Welsh Journals

William died on 16 February 1710-11, aged 74, and was buried in the Warren vault in Nevern church. His memorial tablet, carved in slate, is a genealogist's delight. It describes deceased as "son of George Warren and grandson to Thomas Warren and great-grandson to William Warren" names his wife, and two of their children, George and Anne. The shield-of- arms shows (azure) a lion rampant (or) within an orle of roses (or) for Warren, impaling (gules) a chevron between three true-love knots (argent) for Bowen. Dorothy survived him, and in her will dated 2 November 1712, she is described as "late of Trewern, now of Bletherston, widow". They had the following children: 1. Thomas Warren, baptised at Nevern on 24 September 1668, died in November following. 2. John Warren, baptised at Nevern on 22 May 1673. 3. George Warren, according to the memorial in Nevern church, killed by a horse in 1708, aged 38. 4. Thomas Warren, baptised at Nevern on 21 October 1677. died young. 5. James Warren, buried at Nevern on 26 November 1679. 6. Elizabeth, married Theophilus Jones of Rhosygilwen, Cilgerran parish. The pre-nuptial settlement, dated 22 December 1693, shows her marriage portion to have been £ 300. Their only child, Anne married John Colby of Carmarthen, from whom descend the Colbys of Rhosygilwen. 7. Mary. She seems to have had money to invest, and on 28 June 1705 Phillipp Harries, gentleman, and Mary his wife, of Clydey. mortgaged Tyddyn Tir y Lannerch and Tyddin Evan Duw. in Cilgerran parish, Blaen Pistyll and Hen Feddau in Clydey parish, and Blaen Llwyd and Tyddyn y Dduallt in Cilrhedin parish, to Mary Warren of Trewern, spinster. She married Lawrence Colby of Bletherston who became High Sheriff in 1722, Mayor of Pembroke in 1725, and died in 1738 aged 56. 8. Anne, baptised at Nevern 15 September 1675, died unmarried on 3 November 1705. aged 30. The inventory of her worldly goods included a coffer, trunk, and box (valued at £ 1), featherbed, pair of blankets, pair of sheets, and coverlet ( £ 2), a cow, calf. and a dry cow ( £ 1), a cow, 4 pigs, and 4 geese (10s), and her clothes ( £ 5). The Newport Court Leet Rolls for 1711 record that John Warren of Trewern was heir of his late father William to whose estates he had suc- ceeded. He became a Justice of the Peace, and in 1712 High Sheriff. His life was uneventful. In the parliamentary elections he supported the family of Owen of Orielton, to whom he was akin. There are occasional references to some of his business transactions. In 1707 Thomas Rees of Cerbyd in Llanhowel parish mortgaged, in £ 100 lands in Llanhowel and in Rhoslanog Fawr and Fach in Mathry parish, to Mathew Freeman of Talbenny, who on 19 September 1713 assigned the mortgage to John Warren of Trewern, esquire; and on 28 February 1727-8 John Rees (brother and heir of the said Thomas Rees), with the concurrence of John Warren, conveyed Trevethlyn (Trefellyn) and lands in the two Rhoslannogs, for £ 200 to Thomas Hoare of Haverfordwest, corvisor, to be held on trust for John James of St Martin's Haverfordwest, miller, and Mary his wife, for their lives, afterwards to their issue. In the Great Sessions of 1728-29, John Vaughan and the Revd David