Thomas Waters, Sr.

Not a known son of Col. William Waters.

May be same person as Thomas Waters

Existence, though not parentage, supported by findagrave.com: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104890968 - accuracy of the information unknown.

Had sufficiently high regard for Col. Philemon Lloyd of Wye House, MD, to name a son after him, but the exact reason for this is unknown. (His wife was not Col. Lloyd's daughter.)

He probably doesn't belong to the family tree of Lt. Edward Waters at all. Dating and placing him is very difficult. An additional complication is that a Y-DNA test on a male-line descendant of the *John* Waters line (descended from Lt. Edward's brother) had an "I" result - but this line belongs to haplogroup "R".

Possibilities include:

• son of Margaret Clarke and her first husband, Dr. George Clarke; adopted by William Waters (undocumented)
• son of .Margaret Clarke and her second husband, William Waters (undocumented and now unlikely)
• Unrelated Waters, not previously documented, possibly adopted or fostered by William Waters. Claimed birthplace of Northumberland County, VA (mainland) points to this last, as the Edward Waters descendants tended to live on the Eastern Shore.

Please see discussion on http://www.geni.com/discussions/120348?msg=853817

Wife may actually have been Margaret Reno, not Lloyd.

As originally established by the House of Burgesses from Northumberland County, Virginia in 1653, the territory of Westmoreland County encompassed much of what later became the various counties and cities of Northern Virginia, including the city of Alexandria, Arlington County, Fairfax County, and Prince William County. These remained Westmoreland until 1664, when Stafford County, Virginia was formed.

Thomas Waters [is claimed to have been] the son of William and Margaret Robins Waters.

• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 3 2021, 9:06:41 UTC

Information from family trees is not necessarily accurate. There is NO primary evidence that Col. William Waters and Margaret widow Clarke (whose identity as Col. William's "stepsister" is also without primary evidence) had ANY children at all.

This is one of those Family Myths that simply will not die, although Y-DNA research recently gave it a severe goring. (Descendant(s) of Philemon Waters tested Y-haplogroup R; a descendant of John Waters of Anne Arundel - collateral to the Edward Waters line of the Eastern Shore - tested haplogroup I.)

GEDCOM Note

Biography == Thomas Waters was the son of William and Margaret Robins Waters.<ref>A Genealogical History of the Waters Family In Two Parts page 38</ref>

Thomas Waters was born abt 1657 in Northampton, Virginia, United States. He was the son of Col. William Waters (1623-1689) and Margaret Robins Waters (1625-1665).
Thomas married Mary Lloyd (1668-1748) at Blount Point, Virginia, United States in 1687. Mary was the daughter of Col Philemon Lloyd (1647-1685) and Henrietta Maria Neale Lloyd (1647-1697).
Thomas and Mary Lloyd Waters were the parents of the following 8 known children: Diana, Thomas, Richard, Edward, Rosa, Philemon, Elizabeth and John.
Thomas died aft 1695 in Northumberland County, Virginia, USA. He was around 38 years of age.
Ancestry.com has a list of 17 Famous People related to Thomas Waters (BETA). Here are some of these names: Charles Carroll of Carrollton(1737-1832), Maryland Representative - the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence., 2nd Cousin 3 times removed; Howard Hughes(1905-1976), American Aviator, 6th Great Grand Nephew; Linus Pauling(1901-1994), American Chemist, 3rd Cousin 4 times removed; Rutherford Birchard Hayes(1822-1893), 19th President of the United States of America, 3rd Cousin 5 times removed; William Randolph Hearst(1863-1951), Newspaper magnate, 2nd Cousin 8 times removed; William Howard Taft(1857-1930), 27th President of the United States of America, 3rd Cousin 6 times removed; Cary Grant(1904-1986), British-born, American Actor, 16th Great Grandson; Jimmy Earl Carter(1924-), 39th President of the United States of America, 7th Great Grand Nephew and others.

Sources

<references />* Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.* Jones Family Tree https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/86562229/person/48... Thomas Waters (1657-1695) Posted 21 Dec 2018 by Travis Riley https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/56514646/person/26...