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John Warber (b. Friday, 19 February 1697, bap. 17 Mar 1697 (at 26 days old) at St Dunstan's, Stepney), Bachelor, son of Jacob Warber, Mariner, and his wife Sarah, married Sarah Benbow (b. circa 1690), Spinster, daughter of Richard Benbow and Grace Beer, both from the Parish of St Dunstan, Stepney, at the church of St Clement Danes, Westminster (the first church mentioned in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons) on 22 Dec 1724.
The Churchwardens' Account Books at St Dionis Backchurch show that 1 shilling was given to John Warber on 1 Jan 1737, presumably as Parish Relief. "Located in the heart of the City of London, St Dionis Backchurch was a typical small, rich City parish. With a population of under 1,000 throughout the eighteenth century, few pockets of serious deprivation and a substantial portfolio of charitable funds, the parish could afford to be generous to its pensioners and to reward its officers with regular parish dinners."
John Warber, Pensioner, was buried in the North Churchyard at St Dionis Backchurch, City of London, on 23 Feb 1739. Mentioned on a "List of Burials for which nothing was received," an account of the expenses for John Warber leading up to his death and burial, had totalled £1 15 shillings.
Sarah Warber married James Terney at Newington St Mary (Surrey) on 9 Sep 1740. (James Tearny (sic) may have been bap. 17 Jun 1699 at St Margaret's, Westminster, son of Bryan and Sarah. There is marriage of James Terney and Sarah Starkey, both resident in Stepney, Middlesex, also at St Mary, Newingon on 10 Jan 1723, likely to be James' previous marriage.)
(Terney is the surname listed in Sarah's brother James Benbow's will.)
James and Sarah Terney had a daughter:
- Elizabeth Terney bap. 19 Jun 1741 at St George in the East. (This suggests that Sarah was a little younger than we're being told.)
Sarah Turney (sic) was buried at St James, Piccadilly on 30 Nov 1768.