Nathan (2) Remington

1807 - 1885  (78 years)

• Name	Nathan (2) Remington
  Born	28 Feb 1807	Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Dec 1885	Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT   [1, 2]
  Buried	Green Hill Cemetery, Wallingford, VT
  Person ID	I16750	Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Remington,   b. 1 Sep 1761, Abington, Plymouth Co., MA ,   d. 19 Apr 1833  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Martha Sprague,   b. Abt 1765, Danby, Rutland, VT ,   d. Abt Sep 1834  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	Abt 1786
  Family ID	F05188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In the 1850 Federal Census, Nathan Remington is age 45, and living at Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT, in the household of Alfred & Rebecca Hill or Hull. A notation on the census says he is insane. The following quote is courtesy of Mary Lou Raftery, and excerpted from "People of Wallingford" by Birney C. Batcheller, Stephen Daye Press, Brattleboro, VT; p 207: "For many years the town of Wallingford provided for paupers by auctioning them off to the lowest bidder at the annual town meeting. There was one town charge named Nathan Remington. About 1840, Alfred Hull said he would take Nathan for the work he could do. So Nathan went to the Hull home for one year and remained there until he died in 1885. He was a strong, perfectly healthy man who had a strange mental twist, said to have been caused by being jilted by the girl of his choice. He was a good worker, especially good in caring for the oxen, pigs, and poultry. He was trustworthy and had an excellent memory. He was a familiar figure on the streets and called by name by most of the residents for very many years. In the Hull home his meals were served at a small table by a window in one corner of the big kitchen. The chair placed there was his place to sit. He could read and used to read the Herald aloud to Nancy McLaughlin, who did not know the alphabet, but was an excellent worker in the Hull kitchen for nearly twenty years. Whenever Nathan came to a word he could not pronounce he always said 'sunthin' or nother' and read on. He survived Mr. Hull by ten years and Mrs. Hull by four months but was cared for in the home. His funeral was held in the Hull home and he was buried at the south end of the Hull lot according to a promise given him by Mrs. Hull. A good-sized marble headstone was put at his grave, bearing his name, date of death, and probably age, 80 years." An administrator's settlement of Nathan's will names known family members (including nephews) as follows: John Remington, Amos Remington, Jonathan Remington, Sylvia Perkins, Benjamin Gorton, Clarinda Warner, & Jane Conger; possibly two living brothers, John Remington & Jonathan Remington. (source: scan sent by Mary Lou Raftery)

  
  

• Sources

  [S013249] Sprague family website. [S012936] Remington genealogy from Pat Boyden.