Warren & Arden. Inherited Evidence

“My Father’s mother Rachel Warren” , identified from a period handwritten label on an oval portrait case (IMG_5147) held in the family archive. The portrait itself survives. Her maiden name was preserved in her son’s middle name: Le Roy Warren Swift, corroborating evidence from a second independent source.

The Warren surname enters the family’s line through Rachel T. Warren of Pennsylvania (b. 1843, PID M3PX-PV2), daughter of Isaac Warren (b. c. 1812, Pennsylvania (1850 and 1860 censuses; later records give New Jersey or New York); d. between 1870 and 1880; PID G9LH-3SV) and his wife Margaret (maiden name probably Bartley; also indexed “Bartoleny”). The Warrens of this line were a Philadelphia family; no Plymouth connection has been found. Whether the Isaac Warren line, dead-ending at Isaac in current records, connects to the Edward Warren / Margaret Arden line of Maryland remains open research. Pre-1812 Pennsylvania Warren records exist in the Pennsylvania State Archives and Quaker Monthly Meeting books (notably Menallen MM in Adams County), but are not yet documented in the archive.

“My Mother’s mother. Elizabeth Arden.” , identified from a period handwritten label on an ambrotype case (IMG_5143) held in the family archive. The ambrotype itself, circa 1850s-1860s, survives in direct family possession. Elizabeth Arden married Richmond C. Winter (1839-1912) and died in 1873. Rachel’s “Granni Winter” was probably Susan D. (Pease) Eldredge Winter (m. Richmond C. Winter 1876, Fairhaven), his second wife, who shared the Swifts’ household at 191 Washington St in 1900.

Origin: Fall River / New Bedford area. FamilySearch entry present. The Arden maiden line is a new research direction opened by the inherited photograph, maiden-line research ongoing.