Lydia Waterman

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Lydia (Cushman) Waterman (1687 - 1771)

Lydia Waterman formerly Cushman
Born 13 Dec 1687 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Plymouth Colonymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Eleazer Cushman and Elizabeth (Coombs) Cushman
Sister of John Cushman, James Cushman, Moses Cushman, Eleazer Cushman, Mary Cushman, William Cushman and Sarah (Cushman) Spooner
Wife of John Waterman — married about 29 Dec 1709 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New Englandmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Sarah (Waterman) Leach, Joseph Waterman Sr, Perez Waterman, Anthony Waterman, John Waterman IV, Eleazer Waterman and Lydia (Waterman) Palmer
Died 7 Jul 1771 at age 83 in Halifax, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts, New Englandmap
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1 Biography
1.1 Children born at Plympton[2]
2 Sources
2.1 Mayflower Project Checklist Completed
Biography

Lydia Cushman, child of Elizabeth (Coombs) Cushman and Eleazer Cushman, born at Plymouth, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, 13 Dec 1687, [1] [2] was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Degory Priest.[2]

Lidia married John Waterman at Plympton, Massachusetts, 29 Dec 1709, according to the records.[2][3] However, this is believed to be an error since a daughter was born Nov 1709 and should be 1707 or 1708.[2] John was born at Marshfield 23 Sep 1685, son of John and Ann (Sturtevant) Waterman, and died at Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 8 Jun 1761 in his 76th year.[2]

John's will, written 21 Mar 1748, and proved 3 Aug 1768 named his wife Lydia, sons Joseph, Peres, John, Anthony, and Eleazer and daughters Sarah and Lydia.[2][4]

Lydia Waterman died at Halifax 7 July 1771 ae 82 y 6m.[2][5] No probate was found in Plymouth County.

Children born at Plympton[2]

Sarah Waterman, b. 8 Nov 1709
Joseph Waterman, b. 2 Feb 1710/1
Perez Waterman, b. 8 Oct 1713
Anthony Waterman, b. 23 Jun 1716
John Waterman, b 3 July 1718
Eleazer Waterrman, b. 3 Aug 1721
Lydia Waterman, b. 7 April 1724.
Sources

↑ van Antwerp, Lee D (comp.). Vital Records of Plymouth Massachusetts to the year 1850. Ruth Wilder Sherman (ed.) (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1993 p. 12 AmericanAncestors
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Stover, Margaret Harris (re-editor). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Eight Second edition. Family of Degory Priest. Originally compiled by Mrs. Charles Delmar Townsend; Robert S. Wakefield, FASG; Margaret Harris Stover. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2008) pp. 51, 145
↑ Vital records of Plympton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston: NEHGS, 1923) p. 302
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch [1], Probate records 1758-1764 vol 15-16 > image 431 of 623; State Archives, Boston. 16:182-184
↑ "Gravestone records from the cemetery in Halifax, Mass., on the shore of Monponsett Lake." Mayflower Descendant 10:105 (1908) link American Ancestors
Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, Margaret Harris Stover, CG, comps., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Isaac Allerton, Volume 17, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2013), p. 17, 48-49