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| 201 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) In the 1850 census, George Remington is age 12, living with his parents and sbilings at Rose, Wayne Co., NY. In the 1860 census, George Remington is age 22, boarding/living at Butler, Wayne Co., NY. He and Wager H. Remington are working together as farm laborers. Wager appears to be his cousin, not his brother, because of his middle initial and his age. I have made an assumption that George Remington, age 30 in the 1870 Federal Census, is the George from this family group. He is living at Savannah, Wayne Co., NY, which is the town where his parents were living in 1860. In 1870 George has a wife, Marian, and two children, Herbert & Minnie. Also there is Mary (Remington or Bixby), age 58 NY. (Bixby has a line through it, suggesting that her name is the same as George's.) Could she be his aunt? George H. Remington of Savannah, NY, was in the Civil War. He was an Orderly Sergeant on 31 Jul 1862 in the 111th Infantry Co. B. George was wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness on 5 May 1864, as also were his cousins Wager H. and Edgar Remington. George was discharged 23 May 1865. (Source: Clark, Lewis H.; Military History of Wayne County, NY; Sodus, NY: Hulett & Gaylord, 1863 & 1883, pp 130 List of Soldiers, Savannah.) | Remington, George H. (I20367)
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| 202 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) In the 1850 census, Wager Remington is age 10 NY and living with his parents and siblings at Hudson, Columbia Co., NY. In the 1860 census, Wager H. Remington is age 20 NY and living/boarding as a farm laborer in Butler, Wayne Co., NY. Also in the same household is George Remington, 22, whom I believe is probably his cousin. In the 1870 census W. H. Remington is age 30 NY and living at Omaha, Douglas Co., NE. He is a bookkeeper and is married to Kate, age 20 NY. In 1880 Wager & Kate are still at Omaha, NE. They are ages 40 & 29; Wager is still a bookkeeper. Source for the following notes: Clark, Lewis H.; Military History of Wayne County, NY; Sodus, NY: Hulett & Gaylord, 1863 & 1883, pp 130 (List of Soldiers, Savannah), 584, & 585. Wager H. Remington was an officer in the Civil War. He was commissioned a 5th Sergeant on 4 Aug 1862 in the 111th Inf. Co. B. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant 9 Dec 1864, and 1st Lieutenant 3 Feb 1865. Wager was wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness, as were also George H. Remington and Edgar Remington, his cousin and his brother. Wager mustered out 3 June 1865. | Remington, Wager H. (I20356)
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| 203 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) In the 1850 Federal Census, Charles & Mary are living at Northbridge, Worcester Co., MA, with their three children. They are next door to Benedict & Mary. In 1880 they are living in Geneseo, Henry Co., Illinois. With them is granddaughter Jennie M. Remington, age 8, born in Illinois. In the 1900 Federal Census, Charles & Mary are living at Shell Rock, Butler Co., IA. He is 79 and she is 80. According to the census data, she has had 4 children, and three are still living. Charles's birth in Mendon, MA, was recorded in Northbridge, MA, VRs. | Remington, Charles Cathcart (I05885)
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| 204 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) In the 1850 Federal Census, Richard & Jane Remington, ages 37 & 36, are living at Hudson, Columbia Co., NY. They have 5 children: Mary 15, Alexander 14, Wager 10, Edgar 8, & Richard 6 months. In the 1860 Federal Census, Richard M. Remington is age 47 and his wife Jane H. is 45. They are living at Savannah, Wayne Co., NY. Three children are in the household: Edgar 18 NY, Richard M. 10 NY, and Arthur 7 NY. In the 1870 Federal Census, Richard & Jane H. Remington, ages 57 & 56, are living at Hudson, Columbia Co., NY. Son Arthur, age 17, is with them. Richard is a coal and feed marchant, while Arthur is a store clerk. Also in the household is Mary Smith, age 35, whom I am assuming is their daughter Mary; she has three sons: Alexander, Herbert, & Frank Smith. | Remington, Richard M. (I20348)
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| 205 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) In the 1870 Federal Census, D. C. Remington is age 51, a carpenter, at Williamsons Valley, Yavapai, AZ Territory. In the 1880 Federal Census, Darius C. Remington is age 61, D, and a watchman, living at Signal, Mohave, AZ Territory. Around 1894 or 1895 he was admitted to the western branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, which had opened in West Los Angeles, CA, in 1888. (for the history of this facility see: http://www.valaro.com/rohistory/ROHistory.htm) Some information on Darius and his siblings was provided by Kay Larsen, a descendant of Oliver Thurston Remington. | Remington, Darius Cruff (I11093)
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| 206 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) In the 1870 Federal Census, Mary Smith, age 35, is living with her parents Richard & Jane H. Remington, at Hudson, Columbia Co., NY. She has three sons: Alexander, Herbert, & Frank Smith. I am not absolutely sure that Mary's husband was John D. Smith, but he was the only Smith with a wife named Mary of the correct age and location in the 1860 census. | Remington, Mary (I20354)
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| 207 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) In the 1880 Federal Census, Silas K. Remington and his wife Emma are living at Boston, Ionia Co., MI. They have two young daughters, Jessie & Susan. In the 1900 Federal Census, the family is living at Miles City, Custer Co., MT. The household consists of: Silas K. 54, Emma 50 (md 30 yrs), Susan 28, Jo (?) 18, Hazel 14, & Marie 9. Silas is still a farmer; daughter Susan is a teacher. | Remington, Silas K. (I20370)
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| 208 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) In the 1880 Federal Census, William P. & Julia Remington are living at Pawtucket, Providence Co., RI. They have four children: Etta B. 8, Alice M. 6, William L. 3, & Arthur E. 2. In the 1900 Federal Census, the family is still living in Pawtucket, RI, at 44 Newberry St. William is 53, Julia is 47, Alice is 26, William is 24, and Arthur is 22. Their birth months and years are given, also. In the 1910 Federal Census, William P., Julia A., and the two sons and daughters-in-law, as well as three grandchildren, are living together at Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH. In 1930 the family is at Manchester, NH, as follows (all surname Remington): Noris 51 RI, Laverna 42 MA, Walter 24 NH, Harold 22 NH, William J. 4 and 3/12 NH (says son but he is their grandson), Penn 82 MA (father), and Julia 82 MA (mother). Ancestry.com's Pawtucket City Directories 1890-1892 lists the following: "William P. Remington, S. B. Havens & Co.'s, driver, house 20 Elm." This is undoubtedly William Penn Remington (see his occupation in the 1880 census). His employer was S. B. Havens & Co., Restaurant, Caterers and Confectioners, 176 Main Street. This was "the largest catering, confectionery and restaurant business in Pawtucket" [RI]. | Remington, William Penn (I15888)
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| 209 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) In the Federal Census of 1860, Benjamin & Susan Servis, ages 26 & 24, are living at Savannah, Wayne Co., NY. The have a two-month-old child, William. In 1870 they are Benjamin & Susan Service, ages 36 & 34, living at Brutus, Cayuga Co., NY. Willy M. is age 10. They are next door to the family of Nathan & Mary Hopkins, where a boarder is Mary Remington 80 NY. What are the connections, if any, among all these individuals? In the 1860 Federal Census, Mary Remington is with the Hopkins family at that time, also. She is age 69 CT. Who is she? (She may be the mother of Philander Remington in the 1850 census at the same town. Who is he?) | Servis, Benjamin (I20381)
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| 210 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) In the Federal Census of 1900, Richard M. Remington is age 50 and his wife Elizabeth F. is age 48. They are living at Omaha, Douglas Co., NE. This is also the city where Richard's brother Wager H. Remington was living in the 1870 & 1880 censuses. In 1900 Richard & Elizabeth have one son, Arthur (age 18? illegible). Also in the household are Anna M. Mosier, 66, mother-in-law; and Ella R. Mosier, 32, sister-in-law. | Remington, Richard M. Jr. (I20359)
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| 211 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) John was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Boyd Scott Remington's ancestry chart has his year of death as 1847. I have not verified the date of death, but the National Archives would have the date of his last pension payment. The Frederick C. King Papers at Newport Historical Society in Newport, RI, give John's date of death as c14 Nov 1847. The DAR Patriot Index has his date of death as 11 Nov 1849; according to Frederick C. King, researcher (see above note), this is in error (see his Remington family manuscript at Newport Historical Society). BSR's chart lists two more children for John: Edward & Samuel (but no dates, no sources, and no other evidence). BSR's chart is known to have numerous errors. In the Jamestown Town Records, there are many references to a John Remington of this time period being a Representative from Jamestown to the General Assembly, member of the Town Council, Overseer of the Poor, Town Sergeant, Town and Council Clerk, Tax Collector, and Warden of the Peace. Brief descriptions and dates for these records are indexed online through the Jamestown Historical Society. In the Federal Census of 1840, John Remington was a Revolutionary War Pensioner, age 79, residing at Jamestown with George Weeden. In a letter dated 4 Nov 1838 written by his son Benjamin E. Remington, John is mentioned: "father is smart for an old man as can be expected." He would have been age 77. (source: "Lydia's Letters, 10 More" compiled by Margie Brown and Virginia Remington Rich) The following is excerpted from his son John's Revolutionary War Pension File, transcribed and provided by descendant Pam Amari: "He in the month of November 1777 belonged to a company of militia in the town of Pomfret, in the county of Windham and state of Connecticut . . . was drafted from said company of militia for term of two months and was marched to New London under Captain Evans of said company . . . After having served out the term of two months for which he was drafted he was discharged and returned home. Again in the month of May 1778 he was drafted from said company's militia for two months and was marched to New London where he was stationed as before in the public service to guard said town from attacks of the enemy. He was in this draft under the command of Captain Evans . . . Again in the summer of 1779 and he thinks in August he was drafted from said company of militia for the term of two months [and as before went] to New London under Captain Evans of said company where he was in the public service . . . At another time, but before or after this last aforementioned service there was a general alarm and the whole of the brigade of militia was