Brief Life History of Joshua
When Joshua Remington was born in 1690, in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Thomas Remington, was 31 and his mother, Remember Stowell, was 28. He married Elizabeth Trundy on 13 June 1712, in York, Province of Maine, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 1 July 1733, in his hometown, at the age of 43.
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Family Time Line
Sources (16)
- Joshua Remington, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Joshua Remington, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
- Joshua Remington in entry for Olive Remington, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1690–1733 Male
1692– Female
Children (9)
1714–1730 Male
1719–1796 Male
1720–1765 Female
1721–1770 Female
1710–1817 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1659–1693 Male
1662–1694 Female
Siblings (5)
1688–1783 Female
1688– Male
1690–1733 Male
1691–1785 Female
1693–1786 Female
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Rimington (Yorkshire), from Old English rima ‘rim, edge, boundary’ + the place- and river name forming suffix -ing (together meaning ‘boundary stream’, referring to Ings Brook) + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Rimington is on the Lancashire border.
History: The American painter Frederic Remington (1861–1909) was descended from John Remington, living in MA in 1639; his father, Eliphalet Remington, was born in Suffield, CT, in 1793, and was a noted firearms manufacturer.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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