Captain Charles Remington
1772 - 1810 (38 years)-
Name Charles Remington Title Captain Born 1772 [1, 2] Gender Male Died 8 Jan 1810 Sierre Leone, Africa 
[1] Buried Arnold-Pawtuxet Burial Ground, Harrison St., Pawtuxet, Warwick, RI Person ID I11192 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Peleg Remington, I, b. 9 May 1736, Warwick, RI , d. 9 Jun 1776, At sea (Age 40 years) Mother Waite Rhodes, b. 25 Aug 1740, Warwick, RI , d. 25 Oct 1810, Pawtuxet, Warwick, RI (Age 70 years) Married 10 Jul 1757 Cranston, RI [3, 4] Notes - Peleg & Waite were married by Joseph Harris, Justice. A copy of the official marriage record is among the papers in the Mary E. Rice Collection.
I have estimated the birth years of some of the children. Russell is not found in most of the genealogies, but is in a family Bible record. Also, it is said that Charles had a twin named Deborah -- she must have died in infancy. I have no further information on either Russell or Deborah.
Family ID F01707 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary "Polly" C. Smith, b. 6 Nov 1770, d. 6 Nov 1842 (Age 72 years) Married 1793 [5] Children 1. Stephen S. Remington, b. Abt 1794, d. Abt 25 Nov 1812, At sea (Age ~ 18 years)2. Maria Frances Remington, b. 12 Feb 1796, d. 6 Jul 1882 (Age 86 years) 3. Charles Remington, Jr., b. Between 1798 and 1799, d. 2 Nov 1819, Savannah, GA (Age ~ 21 years)4. Anne Louisa Remington, b. Abt 1801, RI , d. 24 Oct 1865 (Age ~ 64 years)5. Harriet Angeline Remington, b. 25 Dec 1803, Pawtuxet, RI , d. 19 May 1881 (Age 77 years)6. Henry Adolphus Remington, b. 25 Dec 1803, Pawtuxet, RI , d. 11 Nov 1870, Providence, RI (Age 66 years)7. Albert F. Remington, Sr., b. Between 1805 and 1806, RI , d. 9 Jan 1881, RI (Age ~ 76 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F04391 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Peleg & Waite were married by Joseph Harris, Justice. A copy of the official marriage record is among the papers in the Mary E. Rice Collection.
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Notes - From Cranston Land Evidence 7-19, dated 25 Sept 1802: Charles Remington of Cranston, mariner, sold property to James Rhodes, merchant, for $750. The transaction included "one lot of land in Cranston in part called Pawtuxet." It was "bounded westerly on Main St., northerly by land of Remington Sheldon, and southerly on said Sheldon." This was sold "together with dwelling house -- barn & buildings -- was purchased by me of Rhodes Greene in April 1786" (should be 1796 -- note by Mary E. Rice) . . . "I, the said Polly Remington, wife of said Charles Remington, releases dower." (sic) This was signed by Charles Remington & Mary Remington, and witnessed by John A. Aborn & Patience Smith.
On a tombstone erected in memory of Capt. Charles Remington and his two sons is the following inscription: "Tho locked in deathly embrace on foreign shores, and pitying strangers closed their eyes. To mourn their sad and early loss is ours. While fair in Memories page, thy virtues rise. The dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live. To Captain Charles Remington and his two sons Stephen and Charles. John 5-25."
According to descendant Virginia Adair, now deceased, late of Altanta, GA, Charles was named after his grandfather Charles Rhodes. A letter from her states that family tradition "always listed" Charles as a son of Peleg. Also, she refers to some notes of Charles W. Farnham, RI genealogist of past decades, who listed Charles among the children of Peleg & Waite -- but no source noted. There is also reference to a twin named Deborah -- but I have no other information on her. Mrs. Adair also said she had two property deeds recording land transaction between Charles and his brother Peleg, although their relationship is not stated in the documents.
Charles is mentioned as a son of Peleg in an article on Henry Adolphus Remington, Jr., published in "Club and Professional Life in Rhode Island" dated 1895. A copy of this was given to me by Mrs. Dorothy White of the Roger Williams Family Association. The copy has a notation on the front: R. I. Coll. H32?24, R5, C42, v. 21, no. 21 (difficult to read these numbers and letters).
The book "History of Washington and Kent Counties," p. 1296, says Charles Remington came from England, and that he died in 1812. I believe it is incorrect in this information. While interesting and informative reading, the book does have numerous errors.
From a letter to my grandmother from Lalla Remington West, Charles's great-granddaughter: "Captain charles Remington was a sea captain and had his own sailing vessel, and made trips to Africa and China -- went around South America to get to China. He died on one of his trips to Africa and is buried in Sierra Leone, Africa . . . His father Peleg R also died at sea as he was a sea captain, too."
- From Cranston Land Evidence 7-19, dated 25 Sept 1802: Charles Remington of Cranston, mariner, sold property to James Rhodes, merchant, for $750. The transaction included "one lot of land in Cranston in part called Pawtuxet." It was "bounded westerly on Main St., northerly by land of Remington Sheldon, and southerly on said Sheldon." This was sold "together with dwelling house -- barn & buildings -- was purchased by me of Rhodes Greene in April 1786" (should be 1796 -- note by Mary E. Rice) . . . "I, the said Polly Remington, wife of said Charles Remington, releases dower." (sic) This was signed by Charles Remington & Mary Remington, and witnessed by John A. Aborn & Patience Smith.
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Sources - [S012398] RI Cemetery Database.
- [S012510] Descendants of Roger Williams Book I, Waterman & Winsor Lines, Dorothy Higson White, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1991), 2003 supplement.
- [S012510] Descendants of Roger Williams Book I, Waterman & Winsor Lines, Dorothy Higson White, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1991), 153.
- [S012587] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Cranston -- Marriages, 21.
- [S012510] Descendants of Roger Williams Book I, Waterman & Winsor Lines, Dorothy Higson White, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1991), 21.
- [S012398] RI Cemetery Database.