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Spouse: . John WYTHE and Deborah WARD were married on 2 Jan 1682/83 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.198
Edward WARD was born on 13 Mar 1671 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.90 He died in Jan 1749 in Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Parents: John WARD and Hannah JACKSON.
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Eleazer WARD was born on 26 Feb 1672 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.22 He died on 18 Jan 1731 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Parents: John WARD and Hannah JACKSON.
Spouse: Deliverance TROWBRIDGE. Eleazer WARD and Deliverance TROWBRIDGE were married in 1707 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Elizabeth WARD was born on 18 Jun 1660 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.22 She died in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Source: History of Newton Massachussets, by Francis Jackson Parents: John WARD and Hannah JACKSON.
Spouse: Joshua FULLER. Joshua FULLER and Elizabeth WARD were married on 7 May 1679 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.11,749 Children were: Elizabeth FULLER, Hannah FULLER, Experience FULLER, Mercy FULLER.
Hannah WARD was born in 1651 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She died in 1686/87 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Parents: John WARD and Hannah JACKSON.
Spouse: . Thomas GREENWOOD and Hannah WARD were married on 8 Jun 1670 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.749
Hannah WARD was born about 1676. Parents: John WARD and Hannah JACKSON.
Joanna WARD was born in 1628 in , , Yorkshire, England.22 Record in Newton, Mass. Parents: William WARD and Eleanor.
John WARD was born in 1626 in , , , England.22 Record in Newton, Mass. He died on 2 Jul 1708 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He was buried on 8 Jul 1708 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Extracted Birth from Sudbury, Middlesex, MA. Vital Records. Film #0185455 (no date given)
Source: Library of Congress "The Ward Family" page 175-178
He was the oldest son of William Ward, an early settler of Sudbury, where he had lands granted him, 1640. He m. Hannah, dr. of Edward Jackson, Sen., about 1650; she was born in London, 1631, bap. May 1, 1934. He was a turner, and settled in the E. part of the village. His f. in law, Edward Jackson, Sen., conveyed "to him and his w. Hannah, all that tract of land where they have entered and builded their dwelling house, about forty-five acres." Highway N., land of John Jackson E., highway to Goodman Hammond's s., and Capt. Thomas Jackson E., highway to Goodman Hammond's s., and Capt. Thomas Prentice W. Whitnesses, John Jackson and John Spring; this deed was not acknowledged until fourteen years after its date. Upon this tract stood the venerable Garrison house, supposed to have been built by him; it was taken down in 1821, having stood about one hundred and seventy years, and sheltered seven generations. He was chosen one of the first board of Selectmen, at the organization of the Town, Aug. 27, 1679, and continued to hold that office nine years. He was their first Representative to the General Court, after the organization of the Town, and served eight years in that office, commencing in 1689, being the first year after Gov. Andros was deposed, and William and Mary proclaimed King and Queen. The session lasted fifty-four days, and the Town voted him one shilling and sixpence per day, for his services. By subsequent purchases of land, he increased his forty-five acres to about five hundred acres, which he distributed among his sons, by deed of gift, in 1701, seven years previous to his decease. Source: "History of Newton Massachusetts" by Francis Jackson Parents: William WARD and Eleanor.
Spouse: Hannah JACKSON. John WARD and Hannah JACKSON were married in 1650 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.11 Children were: Hannah WARD, Edward JACKSON, John WARD, Rebecca WARD, John WARD, Elizabeth WARD, Deborah WARD, William WARD, Richard WARD, Mercy WARD, Edward WARD, Eleazer WARD, Jonathan WARD, Hannah WARD, Joseph WARD.
John WARD was born on 26 Jan 1653 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.22 Parents: John WARD and Hannah JACKSON.
John WARD was born on 8 Mar 1658 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.22 He died on 5 Jun 1727 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.81
He was Selectman five years, and Representative ten years. His will, proved 1727, gives all his estate , housing, lands, and quarter part of grist mill, after the decease of his w., to his son in law Dea. William Trowbridge-no chil. named. He directs that there shall be an open highway from his house to the brook, where the causeway is by the old house; and another open highway for the house of Eleazer Ward, to meet the aforesaid highway; also an open highway to run w. till it comes to the Cam. lots. Wife Mary, and William Trowbridge, exectors.
Source: "History of Newton Massachusetts" by Francis Jackson Cambridge or Newton (same place) Parents: John WARD and Hannah JACKSON.
Spouse: Mary SPRING. John WARD and Mary SPRING were married on 30 Nov 1681 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.198 Children were: Mary WARD, Sarah WARD.
Jonathan WARD was born on 22 Apr 1674 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.22 He died on 16 Jul 1723 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Parents: John WARD and Hannah JACKSON.
Spouse: . Jonathan WARD and Abigail HALL were married on 13 Dec 1700 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Joseph WARD was born on 15 Nov 1677 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.22 He died in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Parents: John WARD and Hannah JACKSON.
Spouse: . Joseph WARD and Esther KENRICK were married in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Mary WARD was born on 10 Apr 1683 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.22 Parents: John WARD and Mary SPRING.
Mercy WARD was born on 27 Jan 1668 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.22 She died on 18 Dec 1700 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Parents: John WARD and Hannah JACKSON.
Spouse: . Isaac THAYER and Mercy WARD were married on 12 Apr 1691.
Rebecca WARD was born on 15 Jun 1655 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.90 She died in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Parents: John WARD and Hannah JACKSON.
Richard WARD was born on 15 Nov 1666 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.22 He died in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Parents: John WARD and Hannah JACKSON.
