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Thomas Remington

Male 1736 - 1831  (~ 96 years)


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  • Name Thomas Remington 
    Born Between 1735 and 1736  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Dec 1831  Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Remington Family Cemetery, David Dr., Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I04444  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family Lydia Collins,   b. 19 Jan 1735/36, Warwick, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1819, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married Aft 14 Feb 1757  RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Remington,   b. Abt 1760,   d. 27 Apr 1844  (Age ~ 84 years)
     2. Elizabeth Remington,   b. Abt 1762, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1828, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
     3. Sarah Remington,   b. Between 1766 and 1767,   d. Apr 1849  (Age ~ 83 years)
     4. Thomas Remington, Jr.,   b. Abt 1773,   d. 1 Nov 1852  (Age ~ 79 years)
     5. Richmond Remington,   b. Abt 1775, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1823, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F01664  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.)

      Thomas may have been from Prudence Island. See notes below.

      His will mentions his wife Lydia, sons Thomas and Richmond, and daughters Mary Cruff, Elizabeth LeValley, and Sarah Sheldon (see Rhode Island Genealogical Register" Vol. 9 # 3, p. 237).

      Thomas Remmington of Prudence is listed at Coventry, RI, in the 1790 Federal Census (1 free white male age 16 and over; 2 free white males under age 16; 1 free white female; and 2 other free persons).

      He probably is also listed as Thomas Remmington in the 1800 census.

      His gravestone indicates that he was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. I have photographed his gravestone.

      This is one of the mystery Remingtons, as I don't know who his parents were. One theory is that he may be a son of Prudence, b.c.1706, daughter of Thomas. In the 1790 Federal Census, there is listed "Thomas Remington, of Prudence" at Coventry. My question is, does this mean Prudence Island, or Prudence, his mother? If it is the name of his mother, possibly it means he was illegitimate, the son of Prudence Remington and the grandson of Thomas Remington of Warwick. However, there remain the other possibilities that his mother was a widow named Prudence Remington, or, that he was from Prudence Island, where there were Remington families in the 1700s (possibly including the family of our ancestor, Joseph). I am leaning toward this latter explanation, that he was from Prudence Island.

      Could he have been the Thomas born 1732, s/o Jonathan & Lorana (Arnold) Remington?

      Could he have been a son of William Remington & Mary Manton, who lived on Prudence Island in the 1700s?

      Or, could he be the son of Matthew Remington & Rachel Estabrook, Thomas b 23 May 1736? I am tending toward this solution, especially since the Thomas born on that date had a sister Rachel who married William Allen in Portsmouth. Also, Matthew himself was possibly born in Portsmouth.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012505] Representative Men & Old Families of RI, Vol. 1, (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1908), 591.

    2. [S012398] RI Cemetery Database.