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Disproven Parentage -- Christopher Warren and Alice Webbe
Many genealogies, including "A Short History of the Warings" and "An American Family Called Warren," have claimed that Richard Waring of Brookhaven and Oyster Bay, Long Island was a son of Christopher Warren (Waring) and Alice Webbe.[1][2][3] Christopher and Alice did have a son Richard, who married Elizabeth Ivatt Marsh about 1645, and whose first two sons shared the same names as the first two sons of Richard Waring of Brookhaven (Richard and John). But examination of records contemporaneous to the time period make it clear that Richard, the son of Christopher and Alice, remained in England, and thus could not have been the Richard Waring who lived in Brookhaven and Oyster Bay.[4]
Actual Parentage -- Michael Waring and Judith Cowley
From various letters in the Winthrop Papers that were analyzed by Donald Lines Jacobus, we know that (i) Richard Waring had a sister named Katherine (or Catherine), (ii) Richard Waring and his sister Katherine had an uncle named Richard who lived in London in 1658 (thus ruling out a father named Richard), and (iii) Richard and Katherine's father died before 1658.[5]
The first records found for Katherine in New England are letters in the Winthrop Papers describing Katherine as "sojourning" (apparently romantically) with John Yongs' son in 1649[6] and later indicating that she married a man named Thomas Doxey in early 1650.[7] Based on the date of Katherine's marriage, we can surmise that that she was perhaps most likely born sometime in 1622-1632.
There are no records of Richard Waring until 1657 or, more definitely, 1659. "A History of Long Island" shows the name Richard Waring (as well as that of his sister's second husband, Daniel Lane) in a list of inhabitants of Brookhaven in 1657.[8] However, the original source for this list has not been found and there is reason to believe that the dating may be somewhat off. More reliably, there is a record of Richard Waring, in partnership with a William Chapell, buying a house-lot on New Street in New London in 1659.[9] Since Richard probably had to be at least 21 years old in order to transfer real property, Richard was probably born sometime in or before 1638.
A search of the ancestry.com databases for women named Katherine Waring (exact, sounds alike and similar) born in England in 1622-1632 finds only 2 women: (1) Katharine Waring, bpt. 19 Feb 1630, at St Olave, Hart Street, London; and (2) Catherine Waringe, bpt. 30 June 1625 in Standish, Lancashire. Candidate (2) can be discarded because her father's name was Richard, leaving only two candidates.
A search of the ancestry.com databases for men named Richard Waring (exact, sounds alike and similar) born in England in 1630-1640 finds a significant number of matches, but, most significantly, finds a Richard Wareinge, bpt. 1 Jan 1635 at St Olave, Hart Street, London. The ancestry.com records for the Katharine Waring and Richard Wareinge baptized at St. Olave list the parents of both as Michael and Judith Waring.
The published Registers of St. Olave show that Michael and Judith Waring had 12 children who were baptized at St. Olave from 1624-1637. The Registers also show that Michael Waring was buried there in 1638 and his wife, Judith, was buried there in 1644.[10]
Michael Waring had a brother named Richard who lived in London, as well as a brother and a nephew named Edmund.[11]
The facts listed above provide strong circumstantial evidence that the parents of Richard Waring of Brookhaven and Oyster Bay, Long Island were Michael Waring and Judith (Cowley) Waring of London. In summary:
- Brookhaven records suggest that Richard Waring was probably born sometime in 1630-1638. Michael and Judith (Cowley) Waring had a son named Richard who was baptized in 1635.
- Various American records suggest that Richard Waring had a sister named Katherine (or Catherine) who was born sometime in 1620-1630. Michael and Judith Waring had a daughter named Katharine who was baptized in 1629.
- Richard Waring's sister Katherine sent a letter to an uncle Richard in London in 1658 that indicated that her father had died before that date. Michael Waring had a brother named Richard who lived in London, and both Michael and Judith Waring died before 1658.
- Richard Waring named two of his sons Michael and Edmund. These names are consistent with the proposed parentage because Michael would have been the name of Richard's father and Edmund the name of an uncle and a cousin.
What clinches Michael Waring and Judith Cowley as Richard's parents, however, is the evidence relating to Michael's brother Richard Waring (referred to here as uncle Richard Waring). As discussed in uncle Richard Waring's profile and below, evidence (largely in the Winthrop Papers) establishes that (i) uncle Richard Waring became acquainted with the Winthrops when he bought Groton Manor from them in 1631, (ii) Richard and Katherine Waring became wards of uncle Richard Waring upon their mother's death in 1644, (iii) uncle Richard Waring offloaded Katherine Waring (and probably Richard Waring) by getting John Winthrop, Jr. to take her to America to be his household servant, and (iv) the Katherine (Waring) Lane and brother Richard Waring who show up in Brookhaven are the same Katherine and Richard Waring who were taken as wards of uncle Richard Waring upon their mother's death.
The theory that Richard Waring of Brookhaven and Oyster Bay was the son of Michael and Judith (Cowley) Waring of London has, in fact, been adopted by several genealogies.[12][13][14]
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Family: Michael WARING/Judith COWLEY," vandiverhistory.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "The Thomas Doxsee the 3rd Long Island, NY Connection," doxsie.genealogyvillage.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Pedigree of Hervey Green (1806-1875) Scholars Version," mormonpioneergenealogylibrary.com