My Descent from Robert Waterman

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Robert Waterman-Elizabeth Bourne
Robert Waterman, Jr.-Susanna Lincoln
Susanna Waterman-Ephraim Nichols, Jr.
Hannah Nichols-Joseph Ford, Jr.
Elizabeth Ford-Prince Keene
Benjamin P. Keene-Mary Gardner
Charles A. Keene-Jerusha McLain
Horatio N. Keene-Elizabeth Lincoln Johnson
Anna Evelyn Keene-Francis Woods Darling
Laura Keene Darling-Edward Payson True
Edward Keene True-Mildred Louise Richenburg
James Duncan True
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Robert Waterman

Husband:
Robert Waterman		Born: in England.
Died: in Marshfield, MA 10 December 1652.
Parents: Unknown.
Wife:
Elizabeth Bourne		Born: probably in England.
Died: in Marshfield, MA, buried 12 December 1663.
Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth (-----) Bourne.
Married: in Marshfield, MA, 11 December 1638.
Elizabeth (Bourne) Waterman married second, in 1653, Thomas Tilden.

Robert Waterman came to Plymouth from Norwich, England, in 1636. As most of the available land around Plymouth had been taken up, he found a suitable place to settle near Green's harbor in what is now the town of Marshfield. He was made a freeman of the Colony, 7 March 1642/3, and became one of the two Grand Jurors for Marshfield. He served the town as committee (Deputy) in the General Court of the Colony 1643, 1644, and 1646 to 1650. Robert was a member of the military company in Marshfield. In 1645, he was one of the twelve men in Marshfield to establish a public school, one of the earliest in New England. Through his marriage, Robert became brother-in-law of John Bradford, eldest son of Gov. William Bradford, and also of Josiah Winslow, a brother of Gov. Edward Winslow.

Robert and his wife Elizabeth (Bourne) Waterman had four children, all born in Marshfield, MA:

  • John, b. 19 April 1642; d. 14 Sept. 1718; m.. 7 Dec. 1665, Ann Sturtevant, daughter of Samuel and Ann Sturtevant of Plymouth. This couple moved to Warwick, RI, and they had twelve children.
  • Thomas, b. 30 Nov. 1644; d. 19 June 1708; m. Nov. 1668 Marion Tracy, daughter of Lt. Thomas and Mary (Mason) Tracy. Thomas and Marion were two of the original settlers of what is now Norwich, CT. They had at least seven children.
  • Joseph, b. ca. 1649; d. in Marshfield, 3 Jan. 1710/1, age 62; m. Sarah Snow, daughter of Anthony and Abigail (Warren) Snow. Joseph was left an orphan when he was about 14 years old and the General Court appointed Josias Winslow and Joseph's future father-in-law, Anthony Snow, as his guardians. Joseph and Sarah lived in Marshfield and had seven children.
  • Robert, Jr., b. ca. 1652; d. 18 May 1741; m. (1) Susanna Lincoln; m. (2) Sarah (Lewis) Lincoln.
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Robert Waterman, Jr.

Husband:
Robert Waterman, Jr.		Born: in Marshfield, MA, circa 1652.
Died: in Barnstable, MA, 18 May 1741.
Father: Robert Waterman.
Mother: Elizabeth Bourne.
First Wife:
Susanna Lincoln		Born: 14 May 1654.
Died: in Hingham, MA, 10 February 1696.
Parents: Daniel and Susanna Lincoln. We have no further information on this particular Lincoln family, and have not been able to connect it with the members of the other Lincoln family who are our ancestors.
Married: 30 September 1675.
Second Wife:
Sarah (Lewis) Lincoln		Born: Place and date unknown.
Died: probably in Barnstable, MA, 30 January 1731, aged 71 years.
Parents: James and Sarah (Lane) Lewis
Widow of: Thomas Lincoln.

Robert, Jr. was born the year his father died, and was only 11 years old when his mother died. He was put under the guardianship of Josias Winslow and Anthony Snow.

Robert, Jr. and his first wife Susanna (Lincoln) Waterman had six children, all born in Hingham, MA, one of whom was stillborn, 18 Feb. 1680:

  • Susanna, b. 4 May 1677; m. Ephraim Nichols, Jr.
  • Thomas, b. 17 Aug. 1679; died 2 Jan. 1695.
  • Elizabeth, b. 13 Aug. 1682; d. 2 Jan. 1695.
  • Robert, b. 14 Nov. 1684; d. 3 Nov. 1703.
  • Josiah, b. 23 Nov. 1687; d. in Weymouth, MA, 1772; m. 20 Feb. 1711, Elizabeth Marsh.

Robert, Jr. and his second wife Sarah (Lewis) Lincoln Waterman had three children, all born in Barnstable, MA:

  • Lydia, b. 13 May 1700; m. Samuel Capen.
  • Thomas, b. 19 Jan. 1701; m. Mary Beal.
  • Hannah, b. 22 May 1704; m. Theophilus Cushing.
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Susanna Waterman

Wife:
Susanna Waterman		Born: in Hingham, MA, 4 May 1677.
Died: Place and date unknown.
Father: Robert Waterman, Jr.
Mother: Susanna Lincoln.
Husband:
Ephraim Nichols, Jr.		Born: in Hingham, MA, 4 August 1679.
Died: Place and date unknown.
Parents: Ephraim and Abigail (-----) Nichols.
Married: 16 January 1704/5.

See the entry on Ephraim Nichols, Jr. for details of this family.

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The Waterman Family Bibliography

DeForest, L. Effingham, Moore and Allied Families, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985, p. 572.

Vital Records of Marshfield to Year 1850, found in the New England Historic Genealogical Society Library in Boston, MA.

Waterman, Charles E., The Maine Watermans, an unpublished paper, 1906, found at the State Library and Archives, Augusta, ME.

Robert Waterman and his Descendants, an unpublished paper, found in the Priscilla Jones Collection at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, ME.

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