Spouse: . Richard WARD and Thankful TROWBRIDGE were married on 15 Dec 1690 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.507
Sarah WARD was born on 25 Mar 1685 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.22 She died on 21 Jun 1720 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Source: "History of Newton Massachusetts" by Francis Jackson Parents: John WARD and Mary SPRING.
Spouse: William TROWBRIDGE. William TROWBRIDGE and Sarah WARD were married on 14 Dec 1708 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Children were: Mary TROWBRIDGE, Huldah TROWBRIDGE, Hulda TROWBRIDGE, William TROWBRIDGE, James TROWBRIDGE.
William WARD1333 was born on 15 May 1603 in , , Yorkshire, England. He was christened in 1603 in , , , England. He died on 10 Aug 1687 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.1334,1335
Name of first wife not given but John and Joanna were by her and the other children with Elizabeth. In 1666 was made first Deacon in the first church of Marlborough.
Source: Library of Congress "The Ward Family" page 175-178
Extracted Children from Sudbury, Middlesex, MA. Vital Records. Film #0185455. Child #2 Hannah came from temple ready. Child #1 Joanna from AF
Spouse: Eleanor. William WARD and Eleanor were married by 1627 in , , , England.11 Children were: John WARD, Joanna WARD.
Spouse: . William WARD and Elizabeth WARD were married by 1641 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.11 Children were: Richard WARD, Deborah WARD, Hannah WARD, Samuel WARD, Elizabeth WARD, Increase WARD, Jacob WARD, Hopestill WARD, Mary WARD, William WARD, Eleazer WARD, Bethiah WARD.
William WARD was born on 19 Nov 1664 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.22 He died on 23 Jan 1752 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Parents: John WARD and Hannah JACKSON.
Spouse: Abigail SPRING. William WARD and Abigail SPRING were married on 31 Dec 1689 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.507
Rebecca WARE was born in 1620 in , of Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.
From Maybeth's chart
Spouse: Thomas PAINE. Thomas PAINE and Rebecca WARE were married on 17 Oct 1640 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.11 Children were: Rebecca PAINE.
Isabel de WARENNE Countess of Surrey1123 was born in 1137 in , , Surrey, England. She died on 13 Jul 1199 in , Lewes, Surrey, England.1124
ISABEL DE WARENNE, daughter of the Earl of Surrey, in her own right Countess of Surrey, died possibly 12 July 1203, and was buried in the Chapter House at Lewes. She married first William of Blois, son of King Stephen of England. She married second, probably in April 1164, HAMELIN PLANTAGENET, who became Earl of Surrey and died 7 May 1202. He was buried in the Chapter House at Lewes.
Parents: William de WARENNE 3rd Earl of Surrey and Ela TALVAS.
Spouse: Hamelin PLANTAGENET 5th Earl of Surrey. Hamelin PLANTAGENET 5th Earl of Surrey and Isabel de WARENNE Countess of Surrey were married in Apr 1164 in , , E. Surrey, England. Children were: Maud de WARENNE, Ida (Bigod) PLANTAGENET Countess of Norfolk.
Maud de WARENNE.6 Parents: Hamelin PLANTAGENET 5th Earl of Surrey and Isabel de WARENNE Countess of Surrey.
Spouse: Henry of EU Count of Eu. Henry of EU Count of Eu and Maud de WARENNE were married. Children were: Alice of EU Countess of Eu.
William WARENNE 2nd Earl of Surrey died on 11 May 1138.690,1124
WILLLIAM DE WARENNE II, 2nd Earl of Surrey, died probably 11 May 1138, and was buned at his father's feet at the chapter house at Lewes. He married in 1118, as her second husband, ISABEL DE VERMANDOIS, Countess of Leicester (daughter of Hugh Magnus de Crepi, son of Henri I, King of France), who died probably before July 1147. She had married first Sir Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, who died 5 June 1118.
In 1090 he fought in Normandy against Robert de Belleme (for whom see Montgomery), who had the support of Duke Robert. Shortly after 1093 he fought unsuccessfully to many Maud (or Matilda), the daughter of Malcolm III Canmore, King of Scotland. While he was with Henry l at Windsor on Sept., he later supported Duke Robert and thus had his English inheritance confiscated. In 1103 Robert induced Henry I to restore William's English earldom. In 1106 he commanded a division of the royal army at the battle of Tinchebrai. In 1109 he was at a Great Council at Nottingham, and in 1111 he served as a judge in Normandy. He commanded a division of the royal army at the battle of Bremule in 1119. In 1131 he attended the Council at Northampton. On 1 Dec. 1135 he was present when Henry I died at Lyons-la-Foret, and was placed in charge of the district of Rouen and the pays de Caux. He was with Stephen at Westminster at Easter 1136.
Spouse: Isabel (Elizabeth) de VERMANDOIS Countess of Leicester. William WARENNE 2nd Earl of Surrey and Isabel (Elizabeth) de VERMANDOIS Countess of Leicester were married in 1118.690,1124 Children were: William de WARENNE 3rd Earl of Surrey.
William de WARENNE 3rd Earl of Surrey690 was born in 1118.690,1124 He died in 1148.690,1124
WILLIAM DE WARENNE III, 3rd Earl of Surrey, was born probably in 1119, and died in the defiles of Laodicea, in the Holy Land, 19 Jan. 1147/8, slain in the rearguard of the army of the French King, which was cut to pieces. He married ELA TALVAS (for whom see MONTCOMERY), who was said to have died 4 Oct. 1174 [CP, 12:1:497], having married second, about 1152, Patrick d' Everettx de Salisbury, 1st Earl of Wiltshire or Salisbury, who died in 1168.
