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From Darcy Reed, correspondent, note of September 26, 2013
Here is the correct info:
http://kristinhall.org/fambly/Warren/RichardWarren.html
Richard Warren, married Eve Unknown
b. Bef 1575
Fordington St. George, Upway, Dorsetshire, England
d. Bef. 03 May 1638
Fordington St. George, Upway, Dorsetshire, England
Richard's will was written on 6 December 1636 and proved on3 May 1638 in Fordington, Dorsetshire, England.. Itreferred to his daughter Mary Bartlett, wife of JohnBartlett; daughter Elizabeth Cox, wife of John Cox andtheir sons John Cox, Jr. & William Cox; daughter JohanSprage, wife of Edward (should be Ralph) Sprage; godchildren William Swann, Richard Cosens and ChristopherSampson; Margaret Wills, daughter of Richard Wills ofFordington. His wife, Eve, and daughter Elizabeth werenamed executrixes.
Before 16 August 1592 when Richard was 17, he married Eve[surname not known], in Fordington St. George, Upway,Dorsetshire, England[4]. Eve died there after 6 December1636.
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Additional info for support:
Pilgrims from Fordington
The SPRAGUE Family
From Fullers to Founding Fathershttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fordingtondorset/Files/FordingtonPilgrimsSprague1
From Dottie Middleton, correspondent, note of May 16, 2016
Johan/Joan Warren Sprague is mentioned in her father'swill, which was written 5 Dec 1636 in Fordington.
The Will of Richard Warren of Fordington
5th December 1636
©Transcribed by Michael Russell OPC for Fordington 2007
Last updated January 2014
In the name of God Amen: The fifth day of December in thefourteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord Charlesby the grace God King of England, Scotland, France &Ireland defender of the faith Anno Dm [In the year of OurLord] 1636 I Richard WARREN of Fordington in the County ofDorset Husbandman being in health and of good and perfectmemory thanks being to God considering my weak and frailstate of being and grown into age and Desirous to settleand dispose of that estate which it hath pleased AlmightyGod for to give me in peace for the avoiding ofControversies between my children after my death Do makeand ordain &Testament in manner & form following and
First of all I commend my soul into the hands of AlmightyGod having in and through the merit and mediation of JesusChrist his only Sonne and most blessed Lord Saviour toattain unto that eternal salvation of soul and body whichhe hath prepared for his event in Christ.
And my body I commit unto Christian burial to be buried insuch decent manner as my Executors herein nominated shallthink convenient.
Item I give and bequeath towards the reparations of theChurch of Fordington Six Shillings and eight pence.
And to the poor of the same Parish the sum of six shillingsand eight pence to be paid within convenient time nextafter my decease.
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Marie [Mary]BARTLETT wife of John BARTLETT the sum of six shillings &eight pence and no more in respect I have bought mycopyhold tenement in Fordington for her life and she hathmarried without my consent.
Item I give and bequeath unto John COX son of John COX ofBockhampton and of Elizabeth his wife one other of mydaughters the sum of twenty pounds
Item I give and bequeath unto William COX one other of thesons of the said John COX and Elizabeth his wife the sum oftwenty pounds
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Johan wife ofEdward SPRAGUE six shillings and eight pence and unto thechildren of the said Edward SPRAGUE and of Johan his wifewhich shall be living at the time of my decease the same oftwenty shillings a piece
Item I give and bequeath unto my godchildren William Swann,Richard COSENS and Christopher SAMPSON and unto MargaretWILLS daughter of Richard WILLS of Fordington the sum oftwelve pence a piece.
Item Upon condition that the said John BARTLETT and Marie[Mary] his wife my daughter do permit and suffer mineexecutors herein nominated and the survivor of them quietlyand peaceably to hold and enjoy the copyhold tenement withthe appurtenances in Fordington aforesaid wherein I nowdwell and to take ye whole in profit thereof for the spaceof six months next after my decease. I give and bequeathunto my said daughter Marie [Mary] the sum of Ten Pounds tobe paid unto her within 1 year next after my decease
All the residue of my goods and chattels debts and creditwhatsoever not being given & bequeathed I give and bequeathunto Eve my now wife and to the said Elizabeth COXE mydaughter whom I make and ordain to be Executor of this myLast Will & Testament
And I do nominate and appoint my lovingfriend Mr William JOLLIFFE of Dorchester Wollen draper andThomas SERVANT the younger from Charminster to be Overseersof this my Last Will & Testament
And in remembrance of my love I give toeither of them the sum of three shillings and fourpence
In Whiteness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and sealthe day and year first above written Richard WARREN Signedsealed and acknowledged by the same Richard Warren to behis Last Will & Testament in the presence of us Sworn JulyWilliam JOLYFFE Henry SAMWAYS 1636
PROBATUM: [The Probate entry is written in Latin andneeds proper translation but Administration appears to havebeen granted in London by a Henry Martin to ElizabethCOX daughter of the deceased.
