John Martin

Notes:

(If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.)
I have estimated the birth years of some of John & Phebe's children.

John Martin's will was witnessed by John Remington, James Carr, Jr., and Gershom Remington, Jr.

John married Phebe Remington 25 Feb 1720/21, Jamestown, RI. Phebe (daughter of Stephen Remington and Penelope Parker) was born 29 May 1693, Jamestown, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

He may be the William Martin who witnessed the Jamestown wills of David Greene on 21 July 1759, John Hull on 20 Nov 1759 and again the codicil on 30 January 1762, and John Hammett on 9 August 1766.

William married Eunice Unknown Abt 1744. Eunice was born Abt 1725. [Group Sheet]

Oliver — Rebecca Carr. Rebecca (daughter of Thomas Carr and Hannah Weeden) was born Abt 1727. [Group Sheet]

Daughter — John Gardner. John died 1800. [Group Sheet]

Abigail married Peter Mumford Abt 1752. Peter was born Abt 1730; died Bef 16 Feb 1795. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Hannah and her husband Benjamin were first cousins. Marrying a cousin was very common in those days. She was "of Jamestown."

DAR membership file #750866 (Christine Welch Lindsey) has Hannah's date of death as 7 May 1812.

Hannah married Benjamin Remington 9 Sep 1756, Jamestown, RI. Benjamin (son of John Remington and Susanna Unknown) was born Between 17 Apr and 19 Sep 1733, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI; died Bef 30 Sep 1820; was buried , Town Cemetery, Jamestown, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

After their marriage, Wager & Mary (Martin) Hull lived in the "Old Hull Place" on Jamestown. Their home was burned by the British soldiers in December 1775. At the same time Mary's father, William Martin, was killed. A few weeks later Wager died, and Mary went to New York City to stay with some of her husband's relatives. She later married Gershom Remington. The newspaper announcement of her marriage to Gershom says she was Mary Hull, widow.

The will of Mary Gage, relict of David Gage, is registered at Dutchess Co., NY (Abstracts of Wills, Administrations and Guardianships in NY State, 1787-1835; newenglandancestors.org)

In the will she mentiones her daughters Damaris w/o Henry Clapp; Phebe w/o Joseph Doughty; and Sarah Hull; refers to her four youngest children: Hannah Remington, Penelope Remington, Charles Wager Remington, & Mary Remington. Will pvd 31 Oct 1812.

Mary married Wager Hull 20 Aug 1769. Wager (son of John Hull, II and Damaris Cary) was born 25 Feb 1748/49, Jamestown, RI; died 1776. [Group Sheet]

Mary married Gershom Remington, Jr. 17 Apr 1784, Jamestown, RI. Gershom (son of Gershom Remington and Clemence Battey) was born Abt 1740; died Abt Dec 1792, Jamestown, RI. [Group Sheet]

Mary married David Gage Aft 1792. David was born 15 Jul 1744; died Bef 31 Oct 1812. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Note: According to an abstract of her father's will (Beaman's), in it he mentions a daughter Sally Carr Armstrong; a separate item mentions a granddaughter as Sarah Carr Armstrong. Are these two separate people, or was there a mistake in the writing of the will, or in the recording of it by the clerk, or by the one who wrote the abstract? Very possibly. Or, were there two Sarah/Sallys who married Armstrong men? Also possible.

BSR's ancestry chart lists a daughter Sarah for Benjamin & Hannah (no source noted).

Notes:

Quote received from both Pam Amari and Peter Fay:
"The Papers of Alexander Hamilton" Feb-June 1792; Volume XI, pages 535-536
New York, June 21, 1792
"From John P. Mumford & Co.: Oliver Remington late of Jamestown on the island of Conanicut, in the State of Rhode Island, was during the War, a Mate on board the Frigate Trumbull, James Nicholson Esqr Commander, in the service of the United States. Since that period he has been lost at sea. His father Capt. Benja. Remington, intends claiming the balance due from the United States for his late Son's services, & has requested us to write you on the subject. He wishes a copy of Oliver Remington's Accot. as it stands on the Ship's Book, or in the proper office, may be sent us......." (John P. Mumford and Company was a New York City mercantile house.)

