William Benedict Remington

Abt 1828 - Aft 1850  (~ 22 years)

• Name	William Benedict Remington
  Born	Abt 3 Sep 1828
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft 1 Jun 1850
  Person ID	I05891	Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Benedict Remington, Jr.,   b. 15 Jul 1799, Blackstone, MA ,   d. 15 Apr 1861  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Cathcart,   b. Abt Mar 1798, Nantucket, MA ,   d. 16 Jun 1869, Northbridge, Worcester Co., MA  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Married	Abt Jun 1818	Mendon, MA
  Notes	Boyd Scott Remington's chart has the date of marriage as 4 June 1815. However, if that is correct, Benedict would have been only 15 years old! Perhaps the 8 was misread for a 5.
  Family ID	F02116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1850, William Remington is age 22, working as a machinist at Northbridge, MA. Is he the William B. Remington who married Martha E. Thompson in RI on 19 Nov 1863? (She was b c1827, d 10 Aug 1873 RIDI) But see information below, from A. B. Gerard. The Northbridge, MA, VRs transcribed at NEGS web site have his dob as 3 Sep 1827. However, this seems too close to his sister Elizabeth -- unless one of their dates is incorrect. Or, they may have been twins born three months apart -- a possibility . From A. B. Gerard on Remington message board at ancestry: "Benedict Remington and Mary Cathcart's son, William Benedict Remington, ended up in Kansas. There are military records of his enlistment from Whitinsville, Northbridge, MA. He served at a few forts in Texas that protected the Overland Mail Route and then upon discharge moved to Kansas in the late 1850s. He died there sometime before 1880. He married a woman named Julia Ann Johnson of Arkansas. They had at least two children, Mary Frances Remington (wife of Alexander Mills) and John Remington."