In June 1137 he was among the nobles who deserted King Stephen's army in Normandy, where it was said Stephen held William de Warenne junior and other youths and did his best to pacify them, but did not dare make them fight. On 18 Dec. 1138 he was with his half-brother Waleran, Count of Meulan, at Rouen. On 2 Feb. 1140/1 he was in Stephen's army at the battle of Lincoln, and fled with Waleran before the enemy's opening charge. However, they joined the Queen in London about June 1141. At Christmas William witnessed royal charters of Stephen at Canterbury. On Palm Sunday, 24 March 1145/6, he took the cross, setting off on Crusade in June 1147.
Child, listed by Weis, Ancestral Roots, 7th ed.:
i. Isabel, m. (1) William of Blois, son of King Stephen of England, in. (2) 1164 Hamelin Plantagenet, who d. 7 May 1202. Parents: William WARENNE 2nd Earl of Surrey and Isabel (Elizabeth) de VERMANDOIS Countess of Leicester.
Spouse: Ela TALVAS. William de WARENNE 3rd Earl of Surrey and Ela TALVAS were married.690 Children were: Isabel de WARENNE Countess of Surrey.
John WARNER60 was born in 1616 in , , , England. He died in 1692 in , Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
Mentioned in his mother-in-law's will. Parents: William WARNER and Abigail BAKER.
Spouse: Priscilla SYMONDS. John WARNER and Priscilla SYMONDS were married in 1639 in , Essex, Massachusetts, USA.11,1278 Children were: Priscilla WARNER.
Priscilla WARNER was born about 1648 of Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. She died in 1730. Parents: John WARNER and Priscilla SYMONDS.
Spouse: James HOVEY. James HOVEY and Priscilla WARNER were married on 2 Nov 1670 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.11,853 Recorded in Judge Pychon's marriage record as being from Quabaug. Children were: Priscilla HOVEY, Daniel HOVEY, Deacon James HOVEY.
William WARNER was born on 10 Mar 1585. He died in 1647 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
Spouse: Abigail BAKER. William WARNER and Abigail BAKER were married about 1611 in Boxted, Essex, England.11 Children were: John WARNER.
Abigail WARREN1230,1323 was born in 1618 in , , , England.1336 She died on 3 Jan 1692 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.1233
Abigail's linage to Richard and her spouse are confirmed by The General Society Of Mayflower Descendants and listed in their book "Mayflower Index" FHL Book Area US/CAN 973 D2m 1960 V. 1-2. Parents: Richard WARREN and Elizabeth WALKER.
Spouse: Anthony SNOW. Anthony SNOW and Abigail WARREN were married on 8 Nov 1639 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.11,1233,1235 Children were: Abigail SNOW, Josiah SNOW, Lydia SNOW, Sarah SNOW, Alice SNOW.
Abigail WARREN1323 was born on 27 Oct 1640 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.1337 She died on 6 Apr 1726 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.1338 Parents: Arthur WARREN and Mary.
Spouse: . John WRIGHT and Abigail WARREN were married on 10 May 1661 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.657
Abigail WARREN was born in Nov 1674 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.22 She died on 24 Mar 1713. Parents: Joseph WARREN and Experience WHEELOCK.
Spouse: . John BULLARD and Abigail WARREN were married on 5 Aug 1701 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.
Anna WARREN1323,1339 was born in 1612 in , , , England.1339,1340 She died on 19 Feb 1675/76 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. She was christened in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. PLYMOUTH COLONY VITAL RECORDS
[MARRIAGES IN THE COURT ORDERS]
[C. 0., I: 15, under the year 1633] Apr. 19 Thomas Little & Ann Warren married Parents: Richard WARREN and Elizabeth WALKER.
Spouse: . Thomas LITTLE and Anna WARREN were married on 19 Apr 1633 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.11,1339
Arthur WARREN1323,1341 was born in 1613 in , Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. He died after 6 Jul 1658 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.91
While the history of the Warren family in Europe is not complete in every detail, there are certain facts of interest which seem to be fairly authentic. There is no doubt that the name dates back into the early history of France and England and has been borne by some of their most illustrious sons. Good authority also exists for believing that members of this family have formed alliances through marriage with the ruling houses of both of these countries.
This family name comes doubtless from the Latin word Guarenna or Varenna, of which the primary sense is to stop, hold, or repel, to guard, or keep off. This word in Norman French became Guarenne or Varenne and is sometimes written Guaren or Guarin in old documents. It is likewise found in English as Warren, Warrene, Waren, Warm, Warm, or Waring. The name Varenne was given both to a river in the County of Calais, Normandy and to the country bordering on this stream. This region, while not large in area, apparently was of sufficient political importance in the 11th century to bring to its possessor the title of Earl or Count.
The first to bear this title was William de St. Martins, so-called from his birthplace, who received the fief of Varenne from Duke William II of Normandy. He lived in the 11th century and was without doubt a descendant from the stock of the Danish invaders. There is considerable data extant, though unfortunately much of it is legendary, which would connect him directly with the warrior chieftain of the Northmen, Rolf or Rollo, who forced from King Charles III of France the grant of the northern section of that country, then called Neustria. The new owners changed the name to Normandy and their leader became the first Duke of Normandy. It is from this ducal lineage that the first Earl Warren, or Comte de Guaren or Varrenne, is said to have sprung. History bears eloquent testimony that he was a worthy recipient of this new title, as he served his sovereign nobly both at home and abroad.
