Ebenezer WARREN

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Ebenezer Warren first appears in Leicester in 1744, at which time he bought of Patrick Watson, for L112 10s., three aces of land with a dwelling-house, bark-house, Mill-house, beam-house and tan-yard. The land comprised a portion of the farm now owned by Edward Warren. In the deed conveying the property he is styled "of Medford," but the records of that town contain no account of him, and it is probable that his residence there had been of short duration. It is not positively known who his parents were. There is however, little doubt that he was a grandson of Peter, of Boston. Joseph Warren, of Leicester, grandson of Ebenezer, made a written statement that the latter was born in Charlestown in 1714. This statement is not substantiated by the records of Charlestown, but no evidence has been found to refute it. Very little is known of his life and character beyond the fact that he was a man of intelligence and of good repute. He was evidently quite successful in business, as he added largely to his possessions, owning, a few years before his death, about one hundred acres of land, beside his dwelling-house and tan-yard buildings. He died in 1800 and was buried in Leicester, but no gravestone marks the spot.

He married Lydia Harrington, of Brookfield, Mass. Noting is known concerning her, excepting that she became insane and it was found necessary to secure her with a chain, fastened to a bolt in the kitchen, to prevent her from running away. She died in 1795.

The dwelling-house named in the deed was a small, one-story building situated on the north side of the road to Spencer, a short distance east of the road to Paxton. The tan-yard was on the opposite side of the road, a little farther east. About the year 1780 he built a new house a short distance east of the old one. It was larger than the first, two stories high, with an ell of one story in the rear. upon the death of Ebenezer the house descended to his son Elijah, and from him to his son Henry Elijah, by whom it was demolished about the year 1860.

Family/Spouse: Lydia HARRINGTON. Lydia died in 1795. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elijah WARREN was born in 1758 in Leicester, Massachusetts.