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     Andrew was born.¹
     
     
      Mr. Andrew Hallett, gentleman, was the ancestor of the Yarmouth and Barnstable families. He came over as early as the year 1637, and was of Plymouth March 1638. Respecting his family there is very little on record. His son Andrew was one of the first settlers of Sandwich. Another of his sons (Samuel) is named as being of Yarmouth in 1639. The Widow Mary Hallett of Barnstable, was probably his wife. Her daughter Hannah Hallet Married John Hadaway July 1656.
     
     
      Andrew was styled "gentleman," a title bestowed upon few in the Colony. It shows that he was a man possessed of a good estate, and a man of some note in his native land. He was among the very first who came to Mattakeset, but did not make it his place of residence till 1641.
     
     
      Mr. Hallett, as above stated was called a gentleman, a word that at that time had a very different meaning attached to it, than it has at the present time. When applied to a man, it meant that hew was connected with the gentry or wealthy class-that he was not a mechanic or common laborer, and that he had received a good education. Rank and title were more regard in those days than at the present time. Of the first settlers in Barnstable, about thirty were entitled to be called "goodman," four to be called "mister," and one "gentleman." What his employment was the records do not inform us. He was engaged in to many lawsuits for a teacher, yet Lechford was probably right. He had not been officially employed in the public service, yet the Colony Court decided that he had rendered some public service and was entitled to a liberal grant, and though objection was made the amount, yet the Court confirmed it, and the towns of Barnstable and Yarmouth acquiesced.
     
     "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families"
     . He married Mary NN---- before 1608 at England.^2,3 Andrew was born in 1634.⁴ Andrew immigrated to (an unknown value) in 1637.⁵

     Bathsheba was born before 1615.¹ She was the daughter of Andrew Hallett and Mary NN----. She married Richard Bourne before 1636 at Lynn or Sandwich, Massachusetts.^2,3 Bathsheba died in 1670 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.⁴

     Richard Bourne
     
     
      "Aside from his labors as a missionary, Richard Bourne was a man of note. He was often a representative to the General Court; held many town offices; often served on committees, as a referee in important cases. He was a well-informed, discreet, cautious, of sound judgment, and of good common sense. There is reason to doubt whether he brought to New England so large an estate as has been represented. The division of the meadows at Sandwich does not indicate that he was a man of wealth. He was a good business man, and while he carefully guarded the interests of the Indians, he did not forget to lay up treasures for himself.
     
     
      John Eliot, Thomas Mayhew, father and son, Richard Bourne, John Cotton, Daniel Gookin, and Thomas Tupper consecrated their lives to the philanthropic purpose of meliorating the condition of the Indians. They instructed them in the arts of civilized life; they established schools, and they founded churches. Many of the Indians were converted to Christianity, and lived pious and holy lives; very many of them were taught to read and write their native language, and were good English scholars.
     
     
      Mr. Bourne was the pastor of the Indian Church at Marshpee (Massape) gathered in 1670. The apostles Eliot and Cotton assisted at his ordination. His parish extended from Provincetown to Middleboro, one hundred miles. He commenced his labors as a missionary about the year 1658, and in his return to Major Gookin, dated Sandwich, Sept. 1, 1674, he says he is the only Englishman employed in this extensive region. and the results of his labors are stated in his return. of which the following is a condensed abstract:
     
     
      "Praying Indians that do frequently meet together on the Lord's Day to worship God." He names twenty-two places where meeting were held. The number of men and women that attended these meetings was three hundred and nine. Young men and maids, one hundred and eight-eight. Of these one hundred and forty-two could read the Indian language, seventy-two could write, and nine could read English.
     
     
      The labors of Mr. Bourne and his associates have not been sufficiently appreciated by historians. In 1675, the far-seeing Philip, Sachem of Mount Hope, had succeeded in uniting the Western Indians in a league, the avowed object whereof was the extermination of the white inhabitants of New England. His emissaries in vain attempted to induce the Christianized Indians to join that league. They remained faithful. Richard Bourne, aided by Thomas Tupper of Sandwich, Mr. Thornton of Yarmouth and Mr. Treat of Eastham had a controlling influence over the numerous bands of Indians then resident in the County of Barnstable, in Wareham, Rochester, and Middleboro'. Mr. Mayhew elected a like controlling influence over the natives of Martha's Vineyard and the adjacent islands.
     
     
      In 1674, the year preceding King Philip's war, the returns made to Major
Gookin, show that the aggregate number of Christianized or praying Indians.
     
