John Warner (bef. 1612 - aft. 1692)

Born before 9 Sep 1612 in Boxted, Essex, England

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Descendants

Died after 17 May 1692 after age 79 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

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John Warner migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Disambiguation: This John Warner, was one of the first settlers of Essex county, Massachusetts, living first in Ipswich, then founding Brookfield; and later dying in Hadley.

See John Warner, for the man who was one of the Founders of Hartford, Connecticutt.

Biography

John Warner was born circa 1616 in Boxted, Essex County, England.^[1]

John was the son of William Warner and his unknown wife, said to be a Baker.^[1]

John married about 1639, Priscilla Symonds, the daughter of Mark Symonds and his wife, Joanna.^[2]

John made his will on 17 May 1692 and he died sometime after that at Hadley, Massachusetts, New England.^[3]

John Warner was baptised at Boxted, Essex, England, on 9 September 1612.^[4]

John's was the oldest surviving son of William Warner^[5] and his unknown wife who was related to Sarah (Baker) (Lumpkin) Stone.^[6]

John was the brother of:^[7]

1. Abigail, who married Thomas Wells;^[6] and
2. Daniel Warner.

Migration to New England

In 1635, the twenty-three year-old John migrated to New England with his father, sister Abigail aged 21, and brother Daniel aged about 19, and settled at Ipswich.^[7]

Marriage and Children

John married Priscilla Symonds by about 1640.^[8] Priscilla was the daughter of Mark Symonds and his third wife, Joanna —.^[9]

They had children:^[10]

1. Samuel, b. abt. 1640-1641; d. Groton, Mass., bef. 16 Feb. 1703; married:
   • at Ipswich, 21 Oct. 1662, Mercy Swan, the daughter of Richard Swan and his wife, Ann —, b. Rowley, 4 July 1640; d. Dunstable, 3 April 1683;
   • at Dunstable, 4 May 1684, Mary Swallow nee Martin, the widow of Ambrose Swallow, who was probably the daughter of John Martin and his wife, Rebecca —;
2. Joanna, b. abt. 1643; d. Wenham, abt. 1685; m. Wenham, 14 Oct. 1664, Robert Mackelaflin/McLaflin/Clafin, b. prob. Scotland; d. Wenham, bef. 19 Sept. 1690;
3. Mark, b. abt. 1646; d. Northampton, 3 May 1738, aged 92; married:
   • at Hadley, 8 Dec. 1671, Abigail Montague, the daughter of Richard Montague and his wife Abigail Downing, b. Boston, abt. 1648; d. Northampton, 6 Feb. 1705;
   • at Westfield, 3 Dec. 1713, Mary Orton, the widow of Samuel Root, and the daughter of Thomas Orton and his wife, Mary Pall/Paul, b. Windsor, Conn, 16 May 1650; d. Westfield, Oct. 1732.;
4. John, b. abt. 1648; d. Springfield, 21 Jan. 1723/4; married:
   • at Hadley, 20 Apr. 1674, Lydia Boltwood, the daughter of Robert Boltwood and his wife, Mary —, d. Springfield, 26 Jan. 1682;
   • at Springfield, 31 Aug. 1683, Sarah Warner, d. Springfield, 24 Jan. 1686;
   • at Springfield, 30 June 1687, Sarah Ferry, the daughter of Charles Ferry and his wife, Sarah Harmon, b. Springfield, 15 Dec. 1668; d. Springfield, 25 July 1689;
   • at Springfield, 26 Nov. 1691, Rebecca Williams, the widow of Obadiah Cooley, and the daughter of John Williams and his wife, Mary Burley/Buckly, b. Windsor, 20 Apr. 1649; d. Springfield, 18 Oct. 1715;
5. Nathaniel, b. abt.1650; d. Hadley, 15 Jan. 1713/4, aged 64; m. Hadley, 3 Feb. 1680/1, Joanna Gardner, the daughter of Samuel Gardner and Elizabeth —, b. abt. 1663; d. Hadley, 18 Mar. 1729, aged 66;
6. Daniel, d. Ipswich, 8 June 1660, killed by a falling tree;
7. Joseph, b. 15 Aug. 1657; d. Ipswich, 18 June 1658;
8. Mehitable, b. 16 Apr. 1659; d. Hadley, 12 June 1678;
9. Daniel, b. 16 Apr. 1661; d. Ipswich abt. 1668;
10. Eleazer, b. 13 Nov. 1662; d. Hadley, 8 May 1729, aged 66; m. Hadley, 27/29 May 1689, Hester/Esther Taylor, the daughter of John Taylor and his wife, Mary Selden, b. Hartford, Conn., 9 Dec. 1667; d. Hadley, 28 Dec. 1748, aged 82.

Death

John died at Hadley after 17 May 1692.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Radasch 1956, p.3
2. ↑ Radasch 1956, p.5
3. ↑ Radasch 1956, p.7
4. ↑ Williams 2013, citing Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, VII:244; Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686, 2:318.
5. ↑ Williams 2013, citing Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, VII:243-47.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Williams 2013, citing Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., an d Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, VII:294-300.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Williams 2013, citing Lucius Manlius Boltwood, Genealogies of Hadley Families: Embracing the Early Settlers of the Towns of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, (Northampton, Mass.: 1862), 148; John William Linzee, The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. (Boston: 1 913), 432.
8. ↑ Williams 2013, citing John William Linzee, The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. (Boston: 1913), 209, 307.
9. ↑ Williams 2013, citing The American Genealogist, vol. 9+ (1932+), 74:116; John William Linzee, The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. (Boston: 1913), 438.
10. ↑ Williams 2013, pp. 3-4.
11. ↑ Williams 2013, citing John William Linzee, The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. (Boston: 1913), 303.

See also:

• Williams, Alicia Crane, Lead Genealogist. "John Warner", Early Families of New England. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. NEHGS Subscription Link.
• Radasch, Katharine W, and Radasch, Arthur H, Register of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel⁷ Warner of Wilbraham, Mass: With Descendants to the Seventh Generation of John² (william¹) Warner of Ipswich, Mass. Springfield, Mass.: Samuel Warner Association, 1956. p. 3, , accessed 30 July 2015
• http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/early-families-of-new-england/image/?pageName=1&volumeId=14457&rId=263679254, accessed 19 July 2015.
• Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter, ed., vol IV. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908.