Captain Peleg Congdon

Male 1784 - 1862  (77 years)


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  • Name Peleg Congdon 
    Title Captain 
    Born 9 Oct 1784  Exeter, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 May 1862  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I03046  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father John Congdon,   b. 5 May 1734, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Jul 1785, Exeter Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Abigail Carr,   b. 6 Dec 1749, Jamestown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1831  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 8 Mar 1778  Exeter, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F00825  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Remington,   b. 13 Apr 1792, Apponaug, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1820  (Age 28 years) 
    Married 7 Jan 1816  Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Children 
     1. Henry Remington Congdon,   b. 1819,   d. 3 Mar 1883  (Age 64 years)
     2. John Remington Congdon,   b. Abt 6 Aug 1820, Apponaug, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1863, at sea, off the coast of Cape Horn Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F01150  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "Peleg Congdon was born in Exeter, Rhode Island, the son of John Congdon and his third wife, Abigail Carr. Peleg married Mary Remington (1792-1820) of Warwick in 1816; she was the daughter of Henry Remington and Margaret LeValley. Besides being a sea captain, Peleg kept a hotel in the village of Apponaug, in Warwick, from 1819 to 1832; after this period, he moved to East Greenwich. He later was employed by the federal government, directing ship-building.

      "Peleg and Mary

  • Sources 
    1. [S012703] RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 4, No. 2, "A Line of Descent from Benjamin Congdon", Alden G. Beaman, Ph. D., editor, 154.

    2. [S012703] RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 4, No. 2, "A Line of Descent from Benjamin Congdon", Alden G. Beaman, Ph. D., editor, 153.

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