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Joseph Remington, I

Male 1675 - 1768  (92 years)


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  • Name Joseph Remington 
    Suffix I 
    Born 1 Sep 1675  Windsor, Hartford County, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Jul 1768  Suffield, Hartford County, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I03476  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Thomas Remington,   b. Between 1633 and 1636, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1720/21, Suffield, Hartford, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years) 
    Mother Mehitable Walker,   b. Abt 1638,   d. 17 Dec 1718, Suffield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Married 19 Mar 1657/58  Rowley, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • According to "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" ( by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1985), the date of this marriage is 19 March 1657/8. Boyd Scott Remington has 19 Jan 1658. The town records probably say "the first month," which at that time was March. An online transcript of the Rowley records has 19 June 1658, as does Carl Boyer's "Ancestral Lines Revised.".
    Family ID F01050  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Dudley,   b. 4 Mar 1677/78, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1718  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 2 Dec 1703  Suffield, Hartford Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4] 
    Children 
     1. Joseph (1) Remington,   b. 10 Nov 1704, Suffield, Hartford Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1704, Suffield, Hartford Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Joseph Remington, II,   b. 5 Sep 1706, Suffield, Hartford, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1747  (Age 41 years)
     3. Dudley Remington,   b. 31 Jul 1710, Suffield, Hartford Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1783, Suffield, Hartford Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     4. Isaac Remington, Sr.,   b. 9 Aug 1712, Suffield, Hartford County, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1755  (Age 43 years)
     5. Elizabeth Mary Remington,   b. 22 Aug 1718,   d. 2 Aug 1791  (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F03122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Thankful Hitchcock,   b. 18 Oct 1686, Springfield, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1773, Westfield, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 16 May 1759  Westfield, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F03137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Between 1704 and 1745 Joseph held many positions of service and leadership in the town of Suffield, CT. For example, he was fence viewer, selectman, surveyor of highways, constable, assessor, tithingman, moderator, and trustee (see "Remingtons of Utah" p. 126).

      He was known as Deacon Remington. Remington Street in Suffield was named for him.

      Joseph was 84 when he married widow Thankful (Hitchcock) (Phelps) Bush, age 73, as his second wife. The marriage record at Suffield identifies him as Dea. Joseph Remington.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012551] Remington Lines from John of Newbury 1638, Boyd Scott Remington, (Ames Iowa, 1960), 5.

    2. [S013858] Barbour Collection: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cowindham/records/barbour/barbourpomfretnop.htm, 225.

    3. [S012647] Rowley, MA, vital records.

    4. [S013133] Remingtons of Utah, Ward J. Roylance, (Dec. 1960. Salt Lake City, UT), 52.