Benjamin, Frederick Augustus (b. 27 MAR 1867, d. 9 SEP 1938)

Note: His birth record in Boston lists his middle name as Alden family says it was Augustus. Born at 45 Spring St. I don't know if this was their home or a mid-wife's house.

Source: (Birth)
Title: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910

Data:
Text: Vol: 198 ; Page: 8

Note: Born in the Benjamin house on Main Street, Concord.

Source: (Birth)
Title: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910

Data:
Text: Vol. 215, p. 154

Note: Born in the Benjamin house on Main Street, Concord.

Source: (Birth)
Title: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910

Data:
Text: Vol. 242, p. 175

Note: Born in the Benjamin house on Main Street, Concord.

Note: !Lydia was born near Dallastown, she was listed as retarded and had epilepsy

Note: Born in the Benjamin house on Main Street, Concord.

George & Clara had no children.

Year: 1910; Census Place: Boston Ward 25, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_625; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 1655; Image: 1020.

Note: Born in the Benjamin house on Main Street, Concord.

Note: William was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University. He graduated in 1582/3 and was licensed as the cure at Staplehurst on August on August 24, 1587. He was "of Staplehurst" where he was married and when his first son was born. On January 12, 1591 he was inducted as Vicar of St. Dunstan's Church and held that office until his death. The old rectory where he lived still stands. The church was founded in 1177, but little of the original building still remains, though the church is still in use. Three memorial windows and a tablet, in memory of Rev. William Eddye were erected through the bequest of Robert Henry Eddy of Boston. They were dedicated by Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury on the Festival of St. Michael and all angels in 1902. The tablet reads " in memory of his ancestor, the Reverend William Eddye, Vicar of St. Dunstan's Church from 1591-1616, whose sons John and Samuel, and whose daughter Abigail, were among the Pilgram settlers of New England and there implanted for a numerous posterity, the religious principals here taught them." Rev Eddye took no extreme position while at Cranbrooke, but in many ways the Puritan influence had great bearings on his life. He kept
the Cranbrooke Register, which was begun in 1559. Cranbrooke is a small town 45 miles southeast of London.

The Eddye Coat of Arms is described as follows: Sable, three old men's heads croped at the shoulders argent. Crest: A crosslet fitchee sable and a dagger argent, hilt or in saltire. The motto: "Crux Mihi grata Quies", which translated means "The cross gives me comfort'.

Occupation: Place: Vicar of Cranbrook, Kent

Source: (Birth)
Title: Mary Kathryn (Owens) Putnam birthday book
Media: Other

Note: Mary Kathryn (Owens) Putnam birthday book. The year comes from the 1880 census.

Source: (Death)
Title: Mary Kathryn (Owens) Putnam birthday book
Media: Other

Occupation: Place: Carpenter - 1880 census

Note: He came to America on the "Handmaiden" October 1630 and was one of the founders of Middleboro in 1640.

Note: John came to America in 1630 on the ship "Hand maiden".

Note: To perpetuate the memory of
                           WILLIAM SHATTUCK,
                        who died in Watertown,
                        Aug. 14, 1672, aged 50;
                           The progenitor of
                the families that have borne his name
                              in America.
                                 * * *
                          This simple memorial
                        was erected in 1853, by
                            Lemuel Shattuck,
                    who holds in greatful veneration
                           the character of
                        the Puritan Fathers of
                              New England.

               Arlington Street Cemetery, Watertown, MA



(1999) The following information was compiled by: Michael Roman, 13 Saddle Hill Drive, Northboro, MA 01532:

WILLIAM SHATTUCK [#310], b. England abt. 1621 or 1622, d. Watertown, MA Aug. 14, 1672, m. abt. 1642 SUSANNA ____, d. Watertown Dec. 11, 1686. She m(2) Watertown Nov. 18, 1673 Richard Norcross.

