James Warren (1665 - 1715)

Born 7 Nov 1665 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Doty) Bacon — married 21 Jun 1687 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 29 May 1715 at age 49 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

James Warren (1665 to 1715) married Sarah Doty on June 21, 1687. The couple were life long residents of Plymouth, Massachusetts. ten children were born to the marriage, three sons and seven daughters. Only one son and four daughters survived the parents.

Probate

His will is dated 28 January 1711/12 and proved on 23 June 1715 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife, Sarah, his only son James, and his daughter, Sarah is the only daughter mentioned by name but he had others. His moveable inventory was taken on 20 July 1715 in Plymouth. He was a slaveholder and at the time of his death, four enslaved persons were included in his inventory, all not named, viz., a black woman, a black man, an English servant, and two Indian servants.^[1]

In 1773, the Plymouth probate court was asked to divide the "13th great lot of cedar- swamp lying in Plympton" that Capt James Warren had purchased, which after he died was passed on to his son James Warren, Esqr, decd, and his seven daughters, viz., Sarah, Alice, Patience, hope, Mercy, Mary, and Elizabeth. James Warren, Esqr. afterward purchased his sister Mary's part. Three daughters (Hope, Mercy, and Betty) died intestate, whereupon their brother James Warren, Esqr., became also possessed of his proportion of their shares. So the land was divided between the surviving children or their heirs, viz., the heirs of James Warren, Esqr. (James Warren Esqr., of Plymouth, and Sarah, wife of William Sever, Esqr of Kingston {Note: Sarah and her husband William were first cousins, and heirs to Capt James Warren.}, to the heirs of Alice Ford, decd., the heirs of Sarah Sever, decd. (the heirs of Bethiah Tyler, decd.).^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-ZFSF : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1708-1717 and 1817-1861 vol 3-3P > image 191-193 of 710; State Archives, Boston.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-8H9N : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1771-1778 vol 21-23 > image 181-182 of 827; State Archives, Boston.

• Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 18 Part 1 of 3, Richard Warren, Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004. "The Silver Book"
• Roebling, Mrs. Washington A., Richard Warren of The Mayflower, and Some of His Descendants., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1901) Vol. 55, Page 162.
• Probate record: Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Reference Case # 21874 via $American Ancestors