     __________In Massachusetts, was________________1100
     __________In Plymouth, Mr Bourne's return_______497
     __________In Plymouth, Mr. Cotton's partial_______40
      Estimated number not enumerated, 170
      On Martha's Vineyard and Chappaquidock 1500
      On Natucket, 300
      _____________
      3607
     
     
      It is not to be presumed that, at that time, more than one-half of the Indians had been converted, or were nominally Christians. Perhaps a fair estimate of the Indian population in 1675, in the territory comprised in the eastern part of the present State of Massachusetts, would be 7000; one-fifth, or 1400 if were warriors.
     
     
      On account of the jealousies and suspicions entertained by the English in Massachusetts, the Indians rendered little service to the whites. Mr. Eliot and Major Gookin suffered reproaches and insults fro endeavoring to repress the popular rage against their pupils. Some of the praying Indians of Natick, and from other places in Massachusetts, were transported to Deer Island in Boston harbor. Some of the Indians in Plymouth colony, particularly those at Pembroke, were conveyed to Clarke's Island, Plymouth.
     
     
      On Martha's Vineyard and on the Cape, the Indians were friendly to the English. Many enlisted and fought bravely against the forces of Philip. Capt. Daniel of Satucket, (Brewster), and Capt. Amos distinguished themselves in the war and are honorably mentioned. In the course of the war, the number of prisoners became embarrassing, and they were sent to the Cape and Martha's vineyard, and were safely kept by the friendly Indians.
     
     
      Major Walley says that the English were rarely successful when they were not aided by Indian auxiliaries, and urges this as a reason for treating them kindly. The reader of the "History of the Indian Wars" will find many facts to corroborate the opinion of Major Walley.
     
     
      In the spring of 1676 the armies of Philip were victorious, and the inhabitants of Plymouth Colony were panic stricken and despondent. If at that time the one thousand Indian warriors, who were influenced and controlled by Bourne and Mayhew had become enemies, the contest in Plymouth Colony would not have been doubtful, the other towns would have been destroyed and met the fate of Dartmouth, Middleboro, and Swanzey. At this time three hundred men could not be raised to march for the defense of Rehobeth. All the towns, excepting Sandwich and Scituate, raised their quotas; but many of the soldiers that went forth, returned to their homes without marching to the defense of their frontier towns.
     
     
      In 1675, Gov. Hinckley enumerated the Christianized Indians embraced in the region of country which had been under the superintendence of Mr. Bourne. The number had increased from four hundred and ninety-seven in 1674, to ten hundred and fourteen in 1685. Showing that in a period of eleven years the number had more than doubled.
     
     
      In 1676, no enumeration of the Indians was made; but it is within the bounds of probability to assume that in the district of country under the supervision and care of Mr. Bourne there were at least six hundred Indian warriors. Had these at this particular conjecture turned rebels, the whites could not have defended their towns and villages against the savages, and Plymouth Colony would have become extinct.
     
     
      It may be urged that Mr. Bourne could not have done this unaided and alone; or, if he had not, God in his providence would have raised up some other instruments to have effected this great purpose. The fact is Richard Bourne by his unremitting labors for seventeen years made friends of a sufficient number of Indians, naturally hostile to the English, to turn the scale in Plymouth Colony and give the preponderance to the whites. He did this , and it is to him who does, that we are to award honor. Bourne did more by the moral power which he exerted to defend the Old Colony than Bradford did at the head of the army. Laurel wreaths shade the brows of military heroes- thir names are enshrined in bright halo of glory-while the man who has done good service for his country by means, sinks into comparative insignificance, and is to often forgotten.
     
     
      The Apostle Eliot, Mr. Mayhew, and other missionaries, performed like meritorious services. The people of Massachusetts were more suspicious of the food faith of the converted Indians, than the residents in the Plymouth Colony. These Indians were treated unkindly by the English, yet a company from Natick proved faithful, and did good service in the war.
     
     
      Of the early history of Mr. Richard Bourne little is known. It is said he came from Devonshire, England. He was a hoseholder in Plymouth in 1636, and his name appears on the list of freemen of the Colony, dated March 7, 1636-7. On the 2nd of January preceding, seven acres of land were granted to him to belong to his dwelling-house. At the same court seven acres of land were granted to John Bourne, in behalf of his father, Mr. Thomas Bourne.
     
