Family: Thomas Remington / Freelove Nichols (F01790)
m. 16 Aug 1759-
Father | Male
Thomas Remington
Born Abt 1734 Died Bef 20 Dec 1789 Buried Married 16 Aug 1759 East Greenwich, RI 
Father Daniel Remington, Sr. | F01318 Group Sheet Mother Ann Gorton | F01318 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Freelove Nichols
Born 7 Aug 1740 Died Aft Apr 1771 Buried Father Joseph Nichols | F01792 Group Sheet Mother Freelove Matteson | F01792 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Female
Anne "Nancy" Remington
Born 3 Nov 1761 East Greenwich, Kent County, RI Died 26 Feb 1827 Buried Knightsville Meeting House Lot, Park Ave., Cranston, RI Spouse Andrew Potter | F09349 Married Abt 1786 RI
Child 2 | Male
Joseph Nichols Remington
Born 4 Jan 1764 East Greenwich, RI Died 23 Jul 1845 Groton Twp., Erie County, OH Buried Spouse Ruth Briggs | F02769 Married Abt 1792
Child 3 | Female
Freelove Remington
Born Abt 1765 Died 26 Aug 1847 Buried Providence, RI Spouse David Atwood | F02178 Married 20 Dec 1789 Cranston, RI
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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.