Robert WATERMAN

1682 - 1750  (67 years)

• Name	Robert WATERMAN
  Birth	9 Feb 1682	Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	60
  Reference Number	7365423
  Reference Number	7646595
  WWW	https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Waterman-630
  Death	16 Jan 1750	Halifax, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Person ID	I100	Gummer
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Deacon John WATERMAN,   b. 19 Apr 1642, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 14 Sep 1718, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Anna STURTEVANT,   b. 4 Jun 1647, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 9 Feb 1720, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1665	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
  Family ID	F27	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary CUSHMAN,   b. 12 Oct 1682   d. 13 Mar 1723 (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	19 Mar 1702	Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Family ID	F184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth CUSHMAN,   b. 17 Jan 1685   d. 13 Mar 1725 (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1723	Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Family ID	F185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Abigail DINGLEY,   b. 16 Jul 1687   d. 28 Nov 1771 (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	18 Jun 1727	Marshfield, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Family ID	F186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

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  Waterman-1244 and Waterman-630 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, similar details

  
  

• Notes

  == Biography == In 1732, he was appointed guardian of his minor children, Samuel, Robert, and Mary. His first wife's father had passed away, so her share of his estate was to go to her children."Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-NHQM : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1730-1733 and 1839-1845 vol 6-6U > image 140 of 589; State Archives, Boston. His will is dated 1 February 1744 with a codicil dated 12 January 1749/50 and proved on 14 February 1749/50. He mentions his wife Abigail, and his children, Isaac Waterman, Rebecca Waterman, Mary Waterman, Thomas Waterman, Josiah Waterman, Robert Waterman, Samuel Waterman, and Mary Ransom Barrows."Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-FX9D : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1749-1752 and 1848-1853 vol 12-12C > image 43 of 596; State Archives, Boston. (Robert was guardian to her. She is his niece.) == Sources == * Robert S. Wakefield, Margaret Harris Stover, comps., ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Isaac Allerton, Volume 17'', (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2013), p. 43* Robert M. Sherman, Ruth Wilder Sherman, comps., ''Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850'', (Providence: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1970), p. 145 (marriage)*Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 October 2020), memorial page for Robert Waterman (9 Feb 1682–16 Jan 1750), Find a Grave Memorial no. 54171085, citing Sturtevant Cemetery, Halifax, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642) .