ordered out to repel the attack and the marching for New London under the command of General McClaminen who then commanded the brigade of militia, to which your declarant belonged. When after they had marched about ten miles towards New London, received counter orders and we were ordered and we were marched back and discharged at this time all of the officers of our company were ordered out as were also all of the soldiers of said company of militia, to which your declarant belonged . . . And the said Remington [remembers] that he truly and faithfully served his county in the war of the revolution in the months for the full time, aforesaid, making in all between six and seven months he does not recollect any continental or militia regiments except as afore stated. And he further declares that he was born in said Jamestown on the 21st day of October 1761 when he continued to reside with his father until his said father was compelled to leave the state of Conanicut in the month of September 1775 in consignment ? of the continued attacks of the enemys armed vessels in Narragansett Bay under the command of notorious Wallace. He then with his father's family removed to South Kingston on the west side of the bay. His father's house was burned by said Wallace in the month of November following about two months after removal as aforesaid. He lived in South Kingston till March 1776 when he removed with his father to the town of Estes in said state of Rhode Island and then rented till 1777 when he removed with his father's family to said Pomfret in the state of Connecticut where he lived when he was called into service. As aforesaid in March 1780 after the army has evacuated the neighboring island of Rhode Island in Narragansett Bay. He removed back with his father's family to the ruins of the estate in the island of Conanicut which conform the 3rd town of Jamestown where he has ever since lived . . . " This gives us an idea of how and where the family had to relocate during the war. | Remington, John (I04187)
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| 212 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) Please be advised that I do not know for sure that Joseph is a son of William, or that these other individuals also placed here as children of William and siblings of Joseph actually belong here. At the present time this family group is merely a possible family constructed from individuals known to be living at Portsmouth in the 1700s, as was our ancestor Joseph. Research is ongoing to determine the parentage of these individuals, including Joseph. From location and family names, it seems very possible that Joseph was a descendant of Thomas Remington & Mary Allen, and also of a William Remington, as that name is found in a future generation. The RI 1777 Military Census lists Joseph Remington age 50-60 U (unable to serve) at Tiverton, but notes "res. Portsmouth." This probably means that he originally had been from Portsmouth but later moved to Tiverton. (see next note). 14 May 1750: Joseph Remington qualified with certificate for himself and family from Portsmouth to reside in Tiverton (Po Town Council Bk 4 P 49). Did they ever go from Portsmouth to Tiverton that year? (see next note) From the town records of Portsmouth, RI: "The Ear Mark of the Creatures of Joseph Remmington is a fork on the Right Ear and a hapenny under ye same Ear and a Hapenny before & behind the Left Ear -- Entered on Record June ye 18th AD 1754 By Robt Dennis Tn Clerk." This very likely refers to our ancestor, which means that the family -- or at least his farm -- was in Portsmouth during the 1750s. 20 Jun 1757: Joseph Remington, wife & children, were given a certificate from Portsmouth to reside in Richmond (Po Town Council Bk 4 p 118). According to a statement by his son Thomas, our ancestor, the family lived in South Kingstown but later moved to Tiverton sometime after 1760. According to son David's pension file, the family lived in Richmond when he was born. I am not sure of his date of death -- needs more research. A Joseph Remington is living at Tiverton in the 1782 RI Census and 1790 Federal Census; he is not listed in 1800. This may indicate he died between 1790 and 1800. A Joseph Remington witnessed the 22 Nov 1788 will of Mary Anthony, spinster, of Tiverton. Probably it was this Joseph. This needs more research. According to the Burlingame Manuscript, he resided at Scituate and Tiverton. However, the Joseph Remington who was a son of Margaret (Burlingame) Remington lived at Scituate (not Tiverton) and was a different Joseph, based on research by Barbara Chase. Our Joseph lived at Portsmouth, South Kingstown and/or Richmond, and Tiverton. As a result of reading Barbara's research into Scituate and Cranston land evidence, I have come to the conclusion that the published genealogies have confused two Josephs. One of them apparently was born in Warwick 21 Jan 1720/21 and moved to Scituate, where he died 6 Jul 1800. The other was born around the same time (location unknown but possibly Prudence Island), was married in Portsmouth, apparently lived in both Portsmouth and South Kingstown (or Richmond) and later moved to Tiverton (and possibly again Portsmouth for a while?), where he died between 1790 and 1800 (based on census records). However, his date of birth on the gravestone plaque at Tiverton is exactly the same as the date of birth for the one who died at Scituate. It appears that the descendants who had the plaque made were in error about Joseph's date of birth, having used the information for the other Joseph. As a result of this research provided by Barbara, we now must do further research to determine who Joseph's parents are. Any leads are appreciated. Clues might be the names of his sons Benjamin, Joseph, & Thomas; and the names of his daughters Abigail, Phebe, Sarah, & Mary. David was most likely named after David Lake, father of Innocent. David Lake was a resident of Portsmouth, which strengthens the likelihood that Joseph's parents lived there. "There were three REMINGTONs in eighteenth century SK, based on the tax lists: David, John Jr., and Joseph." (source: RIWASHIN-L Archives, 15 May 2007) | REMINGTON, Joseph (I02988)
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| 213 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) Richmond was undoubtedly named for Esther Richmond, an ancestor on his mother's side of the family (his mother's maternal grandmother). In a "fit of insanity" he killed his wife. According to Nailer Tom's diary, Richmond killed his wife then cut his own throat. Supposedly his body was buried in a lone grave near Arkwright in Coventry, off Clark Rd. near cemetery #113 (see RI Cemetery Database, Coventry cemeteries). Newspaper report: "REMINGTON Richmond, near Arkwright factory, while insane killed his wife with an axe and himself with a butcher's knife; he leaves 7 children to deplore the event." (Patriot of May 31, 1823) I have estimated the birth years for three of Richmond & Rosy's children, pending further research. Information on the names of several of the children was shared by Kay Larson, a descendant (contact information available on request). The original source document is located at the University of California Library, Mandeville Special Collections, LaJolla, CA. | Remington, Richmond (I04499)
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| 214 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) Sarah is mentioned as his daughter Sarah Sheldon in her father's will dated 25 June 1803, Coventry. The will of Sarah Sheldon of Cranston, widow of Job Sheldon late of Cranston, dec'd., was dated 27 April 1847, and proved 26 May 1849 at Cranston, RI. It mentions sons Asahel & Thomas Fenner, both deceased, and a (probably) unnamed daughter who apparently had married Andrew Knight. Grandchildren mentioned are children of Asahel -- Leander, Ann Maria, & Mary Jane; children of Thomas -- James M., Thomas R., Alexander W., & Edwin E.; and children of Andrew Knight -- Caroline, & Sarah (Mrs. William S. Minkley). | Remington, Sarah (I04504)
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| 215 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) The birth record at Jamestown says she was the "1st daughter of Stephen & Penellopy, born 29 (?) Sept 1686 at Narragansett." The numbers are difficult to read. | Remington, Mary (I02931)
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| 216 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) The RI Cemetery Database online has her name as Lula E. She is called Lula in the Rainbow Circle records at the RI Historical Society Library, Manuscript Room. Lula and two of her daughters-in-law, Lillian & Anna, were active in the International Order of the King's Daughters & Sons, an organization founded to further Christian principles through helping people (see their web site for more information). The local chapter, called the Rainbow Circle, was founded in Fiskeville, RI, on 18 September 1920. | Brayton, Lucy Ella "Lula" (I05125)
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| 217 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) This is an estimate of John's date of birth. I have placed him in this family group primarily on the basis of the names of his children, which clearly seem to reflect Penelope Parker and her parents. I have found a birth record for neither John nor his presumed sister Hannah, but in her case the marriage record identifies her parents. I am not absolutely sure that Susannah & Abigail were two wives of the same John Remington, but it is a reasonable assumption based on the Jamestown records, which admittedly are confusing at points. Boyd Scott Remington's ancestry chart lists another child, Peleg, in this family group; but that may just be a guess, as Peleg is not in the vital records. BSR gives no date of birth for Peleg, but as his marriage was in 1772, he could possibly fit into this family group. Unfortunately, BSR notes no sources. | Remington, John (I04167)
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| 218 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) Thomas may have been from Prudence Island. See notes below. His will mentions his wife Lydia, sons Thomas and Richmond, and daughters Mary Cruff, Elizabeth LeValley, and Sarah Sheldon (see Rhode Island Genealogical Register" Vol. 9 # 3, p. 237). Thomas Remmington of Prudence is listed at Coventry, RI, in the 1790 Federal Census (1 free white male age 16 and over; 2 free white males under age 16; 1 free white female; and 2 other free persons). He probably is also listed as Thomas Remmington in the 1800 census. His gravestone indicates that he was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. I have photographed his gravestone. This is one of the mystery Remingtons, as I don't know who his parents were. One theory is that he may be a son of Prudence, b.c.1706, daughter of Thomas. In the 1790 Federal Census, there is listed "Thomas Remington, of Prudence" at Coventry. My question is, does this mean Prudence Island, or Prudence, his mother? If it is the name of his mother, possibly it means he was illegitimate, the son of Prudence Remington and the grandson of Thomas Remington of Warwick. However, there remain the other possibilities that his mother was a widow named Prudence Remington, or, that he was from Prudence Island, where there were Remington families in the 1700s (possibly including the family of our ancestor, Joseph). I am leaning toward this latter explanation, that he was from Prudence Island. Could he have been the Thomas born 1732, s/o Jonathan & Lorana (Arnold) Remington? Could he have been a son of William Remington & Mary Manton, who lived on Prudence Island in the 1700s? Or, could he be the son of Matthew Remington & Rachel Estabrook, Thomas b 23 May 1736? I am tending toward this solution, especially since the Thomas born on that date had a sister Rachel who married William Allen in Portsmouth. Also, Matthew himself was possibly born in Portsmouth. | Remington, Thomas (I04444)
