Brief Life History of Amos Elijah
When Amos Elijah Warren was born on 25 July 1782, in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Elijah Warren, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Wheeler, was 19. He married Sophia Holmes on 2 January 1806, in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 25 February 1865, in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
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- Amos Warren, "Find A Grave Index"
- Amos Warren in entry for Mary E Powers, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
- Amos in entry for Harriet Allen, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
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1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1796
Oldest grave seen in the Memorials list.
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Warin, Werin, a borrowing of ancient Germanic Warino, a short form of various compound names based on the element warin ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’. Compare Waring .
English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from La Varrenne in Seine-Maritime, France, named with a Gaulish element probably descriptive of alluvial land or sandy soil. This was the name of a major Norman family after the Conquest. In Ireland, this name has been Gaelicized as Bharain.
Irish: adopted as an English form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane , Warner ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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