Richard Warren was born circa 1578 in England.
2,3,4 Richard Warren married
Elizabeth Walker, daughter of
Augustine Walker, on 14 August 1610 in Great Amwell, Hertsfordshire, England. Richard and Elizabeth (Walker) Warren had 7 known children:[6]
Mary Warren, b. say July-Aug 1610, d. Plymouth 27 Mar 1683; m. say 1629 to Robert Bartlett (d. between 19 Sep and 29 Oct 1676, Plymouth).
Anna Warren, b. say Oct-Nov 1611, d, 1675+ ; m. Plymouth 19 Apr 1633 to Thomas Little
Sarah Warren, b. say Jan 1613, d. after 15 Jul 1696; m. Plymouth 28 Mar 1634 to John Cooke.
Elizabeth Warren, b. say 1615; d. 9 March 1669/70 m. by 1635/6 to Richard Church.
Abigail Warren, b. say 1618; d. after 3 Jan. 1692/3 m. Plymouth 8 (or 9) Nov 1639 to Anthony Snow.
Nathaniel Warren, b. Plymouth ca. 1624;[15] d. before 21 Oct. 1667 m. 19 Nov 1645 to Sarah Walker and had 12 children.
Joseph Warren, b. Plymouth by 1627 in Plymouth; m. Priscilla Faunce about 1653 and had six children. He died before May 4, 1689 (inventory), in Plymouth. She died on May 15, 1707, in Plymouth. [16]
The five daughters accompanied their mother Elizabeth to Plymouth Colony on the ship Anne in 1623. The two sons were born later. All of Richard Warren's known children survived to adulthood, married, and also had large families. It is claimed that Warren has the largest posterity of any pilgrim, numbering 14 million: the Mayflower passenger with more descendants than any other passenger.[17].
5,2,3,6,4 Richard died on 1628, in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, at age ~50.
5,4,2,7 Richard Warren emigrated in 1620 from England to Plymouth Colony on the ship Mayflower.
1,8 From "The Great Migration Begins":
ORIGIN: London
MIGRATION: 1620 on Mayflower
FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
ESTATE: In the 1623 Plymouth division of land Richard Warren received an uncertain number of acres (perhaps two) as a passenger on the Mayflower, and five acres as a passenger on the Anne (presumably for his wife and children) [PCR 12:4-6]. In the 1627 Plymouth division of cattle Richard Warren, his wife Elizabeth Warren, Nathaniel Warren, Joseph Warren, Mary Warren, Anna Warren, Sarah Warren, Elizabeth Warren and Abigail Warren were the first nine persons in the ninth company [PCR 12:12]. He was one of the purchasers [PCR 2:177].
In the 25 March 1633 Plymouth tax list Widow Warren was assessed 12s., and in the list of 27 March 1634, 9s. [PCR 1:10, 27].
On 1 July 1633 "Mrs. Warren and Robt. Bartlet" were allowed to mow where they did the previous year, and again 14 March 1635/6 [PCR 1:15, 41].
On 28 October 1633, a grant of Richard Warren's land on which he was required to erect a dwelling, returned to the court "for want of building" and it was regranted to Mr. Ralph Fogg, provided he pay Widow Warren sufficiently for her fence remaining there [PCR 1:18].
On 7 March 1636/7 "it is agreed upon, by the consent of the whole Court, that Elizabeth Warren, widow, the relict of Mr. Richard Warren, deceased, shall be entered, and stand, and be purchaser instead of her said husband, as well because that (he dying before he had performed the said bargain) the said Elizabeth performed the same after his decease, as also for the establishing of the lots of lands given formerly by her unto her sons-in-law Richard Church, Robert Bartlett and Thomas Little, in marriage with their wives, her daughters" [PCR 1:54, 2:177].
On 5 May 1640 "Richard Church, Rob[er]te Bartlett, Thomas Little, & Mrs. Elizabeth Warren are granted enlargements at the heads of their lots to the foot of the Pyne Hills, leaving a way betwixt them and the Pyne Hills, for cattle and carts to pass" [PCR 1:152].
On 11 June 1653, as the result of a disagreement between Mrs. Elizabeth Warren and her son, Nathaniel, and a petition offered in court by Mrs. Jane Collier on behalf of her grandchild, Sarah, wife of Nathaniel Warren, the court chose four indifferent men to settle the matter of access to lands [MD 2:64, citing PCLR 2:73].
On 4 March 1673/4 Mary Bartlett, wife of Robert Bartlett, came into this court and owned "that she hath received full satisfaction for whatsoever she might claim as due from the estate of Mistris Elizabeth Warren, deceased, and John Cooke, in the behalf of all her sisters, testified the same before the court; and the court doth hereby settle the remainder of the said estate on Joseph Warren" [PCR 5:139-40].
