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Great Annamessex Hundred, Somerset County,
1781-1804. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Wil-
liam Waters, Sr. (?-1781), son of John Waters (?-
1708). MOTHER: Rose Ann Harmanson. BROTH-
ERS: George (1741/42-1801); Thomas; and Rich-
ard Waters, Jr. (?-?). SISTERS: Margaret; Sarah.
FIRST COUSINS John Waters (ca. 1727-1784); Wil-
liam Waters (ca. 1736-1815), a possible legislator;
and Peter Waters (1744/45-1806). NEPHEW: John
Done (ca. 1747-1831). MARRIED on March 29, 1763,
Sarah Hayward. CHILDREN. SONS: Edward Mariot
(1773-?); William Hayward (1767-?), who mar-
ried on July 15, 1790, Ann, daughter of Robert
Clark Jacob and wife Ann of Northampton County,
Virginia; and Richard (1779-?), who married Mary
(Polly) Day, daughter of Dr. Francis Tubman
Cheney of Princess Anne Town, Somerset County.
DAUGHTERS: Margaret (1769-?), who married
(first name unknown) Done; Mary Hayward
(1771-?), who married (first name unknown)
Reice; and Sarah Harmanson (1774-?), who
married in 1801 Jesse Hughes. PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:
Anglican, Coventry Parish, Somerset County.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: 5th Convention, Somerset
County, 1775. LOCAL OFFICE: Coventry Parish
Vestry, in office 1772-1775, 1779-1784, 1787-
1788. MILITARY SERVICE: 2nd major, Lower Bat-
talion, Somerset County, 1776; captain, St. Asaph
Company, Princess Anne Battalion of Militia,
Somerset County, commissioned 1777; lieutenant
colonel. Princess Anne Battalion, Somerset
County, commissioned 1780. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: 5 slaves inherited
from father, 1781; assessed value £525.0.0, in-
cluding 12 slaves and 50 oz. plate, 1783; 17 slaves,
1798. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: purchased ca. 97
acres in Somerset County, 1766. SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND
DEATH: inherited at least 657 acres in Somerset
County from his father, 1781; deeded most of his
land to his sons in 1803. reserving a life tenancy
for himself and his wife Sarah. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: between April 20 and May 21, 1804. in
Somerset County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: size of
estate unknown. LAND: an unknown amount of
land in Somerset County. IDENTIFICATION PROB-
LEMS. There were two William Waters of age and
from legislator families who were eligible to serve
in the Conventions from Somerset County, 1774-
1776. An extensive search of the records has failed
to produce positive identification of which man
actually served in 1775. Therefore, two profiles
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are included and the same service is assigned to
both. See also William Waters (ca. 1736-1815).
WATERS, WILLIAM, SR. (?-1781). BORN: prob-
ably on a plantation on the north side of the An-
namessex River, Somerset County; of age by 1729.
NATIVE: second generation. RESIDED, probably
on "Water's River" on the north side of Anne-
messex River, Coventry Parish, Somerset County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: John Waters (?-
1708). STEPFATHER: John Cottman (?-1728).
MOTHER: Mary Maddox. BROTHERS: John (ca.
1702-1761); Edward (1707-1784). SISTER: Sarah.
NEPHEWS. John Waters (ca. 1727-1784); Peter
Waters (1744/45-1806); and William Waters (ca.
1736-1815), a possible legislator. MARRIED Rose
Ann, probably the daughter of George Harman-
son of Northampton County, Virginia, and wife
Elizabeth Yeardley (Yardley). Her brother was
Argall. Her sisters were Isabel; Margot; Bridget;
Elishi; and Henrietta. CHILDREN. SONS: William
Waters (1740-1804), a possible legislator; George
(1741/42-1801), who married in 1767 Betty Handy
(1749-1786); Thomas, who married Margaret
Lucas; and Richard Waters, Jr. (?-?). DAUGH-
TERS: Margaret, who married John Savage of Ac-
comack County, Virginia; Sarah, who married
first, Dr. John Done (?-1772), and second, David
Wilson (1737-?), son of David Wilson (1704-1750).
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Anglican, Coventry Parish, Som-
erset County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Gent., by 1739. OCCUPATION AL PROFILE: planter,
1755. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, Somerset County, 1758-1761, 1762-1763.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: 683 acres in Somerset County (403 acres
inherited from father, 269 acres by purchase, 11
acres by patent). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND
BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: patented
308 acres in Somerset County, 1763. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: between November 1780 and Jan-
uary 16, 1781, in Somerset County. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: will included 29 slaves, but size of
entire estate is unknown. LAND: 991 acres in Som-
erset County.
WATERTON, JOHN (?-1682). BORN: in Hamp-
shire, England, possibly on the Isle of Wight.
IMMIGRATED: ca. 1670, as a free adult. RESIDED:
on the Gunpowder River, Baltimore County. PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Anglican. SOCIAL STATUS AND AC-
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