Mercy Angell

Female 1761 - 1797  (36 years)

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  • Name Mercy Angell 
    Birth 9 Jan 1761  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Death Aug 1797  Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I02420  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Nedebiah Angell,   b. 19 Apr 1712, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 1786, North Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Bethiah Luther,   b. 17 Oct 1727, Swansea, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1820 (Age 92 years) 
    Marriage 25 Nov 1759  [3] 
    Family ID F07158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Captain Joseph Comstock,   b. 7 Jan 1748/49   d. 7 Aug 1794 (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage Jul 1778  [4] 
    Family ID F07165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 2 Jonathan REMINGTON,   b. 9 Sep 1758, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1808, Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage Nov 1795  Cheshire, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7] 
    Notes 
    • The newspaper announcements say she married Col. John Remington, but her death notice in 1797 identifies her as the wife of Col. Jonathan of Lansingburgh, NY. John did not move to Lansingburgh as Jonathan did, so the original marriage announcement should have read Col. Jonathan. Also, I have found no documentation that John's first wife died prior to this time.

      Added evidence from Cheshire town records:
      October 21, 1795 Marriage intended between Jonathan Remington Esqr of Cheshire and Mercy (?) Comstock of Providence Rhode Island.
    Children 
     1. Timothy Remington,   b. Between 1796 and 1797, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1797, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F00906  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Photos

    Joseph was the first husband of Mercy Angell; her second husband was my ancestor Jonathan Remington.

    Birth and death records in the old family Bible that came across on a British ship during the Revolutionary War.

  • Notes 
    • The marriage announcement refers to her as Mrs. Marcy Comstock, widow of Capt. Joseph. It says she married Col. John Remington, but it should have read Col. Jonathan Remington. She later died in Lansingburgh, NY, where Jonathan Remington had moved to, and where he himself later died. His brother John stayed in Adams, MA. In addition, I have found evidence that Jonathan's first wife had died, but not John's.

  • Sources 
    1. [S013385] Family Bible: Comstock, Remington, Tibbitts, Battey, & Whitford.

    2. [S012674] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Vol. XIV, p. 216: Providence Gazette of 26 Aug 1797.

    3. [S012510] Dorothy Higson White, Descendants of Roger Williams Book I, Waterman & Winsor Lines, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1991), 209.

    4. [S012510] Dorothy Higson White, Descendants of Roger Williams Book I, Waterman & Winsor Lines, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1991), 254.

    5. [S012674] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Vol. XIV, 597.

    6. [S012675] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Vol. XV, 296.

    7. [S012676] Providence Gazette of 21 Nov 1795.