     
      May 2, 1637 he was on a jury to lay out the highways about Plymouth, Duxbury and Eel River. June 5, 1638, he was a grand juror, and also a member of a coroner's inquest. On the 4th of September following, he was an inhabitant of Sandwich, and fined 18 pence for having three pigs unringed. He was a deputy to the first general court in 1639, and excepting 1643, represented the town of Sandwich till 1645; again in 1652, 1664, 65, 66, 67, and 70.
     
     
      AT a General Court held at Plymouth June 4, 1661, the Court granted unto Richard Bourne of Sandwich, and to his heirs forever, a long strip of land on the west side of Pampasised river, where Sandwich men take alewives-in breadth from the river to the hill or ridge that runs along the length of it, from a point of rocky land by a swamp called Pametoopauksett, unto a place called by the English Muddy Hole, by the Indians Wapoompauksett."
     
     
      Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families by Amos Otis
     . Richard was born circa 1610 (chr. date) at Devonshire Count, England. He was christened in 1610 at Devonshire Count, England.¹ He was the son of William Bourne and Ursula Day. He married Bathsheba Hallett before 1636 at Lynn or Sandwich, Massachusetts.^2,3 He married Ruth Sargent on 2 July 1677 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.^2,3 Richard died in 1682 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.¹

     He married Ursula Day.¹ William was born in 1589 at Devonshire, England.¹ He was the son of William Bourne and Mary Morris. William Bourne was present at Richard Bourne's christening in 1610 at Devonshire Count, England.¹ William died in 1634 at Devonshire, England.¹

     She married William Bourne.¹ Ursula was born.¹ She was present at Richard Bourne's christening in 1610 at Devonshire Count, England.¹

     Elisha was born in 1641 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Richard Bourne and Bathsheba Hallett. He married Patience Skiff on 26 October 1675. Elisha died in 1706 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.²

     Shearjashub was born in 1644 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Richard Bourne and Bathsheba Hallett. Shearjashub died on 7 March 1719/20 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.²

     Ezra was born on 12 May 1648 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Richard Bourne and Bathsheba Hallett.

     Arthur was born.¹
     
     
      While the history of the Warren family in Europe is not complete in every detail, there are certain facts of interest which seem to be fairly authentic. There is no doubt that the name dates back to the early history of France and England and has been born by some of their most illustrious sons. Good authority also exists for believing that members of this family have formed alliances through marriage with ruling houses of both of these countries.
     
     
      This family name comes doubtless from the Latin word Guarenna or Varenna, of which the primary sense is to stop, hold or repel, to guard or keep off. This word in Norman French became Guarenne or Varenne and is sometimes written Guaren or Guarin in old documents. It is likewise found in English as Warren, Warrene, Waren, Warrin, Warin, or Waring. The name Varneene was given both to a river in the County of Calais, Normandy and to the country bordering on this stream. This region, while not large in area, apparently was of sufficient political importance in the 11th century to bring to its processor the title of Earl or Count.
     
     
      The first to bear this title was William de St. Martins, so called from his birthplace, who received the fief of Varenne from Duke William II of Normandy. He lived in the 11th century and was without doubt a descendant from the stock of the Danish invaders. There is considerable data extant, though unfortunately much of it is legendary, which would connect him directly with the warrior chieftain of the Northmen, Rolf or Rollo, who force from King Charles III of France the grant of the northern section of that country, then called Neustria. The new owners changed the name to Normandy and their leader became the first Duke of Normandy. It is from this dual lineage that the first Earl of Warren, or Comte de Guaren or Varrenne, is said to have sprung. History bears eloquent testimony that he was a worthy recipient of this new title, as he served his sovereign nobly at home and abroad.
     
     
      The first mention of this name in English history is in connection with the Battle of Hastings, fought in 1066. In this conflict one of Duke William's most trusted lieutenants was Comte de Guaren, or the 2nd Earl Warren. He must have been in high favor at court, for he later became the husband of Gundred, the daughter of the Conqueror in whose train he had come to England. At Domesday, he received 298 manors as his share of the kingdom for the part played in the victories of Hastings and Ely and was rated as the richest subject in England. In 1073 he was appointed one of the Grand Judiciaries of England and was created Early of Surrey by William Rugus in 1088. Both he and his wife seem to have been of a generous disposition as they gave the money for the establishment, at Lewes in Sussex County, of one of the most magnificent Priories in England, and assisted liberally the other churches and monasteries in the counties subject to them. Their last years were passed in the principal castle at Lewes and they were buried in the Chapter House of the Priory which they had endowed.
     
