Saturday, January 18, 2014

Surname Saturday - REMINGTON (England to colonial New England)

t's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 7th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor  #761 who is Elizabeth REMINGTON (1686-1747) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through four generations in this REMINGTON family line is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)


10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

46.  Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872)
47.  Amy Champlin (1798-1865)

94.  Joseph Champlin (1758-1850)
95.  Nancy Kenyon (1765-????)


190.  John Kenyon (1742-1831)
191.  Anna --?-- (1745-????)

380.  Sylvester Kenyon (1710-1800)
381.  Anna Barber (1717-????)

760.  John Kenyon, born bout 1682 in probably Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States; died before 27 February 1735 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 1520. John Kenyon and 1521. unknown.  He married July 1704 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
761.  Elizabeth Remington, born about 1686 in Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States; died before 05 October 1747 in Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. 

Children of John Kenyon and Elizabeth Remington are:
*  John Kenyon (1706-1747), married 1726 Mary Gardiner (1707-????).
*  Thomas Kenyon (1708-1778), married Catherine Ney (1712-????).
*  Sylvester Kenyon (1710-1800), married 1740 Anna Barber (1717-????).
*  George Kenyon (1712-1796), married 1741 Anna Lewis (1716-1805).
*  Sarah Kenyon (1715-1803), married 1730 Ebenezer Niles (1710-1747).
*  Mary Kenyon (1717-????), married 1742 Enoch Lewis (1720-????).
*  Elizabeth Kenyon (1720-1778), married 1735 Stephen Hoxsie (1713-1793).
*  Samuel Kenyon (1722-1747), married 1746 Hannah Kenyon (1727-????)
*  Abigail Kenyon (1724-1746).
*  Benedict Kenyon (1727-1807), married (1) 1760 Amie Barber (1742-1803); (2) 1703 Phebe Thurston (1750-????).

1522.  John Remington, born 20 March 1650 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died before 12 December 1688 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.   He married  1679 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
1523.  Abigail Richmond, born 1656 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died 20 July 1744 in Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.  She was the daughter of 3046. Edward Richmond and 3047. Abigail Davis.

Children of John Remington and Abigail Richmond are:
*  Abigail Remington (1681-1763), married (1) 1695 William Gardiner (1671-1732); (2) 1740 Jacob Almy (1675-1744).
*  Martha Remington (1683-1744), married 1706 Eber Sherman (1679-1758).
*  Elizabeth Remington (1686-1747), married 1704 John Kenyon (1682-1735).
*  Hannah Remington (1687-????), married 1706 Thomas Mumford (1687-1760).

3044.  John Remington, born about 1630 in Lockington, Yorkshire, England; died after 13 August 1709 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States.  He married about 1649 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
3045.  Abigail Acie, born about 1631 in Kirk Ella, Yorkshire, England; died 1710 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States.  She was the daughter of 6090. William Acie and 6091. Margaret Haiton.

Children of John Remington and Abigail Acie are:
*  John Remington (1650-1688), married 1679 Abigail Richmond (1656-1744)
*  Abigail Remington (1652-????).
*  Joseph Remington (1654-????).
*  Prudence Remington (1657-????).
*  Daniel Remington (1661-????)
*  Hannah Remington (1664-????).
*  Stephen Remington (1666-1738), married 1685 Penelope Parker (1666-1740).
*  Thomas Remington (1668-1710), married Mary Allen (1668-????).

6088.  John Remington, born before 01 February 1600 in Lockington, Yorkshire, England; died 08 June 1667 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 12176. Richard Remington and 12177. Elizabeth Hutton.  He married before 1630 in England.
6089.  Elizabeth, born about 1606 in England; died 24 October 1657 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Remington and Elizabeth are:
*  John Remington (1630-1709), married 1649 Abigail Acie (1631-1710)
*  Thomas Remington (1635-1721), married 1658 Mehitabel Walker 1658-1718).
*  Jonathan Remington (1640-1700), married 1664 Martha Belcher (1644-1711).
*  Daniel Remington (1642-1644).
*  Hannah Remington (1643-1673), married 1666 Thomas Larkin (1644-1677).
*  Elizabeth Remington (1645-1645).
*  Elizabeth Remington (1648-1680), married (1) 1666 John Steadman (????-1679); (2) 1679 Samuel Gibson.
*  Joseph Remington (1650-????).
*  Mary Remington (1653-1653).

The biography of these Remington men and information about their families and lives are provided in:

Lois Remington Smith, A Remington Family History, typescript (San Jose, calif. : the author, 1963).

The English ancestry and biography of the immigrant John Remington was summarized in the book:

Carl Boyer, 3rd, Ancestral Lines, Third Edition (Santa Clarita, Calif. : the author, 1998), pages 490-498.

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