The date of probate is given as 3rd May 1638 ]
Genealogical Notes:-
(1). Richard WARREN appears to have married Eve (surnameunknown) in Fordington on 12 Oct 1591 (See very badlydamaged marriage Register). Eve appears to be still alivein 1636 and probably died after 1639 when all the parishregisters are missing..
(2). Marie Mary] BARTLETT was baptised as Marye WARREN inFordington 16th Aug 1592 and married John BARTLETT inFordington on 25th January 1634/5 - clearly without herfathers consent.
(3). Elizabeth COX (nee WARREN) mentioned above would havebeen born circa 1594-1599 when baptism records have mainlynot survived and already had children by this date.
(4). Johan is short for the Latin Johanna or modern Joanand was also probably born circa 1594-1599. There is notrace a marriage between a Johane [Joan or Johanna] Warrenand an Edward Sprague but certainly an Edward Sprague hadat least three children in Fordington but at this date themothers name is not given in the baptism registers: -
Elizabeth Sprague Baptised 1st May 1627- buried as Elizabeth Sprake 24 Sep 1631:
Edward Sprague (Junior) BaptisedFordington 1st Aug 1630 :
William Sprake (i.e. Sprague) Baptised28 July 1633.
These three baptisms are in fact the children of EdwardSprague (Senior) (c1601) one of six children that moved toFordington from Upwey when their father Edward Sprague(whom I have termed the elder purely for identificationpurposes), a fuller by trade died in 1614. The eldestdaughter Alice Sprague (c1597) married Richard EAMES inFordington in 1615. Her brother Christopher Sprague (c1607)died and was buried in Fordington in 1625. Ralph (c1599),Richard (c1605) and William (1609) Sprague emigrated to NewEngland in 1628. Edward Sprague Senior (c1601) would havebeen about the right age to have married c1626, and thismay have been why he did not emigrate with his brothers.Nothing else is known about the family so we do not havehis wife's Christian name.
Johane Warren however did marry in Fordington on 15 Aug1623 into the Sprague family, but this was to Ralph notEdward Sprague and she is known to have emigrated toMassachusetts - Ralph went on the Abigail in 1628 and hiswife Johane nee Warren is likely to have followed on theLyons Whelp in 1629. There is comment about this will in"The New England historical and Genealogical Register 1897Volume 51 page 105 where it states:-
"A curious mistake has been made here. Mr Warren's daughterJohan was the wife of Ralphe Sprague, not Edward as givenabove. But Ralph was a son of Edward Sprague, as we seefrom the latter's will given in my gleanings for April 1895(Reg vol 49 page 264). The names of father and son seem tohave been confounded. From Lechford's Note Book (pp 36-38as printed) we learn that Ralfe Sprague, sometime ofFordington , Dorset, fuller, afterwards of CharlestownN.E., planter and his wife Joane daughter of Richard Warrensent power of attorney (8-9-1638) to Mr William Derby ofDorchester (England) gentleman to demand and receive suchportions as might come to them from Warrens estate andremit the same through Sprague's sister Alice Eames atPomberry Hill near Dorchester. A letter was sent the sameday by Ralfe Sprague to his sister Alice about the matter.In August 1640 (Lechford p 301) Ralfe Sprague and his wifeJoane made John Holland of Tinckleton, Dorset fuller anattorney to receive of John Cox of Bowlington and Elizabethhis wife executors of Richard Warren deceased, seven poundsgiven by his will to the said Joane and her children John,Jonathan, Richard, Samuel, Mary and Phineas, or any othersum due unto them. ---For the reference to the foregoingwill I am indebted to Mr. F,J. Pope, who kindly assisted meabout the Cole wills in the October number of the Registerfor 1895 H.F.W. --- See in the Register for July 1850 page289 a letter to Ralfe Sprague from John Corbin dated March25, 1651. Corbin calls himself a 'father in law' to Sprague"
(5). There is evidence of other children being born toRichard & Eve WARREN:- Editha was baptised 2 July 1605 andburied 29 Oct 1625. Christian was buried 8 July 1626
(6). William JOLIFFE was a wealthy draper living inDorchester, he was appointed treasurer of the restorationfund after the Fire which occurred in Dorchester on 30thJan 1623 .
(7). John Holland of Tincleton married Alice Eames neeSprague 20 Dec 1638
(8). William Derby was Town Clerk of Dorchester 1629-1648and one of the investors in the Dorchester Company
NOTE: This Richard Warren, who died in Fordington, is notto be confused with the Mayflower Richard Warren, who diedin Massachusetts. [1]
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