Colonel Thomas Warne ^449,453

   Cause of his death was "dead paulsey".⁴⁵⁰

  General Notes:

History: A Genealogy of the Warne Family in America by Rev. George Warne Labaw; Thomas Warne was born in Plymouth, Devonshire, England about 1652, his tombstone gives his date of death and age at death. Thomas also lived for a time in Dublin, Ireland and at the age of 31 left Ireland for America. Thomas and Stephen came to East Jersey in 1683 with 11 servants. Thomas was one of the original 24 Proprietors of East Jersey in 1683. He appears to have been a bachelor until about 50 years of age. He was commissioned Justice of Common Rights and for many years was a member of the Governor's Council, the group responsible for the management of public affairs of East Jersey. He died of the dead paulsey at the age of 70 years. His tombstone inscription reads as follows: "Here lyes intered the body of Thomas Warne. He was born in Plimouth in Devenshire, in Great Brittain, lived some time in Ireland, and in the 31th years of his age came over a propriater of East Jersey, who died with the dead paulsey May the 15 Anno 1722 aged seventy years.

History: The Topanemus Burial Ground is located in Marlboro Township, New Jersey and belongs to St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Freehold. The site of the cemetery was the location of the Quaker meeting house which became the Anglican Church at Topanemus. The first service was held on October 10, 1702 and led by George Keith of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, a missionary arm of the Church of England. This service is considered the founding of St. Peter's Church.

History: John Reid's account of the voyage on the Exchange has survived. The ship was from Stockton and James Peacock was the Master for the 1683 voyage. The voyage began at Leith on 10 August 1683, sailed to Aberdeen to take on additional passengers and supplies, then sailed on 28 August to reach Staten Island on 19 December. Reid brought a wife and three small daughters, the youngest an infant that died in January at Perth Amboy. The exact number of passengers on the Exchange for this voyage is not known. Reid did petition in December 1686 on behalf of the Scottish Proprietors, to the Perth Amboy Board of Proprietors, for the headlands in East Jersey for 47 servants imported in December 1683. The local board, "by warrant granted the same to be surveyed where desired." Ponfret cites four expeditions sponsored by Governor Barclay, the one on the Exchange was lost at sea after returning to Scotland from the 1683 voyage. The Board of Proprietors in April 1685 included 14 Proprietors and fractioners in residence, "all Scotts save the Irish Quaker Thomas Warne." Land conveyances were becoming extremely complicated, such as the transfer of 1/32 of 1/16 of 1/2 share of one of the original shares held by Nicholas Brown of Shrewsbury to Steven West of New England. Land speculation was running rampant in Scotland and England, as well as in America, and with proliferation of shares by 1687 the original 24 Proprietors had grown to over 60 with proprietary rights, with 34 of these entitled to a say in the government of East Jersey. Under the initial constitution only those holding 1/4 of an original 1/24 could share in the government. ⁴⁵⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

• He emigrated to New Jersey with his father in 1683 from Ireland. ⁴⁵⁰

• He worked as a Merchant, Proprietor. ⁴⁵³

Thomas married Mary Lord, daughter of Robert Lord and Rebecca Stanley, in 1698 in New Jersey ⁴⁴⁹.^,450 (Mary Lord was born on 13 Jul 1668 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts ^449,450, died on 23 Apr 1713 in Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey ^449,450 and was buried in Topanemus Burying Ground, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey ^449,450.)