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DeWitt Clinton Remington

Male 1813 - 1903  (90 years)


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  • Name DeWitt Clinton Remington 
    Born 7 Jan 1813  Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Apr 1903  Scituate, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Buried Chepachet Cemetery, Putnam Pike, Glocester, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I04103  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father John Remington,   b. 25 Aug 1775, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1814  (Age 38 years) 
    Mother Mary Holden,   b. 22 Jan 1777,   d. 20 Apr 1817  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 25 May 1797  Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Notes 
    • Genealogist Martha A. Benns has linked John to his father Thomas, of Warwick, and this marriage in Coventry to the same family group. I am making the assumption that she is right. This makes sense because Thomas received land in Coventry from his father Thomas, in his will.
    Family ID F01525  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rosina Colby,   b. 1821,   d. 9 May 1847, Burrillville, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years) 
    Married Abt 1839  Thompson, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. George Thomas Remington,   b. 1840,   d. 13 Oct 1930, Glocester, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     2. DeWitt Clinton Remington, Jr.,   b. 30 Apr 1842, Burrilville, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1908  (Age 65 years)
     3. Mary Holden Remington,   b. 1845,   d. 16 Aug 1846  (Age 1 years)
     4. Rosella Remington,   b. Abt 1847
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F01536  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ada Mowry Harris,   b. 31 Jul 1827,   d. 17 Apr 1905, Harrisville, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married Abt 1851 
    Children 
     1. Clarence Sydney Remington,   b. 1 Sep 1852, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1880, At sea Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
     2. Daniel Harris Remington,   b. 16 Sep 1854, Scituate, Providence Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1941  (Age 87 years)
     3. Frank Edgar Remington,   b. Abt 1860,   d. 19 Sep 1861  (Age ~ 1 years)
     4. Mary Clinton Remington,   b. 24 Nov 1863,   d. 1934  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F01538  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • D. C. Remington was Town Clerk at Scituate, RI, from 1875 to 1878, and also was a mill owner.

      In the 1850 Federal Census, DeWitt C. Remington, 37, is living in Scituate, RI, with his son, DeWitt Jr., 8. His first wife had died, and another son, George, 10, is living with Colby relatives in 1850.

      In 1880, Dewitt & Adah M. Remington are living at Scituate, Providence Co., RI. Daniel H. & Mary C. Remington are living with them, as well as three other individuals. Daniel is the town clerk.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012445] Remington Family, Martha A. Benns, 15.

    2. [S012458] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Coventry, Births and Deaths, p. 87.

    3. [S012549] Representative Men & Old Families of RI, Vol. 3, (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1908), 2185.

    4. [S012445] Remington Family, Martha A. Benns, 10.

    5. [S012458] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Coventry, 46.