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| 219 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) Wager was named after his mother's first husband, Wager Hull. Quite a few boys from Jamestown were named Wager, after Sir Charles Wager, an apprentice to Captain John Hull of Jamestown. Charles Wager later became an officer in the British Royal Navy and was knighted as Sir Charles Wager. His grave is in Westminster Abbey, London, England. I have made an assumption that some of the Remingtons from Columbia County, NY, belong to this Wager and his supposed wife Susannah. My reasons are two: his sister Penelope settled there and is there in the 1850 census; and, the name Wager Remington is found in two NY families in 1850/1860. Wager is a name from Jamestown, as noted above. His wife's name was obtained from Rootsweb's Worldconnect. From later census data it appears that a grandson of Wager & Susannah also married a Mosier (Richard M. Remington, Jr, md Elizabeth F. Mosier). I have made a reasonable assumption that Richard M. Remington, living at Hudson, NY, in the 1850 census, is Wager's son. It seems clear that he was named after his grandfather, Richard Mosher/Mosier. Richard Remington and his wife Jane have a son named Wager H. Remington, undoubtedly named after Wager Hull, as was Richard's father There is another Remington family, William & Antoinette (or Angenett), who have a son named Wager. It appears that these families are very likely related, simply because two sons from the two families are living/boarding together as farm laborers in the 1860 census. Consequently, I have included William as a son in this family group. Mary's name was found at Rootsweb's Worldconnect. | Remington, Charles Wager (I05142)
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| 220 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) William Rimington witnessed the will of Philip Sweet on 12 Dec 1709. First of all, I am not at all sure that William is the father of our ancestor Joseph. At this point it is a possibility, placed here as a working model and subject to change. Research is ongoing to link together the Rhode Island Remingtons. Most of the Remingtons on this family tree are properly linked with documentation noted. However, in the case of a few families, a best-guess scenario is being used until further evidence comes to light. That is the case here. The four names of the children have been chosen because they appear as names (not identified as siblings) in the Portsmouth town records. I am placing them here simply as a working model. According to their father's will, William and his brother Thomas must have been at least 21 in 1710, with William receiving most of the property and designated as joint executor along with his mother; this might suggest that the two older sons were born c1687 and 1689. However, Torrey's "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" says the first child of record was born 1682, and that is the date assigned to Thomas in several reputable genealogies. Consequently, I have given William the birth year of 1682 as the oldest son. However, this means that if he is the one who married Mary Manton, he was at least 43 when they married. This opens up four possibilities: his birth year actually may be later, such as 1687; or, he married later in life; or, he married someone else first and Mary Manton was his second wife; or, he isn't the William who married Mary Manton, in which case he may have an unknown marriage c1700 and a son William Jr. who married Mary. This last idea is the one I have used here, for the time being. William Remington of Warwick was made a freeman of the colony on 1 May 1711 (Bartlett, Records of RI, 4:114). He registered an earmark for his cattle "and other Creatures" on 1 Jan 1712/13 (Early Records of Warwick, p. 10). From this one might assume that William's birth year could not have been after 1690. According to Oliver Payson Fuller's "The History of Warwick, RI," in 1712 William sold his share of the Remington farm, located on the northwest corner of Post Rd. & Cowesett Rd., but reserved the burying ground where his father and grandfather are interred. Portions of the Remington land were later bought by Thomas Jones Spencer & Thomas LeValley. Where did William live after this land sale? I speculate that he may have gone to Prudence Island, where his mother's family resided, and where William himself may have been born. I was informed of a reference to a couple named William & Abigail Remington in the East Greenwich Town Council records of Jan 1742/3 (source: Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, compiler & editor of "RI Roots" and "Gleanings.") Therefore, I have made a tentative assumption that this may be William, the son of Thomas & Mary, and that his wife is the Abigail referenced in the East Greenwich records. Abigail and her family had come to East Greenwich from Prudence Island but did not have the official permission or the financial means to stay there. Her husband William was employed for a year as a servant of Philip Arnold of Warwick, so the East Greenwich Town Council ordered that Abigail and her family be taken to the Arnold home. From Portsmouth Town Council records: 1729: William Remington of PI & family warned out of town of Po (Bk 3 pp 17 & 21) 1737: William Remington & family given certificate from Po to relocate to East Greenwich (Bk 3 p 260) 14 Feb 1742: William Remington of PI qualified with certificate for himself, wife, and children to reside in Warwick for 4-year term if Town Council there accept him (Bk 3 p 289) 20 Jun 1743: William Remington of PI qualified with certificate to reside at Providence with wife and children for 7-yr-term if Town Council there accept them (Bk 3 p 291) Some or all of the above notes from the town records could refer to his (possible) son William who married Mary Manton. SK land evidence, Jan 1722: William Remington witnessed documents of Ebenezer & Mary Smith, regarding bequeathing two negro children named Primus & Dinah. Could this William be the son of Thomas & Mary (Allen) Remington, of Warwick? It is in the correct time frame. However, he might be the individual mentioned in the last paragraph below, who was "of Jamestown" in 1733 (h/o Mary Manton). (I have placed that other William, schoolmaster, as possible son of this William.) At the funeral of a William Remington on 3 March 1764, Elder John Gorton preached on the text John 5:25. I am not sure if that was this particular William Remington, but for the time being I am using that date here, pending further research. (source: Bamberg, Cherry Fletcher. Elder John Gorton and the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, RI. Greenville, RI: RI Genealogical Society, 2001; p. 53) In addition, there was a William Remington, of Jamestown, who was a schoolmaster in 1733. He was most likely the same William Remington who was a schoolmaster at Prudence Island. He married (after 7 Aug 1723) Mary Manton, of Edward, and had several children, including Elizabeth & Anne (m. Vial, had a son John). He is possibly the William Remington who died at Cranston 21 Apr 1768. These two Williams could easily be confused, since apparently they lived during the same time. Could they be father and son? That is my assumption here for the purpose of linking them to the family tree. (needs more research to determine and confirm relationships) | REMINGTON, William (I02906)
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| 221 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) According to Boyd Scott Remington's genealogy chart at RIHSL, John, Jr. was born in 1633 in Rowley, England. He defended Jamestown against the Indians on 28 August 1669, and was granted land in East Greenwich in 1677. He resided in Haverhill and Rowley, MA, and Jamestown & Warwick, RI. According to Carl Boyer III in "Ancestral Lines Revised," and genealogist Gordon L. Remington, John Remington II was born 1623-1624. However, a more recent article by Gordon L. Remington places John's birth c 1630 (source: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 147, p. 371). Alden G. Beaman's article "A Line of Descent from John Remington of Jamestown and Warwick" (RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 20, p.39) gives his year of birth as c. 1625. According to genealogist Armand Lariviere, "John Remington, the founder of the Rhode Island branch of the Remington family, first settled in Haverhill, MA, and became a citizen of Portsmouth, RI in 1669." In Haverhill, MA, in 1661 when 53 lots were drawn, John Remington is listed among the names. He is also among the recipients of land in July 1667, when he received 4 acres in Haverhill. (source: "History of Haverhill Since Settlement in 1640" pp. 92 & 106; on Family Archive CD #502) Some of the following information is from: Paul Remington's web site: http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/Paul-Remington/REMFAM/ "Some History and Genealogy on the Remington Line in England and America" by J. W. Remington "History of Warwick" by Oliver Payson Fuller (at Rhode Island Historical Society Library) "Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts" by Blodgett & Jewett John Remington II, eldest child of John Remington I, was probably born about 1630 (ref: Gordon L. Remington). This John Remington is our ancestor. Boyd Scott Remington's ancestry chart gives his birth year as 1633. John, Jr. was with his family in Newbury in 1637 and in Rowley in 1638. In Rowley records he is mentioned as "junior" and in deeds as "carpenter." He most likely remained there with his father until 1649, when he married Abigail Acie/Acey, and then about 1654 he removed to Andover, where there is a record of him from 1654 to 1656. Around 1661 he settled in Haverhill, MA, but did not remain there very long, because shortly after 1664 he was identified as a member of the colony of Jamestown, RI. Later, in a deed dated June 2, 1670, he described himself as "of the Island of Quanonagutt" (probably phonetic spelling for Conanicut, native name for Jamestown, RI) in the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." This deed transferred a parcel of land in Rowley to Anthony Crosby. [The record states that] "On August 28, 1669, he (John Remington) and two others (John Holmes & Michael Kelly) were named as Conservators of the Peace, and ordered to assemble the inhabitants of Conanicut Island, to consider what may be most suitable for their defense and preservation against any invasion or insurrection of the Indians." Also, in 1677 it was ordered that a certain 5,000-acre tract of land in the East Greenwich area be divided into 100-acre lots, to accommodate inhabitants of the colony as needed. "And further this Assembly do enact, order and declare, for the services rendered during King Philip's War, the persons here named" . . . There follow the names of fifty persons [to receive land] among which is that of John Remington. [Note: likewise our ancestor Capt. Benjamin Gorton, whose daughter