Martha Randall
Abt 1725 - 1809 (~ 82 years)-
Name Martha Randall Born Abt 18 Mar 1724/25 [1] Gender Female Died Between 1808 and 1809 Person ID I02916 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father John Randall, b. Abt 1698, Cranston, RI 
Mother Martha Williams, b. 1708 Family ID F01099 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Matthew Remington, b. Between 1721 and 1727, d. 1784 (Age ~ 63 years) Married 26 Dec 1755 Providence, RI [2] Notes - James N. Arnold's "Vital Record of Rhode Island" has the year as 1756. They were married by William Burton, Justice.
Children 1. Amey Remington, b. 1 Apr 1756, East Greenwich, RI , d. 28 Apr 1828, Brookfield, Madison County, NY (Age 72 years)2. Abigail Remington, b. Abt 1773 Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F01911 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Henry Olin, Sr., b. Between 1719 and 1720, East Greenwich, RI , d. Between 1810 and 1812 (Age ~ 91 years) Married 17 Jun 1790 [3] Notes - An Abigail Remington, daughter of Matthew deceased, married Anthony Olin, son of Henry Jr., in 1793. Is Anthony's father the second husband of Abigail's mother, Martha (Randall) Remington? Or did Martha marry Henry Sr.? (needs more research)
Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F01798 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - The dates of Martha's two marriages do not seem to jive. Was she a lot younger than Matthew? If she remarried to Henry Olin, which one, Sr. or Jr.? If her daughter Abigail, by Matthew, married Anthony Olin son of Henry Jr., it seems that Abigail could not have been born much before 1770 or so. Is there a generation missing here, possibly a Matthew Remington Jr.? Or, perhaps Matthew had an earlier wife who died, and he remarried to a younger woman, who was Martha?
I have put together all the data -- including marriage records and Henry's will -- into what I believe is the most likely scenario, given the information I have. If Martha Randall Remington married this Henry, and is indeed the Martha mentioned in his will, she could not have been the mother of his children, because some of them were already married with children at the time of his will; therefore she was probably his second wife. The codicil to his will makes it clear that there was another wife named Sarah; this also agrees with the marriage records.
- The dates of Martha's two marriages do not seem to jive. Was she a lot younger than Matthew? If she remarried to Henry Olin, which one, Sr. or Jr.? If her daughter Abigail, by Matthew, married Anthony Olin son of Henry Jr., it seems that Abigail could not have been born much before 1770 or so. Is there a generation missing here, possibly a Matthew Remington Jr.? Or, perhaps Matthew had an earlier wife who died, and he remarried to a younger woman, who was Martha?
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