Catherine Warren Sewell

Birthdate: October 7, 1599

Birthplace: Northbourne, Canterbury, Kent, England

Death: Died 1640 in Halstead, England http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88175475

Burial: St Michael Bassishaw, Crooked Lane London Greater London, England

William Warren died intestate in 1631 & his widow, Catherine (of Parish of Ripple) was granted administration of his estate.

She marr. secondly John Sewall, Esq. of Halstead, Essex, England.

Surviving children of William & Catherine:

1. Albert, bapt. 1622 2.
2. Thomas, bapt. 30 Jan 1624 3.
3. Mary, bapt. 1627

Catherine Warren was the niece of Daniel Gookin, Esq. (1582-1633), founder of Newport News, VA in 1621; & whose son, Maj. Gen'l Daniel Gookin (1612-1687) succeeded him there but later removed to Massachusetts.

transcribed from the records from the National Archives in the UK:

C8/125/201 [1647]. Parties: John Warren of Grays Inn, Middlesex, gentleman, v. George Waller and Albert Warren. Documents: (1) Bill of complaint (date in margin: 7 May 1647); (2) Joint answer of George Waller and Albert Warren (date in margin: 14 May 1647). Selected details from complaint: Whereas William Warren, late of the parish of Riple, Kent, in his lifetime was indebted to the orator in the sum of £300, and being so indebted, by his deed, dated on or about 24 April, 4 Chas. I [1628], did bind himself to the orator in the penal sum of £600, upon condition that, if the said William Warren or his heirs paid to the orator £300 on 3 Sept. 1636, if the orator be then living, then the said deed obligatory was to be void. In his lifetime, the said William Warren married Katherine Gookin, daugh ter of Thomas Gookin, Esq. And the said William Warren was in his lifetime lawfully seised in his demesne as of fee of a parcel of land called or known by the name of the Millfield or Great Mill Field, containing about 20 acres, in Riple, and one capital messuage, a barn, dwelling house, orchard, cottage and 82 acres of land, meadow and pasture or thereabouts. The said William Warren died in or about the 11th year of the said king's reign [1635-36], having issue two sons only, Albert Warren, the eldest, and Thomas Warren, the youngest, both begotten of the body of the said Katherine, and both infants at the time of the death of the said William. The said Albert, son and heir, or his guardian, entered into the Mill Field property and took its issues and profits until attaining the age of 21 years, which he did not attain until after the first day of April in the 21st year of the reign of the now king [1 April 1645]. And the said Albert and Thomas, or some other on their behalf, entered into the said messuage and premises [82 acres, etc.], and took the profits thereof, the said premises being held "in the nature and tenure of gavelkind."

About a year and a half ago the said Thomas Warren died without lawful issue, whereon the said Albert, being his sole brother, or some other on his behalf, did receive the profits of the said messuage and premises [held in gavelkind]. The said sum of £300 in the deed obligatory was not paid by 3 Sept. 1636, nor at any time since, although it has been several times demanded, whereby the said deed obligatory became forfeited, but by reason of the respective minorities of the said Albert and Thomas, the orator could not proceed at the law for recovery of the debt until recently.