General Notes

Source: The Descendants of Andrew Warner, Author: Warner, Lucien C. Publication: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1919  Source: Bassett-Preston Ancestors, Author: Preston, Belle Publication: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1930  Source: The American Genealogist, Publication: Demorest, Ga, .Vol. 26


In 1609, John and his family had evidently settled in Hatfield BroadOak, about ten miles from Great Waltham, as the "Lay Subsidies" orpersonal taxes for Essex showed that John Warner of Hatfield Broad Oakin that year paid a tax on œ3 of household goods, but there is no recordof a tax on land. On March 10, 1614, the record of deeds shows that hebought 35 acres of freehold land consisting of garden, meadow, andpasture, for which he paid œ41.

Hatfield Broad Oak is located about 25 miles north of London. It wasoriginally known as Hatfield Regis, or Kings' Hatfield, to distinguishit from several other Hatfields in the kingdom, and because the manor was owned by the Kings of England. It is the supposed burial place of Harold, the last of the Saxon Kings.

In the will of John Warner made on July 16, 1614, a few months after the purchase of the land, he calls himself a yeoman, that is, one who owns and works his own land. Therefore, he was of the "middle class"not attendant farmer and not a landlord. This sort of land usually consisted ofseveral detached pieces; one for a homestead, another for pasture, and others for the cultivation of crops.

The children mentioned above are mentioned in the will of John Warner, along with four grandchildren. The will of Mary, his wife, made May 12,1627, 13 years later, lists 19 grandchildren. These two wills are given in The Descendants of Andrew Warner. This book is the source of most ofthe material given here. Text: Vol. 26 "Clues in Records of Essex, England to the Origin of CT Colony Settlers"
Vol 1, page 484/489/ p 253-5/p 9-12

Born about 1640, per William Richard Cutter, Genealogical & Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. III, (Orig. publ. NY, 1911; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997), pg. 1325.