Rachel (Williams) Warren (1635 - 1706)

Born Jun 1635 in Occupacia Parish, Rappahannock, Colonial Virginia

Wife of John R Warren — married about 1661 in Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 11 Feb 1706 at age 70 in St. Anne's Parish, Essex, Colonial Virginia

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Biography

Rachel (Williams) Warren was a Virginia colonist.

Rachel Williams or Sargent who married John R Warren was born about 1635.^[1]

Origin

^[2] Rachel may have been born in England, or she may have been born in Virginia. Her family lived in the Occupacia Creek area, Rappahannock, Virginia Colony.

Rachel twice used an "R" as her signature, once backwards, and on her will she added a dot in the loop (p 35). Another time, she used a symbol similar to one used by her husband John, but slanted it (p 31).^[2]

Immigration

A patent issued on 1 June 1663 to Mr. William Pierce (Perce) for 4,054 acres in Farnham Parish, Rappahannock County, in return for transporting 81 persons included: Rachel, Margaret, and Margery Williams, thought to have been the daughters of John Williams (p 14).^[2] Of course, the date a patent was issued was often years after the actual voyage(s) of those transported.

Uncertain Marriage

Rachel is assumed to have married to John Warren.^[2]

We have circumstantial evidence that the Rachel who married John Warren was a daughter of John Williams. The Warren land bordered the Williams property. In addition, these gifts and deed are evidence of the close ties between the Williams and Warren families. On 2 December 1679, John Williams made a gift of a calf to Rebecca Warren, daughter of John Warren (p 15).^[2] On 28 January 1689, Richard West (John Warren's partner) sold 300 acres on Occupatia Creek to John Williams (p 15).^[2]

Others believe that Rachel was a daughter of William Sargent. In his will, written on 14 April 1683, William Sargent, of Rappahannock County, left 100 acres to John's son, William Warren (pp 21-22). However William would receive the land only on the condition that Sargent's own son, George, die before reaching the age of 21. George must have lived, because William Warren never received the property.^[2] However, Holland Warren, in his follow-up book, Warrens and related families of North Carolina and Virginia Revisited, which focuses on John R. Warren, reached the conclusion that, "In fact there was no Rachel Sargent, she has been created in someone's imagination."^[3]

Death and Legacy

Rachel died between 18 September 1705 (will written) and 11 February 1705/6 (will probated) at St Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia Colony (p 32).^[2] Margery Cary, wife of Hugh Cary, witnessed the will; she may have been Rachel's sister (p 35.)^[2][4]

Rachel and John were almost surely buried at the St. Anne's Parish Church, located at the mouth of Occupacia Creek.

Research Notes

Marriage

Marriage: 1665, St George, Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Also found

Marriage: 5 May 1679, St George, Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Husband: John R. Warren

Wife: Rachel Williams

Child: William Warren

Child: Elizabeth Warren

Child: Daughter Warren

Child: Thomas Warren

Child: John Warren

Child: UNKNOWN Warren

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #76573207, Rachel Sargent Warren.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Warren, Holland D., 1990 Warrens and Related Families of North Carolina and Virginia Lynchburg, VA: (Published by the author) ExLibrisRosetta accessed 4 June 2016 (Pages 5-32 ).
3. ↑ Warren, Rod, (18 August 2006) "John Warren (b. 1635, d. 25 Nov 1691)." Warren, Riley, Wilson, Waddell, Pitman, Reis Families: Information about John Warren, Citing Warrens and related families of North Carolina and Virginia Revisited, by Holland, Page 73, accessed 5 June 2016.
4. ↑ Scott, Jim, (July 9, 2013) John Warren. The Scott/Dines/Duncan/Dickson Website, accessed 3 June 2016.

See also:

• Warren, Holland D., 1999 Warrens and related families of North Carolina and Virginia Revisited. Lynchburg, VA: Warwick House Pub., Page 73.
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In the absence of real sources, I've taken to leaving the Ancestry source so that some source will be present.