Joshua Remington

Male 1720 - 1787  (67 years)

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  • Name Joshua Remington 
    Birth 1720  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 Aug 1787  [1] 
    Burial Johnston, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I04664  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father John Remington,   b. Abt 1690, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1723, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Mother Mariam Blackington,   b. Abt Mar 1694/95, Marblehead, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1756 (Age > 62 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1720 
    Family ID F02609  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth King,   b. 1730   d. 18 Apr 1824, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1747 
    Children 
     1. Captain Caleb Remington, Sr.,   b. 16 Sep 1747, Johnston, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between Feb and Sep 1836, Johnston, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John Remington,   b. Abt 1749   d. Between 8 Jan 1772 and 20 Jun 1785 (Age 23 years)
     3. Stephen Remington,   b. Between 1750 and 1751, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1813, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     4. Mariam Remington,   b. Abt 1753   d. Abt 1794 (Age 41 years)
     5. Mary Remington,   b. Abt 1755
     6. Joshua Remington, Jr.,   b. Abt 1757, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1796, Little Falls, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
     7. Elizabeth "Betsy" Remington,   b. Abt 17 May 1759   d. 19 Oct 1817, Johnston, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     8. Sarah Remington,   b. Abt 1762   d. 11 Jan 1834 (Age 72 years)
     9. Zerviah Remington,   b. Abt 1764
    Family ID F03438  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Photos

    Remington farm, 134 Scituate Ave., Johnston, RI.

    Back of photo of Remington farmhouse, known as Mansion House of the Remingtons.

  • Notes 
    • I have not as yet confirmed that Joshua is John's son, as indicated on the ancestry chart by Boyd Scott Remington. However, it is a reasonable assumption, particularly since Joshua had a daughter named Mariam, probably named after Mariam Sweet.

      Joshua became a freeman in 1742, was appointed fence viewer for Johnston in 1759, and highway overseer in 1768. He is listed in the 1777 Military Census at Johnston, RI, along with sons Stephen & Joshua, Jr..

      BSR says Joshua's grave is in a cemetery on Central Ave., Johnston, but there is no listing in the RI Cemetery Database. Perhaps there was no stone, or the stone has been taken.

      Several cemeteries in Johnston are now labeled as "missing."

      Is he the one who built the Remington farmhouse on Central Ave.? According to information on the back of the photo, it was built in 1713.

      I have estimated the birth years for some of Joshua's children.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012551] Boyd Scott Remington, Remington Lines from John of Newbury 1638, (Ames Iowa, 1960), 21.