Miriam TRACY

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30 November 1648 , Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony

Died

9 July 1732 , Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

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Thomas TRACY Mary UNKNOWN (LOCK)

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Born: 30 November 1648 in Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony

Father: Thomas TRACY

Mother: Mary UNKNOWN (LOCK)

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Miriam married Thomas WATERMAN November 1668 in Norwich, Connecticut Colony . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Thomas WATERMAN was born 30 November 1644 in Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA (Rexhame) (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock). Thomas died 19 June 1708 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville). Thomas was the child of Robert WATERMAN and Elizabeth BOURNE (BOURN).

Miriam TRACY died 9 July 1732 in Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut .

Miriam Tracy, the only daughter of Lieut. Thomas Tracy and his first wife, m. Lieut. Thomas Waterman one of the original proprietors of Norwich, son of Robert Waterman and Elizabeth Bourn of Marshfield. She had by him eight children, seven of whom married and had families.

From: Hyde Genealogy

GREAT GRANDMOTHER OF GEN. BENEDICT ARNOLD

Title Hyde genealogy: or, the descendants, in the female as well as in the male lines, from William Hyde, of Norwich, with their places of residence, and dates of births, marriages, &c., and other particulars of them and their families and ancestry, Volume 2, Part 2
Hyde Genealogy: Or, the Descendants, in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines, from William Hyde, of Norwich, with Their Places of Residence, and Dates of Births, Marriages, &c., and Other Particulars of Them and Their Families and Ancestry, Reuben Hyde Walworth
Author Reuben Hyde Walworth
Publisher Higginson Book Co., 1864
Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized Jan 9, 2008
Length 1446 pages

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Miriam TRACY married

Thomas WATERMAN
Marriage date: November 1668
Marriage place: Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Source: Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

Thomas WATERMAN was the child of Robert WATERMAN and Elizabeth BOURNE (BOURN)

Marriage notes:

"Thomas (1644-1708) & Miriam TRACY (1648-); Nov 1668; Norwich, CT {McCormick-Hamilton 739; Granberry 335, 342; Backus Anc. 176; Reg. 23:204, 472; Hyde-Dana 40; LBDF&P 4:131; Waterman (1939) 21, 695; Snow-Estes 2:147; Thomas: Marshfield 40; Salem 1:426; Beckwith Gen. 13; Windsor CT 2:262; Cary Anc. 42; Wethersfield 2:709; Upton 161; Williams (,16) 163; Tracy (1900) 24; Waterman (1939) 2; Avery Anc. (1925) 80}"

1668 WATERMAN The maryage of Thomas Waterman with miriam Tracey was in Novemb Anno Doni 1668 Marriage

Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, 1659-1848. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. Hartford, Society of colonial wars in the state of Connecticut, 1913.

Children of Thomas WATERMAN and Miriam TRACY

Thomas WATERMAN

Born: September 1670, Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Died: 31 December 1755, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Elizabeth ALLYN 29 June 1691 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John WATERMAN

Born: 1 March 1672, Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Died: 31 December 1755, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Elizabeth LATHROP 5 November 1701 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Married: Judith WOODWARD 22 September 1709 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Married: Elizabeth BASSETT 10 April 1721 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Elizabeth WATERMAN

Born: August 1675, Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Died: 24 June 1751, Windham, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: John FITCH 10 July 1695 Place: Windham, Connecticut, USA (Willimantic)

Miriam WATERMAN

Born: April 1678, Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Died: 22 September 1760, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Martha WATERMAN

Born: 6 December 1680, Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Died: 18 March 1753, Lyme, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Reynold (Reinhold) MARVIN 30 June 1709 Place: Lyme, Connecticut, USA (East Saybrook)

Lydia WATERMAN

Born: 7 August 1683, Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Died: 22 December 1738, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Eleazer BURNHAM 20 November 1708 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Joseph WATERMAN

Born: 15 January 1686, Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Died: 28 October 1778, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Elizabeth WOODWARD 17 March 1717 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Anna WATERMAN

Born: April 1689, Norwich, Connecticut, Dominion of New England
Died: 21 December 1752, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Josiah DEWOLF 4 November 1713 Place: Lyme, Connecticut, USA (East Saybrook)

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Birth — 1648
30 November 1648
Old Saybrook, New Haven Colony

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1668 Marriage / Partner
Miriam TRACY and Thomas WATERMAN November 1668, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

She was 19 years old.

1670 Birth of Child
Thomas WATERMAN was born September 1670, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Miriam was 21 years old.

1672 Birth of Child
John WATERMAN was born 1 March 1672, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Miriam was 23 years old.

1675 Birth of Child
Elizabeth WATERMAN was born August 1675, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Miriam was 26 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Miriam WATERMAN was born April 1678, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Miriam was 29 years old.

1680 Birth of Child
Martha WATERMAN was born 6 December 1680, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Miriam was 32 years old.

1683 Birth of Child
Lydia WATERMAN was born 7 August 1683, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Miriam was 34 years old.

1686 Birth of Child
Joseph WATERMAN was born 15 January 1686, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Miriam was 37 years old.

1689 Birth of Child
Anna WATERMAN was born April 1689, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Miriam was 40 years old.

1691 Marriage of Child
Thomas WATERMAN married 29 June 1691, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Elizabeth ALLYN

1695 Marriage of Child
Elizabeth WATERMAN married 10 July 1695, Windham, Connecticut, USA (Willimantic) to John FITCH

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1701 Marriage of Child
John WATERMAN married 5 November 1701, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Elizabeth LATHROP

1708 Death of Spouse/Partner
Thomas WATERMAN died 19 June 1708, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

1708 Marriage of Child
Lydia WATERMAN married 20 November 1708, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Eleazer BURNHAM

1709 Marriage of Child
Martha WATERMAN married 30 June 1709, Lyme, Connecticut, USA (East Saybrook) to Reynold (Reinhold) MARVIN

1709 Marriage of Child
John WATERMAN married 22 September 1709, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Judith WOODWARD

1713 Marriage of Child
Anna WATERMAN married 4 November 1713, Lyme, Connecticut, USA (East Saybrook) to Josiah DEWOLF

1717 Marriage of Child
Joseph WATERMAN married 17 March 1717, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Elizabeth WOODWARD

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1721 Marriage of Child
John WATERMAN married 10 April 1721, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Elizabeth BASSETT

Death — 1732
9 July 1732
Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
She died at the age of 83.

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Mason Cemetery (Founder's Cemetery) (Post Gager Burial Ground)

Lee Avenue
Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

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Last updated: 4/15/2025 4:00:35 PM

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The name Connecticut originates from the Algonquian word 'Quinnehtukqut' (beside the long tidal river). (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1638 - Connecticut, New England
1638 - 1662 - New Haven Colony
1662 - 1687 - Connecticut Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1787 - Crown Colony of Connecticut
January 5, 1788 - Connecticut becomes 5th U.S. state

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