Mary Remington
Abt 1753 - 1847 (~ 93 years)-
Name Mary Remington Born Abt 23 Mar 1753 RI 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 14 Jan 1847 Buried Joseph Bennett Lot, White Acorn Circle, Warwick, RI Person ID I04075 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Thomas Remington, Sr., b. 24 Feb 1718/19, Warwick, RI , d. Aft 1774 (Age > 56 years) Mother Mary Collins, b. Abt 1720, d. Aft 29 Jul 1754 (Age ~ 34 years) Married 23 Nov 1740 Providence, RI [3] Notes - I am making the assumption that the Thomas and Mary whose marriage is recorded in Scituate, belongs to this family group, since this Thomas had a brother Lippitt, whose marriage was also recorded in the same book. The notation implies that they were married in Providence, but that the marriage was recorded in Scituate several years later. The Scituate record says 20 Nov.
Providence records this marriage: Thomas, of Providence, and Mary Collins, of Scituate, m. by William Burton, Justice, Nov. 23, 1740. (see Arnold's VRs for Providence - Marriages p. 157)
REMINGTON Thomas, and Mary Collins, of Eliza; m. by William Burton, Justice, Nov. 20, 1740 (Scituate VRs).
He may have been the Thomas Remington who later moved to Portsmouth (needs more research); see this note from Barbara Chase: "Scituate, RI Probate Records; Vol. 1; p. 409 - 28 Jul 1759 - Certificate to Thomas Remington who has 'moved with his family to Portsmouth' and acknowledged that he, his wife, and children were proper inhabitants of the town of Scituate."
Family ID F01513 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Joseph Bennett, b. Abt 1744, d. 5 Jun 1835 (Age ~ 91 years) Married 9 Dec 1773 Warwick, Kent Co., RI [4] Notes - Joseph & Mary were married by Elder Charles Holden.
Children 1. Thomas Bennett, b. 28 May 1775, Warwick, RI 2. Joseph Bennett, b. 8 Mar 1777, Warwick, RI 3. John Bennett, b. 27 Feb 1779, Warwick, RI 4. Asa Bennett, b. 2 Feb 1781, Warwick, RI 5. Tabitha Bennett, b. 15 Nov 1783, Warwick, RI 6. Mary Bennett, b. 19 Aug 1786, Warwick, RI 7. Elizabeth Bennett, b. 4 Feb 1789, Warwick, RI 8. Russell Bennett, b. 24 Nov 1793, Warwick, RI 9. Almy Bennett, b. 3 Jul 1798, Warwick, RI Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F06440 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- I am making the assumption that the Thomas and Mary whose marriage is recorded in Scituate, belongs to this family group, since this Thomas had a brother Lippitt, whose marriage was also recorded in the same book. The notation implies that they were married in Providence, but that the marriage was recorded in Scituate several years later. The Scituate record says 20 Nov.
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Notes - The marriage record identifies her as d/o Thomas Remington. I have made an assumption that the Mary Remington, daughter of Thomas, who married Joseph Bennett is the same Mary who is a daughter of Thomas & Mary (Collins) Remington (this needs more research to confirm).
On 15 Sep 1837, Mary Bennett, at age 84, gave a sworn statement concerning her brother Thomas's Revolutionary War service. I am making an assumption that they are both children of Thomas Remington & Mary Collins, since this couple had a daughter Mary born 20 Mar 1753, and this agrees closely with the date of birth calculated from the gravestone of Mary Bennett.
BENNETT, MARY [REMINGTON] 1754c - 14 JAN 1847 WK016 (RI Cemetery Database)
The gravestone says she died on 14 Jan 1847 at the age of 93 y 10 m 4 d. This would compute to a dob of 10 Mar 1753.
The online transcript has her dob as 20 Mar 1853.
It is possible that Mary (Remington) Bennett and her brother Thomas, Jr., were children of a different Thomas Remington; however, given their ages and locality, this family is the most likely.
Some genealogies have another Mary Remington, d/o Thomas Remington and Abigail Eldred(ge), as the one who married Joseph Bennett; sometimes two marriages are given for Mary. However, this is not possible, since the other Mary married Josephus Rice and is mentioned as Mary Rice in the will of her father thomas Remington dated 11 June 1798. Joseph Bennett and his wife Mary (Remington) had a child in July 1798, whose birth is recorded in the VRs, so they cannot be the same Mary.
- The marriage record identifies her as d/o Thomas Remington. I have made an assumption that the Mary Remington, daughter of Thomas, who married Joseph Bennett is the same Mary who is a daughter of Thomas & Mary (Collins) Remington (this needs more research to confirm).
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