Mary "Polly" C. Smith

Female 1770 - 1842  (72 years)


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  • Name Mary "Polly" C. Smith 
    Born 6 Nov 1770  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 6 Nov 1842  [1
    Buried Arnold-Pawtuxet Burial Ground, Harrison St., Pawtuxet, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11193  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Stephen Smith, Jr.,   b. 15 Jul 1743, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1824, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Patience Arnold,   b. 4 Dec 1747, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1775  (Age 27 years) 
    Married 26 Dec 1765  Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • 1765 Arnold: Arnold Patience, and Stephen Smith, Jr., Dec. 26, 1765. 2 176 Marriage Warwick
    Family ID F01484  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles Remington,   b. 1772,   d. 8 Jan 1810, Sierre Leone, Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 1793  [3
    Children 
     1. Stephen S. Remington,   b. Abt 1794,   d. Abt 25 Nov 1812, At sea Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 18 years)
     2. Maria Frances Remington,   b. 12 Feb 1796,   d. 6 Jul 1882  (Age 86 years)
     3. Charles Remington, Jr.,   b. Between 1798 and 1799,   d. 2 Nov 1819, Savannah, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 21 years)
     4. Anne Louisa Remington,   b. Abt 1801, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1865  (Age ~ 64 years)
     5. Harriet Angeline Remington,   b. 25 Dec 1803, Pawtuxet, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1881  (Age 77 years)
     6. Henry Adolphus Remington,   b. 25 Dec 1803, Pawtuxet, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1870, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     7. Albert F. Remington, Sr.,   b. Between 1805 and 1806, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1881, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F04391  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mary was known as Polly.

      From Cranston Land Evidence 7-19, dated 25 Sept 1802: Charles Remington of Cranston, mariner, sold property to James Rhodes, merchant, for $750. The transaction included "one lot of land in Cranston in part called Pawtuxet." It was "bounded westerly on Main St., northerly by land of Remington Sheldon, and southerly on said Sheldon." This was sold "together with dwelling house -- barn & buildings -- was purchased by me of Rhodes Greene in April 1786" (should be 1796 -- note by Mary E. Rice) . . . "I, the said Polly Remington, wife of said Charles Remington, releases dower." (sic) This was signed by Charles Remington & Mary Remington, and witnessed by John A. Aborn & Patience Smith.

      Again, on 4 Dec 1805, a Cranston deed includes the following: "I, Mary or Polly Remington, wife of the above named Charles Remington, releases dower." It was signed by Charles and Polly Remington.

      From the records of the First Baptist Church of Providence, RI: Mrs. Mary Remington (date of membership or baptism?) Not known Nov. 16, 1806, L (letter?) to Pawtuxet church. W. of Charles.

      Notes from the Mary E. Rice Collection, concerning Cranston Land Evidence, deed bk #1 pp. 584 & 585, dated 17 Oct 1825: Mary C. Remington, widow of Charles, deceased late of said Cranston, mariner, and William Henry Aborn of Providence, merchant, and his wife Harriot Angeline Aborn . . . " The content concerned the release of all debts pertaining to the estate of Charles, also a release to Samuel Aborn Condy and wife Maria Frances. (Maria & Harriet were sisters, and daughters of Charles & Mary)

      The announcement of her death said she died "after 4 yrs. 6 mos. suffering."

      Her gravestone has this saying: [she died] "after 4 years and 6 months of suffering which she endured with calm resignation and solid hope of Heaven."

      The 2003 supplement to the book "Descendants of Roger Williams, Waterman and Winsor Lines" has her date of birth as 6 November 1776. Depending on whether she was born in 1770 or 1776, determines which of Stephen's wives was her mother. She did have a granddaughter named Phebe, but whether this is a clue that her mother was Phebe is debatable.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012398] RI Cemetery Database.

    2. [S012762] Emails from Chandler Smith Cheek: 7, 16, and/or 17 July 2003.

    3. [S012510] Descendants of Roger Williams Book I, Waterman & Winsor Lines, Dorothy Higson White, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1991), 21.