The first mention of this name in English history is in connection with the Battle of hastings, fought in 1066. In this conflict one of Duke William s most trusted lieutenants was Comte de Guaren, or the 2d Earl Warren. He must have been in high favor at court, for he later became the husband of Gundred, the daughter of the Comqueror in whose train he had come to England. At Domesday he received 298 manors as his share of the kingdom for the part played in the victories of Hastings and Ely and was rated as the richest subject in England. In 1073, he was appointed one of the Grand Justiciaries of England and was created Earl of Surrey by William Rufus in 1088. Both he and his wife seem to have been of a generous disposition as they gave the money for the establishment, at Lewes in Sussex County, of one of the most magnificent Priories in England, and assisted liberally the other churches and monasteries in the counties subject to them. Their last years were passed in their principal castle at Lewes and they were buried in the Chapter House of the Priory which they had endowed.
The line of nobility thus established existed with distinction until the reign of Edward III when the estates and title were surrendered to the crown by John, 8th Earl Warren, who died without male issue in 1347. The King made grants of the lands thus surrendered but took no notice of the title. In fact it was not until more than a century later that the title was again used, being conferred upon the son of the Duke of Norfolk who was created Earl of Warren and Surrey by Henry VI. As lie left no male issue the title reverted to the crown. It was not conferred again until 1476, when Richard, Duke of York son-in-law of the previous holder, was created by Edward (VI) Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Warren. He also died male issue and the earldom became once more unenjoyed. It has not been granted to anyone since and, therefore, is extinct, though the title Earl of Surrey is a possession of the noble family of Howard.
Through marriage the Warren family was later allied with the houses of Wirmgay and Poynton. From this latter branch came the William Warren who settled in Caunton, Notts Co., England, in the 15th century and was (probably) an ancestor of the Arthur Warren who emigrated to America about 1635. Though this last statement is not established beyond question, yet John C. Warren, Esq., of Nottingham, Eng., who has made a study of this family, writes as follows: "One notable thing is that Arthur was not a common Warren name. Indeed I cannot find it used in old days among any branch of the family except the Leicester and Notts Warrens."
The physiognomy of various descendants of Arthur Warren clearly showed traces of a French ancestry.
IRVING L. FOSTER, A. M.,
Slate College, Pa.
ARTHUR WARREN undoubtedly emigrated from England to New England about 1635, though diligent and repeated efforts have failed to discover the date and place of his birth or the exact time when he came to this country. However, it is known that he settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, before 1638. In that year he married May. At the Quarter Court held in Boston December 7, 1641, he was a witness in the case against Walthian Richards. In the list of the real estate owned by the various proprietors of the plantation of Weymouth, made between Oct. 26, 1642, and May 21, 1644, "the land of Arthure Warren" is described as follows: "Tenn acres of upland and swampe, first given to himselfe, bounded on the East with Mr. Gloveres marsh, on the west and south with Mr. Barnardes land, on the north by the sea." "Tenn acres in the Mill-field, given to himselfe, bounded on the East and south with Hingham line, on the north with the land of of Walter Harms, the comon on the west." In 1645, Arthur "Waring" joined with about 20 members of the church in Braintree in a petition to the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony "for a grant of the Narragansett lands supposed to have been rendered forfeit by the heresy of Gorton, Holden and the others, just proprietors." "At a meeting of the Townsmen the 2d of the 12th mo. 1651-2," it was ordered by them that certain lands be divided, "The names of those that are to have lots in order as followeth: * * *
(No. 5.) Arthure Warren 4 (lots)."
He died after July 6, 1658. Among the probate records of Suffolk County, Mass., kept in Boston, is a document numbered 2,625 and undated, though it must have been made before 1660, as one of the persons who signed it died in that year. It shows by its wording that he left a will but none can be found. This paper reads as follows: "An inventory of the goods and lands of Arthur Warren of Weymouth, late deceased, which he bequeathed to his wife for the maintenance of his children.
Imprimis, one dwelling house with twelve £ s. d.
acres of land thereto adjoining 12 00 00
Item ten acres in the field commonly called
the mill-field with his other rights 04 00 00
Item two cows 07 00 00
Item three swine 02 00 00
Item pewter and brass 04 00 00
Item wearing clothes and bedding 07 00 00
Item one musket given to his eldest son 01 00 00
Item one sword 01 00 00
Item one pistol 00 10 00
Item several iron things 01 00 00
Item books 01 00 00
Item one bedstead with other chamber vessels 02 00 00
Item in coin 05 00 00
Item for other things not minded 02 00 00
51 01 00
Wil. Vessie, John Rogers, Thomas Dyer."
A list was made in 1663, of the number of acres in each person's lots. In the first division beginning on Braintree line the widow Warren owned lot number 69, containing 5 acres, and in the second division beginning on this line lot number 32 measuring 15 acres.
In 1664, the selectmen "ordered that Sergent Whitmarsh shall be and is hereby empowered to lay out unto Samuel Pratt a swamp lot which he bath in the right of the heirs of Arthur Warren, deceased." The date of the death of Arthur Warren's widow is unknown.
Spouse: Mary. Arthur WARREN and Mary were married in 1638 in Bay Colony, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA.11,91 Children were: Arthur WARREN, Abigail WARREN, Jacob WARREN, Joseph WARREN, Fearnot WARREN.
Arthur WARREN1323 was born on 17 Nov 1639 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.22 He died on 25 Apr 1671 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.1338 Parents: Arthur WARREN and Mary.
Spouse: . Arthur WARREN and Abigail ROGERS were married on 10 May 1661.
