Warren Family History Project

Warren Family History Project;
From Viking Warriors to Modern-Day America

Moses Warren II - The Revolutionary (1760-1851)

Born 2 August 1760 at Westboro (Westborough) MA and died there 27 Sept 1851. Son of Moses Warren I and Persis Rice.

Moses Warren served over three year in the Massachusetts troops during the American Revolution, sometimes as a private soldier and sometimes as a subaltern officer. At other times he filled civic and semi-civic positions which had to do with the provisions of the military forces in the field. (source: Living Ohio Sons of Revolutionary Sires, pg 167.- The Ohio Magazine 1907, Vol 2, No.1)

Priscilla Nurse (Norse) (1764-1842)

Born 29 March 1764 at Westboro MA and died there 17 June 1842.

• Salem Witch Trials - Priscilla Nurse is a great, great-granddaughter of Rebecca Nurse, the last person hanged in the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692.

References:

• Family of Moses Warren - Includes links to Ebenezer Duty and Daniel Warren.
• Family of Moses Warren II
• 1830 US Census - partial census for Warrensville OH listing heads of households.

Children of Moses Warren II and Priscilla Nurse

Married abt 1781, Westboro, MA. All children were born in Acworth NH. Several children settled in the Shaker community of Warrensville located southeast of modern-day Cleveland OH. Several members of the Warren Family married into the Prentiss Family in Acworth NH then migrate to Warrensville.

• Abigail Warren[*] (b. 1782) - born in Westboro MA or Acworth NH?
• Sarah (Sally) Warren NFS (1748-1818) - m. Ebenezer Duty, a prominent citizen of Astubula, OH.
• Daniel Warren [*] (1786-1862) - Warrensville Founder - Daniel Warren in Warrensville - This account reports he had two children. m. Margaret Prentiss 8 Mar 1807 in Acworth NH. Moved to Ohio in 1810.
• Infant Warren NFS (1788-1788) -
• Persis Warren NFS (1789-1802) -
• Prescillia Warren NFS (1792-1847) - M. Robert Prentiss -
• Chloe Warren NFS (1795-1814) - born and died in Acworth NH - no marriage.
• Mary L Warren NFS (1798-1812) - born and died in Acworth NH - no marriage.
• Anna W Warren [NFS1] (1800-1860) - m. Samuel Morrison Prentiss, Free Baptist, was born 21 Mar 1801. In his early childhood his parents moved to Warrensville OH. Licensed to preach about 1842. Ordained 1844. Residence, Warrensville OH, 1842-4. See Google Books - The Native Ministry of New Hampshire for listing of places he preached at in Ohio and Michigan. - M. Anne Wilcox at Warrensville OH - 26 Oct 1819. D Trent, MI, Dec 8, 1879.
• William Warren (1801-1825) - b. in NH, d. 10 May 1825, Warrensville OH.
• Moses Warren III (1803-1895) - Lived many years in Cuyahoga County, Ohio (see biograhpy: Living Ohio Sons of Revolutionary Sires, pg 167. - The Ohio Magazine 1907, Vol 2, No.1)