Samuel Warne

Samuel Warne

Born: 21 Oct 1752 450

Marriage: Catherine 1778 450

Died: 14 Apr 1830, Sennett, Cayuga, New York, at age 77 450

Buried: Sennett Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga, New York 450

from "A Genealogy of the Warne Family in America" By George Warne Labaw

I. Samuel Warne, b. Oct. 21, 1752, afterwards of Sennett, New York.

II. Richard Warne, b. May 8, 1756, afterwards of Montgomery Co., N. Y. Perhaps there were others.

I. Samuel Warne, b. Oct. 21, 1752; d. in Sennett, N. Y.,

Apr. 14, 1830, (act. 77, 5, 24) ; m. Catherine , b. May 22, 1759; d. in Sennett, N. Y., June 13, 1828 (act. 69, o, 22). A tradition exists in the family that one of the above couple was Jersey Dutch and the other Mohawk Dutch, and that hence they were both of Holland extraction. But this is inadmissible, inasmuch as Samuel was unquestionably the brother of Richard Warne, who married Mary Hilton. We will quote here from a letter of Miss Ella Hubbell, of Elbridge, New York: "I have heard my mother speak of a cousin of her father's who was called Tom Warn. He lived in the eastern part of this state. Also a lady cousin who married a Mr. Cornell." (Cornwell?) "They had a daughter, Mary, who married a Mr. Chamberlin, and lived and died in Schenectady, leaving no children. And a daughter, Susan, who married a Mr. Weed, and lived in Albany, the last I knew of them, which was a number of years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Weed had a daughter and son."

The reader will find that this practically proves the above declared connection.

Samuel Warn or Warne evidently was from New Jersey, that part of the state largely settled by the Dutch, and no doubt spoke the Dutch language, although he was of English stock. Many people of English descent spoke Dutch in those days in New Jersey. The change of residence was made during the Revolutionary War. There is no tradition in the family that the writer has heard of that says Samuel was a Revolutionary soldier, though he may have been. Anyhow, through some means or other, he went to New York state and married a New York Mohawk Valley or Schenectady Dutch girl. He and his wife and their son John and wife and several of the latter couple's children are buried in Sennett cemetery, about a mile from the village of that name in Cayuga County. Samuel Warn's tombstone says he was 77 yrs., 4 mos., and 24 days old when he died ; but the number of the months on the tombstone is certainly wrong, it should be 5 instead of 4.

Children :

Hannah, Catherine, Catherine S., John, another son, Benjamin, Simon, Maria.

1 Hannah Warn, b. Jan., 1780; d. and buried in Sennett, N. Y., 1833; m. Joseph Walker, her brother-in-law, as his second wife. He died in New York City and is buried there.

2 Catherine Warn, b. Oct., 1782; d. in infancy.

3 Catherine S. Warn, b. July, 1784; d. in Caledonia, N. Y. ; m. Joseph Walker.

In 1815 family went to Caledonia to live.

Children :

(1) Mary Walker, died very old; unmarried.

(2) Alexander Walker, never married.

(3) John C. Walker, married, but no children.

(4) Joseph Walker, Jr., married and had two or three children who grew up, but they cannot be traced.

Joseph Walker, Sr., the father of these children, had no issue by his second wife that we know of.

The above four children all died in Charleston, S. C. The sons were in the book binding and stationery business there.

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