Abby Remington. In the 1880 Federal Census at Johnston, RI, the family is as follows: Thomas E. Remington 68, Mary 65, Harriet M. 43, Anna T. 39, John H. 28, Thomas G. 24, George F. 20, and Amie R. Godfrey 32 (married daughter). They are living in Johnston, RI. | Remington, Thomas Eldredge (I04793)
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| 7483 | Thomas Gorton was a descendant of Samuel Gorton of RI. | Gorton, Rev. Thomas (I08563)
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| 7484 | Thomas Greenell is mentioned as brother-in-law in the will of John Manchester of Portsmouth, dated 20 May 1703. | Grinnell, Thomas (I01518)
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| 7485 | Thomas H. Rhodes founded the famous Rhodes on the Pawtuxet in 1872. | Rhodes, Thomas Henry (I13433)
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| 7486 | Thomas Hazard of Kingstown yeoman and Susannah his wife are found in SK land evidence Sep 1717 and also in 1721; they had sons Robert & George mentioned in the records. | Hazard, Thomas (I27013)
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| 7487 | Thomas Hazard of NK s/o Stephen (also of SK) was in Washington Co Court of Common Pleas in 1737 (RIGR V 3 No 1 p 82). | Hazard, Thomas (I27029)
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| 7488 | Thomas Hazard of SK yeoman s/o George was in the Washington Co Court of Common Pleas in 1732 (RIGR V 2 No 3 p 159). He is sometimes referred to as Col. Thomas Hazard. | Hazard, Col. Thomas (I17401)
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| 7489 | Thomas is called Deacon Thomas, dec'd, in the 1761 Warwick marriage record of his son Nathaniel. However, a Hill manuscript at NK Library says he died 20 Apr 1768. I think Nathaniel's marriage was recorded later, after his father had died. Thomas was a member of the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, from 1743; he was a deacon and frequently hosted meetings at his home. He contributed money to repair the meetinghouse in 1763 (source: "Elder John Gorton and the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich," ed. Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, pub 2001 by RI Genealogical Society, p 490 etc.) Thomas Hill and Jabez Greene (1673-1741) of Potowomut built a dam to power a sawmill and gristmill. They also ran a forge, and I think that is where the name Forge Rd. came from. The will of Thomas Hill of NK was recorded 9 April 1768, proved 9 May (year burned away). It mentions wife Ann; sons Thomas, Matthew, Nathaniel dec'd, and Caleb; three dtrs (names burned away); and grand-dtr Mary Hill d/o of my son Nathaniel dec'd. | Hill, Esquire Thomas Sr. (I04921)
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| 7490 | Thomas is mentioend as son-in-law in the Jan 1715 will of Gideon Freeborn of Portsmouth. It also list all the grandchildren. | Cornell, Thomas (I27552)
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| 7491 | Thomas is of Shelburne, VT. | Faucett, Thomas B. (I21268)
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| 7492 | Thomas is referred to as both Butcher and Cooke. He most likely married first, to a wife whose name is now unknown; a Mrs. Thomas Cooke died 8 Jan 1598. | COOKE, Thomas "Butcher" (I05062)
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| 7493 | Thomas learned his trade as a carpenter from Hugh Cole (source: An Historical Address, Delivered in Scituate, Rhode Island, July 4th, 1876, by Charles Cotesworth Beaman, p 52; Google Books). He also was Justice of the Peace at Scituate, RI. RI Genealogical Register, July 1979, Scituate Wills, Vol 2, p 15: "HILL, Thomas of Sc. Will dated 6 Mar 1784 pgs 485-487. Mentions: Wife Alse Hill. Sons Jonathan Hill dec'd, Benjamin Hill, Thomas Hill, John Hill, & Henry Hill. 3 daughters Elizabeth Tyler, Rebecca Cook, & Anne Angel. Grandsons Thomas, William, & Jonathan Hill sons of son Jonathan Hill dec'd. Granddaughter Sarah Hill under 18 daughter of son Benjamin Hill. Sarah Hill under 18 daughter of cousin Ebenezer Hill dec'd." Thomas's 3 daughters -- Elizabeth Tyler, Rebecca Cook, and Ann Angell -- are also mentioned as kinswomen in the 9 June 1782 will of Thomas Miles of Scituate. For more details on this family, please see the family tree of Susan Holman at Rootsweb's Worldconnect, including sources noted. | Hill, Thomas Jr. (I05910)
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| 7494 | Thomas lived in the Nausauket area of Warwick, RI. His second wife, Mary, was the widow of his brother. | Greene, Esquire Thomas (I12145)
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| 7495 | Thomas M. Durfee aged 30 of Washington DC, now of Fall River, son of Gilbert H, & Mary S. (Arnold) Durfee, Sergeant US Signal Corps, and Evelyn C. Darling aged 22 born Bristol daughter of James and Betsey (Church) Darling. In the 1850 census, Thomas and his mother Mary are living with William and Eliza Munday in Fall River. Eliza is his aunt. | Durfee, Thomas M. (I28607)
