Aurora Hadley

Notes:

In the 1860 Federal Census, J. H. & Avaline Hadley are living in Sacramento Co., CA, with their three oldest children: Aurora, Elmore (Elmer), & Avaline (Evaline). Elmer was probably named after Evaline's brother. Jesse & Evaline probably went to California because of the great Gold Rush, as her father Virgilious had done. However, since they were married in California, the question remains as to why Evaline made the journey as a single teenager, leaving her mother and young siblings. Was she going to "keep house" for her Dad?

In the 1880 Federal Census, the family is living at Silver Creek, Marion Co., OR, a few doors down from Eveline's brother F. M. Remington, and near her brother Elmer Remington, and their families. Other Remington family members are also in Oregon at this time. Jesse & Eveline's family group at this time includes their seven youngest children. Later census data indicates that they may have had another child who died young, for a total of eleven.

Notes in quotation marks are from Marcia Farina's excellent family web site, "Deep Roots in Hancock, Co., Illinois":

"A second great-granddaughter of Jesse and Evaline, Anna Hadley, advises that she has a handwritten family history dictated by Evaline Remington Hadley shortly before her death in April of 1927. That history gives June 15, 1829, as Jesse's birth date, but his sister, Marinda, was born on September 22, 1829. Cumulative census listings and information recorded at the time of Jesse's death (his age was said to be 73), tend to indicate that he was born in 1827."

(My note -- censuses I have consulted show his estimated year of birth to be c1828 or 1829. He could have been born either year, even in 1829 if he was a twin, one of which had a later birth. However, I am using Marcia's suggested date for continuity of data.)

"Jesse and Evaline are named as Early Oregon Pioneers; they are said to have arrived in Silverton, Marion County, Oregon, in 1865. In 1866, there is a record of Jesse selling a parcel of land in Sacramento, California, in Township 010N, Range 007E, Section 20."

Jesse married Evaline Remington 16 Jun 1854, Sacramento, CA. Evaline (daughter of Virgilious Remington and Esther E. Doud) was born Abt 1839, OH; died Apr 1927. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the 1850 Federal Census, she is called Caroline, and is 11 years old. The census taker probably misunderstood her name.

Sometime between the 1850 census and her marriage in 1854, she traveled to CA, probably to join her father and other neighbors who had gone from Illinois. Had her father arranged a marriage for her, or was she just going to look after her father (who died in CA in 1858)?

In 1880, Evaline and her husband Jesse and children are living a few doors from her brother, Francis Marion Remington, and his wife and family. Also nearby is brother Elmer and his household, including their mother Esther (Doud) Remington, aged 72.

Notes:

Jesse was a son of Jonas Hadley, Sr., & Azubah Prescott (source: Marcia Farina's family web site, "Deep Roots in Hancock County, Illinois").

Jesse married Lucinda Lawrence Abt 1809, Mt. Holly, Rutland Co., VT. Lucinda was born 19 Apr 1790, Littleton, Middlesex Co., MA; died 29 Jan 1860, Hancock Co., IL; was buried , Hadley Cemetery, Fountain Green, Hancock Co., IL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Lucinda was a daughter of Simon Lawrence & Sibbel Robbins (source: Marcia Farina's family web site, "Deep Roots in Hancock County, Illinois").

Notes:

His middle name may have been Elmer or Elmore.

Virgilius Remington is in the 1830 census at Fowler, Trumbull Co., Ohio.

Virgilious was the sheriff of Carthage, Illinois, during the time when Mormons Joseph Smith and his brother were killed. Later, Virgil went to California during the 1849 Gold Rush. Perhaps that is why he is not at home in Illinois in the 1850 Federal Census.

In 1850 he is living at Kelsey, Eldorado Co., CA. He is listed as age 48, b MA.

From Don Schmidt: "I have corresponded with two distant Remington cousins from Canada who are descended from Virgilius Remington. They had a copy of a life story written by one of Virgilius Remington

Virgilious married Esther E. Doud 6 Jun 1826. Esther was born Abt 1808, CT; died Aft 1 Jun 1880, OR. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the 1850 Federal Census, Ester Remington is age 43, living in McDonough Co., IL, with her children, including son Virgilious and his wife and their (assumed) son, Dewitt.

In the 1880 Federal Census, Esther is a widow age 72, living at Silverton, Marion Co., OR, with son Elmer and his family.