Elizabeth WARREN1323 was born about 1616 in , , , England.1340 She died on 7 Mar 1669/70 in Hingham, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA. She was buried in Hingham, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA.
ASAPH WARREN'S FAMILY BIBLE RECORD (this record shows Elizabeth married to Richard Church)
We here present literal copies of the records in the Family Bible of Asaph Warren7 Thaddeus6, Daniel5, Rebecca Church4, Caleb3, Elizabeth2 Warren, Richard1) of Westborough, Mass., a descendant of Richard Warren of the Mayflower.
Among these records is the birth of Asaph Warren's grandson, Denny G. Warren, whose widow, Mrs. Ada C. Warren, of Westborough, presented the bible to the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants.
The title page of the Old Testament bears the imprint: "Philadelphia: Printed And Published By M. Carey, No.121, Chesnut* Street. 1814." The date on the title page of the New Testament, however, is "1815".
It is interesting to note that although Asaph Warrens, the first owner of this bible, bore the same surname as his Mayflower ancestor, he did not get that name from Richard1 Warren, the Mayflower Passenger.
His Mayflower line was as follows:
1. Richard Warren married Elizabeth-
2. Elizabeth Warren married Richard Church
3. Caleb Church married Joanna Sprague
4. Rebecca Church married Joshua Warren
5. Daniel Warren married Martha Coolidge
6. Thaddeus Warren married Hannah Gould
7. Asaph Warren married Anna Whitney
The Joshua Warren who married Rebecca Church was not a descendant of the Mayflower fainily. He belonged to the Warren family of Watertown, Mass.
The family record pages in Asaph Warren's bible are between the Old Testament and the Apocryphal
Printed from Mayflower Descendant Legacy CD-ROM - All rights reserved. Copyright © 1996 - 1998 by Search & ReSearch Pablishing Corp., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Parents: Richard WARREN and Elizabeth WALKER.
Spouse: . Richard CHURCH and Elizabeth WARREN were married before 14 Mar 1635 in , , Massachusetts, USA.1342,1343,1344
Experience WARREN was born on 22 Nov 1672 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.22 She died on 6 Sep 1704. Parents: Joseph WARREN and Experience WHEELOCK.
Spouse: . Daniel THURSTON and Experience WARREN were married on 28 Dec 1699 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.1345
Fearnot WARREN was born on 29 Jun 1655 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.22 Parents: Arthur WARREN and Mary.
Jacob WARREN1323 was born on 26 Oct 1642 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.1337,1346 He died in 1722 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.1347 Parents: Arthur WARREN and Mary.
Spouse: . Jacob WARREN and Mary HILDRETH were married on 21 Jun 1667 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.1346,1348
Joseph WARREN1323,1336 was born on 22 Mar 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 4 May 1689 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
JOSEPH2 WARREN'S WILL AND INVENTORY.
Literally Transcribed from the Original Records,
By GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN.
JOSEPH2 WARREN (Richard1) died at Plymouth and his wife Priscilla Faunce survived him eighteen years. The following records of their deaths are taken from the Plymouth Town Records, Volume 1: "Joseph Warren Senior deceased May the 4th 1689" [p. 201] The Widow pricila Warren Deceased on ye 15 of May 1707 being Near 74 yeares of age [p. 204]
Joseph Warren's will and inventory are found in the Plymouth County Probate Records, Volume 1, pages 38 and 39.
To all People to whome these presents shall Come etc: Know ye that 1 Joseph Warren Senr of the Town of Plimouth in the County of New Plimouth in new England being weak of body through age & Sickness but of perfect and disposing memory & Sound understanding Blessed be God. Yet not knowing how soone it may please God to Change my Sickness & life to death do therefore make and ordaine and by these presents I do make & ordaine these presents to be my last will and Testament
Joseph Warren's Will and Inventory. 15
to stand good and to Remaine firm and Inviolable for ever in maner and forme following
Imprs I Will and bequeath my Soul to God that gave it me and my body to the dust and to be decently Buried: and for that outward estate that God hath given to me I dispose of as followeth: item I will and bequeath unto my dear and Loving wife Pricilla Warren all that my now dwelling house out housing uplands & meadow lands that I am now possessed of in the Township of Plimouth. Excepting such Lands as I shall hereafter dispose of to my Son Joseph, Together with all my household Goods and debts that is owing to me as also four Cows and two oxen which she shall have before a division of my Cattell be made, all which housing lands debts Goods and Chattels above expressed 1 do Give unto my dear and Loving wife Priscilla Warren to be at her disposing and for her Support during the time of her widowhoode; And farther I do give unto my loving wife all that my fifty acres of Land Lying at Monament ponds in the Township of Plimouth as alsoe Eight acres of upland at the Iloope place field So called for her to Rent out or sell if necescity Require. And I doe by these presents allow her so to doe as alsoe the one half of my uplands & meadow lands at Aggawam that is alredy divided together with a fourth part of the undivided lands. AU which I do give unto my loving wife to be at her disposing to doe with it what she will during her life or widdowhoode for her Supporte and Comfort and in Case she should marrey then my will is that she shall have my best Bed and all furniture thereunto belonging to be her own for ever: Item I Give unto my son Joseph Warren all That my fifty acres of upland lying upon Sandwich Road in the Township of Plimouth this to have and possess after my decease as alsoe the one half of my share of land and meadow at Aggawam that is already divided and after my Wives decease my will is and I doe by these present's give unto my son Joseph Warren my now dwelling house outhousing uplands and meadow land that 1 have in the, Township of Plimouth I do give to him and his Heires for ever That is begotten of his body Item I give unto my son Benjamin Warren all my lands both uplands and meadow land that I have Lying both in Middlebury and Bridgwater Townships to belong to him and his heires for ever that is Begotten of his Body Item I give unto my daughter Mercy Bradford two Cowes. item and it is my Will that after my Wives decease or marriage againe that then my whole Estate both movablles Chattels or debts or whatsoever or wheresoever it may be found shall be equally divided amongst four of my