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| 7496 | Thomas Manchester became pastor of Maple Root Baptist Church, Coventry, RI, on 12 Sep 1782. He was Elder and/or Pastor there for over 50 years. Maple Root was founded as a six-principle Baptist church. The six principles are found in Hebrews chapter six: repentance, faith, baptism, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. | Manchester, Elder Thomas (I05582)
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| 7497 | Thomas may have followed in his father's and his uncles' footsteps to sail the seas. The whaling records at New Bedford show a Thomas Remington who twice applied for seamen's insurance. Both times he is described as born in New Bedford, however, not NY. Perhaps, since he was young when the family returned from NY, he was brought up in Massachusetts and considered himself a New Bedford native. On the other hand, this could be a different individual -- but the dates coincide with his age as we know it from the census. On 9 Nov 1853 he was age 18, 5'6", and had light skin, light hair, and blue eyes. On 18 June 1858 he was age 22, 5'6 1/2", and had dark skin, brown hair, and blue eyes. He seems to be taking after his dad in looks and height, too. In the Federal Census of 1870, Thomas 35 MA and Sarah Remington 26 TX are living at Chambers Co., TX. With them is Henry Payne, 12 TX. Thomas is a farmer. In the Federal Census of 1880, Thomas 45 MA and Sarah C. Remington 36 TX are living at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA. With them is Charles S. Remington 13 MA. Thomas is a carpenter. In the Federal Census of 1900, Thomas Remington is 64 NY (RI/MA) and his wife Sarah C. Remington is 56 NY (NY/GA). They are living at Dallas, TX. According to census data, they have been married 34 years; Thomas is a collector (agt). In the Federal Census of 1910, Thomas Remmington is age 75 NY (RI/RI), living at Dallas, TX. His marital status is W, so apparently he is widowed. See notes for Sarah. From findagrave.com: Thomas Remington, 80 years old, died at the Fowler Home for the Aged yesterday morning. Funeral service will be held at the Smith chapel at 9:30 o'clock this morning and the burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Mr. Remington, who was a native of New York State, had been an inmate of the home for some time. [Source: Dallas Morning News, Dec 17, 1915, page 10] | Remington, Thomas (I06488)
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| 7498 | Thomas Payne is said to have been one of the founders of Trinity Church, Newport. He may have been a pirate also (see RI Genealogical Register Vol. 7 #3, p. 276). | Payne, Thomas (I04644)
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| 7499 | Thomas Remington of Tiverton was appointed to serve on the grand jury, along with Isaac Negus, for the November term 1797, to attend the Court of Common Pleas. (Tiverton Probate Records No 5 p 56) Thomas served in the military during the Revolutionary War. He first enlisted at Tiverton in January 1777, and when he was discharged in March 1778, re-enlisted right away, and was subsequently discharged about a year later. During much of that time his company was encamped at Bristol and at Ft. Barton in Tiverton. He was in the action during the Battle of RI under General Sullivan. In his deposition as part of the pension application in 1832, he said he had been born in South Kingstown, but that his family had moved to Tiverton when he was very young. After the war he returned to Tiverton, where he is most likely the other adult male in his father's household in 1790, which includes 2 free white males 16+, and one free white female -- probably his mother or a sister. In 1832 he mentions that he is a neighbor of Job and Charles Durfee, Esquires. Thomas Remington is in the 1830 RI Census, residing in Tiverton (Newport County, p. 071). He is also there in 1840, and is listed as a Revolutionary War Pensioner, at age 79 1/2. However, he seems to be living alone at that time. Perhaps Alice is in ill health, and has gone to live with one of her children? She will pass away in 1848 at Dartmouth; their son Joseph and family are probably there in 1840, but appear in New Bedford by 1850. I have not yet found a date of death for Thomas, but apparently he died before Alice because she is described as his widow; also, since his last pension payment was in March 1842, he probably died in Feb or March of that year. "Thomas Remington residing in Tiverton collected a pension until March 2, 1842." (source for quote: George Sermuksnis, Archives Technician at Waltham National Archives). On 7 September 1832, two friends/neighbors and fellow-Revolutionary-soldiers testified on his behalf; they were William