Phebe UNKNOWN
Abt 1758 - 1795 (~ 37 years)-
Name Phebe UNKNOWN Born Abt 1758 [1] Gender Female Died 8 Jun 1795 Cheshire, MA 
[2] Buried Stafford's Hill, Cheshire, MA Person ID I02403 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Family Jonathan REMINGTON, b. 9 Sep 1758, Warwick, RI , d. 31 May 1808, Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County, NY (Age 49 years) Married Abt 1780 Notes - It is possible that Jonathan & Phebe were married in RI, or in Cheshire or Adams, MA. The vital records of Cheshire were destroyed in a fire, and there are no early records of Adams, except the Cooke Collection at the Pittsfield Athenaeum.
Children 1. Maplet REMINGTON, b. 2 Mar 1782, RI or MA , d. 20 Dec 1861, West Greenwich, RI (Age 79 years)+ 2. Elizabeth "Betsey" Remington, b. 24 Dec 1785, Berkshire Co., MA , d. 7 Oct 1870, Apponaug, Warwick, RI (Age 84 years)3. Suky Remington, b. 10 Sep 1789, Berkshire Co., MA 4. Aurelia Remington, b. 13 Dec 1792, Berkshire Co., MA Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00899 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth record of my ancestor Maplet Remington and her sisters, with their parents' names, Jonathan and Phebe. Edward S. R. Remington was their half-brother, born to Jonathan and Sarah. Julia and Sally are Maplet's two daughters by her first husband. The writing at the top of the page identifies the original owner of this Bible as Samuel Bowering, Sergeant of Marinus Romulus. He came on this ship during the Revolutionary War. Somehow the Bible was acquired by Samuel Comstock and was passed down I suppose through his daughter-in-law Mercy (Angell) (Comstock) Remington to my relatives in Coventry, who eventually gave it to me.
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Notes - The names of "Jonathan and Phebe Rementon" appear in the early membership records of the First Baptist Church in Cheshire.
Gravestone inscription from the old burying ground, Cheshire, MA:
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Phebe Remington, wife of Col. Jonathan Remington, who departed this life June 8th, 1795, in the 37th year of her age. (source: Berkshire Book, by its Historical and Scientific Society, Vol. 1, Part 2, p. 88 at The Athenaeum, Pittsfield, MA)
I was unsuccessful in my one attempt to locate the little cemetery where Phebe is buried. However, according to Eileen Nuttall, spokesperson for the Cheshire Historical Commission, and herself a descendant of one of the early settlers, a survey of the cemetery in 1913 recorded the gravestone as still standing and still legible: "Mrs. Phebe Remington, wife of Col. Jonathan, d. 8 June 1795, age 36."
The early vital records were destroyed in a fire, so if there were marriage and death records for my ancestors there, they no longer exist. All I have is the record in the old family Bible, which lists the children of Jonathan and Phebe, but no maiden name for Phebe.
I have wondered if she might be Phebe Tibbetts -- just a guess. But Phebe was a popular and fairly common name at that time, so she could have been from any number of families in RI or western MA.
- The names of "Jonathan and Phebe Rementon" appear in the early membership records of the First Baptist Church in Cheshire.
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