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Lydia (Cushman) Waterman (1687 - 1771)

Lydia Waterman formerly Cushman
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth, Plymouth Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , and
Wife of — married about 29 Dec 1709 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , and
Died at age 83 in Halifax, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts, New Englandmap
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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]

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

Sources

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Vital records of Plympton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston: NEHGS, 1923) p. 302
  4. ↑ "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
  5. ↑ "Gravestone records from the cemetery in Halifax, Mass., on the shore of Monponsett Lake." Mayflower Descendant 10:105 (1908) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB407/i/12209/105/137886021 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

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Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Cushman-2109 and Cushman-177 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate created in error, please merge maintaining all data from Cushman-177.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall

Rejected matches › Lydia (Cushman) Standish (1767-1840) › Lydia (Waterman) Thomas (1689-1750)

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