RICHARD WARREN "MAYFLOWER" PILGRIM

RICHARD WARREN, the first of the Warren name in America, sailed from Plymouth, 
England, in the historic "Mayflower", September 6, 1620.  He was not of the 
Leyden Company, but joined the Pilgrims from London, and he was one of the 
signers of the Mayflower Compact framed in the cabin of the ship while in 
Cape Cod Harbor. This was the first platform of civil government in the new 
world and which converted the band of unknown adventurers into an immortal 
Commonwealth.  His name was 12th in the list of signers.

     Warren was one of the third exploring party which was surprised by 
Indians on December 18, 1620 at the spot known as "The First Encounter, and 
technically speaking, he was one of the first to land at Plymouth.

     Richard Warren's apportionment [1623] as one of the Mayflower passen-
gers, fell in the north side of the town with Miles Standish, John Alden, 
William White, Edward Winslow, John Goodman, John Crackston, Francis Eaton, 
Henry Sampson and Humilitie Cooper.

     He was one of the nineteen signers of the Compact who survived the 
first winter in the new world.  He died in 1628. A contemporaneous authority 
described him as "grave Richard Warren", "a man of integrity, justice and 
uprightness, of piety and serious religion," and as "a useful instrument 
during the short time he lived, bearing a deep share in the difficulties 
and troubles of the plantation.

     He married in England, Elizabeth [Jouatt(?)], who followed him to 
Plymouth in the ship "Ann" in 1623 accompanied by her daughters. She was 
one of the first purchasers of Dartmouth. A study of the early Plymouth 
records shows that she was a woman of force and social position in the 
community She never remarried which is most unusual for the times.

     She died at Plymouth, October 2, 1673, aged above 90 years.  For some 
unknown reason, unless there is a mistake in the record, she was not buried 
until the 22nd day after her death. It was entered on the records that she 
"haueing liued a godly life, came to her graue as a shoke of corn fully ripe."

CHILDREN OF RICHARD AND ELIZABETH WARREN

     1. Mary - born in England.  She married in 1628 Robert Bartlett, a
          fellow passenger on the "Ann". They were the ancestors of the 
          well-known Bartlett family of Plymouth Colony. Mr. Bartlett 
          died in 1676, aged 73, and his wife survived a few years.  They 
          had 8 children.

     2. Ann - born in England about 1612. Married April 19, 1633 to Thomas
          Little of Plymouth. Mr. Little was impressed into the military 
          company of Plymouth in August 1643.  He died March 12, 1671.

     3. Sarah - born in England. Married March 28, 1634 to John Cooke,
          son of Francis Cooke a Mayflower passenger, and sailed on that 
          ship with his father. He was a volunteer for the Pequod War in 
          1637. He was a representative to the General Court of the Colony, 
          a Deacon of the church.  He died at Dartmouth November 23, 1695 
          the last male survivor of the passengers on the "Mayflower".  
          They had 5 children.

     4. Elizabeth - born in England and died at Hingham, Massachusetts March
          4, 1670. She married at Plymouth about 1635 to Richard Church, 
          the first of that surname in America. Mr. Church probably arrived 
          in Boston with the fleet of John Winthrop. He died at Dedham 
          December 27, 1668.

          They had 12 children, the 6th child being Caleb who was the 
          ancestor of David Ingersoll who married Sarah Parsons, granddaughter 
          of Jonathan Edwards. [See Edwards papers.]

     5. Abigail - probably the youngest daughter, married November 8, 1639,
          to Anthony Snow. He died ca 1692.  They had 6 children.

     6. Nathaniel - born at Plymouth in 1624, one of the first children born
          in the Colony. He married Sarah Walker November 19, 1645.  She died 
          in 1700. They had 12 children.

     7. Joseph - born at Plymouth, before March 22, 1627 and died May 4, 1689.
          He married ca 1651 Priscilla Faunce, whose father John Faunce had 
          been a fellow passenger with his mother on the "Ann".  Priscilla 
          Faunce was born at Plymouth about 1634 and died there May 15, 
          1707. They had 6 children.



REFERENCES:

"New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 1901, Vol. LV, pp 71-79 
"History of the Town of Hingham" 1893, Vol. II.
"New England Register", 1857, pp 154-155.

                                                    Nancy L. Underwood 1987

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