Robert WATERMAN
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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, England.

Mayflower Planters, Cape Code Series vol II 1580-1620 page 153


Robert Waterman arrived in New England from Norwich, England in 1636. The most valuable sites around Plymouth had already been taken up, so that the new comers had to push out boats along the shores of Massaachusetts Bay to find suitable places to settle. Robert finally located a pleasant place near Green's Harbor in what in now Marshfield. Here he resided until his death in Dec 12, 1652, and served efficiently in numerous town offices.

Elizabeth Bourne born ca 1618 Tenderdon, co Kent, England buried 12 Dec 1663 as Elizabeth Bourne Waterman Tilden at Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts married first 9 Dec 1638 Robert Waterman who died 10 Dec 1652. Elizabeth married second in 1653 Thomas Tilden bpt 19 Jan 1618/ 19 Tenterden, co Kent, England. After Elizabeth died Thomas Tilden married 24 Jan 1664/ 5 as his second wife Mary Holmes. Elizabeth had four sons with Robert Waterman and two son who died in infancy and a daughter Lydia Tilden by her second husband Thomas Tilden.

Marshfield A Town of Villages 1640-1990 by Cynthia Hagar Krusell/ betty Magoun Bates 1990 page 75-76

Fifth and last of the original settlers on Marshfield Neck at Rexhame was Robert Waterman, who married Elizabeth Bourne in 1638 and settled north of Josiah Winslow and east of his father-in-law, Thomas Bourne. His house was located opposite today's Old Colony Lane, but is no longer standing. He served the town as a deputy to the Plymouth Colony Court. He had four sons who, when he died in 1652, were put under the guardianship of his neighbors Josiah Winslow and Anthony Snow. His son Joseph, born in 1639 or 1640, inherited the home and, not unexpectedly, married Sarah Snow, daughter of his guardian. Perhaps the isolation of the Neck contributed to the closeness and mutual support of the families there. The farm remained in the Waterman family for six generations and was sold eventually to Captain Otis Baker, whose widow, Mary, died there in 1900 at the age of 102.



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