     
      The line of nobility thus established existed with distinction until the reign of Edward III when the estates and title were surrendered to the crown by John, 8th Earl Warren, who died without male issue in 1347. The King made grants of the lands thus surrendered but took no notice of the title. In fact it was not until more than a century later that the title was again used, being conferred upon the son of the Duke of Norfolk who was created Earl of Warren and Surrey by Henry VI. As he left no male issue the title reverted to the crown. It was not conferred again until 1476, when Richard, Duke of York, son-in-law of the previous holder, was created by Edward VI Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Warren. He also died without male issue and the earldom became once more unenjoyed. It has not been granted to anyone since and, therefore, is extinct, though the title Earl of Surrey is a possession of the noble family of Howard. Through marriage the Warren family was later allied with the houses of Wirmgay and Poynton. From this latter branch came the William Warren who settled in Caunton, Notts Co., England, in the 15th century and was (probably) an ancestor of Arthur Warren who emigrated to America about 1635. Though this last statement is not established beyond question, yet Joch C. Warren, Esq,of Nottingham, Eng., who has made a study of this family, writes as follows: "One notable thing is that Arthur was not a common Warren name. Indeed I cannot find it used in old days among any branch of the family except the Leicester and Notts Warrens.
     
     
      The physiognomy of various descendants of Arthur Warren clearly showed traces of a French Ancestry.
     
     
      Arthur Warren undoubtedly emigrated from England to New England about 1635, though diligent and repeated efforts have failed to discover the date and place of his birth or the exact time when he came to this country. However, it is known that he settled in Weymouth, Ma. Bay Colony, before 1638. In that year he married Mary _____. At the Quarter Court held in Boston December 7, 1641 he was a witness in the case against Walthian Richards. In the list of the real estate owned by the various proprietors of the plantation of Weymouth, made between Oct. 26, 1642 and May 21, 1644 "the land of Arthure Warren" is described as follows: "Tenn acres of upland and swamp, first fiven to himselfe, bounded on the East with Mr. Gloveres marsh, on the west and south with Mr. Barnardes land, on the north by the sea. "Tenn acres in the Mill-field, given to himselfe, bounded on the east and south with Hingham line, on the north with the land of Walter Harris, the common on the west." In 1645, Arthur Waring joined with about 20 members of the church in Braintree in a petition to the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony "for a grant of the Narragansett lands supposed to have been rendered forfeit by the heresy of Gorton, Holden and the others, just proprietors. At a meeting of the Townsmen certain lands be divided.
     . Arthur immigrated to (an unknown value) circa 1635. He married Mary NN---- before 1639 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.^2,3 Arthur died on 6 July 1658.

     Mary died. She married Arthur Warren before 1639 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.^1,2

     Arthur was born on 17 November 1639 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Arthur Warren and Mary NN----. Arthur died on 25 April 1671 at Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, at age 31.

     Abigail was born on 27 October 1640 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Arthur Warren and Mary NN----.

     Joseph was born circa 1645 at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Arthur Warren and Mary NN----.

     He was a surveyor.
      The first notice of Richard Hildreth (or Hildrick, Heildrich, Heildrith, as the name is variously spelt in the old colonial records) is his admission, 10 May 1643 (that is, within fifteen years after the grant of the Massachusetts charter, and when he was himself thirty-five years old), as a freeman of the colony of Massachusetts Bay. How much earlier he had emigrated to the colony does not appear. It seems probable that he settled first at Woburn, about ten miles north west of Boston, which first became a separate town in 1642, having till then constituted the upper or inland part of Charlestown. At least his name appears among several inhabitants of Woburn and of Concord, as one of the petitioners to the General Court of Massachusetts Bay for a new township to be granted to them on the south bank of the Merrimac and the west bank of the Musketuguid or Concord rivers, at the junction of which, as the petioners allege, "they do find a comfortable place to accommodate a company of God's people upon." This township was accordingly granted, settled, and organized, in 1654, under the name of Chelmsford; including not only the present territory bearing that name, but the neighboring town of Westford, and also what is now the city of Lowell, or, at least, that main part of it west of the Concord river. This petition with the namees of the signers, may be found at length in Allen's "History of Chelmsford."

