James WARREN

1620 - 1702  (82 years)

• Name	James WARREN
  Born	1620	Berwickshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Immigrant?	Y
  Died	24 Dec 1702	Berwick, York, Maine
  Person ID	I5561	Main
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family	Margaret,   b. Abt 1622, Ireland ,   d. 13 Dec 1712, Kittery, York, Maine  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Married	Abt 1653	Kittery, York, Maine
  Children	+ 1. Grizzle WARREN,   b. 6 Mar 1662, Berwick, York, Maine ,   d. 27 Oct 1750, Montreal, Quebec, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F1987	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1620 - Berwickshire, Scotland Married - Abt 1653 - Kittery, York, Maine Died - 24 Dec 1702 - Berwick, York, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  James Warren was from Berwick, Scotland, one of 272 Royalist soldiers captured at the Battle of Dunbar, March 9 1650 and transported from London to Boston, possibly on the Unity, in November, 1650. James found his way to Kittery, in southern York Co. of Massachusetts Province, now Maine, an area which quickly became known as "Little Scotland", Berwick Parish being named after the old country town of Berwick. In 1656 he was granted land in Kittery, Maine at Cow Cove. "James Warren came next, whose lot was laid out 15 July 1656, "on the north side of John Taylor's lot." His daughter, Grizel, married Richard Otis, who was killed at the massacre of Cochecho in 1689. She was carried as a captive to Canada and there it is recorded on her testimony that James Warren was a native of Berwick, Scotland, and that his wife, Margaret, was a native of Ireland. James Warren, Jr., became a leading citizen, being often selectman, commissioner, and surveyor. The name Warren has survived in Berwick until the present. Warren's estate fronted on Cow Cove." (From Old Kittery and Her Families) James was the Commissioner for Kittery 5 July 1664. He was on the grand jury 28 Dec. 1665 and also 12 June 1666. He was again on jury duty 19 Aug. 1668. In 1670 Margaret and other Scots were admonished for using profane language and in 1674 James was bound to good behavior and was disiplined for abetting Richard Gibson. James' will is recorded in Berwick, Massachusetts Province, (now Berwick, York Co. Maine), proved December 24, 1702. In it he names heirs, sons Gilbert, and James and daughters, Margaret, Grizel, and granddaughter, Jane Grant and grandson James Stagpole, wife Margaret and son James, Jr., executors.