John Warwick

Brief Life History of John

When John Warwick was born about 1743, in Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Lieutenant William Jacob Warwick, was 54 and his mother, Elizabeth Dunlop, was 28. He married Mary Powell on 19 March 1771, in Augusta, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. In 1768, at the age of 26, his occupation is listed as shoemaker in Augusta, Virginia, United States. He died in 1801, in Elk Horn, Taylor, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Warwick Cemetery, Green Bank, Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States.

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John Warwick
1743–1801
Mary Powell
1745–1786
Marriage: 19 March 1771
Capt. Jacob Warrick
1773–1811
Eleanor Warwick
1775–
Mary Warwick
1785–
Elizabeth "Betsy" Warrick
1776–1817
Margaret Warwick
1777–
Ruth Warwick
1779–
Lucy Warwick
1782–

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    Name Meaning

    English:

    habitational name from Warwick, the county seat of Warwickshire, or from the county itself. The placename derives from Old English wering, wæring ‘dam’ (a derivative of wer, wær ‘weir’) + wīc ‘dwelling, specialized farmstead’ (dative plural wīcum).

    habitational name from a much smaller place of the same name in Cumbria. This placename probably derives from Old English waroth ‘bank, shore’ + wīc.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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