William Shattuck must have emigrated to this country while in his minority. Nothing is known of him before his arrival in this country, but it is thought that he may have come from either Lancashire, Sommersetshire, or Berkshire. It is also conjectured that his father might have died on his passage over or shortly thereafter, and also that he might have been the son of widow Damaris Shattuck, who was admitted to the church in Salem in 1641. He may have been a brother of Samuel Shattuck as their ages are close and the names in their families are similar.[1/8]

Samuel Shattuck is believed to be a son of Damaris. He was born about 1620 and died in Salem, MA June 6, 1689, age 69. He first joined the Salem church in 1642. Both he and his mother, widow Damaris, ahd daughters named Damaris. William, on the other hand, did not name a daughter Damaris.[1/361]

In the first inventory of estates in Watertown, taken in 1639, William had 1) "An Homstall of one acre bounded Southwest with the Common the East wth John Clough & the North with William Perry 2) Three acres of upland bounded the North with Joseph Morse the South with William Perry the East with John Clough & the West with the Common".[4/1:66] William had the same holding in the third inventory, taken in 1646.[4/1:145]

William married about 1642. The christian name of his wife was Susanna, but neither her surname, date or place of birth, nor her parentage are known. Susanna remained a widow about 15 months after his death and married on Nov. 18, 1673 Richard Norcross, who survived her. She died Dec. 11, 1686. Richard Norcross was the first grammar school teacher in Watertown.[1/6061] William held several town offices. In 1652 he was chosen to prosecute the orders about hogs and fences[2/1:32] and again in 1660.[2/1:64] He was also the surveyor of highways in 1655, 1664, and 1665.[2/1:42,78,84]

William's occupation was that of a weaver, and at his death he bequeathed his "loom and its appurtenances" to his son William. Agriculture also seems to have been a big part of his life, as it was for many early settlers. He was buried in the old Mount Auburn Cemetery.[1/5960]

William Shattuck's will was dated Aug. 3 and proved Aug. 29, 1672. In it he mentioned his sons Samuel Church, Phillip Shattuck, William Shattuck, four small children, two younger sons Benjamin and Samuel, son John, and wife Susanna. His "loving friends John Coolidge, Jr. and Samuel Livermore" were to be assistants to his wife in the execution of the will, which was witnessed by John Coolidge and John Livermore.[3/4:28] The inventory of the estate was taken August 23, 1672 by John Coolidge, John Livermore, and Thomas Hastings and amounted to 434.19.11. 200 pounds was in real property, the rest in personal property, including 103.17.7 1/2 in money.[3/4:31]


REF: [1] The Descendants of William Shattuck - Lemuel Shattuck,
1855
[2] Watertown Records, 1894
[3] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 20168)
[4] Watertown Records, 1894 (Lands, Grants and Possessions)
Children:

1. Susanna, b. abt. 1643, m(1) Watertown, MA April 12, 1661 Joseph
Morse, b. Watertown, MA April 30, 1637, d. 1677, m(2) July
5, 1678 John Fay, d. Marlborough, MA Dec. 5, 1690
2. Mary, b. Watertown Aug. 25, 1645, d. Waltham, MA Oct. 23, 1732,
m. Watertown Feb. 11, 1661-2 Jonathan Brown, b. Sept. 15, 1635,
d. March 1691
3. John, b. Watertown Feb. 11, 1646-7, d. Sept. 14, 1675, m. Watertown
June 20, 1664 Ruth Whitney, b. Watertown April 15, 1645
4. Phillip, b. abt. 1648, d. Waltham June 26, 1722, m(1) Watertown
Nov. 9, 1670 Deborah Barstow, d. Watertown Nov. 24, 1679, m(2)
Watertown Feb. 11, 167980 Rebecca Chamberlain, d. 1728
5. Joanna, d. Watertown April 4, 1673
6. William, b. abt. 1653, d. Watertown Oct. 19, 1732, m(1)? Ruth
____, m(2) abt. 1678 Susanna Randall, d. May 8, 1732
7. Rebecca, b. abt. 1655, m. Watertown Feb. 7, 1671-2 Samuel Church,
b. Watertown June 10, 1640
8. Abigail, b. abt. 1657, d. Groton, MA 1694, m(1) Watertown Oct.
17, 1678 Jonathan Morse, b. Oct. 7, 1643, d. Groton July 31, 1686,
m(2) Sept. 22, 1690 Joshua Parker, b. March 13, 1658, d. Groton
May 5, 1691
9. Benjamin, d. in his 20th year
10. Samuel, b. Watertown Feb. 28, 1665-6, m. Abigail ____

Occupation: Place: Weaver, And Farmer

Note: Migrated to Watertown, Mass in 1631. His frequent employment as a surveyor implies a solid, basic education.

In 1635, he was appointed along with John Warren (ahnentafel # ) to lay out all highways and to see that they were repaired.

