Joshua Remington

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, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 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

Joshua Remington
1690–1733
Elizabeth Trundy
1692–
Marriage: 13 June 1712
Elizabeth Remington
1720–1765
Olive Remington
1710–1817
John Remington
1724–
Sarah Remington
1732–
Joshua Remington
1714–1730
Elisha Remington
1719–1796
Mary Remington
1721–1770
Thomas Remington
1726–1813
Joshua Remington
1731–1811

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"

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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