ABBOTT, Margaret
Bef 1589 - 1662 (> 73 years)
Great Migration: John Warren (1585-1667)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/rd/12107/1932/235198464
John and Margaret (Abbott) Warren sailed with their 4 living children on the Arabella, in 1630 with Governor Winthrop. Little is known of their origins, although it seems they came from Nayland, Suffolk, England. The family settled in Watertown, where John was made a freeman in 1631, a selectman in 1635, and again in 1639. The first Inventory of Lands and Possessions for Watertown dated 1634/5 shows a complete list of John's properties: a homestead of 12 acres, 9 acres of upland, 3 acres of meadow, 13 acres of plowland, 13 acres of meadow, 16.5 acres of upland, 60 acres of upland, a farm of 160 acres of upland, in total 286.5 acres. In the second inventory in 1641, his total acreage was 131.5 acres, less than half. The reason for the decrease is not known.
Despite his early engagement in the town's affairs from the 1650s onwards, several incidents could reveal that John was not conforming to the requirements of Puritan life. He did belong to the church but was fined for frequent absences from services and for sympathizing with the Quakers. We are descended from John and Margaret through the Wright (Tucker) side.
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