Maplet later married Thomas Remington, Jr., grandson of John Jr.] On 6 Sept 1687, John Remington, Junior is on a list for taxes under Gov. Andros, assessing estates of the Towne of Rochester in the King's Province. (Rochester is a former name for North Kingstown, RI.) My observation -- this John Remington could be his son, who married Abigail Richmond and lived in South Kingstown. Around this time [John Remington II] removed to Warwick, RI, where he on Aug. 13, 1709 confirmed an earlier deed of May 24, 1695 in which he had given to his son Thomas Remington of Warwick "all my right which I had at Haverhill, Mass. and [said deed being somehow damaged and nearly illegible], being willing gift, should stand, therefore for love, etc." His son Thomas received a house and town lot at Haverhill containing four acres, also two orchards and 40 acres called "Fishing River." [Note: this son Thomas is our ancestor.] John Jr. died in 1709 in Warwick, RI. Many of his descendants remained in this spot five or more generations later. Like his father John the first, John Jr. was a carpenter. His eldest son, John, was born 12 March 1651 in Rowley, MA; he resided in Newport and Kingston, RI, and died in Jamestown, RI (not sure about this). [This son John (the third) married Abigail Richmond. His brother, John Jr.'s third son, named Thomas, married Mary Allen; this couple are our ancestors.] According to Carl Boyer III, in "Ancestral Lines Revised," p. 337, John II married second to Martha (Unknown). See also: http://www.bugthorpe.eril.net/Bugthorpe%20Village.htm http://www.bugthorpe.eril.net/churches_in_the_garrowby_hill_group_of_paris hes.htm "The Remingtons of Utah, Their Ancestors and Descendants," by Ward J. Roylance | REMINGTON, Lieut. John II (I02854)
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| 222 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) According to Oliver Payson Fuller's "The History of Warwick, RI," published in 1875, Thomas Remington in 1692/3 bought Cowesett farm # 1 consisting of 240 acres for the price of 57 pounds, from John Warner & Philip Sweet. As nearly as I can determine, this property was at the northwest corner of Post Rd. (Route 1) and Cowesett Rd. The next farm westward, bordering Route 2, was later purchased by the Remingtons -- probably Thomas Remington, Jr., who married Maplet Gorton. According to the early town records of Portsmouth, RI, "Thomas Rimmington of Prudence is Admitted a freeman in this town" at a Town Council meeting held 6 June 1692 at William Corey's house (also William Allin of Prudence at the same meeting). Later that same year, the records of a Town Council meeting held on 22 Aug 1692, again at William Corey's house, show that three men were chosen to serve on the next Jury of Tryals at Newport: John Vaughan, Thomas Rimmington, & Joseph Sheffield. These references likely refer to our ancestor, if in fact he was at Prudence Island and a freeman of Portsmouth in the early 1690s. If this is so, then he must have bought property in Warwick shortly after this and later settled there (possibly c1704 -- see note below). His wife was of Portsmouth, so it is reasonable to assume that this is our ancestor and that they were married at Portsmouth. In 1701, Thomas Remington was Constable on Prudence Island. Similarly, genealogist Armand Lariviere says that Thomas initially settled on Prudence Island, Rhode Island, then relocated to Warwick, where he purchased farm #1, the Cowesett Plot, containing 240 acres, in 1693, for 57 pounds. He was deeded land in Haverhill, MA, by his father John in 1695 & 1709. Thomas became a freeman of Warwick in 1704. Sources for information on this family: "Gorton Family Genealogy" "New England Historical and Genealogical Society Register," Vols. 29, 42, 43 "The History of Warwick, RI" by Oliver Payson Fuller Thomas's will mentions his "dearly beloved wife Mary"; names eight sons, six of whom were under age 21 on 20 May 1710; and his two daughters, both under 18. Thomas gave all his lands to sons Thomas, Jr., William, & John -- they to pay legacies to the other children. Based on this will, I have estimated the birth years for his children. Wife Mary and son William were co-executors. John, still under age 21, received 40 acres, and would pay his brother Thomas 10 pounds when Thomas reached age 21. Thomas received 1/2 of all the remaining land, across the north end, and he is to pay 11 pounds to five of his brothers when they reach age 21 -- Daniel, Joseph, Stephen, Matthew, and Jonathan; he also is to pay his sisters Mary and Prudence 7 pounds each when they reach age 18 or earlier if they marry younger than 18. William received the mansion house with the remainder of lands; he is to pay to each of the 5 brothers 11 pounds each at age 21 and the two sisters 7 pounds each at age 18. All the rest of the estate is left to dearly beloved wife Mary and well-beloved son William who are appointed joint executors. Thomas signed his will with a capital R -- the mark of "Tho Rimington." It was witnessed by Samuel Gorton, Edward Earle (his mark), and Elizabeth Gorton (her mark). On 26 Sep 1710 the witnesses appeared before the Town Council of Warwick and made oath that they saw Thomas Rimington sign and seal the will. According to Oliver Payson Fuller's "The History of Warwick, RI," William sold his share of the farm in 1712, but reserved the burying ground where his father and grandfather are interred. Portions of the Remington land were later bought by Thomas Jones Spencer & Thomas LeValley. His gravestone has the inscription T R 23 July 1710. Although recorded by James N. Arnold in 1893, in 1996 the cemetery could not be located. Supposedly, there were four graves -- Thomas and his wife, and son John and his wife. James Arnold described the location as "north of the David Bennett Lot in open pasture without any protection one tomb two graves at feet that of Thomas Remington and his wife and his son John and his wife." The David Bennett Lot is 1400 feet south of Cowesett Rd. across from Hardig Road and west of I 95. | REMINGTON, Thomas I (I02805)
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| 223 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) According to the Jamestown birth record, Clemence was the 4th daughter of Samson & Dinah Battey. As the wife of Gershom Remington, her name has been given as both Clemence and Catherine. I am making an assumption that Gershom's wife was Clemence Battey, whose birth was recorded in the official Jamestown Proprietors Records, Vol. 1, p. 1. The Jamestown birth record has the name as "Clemence Batty." It seems obvious to me that this is the Clemence who married Gershom Remington, especially since they named a daughter Dinah, and Clemence Battey's mother was named Dinah. I have no further proof of her identity, other than this concurrence of data: names, time, and location. | Battey, Clemence (I11821)
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| 224 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) Although I have not found a birth record for Phebe, the marriage record at Jamestown identifies the bride as Phebe Remington, of Gershom & Clemence, of Jamestown. | Remington, Phebe (I05421)
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| 225 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) Her exact date of birth is not legible in the Jamestown records. It says "Sarah Rementon 2nd daughter of Stephen & Penellopy born __ August 1688 at Jamestown." | Remington, Sarah (I02932)
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| 226 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) His middle name was probably Hull. Tiddeman Remington witnessed the will of Joseph Mitchell, 11 May 1784 at Newport. Although in the past I was not sure that Tiddeman belonged in this family group, Clemence (Remington) Cornell's family Bible record places Tiddeman in this family, along with his 7 siblings. I first placed him here because of a number of factors. First of all, his Rev. War pension file states his date and location of birth, and they could place him here in this family. The file also has a reference to a John Remington of Jamestown, RI, although the relationship is not stated. Furthermore, the names of some of his children suggest a relationship to Gershom & Clemence Remington, parents of John. His own name suggests a relationship to Tiddeman Hull. There were at least three individuals with that name, and I believe all were descended from John Hull, Sr. & Alice Tiddeman. Perhaps his mother's maiden name was Hull, or even Tiddeman. There was a Mary Hull at Jamestown of the correct age to be his mother; she was a daughter of Tiddeman Hull b.1682. Lastly, Tiddeman H. Remington lived for a time in Mendon, MA, and Benedict Remington (who I suppose was his brother) also did. (This family needs more research.) Tiddeman H. Remington enlisted in RI as a Private in the Revolution. (Pvt. RI PNSR) His pension file is difficult to read. From what I can decipher, as of 1831/32 Tiddeman was "of Newport"; Sept 1832 he was of Mendon, MA, when he appeared in court at Newport; he went to MA as of 4 Mar 1838; had also lived in Brooklyn, MA, for 3 years. His truthfulness was sworn to by John Remington and Ebenezer Carr of Jamestown, RI. Tiddeman was brought up in Jamestown, and moved to MA in 1822. In the 1830 Federal Census, Tiddeman is residing at Mendon, Worcester County, MA. It was there that he applied for a Revolutionary War Pension on 14 Sep 1832. The DAR Patriot Index says he died in 1843 in MA; the Mendon, MA, records say he died in 1842, no specific date, and that he was a Pensioner: "Tideman Remington died of Old age ____ 1842 Aged 88 years Husbandman & a pentioner." From David Gips: "There is a death citation for Tiddeman Remington in the Massachusetts Spy (Worcester) 1 Mar 1843: 'In Mendon (Blackstone village) Feb 16th Mr. Tideman (sic) Remington, a Revolutionary pensioner, formerly of Jamestown, RI 83.' " | Remington, Tiddeman H. (I07813)
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| 227 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) I have estimated the birth years of some of John & Phebe's children. John Martin's will was witnessed by John Remington, James Carr, Jr., and Gershom Remington, Jr. | Martin, John (I03845)
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| 228 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) In the 1900 Federal Census, the family is living at Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA: Walter S. 41, Ida 39, Nina 9, Estella 7, Curtis 3, & Dennis 9 mos.; and sister-in-law Annie Thetford, 25 GA. In 1910 they are at Bozeman, Muscogee Co., GA. Ida is no longer with them. The household includes Walter 50 or 51, Nina 18, Estelle 16, Curtis 13, and Dennis 10 (all surname Remington), and sister-in-law Annie Thetford 33. In 1920 Walter is widowed and living at Columbus, GA, with his two daughters, Nina & Estella, 29 & 26, both single. | Remington, Walter S. (I01520)
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| 229 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) In the original Jametown birth records he is identified as the "1st son of Gersham & Clemence." The month is unclear (Feb?) and the day appears to be 5th, although others have tranbscribed it as 3rd. According to his gravestone data, he died at age 31. His wife's age at death is given as 29. Why did they both die young? He was a freeman and a Captain in the Jamestown Militia in April 1744. | Remington, Captain Benedict (I04078)