      It appears by the records of the town of Chelmsford, but which are no longer in perfect state, that Richard Hildreth received grants of eight separate lots of land, amounting, in the whole, to one hundred and five acres, fo which seventy-seven were upland and twenty-eight meadow, quite a fair allotment, according to the frugal usages of those times. However, he was not entirely satisfied, as for an additional grant, touching which following entry is found on the records fo the year 1664: "In answer to the petition of Richard Hildreth of Chelmsford, humbly craving the favor of this Court to consider his necessitous condition, and grant him some land, this court judgeth it meet to grant him one hundred and fifty acres of upland and meadow, when it may converiently be found not prejudicial to any other plantation;" and, by an entry in 1669, it appears that this land was laid out, bounded with Concord lines on the south east by Captain Daniel Gookin's farm northerly, and by the wilderness surrounding.

      Richard Hildreth lies buried in the ancient grave-yard of Chelmsford, three or four miles from the city of Lowell.

Richard was born circa 1605 at England.² He married Sarah NN---- before 1628 at England.^3,4 He married Elizabeth Hinchman? after 1631/32.² Richard died in 1688 at Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts.⁵

     Thomas was born in 1623.^2,3 He was the son of Robert Burnham and Mary Andrews.
Thomas, probably brother to John, was with him a soldier in an expedition to the Indians in 1643. Had privilege of commonage granted to him, February 1667. Granted liberty to set a saw mill upon Chebacco river, May, 1667. Corp'll Thomas, surveyor of highways, 1662, selectman, 1663, serg't 1669.

His will dated 10 January 1694, being aged and infirmed; probated 29 September 1694; had formerly fiven to sons Thomas, John and James; gives to his six daughters, Mary, Johannah, Abigail, Ruth, Sarah and Hester what his wife had desired; residue to wife Mary.
He married Mary (Marie) Lawrence circa 1645.^4,5,6 Thomas died in June 1694 at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.⁷

     Mary was born before 10 April 1625 (chr. da at St. Albans, county Hertfordshire, England. She was christened on 10 April 1625 at St. Albans, county Hertfordshire, England.^2,3,4,5,6 She was the daughter of Thomas Lawrence and Joan Antrobus. Mary immigrated to (an unknown value) on 2 April 1635. She married Thomas Burnham circa 1645.^7,8,9 Mary died on 27 March 1716 at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.^3,10,6

     Robert died. Robert was born in 1581 at Norwich, county Norfolk, England.¹ He married Mary Andrews in 1608.

     Mary was born.¹ She married Robert Burnham in 1608.

      "Explicit evidence has not been found proving that the Thomas Lawrence who was the son of John and Elizabeth (Bull) Lawrence was identical with the Thomas Lawrence who married Joan Antrobus in 1609 and who was certainly the father of the immigrants. John and Elizabeth's son was certainly living in 1610 when he was mentioned in his father's estate records, and considerable search has revealed no other Thomas Lawrence in St. Albans and vicinity who could have married Joan Antrobus.
     
     
      Thomas Lawrence died intestate. On 21 March 1624/5, administration on the goods of Thomas Lawrence of St. Albans was granted to Joan Lawrence, his relict. The final sheet of her accounting, presented in 1627, lists his children as John, Thomas, William, Jane, and Marye."
     
      David L. Greene (TAG.)
     
     


Thomas was born before 2 February 1589/1590 ( at St. Albans, county Hertfordshire, England. He was christened on 2 February 1589/90 at St. Albans, county Hertfordshire, England.^1,2,3,4 He was the son of John Lawrence and Elizabeth Bull. He married Joan Antrobus in 1609 at St. Albans, county Hertfordshire, England.^1,5,6,7 Thomas Lawrence was present at Joan Lawrence's christening on 29 August 1610 at St. Albans, county Hertfordshire, England.⁴ Thomas Lawrence was present at Mary (Marie) Lawrence's christening on 17 November 1616 at St. Albans, county Hertfordshire, England.⁸ Thomas Lawrence was present at John Lawrence's christening on 26 July 1618 at St. Albans, county Hertfordshire, England.^3,9,8 Thomas Lawrence was present at Thomas Lawrence's christening on 8 March 1620/21 at St. Albans, county Hertfordshire, England.^3,8 Thomas Lawrence was present at William Lawrence's christening on 28 July 1622 at St. Albans, county Hertfordshire, England.^3,9,8 Thomas died in 1624 at St. Albans, county Hertfordshire, England.¹⁰ He was present at Mary (Marie) Lawrence's christening on 10 April 1625 at St. Albans, county Hertfordshire, England.^11,12,13,9,8