See The Papers of Alexander Hamilton Digital Edition, ed. Harold C. Syrett. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2011.
Canonic URL: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/ARHN-01-11-02-0448
Original source: Volume XI: February 1792, June 1792

On the cover of this letter Hamilton wrote: "Mr Woolcott will please to examine the fact & answer this letter in his own name."

Notes:

(If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.)

John was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Boyd Scott Remington's ancestry chart has his year of death as 1847. I have not verified the date of death, but the National Archives would have the date of his last pension payment. The Frederick C. King Papers at Newport Historical Society in Newport, RI, give John's date of death as c14 Nov 1847.

The DAR Patriot Index has his date of death as 11 Nov 1849; according to Frederick C. King, researcher (see above note), this is in error (see his Remington family manuscript at Newport Historical Society).

BSR's chart lists two more children for John: Edward & Samuel (but no dates, no sources, and no other evidence). BSR's chart is known to have numerous errors.

In the Jamestown Town Records, there are many references to a John Remington of this time period being a Representative from Jamestown to the General Assembly, member of the Town Council, Overseer of the Poor, Town Sergeant, Town and Council Clerk, Tax Collector, and Warden of the Peace. Brief descriptions and dates for these records are indexed online through the Jamestown Historical Society.

In the Federal Census of 1840, John Remington was a Revolutionary War Pensioner, age 79, residing at Jamestown with George Weeden.

In a letter dated 4 Nov 1838 written by his son Benjamin E. Remington, John is mentioned: "father is smart for an old man as can be expected." He would have been age 77. (source: "Lydia's Letters, 10 More" compiled by Margie Brown and Virginia Remington Rich)

The following is excerpted from his son John's Revolutionary War Pension File, transcribed and provided by descendant Pam Amari: "He in the month of November 1777 belonged to a company of militia in the town of Pomfret, in the county of Windham and state of Connecticut . . . was drafted from said company of militia for term of two months and was marched to New London under Captain Evans of said company . . . After having served out the term of two months for which he was drafted he was discharged and returned home. Again in the month of May 1778 he was drafted from said company's militia for two months and was marched to New London where he was stationed as before in the public service to guard said town from attacks of the enemy. He was in this draft under the command of Captain Evans . . . Again in the summer of 1779 and he thinks in August he was drafted from said company of militia for the term of two months [and as before went] to New London under Captain Evans of said company where he was in the public service . . . At another time, but before or after this last aforementioned service there was a general alarm and the whole of the brigade of militia was ordered out to repel the attack and the marching for New London under the command of General McClaminen who then commanded the brigade of militia, to which your declarant belonged. When after they had marched about ten miles towards New London, received counter orders and we were ordered and we were marched back and discharged at this time all of the officers of our company were ordered out as were also all of the soldiers of said company of militia, to which your declarant belonged . . . And the said Remington [remembers] that he truly and faithfully served his county in the war of the revolution in the months for the full time, aforesaid, making in all between six and seven months he does not recollect any continental or militia regiments except as afore stated. And he further declares that he was born in said Jamestown on the 21st day of October 1761 when he continued to reside with his father until his said father was compelled to leave the state of Conanicut in the month of September 1775 in consignment ? of the continued attacks of the enemys armed vessels in Narragansett Bay under the command of notorious Wallace. He then with his father's family removed to South Kingston on the west side of the bay. His father's house was burned by said Wallace in the month of November following about two months after removal as aforesaid. He lived in South Kingston till March 1776 when he removed with his father to the town of Estes in said state of Rhode Island and then rented till 1777 when he removed with his father's family to said Pomfret in the state of Connecticut where he lived when he was called into service. As aforesaid in March 1780 after the army has evacuated the neighboring island of Rhode Island in Narragansett Bay. He removed back with his father's family to the ruins of the estate in the island of Conanicut which conform the 3rd town of Jamestown where he has ever since lived . . . "

This gives us an idea of how and where the family had to relocate during the war.

