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Deacon Jacob Warren (c. 1668–1727), son of Jacob Warren and Mary Hildreth
Sarah Unknown (b. 1667)
Jacob was probably born about 1668. Jacob, the son of Jacob and Mary Warren, was baptized on 8 February 1673/4 in Chelmsford. [1] Deacon Jacob died on 3 September 1727 in Plainfield. [2] He married Sarah ___ probably about 1688.
An entry in Reverend John Fiske's notebook for 8 (12) 1673 says, "Jacob Warren and Mary Warren these two admitted to full communion this day in our church and they and 2 children, infants, which they resigned to the watch of this church, Jacob and Joseph." [3]
Sarah was born in 1667. [4]
Jacob was surveyor of highways in 1693 in Chelmsford. [4] He and Edward Foster were appointed to run the "perambulation betwixt Concord and Chelmsford" in 1695. [4] He was collector of taxes in 1696. [4]
Jacob and his family went to Plainfield about 1697.
On 31 May 1699 the inhabitants of Quinebaug Plantation met to organize a town government. Jacob Warren, Joseph Spalding and Stephen Hall were among those chosen selectman. Jacob was chosen a rate collector for the west side of the town; Richard Adams was chosen a collector for the east side. [5]
On 24 December 1702 Jacob signed an agreement for two religious societies in Plainfield. Major James Fitch and Richard Adams were two of the east side signers; Jacob, Joseph and Benjamin Spalding, Stephen Hall and Joshua Whitney were some of the west side signers. [5]
In 1702/3 land in Plainfield was divided into five sections called eighths and allocated. Jacob was given land in the fourth eighth. [5]
In April 1704 Jacob and Joseph Spalding were appointed to a committee to complete the schoolhouse in Plainfield. [5]
Children of Jacob and Sarah Warren: All births recorded in Plainfield [2]; the first three also recorded in Chelmsford [1].
i. Sarah Warren was born on 3 March 1689 in Chelmsford. She died on 4 October 1759 in Plainfield. [4] She married Josiah Spalding on 4 December 1710 in Plainfield. [2] Josiah, the son of Edward and Mary (Bracket) Spalding, was born on 13 January 1686 in Chelmsford and died on 21 September 1727 in Plainfield. [4]
Sarah's birth is recorded as 3 March 1689 in Chelmsford and 18 September 1687 in Plainfield. The Chelmsford record calls her the daughter of Jacob and Marah—an apparent transcription error. The Plainfield record appears to be an error; Jacob's parents married in June 1667; hence, it is unlikely he was born before 1668.
Joseph was a farmer in Plainfield. [4]
ii. Deacon Jacob Warren was born on 13 July 1691 in Chelmsford. [1] He married first Abigail, the daughter of Samuel Haines of Haverell [Haverhill?] in Plainfield. [2] She died on 5 July 18[7?]22 in Plainfield. [4] He married second Abigail Cary of Windham on 12 March 1723 in Plainfield. [2] Abigail (Bushnell) Cary was the widow of Joseph, the son of Joseph Cary. [4]
Deacon Jacob Warren was a church member in Plainfield in January 1751 and April 23 1761. [6]
iii. Elizabeth Warren was born on 7 June 1693 in Chelmsford. She married Captain David Whitney.
iv. David Warren was born on 4 April 1696, probably in Chelmsford. He died on 4 May 1759 in Plainfield. [6] He died in October 1738 in Windham, Windham County. [4] He married Patience, the son of Thomas Thomson of Providence, on 24 March 1718/9 in Plainfield. [2]
David was a cooper. [4]
v. Lieutenant Joseph Warren was born on 4 August 1701 in Plainfield. He died on 21 February 1764, age 62,16 February 1757 in Plainfield. [4] He married Martha Barman on 2 January 1722/3 in Plainfield. [2] Martha, the daughter of Deacon Eleazar and Elizabeth (Wright) Bateman, was born on 16 February 1702 in Woburn. [4] Martha, the wife of Deacon Joseph, died on 3 December 1756 in Plainfield. [2]
Joseph and Martha are buried in the Old Plainfield Cemetery. [7]
Joseph was a farmer and deacon. [4] He was appointed ensign on 10 May 1736 and lieutenant on 26 September 1739. [4]
vi. John Warren was born on 31 January 1702/3 in Plainfield. He died on 31 August 1745 in Plainfield. [2] He married Elizabeth Hewitt on 29 April 1734 in Plainfield. [2] Elizabeth, the daughter of Thomas and Persis (Cleveland) Hewitt, was born on 12 April 1709 in Stonington. [4] She died on 18 July 1779 in Plainfield. [4] She married second Thomas Welch on 30 June 1753 in Plainfield. [2][4] He died in 1774 in Plainfield. [4]
vii. Mary Warren was born on 11 January 1705/6 in Plainfield. She died on 4 July 1748 in Plainfield. [4] She married Jonas Shepard on 2 June 1727 in Plainfield. [2] Jonas, the son of Isaac and Hannah Shepard, was born on 12 May 1698 in Plainfield and died there in March 1773. [4]
Jonas was a farmer. [4]
viii. Abigail Warren was born on 9 September 1708 in Plainfield. She married Cyprian Stevens, Jr. on 26 November 1727 in Plainfield. [2]
References:
1. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1914), 1: 161–2.
2. "Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630–1870," online database, AmericanAncestors.org > Plainfield, 135–6.
3. "The Notebook of the Reverend John Fiske, 1644–1675," Colonial Society of Massachusetts (https://www.colonialsociety.org : accessed 25 February 2023).
4. Warren Woden Foster, Some Descendants of Arthur Warren of Weymouth (Washington, D.C.: Judd & Detweiler, 1982), available on Ancestry.
5. Ellen D. Larned, History of Windham County, Connecticut, vol. 1 (Worcester, MA: Charles Hamilton, 1874).
6. "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630–1920, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3032), 91–93.
7. Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 25 February 2023), memorial page for Deacon Joseph Warren (4 Aug 1701–16 Feb 1757), Memorial ID 84627207 and Martha Bateman Warren (16 Feb 1702–3 Dec 1756), Memorial ID 84626951, citing Old Plainfield Cemetery, Plainfield; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703).
20-Apr-2023