Elizabeth Walker (mtDNA)

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As of September 25, 2020

  • Page created for Elizabeth (Walker) Warren
  • mtDNA results from Mayflower DNA Project
  • recruitment of individuals who are mtDNA descendants of Elizabeth (Walker) Warren. Folks who are mtDNA descendants are encouraged to contact Raymond T. Wing (email: wing.genealogist AT gmail DOT com)

Paper Trail

Elizabeth is said to have been baptized at Baldock, Hertfordshire, England in Sep 1583[1] the daughter of Augustine Walker.[2] Elizabeth married Richard Warren at Great Amwell, Hertfordshire on 14 Apr 1610.[3] Their children were not baptized at Great Amwell (in fact, no baptismal records can be found for any of them) so it is possible the couple joined the Separatists faith and worshipped in secret with some currently unknown congregation.[4] Richard emigrated alone in 1620, and Elizabeth (with her daughters) emigrated in 1623 aboard the Anne. They remained at Plymouth, where Richard died in 1628. While Elizabeth survived her husband by almost fifty years, she never remarried and managed her estate independently.[5] She died at Plymouth on 12 Oct 1673[6] and was buried at Burial Hill.[7]

Richard and Elizabeth had seven children; two sons (both born in New Plimouth) and daughters Mary, Ann, Sarah, Elizabeth & Abigail (all born in England)[8]

Second Generation

Mary Warren[9] was born about 1611[10] She married at Plymouth about 1630 to Robert Bartlett.[11] They continued to live in Plymouth where Mary died 27 Mar 1683. They had eight children: Benjamin, Rebecca, Mary, Sarah, Joseph, Elizabeth, Lydia and Mercy (b. 1650/1 m. John Joy but only had one son).

Ann Warren[12] was born about 1612[13] She married at Plymouth 19 Apr 1633 to Thomas Little. The family moved to Marshfield where Ann died sometime after 19 Feb 1675/6. Thomas & Ann had nine children: Abigail (c1634-b1660, m. Josiah Keene, only daughter died in infancy), Ruth (c1536-p1675 apparently never married), Hannah (c1638), Patience (c1640), Mercy (c1644), Isaac (c1646), Ephraim (1650), Thomas (c1654) and Samuel (c1656).[14]

Sarah Warren was born before 19 Apr 1613[15] She married at Plymouth 28 Mar 1634 to John Cooke.[16] John and Sarah continued to live in Plymouth until about 1665, when they moved to Dartmouth. Sarah died 25 Jul 1696. John & Sarah had five daughters: Sarah, Elizabeth, Esther, Mary and Mercy.

Elizabeth Warren[17] was born about 1616. She married Richard Church before 7 Mar 1636/7. They moved from Plymouth to Nauset (now Eastham) in 1649, then to Charlestown by 1652 but finally settled in Hingham in 1654. Elizabeth died at Hingham 9 Mar 1669/70. Richard & Elizabeth had twelve children: Elizabeth (c1636-1658/9, m. Caleb Hobart but only had 1 son), Joseph (c1638), Benjamin (c1640), Nathaniel (c1642), Charles (c1644), Caleb (c1646), Abigail (1648), Sarah (c1652), Mary (d. 1662) and Deborah (bp 1656/7-1690, supp. m. Sylvanus White but only had one son).

Abigail Warren was born about 1619. She married at Plymouth 8 Nov 1639 to Anthony Snow. The couple moved to Marshfield shortly after their marriage, where they raised their family. Abigail died at Marshfield 12 Nov 1692. They had six children: Lydia (c1640), Josiah (c1645), Abigail (c1649), Sarah (1651), infant son (1655) and Alice (1657).

Third Generation

Rebecca Bartlett was born Plymouth about 1631 and died there about 1658. She married there 20 Dec 1649 (Sgt.) William Harlow and they had four children (all born Plymouth): William (Oct 1650-Oct 1650), Samuel (1652/3), Rebecca (12 Jun 1655 m. Isaac Cushman) and William.

Mary Bartlett was born Plymouth about 1633 and died 1692. She married twice, first Plymouth Sep 1651 Richard Foster (d. 1657) and second Plymouth 1659 (Lt.) Jonathan Morey. By her first husband (Richard Foster) Mary had two children: Mary (1652, d. young) and Benjamin (c1653). By her second husband (Jonathan Morey) Mary had four children: Jonathan (1659), Mary (1660), John (1666) and Hannah (1673).

