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Richmond Remington

Male Abt 1775 - 1823  (~ 48 years)


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  • Name Richmond Remington 
    Born Abt 1775  RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 26 May 1823  Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I04499  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2019 

    Father Thomas Remington,   b. Between 1735 and 1736,   d. 20 Dec 1831, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 96 years) 
    Mother Lydia Collins,   b. 19 Jan 1735/36, Warwick, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1819, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married Aft 14 Feb 1757  RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F01664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rose "Rosy" Wickes,   b. 12 Apr 1781,   d. 26 May 1823, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 24 Aug 1800  East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • Richmond & Rosey were married by H. Cooke, Justice.
    Children 
     1. Lydia Collins Remington,   b. 29 May 1801, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1802  (Age 0 years)
     2. Abigail "Abby" Wickes Remington,   b. Abt 1803, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1864  (Age ~ 61 years)
     3. Thomas Fenner Remington,   b. Abt 1805, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Oliver Thurston Remington,   b. 7 Sep 1807, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1883, Meriden, New Haven Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     5. William Burgess Remington,   b. Abt 1810, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1890, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years)
     6. Sarah Sheldon Remington,   b. Abt 1816, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1888, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
     7. Henry Eliphalet Remington,   b. Abt 1817, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Darius Cruff Remington,   b. Abt 1819, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1898, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F01694  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.)

      Richmond was undoubtedly named for Esther Richmond, an ancestor on his mother's side of the family (his mother's maternal grandmother).

      In a "fit of insanity" he killed his wife. According to Nailer Tom's diary, Richmond killed his wife then cut his own throat. Supposedly his body was buried in a lone grave near Arkwright in Coventry, off Clark Rd. near cemetery #113 (see RI Cemetery Database, Coventry cemeteries).

      Newspaper report: "REMINGTON Richmond, near Arkwright factory, while insane killed his wife with an axe and himself with a butcher's knife; he leaves 7 children to deplore the event." (Patriot of May 31, 1823)

      I have estimated the birth years for three of Richmond & Rosy's children, pending further research.

      Information on the names of several of the children was shared by Kay Larson, a descendant (contact information available on request). The original source document is located at the University of California Library, Mandeville Special Collections, LaJolla, CA.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012498] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, East Greenwich -- Marriages.