Person:James Warren (58)

m. 30 Jan 1723/24
  1. James Warren1726 - 1808
  2. Ann Warren1728 -
  3. Sarah Warren1730 - 1797
  4. Winslow Warren1733 -
  5. Josiah Warren1735/36 - 1736
  • HJames Warren1726 - 1808
  • WMercy Otis1728 - 1814
Facts and Events
Name James Warren
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 28 Sep 1726 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage to Mercy Otis
Death[1] 28 Nov 1808 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[1] Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Reference Number? Q3161475?


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James Warren (September 28, 1726 – November 28, 1808) was an American merchant, politician and military officer who served as the speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1787 to 1788. A supporter of resistance to British policies during the American Revolution, Warren served as the Continental Army's Paymaster-General in the Revolutionary War before pursuing a lengthy political career.

Born in Plymouth, Massachusetts to an affluent colonial family, Warren studied at Harvard College from 1745 to 1747 before settling down in his hometown to a career as a merchant and gentleman farmer. In 1757, Warren married Mercy Otis, who shared his republican beliefs and eventually bore him five children. In 1766, Warren was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, continuing to sit in the house until 1778.

When tensions increased between Great Britain and its colonies in North America, Warren become a prominent supporter of the Patriot cause, jointly forming a committee of correspondence in Massachusetts. Warren also served as a delegate to the first Massachusetts Provincial Congress in October 1774, and was president of the third Provincial Congress from 1775 to 1780 after Joseph Warren was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill.

During the Revolutionary War, Warren served as Paymaster-General from 1775 to 1776. Warren was appointed as a major-general of the Massachusetts Militia in 1776, but resigned a year later. In 1787, Warren was elected as the speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he opposed the Constitution's ratification. Warren retired from politics in 1794, retiring to Plymouth where he died on November 27, 1808.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 James Warren (politician), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. van Antwerp, Lee Douglas, and Ruth Wilder Sherman. Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1993)
    82.

    The children of Mr. James Warren & Penelope his wife
    James born Sept. 28th 1726; died Nov. 1808