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"The Warriner Family of New England Origin" by Reverend Edwin Warriner; p. 36, Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers; Albany, New York; 1899 (FH W30 SR)

1735, October 8: " . . . He, with eleven others, signed a protest or petition to the justices of Hampshire county against the settlement of an illegal ecclesiastical council. He and twenty-two others recorded, a protest against the support of Mr. Breck, the chosen pastor, on the ground that he was not an orthodox minister (Green, History of Springfield, p. 248).
1736, January 21: His Last Will and Testament "is the oldest made by a Warriner, so far as the Hampshire county records show. It is dated "21 Jan, 1736, in the 4th year of the reign of George II.". The following are some of its provisions: "In the name of God Amen. I Ebenezer Warriner, of Springfield, in the County of Hampshire and Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England yeoman being now old with the consideration of the uncertainty of this mortal life and the present indisposition of body I labor under, but of sound mind and understanding Do make and ordain this to be my last will & Testamt as follows First I recommend my Soul to Almighty God assured by trusting to the mercy of Christ Jesus for the Pardon of my Sins and Eternal life my body, I remit to the earth by a decent Christian burial according to the discretion of my Executrix here after 'named, and as Touching my worldly Estate I give bequeath Devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form, my debts and funeral Charges first being paid, That is to say "Imprs I give and bequeath to Jolianna Warriner my wife one third part of all my lands", etc. He directs his son Ebenezer to pay to each of the daughters, Abigail Pease, Mary Cadwell and Elizabeth Stebbins, ten pounds, having give each sixty pounds before, making equal distribution. To David, Johanna, Martha and Rachel he gives seventy pounds each, they to receive the same when twenty-two years of age, pr if they should marry sooner, at the time of marriage. The will gives to his son Ebenezer house, barns and lands on east side of Connecticut River, etc. To his son Hezekiah are given lands, grants, etc., west of Connecticut River. He nominates his wife Johanna, as sole executrix.
Obadiah Cooley, Robert Harris, William Pynchon, Jr.
"The Warriner Family of New England Origin" by Reverend Edwin Warriner; pp. 36-7; Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers; Albany, New York; 1899 (FH W30 SR)

* In a row of headstones bearing the name of Warriner in the Springfield Cemetery, one on slate, commemorating "Ebenezer Warriner. . . . "
"The Warriner Family of New England Origin" by Reverend Edwin Warriner; pp. 36-7; Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers; Albany, New York; 1899 (FH W30 SR)