Notes:

Anthony served in the Revolutionary War. His pension claim is #W4791, viewable at NARA on microfilm. I have viewed this file twice. It says he lived in Warwick, RI, where he enlisted in August 1776. He served as a marine (mariner) in Captain Duvall's company, on board the ship Providence, under Captain Abraham Whipple. He later served under Captain Rice until 1781. (see further notes below on military service)

In August 1818 Anthony was residing in Tolland, Hampden County, MA. He appears there in the 1820 & 1830 Federal Censuses. In the fall of 1833 he moved to Ohio, where his daughter Fanny and her husband William P. Barnes had located. In the 1830 census, an Anthony Remington is at Howland, Trumbull Co., OH. Might he have been visiting at that time? His son Virgilius is at Fowler, OH, that year.

The file notes that Anthony died "8-10-30 Nov 1833 in Freedom, Portage County, Ohio." It also states that he was married to Hannah sometime in the winter of 1781/82, probably March, in Westerly, RI. Her year of birth is given as 1762, but no surname is noted; she died 1 Aug 1842 at Fowler, Trumbull County, Ohio.

According to the pension file, in 1820 he stated the names of his children as: Mercy 22, Joseph W. 17, Anthony Rice 13, Lyman I. or J. 6, and Emeline M 3. I do not know where all of his children were born -- RI or MA.

A copy of a Bible record has the following: Rhoda 8 Oct 1782; Josiah 22 Sept 1784; Fannah, Fanny, or Frances 17 Aug 1786, m. 1809 to Wm. P. Barnes, b. in Granville (Tolland), MA; Charles 27 June 1788; Huldah 21 Feb 1791; Hannah 29 Jan 1793; Sally 4 Dec 1796; Mercy 28 Jul 1798; Lyman 28 Mar 1800; Virgilious 6 June 1805; Anthony Rice 7 Nov 1807.

Anthony & Hannah (Otter) Remington moved to Fowler, Ohio, to live with daughter Fannie Barnes, where Anthony died one week after arriving (Nov 11, 1833).

The following note is from Karen Hermann:
"The land records for Josiah Remington place him in Tolland, MA, in Oct 1833 and in Freedom, OH, in June 1834; since his father Anthony died in Freedom on 31 Nov 1833, according to the Anthony's pension record, I believe Josiah was the one who brought him to Ohio. He stated in an affidavit in 1823 that Josiah was his only means of support."

Here is an interesting web site done by one of his descendants: http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/prov.html

From another site:
"Anthony Remington, from Warwick, Rhode Island: Enlisted as a Marine in late August 1776 aboard the frigate Providence, which laid in Providence Harbor at the time, under Capt. Duval, Captain of Marines; and John Channing, 1st Lt of Marines. Term of enlistment: 12 months. Providence was commanded by Commodore Abraham Whipple. Honorably discharged twelve months later while the "Providence" lay in Providence River. Discharge signed by Commodore Abraham Whipple. After leaving the Marine Corps, his health impaired, Remington served every year in the local militia (Pawtuxet Rangers, of which he was a founding member) until 1781, and also as a coast watcher for the Navy. He endured ill health and poverty for the rest of his life, alleviated in part by pensions awarded for his military service. Remington's great-great-great grandson, Alpheus Appenheimer, served with the Marines in France in 1918. His great-great-great-great-great grandson, Mitchell B. Young, served with the Marines in Vietnam."
(source: http://www.hotmcl.org/CM.html)

Granville, MA, records this death:
1787 REMINGTON -, ch. Mr. Remington, -, 1787. P.R.6. more Death Granville
(I don't know how this fits into the family; needs more research. Perhaps an infant was born and died that year.)

Anthony married Hannah Utter 3 Mar 1782, Westerly, RI. Hannah was born 3 Sep 1762, Westerly, RI; died 1 Aug 1842, Fowler, Trumbull County, OH. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Some online genealogies have her surname as Otter, but the Utter family has roots at Westerly among its earliest settlers. This is why I have given her maiden name as Utter. "Otter" may be an English translation of Dutch or German. See the book "Some of the Descendants of Nicholas Utter of Westerly, RI."

I have made an assumption that her birthplace was Westerly, where she was married.

From an email by Donald Clink:
Utter is Swedish for "Otter". Some of early American records refer to this family as Otter. The Utters beginning with Nicholas Utter abt. 1630-1722 are an old Rhode Island family with Nicholas a Swedish soldier recruit settling first in New Sweden (present state of Delaware) and from at least the 1670's onward he and his family are in Newport, Kingstown and Westerly. He died in 1722 and was apparently buried in Stonington, Connecticut near the Rhode Island border.
Donald Clink

Notes:

The exact date of marriage was taken from The Belva Hall Burlingame family history. The Revolutionary War Pension file says sometime in the winter of 1781/2, probably March.