Freelove Nichols

Female 1740 - Aft 1771  (> 31 years)


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  • Name Freelove Nichols 
    Born 7 Aug 1740 
    Gender Female 
    Died Aft Apr 1771 
    Person ID I04765  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Joseph Nichols,   d. Bef Aug 1759, East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Freelove Matteson 
    Family ID F01792  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Remington,   b. Abt 1734,   d. Bef 20 Dec 1789  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Married 16 Aug 1759  East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The marriage registration in East Greenwich vital records says the officiant was Giles Peirce, Justice. However, whoever recorded it may have made an error, since the marriage is in Elder Gorton's personal journal, where the entry states that he married them. The date in East Greenwich VRs is 23 Aug 1759.

      Unfortunately this marriage was not a success. "In April 1771 Freelove Remington petitioned for divorce from Thomas Remington, 'late of Warwick, mariner.' She told how he changed after marriage: ' . . . the fatal Knot being Ti'd the Smilling Affability of the Lover and Friend was converted into the Stern Severity of a Tyrant' and he treated her with 'implacable Fury' (Kent County Superior Court, April 1771, Judicial Archives at Pawtucket, RI). She alleged that he abandoned her in Jan. 1765 and ever after lived in adultery. The petition was granted" (quoted from "Elder John Gorton and the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, RI" by Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, p. 208).
    Children 
     1. Anne "Nancy" Remington,   b. 3 Nov 1761, East Greenwich, Kent County, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1827  (Age 65 years)
     2. Joseph Nichols Remington,   b. 4 Jan 1764, East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1845, Groton Twp., Erie County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Freelove Remington,   b. Abt 1765,   d. 26 Aug 1847  (Age ~ 82 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F01790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "In April 1771 Freelove Remington petitioned for divorce from Thomas Remington, 'late of Warwick, mariner.' She told how he changed after marriage: 'the fatal Knot being Ti'd the Smilling Affability of the Lover and Friend was converted into the Stern Severity of a Tyrant' and he treated her with 'implacable Fury' . . . She alleged that he had abandoned her in Jan 1765 and ever after lived in adultery. The petition was granted." (source: Elder John Gorton and the Six Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, RI; by Cherry Fletcher Bamberg; RI Genealogical Society 2001; p. 208)