Millicent Warring (b. circa ? - d. 1847)
MSA SC 5496-010177
Property Owner, Montgomery County, Maryland
Biography:
Millicent Brooke was born in Maryland to Nicholas Brooke and Margaret Hill. Millicent married Henry Warring son of Basil Warring and Susannah Darnall on October 8, 1805 in Washington, DC. The young couple were married at the home of her aunt Mary Hill Fenwick on Capitol Hill. The Warring's would reside at Norway in Montgomery County with their eleven children: Henrietta, Eleanor, Henry Basil, John P, Mary Anne, Elizabeth, Anne Maria, Susan, Josephine, Matilda Millicent, and Clement.
Millicent and her husband owned approximately 39 slaves. Millicent Warring's grandfather Henry Hill left her four slaves to be divided between she and her sister Margaret, prior to marrying Henry Warring. Warring died in 1835 leaving his wife as the executor of his estate. Following his death at least three enslaved people attempted to escape the employ of Mrs. Warring. In 1836 Millicent placed an ad for her negro man Nace Hawkins who ran away. Negro man Joe Offut fled from the home of Warring's son John Warring who also resided in Montgomery County in 1839. Millicent Warring likely hired her slaves out for money and lack of necessity. David another slave of Warring escaped in 1842.
In 1843 Millicent Warring and her son John P. Warring sold the family home Norway to Thomas English. Mrs. Warring would relocate to Georgetown, DC. Millicent Warring died at her home in Georgetown on May 22, 1847. Her funeral was held at her home on the corner of Market & 2nd Street. Mrs. Warring's former home at Norway was destroyed in a fire some years after her death.
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