16 Joseph Warren's Will and Inventory.
Children that is to say Joseph Benjamin Patience and Elizabeth: And [p. 39] And lastly I do nominate and appoint my dear and loving wife Priscilla Warren to be the sole Executrix of this my last will and testament to administer on my Sd estate to pay Such debts as I owe and to Receive Such debts as is owing to me and to se that my body be decently buried and to defray the Charges thereof And I do Request my Brother Thomas ffaunce to be helplbll to my sd Executrix in the acting and disposing of particulars according to the tenor hereof Thus hoping that this my last Will and Testament will be performed and kept Revoaking all other wills Either verball or written I have here unto set my hand and Seal on the 4th of May 1689:
Signed Sealed and declared to The Mark of Joseph
be his last will and Testament Warren Senior and a (seal)
In presence of
Ephraim Morton senr
Ephraim Morton junr
Tho: ffaunce:
Leiut Ephraim Morton Thomas ffaunce and Ephraim Morton junr the witnesses herein named appeared before two of the Magistrates of this County of Plimouth Viz William Bradford dept Govr and John Cushing assistant & made oath that they were present and Saw the above named Joseph Warren deceased Signe seal & heard him declare this Instmment as his last will & testament and that to ye best of their judgment he was of a disposing mind & memory when he did ye same. September ye 4th 1689:
Attest Samll, Sprague Clerk
Source: Mayflower Descendant Legacy CD-ROM Parents: Richard WARREN and Elizabeth WALKER.
Spouse: . Joseph WARREN and Priscilla FAUNCE were married in 1651/52 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.1349
Joseph WARREN1347 was born in 1645 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.1347 He died on 18 Nov 1718 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.1347
Birth Bay Colony
JOSEPH WARREN (i. Arthur), born about 1645, in Weymouth, Mass., had a grant of land in 1667, in Medfleld, Mass., and married Experience Wheelock, daughter of Ralph and Rebecca Wheelock, May 21, 1668, There. She was baptized Sept. 3, 1648, in the latter town. (Her father who was born in 1600, in Shropshire and educated at Clare-Hall, Cambridge, Eng., came to Dedham, Mass., in 1637, has been called "the founder of Medfleld" and was a Deputy from that town to the General Court of Massachusetts many years. From him descended the Eleazar Wheelock who was the founder and first president of Dartmouth college.) He was a weaver and in 1673, had a house which, together with his barn, was burned by the Indians in 1676. He was selectman in 1705. His wife died Feb. 27. 1710, in Medfield, and he died there Nov. 18, 1718. Parents: Arthur WARREN and Mary.
Spouse: Experience WHEELOCK. Joseph WARREN and Experience WHEELOCK were married on 21 May 1668 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.11,1347 Children were: Relief WARREN, Experience WARREN, Abigail WARREN, Rebecca WARREN, Joseph WARREN, Mehitable WARREN, Mary WARREN.
Joseph WARREN was born in 1680 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.22 Month was torn and said the 27 He died on 15 Apr 1699 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.22 Parents: Joseph WARREN and Experience WHEELOCK.
Mary WARREN1323 was born in 1610 in London, Middlesex, England.1340 She died on 27 Mar 1683 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
2. MARY2 WARREN (Richard') was born in England, and is shown by the record of the division of cattle to have been the eldest daughter, consequently she was born before 1612. *
Her last recorded child was born in 1651, hence Mary was in all probability not born before 1606, and was between twelve and seventeen years of age when she came to Plymouth with her mother and sisters in the Anne, in July, 1623. In the same
* M.D., 11:178.
106 The Mayflower Genealogies.
vessell came her future husband, Robert Bartlett, whose origin is unknown. In the division of land the following spring he received one acre on the south side of the town, and in the division of cattle in 1627 he was one of Francis Eaton's company, to which fell the tenth lot, a yearling heifer and two she goats. In this division Mary Warren was in her father's company.*
The date of her marriage to Robert Bartlett is unknown. It did not occur until after 22May/1 June, 1627, since Mary Warren is named in the division of cattle on that date. Her oldest son, Benjamin, was admitted a freeman 6/16 June, 1654, which makes it certain that he was born before 6/16 June, 1633, and her daughter Rebecca was married 20/30 Dec., 1649, doubtless being at least sixteen years old at the time, which would show that she was born in 1633 or earlier. Since two children were born before the middle of 1633 it is safe to assume that Robert Bartlett and Mary Warren were married as early as 1629.
The births of but two of their children are now to be found on the records, and we can judge of the order of birth of the first four daughters only by the dates of their marriages. The approximate date of Joseph's birth is obtained from the age given on his gravestone.
Source: "Mayflower Descendant Legacy" CD-ROM Parents: Richard WARREN and Elizabeth WALKER.
Spouse: . Robert BARTLETT and Mary WARREN were married in 1628/29 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.977,1350
Mary WARREN was born on 26 Dec 1689 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.22 She died in 1769. Parents: Joseph WARREN and Experience WHEELOCK.
Spouse: . Joseph LAWRENCE and Mary WARREN were married on 24 Apr 1707.
