20. CORPORAL BENJAMIN 4 REMICK (Dea. Jacob 3, Sergt. Jacob 2, Christian 1), born in Kittery, 80 Apr. 1719, baptised there in the Upper Parish, 14 June 1719, died there, in November 1782, aged sixty-three years. He married there, intention dated 22 Sept. 1740, ELIZABETH DEED, baptised in First Parish of Kittery, 14 Oct. 1722, as an infant, died in that town, in August 1790, daughter of Francis and Sarah (Deering) Deed, and granddaughter of Thomas Deering. Benjamin's oldest brothers, John and Samuel, had left Kittery and presumably lost all touch with the family; his sister Abigail had married and gone to live in another province; Stephen and Lydia had evidently died as children; and the youngest son had removed to another town and died; so that in 1749, when Benjamin bought out his father's rights in the old homestead in Kittery, with no other deeds to any other children, and no further settlement in the Probate Court, we may infer that Benjamin was then the only son living. Benjamin, then, succeeded to his father's land and house on the Eliot Neck Road, his father being buried on this farm. It is thought that he followed the sea in his youth, but after 1749, settled down to his farming and to his trade of shipwright. He owned the covenant and was baptised, 1 Nov. 1747, in the Lower Parish.
He had service in the French or Colonial Wars:
The name of Benja Remick appears on a list dated Kittery, 12 Apr. 1757, of the 3d. Co. of Militia in the town of Kittery, commanded by Capt. Samuel Newmarch, comprising the Train band and Alarm list. Rank, Corporal. Reported belonged to the Train band. Remarks: 1st York Co. regt., whereof Sir William Pepperrell, Baronet, is Colonel. (Mass. Archives, 95: 368.)
In 1761, Benjamin Remick owned a house, three acres of mowing land, a cow, three sheep, and was a ratable poll; in September 1760, the valuation of his real estate was £5, and personal estate £1-l8s. He was chosen a juryman for Kittery, 10 July 1775. In 1782, he had a house, barn, and about six acres of land between the road and the river, which was appraised at £125; later his son, Stephen 6 Remick, bought his father's place and left it to his son Josiah 6 Remick.
Benjamin is known to have built ships on the Piscataqua River in 1762 and 1766.
In 1759, Benjamin Remick was appointed the administrator of the estate of Sarah Deed, with Nathaniel Remick and William Cottle on his bond.
2 Dec. 1771, Benjamin Remick, shipwright, sued Stephen Paul, same, both of Kittery, in an action for debt; stating that Benjamin's son and servant had also worked for the said Paul; Remick recovered judgment, 22 July 1772. (Superior Court of Judicature, Files, 137395; 124176.)
He died intestate and his property was settled on his eldest son, Stephen, who was to pay off the shares of the rest of the children, who were all living at the time. ...