The Great Migration Begins, pp. 244-246
ABRAHAM BROWN
ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1631 FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown
OCCUPATION: Surveyor [WaTR 6, 7].
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Membership in Watertown church prior to 6 March 1631/2 implied by freemanship. FREEMAN: 6 March 1631/2 [MBCR 1:367]. EDUCATION: Abraham Brown's frequent employment as a surveyor implies a solid, basic education.
OFFICES: Watertown selectman, 1635 through 1641, annually [WaTR 2, 3, 5, 6, 7]. Appointed to several committees to lay out land and highways, and to regulate timber cutting [WaTR 1-7, 9]. ESTATE: Abraham Brown was granted twelve parcels of land in Watertown, greater both in number and in acreage than the average:
ten acre homestall; three acres of marsh; twenty-eight acre homestall;
ten acres of plowland adjoining the preceding plot; six acres of upland adjoining the preceding plot; one acre in Patch Meadow; half an acre of meadow with a piece of swamp; four acres of upland; a pond of one acre;
a fifty acre Great Dividend; ten acres in the Remote Meadows; and a farm of one hundred and thirty acres [WaBOP 8, 11, 43, 76]. (A dispute over one of these parcels of land arose in 1660, in which his children were involved [WaTR 65-66].)
By the time of the Composite Inventory he had acquired a few more parcels, and disposed of at least one [WaBOP 21, 117]. He had obtained two parcels from John Browne - six acres of upland and a Great Dividend of thirty acres [WaBOP 21, 77]. He had exchanged land with John Collidge, parting with his fifty-acre Great Dividend and acquiring in return five acres of plowland and one acre of upland [WaBOP 21, 36, 92]. And he purchased from Abraham Shaw one acre of marsh adjoining the three acres that he already possessed [WaBOP 21].
The will and inventory of Abraham Browne were presented at Middlesex County Court on 1 October 1650 [MPR Misc 79].
On 6 October 1691 the county court ordered that "the parties concerned in the estate of Abraham Brown of Watertown deceased in the year 50 be sent to to attend the adjournment of this court in order to a settlement thereof." On 7 October 1691 it was ordered that "Lydia Lakin of Groton and Abraham Luist of Rumney Marsh and Mary the relict widow of Jonathan Brown of Watertown and her son Abraham Brown and Georg[e] Woodard of Muddy River and John Parkist of Watertown and all other persons concerned with the estate of Abraham Brown of said Watertown deceased do make their appearance ... on the first Tuesday in November next in order to a legal settlement of the said estate." On 3 November 1691 the court appointed Lt. Remington, John Ward and Thomas Greenwood "to make proposals for a full and final settlement" of "the estate of Abraham Brown Senr. of Watertown deceased" [MPR Misc 82-83].
BIRTH: About 1600 based on approximated date of birth of first child. DEATH: Watertown in 1650, prior to 1 October [MPR Misc 79, 82]. MARRIAGE: By 1631 (and by about 1627 if she was the mother of all his children) Lydia ___; she married (2) Ipswich 27 November 1659 Andrew Hodges; "Lidia Hoges (a widow)" died at Watertown 27 September 1686 [WaVR 58]. CHILDREN:
i.SARAH, b. say 1627; m. Watertown 16 December 1643 George ParkhurstJr. [WaVR 10].
ii.MARY, b. say 1629; m. Malden 10 April 1650 John Lewis as his second wife.
iii.LYDIA, b. Watertown 22 March 1631/2 [WaVR 3]; married by 1655 William Lakin (eldest child b. Reading 6 May 1655).
iv.JONATHAN, b. Watertown 15 October 1635 [WaVR 4]; m. February 1661/2 Mary Shattuck [WaVR 23].
v.HANNAH, b. Watertown 1 March 1637/8 (calc.) [WaVR 6]; bur. there 15 March 1637/8 [WaVR 6].
vi.ABRAHAM, b. Watertown 6 March 1638/9 [WaVR 6]; m. Watertown 5 February 1662/3 Mary Dix [WaVR 24], daughter of EDWARD DIX.
ASSOCIATIONS: Bond published a pedigree which stated that Abraham, Richard and John Brown of Watertown were all from Hawkedon in Suffolk, that Abraham and Richard were brothers, and that John was their nephew [Bond 116]. The pedigree was researched by Horatio Gates Somerby, arranged by William P. Browne and annotated by Bond himself. In his comments, Bond notes that Abraham might well be a nephew of Richard rather than a brother [Bond !122].
The claimed identification rests on only two records: the 1590 will of Thomas Brown of Hawkedon, naming five sons, including John, Richard and Abraham [Archdeaconry of Sudbury Probate Register 428 Goddard]; and the 11 October 1601 baptism at Hawkedon of John Brown, son of John. This latter record connects tenuously with John Brown of Watertown, who was 36 at his death in 1636 [WaVR 4].
Beyond this, there is no evidence in favor of the proposed connection, and some against. Nothing in the English records suggests that any of these people were in New England, and nothing in the New England records points to Hawkedon. In fact, there is nothing in the New England records to suggest that Richard and Abraham were brothers, and only some very slender evidence of a connection between Abraham and John: in the Watertown land inventories, the record of John Brown's land immediately follows Abraham's (which may or may not be probative), and after John's death Abraham acquired two parcels of his land.
Richard was a member of an independent church in London in 1616, and before that was a ferryman at Gravesend, which would place his birth no later than about 1590 (and perhaps earlier) and thus on chronological grounds at least he could have been a son of Thomas of Hawkedon. Abraham, on the other hand, seems to have been a decade or more younger. His eldest daughter was born about 1627 (or perhaps a year or two earlier), and so Abraham need not have been born before about 1600, which would make him very close in age to John Browne of Watertown. If he was, as claimed, a son of Thomas of Hawkedon, he must have been at least thirty-seven years old at the birth of this first child, and perhaps even into his forties.
Bond sets forth, and then dismisses, some strong evidence which may point to the correct ancestry of Abraham Brown. On 1 January 1672/3 Jonathan Brown of Watertown "cousin and next heir of Edmund Brown formerly of Boston ... deceased" relinquished to Richard Taylor of Boston the reversion of two parcels of land owned by Edmund Brown, who is also referred to as "uncle" by Jonathan Brown [Bond !122; SLR8:43]. Edmund Browne of Boston (not to be confused with Reverend Edmund Browne of Sudbury) would seem to be a brother of Abraham Browne, and this is not reflected in the Hawkedon pedigree.
Much more research is necessary before anything certain can be said of the origins of Abraham Brown.
COMMENTS: In the grant of the Remote Meadows Abraham Browne received ten acres. We can identify seven persons in the household at this time: Abraham, his wife, and five children. Under the terms of the grant the other three acres might be granted for servants in the household, or for Abraham's holdings of livestock; in either case, he again appears as above the norm in wealth and social standing.

