John WATERMAN

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1 March 1672 , Norwich, Connecticut Colony

Died

31 December 1755 , Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

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Thomas WATERMAN Miriam TRACY

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Born: 1 March 1672 in Norwich, Connecticut Colony

Father: Thomas WATERMAN

Mother: Miriam TRACY

Paternal grandparents: Robert WATERMAN , Elizabeth BOURNE (BOURN)

Maternal grandparents: Thomas TRACY , Mary UNKNOWN (LOCK)

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John married Elizabeth LATHROP 5 November 1701 in Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Elizabeth LATHROP was born 1 November 1679 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville). Elizabeth died 5 October 1708 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville). Elizabeth was the child of Samuel LATHROP and Hannah ADGATE.

John married (2) Judith WOODWARD 22 September 1709 in Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Judith WOODWARD was born March 1682 in Dedham, Massachusetts, USA. Judith died 15 May 1720 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville). Judith was the child of Peter WOODWARD and Mehitable FISHER.

John married (3) Elizabeth BASSETT 10 April 1721 in Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Elizabeth BASSETT was born 15 July 1694 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale). Elizabeth died abt. 1755 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville). Elizabeth was the child of David BASSET and Marie MELANSON.

John WATERMAN died 31 December 1755 in Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut .
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John WATERMAN married

Elizabeth LATHROP
Marriage date: 5 November 1701
Marriage place: Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Elizabeth LATHROP was the child of Samuel LATHROP and Hannah ADGATE

Children of John WATERMAN and Elizabeth LATHROP

Elizabeth WATERMAN

Born: 5 October 1702, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 5 January 1751, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Jonathan AVERY 16 April 1724 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Eleazer WATERMAN

Born: 22 June 1704, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: abt. 1784, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Martha ADGATE 22 December 1731 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John WATERMAN

Born: 8 June 1706, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 23 April 1730, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Hannah WATERMAN

Born: 28 September 1708, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 15 August 1759, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Absalom KING 11 August 1730 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Married: Benedict ARNOLD 8 November 1733 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John WATERMAN married

Judith WOODWARD
Marriage date: 22 September 1709
Marriage place: Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Judith WOODWARD was the child of Peter WOODWARD and Mehitable FISHER

Children of John WATERMAN and Judith WOODWARD

William WATERMAN

Born: 20 July 1710, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 7 November 1789, Norwich, Connecticut, USA

Married: Margaret TRACY 23 September 1734 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Samuel WATERMAN

Born: 27 September 1712, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 3 January 1742,

Ebenezer WATERMAN

Born: 2 February 1714, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: abt. 1783, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Elizabeth COMSTOCK 27 June 1749 Place: New London, Connecticut, USA

Peter WATERMAN

Born: 31 August 1717, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: ,

John WATERMAN married

Elizabeth BASSETT
Marriage date: 10 April 1721
Marriage place: Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Elizabeth BASSETT was the child of David BASSET and Marie MELANSON

Marriage notes:

1721 WATERMAN The marriage of John Waterman with Elizabeth Bafset was ye 16th Day of April: 1721: 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 John WATERMAN and Elizabeth BASSETT

Mary WATERMAN

Born: 12 October 1722, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 13 November 1736, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

David Bassett WATERMAN

Born: 9 September 1725, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 26 September 1809, Salisbury, Connecticut, USA

Married: Anne BARTLETT 1746 Place: , Connecticut, USA

Elizabeth WATERMAN

Born: 28 August 1730, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 1 September 1765, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Nathaniel BACKUS 22 September 1751 Place: Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

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John Waterman was born in 1672 at Norwich, Connecticut Colony, the child of Thomas and Miriam (Tracy) Waterman and the grandchild of Robert and Elizabeth (Bourne) Waterman (paternal) and Thomas and Mary (Unknown) Conway Lock Tracy (maternal). John died in 1744 at Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony.