Sarah Bartlett was born Plymouth about 1636 and died before 1680. She married there 23 Dec 1656 Samuel Rider (II) and had three children: Samuel (1657), Mercy and John (abt 1664).

Elizabeth Bartlett was born Plymouth about 1641 and died Hingham 17 Feb 1712/3. She married Hingham 26 Dec 1661 Anthony Sprague and they had eleven children: Anthony (1663), Benjamin (1665), John (1667-1690), Elizabeth (1669-1690 never married), Samuel (1671/2), Sarah (1674 m.Caleb Bates), James (1677/8), Josiah (1680), Jeremiah (1682), Richard (1685), and Matthew (1688).

Lydia Bartlett was born Plymouth about 1648 and died there 11 Sep 1691. She married twice, first Plymouth before 14 Jun 1670[18] John Barnaby and second, after 30 Oct 1677[19] John Nelson. By her first husband Lydia had two sons (James and Stephen). She had at least one son (Samuel) by her second husband. [20]


Patience Little was born Marshfield 1639 and died Hingham 25 Oct 1723. She married Weymouth 11 Nov 1657 Joseph Jones and they had ten children: Joseph (1660), Benjamin (1662/3), Patience (1665/6-1688/9 never married), Anna (1667/8 m. Joseph Sturtevant), Ruth (1669 unknown if married), Sarah (1671 m. John Doty & Joseph Peterson), Ephraim (1673), John (c1674), Mary (1676 unknown if married), Thomas (1679).

Hannah Little was born about 1641 and died Scituate 13 May 1710. She married Scituate 16 Jan 1661/2 Stephen Tilden and they had twelve children: Hannah (1662 unknown if married), Stephen (1663/4), Abigail (1666 m. Charles Stockbridge), Mary (1668 m. James Thomas), Judith (1670 m. William Pabodie), Joseph (1672), Mercy (1674 m. Benjamin Stockbridge), Ruth (1676 m. Nathaniel Tilden & Ebenezer Peirce), Isaac (1678), Ephraim (1680), Ebenezer (1682) and David (1685).

Mercy Little was born Plymouth about 1645 and buried Marshfield 10 Feb 1693. She married Marshfield 30 Nov 1666 John Sawyer and they had seven children: (son) (1667), Mercy (1668/9 m. Anthony Eames), Susanna (1671 unknown if married), Thomas (1672 d young), Josias (1675), Mary (1677 unknown if married), Anne (d unmarried 1682).


Sarah Cooke was born about 1635 and died (prob. Dartmouth) after 26 Feb 1712/3. She married Plymouth 20 Nov 1652 Arthur Hathaway and they had seven children: John (1653), Sarah (1655 likely never married), Hannah (c1662 m. George Cadman), Lydia (c1663 m. James Sisson), Mary (c1665 m. Samuel Hammond), Thomas (c1669) and Jonathan (c1672).

Elizabeth Cooke was born Plymouth about 1640 and died Tiverton (now part of RI) 6 Dec 1715. She married Plymouth 28 Dec 1661 Daniel Wilcox and they had eight children: Mary (c1663 m. John Earle), Stephen (c1668), John (c1670), Sarah (c1672 m. Edward Briggs), Edward (c1675), Thomas, Lydia (m. Thomas Sherman & Thomas Potter), Susanna (c1680 m. Jonathan Head).

Esther Cooke was born Plymouth 16 Aug 1650 and died Dartmouth 17 Apr 1671. She married about Thomas Taber and they had two children: Thomas (1668) and Esther (1671 m. Samuel Perry).

Mary Cooke was born Plymouth 1652 and died about 1712. She married twice, first Phillip Taber and second ____ Davis. She had eight children by her first husband (all born Dartmouth): Mary (1668 m. Thomas Earle), Sarah (1671 m. Thomas Cory), Lydia (1673 m. Joseph Mosher), Phillip (1675/6), Abigail (1678 unmarried in 1714/5), Esther (1680 m. Thomas Brownell), John (1684) and Bethia (1689 m. John Macomber)

Mercy Cooke was born Plymouth 25 Jul 1656 and died Dartmouth 22 Nov 1733. She married about 1683 Stephen West and they had nine children (all born Dartmouth): Katharine (1684 m. Christopher Turner), Sarah (1686 m. Jacob Taber), Ann (1688 unmarried in 1761), Bartholomew (1690), Amy (1693 m. William Peckham), Stephen (1695), John (1697), Eunice (1699 unknown if married), Lois (1701 unknown if married).