Occupation: Place: Surveyor

Note: Census records show her born ca 1850, death certificate shows her born ca 1857-- Looks like she lied to her family about her age.

Source: (Birth)
Title: 1900 census

Data:
Text: Date from Mary Kathryn Owens Putnam's Birthday book, 1900 census for the year.

Note: (1999) The following information was compiled by: Michael Roman, 13 Saddle Hill Drive, Northboro, MA 01532:

DANIEL WARREN [#298], baptised Nayland, Suffolk, England Feb. 25, 1627-8, m. Watertown, MA Dec. 10, 1650[4/15] MARY BARRON (dau. of Ellis Barron and Grace), d. Watertown Feb. 13, 1715-6.[5/57]

On Dec. 30, 1662 the selectmen confirmed 10 or 12 acres of land to Daniel that his father, John Warren, bought from the town. The land was on the north side of Beaver Brook.[2/1:75] Daniel was very active in town affairs. In 1669 he was chosen surveyor of highways, replacing Richard Waite, who had died.[2/1:94] He was chosen in 1671 to "looke to fences swine and Catle";[2/1:102] was constable in 1675,[2/1:121] and was selectman for thirteen years: 1683-4, 1686, 1688-90, 1693-98, and 1700.[2/2:14131] Daniel was also the moderator of the town meetings Sept. 4 and 25, 1694[2/2:79] and was one of a committee Feb. 4, 1695-6 to find a minister "to dispence the word of God to the town in the new meetinghouse".[2/2:101]

Daniel Warren, Sr. appears on a list of Watertown men who were impressed into service in King Phillip's War.[3/171] There are other records of service in this war for Daniel Warren but they might be for his son who definitely was active in the conflict, as evidenced by land grants he received in 1733 while still alive.

