Alice "Elce" GRINNELL

Female Abt 1777 - 1848  (~ 70 years)


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  • Name Alice "Elce" GRINNELL 
    Born Abt Mar 1777  Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1 Jan 1848  Dartmouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I05155  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 20 Jun 2019 

    Father Daniel GRINNELL,   b. 4 Jun 1742, Little Compton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1816, Little Compton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Sarah Unknown 
    Married Abt 1762 
    Family ID F01986  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas REMINGTON,   b. 10 Sep 1760, South Kingstown, Washington County, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 4 Mar 1842, Tiverton, Newport Co, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married Abt 1793 
    Children 
     1. Mary Polly Remington,   b. 18 May 1794, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1866, Dartmouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     2. Abigail "Abbie" Remington,   b. 22 Jan 1796, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. John Remington,   b. 2 Jun 1797, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1860  (Age < 62 years)
    +4. Joseph Remington,   b. 26 Feb 1799, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1855, New Bedford, Bristol Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     5. Sarah "Sallie" Remington,   b. 3 Jun 1800, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1858, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     6. Hope Remington,   b. 19 Mar 1802, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1842, New Bedford, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     7. Benjamin REMINGTON,   b. Abt 1804, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1838, at sea Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years)
     8. Thomas Remington,   b. 28 May 1805, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1860, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     9. William Remington,   b. 29 Jul 1808, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1897, Fenton, Genesee County, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     10. Ellery Remington,   b. 12 May 1811, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1876, Providence, Providence Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     11. David G. Remington,   b. Abt Dec 1812, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1849, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 36 years)
     12. Phebe Remington,   b. Abt 1815, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1 May 1865  (Age ~ 50 years)
     13. Alice Remington,   b. Abt 1817, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     14. Abner Remington,   b. 13 Mar 1820, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1900, Fenton, Genesee County, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F01968  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos

    Alice's gravestone in Rural Cemetery, New Bedford. Other family members -- children, their spouses, and grandchildren and their spouses -- are buried nearby.

    Shirley and Jamie, descendants of Thomas and Alice Remington through daughter Mary (Remington) Rounds, and cousins getting together in Rhode Island, 2019. We discovered each other through DNA matches.

    Newly discovered cousins, descendants of Thomas and Alice, meeting in Rhode Island, 2019.

    Fun meeting cousins for the first time, July 2019; generations from Rhode Island to Massachusetts to Fiji to Hawaii and back to Rhode Island.

    Note reads:
    The names of your Grandmother Remington's children
    from Ella
    Other side of note has the names of 14 children of Alice Grinnell Remington:
    Joseph, William, David, Thomas, Abner, Ellery, Benjamin, Abbie, Sallie, Hope, Phebe, Alice, Mary, John
    (This note was written to one of the grandchildren living in Michigan, passed down in the family, and this is a photocopy of a photocopy.)

  • Notes 
    • Her death announcement was in The Daily Mercury, New Bedford, on Monday 3 Jan 1848:
      "Died, in Dartmouth, the 1st, Mrs. Alice Remington, the widow of the late Thomas Remington, formerly of Tiverton, RI, aged 72. Funeral this afternoon at 2 o'clock from No. 59 Grinnell Street. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend."

      A similar announcement was in the New Bedford Mercury (not the daily), Friday, 7 Jan 1848:
      "In Dartmouth, the 1st, Mrs. Alice, widow of the late Thomas Remington, formerly of Tiverton, RI, aged 72."

      According to the New Bedford death record, Alice died of consumption at age 70 y 10 m.

      She may have died at the home of her daughter Mary Rounds.