Capt. James Warren

Capt. James Warren

• BIRTH 7 Nov 1665 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• DEATH 29 June 1715 (aged 49) Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• BURIAL Burial Hill Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
• Parents: Nathaniel Warren [1625-1667] & Sarah (Walker) Warren [1622-1705]
• Married Sarah Doty on June 21, 1687 in Plymouth, MA.

Inscription:

• Here Lyeth ye Body
• of ye Honourable
• James Warren, Esq.,
• who deceased June
• 29th, 1715
• in ye 50th year
• of his age.

Biography

From Richard Warren of the Mayflower and Some of His Descendants By Emily Warren Roebling. Page 13 - 15. GoogleBooks

10. Captain James Warren* (Nathaniel* Richard1), was born at Plymouth, 7 November, 1665, and died there, 29 January, 1715. He was made freeman in June, 1689, and was soon recognized as a man of enterprise and judgment. He was a large land owner, acquiring some of his holdings by inheritance and others by purchase. He bought the entire real estate of his father-in-law, Edward Doty, as the heirs of the latter came of age or removed from the town, and his name is identified with the history of Plymouth by his various transactions and public spirited improvements in the building of the town, his connection with the distinguished families of the vicinity, and by his long public service. On 17 July, 1699, he was commissioned high sheriff of Plymouth County, and on 7 June, 1700, he was appointed a justice of the peaceU and of the Court of Common Pleas,** in which offices he continued to serve until his death. He was also appointed special justice of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, 5 June, 1713, and he served first as lieutenant and afterwards as captain of the military company of Plymouth, and was representative to the General Court of Massachusetts, 1697, 1701-4, 1707, 1709, 1711 and 1715. While serving in the latter capacity he was taken suddenly ill on his way to the Assembly, from which illness he never rallied. The records of the First Church of Plymouth note that " his death was an exceeding loss to the Church, Town and Country." His will,* dated 28 January, 1711-12, proved 23 June, 1715, named son James, not of age, wife Sarah and " daughters," of whom he designated only Sarah. The inventory of his estate, which was large, styled him " Captain." His tombstone on Burial Hill reads: "Here lyes ye body of the Honourable James Warren Esqr who deceased Jan. ye 29th, 1715, in ye 50th year of his age."

Family

He married, 21 June, 1687, Sarah, daughter of Edward Doty, Junr,f by his wife Sarah Faunee, and granddaughter of Edward Doty, a Mayflower passenger, by his wife Faith Clark. t Sarah Doty was born at Plymouth, 9 June, 1666; she married 2d, 9 September, 1726, John Bacon, Esqr, of Barnstable.

Children, recorded at Plymouth:

• i, John Warren,* b. 27 November, 1688; d. 1 March, 1689.
• ii. Edward Warren, b. 14 September, 1690; d. 28 February, 1690-1.
• iii. Sarah Warren, b. 27 May, 1692; d. 25 August, 1756; m. 1st, circa 1710, Charles, son of Isaac Little, Esqr, by his wife Bethia, b. in March, 1685; m. 2d, 21 November, 1728, the Reverend Nicholas Sever, son of Caleb Sever§ by his wife Sarah Ingoldsby, b. 15 April, 1680; d. 7 April, 1764. Mr. Sever was graduated at Harvard in 1701, or- dained pastor of the First Church of Dover, New Hampshire, 11 April, 1711, tutor at Harvard College 1716-1728, and Fellow from 1725 to 1728. He removed to Kingston, Massachusetts, and was, judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Plymouth County from 1731 to 1762. He married 2d, 13 October, 1757, Susanna Winslow, by whom he had no issue. Among his descendants by his wife Sarah, were William Sever, member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and President of the Council; Captain James Sever of the U. S. N.; and Colonel James Warren Sever, President of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati in 1866, and Vice President of the General Society of the Cincinnati in 1869.
• iv. Alice Warren, b. 3 September, 1695; m., 10 May, 1716, Peleg Ford of Marshfleld
• v. Patience Warren, b. 13 January, 1697-8; m., 11 April, 1721, Joseph Stacey. By deed of 1 October, 1728, Joseph S-tacey and Patience his wife, and Sarah Little of Kingston, James Warren, Nathaniel Thomas and Hope his wife of Plymouth, Pelig Ford and Alice his wife of Marshfleld, Mercy and Mary Warren of Kingston, and Elizabeth Warren of Barnstable in the County of Barnstable, join in conveying a portion of Cedar Swamp in Plympton, to Caleb Loring.
• 16. vi. James Warren, b. 14 April, 1700; d. July, 1757; m. Penelope Winslow.
• vii. Hope Warren, b. 2 August, 1702; d. 3 May, 1728; m. 23 June, 1722, Nathaniel Thomas. Their issue died early.
• viii. Mercy Warren, b. 21 March, 1704; d. unmarried, 17 January, 1745-6. Administration on her estate granted to Nicholas Sever, B October, 1747.
• ix. Mary Warren, b. 14 January, 1707; 'd. unmarried, 4 February, 1795.
• x. Elizabeth Warren, b. 17 January, 1710-11; d. unmarried, 5 November, 1744.