Mehitable WARREN277 was born on 22 Apr 1684 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.22
"The History of the Brigham Family" 2nd Vol. by Emma Elisabeth Brigham
MEHITABEL. WARREN (5. Joseph), born Apr. 22, 1684, in Medfield, Mass., married Dr. Gershom Brigham, son of Thomas and Mary (Rice) Brigham of Marlboro, Mass., May 18, 1703. He was born Feb. 23, 1680, in Marlboro. He was surveyor for the west end of the town in 1710, tythingman in 1716, constable in1721, and selectman in 1733. He was a prominent physician and influential citizen and died Jan. 3, 1749, in his native town. Parents: Joseph WARREN and Experience WHEELOCK.
Spouse: Gershom BRIGHAM. Gershom BRIGHAM and Mehitable WARREN were married on 18 May 1703 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.277 Children were: Martha BRIGHAM, Joseph BRIGHAM, Abigail BRIGHAM, Gershom BRIGHAM, Benjamin BRIGHAM.
Nathaniel WARREN1323 was born in 1624/25 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.1336 He died in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Marriage: Plymouth Colony Vital Records p.125 Parents: Richard WARREN and Elizabeth WALKER.
Spouse: . Nathaniel WARREN and Sarah WALKER were married on 19 Nov 1645 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.1351
Rebecca WARREN was born on 21 Aug 1677 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.22 She died in 1740. Parents: Joseph WARREN and Experience WHEELOCK.
Spouse: . Peter RANDALL and Rebecca WARREN were married in 1720.
Relief WARREN was born on 31 Oct 1670 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.22 She died on 20 Feb 1740 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Parents: Joseph WARREN and Experience WHEELOCK.
Spouse: .
Richard WARREN1340 was born in 1585 in , , Hertford,
England. He died before 1628 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts,
USA.1323
ANCESTRAL SUMMARY:
More erroneous information has been published about Richard Warren than any other Mayflower passenger, probably because he has so many descendants (note that all seven of his children grew up and married). It is time here to debunk many of the mistakes that have been published over the past hundred years.
Common mistake #1. Richard Warren's wife is not Elizabeth (Jewett/Jonatt/Juett) Marsh. This is easily disproven. Elizabeth (Jewett) Marsh was born in 1614, which makes her not only younger than Richard Warren's two oldest children, but also makes her only fourteen years old when Richard Warren died. [Mayflower Descendant 2:63].
Common mistake #2. Richard Warren is not a proven descendant of any royalty, whether it be Sir John de Warrene or Charlemagne. Richard Warren's parents have not even been identified, despite extensive searches in the records of England (see the Mayflower Quarterly, 51:109-112 for a summary of one such search).
The only concrete things we know about Richard Warren's ancestry are that he was a merchant of London--whether he was born there or not is an entirely different question. We also know that his wife was named Elizabeth. He had five daughters baptized in England somewhere, and perhaps the true records will some day be brought to light.
There is a Richard Warren who married an Elizabeth Evans on 1 January 1592/3 in St. Leonards, and a Richard Warren who married an Elizabeth Doucke on 1 November 1596 in Sidmouth, Devon. However, since Richard's first child was born about 1610, a marriage in 1592 or 1596 seems most unlikely.
The I.G.I. lists the following baptisms of Richard Warrens from its parish register abstractions (1570-1588):
1 January 1570, St. Columb Minor, Cornwall (son of Lawrence)
25 March 1571, St. Matthew Friday Street, London
20 January 1572, Bishops Nympton, Devon (son of Baldwine)
18 January 1573, Burbage, Leicester (son of John)
2 October 1576, Phillack, Cornwall (son of John)
9 August 1580, Sandy, Bedford (son of William)
24 January 1580, St. Peter Cornhill, London (son of John)
12 June 1580, St. Giles Cripplegate, London (son of John)
1 October 1581, Harrow on the Hill, London
26 January 1583, Haughley, Suffolk (son of George)
11 August 1583, Darford, Kent (son of William)
28 August 1585, Redruth, Cornwall (son of Benet)
12 April 1585, Abbey, St. Albans, Hertford (son of William)
2 March 1586, St. Mary, Stoke Newington, London (son of Robert)
25 December 1587, Shillington, Bedford (son of Robert)
3 September 1587, St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, London
As should be plainly obvious, there were many Richard Warrens in England. If the true Richard Warren is ever identified, it will almost certainly be because the baptisms of his five daughters which should be somewhere in England. There are a few other small clues which may aid researchers looking for records. First, early Charlestown settler Ralph Spague married Joanna Warren, daughter of a Richard Warren from Fordington St. George, Dorset. This Richard Warren died in Fordington, Dorset before 1638. And early Watertown settler John Warren was baptized in Nayland, Suffolk, England in 1585, and he apparently had an uncle named Richard Warren.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY:
Richard Warren appears to have been a merchant, who resided in London, and became associated with the Pilgrims and the Mayflower through the Merchant Adventurers. Richard Warren participated in several of the early explorations made by the Pilgrims in 1620, while looking for a place to settle. He appears by land records to have been fairly well-to-do.
When he came over on the Mayflower, he left behind his wife and five daughters, planning to have them sent over after things were more settled in the Colony. His wife and daughters arrived in America in 1623, on the ship Anne.
Nathaniel Morton wrote in his book New England's Memorial, first published in 1669, the following about Richard Warren:
This year [1628] died Mr. Richard Warren, who was an useful instrument and during his life bare a deep share in the difficulties and troubles of the first settlement of the Plantation of New Plymouth.