John married Phebe R. Carr 27 Nov 1783, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI. Phebe (daughter of James Carr and Sarah Tew) was born Between 10 and 14 Nov 1760, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI; died 7 Feb 1831, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI; was buried , Town Cemetery, Jamestown, RI. [Group Sheet]

Damaris married Henry Clapp 1792. [Group Sheet]

Sarah — Stephen Waters. [Group Sheet]

Phebe married Joseph Doughty 22 Jun 1796, Creek Meeting, Clinton Corners, NY. Joseph was born Oct 1763. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

(If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to me, Lois Sorensen, and to other sources as noted herein.)

Wager was named after his mother's first husband, Wager Hull. Quite a few boys from Jamestown were named Wager, after Sir Charles Wager, an apprentice to Captain John Hull of Jamestown. Charles Wager later became an officer in the British Royal Navy and was knighted as Sir Charles Wager. His grave is in Westminster Abbey, London, England.

I have made an assumption that some of the Remingtons from Columbia County, NY, belong to this Wager and his supposed wife Susannah. My reasons are two: his sister Penelope settled there and is there in the 1850 census; and, the name Wager Remington is found in two NY families in 1850/1860. Wager is a name from Jamestown, as noted above.

His wife's name was obtained from Rootsweb's Worldconnect. From later census data it appears that a grandson of Wager & Susannah also married a Mosier (Richard M. Remington, Jr, md Elizabeth F. Mosier).

I have made a reasonable assumption that Richard M. Remington, living at Hudson, NY, in the 1850 census, is Wager's son. It seems clear that he was named after his grandfather, Richard Mosher/Mosier. Richard Remington and his wife Jane have a son named Wager H. Remington, undoubtedly named after Wager Hull, as was Richard's father

There is another Remington family, William & Antoinette (or Angenett), who have a son named Wager. It appears that these families are very likely related, simply because two sons from the two families are living/boarding together as farm laborers in the 1860 census. Consequently, I have included William as a son in this family group.

Mary's name was found at Rootsweb's Worldconnect.

Charles married Susannah Mosher Abt 1807. Susannah (daughter of Richard Mosher and Phebe Husted) was born Abt 1785; died , NY. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

One transcription of the Jamestown records has her name as Hannah.

Notes:

Phebe's birth is recorded at Nantucket, MA, as 29th, 8th mo. 1786. She is identified as of RI, and the wife of Benjamin Jenkins.

There is also a birth recorded at Nantucket, for Remington Jenkins of RI, 2nd, 9 mo. 1816. Is this a son?

Penelope married Benjamin Jenkins 28 Jul 1814, Stanford, Duchess Co., NY. Benjamin (son of Francis Jenkins and Phebe Gardner) was born 29 Aug 1786, Nantucket, MA or NY; died 18 Nov 1866, Hudson, Columbia Co., NY. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

She is mentioned in the will of her aunt, Damares Carr.

In the 1850 Federal Census, Hannah M. Douglass is age 65, living at Jamestown, RI, with her son John M. Douglass & family. She is still with them in 1860.

Hannah — Thomas Douglass. Thomas died Bef 1 Jun 1850. [Group Sheet]

Sarah married George Armstrong, Jr. 21 Feb 1805, Jamestown, RI. George was born 26 Feb 1785; died 11 Oct 1876; was buried , Town Cemetery, Jamestown, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Oliver M. Remington married Sarah and moved from Tiverton, RI, to Ohio about 1813/14, among the first settlers to live in New Castle, Coshocton County, OH. He was a school teacher, and later moved to Holmes County, c.1820/21. His brother Peter also moved to Ohio.

In the 1850 Federal Census, the family is at Richland, Holmes, OH. Oliver is 62, Sarah is 57; sons John, Thomas, & Lyman are in the household.

