Family: Thomas Remington / Freelove Nichols (F01790)
m. 16 Aug 1759
-
Male
Thomas Remington
Birth Abt 1734 Death Bef 20 Dec 1789 Burial Marriage 16 Aug 1759 East Greenwich, RI 
Father Daniel Remington, Sr. | F01318 Group Sheet Mother Ann Gorton | F01318 Group Sheet
Female
Freelove Nichols
Birth 7 Aug 1740 Death Aft Apr 1771 Burial Father Joseph Nichols | F01792 Group Sheet Mother Freelove Matteson | F01792 Group Sheet
Female
Anne "Nancy" Remington
Birth 3 Nov 1761 East Greenwich, Kent County, RI Death 26 Feb 1827 Burial Knightsville Meeting House Lot, Park Ave., Cranston, RI Spouse Colonel Andrew Potter | F09349 Marriage Abt 1786 RI
Male
Joseph Nichols Remington
Birth 4 Jan 1764 East Greenwich, RI Death 23 Jul 1845 Groton Twp., Erie County, OH Burial Spouse Ruth Briggs | F02769 Marriage Abt 1792
Female
Freelove Remington
Birth Abt 1765 Death 26 Aug 1847 Burial Providence, RI Spouse David Atwood | F02178 Marriage 20 Dec 1789 Cranston, RI
-
Notes - The marriage registration in East Greenwich vital records says the officiant was Giles Peirce, Justice. However, whoever recorded it may have made an error, since the marriage is in Elder Gorton's personal journal, where the entry states that he married them. The date in East Greenwich VRs is 23 Aug 1759.
Unfortunately this marriage was not a success. "In April 1771 Freelove Remington petitioned for divorce from Thomas Remington, 'late of Warwick, mariner.' She told how he changed after marriage: ' . . . the fatal Knot being Ti'd the Smilling Affability of the Lover and Friend was converted into the Stern Severity of a Tyrant' and he treated her with 'implacable Fury' (Kent County Superior Court, April 1771, Judicial Archives at Pawtucket, RI). She alleged that he abandoned her in Jan. 1765 and ever after lived in adultery. The petition was granted" (quoted from "Elder John Gorton and the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, RI" by Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, p. 208).
- The marriage registration in East Greenwich vital records says the officiant was Giles Peirce, Justice. However, whoever recorded it may have made an error, since the marriage is in Elder Gorton's personal journal, where the entry states that he married them. The date in East Greenwich VRs is 23 Aug 1759.