William Warren (son of Edward Warren and Anne Davenport) was born Abt. 1586 in Poynton, Stockport, Cheshire, England, and died Abt. 1644 in Charles Parish, York County, Virginia. He married (1) Ann Becker. He married (2) Mary Warren.
Notes for William Warren: In 1625 William and Ann Warren were living at York Plantation on the south si de of the Charles River in Virginia. Ann was William's second wife. It is pos tulated that William came from England in the 1620s, bringing his son, Nathan iel. In the spring of 1635, Lt. Radcliffe Warren was killed during Claiborne' s Raid, a naval battle in disputed Maryland waters near the Isle of Kent. Rad cliffe Warren may have been a kinsman of William Warren. A meeting was held a t the home of William and Ann Warren where citizens made speeches abhorring G overnor Harvey's management of the Virginia government. Three men were arrest ed but not William. Some writers put William as the older half-brother of Rad cliffe Warren and Thomas Warren of Westmoreland County, all three being sons of Sir Edward Warren, Knt., of Poynton Manor, Cheshire, England. (Sir Edward, 1563-1609, was descended from the Earl of Warren.) If so, William's mother would be Anne, daughter of Sir William Davenport, Knt., making William fifth son of Sir Edward and Anne. It is thought that William Warren and son Nathan iel were killed by Indians in the middle peninsula in the 1640s. Nathaniel's son William, married Francis Allen, d/o Christopher Allen, in 1653, and inher ited the family property on the Charles River (Gloucester Co.). John Warren a nd his probable siblings were raised by an unknown family, probably in Westmo reland County.
William Warren was the immigrant who settled in York Plantati on by 1625, d. 1644 in Charles River Co. (Gloucester). William is the probabl e son of Sir Edward Warren Knt. of Poynton Manor, Cheshire, England, and his second wife, Anne, d/o Sir William Davenport Knt.
According to the 1990 re search done by Holland Warren, Ph.D., John Warren (b. 1635) is the son of Will iam Warren and Ann. There was a Thomas Warren living in Westmoreland Co. in th e 1650s who may be a relative but there is only one record for Thomas Warren showing he witnessed a deed for John Sharp. There is a great deal more inform ation on William and Ann Warren, William's son Nathaniel (by William's first w ife in England), who immigrated with William, and Nathaniel's son, William, w ho married Frances Allen, d/o Christopher Allen. William and Frances inherite d the estate of William Warren and Ann. William and son Nathaniel both died in 1644 and were probably killed by Indians. William who married Frances Allen came of age in 1653 which is when he inherited the property.
Holland Warren gives a great deal of information on the early settlers in the middle 1600s. I believe his assessment is correct about William and Ann being John's parents . One reason is because John and Rachel named their first son William and he is the one who inherited Rachel's property.
Gayle Gray William was in Jamestown, Virginia between 1632 and 1640. Was the fifth so n of Edward Warren and Anne Davenport. Speaker of the House, House Of Burgess in 1633-35.
His Half brother, Ratcliffe (Radcliffe) Warren was killed in a raid on Maryland from the Isle of Kent in 1635. When it was heard that Governo r Harvey approved, there was a meeting at William Warren's house in Yorktown a nd as a result Governor Harvey was ousted. There is a sworn statement made by William Cleyboure, commander of Lt. Ratcliffe Warren in the Army of Virginia, that Lt. Ratcliff returned to Kent Island. This deposition was made 16 April 1638. Thomas Warren, brother of Ratcliff and half-brother to William was in O ld Rappahannock County, Virginia.
Ann Davenport is William Warren Mother per The History of Cheshire, England "p683 Macclesfield Hundred"
1. Dr. Holland Warren 2 books 2. William Warren being in the same place at the same time frame as John R Warren 3. The land grant of William Warren. 4. We also knoiw William Warren come to the USA records prove it ++++++++++++++++++++++++++In Dr. Holland book it says: p95 says: When John Warren was three or four years old his father transportated 13 indentured servents into Virginia from England and laid claim to 650 acres of land on the edge of Mock Jack Bay, north of the York River in the present Gloucester County. William applied for a patent on the large tract and in 1642 received the certifying document from Governor William Berkeley, who had first occupied the governor's chair the year before
Martin Becker of Plymouth, England, Merchant, leases for life of William Warren & Ann his "NOW" wife land in York dated 13 March 1633
THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA.
Patent: Warren, William Grantee Sr. Date 10 August 1642 Patent 1 p796 Location description 650 acres on the NORTH side of Charles River, beg.g at the first pynie point being a penisula and from thence upp parrallell to the river Source: Land Office Patents No. 1 1623-1643 (v. 1 & 2) p796 reel 1 Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial land office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia Available on microfilm Virginia State Land Office Patents 1-42 reels 1-41 +++There is lots of proof in the Archives++ William Warren was a 1/2 brother of Capt. Ratcliff Warren who was killed 1635
The correct linkage is to a William Warren, who came to Va. cc 1625 and who was probably killed there during an Indian attack in 1644 p16. This Wm. Warren was a half brother to Radcliffe Warren, who was killed during a boundary dispute between Wm. Claiborne of Maryland and some Virginia settlers. This same Wm Warren, as the result of the murder of his half brother was at the core of some political unrest in Va. at this time.
Lieut. Radcliffe Warren was William 1/2 brother he was in the Army of Virginia and was sent in an armed boat by Claiborne of Virginia to recover goods of the inhabitants of Kent Island, taken by the followers of Calvert of Maryland, who sent Lieut. Cornwallys in a boat against Lieut. Warren. A fight ensused and Warren was killed. Lieut. Radclifffe Warren was second in command on Kent Island in 1635. An inquest was held on Lieut. Warrens body by order of the Court of St. Marys co., Md. 12-2-1635-36 "Maryland Archives Provincial council proceedings" When the Virginians learned that their govenor "Harvey" approved of Calverts murder of Warren they were indignant, and held a public meeting at Yorktown, Va. in April 1635, at the house of William Warren to consider Harveys conduct, etc.
William had arrived in the colony sometime before April 1633 bringing with him, we believe Nathaniel Warren who probably was a son or nephew. We postulate William came to Virginia in the middle to late 1620 as an adventurer paying his own and Nathaniel shipboard fares across the Atlantic. He may have been accompanied by a brother, Thomas Warren who settled futher up the James River in Charles City Co.Va. per Dr Holland book
More About William Warren: Died 2: Opechancanough Indian attack. Immigration: Bet. 1632 - 1640, Jamestown, Surry County, Virginia. Other-Begin: He worked as a Speaker of the House of Burgesses between 1633 and 1635 in England..
William Warren (b. Abt. 1586, d. Abt. 1644)
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