The Portland daily press., 1900-09-27
CHARLES EDWARD WARWICK AND
HIS ANCESTRY.

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BY the death OF Charles e. Warwick
Portland has lost venerable Citizen.
He was born here Sept. 20, 1918 and was
the son of Atwood and Hannah (Pray)
Warwick who Ii we'd on the south corner@
Of Federal and Church streets, in a house
built by him in 1905 and burned in the
fire OF 1865. His mother was the daugh-
ter of James and Patience (Hunnewe1)
Pray Of Windham. James Pray lived on
what is known as 1.-THE squire John Webb
FARM" at South Windham. He came
from Scotland and served short time
in the Revolutionary army. Capt. At
wood Warwick was a sea captain and
served as lieutenant on the privateer
Fly, in 1915, He died in 1910, aged 90
years. He had eight children. Harriet
was the only daughter that married and
but TWO sons grew to manhood. Capt
Albert, who had six children and Charles
e., who never married.
Mr.. Marwick's paternal grandfather
was Hugh Warwick who came, unmar-
ried, from the Orkney Islands, probably
before 177O, He was a sea faring man,
and married here in 1772, Mary Atwood.
Before the Revolutionary war he moved
to what is now Durham, Maine, but re-
turned to Portland after that war and
built one story wooden house in 1884,
On Spring street next above the "Leslie
house, which was next Iabove the Mar
iners' spring on the corner Of South
street, Spring street then ran on the
south east side OF his house but when If
was extended farther up town, It was
Strengthened which brought Il on the
back Of the house. Many of the older
people Will remember this house, as 1t
was standing within twenty years.
Hugh Warwick pro badly had, by his first
wife. five children. Atwood was born at
Durham He married for his second
wife, In 1888, Lydia Atwood, o sister to
the first, who probably had the same
number of children. I is thought that
he expected some share in his fathers
estate which induced him to return to
his old home, after 1895. and while in
London was taken with the small pox
where he died a middle aged man.
The origin of the name Warwick is
given in an interesting legend which
has been pres served in the family. by
tradition, which says that at time.
away back beyond the knowledge OF those
now living, an eagle brought child
from the north OF Scotland and dropped
him on one of the Orkney Islands Hel
was picked up by some of the Inhabitants
and being without a name they called
him Marwick. The significance of the
word Warwick is unknown to the writer
Charles e. Warwick died on his eighty
second birthday, while visiting his niece
at Bethel, Maine. He had lived in Port
land nearly all his life. When the Allan |
tic and st, Lawrence Railroad was built
he was an assistant to Superin tendent
Corser and in consequence hal consider
able personal knowledge of that under
taking. lie resigned and came back to
Portland to DO with his widowed mother,
W nich was necessary, but he always re-
garded that as the lost prospect OF his
life lie had retentive memory, and
was one Of the very best authorities on
the times and people of his younger
days, in our city The writer has been
an attentive listener to his stories of his
early days and events that came under
his observation, and it Is with pleasure
this slight tribute is paid to his IN emory.
Mr.. Warwick inherited the Scotch char.
acteristics OF his qrandfathers He was
honest and sincere himself and expect
cd the same of others. His friends found