Robert WATERMAN, Sr.

Abt 1608 - 1652  (44 years)

• Name	Robert WATERMAN
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Abt 1608	England
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Watterman, Wattermane
  Reference Number	2360567
  Reference Number	2392590
  Reference Number	60
  WWW	https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Waterman-232
  Death	10 Dec 1652	Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
  Person ID	I101	Gummer
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth BOURNE,   b. Abt 1615, England d. 12 Dec 1663, Marshfield, Plymouth Colony (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	11 Dec 1638	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  Children	+ 1. Deacon John WATERMAN,   b. 19 Apr 1642, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 14 Sep 1718, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay (Age 76 years)   2. Thomas WATERMAN,   b. 30 Nov 1644, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay d. 18 Jun 1708, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 63 years)   3. Joseph WATERMAN,   b. 1649, Marshfield, Plymouth Colony d. 3 Jan 1711, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 62 years)   4. Robert WATERMAN, Jr.,   b. Abt 1652, Marshfield, Plymouth Colony d. 18 May 1741, Hingham, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F30	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

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  Waterman-1246 and Waterman-232 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same wife

  
  

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  [[Category: Marshfield, Massachusetts]] {{Puritan Great Migration}} === Disputed Origins ===Previously, [[Waterman-1800 | Thomas Waterman]] and [[Chadwick-2620 | Lydia Chadwick]] were attached to this profile -- and also to the profile of [[Waterman-222 | Richard Waterman]] -- as parents, without benefit of sources accepted by the PGM Project. Professional research by some of the most respected genealogists of recent decades -- Donald Lines Jacobus in 1987, and Robert Charles Anderson in 2010 (in the "Great Migration" series of volumes) -- could not reveal Richard's origins, and his actual parentage remains unknown. Similarly, Anderson's "Great Migration Directory" shows Robert's origins as "unknown"; there is no known evidence that Richard and Robert were brothers or even kin. Additionally, while the online transcribed records of St. Andrew's, Norwich, do support the christening of a Thomas Waterman in 1564, they do not show a marriage to a Lydia Chadwick, nor do they show the birth of either a Richard Waterman or a Robert Waterman there in or near 1608. For these reasons, the alleged parents have been detached. == Biography == Robert Waterman is thought to have been born about 1608; though various texts place his birth at Norwich, Norfolk, his English origins are in fact not known (see “Disputed Origins” above). He married, on the 11th of December, 1638, at Marshfield, Massachusetts Bay, [[Bourne-102 | Elizabeth Bourne]]."Plymouth Colony Vital Records", transcribed by George Ernest Bowman, ''Mayflower Descendant,'' Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Vol. 13, p. 84; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB407/i/12338/84/0 (by subscription) Robert died at Marshfield on the 10th of December, 1652, aged 44."The Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts", transcribed by George Ernest Bowman, in ''The Mayflower Descendant: A Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History,'' Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1900, Vol. 2, [https://books.google.com/books?id=DJVHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false p 5]: "Robert Watterman deceased The 10 of december 1652" After his death, his widow Elizabeth married [[Tilden-84 | Thomas Tilden]].The Snow-Estes Ancestry, Nora E. Snow, author and publisher; compiled by Myrtle M. Jillson, Hillburn, N.Y. : N. E. Snow, 1939, Vol. 2, pp. 145-147; https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89092836782&view=1up&seq=171 Robert Waterman arrived in New England by 1638 -- the year of his recorded marriage at Marshfield -- and possibly by 1636. Much of the most desirable land near Plymouth had by that time been settled; Waterman was however able to find an attractive location in what became Marshfield, close to Green's Harbor. In 1639, he purchased the land from Edward Holman."Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z7-5CRV : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1620-1651 vol 1 > image 68 of 239; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. It became his permanent residence, and through the remainder of his life he served the new town in a variety of roles;History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters and First Comers to Ye Olde Colonie, by Leon Clark Hills, Genealogical Publishing Company, 2009, p. 153; https://books.google.com/books?id=7R9FrcTCswMC&pg=RA1-PA153&lpg=RA1-PA153#v=onepage&q&f=false he is recorded as a proprietor in 1643, a member of the militia (also in 1643), a deputy (1646), and a town officer.The Snow-Estes Ancestry, as above; https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89092836782&view=1up&seq=171 The Waterman house by Green's Harbor was on Marshfield Neck, and Robert was the last of the original settlers of the Neck to build there. One of his four sons -- Joseph, who married Mayflower granddaughter Sarah Snow -- ultimately inherited the farm; at Robert's death in 1652, his younger sons had been placed under the guardianship of neighbors Josiah Winslow and Anthony Snow -- Sarah's father -- whose wife was Abigail Warren, daughter of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren:See WikiTree profile of [[Snow-767 | Anthony Snow]]Marshfield A Town of Villages 1640-1990, by Cynthia Hagar Krusell and Betty Magoun Bates, 1990, pp. 75-76 [not available online, Oct. 2020] Februay 6, 1665/1666: PCR 4: 113 : "Mr Josias Winslow and Anthony Snow are approued by the Court to bee guardians to two of the sonnes of Robert Waterman, deceased, viz, Josepth Waterman and Robert Waterman; and supposing that Robert Waterman is vnder age, the Court appoints the said Mr Winslow and Anthony snow to bee guardian to him, as aboue said.The Plymouth Colony Archive Project, "Servants and Masters in the Plymouth Colony, Appendices I, II, and III on Plymouth Colony Laws, Court Orders, and Descriptive Statistics", by Jillian Galle, 1998; Appendix II, from PCR [Plymouth Colony Records] Volume 3, 1651-1661; http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/Galleapp.html#XII Waterman's estate was inventoried a month after his passing; his wife Elizabeth served as executrix, and Anthony Snow was among those charged with assessing the value of Robert's goods and property: : "Inventory of estate of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, taken 13 Jan 1652/3, on oath of Elizabeth Waterman of Marshfield by Anthony Eames, Edmond Hicksman, Mark Evans and Anthony Snow. Amount œ78.""Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-VSNS : 5 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 128 of 616; State Archives, Boston. Page 118 Letters of Administration granted to Elizabeth Waterman, 1 Mar 1652/3. Ply Col Rec Vol III,IV 1651-68." The Tilson genealogy, from Edmond Tilson at Plymouth, N.E., 1638 to 1911: with brief sketches of the family in England back to 1066: also brief account of Waterman, Murdock, Bartlett, Turner, Winslow, Sturtevant, Keith and Parris families, allied with the parents of the author, by Mercer Vernon Tilson, Plymouth, Mass. : Memorial Press, 1911, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062498951&view=1up&seq=512 p. 482] The farm on Marshfield Neck remained in the hands of the Waterman family for six generations.Marshfield A Town of Villages 1640-1990, as above One of several sidelights on the settlement of Robert Waterman's estate is this passage offered in a 1909 "Mayflower Descendant" article by George Ernest Bowman:"The Settlement of Robert Waterman's Estate", by George Ernest Bowman, The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 11 (April 1909), No. 2, p. 103; citing Plymouth Colony deeds, III:169; Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010); [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB407/i/12336/100/0 by subscription] : "Marshfeild the 4th of July 1670... wheras the Court of Plymouth was please formerlyy to graunt a Certaine p'sell of land and meddow unto Mr Jonathan Brewster late of Duxburrow, neare adjacent to the late fferey of and between Marshfeild and Scittuate which said land was allianated ... by the said Jonathan to old howell late of Marshfeild aforsaid, and three other p'sons; and after the death of the said howell; the Court thought meet to appoint Edmond Weston o Duxburrow to makesale of the said howells p'te whoe sold the same to Robert Waterman of Marshfeild aforsaid Deceased which said lands; I whose name is underwritten can testify that Elizabeth the late wife of Robert Waterman; and exequtrix of the said Robert, did make sale of the said p'sell of Land to Thomas Tilden of the Towne aforsaid for thirty pounds for the better Inabling her to; satisy the Creditors, her husband Waterman was Indebted unto; which said lands was put into the Inventory; and that I did receive; all or the Most p'te of the prise of the said land, and payed Debts therwith for and in her behalfe; as will or may appeer by severall acquittances from the creditors and this sale was made by her to the said Tilden, before her marriage with him; which said land the said Tilden sol afterwards to William Shurtley. me Josias Winslow; As to the truth of what is heer written I doe further testify to the account as knowne by mee John Bourne The above witten was ordered by the Court to bee Recorded July 7th 1670" Robert Waterman was laid to rest in Marshfield's Old Winslow Burying Ground.Birth [claimed location of Norwich, England, is unsupported by known research], family [parentage is unsupported], death, and burial (with image of modern memorial): Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 