Abigail Church was born Plymouth 22 Jun 1647 and died Hingham 25 Dec 1677. She married Hingham 19 Dec 1666 Samuel Thaxter and they had seven children (all born Hingham): Abigail (1667-1667), Sarah (1668 m. Peter Dunbar), Abigail (1670-1670/1), David (1672), Mary (1674-1674), John (1675-1675), Samuel (1677-1678).

Sarah Church was born about 1652 and died Bristol (now part of RI) about 1692. She married Hingham 8 Dec 1674 James Burroughs/Burrows and they had four children: James (1677 Boston), Mary (1679 Boston), Elizabeth (c1682), Thomas (1685 Bristol).


Lydia Snow was born Plymouth about 1640 and died Sandwich 13 Mar 1711. She married about 1665 Stephen Skiff and they had five children (all born Sandwich): Abigail (1666 m. Shubael Smith), Deborah (1668 m. Stephen Presbury), Mercy (1671 m. John Chipman), Lydia (c1675 m. John Blackwell) and Stephen (1685).

Abigail Snow was born Plymouth about 1648 and buried Marshfield 26 Jun 1682. She married Marshfield 12 Dec 1667 Michael Ford and they had six children (all born Marshfield): Lydia (1668 m. Experience Branch), Hannah (1670 m. (Dea.) Samuel Nelson), William (1672), James (1675), Abigail (1679 m. Jonathan Grinnell) and Patience (1682-1682).

Sarah Snow was born Plymouth about Jun 1651 and died Marshfield 11 Sep 1741. She married about 1673 Joseph Waterman and they had seven children (all born Marshfield): Sarah (1674 m. Solomon Hewitt), Joseph (1676), Elizabeth (1679 m. Ichabod Bartlett), Abigail (1681 m. Kenelm Winslow), Anthony (1684), Bethiah (1687 m. Samuel Doggett) and Lydia (1689 m. John Thomas).

Alice Snow was born Marshfield 18 Jan 1657/8 and died about 1702. She married about 1681 (Lt.) Robert Barker (III) and they had eight children (all born Duxbury): Abigail (1682 m. William Carr & Michael Wanton), James (1683/4), Caleb (1685), Deborah (1686 m. Prince Howland & Benjamin Keen), Susannah (1689 prob. never married), Robert (1693), Alice (1695 m. Matthew Estes) and Lydia (1697 m. Ebenezer Stetson)

Fourth Generation

Rebecca Harlow was born Plymouth 12 Jun 1655 and died Plympton 3 Sep 1727. She married about 1675 (Rev.) Isaac Cushman and they had (born Plymouth): Isaac (1676), Rebecca (1678 m. (Dea.) Jacob Mitchell), Mary (1682) m. (Dea.) Robert Waterman), Sarah (1684 m. James Bryant), Warren (1685), Ichabod (1686), Ebenezer (1687), Fear (1689 m. William Sturtevant) and Mercy (1692-1693).

Mary Morey was born Plymouth 1660 and died Plympton 5 Dec 1736. She married 1683 Nathaniel Atwood and they had (born Plymouth): John (1684), Elizabeth (1687 m. Jonathan Shaw), Joanna (1689/90-b1700), Mary (1691), Nathaniel (1693), Isaac (1695), Barnabas (1697) and Joanna (1700)

Hannah Morey was born Duxburrow (now Duxbury) 30 Apr 1673 and died Rochester 12 Jul 1729. She married Rochester before 1695 John Bumpas and they had Jonathan (1695), John (1698), Sarah (1701 m. George White), Mary (1704 m. Seth Ellis), Hannah (1707 m. Josiah Bumpas), Samuel (1709) and Lydia (c1712 m. Nathan Bumpas).

Mercy Rider was born Plymouth 14 Nov 1696 and died there 21 Jan 1772. She married Plymouth 24 Feb 1714/5 William Harlow and they had two children (born Plymouth): Sarah (1715 m. Eleazer Churchill) and Hannah (1719 m. Ebenezer Samson).

