Ruth Remington

1755 - 1839  (83 years)

• Name	Ruth Remington
  Born	5 Aug 1755	Hingham, MA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	29 Apr 1839	Salisbury, Addison Co., VT   [2]
  Person ID	I07672	Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Joshua (2) Remington, II,   b. 14 Feb 1730/31, Hingham, Plymouth County, MA ,   d. Between 1800 and Sep 1811, MA  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Ruth Clay,   b. Abt 1734,   d. Aft 1800  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Married	Abt 1754
  Family ID	F02955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jesse Graves,   b. 30 Jan 1755, CT ,   d. 12 Oct 1820, Salisbury, Addison Co., VT  (Age 65 years)
  Married	Between 16 Feb 1780 and 1790	Cummington, MA   [2, 3]
  Notes	The Graves family website has the year of marriage as 1780, while the Cummington, MA, VRs (published transcription) says 1790. The pension application states that Ruth was married in the winter after she was 32 years old, which would make it 1788. At the time she made that statement, Ruth was in her 80s and may have forgotton the exact details. Affadavit of Chauncey Graves in behalf of Ruth Graves, widow of Jesse Graves, Revolutionary soldier from VT: " . . . My brother the said Jesse Graves, after the war, returned to Salisbury, and some years afterwards was married in Cummington Massachusetts to Ruth Remington, who is still living as his widow, at Salisbury. The said Jesse Graves died some years ago at Salisbury, and his widow has ever since remained unmarried." (dated 19 Sep 1838)
  Children	1. Polly Graves,   b. Abt 5 Oct 1791, Salisbury, Addison Co., VT ,   d. 2 Apr 1874  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018
  Family ID	F05947	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S012551] Remington Lines from John of Newbury 1638, Boyd Scott Remington, (Ames Iowa, 1960), 3. [S013100] Graves family website. [S013448] The Vital Records of Cummington, MA, 1762-1900, William W. Streeter & Daphne H. Morris, 119.