GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-003054
NameJonathan Remington
Title
Gendermale
Denomination
Livedb. 1677-07-27 - d. 1745-09-20 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon on Ecclesiastes 8:11 -- dedicatee (autograph: yes)Sermon on Romans 11:36 -- dedicatee (autograph: yes)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesCambridge -- HomeHarvard College (University) -- Place of StudyCourt of Common Pleas -- PostHarvard College (University) -- PostProbate Court for Middlesex County -- Post
Source of DataCatherine Evans
Biographical Sources ConsultedThe New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 8, p. 51.
Other NoteMay be the "Remington" named in George Curwen Papers, Sermons 1700-1717, Vol. 2: MSS 45. Jonathan Remington was born in Cambridge to Captain Jonathan Remington (d. 1700) and Martha Belcher Remington (d. 1711). He graduated from Harvard in 1696, and was a resident tutor and fellow there from 1703-1711. He was then the Deputy to the General Court at Cambridge, MA; the Judge of Court of Common Pleas, 1715–33;
Judge of Probate for Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1725–45; Justice of Superior Court, 1733–45. He married Lucy Bradstreet (1680-1743), and had three daughters who survived to majority.
GEMMS record createdJuly 27, 2020
GEMMS record last editedJuly 27, 2020