REF: [1] The History of Watertown - Henry Bond, 1860
[2] Watertown Records, 1894
[3] Soldiers in King Phillip's War - George Madison Bodge, 1906
[4] Records of Births Marriages and Deaths, First Book - Watertown
Records, Vol. 1, 1894
[5] Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Second Book - Watertown Records,
Vol. 2, 1900
Children:

1. Mary, b. Watertown, MA Dec. 29, 1651,[4/15] d. Watertown
May 12, 1734, m(1) Watertown May 29, 1668[4/30] John Child,
b. Watertown abt. 1636, d. Watertown Oct. 15, 1676,[4/41] m(2)
Watertown April 13, 1677[4/43] Nathaniel Fiske, b. Watertown July
12, 1653,[4/16] d. 1735
2. Daniel, b. Watertown Oct. 6, 1653,[4/16] m. Watertown Dec.
19, 1678[4/44] Elizabeth Whitney, b. Watertown June 9, 1656[4/18]
3. Hannah, m. Watertown Sept. 24, 1675 David Mead[4/40]
4. Sarah, b. Watertown July 4, 1658[4/21]
5. Elizabeth, b. Watertown Sept. 17, 1660,[4/23] m. Watertown
Dec. 6, 1681[4/51] Jonathan Tainter, b. Watertown Sept. 10, 1654[4/17]
6. Susanna, b. Watertown Dec. 26, 1663,[4/25] d. Watertown Oct.
15, 1678[4/44]
7. John, b. Watertown March 5, 1665-6,[4/27] d. Watertown July
11, 1703, m. Watertown March 22, 1682-3[4/52] Mary Brown, b. Watertown
Oct. 5, 1662
8. Joshua, b. Watertown July 4, 1668,[4/31] d. Jan. 30, 1760,
m. Rebecca Church, b. Watertown Dec. 31, 1672[4/36], d. April
1, 1757
9. Grace, b. Watertown March 14, 1671-2,[4/32] m. Watertown Jan.
20, 1690-1[4/63] Joseph Morse, b. Nov. 11, 1667

Source: (Birth)
Title: NEHGS Register

Page: 96

Note: Mary Barron is sister to Hannah Barron who married a Coolidge - Bright - Bright- Child.

Note: (1999) The following information was compiled by: Michael Roman, 13 Saddle Hill Drive, Northboro, MA 01532:

ELLIS BARRON, d. Watertown, MA 30 Oct. 1676,[9/42] m(1) GRACE _____, m(2) Hannah or Anne (Hammond) Hawkins (dau. of William Hammond and Elizabeth; widow of Timothy Hawkins), bap Lavenham, Suffolk, Eng. 14 Jul 1616, d. 1 Sep 1685.

Ellis Barron left England for the Massachusetts Bay Colony sometime in the 1630's. He became a freeman in Watertown on 2 June 1641,[1/17] was the constable in 1658[2/1:52] and a selectman in 1668[2/1:90] and 1673.[2/1:112] On 7 November 1670 "It was a greed that Brother Barron shall take a new inventory of the estate of the town".[2/1:102]

According to the first inventory of grants and possession in Watertown, taken in 1639, Ellis owned a homestall of ten acres, more or less, bounded east by Thomas Boyson and Richard Linton, west with Stone Street, north by James Cutler, and south by Thomas Smith.[3/1:31] This is the same holding as described in the third inventory, taken about 1646.

His will, dated 26 Oct. 1676 and proved 19 Dec. the same year, mentions seven children. It names only his sons Ellis, John, and Moses. It also mentions his wife, grand daughter Elizabeth Barron, and a male Negro servant. Thomas Hastings was to be the overseer of the will, which was witnessed by John Biscoe and Thomas Hastings. Further mentioned in the will is an agreement made between Ellis and his wife at the time of their marriage. It stated that if he died first, she should return to her houses and lands that were hers before they married.[4/4:197] Hannah's will was dated 18 August 1683 and mentions her late husband Ellis and "my negro Shippio".[6] The second marriage by Ellis Sr. is proved in Middlesex deed[8/5:21] by a receipt given 1 April 1673 by Benjamin Garfield of Watertown to "Eliz Barron my father in law" for the portion of Mehitabel his wife, "left hir of the estate of Timothy Hawkins Deced, her father".[7]

