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Benjamin Waterman (abt. 1672 - 1762)

Benjamin Waterman
Born about in Providence, Providence, Rhode Islandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married before 1705 in Providence, Rhode Islandmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died at about age 90 in Johnston, Providence, Rhode Islandmap
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Disputed Spouse

it is often claimed in various family trees -- and was previously claimed in a different profile on WikiTree -- that Sarah, daughter of John and Anna Knight, was the wife of Benjamin Waterman; this claim presumably dates from the confusing statement in Clarence Almon Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 that Benjamin wed either a "?Sarah KNIGHT" or a "Mary/Mercy WILLIAMS".[1] Renowned genealogist Andrews Moriarty corrected Torrey in a 1933 article for the New England Historical and Genealogical Register[2]; it's behind the NEHGS paywall but the exact entry, in Moriarty's list of the children of John and Ann[a] Knight (top of p. 268) reads thus:

"iv. SARAH (probably daughter of John2 Knight), b. about 1685; m. at Norwich, 2 Feb. 1707/8, ENOS RANDALL of Colchester, Conn."

In fact, the name of Benjamin Waterman's wife is uncertain, and on WikiTree she is correctly shown as Unknown (Unknown) Waterman.

Biography

Benjamin Waterman. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Born 1672 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. [12][13][14]

Parents Husband Nathaniel Waterman. Wife Susanna Carder. Child: Benjamin Waterman. Marriage 9 May 1662. Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. [15][16][17][18]

Died 11 May 1762. Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. [19][20][21][22]

Residence 1757 Rateable Rolls-prov, Providence County, RI. [23]

File Format: jpg. Benjamin Waterman's House, Johnston Rhode Island he was born 1672 in Providence died 11 May 1762 In Johnston.


Sources

  1. ↑ "WATERMAN, Benjamin (-1762) & ?Sarah KNIGHT/Mary/Mercy WILLIAMS; by 1701?, by 1705; Johnston, RI {Waterman (1923) 19; Waterman 191-2; Guild Anc. 31 add; Austin's Dict. 411; Waterman (1939) 3:17}" -- New England Marriages to 1700, Vol. 3, p. 1604; (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21176/1604/426946283 (by subscription)
  2. ↑ NEHGR, Vol. 87, pp. 264-70, "The Early Knights of Rhode Island", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11739/264/23546779 (by subscription)
  3. ↑ Source: #S1264930947
  4. ↑ Source: #S1264255411 Book Title: Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts through seven generations : Volume 1
  5. ↑ Source: #S1264044155 Source number: 8259.011; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 25
  6. ↑ Source: #S1264246742 Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
  7. ↑ Source: #S1264246505
  8. ↑ Source: #S1264108568
  9. ↑ Source: #S1264108573 Birth year: 1672; Birth city: Providence; Birth state: RI
  10. ↑ Source: #S1265598022
  11. ↑ Source: #S1264043810 Volume: 278
  12. ↑ Source: #S1264044155 Source number: 8259.011; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 25
  13. ↑ Source: #S1264108568
  14. ↑ Source: #S1264108573 Birth year: 1672; Birth city: Providence; Birth state: RI
  15. ↑ Source: #S1264930947
  16. ↑ Source: #S1264255411 Book Title: Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts through seven generations : Volume 1
  17. ↑ Source: #S1264246742 Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
  18. ↑ Source: #S1264044155 Source number: 8921.264; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
  19. ↑ Source: #S1264255411 Book Title: Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts through seven generations : Volume 1
  20. ↑ Source: #S1264246742 Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
  21. ↑ Source: #S1264246505
  22. ↑ Source: #S1264108573 Birth year: 1672; Birth city: Providence; Birth state: RI
  23. ↑ Source: #S1265598022
  • Source: S1264015063 Repository: #R1250796261 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=114552587&pid=1633
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  • Source: S1264043810 Repository: #R1250796261 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
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Childs-1516 Christopher Childs
The profile for Benjamin's spouse, Unknown-552667, has at long last been merged with the (formerly competing) profile Sarah Knight -- correctly retaining the "Unknown Unknown" status.

I propose to rework the Sources for this profile of Benjamin, as the Ancestry links -- as is far too common -- no longer function, even for those of us with paid Ancestry subscriptions. It may take me a little while to replace the key sources with accurate duplicates or substitutes that have working links. But I'm a direct descendant and I will get to it.

posted by Christopher Childs
Childs-1516 Christopher Childs
Torrey's other option for a spouse, Mercy Williams, is said in "The Waterman Family" Vol. 3 to have been a daughter of Joseph Williams. If this is Joseph, son of Roger Williams, he has a dau. _Mary_ (may be interchangeable w. Mercy), b. 1676; but her WT profile Williams-4983 shows her m. to Obediah Brown. If Joseph is Joseph, Jr., grandson of Roger, his dau. Mercy (b. abt. 1700) is WT Williams-905, but her WT profile shows her m. to Wm. Randall in 1720. So unless the m. of Mary to Obediah is wrong, it's challenging to accept either of Torrey's proposed candidates as spouse for Benjamin. (Key sources of this profile seem to be ancestry trees, which are not helpful.)
posted by Christopher Childs
Nibling-2 Edie (Nibling) Kohutek J.D.
Benjamin Waterman, listed in the bio as having married Mercy Knight in 1764, is most likely the grandson of this Benjamin Waterman. See this headstone for him: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18536139

Benjamin Waterman III is listed as having been married to Mercy Knight first, then Sarah Sheldon, then Waite Gorton. This needs further research and investigation. There is a profile for Mercy Knight Waterman at Knight-10514 but the location of the marriage there is Cranston, not Johnston.

posted by Edie (Nibling) Kohutek J.D.
Childs-1516 Christopher Childs
Moriarty, in a footnote in NEHGR 87 (see https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image?pageName=266&volumeId=11739&rId=23540841 ), states that at the time, "there was no other Knight family in Rhode Island but that of Richard". The one Sarah Knight descending from Richard in the relevant time period (b. 1685), "probably" a dau. of Richard's son John, is shown in that article as m. to Enos Randall of CT in Feb. 1707/8. Torrey's unclear entry in "New England Marriages" has Benjamin marrying either a Sarah Knight, or a Mercy Williams; if Moriarty is correct, it's challenging to figure out where an available Sarah came from. Despite Torrey, Benjamin's wife very likely should be Unknown Unknown.
posted by Christopher Childs

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