Person:Jonathan Remington (8)

Watchers
m. 13 Jul 1664
  1. Martha Remington1674 -
  2. Judge Jonathan Remington1677 - 1745
m. 5 Sep 1711
  1. Mary Remington1718 - 1763
  2. Ann Remington1724/25 -
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Judge Jonathan Remington
Gender Male
Birth[2][3] 25 Sep 1677 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Alt Birth[1] 25 Sep 1677 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Degree[1] 1696 Harvard College.
Marriage 5 Sep 1711 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lucy Bradstreet
Death[1][2] 30 Sep 1745 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesThis death is not recorded in any published Massachusetts vital records.
Burial[4] Old Burying Ground Harvard Square, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 4. Jonathan Remington; 5. Jonathan Remington, in Paige, Lucius Robinson. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877: With a Genealogical Register. (Boston, Massachusetts: H. O. Houghton, 1877)
    639-40.

    "… Jonathan (Remington), b. 25 Sept. 1677; …"
    "5. Jonathan (Remington), s. of Jonathan (4), m. Lucy, dau. of Rev. Simon Bradstreet of New London (whose wid. had m. Daniel Epps, and at the time of this marriage was residing in Medf. being a second time a widow), 5 Sept. 1711, … Jonathan the f. grad. H. C. 1696, was elected Tutor 4 Jan. 1702-3, was also Fellow, but resigned his Fellowship 1711, in anticipation of marriage, which was prohibited to a Fellow of the College at that period. He was admitted by the Superior Court an attorney at law, and took the prescribed oath in Jan. 1709-10. He was a Selectman 1712 and 1715-1719; Representative in the General Court twelve years between 1714 and 1728; was elected Councillor 1727, which office he then declined, but accepted a similar appointment three years later, and served as Councillor eleven years, 1730-1740.. He was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas 1729, Judge of Probate 1731, and Judge of the Superior Court 1733, which last two offices he held during life. He d. 30 Sept. 1745, a. 68. … Judge Remington was cousin to Governor Belcher. It is said that they cherished towards each other such a peculiar friendship as to desire that their bodies might rest in one grave. Judge Remington died first, and was buried near his father. Gov. Belcher, though at that time residing in New Jersey, caused a tomb to be constructed here, in which, upon his death in 1757, his body and that of Judge Remington were placed side by side."

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jonathan Remington, in Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence. (Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society & New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005)
    Harvard:1289-91.
  3. Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year of 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1914-15)
    1:591.

    "Remington, … Jonathan, s. of Jonath[an] and Martha, [born] July 27, 1677."

  4. Judge Jonathan Remington, in Find A Grave.