Cook, and John Manchester, our ancestor. Thomas Remington is on the list of persons who united with the Amicable Congregational Society, associated with the Amicable Congregational Church, Tiverton, RI. (ref: "The History of Amicable Congregational Church 1746 - 1946" p.83) He probably was buried from this church, but there were no death records kept for the church at this time. The location of his grave is unknown. I suspect he may be buried with his parents and their Brayton relatives, in one of the unknown gravesites in the family plot at Pleasant View Cemetery, Stone Church Rd., Tiverton, RI (formerly buried on a family farm and relocated to this cemetery). Revolutionary War Pension file # S21938 He is listed on the Pension Roll of 1835: Remington, Thomas, private of Artillery, Newport county, all $90, rec $270, R.I. Cont. Line, pl July 9, 1833, com March 4, 1831, age 74 In the 1840 Federal Census, Thomas is listed in Tiverton, RI, as a Revolutionary War Veteran/Pensioner age 79 and 1/2. The list of Thomas and Alice's children came to me from a distant cousin in Michigan. This agreed with names I already had found in the New Bedford whaling crew lists and in marriage, census, and death records in RI and MA. On 2 March 1791 Thomas Remington mariner of Tiverton received 250 in Spanish milled dollars from Thomas Barker of Tiverton, for the 13th 50-acre lot in the Pocasset Purchase, bounded easterly and westerly on highway, north by the 12th lot and south by the 14th lot. Witnessed by Joseph Barker and Abraham Barker. (Tiverton Deed Book 4) See this note from cousin Russ Shaw (I am not sure if it pertains to this particular Thomas Remington, our ancestor, but it probably does): "Last time I was at the RIHS archives I came across an interesting document that I think you may want to check on. It involves Thomas Remington and his son John. I found them both as crew members on the brig Eliza out of Bristol, bound for Trinidad de Cuba, 5 Jan 1818. Reference: MS 28,sg 2, Box 7 (1819-1820), Bristol Custom House records, RIHS." | REMINGTON, Thomas (I04033)
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| 7500 | Thomas Remington, Jr., was baptized and became a member of the Amicable Church in Tiverton, RI, on 10 September 1820. (ref: see "The History of Amicable Congregational Church 1746 - 1946" p. 9s) Thomas Remington, b. Tiverton, RI, went on at least one whaling voyage, according to seamen's insurance records at New Bedford Public Library. He may have been the ship's carpenter. On 7 Feb 1849 he was said to be age 42, with dark skin, light hair, and blue eyes, at a height of 5'6". The birth years of Thomas & Rosetta's children have been estimated from their ages in the 1850 Federal Census, New Bedford, MA, p. 222. Three of the children -- Sarah, Thomas, & Rosetta -- were born in New York State, so apparently the family moved westward around 1832 but later came back to Massachusetts, around 1838/39. Perhaps they were living near brother William in New York State, at Kingston, Ulster County or Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County. These counties are next to each other in the southeastern part of the state. In the 1860 census, Rosetta, recently widowed, is living at New Bedford with some of the children. Sadly, Thomas died in April of that year, by drowning. His death record identifies his parents as Thomas & Alice, and his birthplace as Tiverton, RI. The death record at New Bedford reads as follows: 1860 15 Apr, Thomas Remington age 54 y 10 m Drowned, Married, Carpenter, b Tiverton, parents Thomas & Alice. Thomas & Rosetta are buried in Rural Cemetery, New Bedford; their gravestones have been photographed. 1805 REMINGTON Thomas, May 28, 1805, [on stone beside that of Rosetta] G.R.1. more Birth New Bedford The following excerpt may well pertain to this particular Thomas, who was indeed a carpenter: "That the construction industry, which has led apprenticeship activities in this country in recent years, used the formalized indenture more than a century ago is shown by the indenture of a 'house carpenter' in 1832. This indenture bound a 16-year-old apprentice in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to his master until 1837 -- exactly 100 years before the enactment of the National Apprenticeship Law (Public Law 308, 75th Congress). The indenture states that John Slocum 'doth by these Presents bind Lyman Slocum, his son, a minor . . . to Thomas Remington . . . to learn the art, trade, or mystery of a House-Carpenter.' The master promised 'to teach and instruct, or cause the said Apprentice to be instructed, in the art, trade or calling of a House-Carpenter . . . (if said Apprentice be capable to learn.).' " (Source: http://www.lni.wa.gov/TradesLicensing/Apprenticeship/About/History/default .asp) | Remington, Thomas (I05729)
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