Richard WATERMAN

Male Abt 1590 - 1673  (83 years)


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  • Name Richard WATERMAN  [1, 2
    Birth Abt 1590  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 26 Oct 1673  [1, 2
    Notes 
    • From "Descendants of Roger Williams, bk 1":

      Richard Waterman, one of the earliest settlers in Providence, was born in England around 1590. Charles E. Banks (topographical Dictionary, 1937, p. 158) cites his English roots as Nayland, County of Suffolk, but no true identification of either his birth date, birthplace or his parents seems to have been made (the name, Waterman, apparently deriving from "a ferryman"). Richard Waterman died at Providence 26 October 1673 and was buried on his land at what has become the southeast corner of Waterman and Benefit Streets in Providence......
      Richard Waterman came to America in Higginson's Fleet, landing in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on 29 June 1629 in advance of the Winthrop Feet of 1630. His reputation as a skillful hunter seems to have followed him to new England where a letter written and received in the colony prior to this arrival notes his chief employment will be "to get...good venison" On 27 June 1636, he was appointed to inspect canoes by the Court at Salem, and he also served on a Petit Jury on that date.
      Richard Waterman agreed with many of the religious ideas and beliefs in civil liberty preached by Roger Williams in Salem at that time. Following Roger William's banishment from Salem and his settlement at Providence, it was determined by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 12 March 1637/38 that a group of his followers, including Richard Waterman, should remove with their families from the Massachusetts Bay Colony to Rhode Island........
      Richard Waterman was one of the signers of the Compact at Providence of 27 July 1640, proposing a form of government under the Charter Roger Williams brought back from England. This Charter had been granted by the Commission for the Government of the Colonies on 14 March 1644, during the tie of Civil War in England.
      Richard Waterman held numerous civic posts during the remainder of his life and on 29 April 1670 he took the oath of Allegiance to King Charles II, his sons Nathaniel and Resolved having taken the Oath earlier on 31 May 1666.
      After Richard's death on 26 October 1673, his will was known to have been recorded in Providence but was lost when Indians burned the Town in 1676. At the time of his death, Richard held property both in Warwick and in Providence, bequeathing it to his legal heirs, including among his grandchildren those of his deceased son, Resolved. Richard was known as an "able, diligent, and conscientious an, probably without much formal education, but with no small measure of natural talent."
    Person ID I59551  Main Tree

    Family Bethia WAITE   d. 03 Dec 1680 
    Marriage Abt 163  [2
    Children 
     1. Nathaniel WATERMAN,   b. 1637   d. Between 23 Mar 1711 and 1712 (Age 74 years)  [Birth]
     2. Resolved WATERMAN,   b. Jul 1638, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1670, Warwick, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)  [Natural]
     3. Wait WATERMAN  [Natural]
     4. Mehitable WATERMAN,   b. Bef 1630  [Birth]
    Family ID F21584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2022 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S00047] Dorothy Higson White & Kay Kirlin Moore, "Descendants of Roger Williams" Book 1 - Waterman and Winsor Line Through His Daughter Mercy Williams, (Name: Name: Roger Williams Family Association;;).

    2. [S9347] New England Marriages Prior to 1700.