"One of the earliest schools in the township, in all probability the first, was held in the cabin that had been occupied by Isaac Butler, in the western part of the township. The children of the Butlers, Darlings and others attended here. In 1814 or 1815, it was taught by Oliver Remington, from Rhode Island, a well educated, intelligent man. He was a brother-in-law to Squire Humphrey, of New Castle township, and remained here only two or three years, removing to Hotmes county." (http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Coshocton/cofile4.htm)

Oliver married Sarah Sally Humphrey 8 Dec 1811, Tiverton, RI. Sarah (daughter of William Humphrey, Sr. and Lydia Munroe) was born 25 Dec 1792, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI; died 20 Oct 1863, Holmes County, Ohio; was buried , Remington Family Cemetery, Holmes Co., OH. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Peter moved westward and first settled in New Castle, Ohio. "He taught one term of school, and had mathematical ability" (source: Remington manuscript).

I have discovered what I believe to be his family in the 1850 census, so I am placing them here based on my assumption and data from various censuses which supports this assumption. See notes for Susanna.

Further research has confirmed that this indeed is Peter's family, based on DAR membership #750866.

Peter married Susanna L. Ames 27 Mar 1817. Susanna was born 7 Oct 1796, PA; died 1880, Bridgeton, Parke Co., IN. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

RI Vital Records, New Series, Vol. 13, p. 160, by Alden Beaman, gives Phebe's date of birth as 28 Nov 1793.

Phebe married John Oldfield Dockray 28 Feb 1815, Jamestown, RI. John (son of James Dockray and Margaret Unknown) was born 15 Jul 1795; died 8 Mar 1865; was buried , Town Cemetery, Jamestown, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the 1850 Federal Census, Benjamin & Mary Remington are living at Middletown, Newport Co., RI. Three other individuals are in the household with them, including Tripheny Peckham, age 89, Mary's mother. Several other Peckham families are living nearby.

"Benny E." is the writer of several letters published in "Lydia's Letters." His letters show him to be a "doting uncle and loving brother," in the words of Pam (Amari) Rich.

Benjamin E. Remington is mentioned several times in the Jamestown Town Records, indexed online at the Jamestown Historical Society. One example is the following:
"Records; handwritten warrant to warn jurors issued to Walter Watson and Borden Watson for jury duty in the Court of Common Pleas to be held in Newport on May 15, 1820 as well as George Knowles and Daniel Weeden for jury duty in the District Court to be held in Newport May 9, 1820 and Benjamin E. Remington and Oliver Hopkins for jury duty in the Circuit Court to be held in Newport on June 15, 1820; issued April 1, 1820, witnessed by John Remington, Town Clerk.
Date 1820-04-01"

Benjamin married Mary P. Peckham Abt 1837. Mary (daughter of Felix Peckham and Tripheney Stockman) was born 25 Apr 1796, Middletown, Newport Co., RI; died 9 Mar 1868, Newport, Newport Co., RI; was buried , Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport Co., RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the 1850 Federal Census, Susannah G. Wilcox is age 50, living at Jamestown, RI, with the family of John W. & Abby H. Potter and their two young children. I think Abby may be Susannah's daughter (see note below).

From Jamestown records: Susanna G. Remington daughter of John & Phebe born July 9, 1798.

Her gravestone identifies her as Susan G. Wilcox, daughter of John & Phebe R. Remington.

Does this birth record refer to her daughter? "REMINGTON Abby Howland, of Sukey, April 30, 1821." (Jamestown births)

Baptism: "REMINGTON Abby Howland, bapt. by pouring Oct. 11, 1835" (Communicant, Westerly)

Also, this entry: "REMINGTON Abby, April 13, 1836" (Confirmation, Westerly)

"POTTER John W., and Abby H. Remington (also 116); m. by Andrew F. Potter, Warden, Oct. 20 or 26, 1843." (Jamestown marriages)

Susannah — Mr. Wilcox. [Group Sheet]