Arthur Warren (abt. 1617 - 1658)

Born about 1617 in Thorp Arnold, Leicestershire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Warren — married 1638 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 6 Jul 1658 at about age 41 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Disputed Origins

Anderson does not recognize Arthur as a son of Abraham Warren and first wife Isabell. In fact, Abraham would have been a contemporary of Arthur if Arthur's date of birth is accurate.^[1]

A number of online trees claim that Arthur the immigrant was son of Arnold Warren, Kt and Dorothy Wilmot. Works from 1815^[2] and 1902^[3] (the second perhaps relying on the first), claim that Arnold and Dorothy were indeed the parents of an Arthur Warren, son of Arnold baptized in Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire.^[4] Two problems with this:

1. There is a Clerkenwell, London marriage for Arnold Warren and Dorothy Willmott in 1613.^[5] This is followed by 1616 (Willmott) and 1617 (Mary) baptisms of children of Arnold (no mother's name recorded, but the first child is named Willmot Warren) in the same church as the 1613 marriage, suggesting that Arnold and Dorothy remained in London.
2. The Thorpe Arnold baptism of Arthur, son of Arnold Warren takes place 3 days before the 1617 baptism of Mary, above, strongly suggesting that the Arnold Warren, father of Arthur in Thorpe Arnold could not have been father of the Mary baptized 3 days later in Clerkenwell.

In addition, the 1815 and 1902 publications indicate that the Arthur Warren of Thorpe Arnold married Catherine and had a son, another Arthur, who became a sheriff of Nottingham. Neither of these two works connect Arthur of Thorpe Arnold with the immigrant to New England.

Disputed Wife

• Mary ______^[6]
• Torrey NE Marriages: "WARREN, Arthur & [Mary] ____; by 1639; Weymouth {Bigelow-Howe 136; Warren (,4) 2; Warren (,5) 9; Warren (,8) 7; Woodstock 5:26; Reg. 84:451; Snow-Estes 1:76}"
• Perhaps the following accounts for the rumors that Arthur's wife's surname was Briggs. However, even had he married Mrs. Briggs, that would not be her maiden name. From the Massacusetts Bay Colony Records:
  • 6th first month 1637/8 "The presentment of Arthur Warren, for keeping company wth Clement Briggs wife, was found to bee true."
  • 5th day 4th month 1638. "Clement Brigs his wife is enioyned not to come into the company of Arthur Warren."

Biography

"Arthur Warren, the founder of one branch of the Warren family in America, emigrated to MA prior to 1638, and located in Weymouth, which, next to Plymouth, is the most ancient town in New England. No effort has been made to ascertain his immediate lineage, but the Christian name Arthur, an uncommon one at that period, suggests that he may have come from the Nottinghamshire branch of Warrens, where that name appears in several generations. The earliest mention of his name in the Weymouth records is under date of 1638, and he is next mentioned, in 1645, as one of the petitioners to the General Court of MA Bay Colony, "for a grant of the Narragansett lands supposed to have been rendered foreit by the heresy of Gorton, Holden, and other just proprieters."

"His name does not appear in the earliest know list of landowners at Weymouth, but it is fourth in the list of 2 February, 1651/52 although the extent of his holdings is not given. Some of his possessions there, however, are noted in the town records under later dates, and are thus described:

"Ten acres of Upland and Swamp first given to himself, bounded on the East with Mr. Glover's Marsh, on the West and South with Mr. Barnard's land, and on the north by the Sea."

"Ten acres in the Mill Field given to himself, bounded on the East and South with Hingham Line, and on the north by the land of Walter Harris with the common on the West."

"Six acres in the Plaine, three of them first given to George Allin, three to Arthur Warren bounded on the East with a highwaie, on the West and North with highwaies, on the South with the land of John Osborne."

"Arthur Warren was one of the substantial citizens of Weymouth, yet his name is not among those who were admitted to freemanship, and the records do not disclose any activity on his part in public affairs, from which it is inferred that he was not in harmony with the religious tenets of the Puritan church. The date of his death has not been ascertained. An inventory of his estate is on record at Boston, but it is without date. That he died before 1663 is evidenced by the records of the town of Weymouth, during which year land was granted to "Widow Warren." In 1668 Samuel Pratt bought land of Arthur Warren's children."^[7]

• Fact: Burial North Weymouth Cemetery, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Children:^[6][8]

1. Arthur b. 17 Nov 1639
2. Abigail b. 27 Oct 1640
3. Jacob b. 26 Oct 1642
4. Joseph b. about 1645

The transcriptions of the Weymouth births also list: Fearnot b. 29 June 1655. W W Foster states, "from a careful examination of the Weymouth births contained in the Transcript of County Records, Vol. I, in the Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths in Boston, in appears that Fearnot born 29 June 1655, was a son of John and Hester King.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. VI, T-Y, p 247-249
2. ↑ Egerton Brydges, Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English..., Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1815, [ https://archive.org/details/censuraliterari21brydgoog/page/n413 p 401]
3. ↑ Thomas Warren, A History and Genealogy of the Warren Family in Normandy, Great Britain and Ireland, France, Holland, Tuscany, United States of America, Etc. (A.D. 912-1902), private circulation, 1902, p 35
4. ↑ "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP43-CHV6 : 6 June 2018), Arthur Warren, 3 Feb 1617; records extracted by findmypast, images digitized by FamilySearch; citing Baptism, Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, page , Citing the Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland, Wigston, UK.
5. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V52M-GRN : 10 February 2018), Arnold Warren and Dorothie Willmott, 01 Jan 1613; citing Saint James,Clerkenwell,London,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 942 B4HA V. 13.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Foster, Warren Woden,. Some descendants of Arthur Warren of Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Washington, D.C.: Press of Judd & Detweiler, 1982. p 8. View in FamilySearch.
7. ↑ "A Branch of the Warren Family, " by Emily Wilder Leavitt OR The Warren, Jackson, and Allied Families by Betsey Warren Davis; 1903.
8. ↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, p. 331, Arthur, Abigail, Jacob, Fearnot, but not Joseph
9. ↑ W.W. Foster, Descendants of Arthur Warren...", pages 8-9.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73160958 : accessed 2 May 2017), memorial #73160958 for Arthur Warren (1613 - 1658) - Find A Grave Memorial.

• Hugh Darrell Miller, comp., Genealogy: Ethel Peters Miller/Hugh Darrell Miller (manuscript), 1985.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45B-F9Z : 4 December 2014), Arthur Warren in entry for Abigail Warren, 27 Oct 1640; citing Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, pg 244; FHL microfilm 2,031,513.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45B-F9D : 4 December 2014), Arthur Warren in entry for Jacob Warren, 26 Oct 1642; citing Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, pg 244; FHL microfilm 2,031,513.

Acknowledgements

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