Elizabeth (Waterhouse) Ham (1719 - abt. 1778)

Born 19 Apr 1719 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, British Colonial America [uncertain]

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Died about 1778 at about age 58 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Elizabeth Waterhouse was the daughter of Timothy Waterhouse and Ruth Moses. Elizabeth and William Ham married around 1737 and were blessed with seven children. Elizabeth passed away around 1778. William married again in January 12, 1779 to Anna Walker. William passed away in 1799.

Ancestry

LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY - New York, 1909.

Genealogical and Family History of the STATE OF MAINE

Timothy, third son of Richard and Sarah (Fernald) Waterthouse, was born in Pierce's Island, Portsmouth, N. H. (date not given). Like his father, he was a tanner but also a shoemaker. He lived above Freeman's Point, Portsmouth, which connected with the town by the river. It is said the cellar of the house still remains. Here he enjoyed an profited by his tan-pits and his cultivated acres.

His wife was Miss Moses, and both having the ability to instruct their children, they gave them a superior educaiton for that period.

Children:

1. John, who lived at Barrington.

2. Joseph, who settled in Maine.

3. Timothy, who went to Rhode Island and became a member of the Royal Council. He had eleven sons, among whom was Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse, professor of Cambridge and the "father of vaccination" in America, his own son in 1800 being the first upon whom eht experiment was made in this county.

4. Margaret, married Samuel Brenster and had a large family.

5. Mary, married a Mr. Spinney, a ship-carpenter.

6. Ruth, married 1727 John Gaines, a native of Ipswich, Mass., and father of Colonel George Gaines of the revolution.

7. Sarah, married Captain Zacharish Foss, who after some vicissitudes accumulated property and kept a large tavern.

8. Elizabeth, married William Ham

9. Lydia, married (first) Captain Colby, one of the ship-masters employed by Sir William Pepperill; (second) Captain Ephraim Dennett, and (third) Judge Plummber, of Rochester.

Sources

• [1] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 3 by William Richard Cutter Lewis historical Publishing Company, 1908.

• http://dunhamwilcox.net/me/me_bio_waterhouse.htm

• http://walkportsmouth.blogspot.com/2013/04/timothy-waterhouse-house.html

• https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/AFJ7267.0002.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext Rambles about Portsmouth. Sketches of persons, localities, and incidents of two centuries: principally from tradition and unpublished documents. By Charles W. Brewster. Brewster, Charles Warren, 1802-1868., Hackett, William Henry Young, 1800-1878., Shorey, Lawerence. (Page 99)