Robert WATERMAN

(b. abt. 1608 , Norwich, Norfolk, England d. 10 December 1652 , Marshfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony )

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Robert WATERMAN was born abt. 1608 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Robert WATERMAN was the child of Thomas WATERMAN and Lydia Ann? CHADWICK?

Robert was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1636.

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Robert married Elizabeth BOURNE (BOURN) 11 December 1638 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Elizabeth BOURNE (BOURN) was born abt. 1618 in Kent County, England. Elizabeth died 12 December 1663 in Scituate, Massachusetts, USA . Elizabeth was the child of Thomas BOURNE and Elizabeth UNKNOWN.

Robert WATERMAN died 10 December 1652 in Marshfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony .

THERE IS A LARGE MONUMENT DEDICATED TO EARLY SETTLERS OF GREEN HARBOR MASSACHUSETTS THEIR NAMES ARE AS FOLLOWS (unsure if they are buried here)

Thomas BOURN and wife Elizabeth

Robert WATERMAN and wife Elizabeth

WINSLOW CEMETERY, WINSLOW CEMETERY ROAD, MARSHFIELD, MASS

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Robert WATERMAN married

Elizabeth BOURNE (BOURN)-- Date: 11 December 1638 Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Elizabeth BOURNE (BOURN) was the child of Thomas BOURNE and Elizabeth UNKNOWN

1638 BOURNE ROBTE WATERMAN & ELIZABETH BOURNE MARRIED 11 DEC. 1638

VITAL RECORDS OF PLYMOUTH, MASS. TO 1850. (ONLINE DATABASE: NEWENGLANDANCESTORS.ORG, NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 2007), (VITAL RECORDS OF PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS TO THE YEAR 1850. COMPILED BY LEE D. VAN ANTWERP EDITED BY RUTH WILDER SHERMAN, CAMDEN, ME: PICTON PRESS, 1993.)

Children of Robert WATERMAN and Elizabeth BOURNE (BOURN):

Joseph WATERMAN (b.abt. 1639, Marshfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. abt. 1639, Marshfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony )

John WATERMAN (b.19 April 1642, Marshfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 14 September 1718, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay )
m. Anna STURTEVANT 7 December 1665 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach)

Bethiah WATERMAN (b.abt. 1643, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. , )

Thomas WATERMAN (b.30 November 1644, Marshfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 19 June 1708, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Miriam TRACY November 1668 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)

Elizabeth WATERMAN (b.abt. 1649, Marshfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. abt. 1649, Marshfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony )

Joseph WATERMAN (b.abt. 1649, Marshfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 3 January 1712, Marshfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay )
m. Sarah SNOW 1673 in Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA (Rexhame) (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock)

Robert WATERMAN (b.9 February 1652, Marshfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 18 May 1741, Hingham, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Susanna LINCOLN 1 October 1675 in Hingham, Massachusetts, USA

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Ancestral Heads of New England Families page 253 says the following:

There were three Waterman brothers who came to Amercia.

Richard was at Salem, MA, 1629, removed Providence, RI 1638, later to Warwick, RI 1643, finally to Newport, RI where he died 1673

Thomas was at Roxbury, Massachusetts before 1641, removed to Warwick, RI 1645 where he died 1676

Robert was in Salem, Massachusetts 1636, in Marshfield, Massachusetts 1638 until his death in 1652

Robert Waterman born ca 1608, from Norwich, co Norfolk, England buried 10 Dec 1652, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts age 44 son of Thomas Waterman. Robert Waterman married 11 Dec 1638 at Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts to Elizabeth Bourne born 1618 Tenderdon, co Kent, England died 12 Dec 1663, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts daughter of Thomas Bourne (1581-1664) and Elizabeth Bassendon (1590-1660). After Robert Waterman died his widow Elizabeth married Thomas Tilden bpt 19 Jan 1618/ 19 Tenterden, co Kent,...Read MORE...

1609 - Galileo's telescope is invented (Galileo, Italy)

1638 Marriage / Partner
Robert WATERMAN and Elizabeth BOURNE (BOURN) 11 December 1638, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach)

1642 Birth of Child
John WATERMAN was born 19 April 1642, Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA (Rexhame) (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock)

1644 Birth of Child
Thomas WATERMAN was born 30 November 1644, Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA (Rexhame) (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock)

1652 Death
1652 WATTERMAN Robert Watterman deceased The 10 of december 1652

Source: Vital Records of Marshfield, Mass., to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Compiled by Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1970.)

1652 Birth of Child
Robert WATERMAN was born 9 February 1652, Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA (Rexhame) (East Marshfield) (Green Harbor) (Ocean Bluff) (Marshfield Hills) (Brant Rock)