Hon. Henry Remington

Male 1764 - 1841  (76 years)

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  • Name Henry Remington 
    Title Hon. 
    Birth 28 Jul 1764  Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Jun 1841  [2] 
    Burial Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I02847  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Thomas REMINGTON, III,   b. 19 Aug 1723, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1808 (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Abigail ELDREDGE,   b. Abt 1723   d. 14 Apr 1766, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Marriage 14 Dec 1744  Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F00765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret LeValley,   b. 26 May 1762, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1823, Apponaug, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 18 Sep 1785  Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Remington,   b. 13 Apr 1792, Apponaug, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1820 (Age 28 years)
    Family ID F01073  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 2 Lucy Ann Arnold,   b. Abt Aug 1803   d. 27 Apr 1878, Apponaug, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 5 Jan 1824  Apponaug, Warwick, Kent County, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • REMINGTON Hon. Henry and Lucy A. Arnold, at Apponaug. American of Jan. 20, 1824

      ARNOLD Lucy A. and Henry Remington, at Apponaug. Patriot of Jan. 21, 1824

      REMINGTON Henry, Esq., and Lucy A. Arnold, at Apponaug. Journal of Jan. 22, 1824
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann (1) Remington,   b. Abt 1827   d. 15 Jul 1828 (Age 1 year)
     2. Margaret Arnold Remington,   b. 20 Jun 1829, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1861 (Age 31 years)
     3. Sarah Holden Remington,   b. Abt 1831   d. 25 Jan 1858 (Age 27 years)
     4. Henry Clay Remington,   b. Between 1833 and 1835   d. 8 Aug 1857 (Age 24 years)
     5. Thomas Remington,   b. Abt 1837   d. 1 Oct 1859 (Age 22 years)
     6. Mary Ann (2) Remington,   b. Abt May 1839   d. 17 Mar 1856 (Age 16 years)
    Family ID F01074  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • Henry's will mantions his wife Lucy Ann; his daughters Margaret Arnold Remington, Sarah Holden Remington, & Mary Ann Remington; sons Henry Clay Remington & Thomas Remington; grandsons Henry Remington Congdon & John Remington Congdon.

      According to the book "History of Warwick," Henry was a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1801 to 1808, and a fluent, energetic debater. He also served in the Revolutionary War as a Private in the Pawtuxet Rangers, 1781 (see "Rev. War -- Burial Place & Service of RI Patriots" at the Knight Library in Providence).

      On 20 September 1800, a meeting of the Warwick Town Council was specially convened. Those present were Benjamin Arnold, Henry Remington, Jonathan Ellis?, and Squire Millard. Henry Remington was appointed to inspect the stage "that runs from East Greenwich to Providence through Warwick." He was "empowered to stop said stage and to examine said stage"; and the stageman was to be directed not to land any passenger or baggage in Warwick without his permission. The penalty was $100. James Rhodes was appointed to likewise inspect the stage at the Village of Pawtuxet. (record found at RI Historical Society Library, Manuscript Room)

      BSR includes another son named John Pearce Remington, b. c. 1787, who had a daughter Elizabeth. (? no documentation given ?)

      From the booklet "The Walking Tour of Historic Apponaug Village," published by the Warwick Economic Development Department, and originally produced in pamphlet form by The Warwick Museum in 1989 -- concerning the Henry Remington House (ca. 1800/01, with later alterations), 3376 Post Road: "This gable-roofed, center-chimney Federal dwelling with pedimented fanlight doorway was remodeled during the Victorian era when the sash was replaced and a bay window added on the south side. It is used as a storehouse for the building at the rear, which was once a favorite haunt of quahoggers and rough & tumble seamen, but is now a family restaurant. The house was built by Henry Remington, a Revolutionary War soldier and judge of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. This area became known as 'Judge's Row,' and was once the most significant part of the Village."

      This is now The Remington House Inn, a very nice restaurant.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012454] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Warwick -- Births and Deaths, 193.

    2. [S012398] RI Cemetery Database.

    3. [S012451] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Warwick -- Marriages, 96.

    4. [S012451] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Warwick -- Marriages, 97.

    5. [S012423] Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, Elder John Gorton and the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, RI, (Greenville, RI: RI Genealogical Society, 2001), 315.