- English Immigrant and early settler of Exeter, New Hampshire.
Biography
John Warren, English Immigrant was born circa 1624 in England and died circa July 1677 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. He married Deborah Wilson (1634-1668) 21 October 1650 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He married Elizabeth Royall (1640-1671) 1669 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He married Elizabeth Danson (1650-1727) 1674 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
John Warren, called tobacconist and card maker, was an early settler of Exeter, NH, moved to Boston 1668 where he died in July 1677.
- John Warren was in Exeter, New Hampshire as early as 22 Apr 1649, and was granted 5 acres in 1650.
- He sued John Cass, John Garland, and Humphrey Wilson (for a debt due from Mr John Legate) 1653-1664, and was summonsed in 1661 for felling trees on the Shrewsbury men's divisions.
- In 1661 he was on a committee to lay out county way between Exeter and Hampt.
- Jan 1671-72: He took administration on his second wife's (Elizabeth Coombs).
John Warren, Sr. died at Boston, July 1677. His will (Suffolk Probate 6:191) gives to beloved wife Elizabeth all my estate, she to bring up my son Nathaniel and my daughter Abigail until they be disposed of in marriage which is in according to the contract betwixt us before marriage (not found); to son Joshua the engine with which I cut tobacco; to the rest of the children (unnamed) 2s each; wife sole executrix; as "for the shop only, and not the land I give unto son Thomas to remove at his pleasure"; dated 10 July 1677, proved 31 July 1677. Note: the shop referred to he built on his wife Barlow's property.
Marriage and Family
1st Marriage: Deborah Wilson
He married first, at Exeter, 21 Oct. 1650, Deborah Wilson (died 26 June 1668). Unfortunately, NONE of their children born there have birth records. However, there are a few children listed in his will (see below) which were likely born in New Hampshire before John removed to Boston.
There is a nice article about John in The American genealogist. v.46-47 1970-1971. (See attached under Sources). This source lists the following children for John Warren and his first wife Deborah:
- Deborah Warren (1652-1718)
- Elizabeth Warren (1657-1696)
- Joshua Warren (1660-1761)
- Sarah Warren (1660-1761)
- Thomas Warren (1662-1742)
- Mary Warren (1664-1742) - In the book, "History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts : in three volumes," volume II, page 101, Mary Warren, wife of John Burr is listed.
2nd Marriage: Elizabeth Royall
There is a nice article about John's wife Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Barlow, widow of John Coombs, in The American genealogist. v.46-47 1970-1971. (See attached under Sources).
John Warren married second, at Boston about 1669, Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) widow of John Coombs. At the death of her first husband, Thomas Barlow, in 1661, her only surviving child, Sarah Barlow (born 1659, died 1678) was heir to the Barlow estate: land, house, shop and wharf, of which her mother had her thirds, use and improvement until her daughter Sarah came of age or married. By her second marriage to John Coombs, the widow Barlow had three surviving children named Coombs: Elizabeth, John and Mary.
He left her only a very small personal estate in 1668 but his widow still had the use and improvement of the Barlow estate and her thirds to maintain her family, and there was evidence that she had a small business of her own in dry goods.
When she married, third, John Warren, as his second wife, he had the use and improvement of the Barlowe estate with her, since her daughter Sarah Barlow was only ten years old, At the time of her marriage to John Warren, she had an inventory taken of her personal estate and before she died in January 1671/2 advised him how she wished it distributed. This he presented to the court on 2 February and declared his willingness to fulfill her desires. "And the said Warren is ordered to have in the right of his wife what she was to have till the daughter came of age. . . . as per former Court orders" (Suffolk Probate 7:193) Therefore, it would appear that the Barlow and Coombs children were living with the Warren family.
Warren had only one child by his second marriage. (See birth record)
- Nathaniel Warren (1670-)
3rd Marriage: Elizabeth Danson
John Warren married third, Elizabeth Danson, after January 1671/2 but by early 1675.
He also mentions Abigail in his will, and that she was unmarried, and it appears from birth records that she and a son named John belong to John and his THIRD wife.
- Abigail Warren (1676-1754)
- John Warren (1678-)
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Deborah Warren (1652-1718) | |||
| Elizabeth Warren (1657-1696) | |||
| Joshua Warren (1660-1761) | |||
| Sarah Warren (1660-1761) | 1660 Exeter, Norfolk County, Massachusetts | 21 October 1761 Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | Stephen Gardner (1662-1715) John Pratt (1660-) |
| Thomas Warren (1662-1742) | |||
| Mary Warren (1664-1742) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Nathaniel Warren (1670-) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Abigail Warren (1676-1754) | |||
| John Warren (1678-) | |||
Siblings
Residences
Research Notes
- THIS IS NOT THE John Warren (1622-1703), SON OF John Warren and Margaret Bayly, who lived in Watertown. That is a different man altogether, with a different wife and different children.
See Also
- John Warren
- Warren in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Warren in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
- Warenne Family Ancestry
- Warren in Massachusetts