The Warren Line

The Warren Line is the line of witches to which the Halliwell family belong. The line started with Melinda Warren, daughter of Charlotte Warren in the 17th century. They are the most powerful line of witches in history. Starting with Patty Halliwell keeping her last name and giving it to her children, the family has had matrilineal tendencies. Both Piper Halliwell and Phoebe Halliwell passed it to their children, as well as their sisters Prudence and Paige.

The "P" Tradition
Starting sometime around the 1890s, members of the Warren/Halliwell family started a tradition of choosing first names for their children that started with the letter "P". There were members of the line, such as Prudence Warren, who had already had a P. name, but the uninterrupted pattern started in the 1890s with four cousins, Phoebe Bowen, Penelope Baxter, Patricia Russell and Pamela Warren. Baxter then named her daughter Penelope, after herself. Later in the 1950s, Penelope named her lone daughter Patricia, after her mother's cousin. In the 1970s, Patricia named her four daughters with Victor Bennett, Prudence, Piper, Phoebe and Paige.

The Manor
The Halliwell Manor, a Victorian house originally built in 1898, but was rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake by members of the Warren line. It has been home to their magical family ever since, and is expected to continue to serve as such well into the future. It contains many relics owned by family members, such as Phoebe Bowen's camera, Patricia Russell's couch, Penelope's sewing machine, Patricia Halliwell's crystal, and other treasures as old as Melinda Warren's blessing cup.

Halliwell Family Tree
The Warren Line originally began with Charlotte Warren, a witch practitioner and Lawrence Cutler, Melinda Warren's birth parents. Charlotte was a mortal who was lead by the first witch to Eva and her coven of witches in Colonial Virginia because she was pregnant with a very magical baby. Towards the end of her pregnancy with her daughter, she was kidnapped by an evil practitioner named Ruth Cobb who sought to use the baby's powers for darkness instead of for good. On October 31, 1670, the day of Melinda Warren's birth, Charlotte was rescued by the Charmed Ones, who were sent back in time in order to preserve the destiny of good magic, and delivered Melinda in a protective circle with the help of Piper Halliwell.

Melinda Warren
Melinda Warren (1670-1692) grew up to be the original source of the Warren line's powers and created the Book of Shadows. As a witch, she practised the powers of Telekinesis, Molecular Immobilization and Premonition. She had a daughter named Prudence and was the lover of Matthew Tate either before or after Prudence's birth, but prior to her death.

Cecilia Warren
Cecilia Warren (b. 1741 - d. 1779) was the daughter of Max Warren and Mary Johnson and the sister of Randall Warren. She had one daughter named Lucille Warren (b. 1758), but no father is seen on the family tree.