I've joined Amy Johnson Crow's
52 Ancestors in 52 weeks.
The idea is to write about one ancestor each week of the year.
I'm already behind!
She sends a set of prompts for each month by the week-
for this first one the prompt is FIRST.
Very broad prompt!
My brain went immediately to
First immigrant ancestor,
I've known that this man was an ancestor for a LONG time as a cousin of my Grandmother Dinner nee Chadwick had given me a lot of information on the Chadwick line, but, I'd never really tried to learn about him.
So, I printed out quite a bit about him, his wife and their children.
Without further ado let's talk about
RICHARD WARREN
born circa 1585 in County Hertford England, although later it was said he was from London which is in Sussex and Middleton counties so he must have moved at some point.
on 14 April 1610 he married Elizabeth Walker at Great Arnwell, County Hertford England.
She was the daughter of Augustine Walker.
Sometime before 1620 they became members of the Puritan sect.
We have been taught forever that they were persecuted and jailed and so sought refuge in the colonies in order to practice their religion. Actually, they intended to go to Virginia-ha Massachusetts is just a bit north of there!
Anyway, Richard sailed for the New World in 1620 on the good ship Mayflower. He was part of the arrival scouting party and a signer of the Mayflower compact.
Elizabeth and their 5 daughters( Mary, Ann, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Abigail) remained behind and joined him in 1623 on the Anne. Two boys (Nathaniel and Joseph) were born to them in Massachusetts.
Richard died in 1628 and little is known about how he lived.
I know from my research on the California and Oregon trails that things in the "Promised Land" where ALWAYS worse than anyone anticipated.
Homes had to be build and food grown or harvested from nature.
Starvation and illness were huge problems, especially in the winter.
He was awarded a few acres of land and a few cattle and that is recorded in the records of Plymouth Plantations.
Elizabeth lived to be 90 and all of their children lived to have large families. There are many, many of their descendants including Franklin D Roosevelt, Alan Shepard, Matt Damon and me!
More information on the ship and it's passengers can be found here.
My Lineage:
Gail Sue Hickam>Oma Jean Danner>Thelma Marie Chadwick>Arthur Abbot Chadwick>Wallace Chadwick>Cyrus Chadwick>Bartholemew Chadwick>Nathan Chadwick>Ruth Maddockes>Ruth Church>Caleb Church>Elizabeth Warren and Richard Church.
(the first 6 generations are established by the Mayflower Society I still need to work at proving the rest but I know it's good as Mabel was a member and another cousin was President at one time.)
We have been taught forever that they were persecuted and jailed and so sought refuge in the colonies in order to practice their religion. Actually, they intended to go to Virginia-ha Massachusetts is just a bit north of there!
Anyway, Richard sailed for the New World in 1620 on the good ship Mayflower. He was part of the arrival scouting party and a signer of the Mayflower compact.
Elizabeth and their 5 daughters( Mary, Ann, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Abigail) remained behind and joined him in 1623 on the Anne. Two boys (Nathaniel and Joseph) were born to them in Massachusetts.
Richard died in 1628 and little is known about how he lived.
I know from my research on the California and Oregon trails that things in the "Promised Land" where ALWAYS worse than anyone anticipated.
Homes had to be build and food grown or harvested from nature.
Starvation and illness were huge problems, especially in the winter.
He was awarded a few acres of land and a few cattle and that is recorded in the records of Plymouth Plantations.
Elizabeth lived to be 90 and all of their children lived to have large families. There are many, many of their descendants including Franklin D Roosevelt, Alan Shepard, Matt Damon and me!
More information on the ship and it's passengers can be found here.
My Lineage:
Gail Sue Hickam>Oma Jean Danner>Thelma Marie Chadwick>Arthur Abbot Chadwick>Wallace Chadwick>Cyrus Chadwick>Bartholemew Chadwick>Nathan Chadwick>Ruth Maddockes>Ruth Church>Caleb Church>Elizabeth Warren and Richard Church.
(the first 6 generations are established by the Mayflower Society I still need to work at proving the rest but I know it's good as Mabel was a member and another cousin was President at one time.)
2 comments:
That was such an interesting post. How courageous of Richard Warren to travel to the New World . What trials and tribulations those early ancestors must have endured on the Trail to new lands. Elizabeth must have had very good genes - 90 was practically ancient in those days.
How interesting to be able to trace your family back to those early pioneers. Now, it’s nowhere’s near as old, but I have two First Fleeters who came to Australia in 1788. One was a convict and the other was a free settler and was the assistant to a surgeon.
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