Footnotes

• • Plymouth County Wills, iii, 360; also Plymouth Probate Files.
• t Edward Doty, born at Plymouth, circa 1643, was drowned between Plymouth and Boston, 8 February, 1690. He married, 26 February, 1663, Sarah, daughter of John Faunee by his wife Patience, daughter of George Morton of Plymouth. James Otis, the patriot, and Harrison Gray Otis, the distinguished United States Senator, were descendants of Edward Doty, Junr.
• • Sketches of the early History of Middleborough. See Register, iii. 213-20; 33(M4.
• t Plymouth County Probate Files.
• J The Plymouth Colony Records also give the birth of James, son of Richard, as in January, 1682, but this does not agree with the Plymouth town records of death, 25 December, 1709, in thirtieth year.
• § Deane's History of Scituate, p. 359.
• || Plymouth County Registry of Deeds, xiii. 149-50.
• H Re-commissioned 25 February, 1708-9, and 19 April, 1711.
• •• Re-commissioned 29 June, 1702, and continuously until 9 December, 1715.
• J The daughter of Tristram Clark.
• § For sketch of the Seaver Family, see Register, xxvi. 303-323

Additional notes

From Mayflower Descendant, 13:204

(Died 3: 19 Jun 1715). Died in 67th year. A descendant of Pilgrim Richard Warren. A second date of marriage for James Warren and Sarah Doty is 21 Jun 1689. James Warren was a man of great influence and wealth and a Justice of the Peace at Plymouth. He is frequently called Captain James Warren on the records. He was a man of enterprise and judgement, and became a very large landholder in the town and vicinity. He bought the entire real estate of Edward Doty, his father-in-law, as the heirs became of age or removed from the town. His name is identified with the history of Plymouth by his various transactions and public-spirited improvements in the building of the town, and by connection with the distinguished families of the vicinity. On 26 Sep 1698 James Warren and Sarah Warren his wife and Mary Dotey all of Plimouth and Tobias Oaksman and Elizabeth his wife of Marshfield sold to David Bosworth land in Plimouth formerly granted to their father Edward Doty late of Plimouth (PlyCoPR 4:32). The will of James Warren of Plymouth dated 28 Jan 1711/12, sworn 23 Jun 1715, names wife Sarah; only son James Warren; dau. Sarah, all my daughters (not named) (MD 25:3-15). On 1 Oct 1728 James Stacey and Patience his wife, Sarah Little of Kingston, James Warren, Nathaniel Thomas and Hope his wife of Plymouth, Peleg Ford and Alice his wife of Marshfield, Mercy and Mary Warren of Kingston and Elizabeth Warren of Barnstable conveyed a portion of the Cedar Swamp in Plympton to Caleb Loring (PlyCoLR 26:14). On 16 Aug 1749 James Warren of Plymouth was appointed administrator of the estate of his mother Madam Sarah Bacon, late of Plimouth, widow, deceased (MD 25:3-15). On 5 Oct 1772 a division was made of the 13th great lot of cedar swamp in Plympton, containing 32 acres originally purchased by Capt. James Warren, late of Plymouth deceased. Capt. James Warren devised one half to his son James Warren late of Plymouth, and the other half to his seven daughters Sarah, Alice, Patience, Hope, Mercy, Mary and Elizabeth. James purchased Mary's share and three of the other daughters (Hope, Mercy & Betty) died intestate and James became possessed of his proportion of their lots. The lot was divided between James Warren of Plymouth; William Sever of Kingston and Sarah his wife as one of the legal representatives of Sarah, deceased; to the legal representatives of Alice Foord deceased; to the legal representatives of Bethiah Tyler, deceased (MD 25:3-15). See WARREN Family for an account of these children

References

• https://www.edwarddoty.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=P3787&tree=DOTY
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20645832/james-warren