| Jonathan Remington | |
| Office: | Associate Justice of Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature |
| Termstart: | 1733 |
| Termend: | 1745 |
| Appointer: | Jonathan Belcher |
| Predecessor: | John Cushing |
| Successor: | Richard Saltonstall |
| Birth Date: | July 27, 1677 |
| Birth Place: | Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, America |
| Death Place: | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Lucy Bradstreet Remington |
| Signature: | Signature_of_Judge_Jonathan_Remington.png |
Jonathan Remington (1677 - 1745), was an Associate Justice of Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature appointed by Gov. Jonathan Belcher. Judge Remington married Lucy Remington Bradstreet (1680 - 1743), a granddaughter of Gov. Simon Bradstreet. Their daughter Ann Remington (her first name is also spelled "Anne") was the first wife of William Ellery, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.[1]
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 Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1725 - 45;
Justice of Superior Court, 1733 - 45;
Died September 20, 1745. Eulogy was given by Chief Justice Paul Dudley in court at Charlestown.
Judge Remington died in office in 1745. Judge Remington and his cousin Gov. Jonathan Belcher were playmates and best friends all their lives. They were buried in one grave at Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Ma.[2] The site of their grave is contiguous to that of Judge Edmund Trowbridge and Edmund Trowbridge Dana. In that of Judge Trowbridge rest the remains of Washington Allston; of Chief Justice Francis Dana; of the poet Richard Henry Dana and others of the family.
The children of Jonathan Remington and Lucy Bradstreet were:[3]