John Remington, Sr.

Male 1793 - 1862  (68 years)


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  • Name John Remington 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 23 Aug 1793  Mendon, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Aug 1862  Blackstone, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Blackstone Cemetery, Blackstone, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I08739  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Benedict Remington,   b. 20 Apr 1756, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1819, Mendon, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Ruth Southwick,   b. 20 Mar 1755, Mendon, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1813, Mendon, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Married 5 Oct 1780  Smithfield, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Notes 
    • From Arnold's VRs: "REMINGTON Benedict, of Smithfield, son of John and Mary, of Jamestown, and Ruth Southwick, Jr., of Daniel and Ruth, of Mendon, 5d 10m 1780."
    Family ID F02112  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah S. Remington,   b. 14 Jan 1792, Jamestown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1875, Blackstone, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 3 Apr 1815  Mendon, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. William Remington,   b. 14 Oct 1815, Mendon, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1 Jun 1870  (Age > 55 years)
     2. Ann Cornell Remington,   b. 20 Feb 1817, Mendon, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1870  (Age 52 years)
     3. Ruth Elizabeth Remington,   b. 13 Nov 1819, Mendon, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Gershom Remington,   b. 29 Mar 1822, Mendon, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1858  (Age 36 years)
     5. Eunice Shove Remington,   b. 15 Oct 1823, Mendon, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1886  (Age 62 years)
     6. Mary Catherine Remington,   b. 24 Aug 1825, Mendon, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1892, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     7. Sarah Jane Remington,   b. 6 Jul 1828, Mendon, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Hannah Southwick Remington,   b. 25 Jul 1830, Mendon, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. John Remington, Jr.,   b. 25 Feb 1832, Mendon, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1 Jun 1900  (Age > 68 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F03412  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • (If you use any portion of these notes on John & Hannah Remington and /or their descendants, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to any other sources as noted herein.)

      John's death record at Blackstone, MA, names his parents as Benedict and Ruth Remington.

      In the 1830 Federal Census, John was residing at Mendon, Worcester County, MA.

      In the 1850 Federal Census, the family is at Blackstone, Worcester Co., MA. In the household are John 56, Hannah 57, Ann C. 33, Ruth 30, Eunice S. 26, Mary C. 23, & John Jr. 18. All of the children were born in MA, as was their father. Also living there is Horace Parmenter, 27 CT. Is he a relative?

      In 1860 they are still at Blackstone. The family group consists of the following: John 67, Hannah 68, Mary 34, Mason DeWitt (Mason D. White) 45, Sarah (his wife) 32, and their three young children -- Lizzie 5, Mason W. 2, & Evaline 6 mos.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012590] Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S014029] Battey Family Files.

    3. [S013140] Deaths in Blackstone, MA, 1845 - 1998.

    4. [S012551] Remington Lines from John of Newbury 1638, Boyd Scott Remington, (Ames Iowa, 1960), 15.

    5. [S013314] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Smithfield -- Marriages, 172.