Anne "Nancy" Remington

Female 1761 - 1827  (65 years)

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  • Name Anne "Nancy" Remington 
    Birth 3 Nov 1761  East Greenwich, Kent County, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 26 Feb 1827  [2, 3] 
    Burial Knightsville Meeting House Lot, Park Ave., Cranston, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I05494  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Thomas Remington,   b. Abt 1734   d. Bef 20 Dec 1789 (Age < 55 years) 
    Mother Freelove Nichols,   b. 7 Aug 1740   d. Aft Apr 1771 (Age > 31 years) 
    Marriage 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).
    Family ID F01790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Colonel Andrew Potter,   b. Abt. 1763   d. 21 Mar 1829, Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1786  RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Amanda Potter,   b. Abt 1787
     2. Edmund Potter,   b. 1791
     3. Nicholas G. Potter,   b. 1 Sep 1792   d. Bef 10 Aug 1860 (Age < 67 years)
     4. Rev. Ray Wesley Potter,   b. 22 Jun 1795, Cranston, Providence Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1858 (Age 62 years)
     5. Caroline Potter,   b. Jan 1798   d. 10 Jun 1852 (Age 54 years)
     6. Nancy R. Potter,   b. 12 Feb 1801
     7. Samuel Potter,   b. 13 Nov 1804   d. 16 Oct 1858 (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F09349  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • Based on information from a descendant, from published genealogies, and from family names passed down, I have made an assumption that the Nancy Remington b c 1762 at East Greenwich, RI, who married Col. Andrew Potter, is the same individual as this Anne Remington.

      Nancy was often a nickname for Ann, Anne, and Anna. See: http://www.cslib.org/nickname.htm -- also -- http://usefulenglish.ru/vocabulary/womens-names -- and elsewhere.

      According to her son Rev. Ray Potter's memoirs, Nancy came to the truth of the Gospel at about 1813 or age 52 or thereabouts. She "ever after was a burning and shining light in the church, a mother in Israel, and finished her course with joy."

      Also, according to Ray, his parents were poor.

      From the RI Cemetery Database: POTTER NANCY 1763c - 26 FEB 1827 CR020

  • Sources 
    1. [S012648] East Greenwich Town Hall Records, Vol. 2, p. 74, Births, Marriages, Deaths 1719-1819.

    2. [S013707] William Richard Cutter, New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. 4, p. 1681.

    3. [S012398] RI Cemetery Database.