Warner Fellows (1741 - aft. 1769)

Born 15 Feb 1741 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Eunice (Hall) Fellows — married 25 Nov 1762 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died after 1769 after age 27 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Private Warner Fellows served with the British Army during the French and Indian War.
Service Started: 1758
Unit(s): 3rd Connecticut; 4th Connecticut
Service Ended: 1759

Warner Fellows was born on 15 Feb 1740/41 at Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^[1]

He was the 3rd of the 12 children of Nathaniel Fellows and his wife Hopestill Holdridge. His siblings were Deborah, Nathaniel, William, Hopestill, Lydia, Mercy, E;nathan, Ephraim, Priscilla, Joseph and David. ^[2]

The records of the First Congregational Church (“The Road Church”) in Stonington record that he was baptized on 5 Apr 1741.^[3]

Marriage

Warner Fellows married Eunice Hall on 25 Nov 1762 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony.^[4][5]

Warner and Eunice moved 20 miles northwest of Stonington to Norwichtown, Norwich, New London County.

Children

Warner and Eunice had the following children in Norwichtown, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Colony:

1. Eunice Fellows (1764–1819), married Levi Standish^[6]
2. Hopestill Fellows (1766–Deceased)^[7]
3. Warner Fellows (1768–Deceased)^[8]
4. Lovicy Warner Fellows (1769–Deceased), married Ebenezer Cooley^[9]

Military

During the French and Indian War, Warner, aged 18,^[10] and his brother Nathaniel, aged 19,^[11] served in 1758 with the Third Connecticut Regiment, 12th Company, under Colonel Eleazar Fitch, commanding officer Capt. John Denison. The four Connecticut regiments participated in the disastrous expedition against Fort Carillon (called Ticonderoga by the British) .^[12]

During the campaign season of 1759, Warner, aged 19, fought with the Fourth Connecticut Regiment, also under Colonel Eleazar Fitch, commanding officer John Stanton.^[13] The troops participated in the Ticonderoga expedition in 1859.

Death

Warner probably died between 1769, when his daughter Lovicy was born, and 1775, the beginning of the U.S. Revolutionary War. If alive then, he probably would have served with his brothers Nathaniel, Joseph and David, as Warner fought in the French and Indian War with his brother Nathaniel.

Because there is no Warner Fellows household on the 1790 census in Norwich or anywhere else in Connecticut, he appears to have died before then.

Research Notes

Because records for Warner go silent after the birth of his daughter, Lovicy, in 1769, many family trees incorrectly mix him up with his brother William, who moved to Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York.

Since the records also go silent for Warner's son Warner, born 16 May 1768, he is also confused with Warner's nephew, Warner. That nephew was the son of his brother William of Stephentown, born 14 Apr 1773 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, and moved to Westford, Otsego County, New York.

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Ancestry.com. Book source: Schott, Nancy E., compiler, White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000. Stonington Vital Records 1658-1854, p. 146. “Warner, s. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 15, 1740/41
2. ↑ "Births, Marriages, Deaths, No. 3" in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut. Town Clerk. Filed under ”Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BP-QQZR-V?cc=2448940 : 29 Aug 2023), Connecticut State Library, Hartford. From very old handwritten volume entitled "Births, Marriages, Deaths, No. 3" in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut. Joan Stewart Smith’s notes: This is not just a marriage record. It includes the names and birth dates of 3 children. Nathaniel Fellows and Hopestill Holdredge marriage 2 Mar 1737 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Includes names and birth dates of three oldest sons, Nathaniel, Warner and William (p. 57 of original book, slide 144). Notation made that the rest of the children are entered on p. 172 (slide 206) of same book. On that page is a handwritten list of 7 of the 12 children of Nathaniel Fellows and Hopestill Holdredge with birth dates, Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Children listed are Deborah (1738), Hopestill (1745), Lydia (1747), Mercy (1749), Elnathan (1751), Ephraim (1753), and Priscilla (1755). At the end of this list is the death date of their mother Hopestill in 1765. On yet another page of the book, are their youngest sons, Joseph (1757) and David (1760) and the death date of daughter Mercy (1757), on p. 184 (slide 212).
3. ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. Ancestry.com. Book source: Connecticut Church Records, Stonington, First Congregational Church (“The Road Church”) 1674-1925, Connecticut State Library 1961, p. 162. Warner Fellows, s. Nathaniel, baptized 5 Apr 1741, Stonington [Note after date in entry:] *(”Wardner” in Wheeler’s History) [at First Congregational Church (“The Road Church”) in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony]
4. ↑ "Births, Marriages, Deaths, No. 3" in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut. Town Clerk. Filed under “Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BP-QQ4V-D : accessed 15 Sep 2023). Connecticut State Library, Hartford. Warner Fellows and Eunice Hall married 25 Nov 1762 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut by Rev. Joseph Fish. From an old, handwritten book, "Births, Marriages, Deaths, No. 3" in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, possession of town clerk, p. 83 (Image 157)
5. ↑ AmericanAncestors.org. Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Stonington. Fellows, Warner m. Eunice Hall, b. of Stonington, Nov. 25, 1762, by Rev. Joseph Fis
6. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W8-25H : 7 January 2020), Eunice Fellows, daughter of Warner Fellows, born 27 Dec 1764 in Norwichtown, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
7. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WN-9YN : 7 January 2020), Hopestill Fellows, daughter of Warner Fellows, born 23 May 1766 in Norwichtown, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
8. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74J-S7M : 7 January 2020), Warner Fellows, son of Warner Fellows, born 16 Mar 1768 in Norwichtown, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
9. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W8-2GZ : 7 January 2020), Lovicy Warner Fellows, daughter of Warner Fellows, born 2 Jul 1769 in Norwichtown, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
10. ↑ All Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62. Ancestry.com. Warner Fellows of Connecticut, 3rd regiment, commanding officer Col. and Capt. Eleazer Fitch, 12th Company, Co-command Capt. John Denison, 1758, payroll, p. 73
11. ↑ All Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62. Ancestry.com. Nathl Fellows of Connecticut, 3rd regiment, commanding officer Col. and Capt. Eleazer Fitch, 12th Company, Co-command Capt. John Denison, 1758, payroll, p. 72
12. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Provincial Troops in the French and Indian Wars," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincial_troops_in_the_French_and_Indian_Wars : accessed 14 Sep 2023)
13. ↑ All Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62. Ancestry.com. Warner Fellows of Connecticut, 4th regiment, commanding officer Col. and Capt. Eleazer Fitch, 5th Company, Co-command Capt. John Stanton, 1759, muster roll, p. 166