Family History Research: Eliphalet Remington II (5th Cousin)
Introduction
Who do you think you are??
While doing research on some of my family branches, I came across this notable from history.
He founded the company that made some of the most famous rifles and shotguns in history....and a few more modern inventions.
We both descend from early New England settlers and our most common recent ancestor is my and my sibling's ancestral 10th Great Grandmother and his 4th Great Grandmother; Patience Morton Faunce of Plymouth Mass.
Read on for more....
Weapons Inventor-Businessman-Cousin
A trained blacksmith, at age 23 he invented and hand produced a hunting rifle that became so popular that he founded the "E. Remington and Sons" firearms manufacturing company.
Later changed to "Remington Arms", the rifles they produced became iconic in the American West, and are still highly sought today. [1] Eliphalet Remington (October 28, 1793 – August 12, 1861) designed the Remington rifle and founded what is now known as the Remington Arms Co., L.L.C. Originally the company was known as E. Remington followed by E. Remington & Son and then finally E. Remington and Sons.[2
My Family Lineage to Eliphalet Remmington II
Eliphalet and John & Siblings are fifth cousins 6 times removed
Eliphalet Remington II (1793-1861) and John Repinski are both descendants of Patience (Morton) Faunce (abt.1615-1691).
1.
Eliphalet is the
son of
Elizabeth (Kilborn) Remington (abt.1770-bef.1843)
2.
Elizabeth is the
daughter of
Elisha Kilbourn (1726-1813)
3.
Elisha is the
son of
Elizabeth (Allyn) Kilbourne (1700-1773)
4.
Elizabeth is the
daughter of
Mary (Doty) Thomas (1671-bef.1742)
5.
Mary is the
daughter of
Sarah (Faunce) Buck (1645-1695)
6.
Sarah is the
daughter of
Patience (Morton) Faunce (abt.1615-1691)
This makes
Patience the fourth great grandmother of Eliphalet.
2. Marlene is the daughter of Raymond Harold Dietz (1912-1973)
3. Raymond is the son of Grace Elizabeth (Pope) Dietz (1891-1963)
4. Grace is the daughter of Henry Allen Pope (1862-1927)
5. Henry is the son of Thomas Paschal Pope (1838-1906)
6. Thomas is the son of Thomas Faunce Pope (1807-abt.1881)
7. Thomas is the son of Ruth (Hammond) Pope (1767-1857)
8. Ruth is the daughter of Faunce Hammond (1737-1813)
9. Faunce is the son of Abigail (Faunce) Hammond (1715-1799)
10. Abigail is the daughter of John Faunce (1678-1766)
11. John is the son of Thomas Faunce (1647-1745)
12. Thomas is the son of Patience (Morton) Faunce (abt.1615-1691)
Life Sketch of Eliphalet Remington II
Eliphalet Remington (October 28, 1793 – August 12, 1861) was an American engineer who founded what would become known as Remington Arms. Originally the company was known as E. Remington followed by E. Remington & Son and then E. Remington and Sons.
Eliphalet Remington II was born in 1793 in the town of Suffield, Connecticut.
He was the second child of four surviving children (but the only son) of Elizabeth (née Kilbourn) and Eliphalet Remington, whose family origins lay in Yorkshire, England.[1]
Eliphalet II followed in his father's footsteps and entered the blacksmith trade at the family's rural forge in Herkimer County, New York.
Two of my ancestral cousins, Nathaniel & Elnathen Pope, lived in Herkimer County and had a mill there and were friends with this man and that is how I discovered the family connection. I wonder if my Pope cousins knew of their shared family ancestry???
The original family home at Kinne Corners, New York, built about 1810 and known as Remington House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[2]
Remington Company Founder
The younger Remington worked with his father in the forge, and at 23 he hand-made a flintlock rifle using a firing mechanism bought from a gunsmith, but constructing the barrel himself.[3]
The rifle received such a response that Remington decided to manufacture it in quantity. By 1840, when his three sons began to take a more active role in the family business, he formed the firm of E. Remington and Sons, which he headed until his death in 1861.[4]
The company continued to grow and to develop its product and gradually began the manufacture of other sporting goods, such as bicycles. The company operated as Remington Arms until its bankruptcy in 2020.[5]
Personal Life
Remington married Abigail Paddock (1790–1841), and together they had five children:
Time Line of Remington Arms
1816
ELIPHALET REMINGTON II
Eliphalet Remington II handcrafted his first rifle barrel at his father’s forge, and carried it to Utica to have a local gunsmith fabricate it into a flintlock rifle. Eliphalet established a rifle-making business and forged thousands which he sold to gunsmiths throughout America.