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| 230 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) In the will of her sister, Hannah Sheffield, proved 8 Oct 1821 at North Kingstown, RI, Elizabeth is mentioned as the wife of Tiddeman Remington of Jamestown. Also mentioned is another sister Sarah, wife of Josiah Shove of Mendon, MA, as well as a deceased brother (name not readable) and three nieces, Mary, Elizabeth, & Hannah. There is no mention of a husband or children, so the implication is that Hannah is single. The DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition, Part III, P-Z, p. 2435, identifies the wife of Tiddeman H. Remington as Elizabeth Sheffield. Elsewhere it has been suggested that she was Elizabeth Anthony, probably because of Ann/Nancy's middle name. | Sheffield, Elizabeth (I07814)
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| 231 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) Is this "Alice," as some researchers have transcribed her name, or is it Ases or Asa or Acie? Very possibly she was named for her father's mother, Abigail Acey/Acie. The original record at Jamestown says Ases (p. 1 of Jamestown Proprietors Records, Vol. I). It also says that she was the 4th daughter born to Stephen & "Penelaty." The exact date is illegible: 16__ _______ber 28th day. | Remington, Ases "Acie" (I02938)
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| 232 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) Jamestown town records identify Stephen as the 2nd son of Stephen & Pennelipy, born 29 Martch 1696. According to the book "Remington Family" compiled by genealogist Martha A. Benns, there were two Stephen Remingtons, apparently both born around the same time -- one a son of Thomas & Mary (Allen) Remington of Warwick, and the other a son of Stephen & Penelope Remington of Jamestown, RI. The first one is mentioned in his father's will; the birth of the second is recorded at Jamestown. A Stephen Remington witnessed a 1762 Jamestown will along with Gershom Remington, Jr., possibly his nephew. Also, according to James N. Arnold, a Stephen & Clemence Remington had a daughter, Dinah, recorded in the Jamestown vital records (this may be a clerk's or transcriber's error -- needs more research; probably was Gershom & Clemence). A Cranston will was witnessed by a Stephen Remington in 1751; was this the other Stephen, son of Thomas & Mary? Probably. Which is the one who married Lydia Rhodes, daughter of Peleg? And, which is the one who married Mercy Fenner, widow of Thomas? Or, were they the same Stephen? I believe not. I am confused about Martha Benns's data showing the Stephen of Jamestown marrying Mrs. Fenner. She is in the RI Cemetery Database, but not he. Her grave is in Warwick Historical Cemetery #3, in Pawtuxet, off Post Road. At the present time, I am placing Mercy with the other Stephen, of Warwick, which seems more logical. Other research seems to confirm this. Also, in 1762 a Stephen Remington was ensign, against Canada, of the Militia Company for Jamestown. This may have been the son of Stephen & Penelope, although he would have been age 66. If there was a younger Stephen in Jamestown at this time, I have not yet discovered his identity. However, there may well be significant gaps in our information on the Remington families of Jamestown. | Remington, Captain Stephen (I02936)
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| 233 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) Sarah, under 18 daughter of Peter & Sarah (Cook ?) Parker, was mentioned in the 3 Oct 1727 Portsmouth will of Thomas Cook. It was her sister Penelope who married Daniel's brother Stephen. | Parker, Sarah (I05443)
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| 234 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) The birth record at Jamestown Town Hall reads: "Pennellapy Remmytun daughter of Stephen Remmytun & Pennellipy born ye 1st month 10th day 1700/01." | Remington, Penelope (I02941)
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| 235 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) The original birth record at Jamestown reads: "Gershum Remmenton sun of Stephen & Pennelipy 3 December 1690." Land records show Gershom Remington signing transactions with his wife, Clemence, on 31 Dec 1733. Some genealogists have her name as Catherine. Was Catherine a second wife; or, perhaps simply the name was misread (?). In 1735 Gershom was Ensign of the Militia for Jamestown, and later was promoted to Lieutenant on the resignation of William Battey; again he served in this position in 1736. Was there another daughter named Aase or Acie? Here is this listing from the RI Cemetery Database: REMINGTON AASE 1722c - 29 NOV 1744 JM002 | Remington, Gershom (I02934)
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| 236 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) The RI Cemetery Database lists the grave of a Capt. Stephen Remington in the Friends' Cemetery on Eldrid Ave. in Jamestown. It says he lived from c. 1661 to 19 Feb 1739. Is this the same individual? Probably. However, his brother Daniel was born in Oct 1661, so that makes it less likely that Stephen was born that year, unless he was a twin. The old records at the town hall in Jamestown, "Proprietors Records, Vol. I, 1672 - 1859," contain clerks' notes on the town meetings over the years. Many of these proprietors' meetings, convened quarterly (at least), were held at "Stephen Remmentun's house." For example, on the following dates the meetings were at his house: 18th day of 1698, 19 July 1698, 18 July 1699, 17 Oct 1699, 16 July 1700, 15 Oct 1700, 20th of May 1701, 15 July 1701, 21 Oct 1701, and possibly others. Meeting notes also show that Stephen was listed as present and a member of the Town Council in May 1702 (unclear date?) and 20th day of 5th month 1703 (this would have been 20 July). On 15 March 1697/98, Stephen Rementon was chosen Grand Juryman. Stephen Remmgtun was chosen one of the foremen of the Town Council on 20 April 1703, along with Joseph Morey, John Hull, and John Weeden. The notes for 20 July 1697 record that "Stephen Reminton is licensed to keep a house of Entertainment for Strangers & Town dwellers for one whole year." Besides telling a lot about this individual, these various notes mentioned above show the many creative spellings of the name, and also provide clues as to how it was pronounced. On 27 Oct 1708, Jahleel Brenton, as executor of the will of William Brenton, deceased, filed an appeal with the RI General Assembly against Stephen Remington. At issue were 256 acres on Jamestown. The decision was in favor of the appellant, allowing him to redeem the mortgage of this land. However, Stephen appealed to The Crown and -- although the wording is somewhat obtuse -- was favored by the outcome. An official royal document (probably the original) is on file in the RI Historical Society Library manuscript archives, giving the details of the royal decree: "at Court of Kensington 31 July 1710 . . . Present, The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty and six others named . . . the petition and appeal of Stephen Remington in the Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, from a Decree given against him at a General Assembly in the Colony in Oct. 1708 in favor of Jahleel Brenton & it appearing that the proceedings in the applicant's cause hath been erroneous & that the Court had no jurisdiction therein. Her majesty with the advice of the Privy Council is pleased to order as it is hereby ordered that the government . . . of the Colony take notice & govern themselves herein as to them shall respectively appertain." Angela Cosby's data indicates that Stephen was born in 1659 at Rowley, Essex, MA. She is a descendant. Other info from Angela: 1688, Grand Jury; 15 July 1695 elected Ensign and subsequently was Captain. Boyd Scott Remington's ancestry chart says Stephen became a freeman in 1696, and was a Captain in the Jamestown militia. Alden G. Beaman gives his year of birth as c. 1666, and says he administered his estate 2 March 1738. He and his family lived in Jamestown, RI, according to "Representative Men of Old Families of Southeastern MA," V. I, p. 173. More information on Stephen and his family can be found in John O. Austin's "The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island." | Remington, Captain Stephen (I02902)
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| 237 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) The will of Thomas Cook, dated 6 Feb 1674 at Portsmouth, mentions a Penellope Parker under age 18, daughter of Peter & Sarah (prob. Cook) Parker. She would have been born after 1656. Also, an estate settlement of Peter Parker, d. 3 Oct 1727 Westerly, mentions a daughter Penelope. | Parker, Penelope (I02903)
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| 238 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) They may be the John & Sarah Remington, ages 28 & 27, living at Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME, in 1860. In the 1870 Federal Census, John & Sarah are both aged 38 and are living at Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA. They have two sons: John, 8, and Ernest, 5, both born in Maine. Also with them is Mary Remington, 45 MA, probably John's sister. By 1880 John is living at Nances, Muscogee Co., GA. He has another wife, so probably Sarah has died. The household consists of: John Remington 48 MA (works in cotton mill), Frances 39 GA (his wife), John Remington 17 ME (son - clerk in grocery store), William Remington 21 MA (works in cotton mill-- not sure who he is), James Bostwick 18 MA (brother-in-law, works in cotton mill), Ella Bostwick 49 (boarder), and Mary Heard 39 GA (boarder). In 1900 John Remington is 68 and living in Ward 6, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA. Frances is age 49, but probably it should read 59. Also, it says they have been married 17 years, but that does not seem right either. They are with his son John and family. | Remington, John Jr. (I08753)
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| 239 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.) I am assuming that Gershom Remington, Jr. is a son of Gershom Remington, although he could be just a younger Gershom in the community, son of another Remington. He witnessed the 1762 codicil to the will of John Hull, and the 1771 will of John Martin, father of Hannah (Martin) Remington, wife of Benjamin. He also was mentioned as "Uncle Gershom Remington, Jr." in the 1773 will of Gershom Franklin (son of Mary Franklin) who was headed out to sea on a voyage (Gershom, Jr. had a sister Mary who married George Franklin). The 1777 RI Military Census lists Gershom Remington, age 16 - 50 A, of East Greenwich. The Newport Mercury of 17 Apr 1784 reported the marriage of Gresham Remington & Mary Hull, widow, at Jamestown. So, this is a second marriage for Mary. One online source refers to her as Mary Martin, which may well be her maiden name. Death notice in the Columbian Centinel of 5 Jan 1793: "Gersham Remington, d. in Jamestown." I am assuming this notice is for this particular Gershom Remington. Apparently he died of smallpox -- see notice below. ID Number T2007.003.005 Collection Town Records (Jamestown) "Meeting announcement, handwritten; warrant for town council meeting to announce Gershom Remington has small pox and to discuss methods to prevent spread of the disease; issued by John Eldred, December 19, 1792." | Remington, Gershom Jr. (I04890)
