These are my direct ancestors and I've been attempting to find more info about Susannah's parents. But first of all, I'm fairly certain from what I've read that her husband's mother was not a Waters.
The only mention I've found of the parents connected to her was in an Ancestry discussion wherein someone noted they've seen nothing to validate that connection.
Most people are trying to connect her to Edward Waters and wife Grace O'Neill or to their son William and his wife Margaret Robins.
These are some notes from some older discussions:
Re: Waters Family up to 1537 England
By Pamela Carroll August 02, 2001 at 12:04:32
In reply to: Re: Waters Family up to 1537 England
11/21/99
have I read your post correctly?
John Waters is the father of:
William Waters Sr who married Alice Canon.
They are the parents of:
Lt. Edward Waters who married Grace Oneil.
OK - here is where I get lost. Are they the parents of Susanna Waters who married Wm Terrell or is there a John Waters who married Ann Lloyd in there somewhere as parents of Susannah which would make him the son of Lt. Edward and GOneil. I had John Waters and Ann Lloyd as her parents then some posts have confused me with Edward and Grace as her parents. If you could get me back
on track I would appreciate it. Pam
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Re: Waters Family up to 1537 England
By genealogy.com user September 15, 2001 at 08:09:55
In reply to: Re: Waters Family up to 1537 England
Pamela Carroll 8/02/01
Saw your message, thought I'd pass on what I have- from Kindred Konnections postings..and possibly from mormon family search web.
John Waters @1537 + ?,William Waters @1557 + Alice Cannon, Edward Waters 30 Nov 1589 + Grace O'Neil, William Waters @1622/3 + Margaret Robbins, Susannah Waters @1633 who married William Terrill. Looking thru what I have I don't see Ann Lloyd.
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Trees I looked at today are listing her parents as Thomas Waters and wife Susanna Weeks. I think this is due to the fact that Ancestry has a record of a Thomas Waters being father of a Susanna Waters, based on this document:
Susanna Waters
Baptism 11 Dec 1667 Wiltshire, England
Father Thomas Waters
The problem I have with any of the suggested parents is that I haven't seen any real documentation to know when our Susannah was born and I have seen various dates for the various suggested parents. It's as if in everyone's desperation to link parents to her, the info is adapted to try to fit...or in some cases they just run with her mother being something like 10 when she was born.
Personally, I'd rather have no parents connected to her until such time as they can be solidly documented, which may never happen.
It might help if we could document the birthdate of this particular Susanna Waters since there seem to have been others by the same name. Where did the dob on this profile come from?
Asking because one document says she married William Terrell in 1688 and if that's true, she would have only been 11 based on the current dob on this profile.
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/61266/images/419...
Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981
I think before we can make much headway on who her parents were, we must have an accurate dob for her because that can enable us to rule out or further consider the various suggested parents based on a confirmed dob. Unfortunately, the above link gives dates for her husband William but not for her.
Milleniuim File lists her dob as 1645
Millennium File Source Info
Name Susannah Waters
Birth 1645
Spouse William Terrell
Find-a-Grave has her born 1659
Name Susannah Terrell
Birth 1659 New Kent County, Virginia, United States of America
Death 1725 Hanover County, Virginia, United States of America
Spouse William Terrell
Various records listing 'a' Suannah Waters, daughter of Thomas, baptized 11 Dec 1667 (a month after the dob on this profile) but also 'a' Susannah, daughter of Thomas, baptized:
Susanna Waters
Baptism 26 Mar 1780 London, England
Father Thos Waters
Mother Susanna Waters
The point being with those dates that there was clearly more than one Susannah Waters whose data has become attached to try to fit just one person, since most of this all comes up under hints on Ancestry for the wife of William Terrell. Clearly, all the conflicting info showing up as hints for her includes info for a different person.
So, based on what I've seen today, she 'may' have been born between 1645-1680, which is a wide spread. I also have no idea when she actually died. I can definitely see why some sites list no dates for her at all, because 'who knows'.
The only reason I'm convinced her maiden name was even Waters, aside from that being the one thing everyone seems to agree on, is that Ancestry does show marriage info for her on some of the documents. I attached one screenshot under the Media tab. My membership level didn't allow me to actually open it, so I could only screenshot where it shows that William Terrell, male, married Susanna Waters. There is no date on that, but the other link I shared says they married 1688.
The Sons of the American Revolution application listing William and Susannah has dob and dod for William but no dates for Susannah:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/2204/images/3259...
I would LOVE to know who her parents are because I would love to connect to the O'Hara lines up the lines of Grace O'Neill if she's even one of my direct ancestors. But until Susannah's parentage can be determined and documented, that will have to remain a wish instead of a reality. lol
Frankly, given the years others have worked on this and not found solid answers, I have little hope of truly knowing who her parents were. I don't think we can rely on any of the dates attached to her, much less parentage...unless some good documentation surfaces. 'It could happen', is always the hope.