1828
MOVE TO THE ERIE CANAL
Eliphalet Remington II moved his barrel making operation from the forge site down to 200 acres alongside the new Erie Canal. This is the location of the present Remington factory in Ilion, New York.
1845
FIRST FIREARMS CONTRACT
Eliphalet negotiated his first firearms contract to manufacture 5,000 Model 1841 “Mississippi” rifles for the U.S. Army Ordnance Department. And a few months later received a contract to manufacture 1,000 Jenks breech loading carbines for the government. These were the first complete guns made by the company.
1848
FIRST ARMORY
The first armory buildings were built for Eliphalet Remington adjoining the Erie Canal to manufacture the rifles and carbines for the government.
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| First Armory |
1856
E. REMINGTON & SONS
The company becomes E. Remington & Sons when all three of his sons joined him in the arms making business. Concurrently Remington introduced its first revolver based on a Fordyce Beals patent.
1861
CIVIL WAR BEGINS
On April 12, 1861, the War Between the States began, and Remington’s Armory went all out to supply pistols, carbines, rifles and muskets for the Federal Army and Navy. Eliphalet Remington, the founder, died in July 1861, leaving control to his sons: Philo, Samuel and Eliphalet III.
1865
CIVIL WAR ENDS
The Civil War officially ended in April 1865, and Remington’s vast Armory began making a great variety of firearms for civilian hunters, for settlers moving west, and for the emerging target shooting sportsmen.
1866
UMC IS ESTABLISHED
New York City arms merchants Schuyler, Hartley & Graham established a factory in Bridgeport, Connecticut to manufacture metallic ammunition — The Union Metallic Cartridge Company. The works soon grew to be the largest ammunition plant in the United States.
1871
REMINGTON AMMUNITION WORKS ESTABLISHED
The Remington Ammunition Works was established to produce metallic, centerfire ammunition for pistols, rifles and shotguns.
1873
FIRST REMINGTON TYPEWRITER
E. Remington & Sons manufactured the world’s first effective typewriter, the invention of Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden. Remington manufactured these innovative machines in Ilion, New York.
1906
FIRST AMERICAN AUTOLOADER
Remington produced the first American autoloading shotgun, a John Browning design — later called the Model 11. Over the next 42 years Remington sold over 850,000 of these innovative shotguns.
1906
MODEL 8 AUTOLOADING RIFLE
Remington introduced its first high-power, autoloading rifle — later called the Model 8. Over the next 30 years Remington produced more than 69,000 of these powerful hunting rifles.
1911
MODEL 10
Remington introduced the company’s first pump-action shotgun — later called the Model 10 — a John Pedersen design
1914
INDUSTRY FOR WAR
On June 28, 1914, the Crown Prince of Austria was assassinated, which led to the start of what would be called “The War to End All Wars.” While America was neutral, its industries began tooling up to provide the Allies with wartime products. Remington constructed four massive plants, each one-million square feet — Ilion, New York (firearms); Eddystone, Pennsylvania (firearms); Bridgeport, Connecticut (firearms) and another in Bridgeport (ammunition).
1917
WORLD WAR I
On May 26, 1917, the United States declared war on Germany, officially entering into the First World War. For the Allies Remington produced military rifles, autoloading pistols, signal guns and machine guns, as well as carloads of ammunition. By war’s end Remington had provided half the small arms ammunition utilized by all the Allies during the entire conflict.
1918
MODEL 51 AUTOLOADING PISTOL
Remington introduced the company’s first autoloading pistol — the Model 51 — Remington’s first new handgun in 28 years
1921
REMINGTON CUTLERY
Remington entered the cutlery business after forming the Remington Cutlery Works, Inc. two years earlier. The new Bridgeport venture produced pocket and sheath knives, kitchen and table knives and scissors in volume. By 1926 the company was selling about 2,500,000 knives per annum — the greatest production from any knife company in the world.
1922
FIRST GAME LOADS
Remington introduced the concept of “Game Load” shotshells replacing load varieties, revolutionizing the shotshell industry1927
KLEANBORE PRIMERS
Remington introduced “Kleanbore” primers into all of its ammunition products, a proprietary primer development which reduced fouling, rust, pitting and corrosion.