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| 240 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and/or to other sources as noted herein.) There may have been two Daniels in this family, one of whom died young. Conflicting data is given by various genealogists. Boyd Scott Remington's chart gives his birth date as 2 Oct 1641. "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" ( by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1985) lists a marriage of Daniel Remington to Hannah, with the birth of a child c. 1671, Boston. I am making a guess that it may well have been this Daniel, as he would have been about 29. Did he marry second to Elizabeth (Sanford) Dyer, widow of Henry Dyer, after Feb 1690? (see above reference) I have placed her with the other Daniel, b. 1661 (son of John II), because that Daniel's first wife died before 1690, and also that Daniel himself died not long after that. Elizabeth later remarried. A Daniel Remington was deeded property in Essex Co., MA, on 20th 6 mo (Aug) 1674 by Thomas & Mahitabell Remington (source: "A Remington Family History" by Lois Remington Smith, p. A-6). A Daniel Remington was "of Boston" in 1680. It may have been this one, which is why I have made a tentative assumption that he died after 1680. It is not certain that Thomas was his son, but it is a reasonable assumption, since Daniel seems to be the only one of John's sons who could have been his father. | Remington, Daniel (I02865)
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| 241 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and/or to other sources as noted herein.) His birth record at Rowley, MA, says "last day 12m 1639." At this time March was the first month of the year. Jonathan settled at Cambridge, MA, where he was quite prominent in public life and military affairs. At various times he was Selectman, Town Clerk, and Treasurer. He was a captain in command of a military company during the winter and spring of 1675/76, and was active in the Indian War in 1689 at Groton, and in 1691 at Wells. He served with the Cambridge men under Capt. Davenport and in the Narragansett Campaign, King Philip's War, and was at the Great Swamp Fight. In the following winter, he was active in the command and supply of some of the garrisons in the interior towns. (see "New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Register," Vol. 42, p. 96 and Vol. 8, pp. 317-320) From 1682 until his death on 21 April 1700, he was proprietor of the original Blue Anchor Tavern at Cambridge, which he bought from his brother-in-law Andrew Belcher, Jr. His widow, Martha (Belcher) Remington, continued to run the tavern and inn until May of 1705. Jonathan Remington left a large family, among whom was Jonathan, born 27 July 1677, who graduated from Harvard in 1696 and was a professor there from 1703 to 1707 (see "New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Register," Vol. 46, pp. 5 & 6 and Vol. 8, pp. 317-320). Later he was Judge of the Probate Court for over forty years and was very highly esteemed for his learning, ability, and high character. One online family tree also has a Joseph & Elizabeth among his children (no source noted). I have included them here simply because there is space and therefore children may have been born during those years. Jonathan & Martha probably had a daughter named Mary who died 3 Dec 1690 (Cambridge VRs). | Remington, Captain Jonathan I (I02861)
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| 242 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and/or to other sources as noted herein.) John and Abigail and family were residents of Newport and Kingstown, RI, according to "Representative Men of Old Families of Southeastern MA," V. I, p. 173. Boyd Scott Remington's ancestry chart has John's date of birth as 12 March 1651. He became a freeman 30 April 1678. See notes for his father. Some of the information cited there could pertain to this John Remington. | Remington, John III (I02879)
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| 243 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and/or to other sources as noted herein.) John Remington, the first Remington ancestor in America, came here about 1637 and settled at Newbury, MA (just north of Boston), where he became a freeman (full-fledged citizen) 22 May 1638 (one source says 1639). About two years later he moved to Rowley, MA (probably to be with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and his party from Rowley, Yorkshire, England), and was commissioned a lieutenant of the first military company there on 13 May 1643, under the command of Capt. Sebastian Brigham. He had a two-acre house lot there (Rowley is close to Newbury, a little to the southwest). Later he moved to Roxbury, MA (now a city neighborhood just south of Boston), and reconstructed its meetinghouse in 1658. He became a proprietor there and is also mentioned in the town records of April 1662 as "late inhabitant of Rowley now of Roxbury." He sold land there in 1659 and 1662. His wife Elizabeth died at Rowley in 1657, after which he married Rhoda Gore, widow of John Gore. Some online genealogies have her maiden name as Rose (?). She survived him and later married Edward Porter as her third husband. (See "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" by Clarence Almon Torrey; also Rootsweb's Worldconnect -- Debora Heath's data) Genealogist Armand Lariviere tells his story with some variations: John Remington, the youngest of 10 children, came to America in 1638 with Ezekiel Rogers [but he probably came earlier] and a group that included 20 families from Rowley, England. They founded Rowley, MA, where John became a freeman on 22 March 1639 [38?]. Other records show the following about him: was granted land on Weathersfield St., 1643; was made Sergeant of the militia, 14 May 1645; was lieutenant of the Rowley Co., Pequot War, 26 May 1647; was a carpenter and a schoolteacher, 1656; was left L300 capital and L30 annuity by his father, and L10 annuity by his brother Timothy. John Remington moved to Roxbury between 1659 and 1662; married (2nd) Rhoda Gardner Gore (widow of John Gore) b. 1607, d. 1693. Rhoda later married Edward Porter, on 13 June 1674 (he b. ca. 1610, d. 1677). His estate was administered by son Jonathan and son-in-law John Stedman of Cambridge, MA. Some genealogists and many Remington family members connect this first Remington immigrant to the lineage of Archdeacon Richard Remington, who married Elizabeth Hutton, daughter of Archbishop of York Matthew Hutton. These families are associated with several locations in England: Rowley, Lund, Garrowby, Lockington, and Kirby Underdale in Yorkshire; and Rimington, now in Lancashire but (I think) formerly in Yorkshire (before county boundaries were changed). There is some evidence for believing that John Remington is indeed of this lineage, but no absolute proof has been found. At the very least, there are definite indications that he had ties to Yorkshire. (See also "Ancestral Lines Revised" by Carl Boyer III, pp. 336 & 337 for similar information with some slight variation in dates.) Archbishop Hutton was sympathetic toward Puritans at a time in history when they were being marginalized and punished. (See Wikipedia article) The following information is from three sources: "Some History and Genealogy on the Remington Line in England and America" by J. W. Remington "History of Warwick" by Oliver Payson Fuller (at Rhode Island Historical Society Library) Paul Remington's web site: http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/Paul-Remington/REMFAM/ John was baptized in Yorkshire, England, Feb. 7, 1599/1600. (This is the date of baptism of John Remington, youngest son of Archdeacon Richard Remington 1548-1615 of Yorkshire, England. It is believed very likely that this is the same individual as John Remington, the first Remington immigrant. However, absolute "proof" does not exist.) The departure of the Remingtons from England was probably on religious grounds. Three thousand persons left for America from different parts of England in 1637. In 1638 the Reverend Ezekiel Rogers, rector of Rowley, near Beverly - 20 miles from Garrowby, left for America with all the farmers of his parish for religious reasons. Rogers, a Puritan sympathizer, had been suspended for not conforming to certain regulations for public worship, as prescribed by Charles I and Archbishop Laud. On reaching America these colonists [with Rev. Rogers] found other Yorkshire people near Boston [including John Remington and his family]. They joined forces with these earlier settlers and formed a new settlement near Salem, Mass., which they called Rowley after the old home of so many of them. The town charter was dated 4 Sept 1639. For nearly five years they held land and labored in common. It was not until 1643 that a home lot was laid out for each family. All the records seem to agree that John Remington the first [immigrant] landed at Newbury, in what is now known as Massachusetts, in the year 1637. It also seems clear that his first child, John the second, was born in England about 1623-24. The date of birth of John Remington the first is not known, but it may be assumed that if his first child was born in 1628, he may have been married about 1626, and it would be reasonable to think that he was about 22 or 23 years of age when he married. If all these assumptions are correct, he may have been born about 1604/5. The records show that he remained at Newbury for two years and at the end of that time he was made "freeman" and removed to Rowley, Massachusetts. The move to Rowley was made in 1639 and in that connection, it may be of interest to note that Reverend Ezekiel Rogers, who was the founder and first minister of Rowley [Massachusetts], came to America in the ship John, sailing from Hull, Yorkshire, and landed at Boston, New England, on December 2, 1638. Rogers and his company wintered in Salem, Ipswich, and Boston, whence they began to look for a permanent home . . . They finally selected a place on the shore between Newbury and Ipswich where they, with about forty other families who had joined them, settled in 1639. [Ezekiel Rogers' new plantation was called Rowley. Rev. Rogers had been born in 1590, and had been a minister for 17 years at Rowley, Yorkshire, before coming to America.] These facts regarding Rogers are given because they seem to point strongly to the possibility that John Remington the first joined Rogers' company and went to Rowley with [them]. Bear in mind that he, too, came from Yorkshire. (*see addional notes below on Rogers) The streets of the town were officially laid out in 1643 . . . One of the lots went to John Remington . . . two acres, bounded on the west side by the commons . . . It appears that John Remington the first resided at Rowley until about June 1657, when he conveyed to Jochim Reyner his dwelling house, lot, and pasture. In April 1662 he described himself as late of Rowley, now of Roxbury . . . It is also stated that by deed dated October 22, 1662, he, then of Roxbury, conveyed four score acres of land in Rowley on the Merrimack River to William Sterling of Rowley. Boston Records, Roxbury, Vol. 43, states as follows: "The name of Lieutenant John Remington is associated with the First Church of Roxbury, which was a crude and unbeautiful structure with a thatched roof, destitute of shingles or plaster, without a gallery, pew, or spire. The people sat on plain benches, the women and men on opposite sides of the house. In 1646 the first house was put in 