Mercy Waterman (1663 - 1756): Our Family History

1663 - 1756 (93 years) Has 6 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.

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Name	Mercy Waterman
Birth	1663	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Gender	Female
Death	19 Feb 1756
Initiatory (LDS)	19 Mar 1880	SGEOR
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Person ID	I26626	mytree
Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

Father	Ensign Resolved Waterman, b. 8 Jul 1638, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 17 Aug 1670, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States (Age 32 years)
Mother	Mercy Williams, b. 3 Jul 1640, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 19 Sep 1705, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 65 years)
Marriage	Abt 1659	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Family ID	F12242	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Benjamin Smith, b. Abt 1672, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 23 Apr 1751, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 79 years)

Marriage 11 Jun 1722 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Children

	1. Freelove Smith, b. 12 Dec 1724, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
	2. William Smith, b. 15 Apr 1736, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
	3. John Smith, b. 14 Feb 1740, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 31 Mar 1798, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 58 years)
	4. Susanna Smith, b. 20 Nov 1742, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
	5. Mary Smith, b. 1743, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 1769 (Age 26 years)

Family ID F5704 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 3 Dec 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 1663 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
	Marriage - 11 Jun 1722 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
	Initiatory (LDS) - 19 Mar 1880 - SGEOR

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Notes

SOURCE: Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from Rhode Island Periodica l s (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1983), 2:17.

Marriage: Second wife of Resolved Waterman, Ensign. (Ibid.)

SOURCE: Dean Crawford Smith, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-19 1 0 (Boston: NEHGS, 1992), p. 461.

SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 4 Sep 2002.

SOURCE: "Descendants of Martha Smith," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whi p ple, 16 Jul 2003. Cites Descendants of Roger Williams, Book I (birth, d ea th).