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Captain Benedict Remington

Male 1715 - 1744  (29 years)


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  • Name Benedict Remington 
    Title Captain 
    Born 5 Feb 1714/15  Jamestown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Nov 1744  [4] 
    Buried Town Cemetery, Jamestown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I04078  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Gershom Remington,   b. 3 Dec 1690, Jamestown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1736  (Age > 47 years) 
    Mother Clemence Battey,   b. 4 Jul 1695, Jamestown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Dec 1733  (Age > 39 years) 
    Married 13 Feb 1712/13  Jamestown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • BSR says Gershom married Catherine Clemence on 13 Feb 1713, Jamestown (no source noted). However, in some documents she is referred to as Clemence. Jamestown records identify their children as "of Gershom & Clemens" or Clemence. I have made an assumption that she is Clemence Battey, based on their dates of birth and the given names Clemence & Dinah, found in both the Battey and Remington families.
    Family ID F01532  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Aase Unknown,   b. Between 1715 and 1722,   d. 29 Nov 1744  (Age ~ 29 years) 
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F01533  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.)
      In the original Jametown birth records he is identified as the "1st son of Gersham & Clemence." The month is unclear (Feb?) and the day appears to be 5th, although others have tranbscribed it as 3rd.

      According to his gravestone data, he died at age 31. His wife's age at death is given as 29. Why did they both die young?

      He was a freeman and a Captain in the Jamestown Militia in April 1744.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012445] Remington Family, Martha A. Benns, 8.

    2. [S012575] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Vol. 4, Jamestown -- Births & Deaths, 26.

    3. [S012823] Jamestown, RI, Proprietors Records Vol. I, 1672 - 1859, 15.

    4. [S012398] RI Cemetery Database.

    5. [S012551] Remington Lines from John of Newbury 1638, Boyd Scott Remington, (Ames Iowa, 1960), 15.