Richard Warren is an ancestor to many famous Americans. Among them are Presidents Ulysses S. Grant and Franklin D. Roosevelt; and Alan B. Shepard, Jr., the first American in space and fifth man to walk on the moon. A published lineage showing Winston Churchill as a descendant of Richard Warren has a questionable generation and is most likely in error. However, Winston Churchill does appear to be a descendant of Mayflower passenger John Howland's brother Arthur.
SOURCES:
Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families in Progress: Richard Warren for Four Generations (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1991).
Ruth Berg Walsh, "The Search for Pilgrim Richard Warren's Parentage," Mayflower Quarterly, 51:109-112.
Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony, Its History and Its People, 1620-1691 (Salt Lake City: Ancestor Publishers, 1986).
Nathaniel Morton, New England's Memorial (Cambridge, 1669).
William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, ed. Samuel Morison (New York: Random House, 1952).
Richard Warren's English origins and ancestry have been the subject of much speculation, and countless different ancestries have been published for him, without a shred of evidence to support them. Luckily in December 2002, Edward Davies discovered the missing piece of the puzzle. Researchers had long known of the marriage of Richard Warren to Elizabeth Walker on 14 April 1610 at Great Amwell, Hertford. Since we know the Mayflower passenger had a wife named Elizabeth, and a first child born about 1610, this was a promising record. But no children were found for this couple in the parish registers, and no further evidence beyond the names and timing, until the will of Augustine Walker was discovered in December 2002 by Edward Davies. In the will of Augustine Walker, dated April 1613, he mentions "my daughter Elizabeth Warren wife of Richard Warren", and "her three children Mary, Ann and Sarah." We know that the Mayflower passenger's first three children were named Mary, Ann, and Sarah (in that birth order), and that they were born c1610, c1612, and c1614, so this put the nail in the coffin and we can say with near certainty that Richard Warren of the Mayflower married in Great Amwell, Hertford to Elizabeth Walker, daughter of Augustine Walker. Additional research is currently being sponsored by MayflowerHistory.com to see if anything further can be learned about these families.
Source:
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers/RichardWarren.php
Spouse: Elizabeth WALKER. Richard WARREN and Elizabeth WALKER were married on 14 Apr 1610 in Great Amwell, Hertsfordshire, England.11,1321 The CD version includes Torrey's sources. Children were: Mary WARREN, Anna WARREN, Sarah WARREN, Elizabeth WARREN, Abigail WARREN, Nathaniel WARREN, Joseph WARREN.
Sarah WARREN1323 was born in 1614 in , , , England.1340 She died on 25 Jul 1686 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
[Bond of Executrix.]
Know all men by these presents that we Sarah Cooke of Dartmouth in the County of Bristoll in the Province of the Masachusett Bay in New England widow & Relect of John Cooke late of said Dartmouth Decd and Thomas Taber & Jonathan Delono Both of said Dartmouth Yeomen Do stand & are firmely bound and oliged unto John Saffin Esqr Judge of Probat of wills &ca within sd County, in the Sum of five Hundred Ninety four pounds To be payd unto the sd John Saffin or his Successor in sd office To the which payment well and truely to be Made we Bind Or selves & Either of us by himselfjoyntly & Severally for & in the whole Our & Every & Either of
our heires Executors & Administrs firmely by these presents sealed with our seales Dated in Dartmouth the fifteenth Day of July 1696 in the Eighth Year of his Majesties Reign
The Condition of this present obligation is such that whereas the above Bound Sarah Cooke is made Executrix of the Last
36 Yarmouth, Mass., Vital Records
will & Testament of John Cook of Dartmouth aforesd Deceasd Bearing Date the Ninth Day of Novemb, 1694 & hath Never Legally proved the same, Iff therefore the sd Executrix shall with all Conveinient Speed bring into the Registrs Office for the County of Bristoll afforesd A true & perfect Inventory of the Estate of the Estate of the said Decd And shall well & truely Admñiistr upon & Duely Dispose of all & Singular the Goods Chattels, Credits & Estate left by the said Decd according to the Tennor & true meaneing of his sd will. & as the Law directs And also shall Render a true & plaine account of her Administcon and Doings therein to the said office at or before the Sixteenth Day of Aprill 1697 without fltaud or farther Delay then this Obligation to be voyde & of None Effect or Els to stand abide and Remaine in fill force strength & Vertue
the mark of Sarah (S) Cook
Signed sealed & Delivered in the presence of Thomas Delano the mark of+ Hannah Savery
Thomas
Taber
Jonathan
Delano
Source: Mayflower Descendant Legacy CD-ROM Parents: Richard WARREN and Elizabeth WALKER.
Spouse: . John COOKE and Sarah WARREN were married on 28 Mar 1634 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.1352
Jane WATERTON.6
Spouse: Robert TYRWHITT Knight. Robert TYRWHITT Knight and Jane WATERTON were married. Children were: William TYRWHITT Knight.
Constance WATSON was born on 15 Aug 1578 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England. She was christened on 17 Aug 1578 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England. She died on 10 Jul 1615 in , , Yorkshire, England. Parents: James WATSON.
Spouse: John BRIGHAM. John BRIGHAM and Constance WATSON were married on 30 Sep 1599 in , , Yorkshire, England. Children were: Henry BRIGHAM, Gillian BRIGHAM, Thomas BRIGHAM, Margaret BRIGHAM, William BRIGHAM, Sebastian BRIGHAM, John BRIGHAM, Phillippa BRIGHAM, Robert BRIGHAM.
