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not born for ourselves alone." The arms
are found carved in the ceiling of the
south aisle of the church of Great Waltham,
England. The Manor of Pakelsham,
containing 418 acres, was granted
to John Warner of Warner's Hall in Great
Waltham, and was held by his son John
until ; 1473 Henry, son of the latter, was
seized of it March 21, 1504; Henry's son,
John, Gentleman, held it until his death in
1552. In 1558 Queen Elizabeth granted
lands to Sir Edward Warner, Knight, in
the Manor of Gettingham, County Kent.
Northwood Manor in the same county
was held by William Warner. In 1395
John Warner was made sheriff of County
Kent, and was succeeded by his son John,
who held the position in 1442.
John Warner, first of the line in America,
was twenty-one years old when he
came from England with a party that
sailed in the ship "Increase" in 1635. In
1637 he performed service in the Pequot
War, and was one of the original proprietors
of Hartford in 1629. He was an
original proprietor and settler of Farming-
ton, united with the church there in 1657
and was made a freeman in 1664. In 1673
he went to Mattatuck (Waterbury) to in-
vestigate its prospects for a place of set-
tlement, and was one of its patentees in
1674. He died in 1679, before completing
his arrangements to move there. In
1649 he married (second) Ann, daughter
of Thomas Norton of Guilford. John
Warner, eldest son of John and Ann
(Norton) Warner, born about 1645 in
Hartford or Farmington, probably the
latter, was reared in that town, where he
was a freeman in 1669, and on the
list of proprietors with his father in 1672.
He was a pioneer of Waterbury, and is
called "senior" in the records of that town.
He had recorded there February 19, 1703,
one and one-half acres of land on which
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his dwelling stood. In 1703 and 1706 he
called himself of Farmington, but in his
will, dated Farmington, December 27,
1706, he calls himself "of Waterbury."
He died before March, 1707, when inventory
of his estate was made. Two of
his sons, Robert and Ebenezer, settled in
Woodbury. The latter was grandfather
of Colonel Seth Warner, whose arrival
with 500 fresh troops at the battle of Bennington
defeated the British forces. Robert
Warner married Mary Hurlbut, and
died April 14, 1743. Their son, 'John
Warner, born October 27, 1713, died December
8, 1785, married June 11, 1735,
Jemima Hurd. Noble Warner, probably
grandson of John and Jemima, lived in
Roxbury, with wife Sarah. They were the
parents of George Warner, who was born
June I, 1818, their second son, died in
March, 1880. He married Abigail Rug-
gles, born March 22, 1822, died in 1897,
third daughter of Daniel T. and Chloe
(Graham) Ruggles of Bridgewater, Con-
necticut. She was descended from Abijah
Ruggles, an early resident of New
Milford. His wife was Hannah, born
Warner. Their son, Benjamin Abijah
Ruggles, born September 9, 1758, died
November 30, 1828. He married Betsey
Trowbridge, born 1763, third daughter
of Daniel and Deborah Trowbridge of
Bridgewater. Daniel Trowbridge Rug-
gles, eldest child of Benjamin A. and Bet-
sey, was born January 2, 1783, lived in
Bridgewater and died August 6, 1874.
He married, November 19, 1806, Chloe
Gorham, born December 27, 1786, died
1876, and they were the parents of Abigail
Ruggles, wife of George Warner.
Their son, Theodore Warner, was a farmer
and merchant in Danbury, and now lives
retired in that town. He married, June
13, 1869, Martha Evitts, born June 15,
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