'safe repair' and in 1656 the ends were clapboarded . . . [On] January 12, 1658, it was agreed that the meeting-hawes be repaired for the warmth and comfort of the people; namely that the hawes is to be shingled and also two galleries built, with three seats in a gallery, one at the one end of the hawes and the other at the other end. Also the hawes to be plastered within side with plaster and haire; also for the seting out of the howse, that some pinakle or other ornament be set upon each end of the hawse . . . and the charge to be borne by the several inhabitants of the town by way of a rate. For which work Lieut. John Remington is to have twenty-two pounds; more, if the work deserveth more; less, if the work deserveth less." The exact date on which John the first removed from Rowley and settled in Roxbury is not known. However, historians fix the date as about June 1657 . . . [He] lost his first wife, Elizabeth, in 1657/58 and was married a second time, possibly sometime in 1659, to Mrs. Rhoda Gore, widow of John Gore . . . who had settled at Roxbury in 1635. John Remington died at Roxbury 8 April 1667 [should be June], leaving no will. About Yorkshire, from the website origins.net: Prior to 1974, when new boundaries were introduced, Yorkshire was by far the largest county in England. Split into three Ridings - North, West and East - derived from the Viking word "thrithing," meaning third part, Yorkshire boasted over 3.75 million acres and laid claim to a recognizable identity dating back to Anglo-Saxon times. * Additional notes on Rev. Ezekiel Rogers from Rootsweb's mailing list archives for Eng-East Yorks, 2000: "Ezekiel Rogers was a 17th century Rector of Rowley (sw of Beverley in the East Riding) who disapproved of games being played on a Sunday. Because of this, he refused to read out the Book of Sports in his church, in spite of an order that it should be read in every church in the country. As a consequence of this, he was turned out of his living and, together with 20 families from Rowley, emigrated to America . . . Ezekiel Rogers held the degrees of bachelor and master of arts from Christ's College Cambridge. After serving as chaplain in the family of Sir Francis and Lady Joan Barrington, the latter the aunt of Oliver Cromwell, at Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, he was presented by his patron to the rectorship of St Peter's at Rowley, in Yorkshire which drew its congregation from the neighbouring hamlets of Bentley, Hunsley, Riplingham, Risby and Little Weighton. He was there for 17 years where he embraced the principles of non separating Congregationalism. He apparently met with no molestation as long as Tobie Matthew, George Montaigne and Samual Harsnett held the see of York. With the advent of Richard Neile, conditions changed however, and for "refusing to Reade that accursed Booke that allowed sports on Gods holy sabbath" he was suspended. Despite efforts by Archbishop Neile over a period of two years to reclaim him to orthodoxy, he gathered a small company of Yorkshire adherants and set for for London (they sailed from Hull). In the spring of 1638 he resigned his living at Rowley from aboard ship sailing for new England . . . The families who went with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers in 1638 (18 years after the Mayflower) to Massachusetts Bay were mostly of 'good estate.' There were 20 families . . . The Town of Rowley was founded in 1639 by the Reverend Ezekiel Rogers and a band of 20 families from Rowley, Yorkshire, England. The group sailed on the ship John of London bringing with them the first printing press to be used in America, the famous "Daye Press" which was to be set up in Cambridge." The Rowley Manor Hotel in East Yorkshire is said to have been built by Rev. Rogers in 1621 as the rectory to Saint Peter | REMINGTON, Lieut. John I (I02808)
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| 244 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and/or to other sources as noted herein.) Paul Remington's web site has her year of death as 1736 (need to verify this). This agrees with "Ancestral Lines Revised" by Carl Boyer III, p. 337. There is a possibility that Hannah had a twin sister Mary who died at birth or shortly after. The Rowley vital records list a burial for Mary Remington, daughter of John & Elizabeth, in 1643. (I haven't seen the original; needs more research.) Boyd Scott Remington's chart has her birth date as 19 Apr 1643; but the fourth month at that time was June. | Remington, Hannah (I02866)
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| 245 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and/or to other sources as noted herein.) Possibly there was only one Joseph, and no one knows whether John I or John II was his father. (see note for Joseph b. 1650) "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" by Clarence Almon Torrey lists a marriage of Joseph Remington & Unknown, on the basis of a child born 1680. There is a notation that the family lived in Jamestown, RI. On 27 Feb 1679/80, a Joseph Remington witnessed land evidence concerning William Clarke of Portsmouth (RI) who sold land to Edward Lay of Portsmouth. It was land recovered against the estate of John Paine of Prudence Island, deceased. Jamestown Proprietors Records, p. 4, states that Joseph Remington was admitted freeman of "this towne." The date is faded and the page is torn; it may have been about 1680. I did not find any later references to Joseph, other than the birth of a son John in 1680; so whether Joseph moved away or died soon after, is a mystery. He may have moved to Prudence Island or Newport, where a few Remingtons have been found in a later generation. Or, possibly he moved out of state and is ancestor of some of the Remingtons elsewhere whose early ancestry is as yet undiscovered. There is the possibility that this Joseph is our ancestor, perhaps the grandfather of our Joseph who married Innocent Lake at Portsmouth in 1744. This is an intriguing possibility, because of the reoccurrence of the name Joseph in our family line. | Remington, Joseph (I02894)
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| 246 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and/or to other sources as noted herein.) Thomas and his elder brother, John the second [Jr.], were born in Yorkshire, England, and came to America with their parents. They may have come from the town of Rowley. Clarence Almon Torrey, in "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," estimates Thomas's year of birth as 1633. Genealogist Gordon L. Remington suggests 1633, in his article "Sabin-Remington-Hunt Notes" in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Oct. 1993, p. 371. Thomas was a freeman at Rowley, MA, in 1651. His home there is mentioned in the inventory of his father's estate. In the early 1670s he moved to Connecticut, which at that time was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He became a freeman at Windsor in 1672; he was granted land in in Suffield in 1674, and was selectman in 1682. Dewey's book says he moved to Suffield prior to the birth of his son Benjamin in 1677, and took the oath of allegiance in 1679 with his sons Thomas & John, they being then 16 years old and upwards. He was selectman there for six terms between 1682 and 1699; and tithingman for two terms -- 1693/94 and 1699/00. "The History of Suffield" by H. S. Sheldon speaks of Thomas Remington, son of John of Newbury, as having had a grant of land of sixty acres on Feather Street, Suffield, and his son Jonathan had a grant of thirty acres next to his father's lot. Remington Street in Suffield, once called Northampton Road, takes its name from this family. (See "Thomas Remington of Suffield, Conn. and Some of His Descendants" by Louis Marinus Dewey, published in 1909 by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.) From the Suffield Historical Society website: "The settling of The Town of Suffield as part of Massachusetts began in 1670. The first settlers were all land grantees, given land if they moved to Suffield and improved their land. Between 1670 and 1682, grants of 40 to 60 acres were typically given depending on family size and status. The 30 families identified here were all proprietors [original land grantees] of the Town of Suffield [includes Thomas Remington] . . . Suffield is recorded as Suffield, CT in this Suffield database even though it was Suffield, MA until 1749." Thomas was called "Goodman Remington" in early records. In 1690 he was one of five men on a committee assigned to find a minister for the town -- "to dispense the things of God unto them, and repair the breaches amongst them, and reunite them all again in peace and love." (See "Remingtons of Utah. . . " by Ward Jay Roylance, p. 128.) Thomas Remington, second son of John the first, moved to Connecticut, where he was the first of the Suffield, CT branch of the Remingtons. He married Mehitable Walker in Rowley, MA in 1658, and became a freeman there in 1672. About 1677 he removed to Suffield and died there 22 Feb. 1721. (Further material on Thomas and this branch of the family can be found in: the Encyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 4, p. 243; and New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 63 & 64, compiled by L. M. Dewey.) [For more info on this family, see the following web site by Paul Remington:] http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/Paul-Remington/REMFAM/ | Remington, Thomas (I02857)
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| 247 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, Remington researcher, and to other sources as noted herein.) A Remington family Bible record says that this Thomas Remington was one of triplets, the other two of whom died young. This Bible belonged to Mrs. Mary E. Remington, wife of James D. Remington, great-grandson of Thomas. However, Fuller's "History of Warwick" says that his son Thomas was one of triplets. He is undoubtedly the Thomas Remington who in March 1744 agreed to take over management of the estate of his brother Stephen Remington, laborer of Warwick, who was "non compos mentis." The original document is witnessed and co-signed by Stephen and Daniel Remington, probably Thomas Jr. and Stephen's uncles. Thomas was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, along with some of his sons. Oliver Payson Fuller, in his book "The History of Warwick, RI," says four of the Remington brothers (sons of Thomas III, likely the four oldest) were in the American army during the war of the Revolution. According to the manuscript "Revolutionary War -- Burial Place & Service of RI Patriots," found at the Knight Library in Providence (now at Providence Central Public Library), Thomas was a Private in the Pawtuxet Rangers in 1778. It says he was buried in the family lot on the Remington Farm, north side of Cowesett Road near Quaker Lane (Route 2). This historical cemetery is located behind the Stop & Shop plaza at the intersection of Cowesett Rd. and Bald Hill Rd./Quaker Lane/Rt. 2. Thomas's gravestones (headstone and footstone) have been photographed. In the RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 17, pp. 204 & 205, there is a list of graves at or near this location. It refers to "the Remington farm now owned by George Dawley," and mentions an Arnold family burial plot northwest of his house, and another cemetery "on the Remington farm north of the house." This is where Thomas & Abigail are buried. This lot has about 15 marked