John Warner (1745 - 1819)

Born 29 May 1745 in Woodbury, Connecticut

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Died 2 Jul 1819 at age 74 in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Warner Name Study.

John Warner was one of the Founding Fathers of St. Albans Vermont.

Captain John Warner served with Vermont Republic Militia during the American Revolution.

John Warner is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A121174.

Captain John Warner Company Roster 1777 Captain John Warner was born on May 29, 1745 in Woodbury (now Roxbury) Litchfield County, Connecticut, the son of Benjamin and Silence (Hurd) Warner. John was a younger brother to Seth Warner, Colonel of the Continental Army Regiment known as the “Green Mountain Boys”.

In 1765, John moved to Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont with his parents. He married twice. His first wife died in the year 1775. In August 1777, about ten or twelve days prior to the Battle of Bennington, he married Joanna Ames. John and Joanna had nine children: Truman, Wait, Gideon, William, Benjamin F., Junia, Sarah, Levi and Amos.

John moved to St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont in 1793 and resided there until his death on July 2, 1819. He was St. Albans first physician, specializing in medicinal botany (the use of indigenous plants in treating disease). He is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in St. Albans. https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/data/730257992

The photo with this profile, shows the gravesite of Captain John Warner. The red Vermont slate marker is the original headstone. The Granite and bronze marker was erected by the Bellevue Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1922. Biographical information and photo above, courtesy of Herman C. Brown Find A Grave Memorial# 14660314

Sources

http://dunhamwilcox.net/ne/puritan2.htm [1] [2] [3] notes in progress

Ancestors of Seth Warner - Vermont History and Genealogy [4]

"United States Census, 1810," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHLM-4N6 : accessed 20 February 2015), John Warner, St Albans, Franklin, Vermont; citing p. 281A, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 64; FHL microfilm 218,668.

"United States Census, 1800," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHRQ-KLJ : accessed 20 February 2015), John Wainer, St Albans, Franklin, Vermont; citing p. 472, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 51; FHL microfilm 218,688.