BIRTH: By about 1578 based on estimated date of marriage.
DEATH: Plymouth 1628. ("This year died Mr. Richard Warren, who hath been mentioned before in this book, and was an useful instrument; and during his life bore a deep share in the difficulties and troubles of the first settlement of the plantation of New-Plymouth" [Morton 85].
MARRIAGE: By about 1609 Elizabeth _____; she died at Plymouth on 2 October 1673, aged about 90 (probably an exaggeration) [PCR 8:35]. (Elizabeth's maiden name has been given as "March" in many sources, without documentation).
CHILDREN:
i MARY, b. say 1609; m. say 1629 ROBERT BARTLETT (date based on estimated age of children at their marriages).
ii ANN, b. say 1613; m. Plymouth 19 April 1633 THOMAS LITTLE [PCR 1:13].
iii SARAH, b. say 1614; m. Plymouth 28 March 1634 John Cooke Junior [PCR 1:29], son of FRANCIS COOKE.
iv ELIZABETH, b. say 1615; m. by 1635/6 RICHARD CHURCH (he shared mowing land with Mrs. Warren 14 March 1635/6 [PCR 1:41]).
v ABIGAIL, b. say 1619; m. Plymouth 8 (or 9) November 1639 Anthony Snow [PCR 1:134].
vi NATHANIEL, b. Plymouth say 1624 (Bradford says he was born here, and his mother was a passenger on the Anne in 1623); m. Plymouth 19 November 1645 Sarah Walker [PCR 2:94]. (See WILLIAM COLLIER for discussion of her possible ancestry.)
vii JOSEPH, b. Plymouth by 1627; m. about 1653 Priscilla Faunce, daughter of JOHN FAUNCE (eldest child b. Plymouth 23 September 1653 [PCR 8:33]).
COMMENTS: In his accounting of the passengers on the Mayflower Bradford included "Mr. Richard Warren, but his wife and children were left behind and came afterwards" [Bradford 442]. As of 1651, Bradford reported that "Mr. Richard Warren lived some four or five years and had his wife come over to him, by whom he had two sons before [he] died, and one of them is married and hath two children. So his increase is four. But he had five daughters more came over with his wife, who are all married and living, and have many children [Bradford 445-46].
Banks argued that Bradford's language in the sentence above meant that Richard Warren had two wives, with the first of whom he had five daughters and with the second of whom, Elizabeth, he had two sons [English Homes 92-93], and deForest agreed with him [Moore Anc 562].
Many attempts, all fruitless, have been made to discover the English origin of Richard Warren and the identity of his wife [MQ 51:109-12].
Richard Warren was in the party that explored the outer cape in early December 1620; he was described as being of London [Mourt 32].
On 5 July 1635, Thomas Williams, servant of widow Warren, confessed that "there being some dissension between him and his dame, she, after other things, exhorted him to fear God & do his duty, he answered, he neither feared God, nor the devil" [PCR 1:35]. He was reproved and released [PCR 1:35].
On 5 January 1635/6 widow Warren paid 30s. to Thomas Clarke for borrowing his boat, and although returning it to a place of usual safety, an extraordinary storm wrecked it [PCR 1:36]. On 3 June 1639 "Mr. Andrew Hellot" was ordered to pay Mrs. Warren 10s. to settle an account between them [PCR 7:12].
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1938 L. Effingham deForest published a thorough study of Richard Warren [Moore Anc 561-70]. Robert S. Wakefield, Janice A. Beebe and others have prepared the Richard Warren volume in the General Society of Mayflower Descendants' series of "pink books," the fifth edition of which was published in 1995 [MFIP Warren].
3 Richard Warren was born in 1583 in England, and died in 1628 in Plymouth, Mass. He married Elizabeth WALKER Before 1611. She was born About. 1583 in England, and died 10-2-1673 in Plymouth. He was from London, and joined the Leyden Pilgrims and Southampton in July 1620 and arrived with them on the "Mayflower". He was a London merchant, a 'stranger' and not a 'saint'.
His interest in New England was an economic one.
After reaching Provincetown, he was on the third exploration party of 10 men to search for a place to settle. They suffered various hardships during the month of December 1620 and finally decided on the Plymouth site Dec. 11 [1620] after an attack by Indians. He was a signer of the "Mayflower Compact". His wife and 5 daughters arrived in 1623 on the ship "Anne". One of those daughters was Elizabeth, our ancestor. Despite many attempts to link Richard with the royalty of Europe, no official documents have ever been found to irrefutably establish exactly which Richard Warren of England he was. It is felt that if the records are ever discovered, it will be through the baptism records of his 5 daughters, born in England. As of this date they have not been discovered.