Sarah Sprague was born Hingham 23 May 1674 and died there 9 Oct 1751. She married Hingham 10 Jun 1716 Caleb Bates and they had Caleb (1718).

Anna Jones was born Hingham 26 Jan 1667/8 and died before 25 Oct 1723. She married Plymouth 5 Dec 1693 Joseph Sturtevant and they had (born Plymouth): Joseph (1695), David (1697), Anna (1699 m. Richard Church), Jonathan (1702), Ephraim (1704) and Mary (1708 m. Prence Snow).

Ruth was born Hingham 1669. It is unknown if she ever married.

Sarah was born Hingham 12 Sep 1671 and died Plymouth after 10 Jul 1752. She married twice: First Plymouth 22 Nov 1694 John Doty (d. 1701) and second Plymouth 1704 Joseph Peterson. By her first husband (John Doty) Sarah had (born Plymouth): Sarah (1695-b1712), Patience (1697 m. Kenelm Baker) and Desire (1699 m. George Barrow). By her second husband (Joseph Peterson) Sarah had (born Plymouth): Joseph (c1705) and Sarah (c1709).

Mary Jones was born Hingham about 9 Sep 1676. It is unknown if she ever married.

Hannah Tilden was born Scituate about 14 Oct 1662 and died Marshfield 13 May 1710. She married Marshfield about 1692 William Stephens and they had (born Marshfield): Hannah (1692 m. Benjamin Rider), William (1694), Josiah (1695/6), Lydia (1697 m. Ebenezer Cobb (II)), John (1699), Abigail (1701/2 unknown if married), Bethia (1703 m. Caleb Oldham), Edward (1706) and Elizabeth (1708/9 unknown if married).

Abigail Tilden was born Scituate 11 Jul 1666 and died there before 22 Oct 1716. She married Scituate about 24 Dec 1689 Charles Stockbridge and they had (born Scituate): Rachel (1690 m. Thomas Swift), Mercy (1692 m. Nehemiah Randall), Abigail (1695 m. Gilbert Brooks), Hannah (1698 never married), Ruth (1700 m. Matthew Allin, Esq.), Experience (1704 m. Recompence Tiffany, but no children), Judith (1706-1708) and Charles (1709).

Mary Tilden was born Scituate 7 Apr 1668 and died Lebanon, CT 13 Aug 1724. She married Duxbury 3 Jan 1692/3 James Thomas and they had (born Duxbury): Mary (1693 m. Joseph Langrell), James (1695/6), Hannah (1698 m. Wrestling Brewster), John (1700), Ebenezer (1703) and Ezekiel (1706).

Judith Tilden was born Marshfield 1 Jun 1670 and died Little Compton (now in RI) 20 Jul 1714. She married Little Compton 27 Jun 1693 William Pabodie (II) and they had (born Little Compton): Elizabeth (1698 m. Edward Gray), John (1700), William (1702), Rebecca (1704 m. (Rev.) Joseph Fish), Priscilla (1706 m. William Wilcox), Judith (1708 m. Benjamin Church), Joseph (1710) and Mary (1712 m. Nathaniel Fish).

Mercy Tilden was born Marshfield 1 May 1674 and died about 1744. She married Marshfield 23 Jul 1701 Benjamin Stockbridge and they had (born Scituate): Elizabeth (1702 m. Amos Turner & Shadrach Keen(e)), Benjamin (1704), Mercy (1707, unknown if married) and Charles (1711).

Ruth Tilden was born Scituate 1 Jun 1676 and died there 31 Mar 1755. She married twice: First Scituate 16 Dec 1700 Nathaniel Tilden (d. 1733) and second Scituate 16 Apr 1752 Ebenezer Peirce. She only had children by her first husband (Nathaniel Tilden) (born Scituate): Nathaniel (1701), Benjamin (1705), Ruth (1716 unknown if married) and Elisha (1720).


