Daughter of Allen Warren (1693 Lawns Creek, Surry Co., VA-8/15/1733 Lawnes Creek) and Anna M. Hart (5/1704 Surry Co., VA-1743 Surry Co., VA)

Children of Elizabeth Warren and Benjamin Lanier are:
1. John Lanier, b. 1738, Brunswick Va.; d. 9/1816 Franklin, Warren, North Carolina

2. Lucretia Lucy Lanier, b. 2/26/1740, Brunswick Meherin, Va.; d 3/18/1833 Mecklenburg Co., VA

3. Lemuel Lanier, b. 1743, Brunswick Meherin, Va.; d. 2/1817 Rutherford County, TN; in 1761 married Lucy Malone (1745-1781) and they had the following children: Lemuel Lanier (1763-1769); Martha Patrica Lanier (1768-1820); Elizabeth Lanier (1770-1797); Mary Lanier (1778-1817)

4. Fredrick Lanier, b. 1745, Brunswick Meherin, Va.

5. Benjamin Lanier, b. 1747, Brunswick Meherin, Va.
+Jesse Lanier, b. 1749, Brunswick Meherin, Va, d. 20 Apr 1802, Duplin Co. NC.

6. Elizabeth Lanier, b. 1751, Brunswick Meherin, Va.

7. Robert Lanier, b. 1754, Brunswick Meherin, Va.

8. Sarah Lanier, b. 08 Dec 1756, Lunenburg Va.

9. Nicholas Lanier, b. 05 Jan 1760, Brunswick Meherin, Va.

10 Allen Lanier, b. 1763, Lunenburg Va.


"Colonial Surry", written by John B. Boddie, in 1959. Boddie devotes a short chapter to the history of the famous Warren house, said to be the oldest brick house in Surry. The land on which the house was built was said to have belonged to the Indian king, Powhatan, who gave it to John Rolfe in marriage with Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan. It was also on this land that Captain John Smith built his "New Fort" in 1609, giving the name "Smith's Fort" to the plantation. The son of John and Pocahontas Rolfe, Thomas Rolfe, eventually sold the land to Thomas WARREN, and in 1651 he built his fifty-foot brick house. In 1654, Thomas Warren took as his second wife Elizabeth Spencer Shepard, widow of Major Robert Shepard. The daughter of Elizabeth and Robert was Alice Shepard who married Thomas HART, 2nd generation ancestor of all the Surry Harts. Elizabeth Spencer Shepard Warren, therefore, was ancestor to all the Surry Harts. Elizabeth, with her three HART sons, Henry, Thomas and Robert - lived in the Smith's Fort plantation, now called the Warren House. Elizabeth and Thomas Warren had one child - Elizabeth - who married John Hunnicutt. Elizabeth Warren died by 1659. In future generations, there were marriages between Warrens and Harts. It comes as no surprise, then, they we find Harts with the given name, Warren, even in south Alabama.

Barbara Martin. 11/10/1999

Thomas Warren: Immigration sponsored by Capt. Daniel Gookin to come to America. Property: built the Warren House in 1652. Bought land "Smith's Fort" from Thomas Rolfe (son of John Rolfe & Pocahontas). Built about 1658, Oldest brick house in VA, Smiths Fort, Gray's Creek Plantation, Surry Co, Va. Member of House of Burgesses for James City, Oct 1644-Mar 1658.

Thomas Warren, Gentleman, is thought to have been born at Ripple Court, Kent, England and is thought to have been the same that died in Surry County, Virginia. He came to Virginia in 1640, served as a member of the House of Burgess in 1644, 1645, 1658, 1662, 1666. He patented land in Surry County and purchased land from Thomas Rolfe, the son of John Rolfe and Pocohontas. On this land he built the Warren House in 1652, the oldest standing brick house in Virginia. Thomas Warren descended from Saire De Quincey, Magna Charta Surety, 1215. (See Virginia Historical Genealogies by Boddie, 1954, Clearfield Publishing, Baltimore, 1954, page 244).

He first marrage is unknown but he had two children by this marriage: William and Alyce.

He married secondly Elizabeth (Spencer) Sheppard, the widow of Major Robert Sheppard, and the daughter of William Spencer, Ancient Planter. They may have had a child, Elizabeth.

He married thirdly Jane, widow of John King and had a son, Thomas Warren, Jr, born 09 January 1659/60.

His will was written 16 March 1668/9 and was in probate 21 April 1670, Surry County, Virginia. The original will has been lost and no record remains.