1933
EARLY ACQUISITIONS
Important acquisitions included the Chamberlain Trap & Target Company, Parker Bros. shotguns and the Peters Ammunition Company.
1940
AMMUNITION FOR WWII
With war already being waged in Europe and the Far East, the U.S. Army War Department ordered Remington to expand its ammunition production in Bridgeport, including the formation of several GOCO (Government Owned Company Operated) ammunition plants in Denver, Colorado, Lake City, Missouri, and Lowell, Massachusetts. During World War II, Remington facilities produced more than half the small arms ammunition used by the Allies.
1941
WWII WAR EFFORT
Besides ammunition, Remington manufactured hundreds of thousands of military rifles during World War II, and millions of weapons parts for other gun makers. Remington sold off its cutlery business to Pal in order to devote more production resources for the Allied war effort.
1950
MODEL 870 INTRODUCED
Remington came out with one of the finest pump-action shotguns ever designed — the Model 870 “Wingmaster” shotgun, which has become the largest selling shotgun in history with well over 10 million sold, to date.
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| Model 870 Shotgun (my dad owned one of these) |
1959
NYLON 66 AUTOLOADING .22
Remington introduced the innovative Nylon 66 autoloading .22 rifle.
1962
THE LEGENDARY MODEL 700 AND 7MM REMINGTON MAGNUM INTRODUCED
Remington introduced the Model 700 bolt-action rifle chambered in the new 7mm Remington Magnum cartridge together. History has shown these to be to of the most popular hunting choices of all time.
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| Model 700 |
1963
MODEL 1100 INTRODUCED
The company introduced the Remington Model 1100 autoloading shotgun.
1970
LONOKE AMMUNITION PLANT
A thoroughly modern ammunition plant was constructed in Lonoke, Arkansas. Over the next 25 years rimfire, centerfire and shotshell production lines were moved out of Bridgeport.
1982
BULLET KNIFE RE-INTRODUCED
Remington re-introduced its popular “Bullet Knife” series of pocket knives, and a new pattern has been offered every year since, along with many other knife patterns.
1999
REMINGTON ULTRA MAGNUMS (RUM)
The 300 RUM is released with one of the largest case capacities ever, delivering some of the greatest velocities and energies ever seen for a 30 caliber bullet. The following year the 338 RUM and 375 RUM are released. A couple years later the 7mm RUM is released. All are based on the same revolutionary case.
Ultra Mag
2001
REMINGTON SHORT ACTION ULTRA MAGNUMS (RSAUM)
The 300 RSAUM is released, designed to fit into standard short action rifles. The 7mm RSAUM the following year.
2009
REMINGTON HYPERSONIC STEEL
Remington revolutionizes the waterfowl world with the fastest steel shot velocity ever at 1700 fps. This is made possible by the new Xelerator Wad technology, which delivers a slower powder burn to create the increased velocity and holds the patterns tighter downrange. The increased velocity allows the waterfowler to shorten the lead by 8 inches at 40 yards placing more of the pellets in the head and neck delivering more bagged birds.
2013
REMINGTON HYPERSONIC RIFLE BONDED
Remington combines the tough Core-Lokt Ultra Bonded bullet with a proprietary blend of propellants that deliver a 200 fps. increase in velocity over standard loads for excellent penetration through hide, meat, and bone with unrivaled devastation.
2016
200 YEARS IN REMINGTON COUNTRY
Remington celebrates its 200th Anniversary in the gun business as “America’s Oldest Gunmaker.” The company is quite possibly the oldest manufacturer in America to still be making its original product.
2020
REMINGTON JOINS VISTA OUTDOOR
The Remington brand and ammunition facility is acquired by Vista Outdoor, creating a renewed focus on ammunition and starting a new chapter in Remington’s iconic history.
2021
PREMIER TSS
New ultra-dense Tungsten Super Shot payloads deliver increased lethal range, denser patterns, massive new levels of knockdown power and, of course, more big ol’ Toms to the ground. The shot size is smaller than lead with increased velocity and energy, so you can put more pellets downrange with greater force, and put more of them in the head and neck. Every load is tuned for the tightest, most consistent patterns possible. And the most deadly turkey season of your life.
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