Ellis Barron may have been a barber for the inventory of his estate, taken Dec. 2, 1676, included "Barbers Instrumts, & Instrumts to draw teeth" at a value of 7 shillings. It also included "5. books of Divinity & Phisick" at 5 shillings and "1. Negro" at twenty pounds. Total inventory 139 pounds.[4/4:200]


REF: [1] The History of Watertown - Henry Bond, 1860
[2] Watertown Records, 1894
[3] Watertown Records, 1894 (Lands, Grants and Possessions)
[4] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 1291)
[5] Lancaster Vital Records
[6] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 1292)
[7] The American Genealogist - Donald Lines Jacobus, 1943 Vol.
20 (pgs.135-136)
[8] Middlesex County Deeds
[9] Records of Births Marriages and Deaths, First Book - Watertown
Records, Vol. 1, 1894
[10] Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Second Book - Watertown
Records, Vol. 2, 1900
Children:

1. Ellis, m(1) Watertown, MA 14 Dec 1653[9/16] Hannah Hawkins,
b. Watertown, MA 10 Jun 1637,[9/4] d. Groton, MA 3 Jan 1673-4,
age 37y., m(2) Lydia (Prescott) Fairbanks
Chil.: 1) Ellis, b. 22 April 1655, in Lancaster,
MA 1713, m. 26 May 1679 Mary Sherman; 2) Hannah,
b. 6 March 1657-8, m. 14 June1678 James Cady; 3) Elizabeth,
b. 14 April 1660, d young; 4) Sarah, b. 4 Nov. 1662,
m. ___ Taylor; 5) Grace, b. Groton, MA 29 July 1665,
m. ___ Stevens; 6) Mehitabel, b. 22 June 1668, m.
Eleazer Parker; 7) Elizabeth; 8) Timothy,
b. 18 April 1673, d. bef. 1 Sept. 1718, m. 10 March 1697-8 Rachel
Jennison; 9) Dorothy, b. 6 Mach 1674-5, prob. d.
young; 10) Abigail, (in records d. but perhaps should
be b.) 14 Nov. 1676, m. 2 June 1699-1700 Henry Houghton of Lancaster
2. Mary, d. Watertown 13 Feb. 1715-6,[10/57] m. Watertown,
MA 10 Dec. 1650[9/15] Daniel Warren, bap. Nayland, Suffolk,
England 25 Feb. 1627-8
3. Susanna, m. Watertown 13 Dec. 1653[9/16] Stephen Randall, d.
Watertown 26 Feb. 1707-8[10/35]
4. Hannah, d. Watertown 14 July 1680,[9/48] m. Watertown 17 Nov.
1658[9/21] Simon Coolidge, b. abt. 1632, d. 27 Dec. 1693
5. John, d. Groton, MA 1 Jan. 1693, m. Elizabeth Hunt
6. Sarah, b. Watertown, MA 24 July 1640,[9/8] m. Phesant Estwick
7. Moses, b. Watertown 1 March 1643,[9/10] d. Chelmsford, MA 25
April 1699, m. Mary Learned
8? Peter, d. Muddy River Sept. 1675 (slain by Indians)

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Reference: 60

Reference: 61

Note: In the summer of 1630, John, Margaret, & their four children joined the Winthrop Fleet and sailed to America, settling in Watertown, MA.
18 May 1631, admitted freeman.

(1999) The following information was compiled by: Michael Roman, 13 Saddle Hill Drive, Northboro, MA 01532:

JOHN WARREN, bap. Nayland, Suffolk, England Aug. 1, 1585, d. Watertown, MA Dec. 13, 1667 "aged 82 years",[6/29] m. MARGARET ____, d. Watertown, MA Nov. 6, 1662.[6/24]

John Warren came to America in 1630, aged 45, and settled in Watertown where he was made a freeman May 18, 1631.[1/619] In 1635 he and Abraham Browne were appointed to lay out all highways and see that they were repaired.[2/1:2] He was a Selectman of Watertown in 1636[2/1:2] and 1640,[2/1:5] which was a position of high regard.[4] However, he does seem to have lost some favor with the authorities sometime thereafter as can be seen from the old records: October 1651 he and Thomas Arnold were fined 20 shillings each for an offence against the laws concerning baptisms; April 4, 1654 he was fined for neglect of public worship, 14 sabbaths, each 5 shillings = 3 pounds and 10 shillings; March 14, 1658-9, John Warren was warned for not attending public worship, "but old Warren is not to be found in town"; May 27, 1661 the houses of "old Warren and goodman Hammond" were ordered to be searched for Quakers. Despite his lack of conviction for the established church and his leanings toward the Quaker faith, John never gave up or lost his church membership. He may have kept his membership to avoid losing some privileges such as voting, etc..[1/619]

