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1789\u20131842<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Second Generation:<\/strong> William Warner < William Warner<\/a>

My 4th great grandfather<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Warner is my fourth great grandfather. The son of William Warner<\/a> and Elizabeth White<\/a> of the village of Howden in Yorkshire, England, he was born in Howden on March 27, 1789 and baptized there on June 21, 1789.1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He married Hannah Benson<\/a>, but we don’t know when or where. We do know that they were a couple because they appear together on the baptismal records of two of their children, and his name appears on her burial record.* 2 6<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

William and Hannah are central characters for this website, because they are the couple who decided, around 1830, to leave England and to bring their family to North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William and Hannah came to Lower Canada (now Quebec) and settled on a piece of wilderness land in Frampton Township, south of Quebec City, where they gradually cleared and built a small farm.3<\/sup> 4<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

William would have been forty-two at the time of the census that was taken in 1831. Hannah was at least forty-five (according to that same census).4<\/sup> There were nine family members living with them, including three who were “aged five years and under.” All of them, according to the census, were born in the United Kingdom and “arrived in the province [of Lower Canada] by sea, since the first of May, 1825.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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1831 Census for Frampton, Lower Canada (William Warner on line 21)5<\/sup>
Click to enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

I have only found conclusive information about three of William and Hannah’s children. All three have living descendants whose connection to our family has been proven using DNA evidence (see “Related Posts” below):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. [First name unknown] Warner<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. William Warner<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Maria Warner<\/a> (later known as “Hannah Maria Warner”)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The baptismal records of Howden, Yorkshire and nearby Laxton list three other children who might be William and Hannah’s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n