burials, Remingtons and Arnolds, plus some unmarked graves. According to early records described in "Family Notes" (formerly at Knight Library, now at Providence Central Public Library), this family's "Remington Farm" extended from Cowesett Rd. (at Quaker Lane) northward to the next road (probably the location of present-day Rt. 117) for a mile, then eastward a 1/2 mile, so that it was rectangular in shape. This was on the east side of Quaker Lane. According to Oliver Payson Fuller's "The History of Warwick, RI," it was Cowesett farm #2 on the old plat map laid out in the 1600s; it was originally owned by John Smith, and later by the heirs of Lieut. Eliza Collins, and subsequently by Samuel Barnes of Swansea, from whom it was purchased by Thomas Remington II (who died in 1723 at age 41). Also on Cowesett Rd. but west of Quaker Lane (Rt. 2) was the "Col. Waterman Place," where our ancestors Capt. John & Mercy Waterman are buried (near the corner of Kulas & Cedar streets). This was on the south side of Cowesett Rd., roughly across from where Evelyn's Villa and the Cowesett Inn are today. Across from the Waterman place was the Arnold farm (the area where Pep Boys and the Ricci home are now located), purchased from Robert Potter's heirs by Israel Arnold of Pawtuxet in 1707. An entry in Elder John Gorton's pastoral journal notes that he preached 23 Sept 1764 on I Peter 4:18 at Thomas Remington's [house]. Editor Cherry Fletcher Bamberg writes, "Although Thomas and Abigail Remington, who lived at Cowesett, were not official members of the church, they hosted occasional meetings and had a substantial running account with Elder Gorton in the mid-1760s. Purchases included needles of silk, thread, flour, 'Bisket,' snuff, wooden plates, and sundries" (p. 56). Gorton was a tailor by trade, but also a merchant who sold various foods, household items, and sundries. In his will, dated 11 June 1798 proved 9 May 1808, Thomas Remington of Warwick, yeoman, gave to his [second] wife Sarah the household furniture, all she brought with her "at the time of our marriage," and all she has acquired since, a cow, heifer, etc. His son Thomas received lands in Coventry, with buildings thereon, he to pay legacies to his brothers John & Jonathan and to sisters Maplet Rice, Sarah Holden, & Mary Rice. Sons John and Jonathan were each given $10, as they already had their share [perhaps when they moved to Berkshire County, MA]. Each of his three surviving daughters was given $100 and the household furniture after the death of their [step] mother. Henry was given $240 and land; Benjamin received his father's mansion house and clock and all remaining of the homestead farm and rest of all his possessions, he to be executor. Death notice, transcribed in Arnold's "Vital Record of RI" Vol. XIX p. 85: Providence Phenix - Deaths: "Thomas Remington d 12 Apr 1808 in his 85th year." RI Cemetery Database: Thomas Remington, 2nd, h/o Abigael Eldrege, c.1724 - 12 Apr 1808, 85th yr | REMINGTON, Thomas III (I02550)
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| 248 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, Remington researcher, and to other sources as noted herein.) According to Fuller's book "History of Warwick," Thomas was one of triplets, the other two of whom died. Another source says that it was his father Thomas who was one of triplets. In addition, a transcript of a Remington family Bible says it was his father. He was a Revolutionary War soldier. According to the manuscript "Revolutionary War -- Burial Place & Service of RI Patriots," located at the Knight Library in Providence, Thomas served as a fifer in Capt. Hawkins' Co., Col. Varnum's Regiment. It also says he died 6 August 1817 at age 70, and was buried in the family lot at the Remington Farm, west side of East Rd., Coventry. Death notice in the Providence Journal of 11 August 1817: "Judge Thomas Remington, at Coventry, RI, in 70th year." Martha A. Benns gives his date of death as 11 Aug 1817, but this is the date his death notice was in the newspaper. Some genealogies have this Thomas marrying Mary Wood, also. Thomas Remington, Jr., and Mary Wood were married 7 June 1778 at Warwick, RI. However, if the Revolutionary War Pension files are accurate, these are two different Thomases, since the dates of death are quite different. The other one, who married Mary Wood, died 19 January 1831. | Remington, Judge; Esq. Thomas IV (I02551)
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| 249 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, Remington researcher, and to other sources as noted herein.) Benjamin Remington, a resident of Warwick all his life, was part owner of the Crompton Mill in Coventry, RI. He married three of the Manchester sisters, all of whom died young of consumption (tuberculosis). During the Revolutionary War era, in the fall of 1775 Benjamin was drafted into the Militia at Warwick, serving for three months as a private in Captain Rice's Company. In the winter/spring of 1776, he enlisted for one month as a volunteer in Captain Reuben Wightman's Company, serving for 33 days at Warwick Neck and possibly elsewhere during that time. Colonel Waterman, "whom he well knew," commanded the regiment. Afterwards, during the same year, Benjamin was again drafted into the Militia and at that time served 15 days under the same Captain and Colonel at Warwick Neck. Later, in September, he again served under Captain Wightman at Prudence Island for 35 days. During this time they had to take all the stock off the island to "prevent their falling into the hands of the enemy." In November and December he again served under Captain Rice for 15 days at Old Warwick (present-day Oakland Beach and Conimicut) "during the time the enemy took possession of Newport"; at the end of this term he was re-drafted and served 15 more days. In the summer of 1777 Ben was drafted again and served for 35 days at Tiverton under Captain Rice and General Spencer. They were supposed to "cross over to the island of Rhode Island, but didn't have enough boats." In the summer of 1778 he was re-drafted and served at Rhode Island (Acquidneck Island) in General Spencer's (or Sullivan's) Expedition for 24 days, under Captain Rice and Colonel Thomas Holden, "whom he well knew." Then in July 1779 he was again called out with the Militia to Bristol, where he served 15 days. His pension records state that he served as a sergeant for 10 months and five days. Benjamin Remington personally appeared in Court at East Greenwich on 21 Aug 1832, at the age of 79, to testify concerning his Revolutionary War service. His statement was attested to by John Wightman of Coventry, who served with him, and also Anthony Arnold. (Pension File # S21937) Benjamin's will, dated Jan 1846 and proved 14 Aug 1837, mentions daughters Lydia Arnold (w/o Olney Rice Arnold) and Sarah Gorton Holden (w/o Bennett Holden), and sons James E. Remington, Jonathan Remington, Thomas Remington. His son Thomas was given the homestead farm given to Benjamin by his honored father, Thomas Remington, late of Warwick, Dec'd. All of Benjamin's children received land in the will. It also mentions grandsons Franklin s/o James E., Thomas s/o Thomas, and William s/o Jonathan. In "The History of Warwick, RI" by Oliver Payson Fuller, he is referred to as Benjamin F. Remington. However, I have not seen his name with a middle initial elsewhere. According to Fuller, Benjamin lived at the family estate on Cowesett Rd., at the time the Crompton Mills were established. It was about a mile away from the mills. He was a member of the Town Council and of the Legislature. He left 140 acres to his sons Jonathan & Thomas. He was probably one of the four RI presidential electors referred to in the following: "Vote cast for John Adams, of Massachusetts, for President; for Charles Pinckeny, of South Carolina 3 votes, and John Jay, of New York, 1 vote, for Vice President; all Federalists; Fifth Presidential Election, 1804; votes cast by Constant Taber, of Newport; James Aldrich, of Scituate; James Helme, of South Kingstown; Benjamin Remington, of Warwick." | Remington, Esq. Benjamin (I02815)
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| 250 | (If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, Remington researcher, and to other sources as noted herein.) In the 1850 Federal Census he is living with his mother and three brothers, as well as a sister-in-law and her sister. In the 1860 Federal Census, Jonathan M. & Phebe A. Remington, ages 41 & 23, are living in Cowesett near Benjamin F. & Sarah Remington. This places his year of birth c1819. Benjamin F. is Jonathan's first cousin. In the 1880 Federal Census "Johnathan" & Phebe are still at Warwick, ages 63 & 46. Again, this confirms the birth year of 1817. Living with them are son Charles E. 19 and his wife Abby A. 19. The City of Warwick vital records have this entry: "Jonathan Monroe Remington d. Oct 9, 1885 age 68 son of Thomas & Elizabeth"; however, the RI Death Index has his name and exact age and date of death for Jonathan M. Remington, son of James & Sally Remington. Which one is authoritative? I believe the Warwick records are incorrect in this case, and that that particular death record belongs to the son of James & Sally. Perhaps the city clerk was confused about which of the Jonathans had died. The age at death puts the birth year at c1817, which agrees with the birth date of Johnathan M. Remington, s/o James & Sally, as found in the family Bible of William R. Remington. This Jonathan Remington is buried in West Warwick Historical Cemetery #007, the Old Baptist Cemetery in Crompton. The RI Cemetery Database notes that he was h/o Phebe A. Cleveland. There is a Phebe Remington in that cemetery, but her dates are 1806-1845; she is Jonathan's sister. There is a Phebe A. Remington in Cranston Historical Cemetery # 002, but her dates are 1841-1912. If these dates are correct, neither is Phebe (Cleveland) Remington. This needs more research. Possibly Phebe is buried in the family plot but has no stone. (see notes for Phebe A. Cleveland) His gravestone spells his name Johnathan. In William R. Remington's family Bible, he is listed as Johnathan M. Remington. The handwriting is probably that of his brother William or their mother Sarah. On 15 April 1840, a Jonathan Remington was listed as a Freeman of Exeter. Since Exeter is next to West Greenwich, this may -- or may not -- be the same person. (see RI Genealogical Register, V. 2, No. 1, p. 45) Perhaps Jonathan was born in Warwick; then possibly moved to Exeter, where he became a freeman at about age 23; and sometime later married Phebe of West Greenwich, after which they moved to Warwick and lived near his relatives. Perhaps Phebe went to stay with her mother to have their son, born in 1861 at West Greenwich. There is a death record at Warwick, 25 March 1868, for a Mary Remington, daughter of Jonathan & Abby, born Warwick c1843. Perhaps Abby & Mary belong to this Jonathan M. Remington (needs more research). Could Abby have a prior wife? Or, possibly he was Jonathan R. Remington "of Warwick" who married Martha C. Babcock "of Coventry," at Coventry 10 Oct 1841, as a prior marriage. However, the middle initial is incorrect. There is a third Jonathan Remington in the extended family in this generation, born c. 1809 - 1810. I have not positively determined who his parents are, although I am fairly sure he is the son of Thomas & Betsey, also in this extended family. | Remington, Johnathan Monroe (I02968)
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