A Maine Family's History - Smith / Glidden Surnames

Waters

Laurence WATERS carpenter, born England circa 1602, died 12/9/1687, of Watertown, Lancaster, and Charlestown, one of first settlers of Lancaster, he and wife were both warned for having danced

Spouse: Ann LINTON daughter of Robert & Elizabeth of Watertown & Lancaster, born circa 1614, died Charlestown 2/6/1680

Children: Mary born 1/27/1638; Laurence born 12/14/1634- Watertown married Hannah; Samuel born 2/14/1651, married Mary Hudson, ancestors of Grover Cleveland; Stephen became responsible for parents when father became blind, born 1/24/1643 married Sarah; Sarah born 12/7/1636 married John Skeath; Rebecca; Daniel born 2/6/1642; Adam born 1645 died 9/15/1670; Joseph born 4/20/1647; Joanna born 3/26/1653; Ephraim born 1/27/1655; Jacob; Rachel born 3/1/1649 died young

Mary WATERS, born 1/27/1638, married 1656

Spouse: Samuel DAVIS of Groton born 1630 England, died 12/28/1699

Children: Marie born 1/26/1657; Elizabeth born 11/11/1658 married a Church; Mary born 1/31/1662-3 married first Isaac Lewis second Thomas Pratt; John born 3/10/1664 lived in Groton where he was killed by the Indians in October 1704; Sarah born 8/12/1667; Samuel born 1/10/1669; Barnabas born 4/17/1672 died 1690; Patience born 4/10/1674, wife of John Green

Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume 4: Barnabas Davis immigrant ancestor of a prominent family bearing this name was born 1599 in Tewksbury England, with his wife Patience and son Samuel he sailed for America in the ship Blessing and arrived at Boston in 1636. He settled in Charlestown where he owned several parcels of real estate including a part of Bunker Hill. By trade he was a tallow chandler and probably followed that trade. He died November 27 1685 and was survived almost five years by his wife who died November 15 1690. Their children were 1 Samuel further mentioned below, 2 Barnabas, 3 Patience born 1641 married William Ridland of Charlestown, 4 Nathaniel married first Mary Converse second Mary Thomas was a glazier in Charlestown, 5 Hopewell a soldier of King Philip's war married Sarah Boynton Davis, 6 James married Elizabeth Randall and lived in Scituate II. Samuel eldest child of Barnabas and Patience Davis was born in 1630 in England and settled soon after his marriage in Groton Massachusetts where his children were born. He was a prominent man of his time and active in the struggles with the savage foes surrounding his home. By one authority it is stated that he was killed in Groton by the Indians in 1704 others say it was his son Samuel. His son John was slain near his home in Groton. Samuel died December 28 1699. He was married in 1656 to Mary Waters who was born January 27 1638 a daughter of Laurence and Ann Linton Waters of Watertown Lancaster and Charles town. Their children were 1 Elizabeth, 2 Mary married first Isaac Lewis second Thomas Pratt, 3 John born March 10 1664 lived in Groton where he was killed by the Indians in October 1704, 4 Sarah, 5 Samuel mentioned below, 6 Barnabas who died 1690, 7 Patience wife of John Green

Groton historical series: A collection of papers relating to the history of: It was John Davis who was killed by the Indians near his own door at Groton on October 25 1704 and not Samuel as incorrectly stated in Groton during the Indian Wars page 89. John was the eldest son of Samuel and Mary Waters Davis and born at Groton on March 10 1664. His house stood a short distance below the Groton School where Walter Dickson lived when the Map in Mr Butler's History was made. His father was the eldest son of Barnabas and Patience Davis who came from England in the summer of 1635 and settled at Charlestown. Samuel and Mary Waters Davis had eight children as follows Marie born at Lancaster on January 26 1657 and presumably died young as another Mary soon appears; Elizabeth born at Charlestown on November 11 1658; Mary born at Groton on January 31 1662 3 married Isaac Lewis of Boston on May 25 1680 and had six children; John born at Groton on March 10 1664 killed as above stated married Mehitabel and had five children; Sarah born at Groton on August 12 1667; Samuel born at Groton on January 10 1669; Barnabas born at Groton on April 17 1672 and died in August 1690; and Patience born at Groton on April 10 1674.There is some reason to think that John Davis's wife was Mehitable daughter of Ellis or Elias and Anna Barron though Barron in his will made on December 31 1711 mentions his daughter Mehitable Parker. She may have married a Parker for her second husband.

An address in commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the Town of Lancaster: Lands had been laid out very early but at what precise time or by whom nowhere appears. The first associates several of whom had expended labor and money such as Prescott, Linton, Waters, Garrett, and Day may have made some division among themselves. Laurence Waters, who was a carpenter, had a tract of seventeen acres given to him by the first undertakers bounded southerly on the north branch of the Nashaway river. The railroad passes over this land and the station house is upon it. Here Waters built a house, the first dwelling house I am inclined to believe that was erected in Lancaster. Linton was not far off. Whether Prescott first lived on the east side of the neck or on the Cowdall purchase I am at a loss to discover. The probability that they would wish to be near one another in this part of the town would tend to the former conclusion. /// They entered into an agreement to appear and begin the plantation at a certain time and as an evidence of their determination sent up three Watertown husbandmen Richard Linton, Laurence Waters his son in law, and John Ball to whom they assigned land to make preparation for the general appearance of the Company. These three men, who it would seem came here two hundred and ten years ago, were the first inhabitants. Waters afterwards built a house on the pleasant slope in front of us near the entrance of the centre road.

Ancestry of John Barber White and his descendants: LAWRENCE Waters Watertown 1634 m Ann Linton was a carpenter and one of the three sent up in 1645 by the grantees of the Nashaway Plantation to make suitable preparation for their own coming. In 1638 he or his wife or both are warned for having danced. He was assigned a lot by the proprietors of Nashaway now Lancaster upon which he built a house probably the second building erected by white men in Lancaster the truck house on George Hill being the first. After the massacre of 1676 he was in Charles town with his wife where his son Stephen became responsible to the authorities for them he being blind. He d in Charlestown Dec 9 1687 wife Ann d in 1680. Children 142 Lawrence Waters 3 b Feb 14 1635 m Hannah and lived in Boston 143 Sarah Waters 3 b Dec 7 1636 m John Skeath 144 Mary Waters 2 b Jan 27 1638 145 Rebecca Waters 2 146 Daniel Waters 2 b Feb 6 1642 147 Stephen Waters 2 b in Watertown Jan 24 1643 living in Charlestown 1678 with wife Sarah who joined the church June 26 1681 148 Adam Waters 2 b in Lancaster 1645 d in Charlestown Sept 15 1670 149 Joseph Waters 2 b in Lancaster Apr 20 1647 the first attested death in Lancaster 152 Samuel Waters 2 b Feb 14 1651 lived in Charlestown 153 Joanna Waters 2 b Mar 26 1653 154 Ephraim Waters 2 b Jan 27 1655 150 Jacob Waters 2 151 Rachel Waters 2 Mar 1 1649 d the same month.