  1. ↑ TAG 78:84
  2. ↑ ibid. She was not the daughter of his widow, Mary (Stringer) Walker, who was buried 26 Dec 1614 as they were married at Great Amwell on 27 Jun 1597.
  3. ↑ ibid, p. 82
  4. ↑ Richard was described as being from London in the 1622 Mourt's Relation. It is possible this simply refers to the fact he was not part of the Leiden Congregation, but had been recruited by the Merchant Adventurers to join this emigration.
  5. ↑ Including her husband's role as one of the "Purchasers" of the Colony's grant from the investors.
  6. ↑ Plymouth Colony Records 8:35
  7. ↑ Find-a-grave for Elizabeth (Walker) Warren
  8. ↑ The first three daughters were named in the will of their maternal grandfather, Augustine Walker (dated 19 Apr 1613) thus confirming the marriage of Richard and Elizabeth was the Mayflower couple.
  9. ↑ Plimouth.org biography of Robert Bartlett
  10. ↑ Parents married 14 Apr 1610 and had three children in the will of Elizabeth's father dated Apr 1613. In addition, Mary's death record stated she died 27 Mar 1683 in her 73d year (in other words, aged 72), which correlates to a birth of about 1611.
  11. ↑ Richard Warren biography and Robert Bartlett Biography
  12. ↑ Plimouth.org biography of Thomas Little
  13. ↑ She filed a deposition dated 6 Jun 1672 stating she was then "aged sixty yeares or therabouts"
  14. ↑ Much like her mother, All of her daughters were older than any of her sons.
  15. ↑ named in the will of her maternal grandfather, Augustine Walker, bearing this date.
  16. ↑ Plymouth Colony Records I:13
  17. ↑ Plimouth.org biography of Richard Church
  18. ↑ She was named with her married surname in a deed of this date.
  19. ↑ Probate of her first husband's estate states she was about to remarry.
  20. ↑ Further research is needed to determine whether she had other children by her second husband.

mtDNA Results H1j

The FTDNA Mayflower Project documents four mtDNA descendants of Elizabeth (Walker) Warren. All four have been assigned to the H1j haplogroup with the following HVR (Hyper Variable Regions aka Control Regions) mutations (from the RSRS): A16129G, T16187C, C16189T, T16223C, G16230A, T16278C, C16311T and G73A, C146T, C152T, C195T, A247G, 522.1A, 522.2C, 309.1C, 315.1C. According to Haplogroup.org the H1j haplogroup originated roughly 7,500 years ago, so it is a VERY ancient clade. Most H1j individuals would not be mtDNA descendants of Elizabeth, but all mtDNA descendants of Elizabeth must fall under H1j.[1]


Thus mtDNA testing cannot solely be used to conclusively prove someone was a mtDNA descendant of Elizabeth (Walker) Warren, but it can be used to conclusively disprove such a relationship. In addition, mtDNA testing can be used to support a conclusion about a line being descended from Elizabeth, but additional evidence is also needed.


  1. ↑ It is possible some of her mtDNA descendants may have picked up an additional mutation or two, which includes the possibility of a back mutation.


DNA tested lines

Of the four known living mtDNA descendants posted at the FTDNA Mayflower Project currently only one of the lineages is known. Anyone else who is an umbilical/mtDNA descendant of Elizabeth (Walker) Warren is encouraged to contact Raymond Wing (email: wing DOT genealogist AT gmail DOT com) 

 Elizabeth Walker (1583-1673)
   Sarah Warren (1614-1696)
     Mary Cooke (1651-1708)
       Esther Taber (1680-1713/4)
         Esther Brownell (1706-p1778)
           Ruth Tefft (1739-1806)
             Mary Kenyon (1768-1858)
               Esther Terry (1787-1865)
                 Atlana Barber (1824-1887)
                   Emma Lunette Hoag (1848-1937)
                     Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lunette Smith (1872-1932)
                       mother
                         tester

Allied Families

The following families are connected to John Howland via marriage to descendants:

Robert Bartlett married Mary Warren.

Thomas Little married Ann Warren.

Richard Church married Elizabeth Warren.

Anthony Snow married Abigail Warren (no living Y-DNA descendants).

References & External links

  • Davis, Edward J., The Marriage of Richard Warren of the Mayflower The American Genealogist (TAG), 78:81-86
  • Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 18 , General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, part I (First four generations of Richard Warren) Third Edition 2004; part II (daughters Mary, Anna & Elizabeth) 2011; part III (Abigail, Nathaniel & Joseph) 2001
  • Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Passenger References (from contemporary records & Scholarly journals [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing], Canada Second edition 2015
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