John Waters (abt. 1726 - 1784)

Born about 1726 in Somerset Co, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Hutchins) Waters — married 1756 in Prob. Maryland

Descendants

Died 19 Apr 1784 at about age 58 in Somerset, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Probate Records - Somerset Co. Wills, Liber EB#1, 1778-1784, Folio 196 will dated 2/19/1784 probated 4/19/1784. (abstracted by Family Tree Bookshop, 1998) Bequeaths to: 1. Elizabeth Waters - wife - dwelling plantation whereon I now live for her natural life and 1/3 of the personal estate - named executrix and instructed to sell tract of land near White Browns. 2. Francis Hutchings Waters - son - dwelling plantation on Annamessex where "my mother Esther Williams now resides" (Note other transcriptions show this as "my mother, Esther and brother William now reside") - residue of personal estate to be divided w/ Sarah, Elizabeth and Mary - to have plantation left to widow at her decease 3. Elizabeth Maddux - daughter - to have plantation on Annamessex should Francis die w/out issue or before coming of age. 4. Sarah Waters - daughter - to have plantation bequeathed to Francis should both he and Elizabeth die w/out issue - 800 acres of land on the northwest fork of lands called "Rehobeth" and "Piney Ridge" being a part of "Hogg Yard" to be divided between them as to quantity and quality. 5. Mary King - daughter - right and title to land claimed on "Nutter's Neck" being that part that lies below a meadow standing at the head of a branch almost opposite Mrs. Piper's. - 200 acres of land on the northwest fork of the Nanticoke to be laid off adjoining the land to be devised to Esther Waters. 6. Esther Waters - niece - 50 acres of land being part of "hog Yard" and 50 acres the whole of a tract being in full any claims she might have on the estate. 7. William Waters - brother - plantation and tract of land whereon "my brother George Waters lately resided" and all of the lands adjoining "which fell to me by the death of my brother George" 8. Peter Waters - brother - 100 pounds specie to be levied out of the estate whenever executrix finds convenient 9. Littleton Waters - brother - where Littleton owed the testator for lands purchased whereon Littleton now resides, he should have no other claims against the estate. Witnesses: Henry Lowes, George Gale, Tubman Lowes, Philip Graham Then came: Elizabeth Waters Then came: George Gale

See notes on daughter Sarah about the Waters home on Quantico Creek and the graveyard

According to "Land Records of Wicomico County" by Ruth Dryden, p. 117-118 the tract called Dorman's Delight was purchased Mar. 11, 1774 by "John Waters late of Calvert County but now of Somerset". In 1784 the same land record says "John Waters willed to daughter Mary King 200 acres on n/w fork of Nanticoke River, unnamed, and dwelling plantation to wife Elizabeth Waters and then to son Francis Hutchins Waters.

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=waters-robbs&id=I15 Children 1. Francis Hutchins Waters b: 15 JAN 1764 in Somerset Co, MD 2. Elizabeth Waters b: 1760 in Somerset Co., MD 3. Sarah Waters b: 10 JUL 1757 in Dorchester Co., Maryland. 4. Mary Waters b: ABT 1762

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