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John Remington

Male 1761 - Abt 1847  (86 years)


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  • Name John Remington 
    Born 21 Oct 1761  Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 14 Nov 1847  Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Town Cemetery, Jamestown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I04187  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Benjamin Remington,   b. Between 17 Apr and 19 Sep 1733, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 30 Sep 1820 
    Mother Hannah Martin,   b. 24 Nov 1734, Jamestown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1812  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 9 Sep 1756  Jamestown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7] 
    Family ID F01554  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Phebe R. Carr,   b. Between 10 and 14 Nov 1760, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1831, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 182 years) 
    Married 27 Nov 1783  Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Notes 
    • The Newport Mercury of 6 Dec 1783 reported the marriage of John Remington, Jr. & Phebe Carr, of James, at Jamestown. Since it seems quite clear that John was a son of Benjamin & Hannah (Martin) Remington, the Jr. probably means younger, indicating that there was an older John Remington living in the area at the time.

      "These are to certify that Mr. John Remington & Miss Phebe Carr both of Jamestown in the State of Rhode Island were Joined together in marriage on the 27th of November 1783 by me Gardiner Thurston Pastor of a Ch of Christ in Newport in sd State."

      James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Vol. VII, has the marriage date as 27 Oct 1783, and the bride's name as Phebe Card.
    Children 
     1. Hannah Martin Remington,   b. 2 Nov 1784, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1864, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Sarah Carr Remington,   b. 21 Nov 1786, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1867, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. Oliver Martin Remington,   b. 7 Jan 1789, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1862, Holmes County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     4. Peter Gardner Remington,   b. 13 Dec 1791, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1846, Bridgeton, Parke Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     5. Phebe Ann Remington,   b. 20 Dec 1794, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1858, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     6. Benjamin Ellery Remington,   b. 13 Jun 1797, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1868, Newport, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     7. Susannah Green Remington,   b. 9 Jul 1798, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1863  (Age 64 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F01564  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • (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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012445] Remington Family, Martha A. Benns, 29.

    2. [S012575] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Vol. 4, Jamestown -- Births & Deaths, 26.

    3. [S012568] Revolutionary War Pension File of John Remington # S30053.

    4. [S013473] Frederick C. King Papers, Remington Family.

    5. [S012445] Remington Family, Martha A. Benns, 28.

    6. [S012523] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Jamestown -- Marriages, 12.

    7. [S012551] Remington Lines from John of Newbury 1638, Boyd Scott Remington, (Ames Iowa, 1960), 13.