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Elizabeth WALKER
(Abt 1580 - 2 Oct 1673)
"She was a remarkable woman for her times, and she was prosperous in managing her lands. Unlike most Plymouth widows [she survived Richard by 45 years], she was not obliged to remarry, and she was customarily over the years given the title of 'Mrs.' when most women were being called 'goodwife.' She was also honored by being allowed to succeed to her husband's rights as 'Purchaser.' She lived to see at least 75 of her great-grandchildren.
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"Mrs. Warren was usually styled 'Mistress', a title not at all common then. Her name appears frequently in the colonial records, for she had the rare distinction of remaining a widow forty years, succeeding to her husband's rights as a 'Purchaser.' . . The following Order by the Gneral Court, 7 to 17 Mar., 1636-7 states 'It is agreed upon by the consent of the whole Court that Elizabeth Warren Widow the relict of mr Richard Warren Deceased shall be entered and stand and bee Purchaser instead of her said husband aswell because that (he dying before he had prformed the said bargaine) the said Elizabeth pfformed the same after his decease as also for the establishing of the Lotts of land formerly given by her unto his sonnes in law Richard Church Robert Bartlett and Thomas Little in marriage with their wives her daughters. (Court Orders I:107.) (Mayflower Descendants III:48).'
She is also listed as being born about 1583. "Her will is recorded in Suffolk County Prob. Rec. V.:11, her estate being 365 pounds 14 s."
"The wife [of Richard Warren] and 5 daughters came on the 'Anne' in 1623. . . In a codicil to his will dated 16 July 1667 Nathaniel Warren mentions his mother Elizabeth Warren, his brother Joseph Warren and his sisters Mary Bartlett Sr., Anna Little, Sarah Cooke, Elizabeth Church and Abigail Snow. On 4 March 1673/4 Mary Bartlett, the wife of Robert Bartlett ack, she had received full satisfaction for her share of the estate of Mistris Elizabeth Warren, deceased; and John Cooke in behalf of all her sisters testified to the same. The court settled the remainder of the estate on Joseph Warren."
"The 22 May 1627 Division of Cattlenames Richard Warren, wife Elizabeth Warren, Nathaniell Warren, Joseph Warren, Mary Warren, Anna Warren, Sara Warren, Elizabeth Warren and Abigail Warren. "
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Edward J. Davies has found evidence for Augustine Walker, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, as the father of Elizabeth, who married Richard Warren on 14 April 1610, in that same location. (The American Genealogist, April 2003, v. 78, no. 2, p. 81-86)
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An article by Edward J. Davies in the April 2003 issue of The American Genealogist gives evidence that Elizabeth Warren may have been the daughter of Augustine Walker. An Elizabeth Walker, daughter of Augustine Walker, married a Richard Warren in Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, on April 14, 1610. The will of Augustine Walker, dated April 19, 1613, refers not only to his daughter Elizabeth Warren but also her 3 daughters : Mary, Ann and Sarah. These three Warren daughters correspond to three of the Warren daughters who were passengers on the Anne in 1623.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1580 | England |  |  | |
| Birth | Feb 1582 | Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England | |||
| Birth | Abt 1583 | England | | ||
| Birth | Baldock, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom | | |||
| Baptism | Sep 1583 | Baldock, Hertfordshire, England | | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1609 | Richard WARREN | | ||
| Marriage | 14 Apr 1610 | St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England - Richard WARREN | | ||
| Arrival | 1623 | aboard the Anne - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony | |||
| Miscellaneous | 1631 | mentioned in will of Mary Ring | |||
| Death | 2 Oct 1673 | Plymouth, Plymouth Colony | | | |
| Burial | 24 Oct 1673 | Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony | | ||
| Alt name | Elizabeth Jouatt WALKER | |
Families
| Spouse | Richard WARREN (1583 - 1628) |
| Child | Mary WARREN (1610 - 1683) |
| Child | Anna WARREN (1612 - 1675) |
| Child | Sarah WARREN (1614 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth WARREN (1616 - ) |
| Child | Abigail WARREN (1618 - ) |
| Child | Nathaniel WARREN (1624 - ) |
| Child | Joseph WARREN (1626 - 1689) |
| Father | Augustine WALKER ( - ) |
| Mother | [unknown mother of Elizabeth Walker Warren] [UNKNOWN] ( - ) |
| Sibling | Mary WALKER ( - ) |
| Sibling | Ann WALKER ( - ) |
| Sibling | Dorothy WALKER ( - ) |
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Notes
Birth
inferred from age at deathBirth
Some secondary sources suggest Baldock as a birth place.Death
The index for the Massachusetts Vital Records has "[sic]" after "the second" in the date of death.Records of Plymouth Colony (PCR 8:35) noted her death: "Mistris Elizabeth Warren, an aged widdow, aged above 90 yeares, deceased on the second of October, 1673, whoe, haveing lived a godly life, came to her grave as a shocke of corn fully ripe."
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Provides an extended description as well as sources.Endnotes
1. Robert S. Wakefield, compiler, Family of Richard Warren, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 18, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999), p 1.
2. "The Simon-Wallace Tree," database of a family tree, Ancestry.com, RootsWeb's World Connect Project (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=ssimonw&I11.x=0&I11.y=0: accessed 1 November 2014), entry for Elizabeth Walker - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ssimonw&id=I2; citing Contact: sholom@aishdas.org.
3. Edward J. Davies, "The Marriage of Richard Warren of the Mayflower," The American Genealogist, 78 (2003), online archives, American Ancestors ( : downloaded 13 September 2016), p 84.
4. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), p 1936; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 1 January 2015; citing [PCR 8:35].
5. Robert S. Wakefield, compiler, Family of Richard Warren, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 18, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999), p 1.
6. Edward J. Davies, "The Marriage of Richard Warren of the Mayflower," The American Genealogist, 78 (2003), online archives, American Ancestors ( : downloaded 13 September 2016), pp 82-83.
7. Robert S. Wakefield, compiler, Family of Richard Warren: The Fifth Generation of his Children Mary (Warren) Bartlett, Anna (Warren) Little, Sarah (Warren), and Elizabeth (Warren) Church, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 18, part 2 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2011), p. ix.
8. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), p 1936; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 1 January 2015; citing [PCR 8:35].
9. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Plymouth Vol 1," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 12 February 2015), p 669, entry for Mistress Elizabeth Warren; citing transcription of Lee D van Antwerp (compiler) and Ruth Wilder Sherman (editor), "Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850," Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1993.
10. Robert S. Wakefield, compiler, Family of Richard Warren, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 18, part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999), p 1.
11. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Plymouth Vol 1," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 12 February 2015), p 669, entry for Mistress Elizabeth Warren; citing transcription of Lee D van Antwerp (compiler) and Ruth Wilder Sherman (editor), "Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850," Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1993.
12. "The Simon-Wallace Tree," database of a family tree, Ancestry.com, RootsWeb's World Connect Project (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=ssimonw&I11.x=0&I11.y=0: accessed 1 November 2014), entry for Elizabeth Walker - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ssimonw&id=I2; citing Contact: sholom@aishdas.org.