Sarah Rhodes
Abt 1765 - 1854 (~ 89 years)-
Name Sarah Rhodes Born Abt 1765 [1] Gender Female Died 10 Aug 1854 Cranston, RI 
[2] Person ID I02407 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Nehemiah Rhodes, b. Between 9 Aug 1731 and 1732, Providence or Cranston, RI , d. 22 Jan 1801, Cranston, Providence Co., RI (Age ~ 69 years) Mother Abigail Thomas, b. Abt 1743, d. 12 Jan 1800 (Age ~ 57 years) Married 14 Nov 1762 Newport, RI [3, 4] Notes - Kent County Vital Records p. 361
Family ID F00907 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Abijah Potter, b. Abt 1755, d. Abt Mar 1796, off the African coast (Age ~ 41 years) Married 2 Aug 1795 Providence, RI [5] Notes - Sarah already must have been a widow when she married Abijah Potter, because she is referred to as Sarah Potter of Cranston.
Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00904 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Jonathan REMINGTON, b. 9 Sep 1758, Warwick, RI , d. 31 May 1808, Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County, NY (Age 49 years) Married 3 Dec 1797 Providence, RI [6] Notes - According to James N. Arnold's "Vital Record of RI," this marriage was published (banns read) on Nov. 28 & 30 1797. It is also documented in Jonathan's Revolutionary War Pension File (#W7559), in which Sarah's brother William N. Rhodes testified that the marriage took place at his home.
Children 1. Edward Scott Rhodes Remington, b. Apr 1799, RI , d. Aft May 1860 (Age ~ 61 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00879 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Edward Greene, b. 13 Feb 1757, d. 22 Apr 1824 (Age 67 years) Married 1811 [7] Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00905 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - When she married Jonathan Remington as his third wife, Sarah Potter was of Providence; he was of Lansingburgh, NY.
Sally Greene's will mentions her son Edward S. Rhodes Remington, and grandchildren Sally Rhodes Remington & Richard Thornton Remington, Edward's children. It was witnessed by Wm N. Rhodes, Susan Patt, and Vernon L. Olney.
Sally Greene is age 85 in the 1850 US Census at Cranston, RI. She is living with Nicholas Johnson, 42, a mariner, and his wife Sally R. Johnson, age 30. Also in the home are David Snow, age 30 born Canada, a shoemaker; and Sarah M. Olden, age 10.
Apparently in the same household, although on the next census page, are Richard T. Remington, age 27, a jeweller; Sophia Remington, age 26; and their children Isabella 4, John R. 2, and Nicholas J. 1 month.
Sally R. Johnson & Richard T. Remington are Sarah's grandchildren by her husband Jonathan Remington and their son Edward Scott Rhodes Remington.
Sarah's (Sally's) parents and grandparents are buried in the Rhodes-Greene Lot, Cranston Historical Cemetery 35, off Bluff Ave. Also buried there are her daughter-in-law, Phebe (Cole) Remington; a great-grandchild, Nicholas Johnson; and Nicholas Johnson, Sr. Perhaps Sarah herself was buried there, but there seems to be no marker for her.
- When she married Jonathan Remington as his third wife, Sarah Potter was of Providence; he was of Lansingburgh, NY.
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Sources - [S012678] Birth year calculated from age in Rev. War Pension File and at death.
- [S012677] City of Cranston Vital Records, City Hall, Cranston Deaths 1850-1877, Vol. 3, p. 2; informant was Edward S. R. Remington.
"August 10, 1854, Sarah Greene, widow, at Cranston, Edward S. R. Remington, informant" - [S012510] Descendants of Roger Williams Book I, Waterman & Winsor Lines, Dorothy Higson White, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1991), 59.
- [S013329] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Newport Marriages.
- [S012608] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Providence -- Marriages, Congregational Church West Side - Marriages.
- [S012608] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Providence -- Marriages, Vol. VII, Elder James Wilson's Marriages, p. 457.
"Jonathan Remington, of Lansingburgh, NY, and Sarah Potter, of Providence" - [S012567] Revolutionary War Pension File of Jonathan Remington, # W7559.
- [S012678] Birth year calculated from age in Rev. War Pension File and at death.