Person:William Warren (74)

William WARREN was probably born circa 1637 based on being of age in 1658. He was made freeman in 1658. He died in Oct 1689 at Hartford, Hartford County, CT, and inventory of his estate (filed 1 Nov 1689) was valued at £321-04-06.

Before 1671, William m1. unknown; children (surname WARREN):

1. Thomas (bp. 22 Oct 1671; d. 21 Feb 1756; m. Susannah WHITING wid/o Samuel Thornton)
2. Samuel (bp. 1 Nov 1674)
3. John (d. 31 Jul 1722; m. Mary —)
4. William (m. Mary ANDRUS)
5. Edward
6. Daniel

He married second circa 1675, at Boston, Suffolk County, MA, Elizabeth CROW, daughter of John CROW and Elizabeth GOODWIN; children (surname WARREN):

1. Abigail (b. 1676/7; not w/o Richard LORD or Rev. Timothy WOODBRIDGE)
2. Ann (m. Matthias TREAT)
3. Elizabeth (m. William HILLS)
4. Mehitabel (m. Obadiah WOOD)
5. Hannah (m. William Perry)
6. poss. Joshua (m. Jane ORCUTT)
7. Abraham (m. Experience STEVENS)

William's will dated 20 Oct 1689 at Hartford, Hartford County, CT, mentioned his son John Warren (executor), John's brother William Warren, William's brother Thomas Warren, four youngest children (unnamed), wife (infirm), Abraham (youngest son by last wife) and witnesses William Pitkin Sr, John Meekins, and Daniel Crow. Quote: "... I give to my four youngest children Three score pounds, to be paid to them as they Come of age. Also it is my Will that £5 be paid, at the discretion of my Executors, towards the bringing up of my youngest son. It is my Will that, in regard to the infirmity of my wife, that the three eldest Children I have had by my last Wife be placed abroad & bound out in good service ; that the girls be bound untill they are 18 yeards of age, and that they be decently clothed by my Executors. And that Abraham be bound until he is 21 years of age, & that it be done with their Mother's Consent. The youngest child I leave at my wife's dispose, unless she prove so unkind or otherwise disabled that it be not well provided for, then I leave it to my Executors."

1.   William Warren of Hartford, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   4, p 427-8.

   giving "first w. three s. John, William, and Thomas." and "liv. w. four ch. of wh. Abraham was one."

2. ↑ Hartford, Probate Packets, Warren, Joseph-Watson, Jerusha, 1641-1880, in Connecticut, United States. Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999
   images 155-6 of 1445.

   William Warren; giving "tentieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred Eighty and nine," handwritten will.

3.   William Warren, in Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977)
   p 633-4.

   giving info for ch Thomas, Samuel, John, William, Abraham, others, Ann, Elizabeth, Mehitable, Hannah.