October 2020), memorial page for Robert Waterman (1608–10 Dec 1652), Find a Grave Memorial no. 50587840, citing Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Wendy K (contributor 47223094); [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50587840/robert-waterman link] == Research Notes ==This profile previously stated that [[Unknown-282952 | Elizabeth (Bourne) Waterman]] "was born in England in 1618 at Tenderdon, in Kent, and died on the 12th of December, 1663, at Marshfield. She was a daughter of Thomas Bourne (1581-1664) and Elizabeth Bassendon (1590-1660)." No primary or reliable secondary source has been found for that birth location, nor for the claim that her mother's maiden surname was Bassendon; further research is needed. FreeReg UK shows no Elizabeth Bourne christened at Tenterden between 1610 and 1620; neither does FamilySearch. The two sites show various Elizabeth Bournes born elsewhere in Kent in the time period, but none of these have a father named Thomas. FamilySearch does show an Elizabeth _Bryssenden_ baptized half a dozen miles northeast of Tenterden, at Bethersden, in 1595, a daughter of Izaake (she seems most likely to have been a "replacement child" for an Elizabeth christened in 1590 and likely lost in infancy); but no record has been found of her marrying a Thomas Bourne. The profile also originally included a link with the header, "The Bourne Identity..."; the link offered, however, leads to [http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=be80a0c2-70ae-4b43-af2c-2d207dbe8445&tid=18704240&pid=993 an ancestry.com source, a family tree] -- not a type of source recognized by the PGM Project as reliable -- which can be viewed only with a paid subscription. == Sources == * Marriage 11 Dec. 1638 (NEHGS/Torrey; image of text): "WATERMAN, Robert (-1652) & Elizabeth BOURNE (ca 1618-1663), m/2 Thomas TILDEN 1653; 11 Dec 1638; Plymouth/Marshfield {Granberry 175, 342; Reg. 5:259, 6:185, 8:191, 23:204; Frame-Dana 299; Backus Anc. 57; Waterman (1906) 17; Waterman (1939) 15, 619; Moore " -- Torrey, Vol. 3, p. 1605; New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21176/1605/426908776 (by subscription) * Marriage (alt. access): Torrey, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Ancestry.com * Marriage, death, and death of spouse (year only) (NEHGR; image of text (note conflict between "Dec." in this record and "Sept." as offered below): "I. Robert, settled in Marshfield, Mass.; married Elizabeth Bourne, 11 Dec., 1638, daughter of Thomas Bourne, and died 10 Dec., 1652. She died in 1663." -- "Descendants of Robert Waterman in the Line of His Son Thomas", NEHGR Vol. 23 (April 1869), p. 204; The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11685/204/241756064 (by subscription) * "Marshfield... Robte Waterman", "List of those able to bear Arms in New Plymouth", NEHGR Vol. 4 (July, 1850), p. 259; The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11734/259/245410039 (by subscription) * Death (source not available online as of Oct. 2020): Town and Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts, 1631-1875. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965. * Probate (NEHGR, image of text): "Robert Waterman, Marshfield / Inventory taken Jan. 13, 1652" -- "Abstracts of the Earliest Wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth", NEHGR, Vol. 5 (April, 1851), p. 259; Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21069/259/1426566854 (by subscription) * Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2009. Ancestry.com online database Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s See also:[Please note that Ancestry.com trees, and other online family trees and data derived from them, are not reliable sources by the standards of WikiTree's PGM Project] * [https://www.cga.ct.gov/hco/books/Descendants_of_Robert_Waterman_1939.pdf Descendants of Robert Waterman] * Marriage (NEHGS; image of text): "... Nathaniel Waterman of Scituate.... He descended from Robert Waterman of Plymouth, who m. Elizabeth Bourne, 1638" -- "Genealogical Memoir of the Otis Family ", NEHGR, Vol. 2 (July, 1848), p. 288; Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21066/288/1425805078 (by subscription) * Death (burial; NEHGR, image of text; note conflict bet. "Sept." in this record and "Dec." as offered above and by Find A Grave & others): "Robert Waterman | buried Sept. 10 , 1652" -- "Deaths And Burials From The Early Records of Marshfield, Ms.", NEHGR, Vol. 8 (April, 1854), p. 191; Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21072/191/1427110873 (by subscription) * Descendants of son John (NEHGR; image of text): line of descent to Mrs. William Francis Brooks, born Jessie Isabel Rudolf Waterman, "Memoirs of Deceased Members" -- NEHGR Vol. 110 (April 1956), p. 147; The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11659/147/235976936 (by subscription) * "We and Our Kin", edited by Mary Balch Briggs [presumed to be a private publication; not found available online, Oct. 2020] * The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. VI