By the time the first inventory of grants and possessions was taken in Watertown in 1639, John had acquired 278 acres of land, including 1) a homestall of twelve acres bounded west with the highway, east by William Hammond, north by John Biscoe, and south by Isaac Stearns; 2) nine acres of upland bounded south by John Biscoe, north by William Hammond, and east and west with his own land; 3) three acres of meadow bounded east by William Hammond, north by John Simson, and west with his own; 4) thirteen acres of plowland in the further plain, lot 84; 5) thirteen acres of meadow in the remote meadows, lot 50; 6) sixteen and a half acres of upland beyond the further plain, lot 19; 7) sixty acres of upland being a great Divident in the fourth division, lot 26; 8) a farm of 152 acres of upland in the third division.[7/1:423] In the second inventory taken in 1644 the 152 acre farm had been disposed of, but John had been granted: 8) one acre and a half of meadow in Wards Meadow bounded by Thomas Arnold; 9) one acre and a half of meadow near the little plain adjoining to John Eddy; 10) two acres of marsh bounded southeast with the river and the west by the backlane.[7/1:100]

John Warren's will was dated Nov. 30 and proved Dec. 17, 1667. In it he gave his daughter Elizabeth a book titled "the playnes man path way to heaven". He also mentioned his sons Daniel and John, daughter-in-law Mary Warren, wife of Daniel, daughter Mary Bigelow, Elizabeth Knap, wife of James Knap, grand children Daniel Warren, Mary Bigelow, and Michall Bloyce, daughter of Richard Bloyce. The will was witnessed by Joseph Taynter and John Randall.[3/3:60] Inventory of the estate was taken Dec. 16, 1667 by John Coolidge, Henry Bright, and Henry Freeman and amounted to 167.4.0.[3/3:62]

John Warren's ancestors can be found in the overseas ancestor section.


REF: [1] The History of Watertown - Henry Bond, 1860 (pgs.619-620,960)
[2] Watertown Records, 1894
[3] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 23862)
[4] The Warner-Harrington Ancestry - Frederick C. Warner, 1949
(pg.721)
[5] The Bigelow Genealogy - Gilman B. Howe, 1890 (pg.479)
[6] Records of Births Marriages and Deaths, First Book - Watertown
Records, Vol. 1, 1894
[7] Watertown Records, 1894 (Lands, Grants, and Possessions)
[8] Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Second Book - Watertown Records,
Vol. 2, 1900
Children (baptised Nayland, Suffolk, England):

1. Mary, bap. 23 Apr 1615, bur. Nayland 17 Dec 1622
2. Elizabeth, bap. 25 Jun 1619, bur. Nayland 25 Nov 1622
3. Sarah, bap. 20 Apr 1620, bur. Nayland 7 Sep 1621
4. John, bap. 12 May 1622, d. Watertown, MA 27 Jan 1702, m. Watertown
11 Jul 1667[6/29] Michal (Jennison) Blois, b. Watertown 17 Dec
1640
5. Mary, bap. Sept. 12, 1624, d. Watertown Oct. 19, 1691,[6/64]
m. Watertown Oct. 30, 1642[6/9] John Bigelow, b. abt. 1617,
d. Watertown, MA July 14, 1703[8/24]
6. Daniel, bap. Feb. 25, 1627-8, m. Watertown Dec. 10, 1650[6/15]
Mary Barron, d. Watetown, MA Feb. 13, 1715-6[8/57]
7. Elizabeth, bap. July 21, 1629, d. Groton, MA 1715 (accused
of witchcraft by Cotton Mather), m. abt. 1650 James Knapp, b.
1627, d. Groton Sep 1715
Chil.: 1) Elizabeth, b. Watertown 21 Feb 1655, d. btw.
1720-1728, m. Cambridge 11 Sep 1674 Samuel Scripture, b. abt.
1650, d. btw. 1720-1728; 2) James, b. Watertown, 26 May
1657, d. 26 Sep 1657; 3) John, b. 1661

Source: (Death)
Title: NEHGS Register