John married first Elizabeth Lathrop, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Adgate) Lathrop, on 5 Nov 1701 in Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut . The couple had (at least) 4 children. Elizabeth, born 1 Nov 1679 in Norwich, Connecticut. Elizabeth died 5 October 1708 in Norwich, Connecticut.

John married (2) Judith Woodward on 22 Sep 1709 in Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut . The couple had (at least) 4 children. Judith Woodward, born in Mar 1682 in Dedham, Massachusetts. Judith died on 15 May 1720 in Norwich, Connecticut.

John married (3) Elizabeth Bassett on 10 Apr 1721 in Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut. The couple had (at least) 3 children. Elizabeth Bassett, born 15...Read full story

A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family, 1884, pgs 57-58, Elizabeth (#94)

Birth
1672 WATERMAN John Waterman was borne in March An 1672 of Thomas Waterman and miriam Tracey Birth

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.

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

1701 Marriage / Partner
John WATERMAN and Elizabeth LATHROP 5 November 1701, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

He was 29 years old.

1702 Birth of Child
Elizabeth WATERMAN was born 5 October 1702, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John was 30 years old.

1704 Birth of Child
Eleazer WATERMAN was born 22 June 1704, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John was 32 years old.

1706 Birth of Child
John WATERMAN was born 8 June 1706, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John was 34 years old.

1708 Birth of Child
Hannah WATERMAN was born 28 September 1708, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John was 36 years old.

1708 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elizabeth LATHROP died 5 October 1708, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

1709 Marriage / Partner
John WATERMAN and Judith WOODWARD 22 September 1709, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

He was 37 years old.

1710 Birth of Child
William WATERMAN was born 20 July 1710, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John was 38 years old.

1712 Birth of Child
Samuel WATERMAN was born 27 September 1712, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John was 40 years old.

1714 Birth of Child
Ebenezer WATERMAN was born 2 February 1714, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John was 41 years old.

1717 Birth of Child
Peter WATERMAN was born 31 August 1717, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John was 45 years old.

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

1720 Death of Spouse/Partner
Judith WOODWARD died 15 May 1720, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

1721 Marriage / Partner
John WATERMAN and Elizabeth BASSETT 10 April 1721, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

He was 49 years old.

1722 Birth of Child
Mary WATERMAN was born 12 October 1722, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John was 50 years old.

1724 Marriage of Child
Elizabeth WATERMAN married 16 April 1724, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Jonathan AVERY

1725 Birth of Child
David Bassett WATERMAN was born 9 September 1725, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John was 53 years old.

1730 Death of Child
John WATERMAN died 23 April 1730, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John was 58 years old.

1730 Marriage of Child
Hannah WATERMAN married 11 August 1730, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Absalom KING

1730 Birth of Child
Elizabeth WATERMAN was born 28 August 1730, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John was 58 years old.

1731 Marriage of Child
Eleazer WATERMAN married 22 December 1731, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Martha ADGATE

1733 Marriage of Child
Hannah WATERMAN married 8 November 1733, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Benedict ARNOLD

1734 Marriage of Child
William WATERMAN married 23 September 1734, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Margaret TRACY

1736 Death of Child
Mary WATERMAN died 13 November 1736, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John was 64 years old.

1749 Marriage of Child
Ebenezer WATERMAN married 27 June 1749, New London, Connecticut, USA to Elizabeth COMSTOCK

1751 Death of Child
Elizabeth WATERMAN died 5 January 1751, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

John was 78 years old.

1751 Marriage of Child
Elizabeth WATERMAN married 22 September 1751, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) to Nathaniel BACKUS

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

Death — 1755
31 December 1755
Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
He died at the age of 83.

John WATERMAN - Hannah Waterman Arnold, wife of Benedict Arnold, mother of the famous traitor Benedict Arnold, daughter of John Waterman and Elizabeth Lathrop, died 1

Hannah Waterman Arnold, wife of Benedict Arnold, mother of the famous traitor Benedict Arnold, daughter of John Waterman and Elizabeth Lathrop, died 15 AUG 1759 in Norwich. Buried in Old Burying Grounds, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.

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