Jonathan Remington (1677–1745), was an Associate Justice of

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appointed by Gov.

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. Judge Remington married Lucy Remington Bradstreet (1680–1743), a granddaughter of Gov.

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. Their daughter Ann Remington (her first name is also spelled "Anne") was the first wife of

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, a signer of the

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Life

Born July 27, 1677, to Capt. Jonathan Remington (d. 1700) and Martha Belcher Remington (d. 1711); A Harvard graduate (A.B. 1696); Resident tutor and fellow in Harvard, 1703–11; Deputy to the General Court, Cambridge; Governor's councilor, 1730–40; Judge of Court of Common Pleas, 1715–33; Judge of Probate for

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, 1725–45; Justice of Superior Court, 1733–45; Died September 20, 1745. Eulogy was given by Chief Justice Paul Dudley in court at Charlestown.

Death and Descendants

Judge Remington died in office in 1745. Judge Remington and his cousin Gov.

were playmates and best friends all their lives. They were buried in one grave at Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Ma. The site of their grave is contiguous to that of Judge

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and Edmund Trowbridge Dana. In that of Judge Trowbridge rest the remains of

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; of Chief Justice

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; of the poet Richard Henry Dana and others of the family. The children of Jonathan Remington and Lucy Bradstreet were: *Martha Remington (wife of Judge

); *Mary Remington (wife of Rev. Benjamin Stevens); *Ann Remington (wife of

); Descendants: *

; *

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; * Richard Henry Dana, Jr.; * Edmund Trowbridge Dana; *

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; * Joseph Stevens Buckminster; *

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(6th Great-granddaughter of Judge Remington);

References

1677 births 1745 deaths Dominion of New England People of colonial Massachusetts Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature Members of the colonial Massachusetts Governor's Council People from Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University alumni {{US-judge-stub